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1686754

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	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 make it his policy to maintain the minimum income threshold level for spouse visas in place on 1 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	12502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>On 4 December 2023 the Home Secretary announced his intention to raise the MIR to £38,700, aligned to the level at which the General Skilled Worker threshold is set.</p><p>On 30 January 2024, the Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border confirmed the Immigration Rules we intend to lay on 14 March will set out that from 11 April 2024 the minimum income threshold for Family visas will be raised to £29,000, that is the 25<sup>th</sup> percentile of earnings for jobs which are eligible for Skilled Worker visas. We will incrementally increase the threshold, moving to the 40<sup>th</sup> percentile (currently £34,500), and finally to the 50<sup>th</sup> percentile (currently £38,700, and the level at which the General Skilled Worker threshold is set) by early 2025.</p><p>It is important that the changes are delivered in a sensible and pragmatic way that gives families time to adapt, but ensures they deliver the reduction in numbers the British people expect.</p><p>This change will not be applied retrospectively to people already on the five-year partner route. Those who already have a Family visa within the five-year partner route, or who apply before the minimum income threshold is raised, will continue to have their applications assessed against the current income requirement and will not be required to meet the increased threshold. This will also be the case for children seeking to join or accompany parents.</p><p>Anyone granted a fiancé(e) visa before the minimum income threshold is raised will also be assessed against the current income requirement when they apply for a Family visa within the five-year partner route. Those already in the UK on a different route, who apply to switch into the five-year partner route after the MIR has been increased, will be subject to the new income requirement.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/02/2024 16:53:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1684128

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
	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 make an assessment of the adequacy of the application process for the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ukraine Extension Scheme (UES) enables Ukrainian nationals already in the UK with permission to enter, or stay, to be eligible to continue their stay in the UK. To qualify for the UES an applicant must either hold permission to be in the UK on or between 18 March 2022 and 16 November 2023, or have previously held permission to be in the UK which expired on or after 1 January 2022. Those who have been granted permission by 16 November will have until 16 May 2024 to submit an application under the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office routinely keeps application processes under review to ensure a positive user experience, optimal efficiency, and a robust application of the Immigration Rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office continues to work closely with our European counterparts, including the Ukrainian Government, and keeps the future of our schemes and any future need for extension to the existing 36 months’ leave under review, in line with developments of the situation in Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>We are also mindful that permission will start to expire, for the first arrivals under our Ukrainian schemes, from March 2025, and their need for certainty beyond that point to help them to plan ahead.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 29/01/2024 17:25:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1683335

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	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, whether any Afghan refugees were (a) placed in and (b) returned to bridging hotels in the period since September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to help at-risk people in Afghanistan and, so far, we have brought around 24,600 people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for our Afghan schemes. We continue to honour our commitments to bring eligible Afghans to the UK.</p><p>As of 31 August 2023, we successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans, with the overwhelming majority of those being resettled now having moved into settled accommodation. We have now provided these Afghans with the homes they need to begin the next chapter of their life in the UK, fully integrate, find employment and provide their children with stability.</p><p>Whilst we cannot confirm the longest length of stay in bridging accommodation, our statistics show that the earliest record of an Afghan in bridging accommodation was in the second quarter of 2021.</p><p>The Home Office publish data on Afghan resettlement in the Immigration System Statistics release. In table Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets, you can view the number of Afghans resettled, by when they arrived in the UK (quarterly breakdowns) and what type of accommodation they were recorded in as of the date of the data extraction (currently the data is as of 30 September 2023). The next Immigration Statistics are due for release around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 10363 10364 10365 question first answered 24/01/2024 09:38:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1683336

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	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 new arrivals from Afghanistan have been placed in bridging hotels since September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to help at-risk people in Afghanistan and, so far, we have brought around 24,600 people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for our Afghan schemes. We continue to honour our commitments to bring eligible Afghans to the UK.</p><p>As of 31 August 2023, we successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans, with the overwhelming majority of those being resettled now having moved into settled accommodation. We have now provided these Afghans with the homes they need to begin the next chapter of their life in the UK, fully integrate, find employment and provide their children with stability.</p><p>Whilst we cannot confirm the longest length of stay in bridging accommodation, our statistics show that the earliest record of an Afghan in bridging accommodation was in the second quarter of 2021.</p><p>The Home Office publish data on Afghan resettlement in the Immigration System Statistics release. In table Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets, you can view the number of Afghans resettled, by when they arrived in the UK (quarterly breakdowns) and what type of accommodation they were recorded in as of the date of the data extraction (currently the data is as of 30 September 2023). The next Immigration Statistics are due for release around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 10362 10364 10365 question first answered 24/01/2024 09:38:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1683337

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	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 people from Afghanistan are living in bridging hotels.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to help at-risk people in Afghanistan and, so far, we have brought around 24,600 people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for our Afghan schemes. We continue to honour our commitments to bring eligible Afghans to the UK.</p><p>As of 31 August 2023, we successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans, with the overwhelming majority of those being resettled now having moved into settled accommodation. We have now provided these Afghans with the homes they need to begin the next chapter of their life in the UK, fully integrate, find employment and provide their children with stability.</p><p>Whilst we cannot confirm the longest length of stay in bridging accommodation, our statistics show that the earliest record of an Afghan in bridging accommodation was in the second quarter of 2021.</p><p>The Home Office publish data on Afghan resettlement in the Immigration System Statistics release. In table Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets, you can view the number of Afghans resettled, by when they arrived in the UK (quarterly breakdowns) and what type of accommodation they were recorded in as of the date of the data extraction (currently the data is as of 30 September 2023). The next Immigration Statistics are due for release around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 10362 10363 10365 question first answered 24/01/2024 09:38:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1683339

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	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, what is the (a) earliest date and (b) longest continuous period that anyone from Afghanistan has been accommodated in a bridging hotel.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to help at-risk people in Afghanistan and, so far, we have brought around 24,600 people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for our Afghan schemes. We continue to honour our commitments to bring eligible Afghans to the UK.</p><p>As of 31 August 2023, we successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans, with the overwhelming majority of those being resettled now having moved into settled accommodation. We have now provided these Afghans with the homes they need to begin the next chapter of their life in the UK, fully integrate, find employment and provide their children with stability.</p><p>Whilst we cannot confirm the longest length of stay in bridging accommodation, our statistics show that the earliest record of an Afghan in bridging accommodation was in the second quarter of 2021.</p><p>The Home Office publish data on Afghan resettlement in the Immigration System Statistics release. In table Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets, you can view the number of Afghans resettled, by when they arrived in the UK (quarterly breakdowns) and what type of accommodation they were recorded in as of the date of the data extraction (currently the data is as of 30 September 2023). The next Immigration Statistics are due for release around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 10362 10363 10364 question first answered 24/01/2024 09:38:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1683342

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	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 and what proportion of Afghan refugees arrived in the UK (a) from Pakistan and (b) by other routes in each month since November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	10368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK made an ambitious and generous commitment to help resettle.</p><p>Afghans fleeing persecution and those who served the UK. The latest published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-year-ending-september-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAlexander.Wedgbury%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C50b62941295e4e87830b08dc18d296ec%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638412539957759698%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ExgOPSrDDE6CfsifjwpCIM54uXEFMKI3iuxGRj4iqok%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a> show we have brought around 24,600 people to safety, including over 21,600 people eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) schemes, as of September 2023.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide a breakdown or running commentary on Afghans who have arrived in the UK specifically from Pakistan or via other routes since November 2023. This is due to this being ongoing operational data. The next release of Afghan Operational Data is due around 22 February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to relocating all eligible persons who remain in Pakistan and third countries as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/01/2024 14:38:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1682022

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with the providers of abortion services that are outside safe access zones and are affected by protesters.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	9383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government has launched a public consultation on the non-statutory guidance for Safe Access Zones. This consultation is open to all interested parties who wish to make their views known, including abortion service providers and health professionals.</p><p>The consultation will close at 11.59pm on 22 January 2024 and is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/abortion-clinic-safe-access-zones-non-statutory-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/abortion-clinic-safe-access-zones-non-statutory-guidance</a>.</p><p>As Home Secretary, I am committed to ensuring that women in England and Wales feel safe and protected whilst exercising their legal right to access abortion services and I am confident that this guidance will support the effective introduction of Safe Access Zones.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/01/2024 14:34:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1682053

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures taken by the police to tackle nitrous oxide use in the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	9385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The government controlled nitrous oxide as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 on 8 November last year. We are keeping implementation of the ban under review with police forces and key stakeholders.</p><p>The government is aware of early successes from law enforcement partners, including the first conviction under the new law this month. The government has committed to publish a review of the effect of the control of nitrous oxide under the 1971 Act.</p><p>This will be a broad-ranging assessment of the effect of control and will be published three years from the date of its control in November 2026.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/01/2024 17:32:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1675496

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Emergency Calls
	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 he has made with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential impact of reducing police callouts for people with mental ill health on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	5152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The National Partnership Agreement: Right Care, Right Person was published on 26 July 2023. The Right Care, Right Person (RCRP) approach is designed to end inappropriate police involvement in cases where people have health and/or social care needs, and to ensure that people receive support from the right person, with the right skills, training, and experience to best meet their needs.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Home Office are monitoring the impact of the National Partnership Agreement (NPA) on mental health and policing. All integrated care boards and local authorities, together with their partners in the police and voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, have been asked to provide updates about their progress in producing plans for implementing the RCRP approach and any resource requirements to achieve this.</p><p>DHSC and the Home Office are encouraging local areas to monitor the rollout of RCRP, to understand the impact on patients and the NHS and to mitigate against risks. I also meet regularly with the Minister for Mental Health to discuss policing and mental health, in particular the implementation of the RCRP approach.</p><p>In addition, the Government is expanding mental health services to support people in crisis to receive the care they need, and to prevent them entering crisis in the first place.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/12/2023 12:37:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe