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1673710

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 Minister for Immigration's oral contribution on Monday 27 November 2023, column 536, what the evidential basis is for many people claiming asylum in the UK being economic migrants making spurious claims to game the system.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	4245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>A wide body of evidence points towards key pull factors to the UK including language, diaspora, presence of friends and family, economic opportunity, and availability of education. That is why we have no plans to change right to work provisions and are trebling fines for illegal working.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2023 16:13:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1672011

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality and Visas: Fees and Charges
	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 take steps to reduce the cost of application fees for (a) visas and (b) citizenship.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	3062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps fees for immigration and nationality applications under review. However, there are no plans to reduce fees for applications for visas or British Citizenship. It is the government’s policy that those who use and benefit most from the immigration system should contribute towards the cost of operating it, reducing the burden on the UK taxpayer.</p><p>The Home Office provides exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances. These include affordability-based waivers for entry clearance and leave to remain on family and human rights grounds, and for applications for children seeking to register as a British Citizen.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/11/2023 11:13:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1666593

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	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 potential implications for her policies of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's report into the Seasonal Worker scheme, published on 22 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	203920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps all aspects of the Seasonal Worker route under close and ongoing review, including the welfare of participating overseas workers.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the route is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses and the Home Office takes any allegations of mistreatment or abuse on this route extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The operators of the scheme are, and must remain, licensed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme Operators are responsible for managing all aspects of the recruitment and placement of workers on UK farms and ensuring their welfare in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and Defra monitor the scheme closely to ensure operators adhere to the stringent requirements set for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the seasonal workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Sponsor a Seasonal Worker guidance is kept under regular review and updated and published as required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203924 question first answered 26/10/2023 08:51:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1666596

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations raised by seasonal workers during farm inspections conducted by her Department were formally investigated in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	203922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We do not publish this data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:02:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1666725

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish updated guidance for Seasonal Worker visa scheme operators where workers are at risk of exploitation.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	203924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps all aspects of the Seasonal Worker route under close and ongoing review, including the welfare of participating overseas workers.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the route is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses and the Home Office takes any allegations of mistreatment or abuse on this route extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The operators of the scheme are, and must remain, licensed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme Operators are responsible for managing all aspects of the recruitment and placement of workers on UK farms and ensuring their welfare in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and Defra monitor the scheme closely to ensure operators adhere to the stringent requirements set for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the seasonal workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Sponsor a Seasonal Worker guidance is kept under regular review and updated and published as required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203920 question first answered 26/10/2023 08:51:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1657281

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of family reunion applications had not been processed within 60 days in each month of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	196916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s refugee family reunion policy provides a safe and legal route to bring families together.</p><p>We prioritise all applications where the application has been made by an unaccompanied child under the age of 18. We will also prioritise applications where there is an evidenced urgent or compelling reason.</p><p>The most recent data can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#family-reunion" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The next data is due to be published in or around September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 13:14:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1657288

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers
	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 a strategy for migrant worker welfare.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	196918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Migrant workers have the same employment rights and protections as resident workers, as supported by the relevant departments, agencies, regulatory bodies and trades unions. In addition, the Home Office ensures the design of immigration routes has regard to migrant welfare including by: requiring sponsors of migrant workers to keep records of pay and compliance with sponsorship obligations, alongside requiring people to have a specific job and be paid an appropriate salary; enabling migrants to apply for jobs with other sponsors, to ensure they are not trapped; and, applying an English language requirement to help workers to integrate, which provides assurance that they will not be overly-reliant on their sponsors, are able to seek help if needed and understand their rights.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 13:16:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1657298

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2023 to Question 186725 on Naturalisation: Applications, how many and what proportion of total naturalisation applications consisted of non-straightforward applications in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	196927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the processing of applications for British citizenship on the Gov.uk website. This includes the total number of applications received and the number of those that were non-straightforward. The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 13:18:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1657300

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2023 to Question 186725 on Naturalisation: Applications, what was the average processing time for non-straightforward applications in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	196928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the processing of applications for British citizenship on the Gov.UK website. We do not publish data on average processing times for naturalisation applications.</p><p>The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 15:08:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1657301

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Naturalisation: 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 applications for naturalisation have been submitted each year since 2010; and what has been the average processing time per year.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	196929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications for naturalisation and registration of British citizenship. Annual data for citizenship applications can be found in table Cit_01 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">citizenship summary tables</a>.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on processing times for total citizenship applications against service standards in table VSI_02 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship Migration transparency data</a>.</p><p>The latest data relates to the year ending June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 08:36:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden