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1360565

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department’s provision for Afghans seeking asylum in the UK following the Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	903775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>This country has a proud history of providing sanctuary to those in need. Our swift and generous response to the crisis in Afghanistan is no exception.</p><p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy has relocated around 7,000 Locally Employed Staff and their family members since late June, while the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will provide up to 20,000 people at risk with a safe and legal route to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2021 15:14:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1145582

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, wnat documentation officials at the border have been instructed to accept as proof of (a) settled status and (b) pre-settled status for EU nationals arriving in the UK after 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	290389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/10/2019 16:14:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1201957

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
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 covid-19 outbreak and pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2020 to Question 47382, how long will applications for indefinite leave to remain in the UK be held to allow applicants to complete a life in the UK test, once testing resumes.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	57247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Individuals can continue to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain and their application will be held until testing resumes, with their existing leave continuing until their application is decided.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/06/2020 15:10:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1223753

registered interest
date	13/07/2020
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, whether time spent outside the UK as a result of the covid-19 pandemic will qualify for the important reason exemption from the requirement for continuous residence in the UK to qualify for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	72971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>In line with the EU law rights protected by the Withdrawal Agreement, the EU Settlement Scheme permits an applicant to have an absence (or absences) from the UK of up to six months in any 12-month period. It also allows for a single absence of up to 12 months in the period of five years’ continuous residence generally required for settled status under the scheme where that absence is for an important reason.</p><p> </p><p>This includes serious illness and would cover, for example, absence required by being quarantined to protect public health.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance for applicants to the scheme who have been affected by illness or travel restrictions due to Covid-19 will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 72970 question first answered 24/07/2020 11:02:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1667779

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a minimum staff presence ratio requirement for the operation of e-gates at UK border points.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office’s priority is to deliver a safe and secure border and we will never compromise on this. Border Force maintain 100% checks for all scheduled arriving passengers into the UK and this will be continued during any period.</p><p>To maintain border security we do not comment on the details of operational deployments. Border Force keeps its resourcing and staffing numbers under constant review in light of passenger arrival data provided by carriers and port operators.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2023 16:33:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

420183

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel Information: Eritrea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the report of (a) the United Nations Office Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, published in June 2015 and (b) the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information Eritrea, published in May 2015, was taken into account in drafting her Department's country information and guidance on Eritrea.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office considered these reports and they are reflected in the updated country information and guidance on Eritrea. This was published on 9 September and is available online. This includes reference to the IAGCI report, material taken from the UN Commission on Inquiry report on Eritrea and other relevant country information.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2015 16:29:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1285298

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to seek to recoup the cost of hotel quarantine from asylum seekers arriving at the UK border from red list countries during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	151753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are not going to be denied entry to the UK from red-list countries and their asylum claims will be processed as usual.</p><p>The Home Office have a statutory duty to accommodate any asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are provided with free, fully furnished accommodation while their applications for asylum are considered. The Accommodation providers recognise the challenge of managing COVID 19 within our accommodation estate and are working closely with Public Health England (PHE) on how their guidance on social distancing and self-isolation is properly applied, while ensuring that people can continue to access essential services.</p><p>The accommodation is provided for free to those asylum seekers in receipt of asylum support and we do not recoup costs.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 151752 question first answered 22/02/2021 16:22:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1285300

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to deny entry to the UK to asylum seekers arriving at the UK border from red list countries during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	151754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are not going to be denied entry to the UK from red-list countries and their asylum claims will be processed as usual.</p><p> </p><p>We have a legal obligation to provide asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute with accommodation, and as such the Home Office will continue to provide accommodation in which asylum seekers can self-isolate to stop to spread of Covid.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJames.Snowdon%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2f20e11e504d43219fc308d8cf590331%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637487328494157222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=wAzzL9aHv7qbqRMFYSv1SuCLd6iBTPgRsfJvM%2BKm27k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics quarterly release</a>. Data on the number of asylum applications in each quarter, broken down by nationality is published in table Asy_D01 of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJames.Snowdon%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2f20e11e504d43219fc308d8cf590331%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637487328494167217%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=cuQOsmZ1wIgb8jopWeydsUlrm3IgnIPg1Zik1j4gFCQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">asylum detailed datasets</a>. The latest data are to the end of September 2020, with data to the end of December 2020 due to be published on 25<sup>th</sup> February 2021. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F937206%2Fasylum-summary-sep-2020-tables.xlsx&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJames.Snowdon%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2f20e11e504d43219fc308d8cf590331%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637487328494167217%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=htJughjYKCP3EFluAxjUEFYn2Dqk5W1VowOXTSwZeD0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement summary tables</a>. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum.</p><p> </p><p>The published data does not show the country from which the asylum seeker left when they began their journey (or through which country or countries the asylum seeker subsequently travelled) in order to reach the UK, or when they arrived in the UK. Some asylum seekers may have been in the UK (or another country) for some time before claiming asylum. An individual with a particular nationality may not have actually been in that country for a significant length of time prior to claiming asylum. It is therefore not possible to say from the available data whether or not the individual has recently travelled from a ‘red list’ country.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 151755 question first answered 22/02/2021 09:46:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

573750

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UN Refugees and Migrants Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the Government's commitments on the number of refugees to be granted access to the UK at the UN General Assembly Summit on Refugees and Migrants in September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	44583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce additional pathways for refugees to come to the UK. The UK is already a leading resettlement state, offering a number of safe and legal pathways for refugees. In the year ending June 2016, a total of 3,439 people were resettled in the UK.</p><p>In addition to the 20,000 Syrian refugees and up to 3,000 vulnerable persons from the Middle East and North Africa region that the Government has committed to resettle by 2020, the UK has also committed to relocate unaccompanied refugee children from France, Greece and Italy. Under the family reunion policy we have reunited around 22,000 refugees with their immediate family over the past five years and will continue to do so. The Government supports the principle that those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. This allows vulnerable persons to receive help quickly rather than risking their lives on hazardous journeys into and across Europe or falling victim to criminal gangs who are exploiting the situation. Providing humanitarian aid in the region is the best way to provide much needed support to the majority of those fleeing persecution while working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to resettle the most vulnerable who cannot reasonably remain.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/09/2016 14:42:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 9619 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1437141

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Zimbabwe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the deportation flight to Zimbabwe scheduled for 2 March 2022 in the context of violence against political opposition supporters in that country in recent days.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	132291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>We make no apology for seeking to remove those with no right to remain in the UK and foreign criminals. That is why we regularly operate charter flights to different countries - to remove foreign criminals who abuse our hospitality by committing crimes here, and those who have no right to be in a country, but refuse to leave voluntarily.</p><p>Individuals are only returned to their country of origin where claims have been unsuccessful, and the Home Office and, where applicable, the Courts deem it is safe to do so, with a safe route of return. By definition, those persons do not need protection and are not at risk on return.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation there, working with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Our general assessment of risk for political opponents to the government remains set out in our published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fzimbabwe-country-policy-and-information-notes&amp;data=04%7C01%7CLinda.Tedder%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1f2edd75aaf447f3914a08d9fc381539%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637818140060513447%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=XjAJ%2F4xone%2Fmjm7HealhSUmmY8p2P8NroA8CaaFAQ0w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">country policy and information note of September 2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/03/2022 12:44:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady