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1733309

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date	10/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Digital Technology
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 eligible for an eVisa to replace their Biometric Residence Permit have not yet applied to do so; and if she will make an estimate of the number of people who will apply for an eVisa to replace their Biometric Residence Permit in the period between 10 October 2024 and 31 December 2024.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Mr Alex Barros-Curtis
uin	8565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>During the transition to eVisas, we are closely monitoring the volume of customers who have registered for a UKVI account and the forecast total volume of affected customers. The total volume will be dictated by ongoing approvals under BRP generating routes through to the end of 2024. This data requires detailed assurance before it can be published externally, which is currently underway. We plan to make this data available on gov.uk in due course.</p><p>Currently, an extensive communications campaign is being delivered in support of the transition to eVisas, to help raise awareness of eVisas, build understanding of how it applies to visa holders and checkers, and encourage them to take action. This campaign is taking place alongside numerous engagement events; in the last 12 months, over 180 engagement events have been undertaken with circa 26,000 participants, to raise awareness of the transition to eVisa with intermediaries, encouraging them to share the information with their customers, staff, clients, and members.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 21/10/2024 11:30:54 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	5175

1733310

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Digital Technology
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 publicise the need to register for eVisas to replace a Biometric Residence Permit.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Mr Alex Barros-Curtis
uin	8566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>An extensive communications campaign is being delivered in support of the transition from physical immigration documents to eVisas, to raise awareness of eVisas, build understanding of how it applies to visa holders and checkers, and encourage them to take action. This includes activity and messaging specifically targeting biometric residence permit (BRP) holding customers to register for a UKVI account by the end of 2024, when most BRPs expire, if they were not automatically provided with a UKVI account and eVisa when their most recent immigration application was approved.</p><p>The dedicated eVisa communications activity has run from Spring 2024 onwards and has included regular updates to GOV.UK, including the establishment of a dedicated eVisa webpage at www.gov.uk/eVisa, and online resources such as eVisa support videos, direct messaging to customers via email and text message, and a wide-ranging programme of engagement with relevant stakeholders and international carriers. A national eVisa advertising campaign to raise awareness of these changes commenced on 10 October 2024.</p><p>All communications activity has directed visa holders to www.gov.uk/eVisa, and, where appropriate, has highlighted the range of available support.</p><p>Alongside this campaign, over 180 engagement events have also been undertaken in the last 12 months, with circa 26,000 participants, to raise awareness of the transition to eVisa with intermediaries, encouraging them to share information with their customers, staff, clients, and members.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 21/10/2024 11:25:50 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	5175

1733311

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what technical support her Department offers to people applying for eVisas to replace their Biometric Residence Permit.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Mr Alex Barros-Curtis
uin	8567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>Our Assisted Digital service (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/assisted-digital-help-online-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/assisted-digital-help-online-applications</a>) is available in the UK to provide support by phone and email to those who need help with IT-related aspects of creating a UKVI account.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can also contact the UK Visas and Immigration Resolution Centre (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk</a> for support via email and webchat, and telephone. They also support people through the online journey by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>helping them to access or recover their account</li><li>helping them to update their personal details</li><li>sharing status on behalf of people if they are unable to do so themselves.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The UK Visas and Immigration Resolution Centre can also help people with any technical issues with their online immigration status, and, where necessary, verify the person’s status through alternative means.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is committed to ensuring everyone, including the most vulnerable, are properly supported as we transform our immigration system. On 18 September 2024, we announced that the Government is providing up to £4m in dedicated grant funding to a UK wide network of voluntary and community sector organisations to deliver valuable support to those who need it, during the transition from physical immigration documents to eVisas.</p><p> </p><p>To date, grant funding agreements are in place with four organisations that will provide national coverage.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 21/10/2024 11:27:55 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	5175

1701309

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a complete list of prisons in England and Wales in which the 18-day prisoner early release scheme has (a) applied and (b) continues to apply.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	21908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) is a temporary measure and is used in a targeted way where its use is only where it is absolutely necessary. For this reason, the list of prisons varies according to need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21909 question first answered 23/04/2024 13:17:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701310

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons will be included in the extension of the end of custody supervised licence measure from 35 to 60-days.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	21909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) is a temporary measure and is used in a targeted way where its use is only where it is absolutely necessary. For this reason, the list of prisons varies according to need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21908 question first answered 23/04/2024 13:17:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701311

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has published on when a person with an end of custody supervised licence should be recalled to prison.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	21910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders released early on ECSL are subject to a standard supervision licence which is designed to enable the Probation Service to manage the risk that offenders may pose on release from prison and to safeguard public protection. The recall process is the same for those released on ECSL and other standard releases.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to recall an offender on licensed supervision is taken on the professional advice of senior probation staff following consideration of safe alternatives to recall. Where offenders are recalled, it is because they present a risk of serious harm to the public and the controls available are no longer sufficient to keep the public safe. These individuals will remain in prison for only as long as necessary to protect the public. Guidance on the recall of offenders to prison is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners.</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/04/2024 13:20:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1700850

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to publicly advertise application opportunities to the BBC funding model review panel.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	21571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The BBC Funding Review is looking at how alternative funding models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers. It is a government-led review, supported by an expert panel that incorporates a broad range of views from across the sector, providing advice and external challenge on the issues set out in the review’s Terms of Reference, which are available on gov.uk..</p><p>The Panel does not have any decision making powers, and is one aspect of the Government’s BBC Funding Model Review.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport appointed Panel members based on their expertise across relevant sectors, including television, radio, news and international relations. The experts were selected in consultation with industry stakeholders based on their experience and knowledge of wide ranging issues at the heart of the UK media sector such as the role of Public Service Broadcasters, press sustainability and content for children and young adults. Panel membership is voluntary. The Expert Panel has no legal status and was therefore not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 18/04/2024 11:08:06 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1700851

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria she applied in the selection of members for the BBC funding model review panel.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	21572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The BBC Funding Review is looking at how alternative funding models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers. It is a government-led review, supported by an expert panel that incorporates a broad range of views from across the sector, providing advice and external challenge on the issues set out in the review’s Terms of Reference, which are available on gov.uk..</p><p>The Panel does not have any decision making powers, and is one aspect of the Government’s BBC Funding Model Review.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport appointed Panel members based on their expertise across relevant sectors, including television, radio, news and international relations. The experts were selected in consultation with industry stakeholders based on their experience and knowledge of wide ranging issues at the heart of the UK media sector such as the role of Public Service Broadcasters, press sustainability and content for children and young adults. Panel membership is voluntary. The Expert Panel has no legal status and was therefore not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21573 21574 21575 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:29:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1700852

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has required specific (a) competencies and (b) experience from applicants to the BBC funding model review panel.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	21573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The BBC Funding Review is looking at how alternative funding models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers. It is a government-led review, supported by an expert panel that incorporates a broad range of views from across the sector, providing advice and external challenge on the issues set out in the review’s Terms of Reference, which are available on gov.uk..</p><p>The Panel does not have any decision making powers, and is one aspect of the Government’s BBC Funding Model Review.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport appointed Panel members based on their expertise across relevant sectors, including television, radio, news and international relations. The experts were selected in consultation with industry stakeholders based on their experience and knowledge of wide ranging issues at the heart of the UK media sector such as the role of Public Service Broadcasters, press sustainability and content for children and young adults. Panel membership is voluntary. The Expert Panel has no legal status and was therefore not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21572 21574 21575 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:29:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1700853

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to ensure a transparent selection process for the BBC funding model review panel.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	21574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The BBC Funding Review is looking at how alternative funding models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers. It is a government-led review, supported by an expert panel that incorporates a broad range of views from across the sector, providing advice and external challenge on the issues set out in the review’s Terms of Reference, which are available on gov.uk..</p><p>The Panel does not have any decision making powers, and is one aspect of the Government’s BBC Funding Model Review.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport appointed Panel members based on their expertise across relevant sectors, including television, radio, news and international relations. The experts were selected in consultation with industry stakeholders based on their experience and knowledge of wide ranging issues at the heart of the UK media sector such as the role of Public Service Broadcasters, press sustainability and content for children and young adults. Panel membership is voluntary. The Expert Panel has no legal status and was therefore not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21572 21573 21575 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:29:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan