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1151204

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she plans to take to ensure that the majority of energy generated in the UK is from renewable sources.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	900049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Over half of the UK’s electricity comes from low-carbon sources. The Carbon Brief found that from July to September 2019, renewables accounted for 40% of overall generation, compared to 33% last year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £557 million in further Contracts for Difference auctions and over £3 billion for renewable technology innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we’re phasing out coal by 2025 and over 50% of electricity generation will be from renewable sources by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2019 13:19:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1186935

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions she has had with the Independent Office for Police Conduct on recent reports into the handling of Operation Midland.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	901700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The failings of the Metropolitan Police Service in Operation Midland had devastating consequences for those falsely accused and also risked damaging the confidence of the public.</p><p>That is why the Home Secretary requested, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services conduct an inspection of the Metropolitan Police Service to ensure lessons have been learned.</p><p>We will continue to seek assurances from the Metropolitan Police that policy and practice is being changed so the failures are not repeated.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/03/2020 17:35:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1647822

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Families
	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 report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration entitled An inspection of the Home Office’s processing of family visas, September 2021 to February 2022, published on 18 October 2022, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who fall into irregular status due to the absence of a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	190996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The number of people who fall into irregular status due to the absence of a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/07/2023 16:22:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1469781

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Special Constables: Recruitment
	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 plans to encourage recruitment of special constables by using financial incentives.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	16813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises and values the professionalism, dedication and sacrifice shown by volunteers involved in policing. Special constables, along with the full range of police volunteers, make a vital contribution to keeping our communities safe. They bring diverse and valuable skills that complement the roles officers and staff play in delivering the best service to the public.</p><p>It is up to Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to decide how best to recognise and reward their contribution and they have the flexibility to do so.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/06/2022 13:19:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1628651

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	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, when the Minister for Immigration plans to respond to the letter from We Belong, delivered to her Department on 19 April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	185471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The letter of 19 April 2023 has been received by the Home Office and a response will be issued in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/05/2023 08:44:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1628115

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to respond to the Children’s Commissioner’s letter of 5 April 2023 requesting information on unaccompanied child refugees who have been accommodated in hotels by her Department since July 2021.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	185180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>Home Office officials continue to work collaboratively with the Children’s Commissioner’s Office in response to this request for information. We have introduced weekly meetings to provide the Children’s Commissioner’s office with progress updates directly and I have personally met with the Children’s Commissioner twice. We will continue to work through the required legislative and legal processes to ensure this request is managed in the right way which is essential when answering a request of this sensitivity and size.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/05/2023 12:44:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1183126

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish proposals for continuing the family reunification scheme after the transition period; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	25612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the Transition Period, the UK will no longer be bound by the Dublin Regulation. Any Dublin family reunion cases, which have entered the system prior to completion day will continue to be processed.</p><p>The Government provides a safe and legal route to bring families together through its refugee family reunion policy under the Immigration Rules. This allows a partner and children under 18 of those granted protection in the UK to join them here, if they formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country. This will not change at the end of the Transition Period.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/03/2020 17:37:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1688121

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the role of the Church of England is on advising on the validity of religious conversion claims where the threat of religious persecution is given as a material basis for the claim.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	13490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>All asylum and human rights claims, including those based on religion or belief, are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations, so that we do not remove anyone who faces persecution or serious harm on return to their country of origin.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed Home Office policy guidance provides a framework for considering asylum claims, including those based on religious conversion, and all caseworkers receive extensive training and mentoring support before making such decisions.</p><p>Each individual assessment is made against the background of relevant case law and the latest available country of origin information. This is based on evidence taken from a wide range of reliable sources, including reputable media outlets; local, national, and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office.</p><p> </p><p>The degree of weight to be given to evidence from church witnesses will depend on how much knowledge and experience a church witness has, and the individuals concerned, and the way in which the claimant may have engaged in church activities. Evidence from a senior church member is not considered to be determinative.</p><p>In such cases, decision-makers must decide whether a conversion is genuine on the balance of probabilities. Decision-makers must consider all evidence in the round, including, where relevant, such factors as the claimant’s participation in church activities, the timing of their conversion, their knowledge of the faith, and the opinions of other members of the congregation as to the genuineness of the conversion.</p><p>Protection is normally granted where a claimant has a well-founded fear of persecution under the Refugee Convention or a claimant faces a real risk of serious harm. Those found not to need protection are refused, and the decision can be subject to legal challenge where appropriate, either via appeal to the independent courts or through a judicial review, depending on the decision in question. Once appeal rights are exhausted, they are liable for removal and enforcement action pursued where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 13489 question first answered 27/02/2024 14:01:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1484164

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting: Transgender People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy justification is for permitting a confidential DBS checking service for transgender applicants which does not disclose details of sex; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	26679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) services require that applicants disclose all previous names and addresses so that they can process an application correctly and return accurate results.</p><p>The DBS provides a confidential service for transgender applicants in order to help protect their identity, via a dedicated ‘Sensitive’ application team. This process allows applicants to disclose previous gender/name information only to DBS so that the previous names are checked, but are not disclosed on the completed certificate unless criminal record information exists in that name.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 06/07/2022 10:40:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251532

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: EU countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality is of illegal migrants returned to EU countries in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020 to date.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	114760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025669650%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2F5DZRAebb392kw8HI2nHC5enrRlgz0ILtfwge1mcYx4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><p>Data on the number of returns and by nationality to EU Member States are published in table Det_D01 of the <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Freturns-and-detention-datasets&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025669650%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=5VUMqV2coegUjIQ64ukGNGRbfV2kMH9RItL1wwnp6Ok%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">returns detailed datasets</a>. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending June 2020.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2Fresearch-and-statistics%3Fkeywords%3Dimmigration%26content_store_document_type%3Dupcoming_statistics%26organisations%255B%255D%3Dhome-office%26order%3Drelevance&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025679600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=GmgjhMb7c47%2Bt0MvpzMI0r8jhCChl4qDT%2B2C7VgICyA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p> </p><p>Providing the information requested on the number of those where removal did not proceed and the costs in each case would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 114759 question first answered 23/11/2020 13:39:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton