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1421270

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	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, how many new asylum applications were submitted by individuals who had previously been refused asylum in the UK in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
	uin	121813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>(121813) Our records indicate that a total of 6,760 Further Submissions in support of fresh applications for asylum were lodged in the United Kingdom in 2021.</p><p>(121814) The five most common nationalities that lodged Further Submissions in support of fresh applications for asylum in the United Kingdom in 2021 were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>455</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/02/2022 16:53:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 52076 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1421271

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what the five most common nationalities of asylum applicants making fresh claims to the UK in 2021 were and (b) how many fresh asylum applications were received by the UK from nationals of each of those five countries in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
	uin	121814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>(121813) Our records indicate that a total of 6,760 Further Submissions in support of fresh applications for asylum were lodged in the United Kingdom in 2021.</p><p>(121814) The five most common nationalities that lodged Further Submissions in support of fresh applications for asylum in the United Kingdom in 2021 were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>455</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/02/2022 16:54:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1177698

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had a (a) passport and (b) UK citizenship withdrawn under the Royal Prerogative in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>(a) The Secretary of State publishes the number of passports withdrawn under the Royal Prerogative in the annual Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. The last Transparency Report was published in July 2018. A link to that report can be found here;</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727961/CCS207_CCS0418538240-1_Transparency_Report_2018_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727961/CCS207_CCS0418538240-1_Transparency_Report_2018_Web_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p>(b) Citizenship is not withdrawn under the Royal Prerogative, it is the British Nationality Act 1981 that provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status under the circumstances set out at sections 40(2) and 40(3) of the Act.</p><p>Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so.</p><p>Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary of State is satisfied citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of material fact.</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018, which have included figures for section 40(2) deprivations. Figures from May 2010 to December 2014 are included in the 2015 report, from January to December 2015 in the 2017 report and January 2016 to December 2017 in the 2018 report. The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/02/2020 17:16:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1420911

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel Requirements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the processing time is for a travel document from her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	120742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>1) &amp; 3) The standard published processing time for Travel Document applications is 14 weeks. The average current processing time is 11 weeks and 2 days for initial consideration of applications and over 80% of applications are being completed within 14 weeks. Those applications not meeting the service standard are normally awaiting further information from the applicant.</p><p> </p><p>2) COVID and the work from home restrictions have affected our ability to maintain performance against the service standard due to the previous paper-based nature of the application process. To mitigate those impacts we have moved to an online application system, reengineered our internal processes, recruited additional staff and expanded our operation to a second office to ease the effect of regional staff absences. These changes have improved our performance against the service standard, a trend which will continue.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 120743 120744 question first answered 28/02/2022 16:50:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 52077 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1420912

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel Requirements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to speed up the time taken by her Department to process travel documents.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	120743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>1) &amp; 3) The standard published processing time for Travel Document applications is 14 weeks. The average current processing time is 11 weeks and 2 days for initial consideration of applications and over 80% of applications are being completed within 14 weeks. Those applications not meeting the service standard are normally awaiting further information from the applicant.</p><p> </p><p>2) COVID and the work from home restrictions have affected our ability to maintain performance against the service standard due to the previous paper-based nature of the application process. To mitigate those impacts we have moved to an online application system, reengineered our internal processes, recruited additional staff and expanded our operation to a second office to ease the effect of regional staff absences. These changes have improved our performance against the service standard, a trend which will continue.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 120742 120744 question first answered 28/02/2022 16:50:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 52079 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1420914

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel Requirements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the time set out in her Department's service standards is for processing a travel document.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	120744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>1) &amp; 3) The standard published processing time for Travel Document applications is 14 weeks. The average current processing time is 11 weeks and 2 days for initial consideration of applications and over 80% of applications are being completed within 14 weeks. Those applications not meeting the service standard are normally awaiting further information from the applicant.</p><p> </p><p>2) COVID and the work from home restrictions have affected our ability to maintain performance against the service standard due to the previous paper-based nature of the application process. To mitigate those impacts we have moved to an online application system, reengineered our internal processes, recruited additional staff and expanded our operation to a second office to ease the effect of regional staff absences. These changes have improved our performance against the service standard, a trend which will continue.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 120742 120743 question first answered 28/02/2022 16:50:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 52081 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1420355

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Interviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is from when a person contacts the National Asylum Intake Unit to register an asylum claim to when they have their screening interview.
	tabling member constituency	Halifax
	tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
	uin	119694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>1) We are increasing the size of the National Asylum Intake Unit in response to the exceptional challenges of large-scale clandestine arrivals. This additional resource will enable us to reduce the time asylum seekers wait between registering their asylum claim and conducting the screening interview.</p><p> </p><p>2) Since 1 January 2020, the mean average number of days between asylum application raised date and asylum screening is 36.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 119695 question first answered 15/02/2022 10:47:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1420356

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	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, what steps she is taking to tackle delays in registering an asylum claim.
	tabling member constituency	Halifax
	tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
	uin	119695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>1) We are increasing the size of the National Asylum Intake Unit in response to the exceptional challenges of large-scale clandestine arrivals. This additional resource will enable us to reduce the time asylum seekers wait between registering their asylum claim and conducting the screening interview.</p><p> </p><p>2) Since 1 January 2020, the mean average number of days between asylum application raised date and asylum screening is 36.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 119694 question first answered 15/02/2022 10:47:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1293683

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	VFS Global: China
	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 26 February 2021 to Question 153149, how many of the 46 VFS run visa centres which are subcontracted to local companies are based in China.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	160548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>16 of the 46 VFS visa centres are subcontracted in China.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/03/2021 15:13:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1359723

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Napier Barracks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people accommodated in Napier Barracks as at 18 October 2021 have tested positive for covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	56928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>253 people have tested positive for coronavirus whilst accommodated at Napier Barracks since September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/10/2021 16:16:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron