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1178958

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation
	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 chartered flights scheduled for deportations in the next six months.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	18870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Most enforced immigration returns are undertaken using scheduled flights, alongside fare-paying passengers. However, charter flight operations are an important means to return foreign national offenders and immigration offenders where there are limited scheduled routes or where the returnees may be disruptive. We utilise both approaches flexibly to best meet operational needs and maximise value for money.</p><p>For operational reasons, it is not possible to disclose full details of the returns charter flight programme over the next six months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 17:05:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1183287

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Islam
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on the risk of terrorist attacks on UK mosques of the (a) 12 recent arrests for terrorism offences and (b) events in Hanau in Germany.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	26190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2020 answer text <p>Counter Terrorism Policing routinely reviews the threat to all our communities in light of events in the UK and elsewhere, assessing all relevant intelligence reporting. In light of this, appropriate action is taken to ensure the safety of all faith communities.</p><p>The Government’s Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme continues to provide funding to reassure communities and safeguard mosques and other places of worship. The scheme will provide £3.2 million in 2020-21 (double the amount awarded previously), and in addition a new £5 million fund will be opened to provide security training.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/04/2020 15:10:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1133233

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Non-binary People
	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 International Civil Aviation Organisation's permitting of the use of X (unspecified) on passports, for what reasons the Government does not issue non-gendered X passports for people who do not identify as either male or female.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	266756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>United Kingdom legislation only recognises two legal sexes or genders; male and female. There is no legal recognition of a third gender. Her Majesty’s Passport Office can therefore only issue passports indicating ‘male’ or ‘female’.</p><p>The Government is aware of an increasing number of people who identify as neither exclusively male nor female. We have committed to carrying out a call for evidence on the experiences of people who have a non-binary gender identity. The evidence gathered from this exercise will inform the Government’s next steps in this area.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 16:09:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140567

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum the Home Office has received from Uighurs since 2015; and what proportion of those applications have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	279448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to report on how many applications for asylum from Chinese Uighurs it has received since 2015; and what proportion of those applications have been successful, as to obtain this information would require a manual trawl of records and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. We do, however, publish data on those who have been granted asylum in the UK, with main applicants broken down by country of nationality. The latest release, published 24th May 2019, can be found in tab as_01 at volume 1 of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). <br>Where someone establishes a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm in their country they are normally granted protection and are not expected to return there.</p><p>Our assessment of the situation for Uighurs in China is set out in the relevant country policy and information note, which is available on the Gov.uk website</p><p>All asylum and human rights claims from Chinese nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 279450 question first answered 24/07/2019 15:15:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140589

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting Uighur asylum seekers the automatic right to remain in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	279450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to report on how many applications for asylum from Chinese Uighurs it has received since 2015; and what proportion of those applications have been successful, as to obtain this information would require a manual trawl of records and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. We do, however, publish data on those who have been granted asylum in the UK, with main applicants broken down by country of nationality. The latest release, published 24th May 2019, can be found in tab as_01 at volume 1 of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). <br>Where someone establishes a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm in their country they are normally granted protection and are not expected to return there.</p><p>Our assessment of the situation for Uighurs in China is set out in the relevant country policy and information note, which is available on the Gov.uk website</p><p>All asylum and human rights claims from Chinese nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 279448 question first answered 24/07/2019 15:15:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1169217

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the classification of drugs following the June 2019 recommendations of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has considered the recommendations of the Global Commission on Drug Policy’s report of June 2019. We keep drug control under constant review and work in consultation with our independent experts, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), to consider any new evidence of misuse and harms.</p><p>Following any advice or recommendation from the ACMD, the Government will act to classify substances in the appropriate way, based on an assessment of harm or potential harms.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2020 16:49:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1171936

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) Ministers and (b) representatives from African countries that had their application for a visa denied ahead of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	5575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>All UK Visa applications are considered on their individual merits and in line with the UK Immigration Rules: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules</a>, which set out the requirements to visit the UK. These requirements apply to all visitors to the UK and the onus is on the applicant to demonstrate that they satisfy the immigration rules.</p><p>Information on the number and proportion of grants and refusals of visitor visas is published in the Home Office’s quarterly Immigration Statistics, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 5576 question first answered 23/01/2020 17:23:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1171939

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of representatives from African countries who had their application for a visa refused in advance of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	5576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>All UK Visa applications are considered on their individual merits and in line with the UK Immigration Rules: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules</a>, which set out the requirements to visit the UK. These requirements apply to all visitors to the UK and the onus is on the applicant to demonstrate that they satisfy the immigration rules.</p><p>Information on the number and proportion of grants and refusals of visitor visas is published in the Home Office’s quarterly Immigration Statistics, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 5575 question first answered 23/01/2020 17:23:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1131917

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Surveillance: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the use of drones on increasing the effectiveness of countering terrorism, piracy, kidnappings and other offences combatted by surveillance technologies.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL16335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Decisions to use drones and in which circumstances are operational matters for the Police and other law enforcement agencies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/06/2019 14:14:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1134348

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reassess the working structure of the Home Office.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL16633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has no such plans. Nonetheless, in common with all large organisations, the Home Office makes marginal adjustments to its structures routinely.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/07/2019 14:13:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley