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1125626

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 page six of the Data Protection Impact Assessments cited in the Memorandum of Understanding on information sharing between the Home Office and Department for Work and Pensions and page nine of the Memorandum of Understanding on information sharing between the Home Office and HMRC on the EU Settlement Scheme, if he will place copies of those Data Protection Impact Assessments in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	252532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has carried out a Data Protection Impact Assessment as part of the data sharing arrangements with Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions to support the EU Settlement Scheme, and a copy of this will be placed in the Library shortly.</p><p>As part of this process, we have had due regard, in accordance with the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, to impacts on those who share a protected characteristic. This is reflected in the Policy Equality Statement for the EU Settlement Scheme, and a copy of this will be placed in the Library shortly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 252533 question first answered 17/07/2019 15:51:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1125627

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 Equality Impact Assessment cited in the Memorandum of Understanding on information sharing between the Home Office and Department for Work and Pensions on the EU Settlement Scheme, if he will place a copy of that Equality Impact Assessment in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	252533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has carried out a Data Protection Impact Assessment as part of the data sharing arrangements with Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions to support the EU Settlement Scheme, and a copy of this will be placed in the Library shortly.</p><p>As part of this process, we have had due regard, in accordance with the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, to impacts on those who share a protected characteristic. This is reflected in the Policy Equality Statement for the EU Settlement Scheme, and a copy of this will be placed in the Library shortly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 252532 question first answered 17/07/2019 15:51:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1127104

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Seasonal Workers: EEA Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that EEA nationals are able to carry out seasonal work in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	255331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to developing a future borders and immigration system that will cater for all sectors of the UK, including for those who employ seasonal workers.Our proposals in the immigration White Paper, the UK’s Future Skills-Based Immigration System, include a temporary short-term workers route which will be open to people at any level, including seasonal workers.</p><p>As the Government has been clear, we are launching a twelve month engagement process in order to listen to businesses and organisations. As part of this, there has already been engagement with employers a broad range of sectors. We will consider the feedback from this process before making final decisions.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/05/2019 12:43:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127182

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many further submissions relating to asylum applications were submitted in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	255321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Home Office records report that, between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2018, a total of 28,953 people lodged Further Submissions after initially having their asylum claim refused.</p><p>A breakdown for each year is provided in the table below.</p><p>Since March 2015, the Home Office has required non-detained refused asylum seekers to lodge Further Submissions by appointment at the Further Submissions Unit based in Liverpool. The figures in the table note how many people lodged a Further Submission at the Further Submissions Unit, and how many people lodged their submission by a different route, including cases where a Further Submission was raised in detention and cases where a Further Submission is raised during the Family Returns Process.</p><p>Table showing breakdown of people who made Further Submissions following refusal of asylum between 2014 and 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Submission not made in person in Liverpool</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Submission made in person at Further Submissions Unit in Liverpool</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(Total)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4,521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,971</p></td><td><p>2,124</p></td><td><p>4,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>3,324</p></td><td><p>4,744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,546</p></td><td><p>5,053</p></td><td><p>6,599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,618</p></td><td><p>7,376</p></td><td><p>8,994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(Total)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 6,555 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 17,877 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 28,953 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2019 10:22:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1127185

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many further submissions relating to asylum applications were accepted as fresh claims in each year in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	255322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office publish data on the number of fresh claims in table as_01 (asylum, volume 1) of the quarterly Immigration Statistics - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a> publication. The latest release covering the year ending December 2018 can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018</a></p><p>The figures are also provided below from the latest publication for ease of reference. Please note these totals are not a subset of the information included in response to UIN 255321.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Fresh Claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>307</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Home Office statisticians have identified some data issues with the published time series on fresh claims, which suggest the figures are undercounting the total number of fresh claims. Work is ongoing to better understand the nature of these issues. As a result it is likely the data will be revised once the issues are resolved.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2019 10:27:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1127187

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times has the requirement to submit further submissions in relation to an asylum application in person been waived in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	255323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Our records indicate that a total of 1,677 postal further submissions have been made as a result of the Further Submissions in Person policy being waived (since the introduction of the policy in March 2015). A yearly breakdown of these is provided in table 1 below.</p><p>Table 1 - Postal further submissions by year<br> <br>Year Number of postal submissions <br> 2015 217 <br> 2016 306 <br> 2017 396 <br> 2018 758 <br>(Total) 1,677<br> <br>Notes<br>1. These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated</p><p>2. Data extracted on 19/05/2019<br>3. Data relates to main applicants who lodged a postal further submission to Liverpool, between 30/03/2015 and 31/12/2018, who had previously applied for asylum</p><p>4. The further submissions in person policy was implemented in Liverpool on 30/03/2015</p><p>5. Postal further submissions are lodged when the requirement to lodge in person has been waived</p><p>6. The latest reportable period in line with published immigration statistics is 31/12/2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2019 10:35:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1127476

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to safeguard visa applicants from stress and other mental health problems which occur as a result of delayed decisions and other complications in the application process.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	256324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Comprehensive guidance is published on GOV.UK on the visa application process. This includes information regarding our Customer Service Standards (CSS) timescales for processing visa applications.</p><p>If an application is complex or delayed for any reason, Visas &amp; Citizenship staff contact the applicant and inform them if it is anticipated that the CSS will not be met.</p><p>Applicants can contact V&amp;C should the need arise. Contact details are published on the GOV.UK website here: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk</a></p><p>If V&amp;C are made aware of any compelling or compassionate circumstances, consideration will be given to expediting assessment of the application, where appropriate and possible.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/05/2019 14:26:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1127736

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained for immigration purposes disclosed experience of domestic abuse in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	257035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to report on how many women detained for immigration purposes disclosed experience of domestic abuse, as such detail is recorded on individual Home Office files and to obtain this information would require a manual trawl and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/05/2019 12:05:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1127737

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women removed from the UK were identified by immigration enforcement as a result of reporting a crime to the police in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	257036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the Home Office holds data on the number of individuals referred to Immigration Enforcement by the Police, it does not set out detail of the referral in a reportable manner or how such individuals came to the attention of the Police in the first instance. We are therefore unable to say how many individuals have been referred to Immigration Enforcement as a result of reporting a crime to the Police.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 257037 257038 question first answered 30/05/2019 12:03:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1127738

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained for immigration purposes were identified by immigration enforcement as a result of reporting a crime to the police in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	257037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the Home Office holds data on the number of individuals referred to Immigration Enforcement by the Police, it does not set out detail of the referral in a reportable manner or how such individuals came to the attention of the Police in the first instance. We are therefore unable to say how many individuals have been referred to Immigration Enforcement as a result of reporting a crime to the Police.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 257036 257038 question first answered 30/05/2019 12:03:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips