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1602042

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Forced Marriage Unit plans to take steps to publish data on the number of cases of female genital mutilation it is supporting.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	160351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) supports British nationals (including dual nationals) overseas who are at risk of or who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM).</p><p>The FMU’s published annual statistics, which provide information on the numbers of victims and potential victims (generally of forced marriage) for whom it has provided support, have since 2020 included figures on the numbers of victims and potential victims of FGM for whom support has been provided. The figures for 2021 showed that, out of the 337 victims and potential victims for whom support was provided, three were victims or potential victims of both forced marriage and FGM, and 18 were victims or potential victims solely of FGM. The statistics can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fforced-marriage-unit-statistics&amp;data=05%7C01%7CVAWGImplementation%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cf0f2d2c1b4f04ec43f7d08db1fb73b12%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638138644041783774%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OI8jgc5E3Phn%2BkzMw5p5Xc2wOto2pmsw6UNRYCwhUms%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/forced-marriage-unit-statistics</a>. Statistics for 2022 will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/03/2023 17:29:02 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1471740

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department's response rate to enquiries from hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	21244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions are being taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/06/2022 10:30:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1471742

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	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 enquiries from hon. Members to her Department received a response within 20 working days since 1 January 2022; and how many and what proportion of enquiries awaiting a response were received more than (i) 20, (ii) 40, (iii) 60 and (iv) 80 working days ago as of 20 June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	21245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions have been taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/06/2022 10:29:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1462049

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time to speak to an agent on the MPs' Enquiry Line was for each week in April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p><strong>905 -</strong> We do not collect data in this format.</p><p><strong>904 - </strong>Calls have been longer than we would wish, but we have brought in an additional 16 dedicated passport staff to support the MP hotline, reducing wait times significantly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 905 question first answered 16/05/2022 16:13:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1462050

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls made to the MPs' enquiry line had a waiting time of greater than (a) one hour, (b) two hours, (c) three hours and (d) four hours for a caller to speak to an agent in April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p><strong>905 -</strong> We do not collect data in this format.</p><p><strong>904 - </strong>Calls have been longer than we would wish, but we have brought in an additional 16 dedicated passport staff to support the MP hotline, reducing wait times significantly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 904 question first answered 16/05/2022 16:13:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1462052

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many callers spoke to an agent on the MPs' enquiry line in April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>1967 callers spoke to an agent on the MP enquiry line in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/05/2022 16:16:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1452417

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
	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 Ukraine Family Scheme Visas granted to date are for three years; and what proportion of those visas have been offered for shorter periods of time.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	142491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of applications which have been granted under the newly launched Ukraine Family Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fukraine-family-scheme-application-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKeith.Edwards42%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C62a18ed4762843ecc3e308da0b3fc2ca%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637834665711470137%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=l6EMwn8DMDjvlSCn2s6HpDYjtmscIr%2B2JutZ0ONYY%2BM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 18:46:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 59858 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1439794

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Ukraine community sponsorship visa system will be open for applications.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	138102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s Homes for Ukraine Scheme launched on Friday 18 March.</p><p>Potential applicants and sponsors should visit homesforukraine.campaign.gov.uk for further information.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/04/2022 12:02:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1419186

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Office for Police Conduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Independent Office for Police Conduct's independence from police forces to deliver full and unprejudiced investigations and just outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	117011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government implemented reforms in February 2020 to streamline the decision-making processes and increase the effectiveness of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).</p><p>Further to this, the Home Secretary announced last year that she was bringing forward a periodic review of the IOPC. This review will be led by an independent reviewer and will consider the IOPC’s efficiency and effectiveness, including its decision-making processes.</p><p>The review will start this year. The IOPC is an investigative body and is not itself responsible for the outcomes via the police misconduct system and the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/02/2022 16:09:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1417313

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have been taken by each Local Authority under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme as of 27 January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	113223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.</p><p>The next set of figures will be in the quarterly release in February 2022 and will cover the period October-December 2021. These numbers are updated each quarter.</p><p>This adheres to the standard practice for the release of information about the work of the department, both through the quarterly national statistics and the additional transparency data that is released, which ensure that statistics are published properly in a way which is open and accessible to all. Statistics on the number of people resettled under the scheme in 2022 Q1 will be included in subsequent edition of Immigration Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/02/2022 16:46:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss