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1653615

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Sudan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who were evacuated from Sudan and granted six-months leave to enter the UK are residing in Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	194620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 14:18:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1653627

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Sudan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide indefinite leave to remain to Sudanese families in Coventry who were recently granted six-months leave to enter the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	194622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Where a person has leave in the UK but is unable to return home they should apply for Leave Outside the Rules using the FLR(HRO) form <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fapplication-to-extend-stay-in-the-uk-flrhro&amp;data=05%7C01%7CHywel.Thomas%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Caa4f8651cc414c11021c08db87649a5f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638252639354629628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dar0NdyfZI5tiAfpC5DhxPSWCX6gch837SAjYHuP9gk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Application to extend stay in the UK: FLR(HRO) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Each case will be assessed on its merits.</p><p> </p><p>If they are unable to afford the fee then a fee waiver application can be made here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvisas-immigration.service.gov.uk%2Fproduct%2Ffee-waiver&amp;data=05%7C01%7CHywel.Thomas%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Caa4f8651cc414c11021c08db87649a5f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638252639354629628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1ufFJwDB48r1nSKU13YbUHFHjGopgUbFt8n2EI8QdVk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">fee waiver application form</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 13:59:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1653567

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department have made of the impact of immigration levels on housing availability.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
	uin	194601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Net migration is too high and this Government is determined to bring it down to sustainable levels to help protect public services and housing supply against unsustainable pressure. <br> <br> That is why on 23 May, the Government introduced a package of measures to help deliver its goal of reducing net migration. The package includes removing the right for international students to bring dependants unless they are on research postgraduate courses, and removing the ability for international students to switch out of the student route into work routes before their studies have been completed.</p><p>We keep all our immigration policies under review to ensure that they best serve the UK and reflect the public’s priorities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 13:18:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1653433

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hong Kong
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will expedite the asylum applications of (a) former Hong Kong elected district councillors and (b) pro-democracy party leadership figures in the context of recent arrest warrants and bounties for exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	194308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it. All asylum claims are considered on a case-by-case basis in line with published policy including those raised by Hong Kong nationals.</p><p>Individuals from Hong Kong may also be able to apply for the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route which reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BN(O) status before Hong Kong’s handover to China. To be eligible, applicants must have BN(O) status, or be the eligible family member of someone with BN(O) status.</p><p>In November 2022, the BN(O) route was expanded to allow adult children of BN(O) status holders, aged 18 or over and who were born on or after 1 July 1997 to apply to the route independently. As of 31 March 2023, a total of 166,420 applications to the BN(O) route have been granted since its introduction.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194315 question first answered 25/07/2023 13:30:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1653434

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hong Kong
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is offering to (a) former Hong Kong elected district councillors and (b) pro-democracy party leadership figures who have been waiting for a decision on an asylum application.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	194315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it. All asylum claims are considered on a case-by-case basis in line with published policy including those raised by Hong Kong nationals.</p><p>Individuals from Hong Kong may also be able to apply for the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route which reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BN(O) status before Hong Kong’s handover to China. To be eligible, applicants must have BN(O) status, or be the eligible family member of someone with BN(O) status.</p><p>In November 2022, the BN(O) route was expanded to allow adult children of BN(O) status holders, aged 18 or over and who were born on or after 1 July 1997 to apply to the route independently. As of 31 March 2023, a total of 166,420 applications to the BN(O) route have been granted since its introduction.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194308 question first answered 25/07/2023 13:30:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1653607

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish an Impact Assessment for the changes outlined in the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules published by her Department on 17 July 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	194413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>There is likely to be no, or no significant, direct impact on business, charities, or voluntary bodies as a result of the changes to the Student route. Any impacts, including significant impacts on universities and the public sector, are being assessed for the purposes of the Impact Assessment which has been prepared to assess the impact of these Rules changes.</p><p>The Impact Assessment is still to be finalised and is subject to final Departmental clearances and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/07/2023 15:46:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1653496

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Work Permits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Frontier Worker Permit Scheme, what assessment she has made of the implications for her polices of a person who is eligible for a Frontier Worker Permit who has entered the UK without obtaining a Frontier Workers Permit.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	194579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The frontier worker permit scheme implements our obligations under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK (that is employed or self-employed in the UK but residing elsewhere) before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, for as long as they continue to be a frontier worker.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 July 2021 frontier workers have been required to hold a valid frontier worker permit in order to evidence their right to enter the UK to work. Irish citizen frontier workers are not required to obtain a frontier worker permit to enter the UK to work, although they can apply for one if they wish. Frontier workers are not required to use a frontier worker permit to evidence their right to work or to access benefits and services while in the UK as they can evidence their status by other means.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 14:20:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1653580

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of asylum seekers being granted permission to work three months after commencing an asylum claim on the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	194502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 14:37:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1653582

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will waive the requirement for asylum seekers to seek employment from the shortage occupations list for those asylum seekers who have waited for a decision on asylum claims for more than one year.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	194504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who are in the UK asylum system and have had their asylum claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, are allowed to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupations List (SOL), which is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). The list comprises skilled jobs where there is an identified national shortage which is sensible to fill, at least in part, through immigration. More information regarding MAC is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee" target="_blank">Migration Advisory Committee - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that our policy approach distinguishes between those who need protection and those seeking to work here who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Therefore, at present there are no plans to waive the requirements to seek employment via the SOL. Asylum seekers do not need to make perilous journeys in order to seek employment in the United Kingdom. There are various safe and legal routes for those seeking to work in the UK under the Points Based System.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 14:32:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1653585

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Hospitality Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will accept the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendation that roles in hospitality should be added to the Shortage of Occupation List.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	194506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>In the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) review of the hospitality sector earlier this year they did not recommend adding any roles to the Shortage Occupation List. The review can be viewed at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1142724/Construction_and_Hospitality_Shortage_Review_-_March_2023.pdf" target="_blank">Construction and Hospitality Shortage Review (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The MAC are due to submit their full review of the Shortage Occupation List later this year, and the Government will carefully consider their recommendations once received.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 14:12:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle