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1301069

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with Scottish exporters on the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on their ability to trade.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	913109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>This year my Ministerial colleagues and I have had an unprecedented number of meetings with Scottish exporters and their sectoral representative organisations.</p><p> </p><p>On issues like supporting seafood, this Government has held extensive consultations with the industry.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working tirelessly to resolve issues around the new arrangements for getting our world class seafood to customers in Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banff and Buchan answering member printed David Duguid question first answered 10/03/2021 15:12:07 answering member 4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1244289

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Government Assistance: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for people in the sectors worst affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	907699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>I am working with colleagues across Government to ensure those in sectors most vulnerable to COVID-19 can access support to pivot into sectors where jobs are available.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is doubling the number of Work Coaches in Jobcentres and stands ready to provide support to Universal Credit claimants to help them move back into work, including those sectors most vulnerable to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has designed two websites that were launched in April, Jobhelp and Employer Help, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, recognising both a radically different labour market as some sectors contract and others expand. Jobhelp offers job search advice, showcases recruiting sectors and signposts to job vacancies to help people successfully find work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/10/2020 16:38:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1254661

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on human rights in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	909166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government takes the human rights situation in Sri Lanka very seriously.</p><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, raised a number of human rights concerns, including harassment of civil society and militarisation of civilian functions, when he spoke with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gunawardena on 5 November.</p><p>We have urged Sri Lanka to address concerns in our statements to the UN Human Rights Council in February, June and September.</p><p>The UK will continue to highlight our concerns to the Government of Sri Lanka, and we will support human rights through our programme work including resettlement of victims of conflict and improving responses to sexual and gender based violence.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/11/2020 15:51:53 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1231187

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2020
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what arrangements are in place for (a) the House of Commons and (b) hon. Members to participate in the Kickstart scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	84709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The House of Commons has a good track record for supporting young people into employment, and particularly those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups. We currently achieve this through the paid internships we offer as part of the Speaker's Parliamentary Placement Scheme and our Summer Diversity Internship Programme, as well as through our apprenticeship programme. In line with this commitment the House authorities are currently discussing the best way to engage with the Kickstart scheme, both as an employer and in their role supporting Members and their offices.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 08/09/2020 18:47:12 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1258808

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
	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 judgement of 21 October 2020 of the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission in the case of Arumugam and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to remove the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam from the list of organisations proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	126076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government was disappointed with the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission’s (the Commission) decision to allow the appeal in the matter of the ongoing proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE remains proscribed at this time and we await a further decision from the Commission on the action that the Government must take in response to the judgment.</p><p>The appeal was allowed on a procedural point. The Commission has acknowledged there was material available to support the then Home Secretary’s conclusion that the LTTE is concerned in terrorism. The Government has made submissions to the Commission that the decision on whether or not to maintain proscription should be retaken.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/12/2020 12:16:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1542488

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for an application for Discretionary Leave to Remain in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	87919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Please note there is no standalone application for Discretionary Leave: instead, Discretionary Leave is considered when an individual does not qualify for leave under the Immigration Rules or for Leave outside the Rules (LOTR) for Article 8 reasons. Discretionary Leave applies to those who provide evidence of exceptional compassionate circumstances or there are other compelling reasons to grant leave on a discretionary basis.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on those issued with Discretionary leave following an asylum application can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’, and data on asylum applications awaiting a decision can be found in table Asy_D03. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.</p><p>Please note the data on applications awaiting a decision show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision over the entire quarter. The latest data relates to as at 30 June 2022. Data as at 30 September 2022 will be published on 24 November 2022.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/11/2022 12:56:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1566561

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to promote the use of the Employer Checking System by employers.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	122185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>We have published guidance and a statutory code of practice for employers, which contains information on when to contact the Home Office Employer Checking Service (ECS).</p><p>This information is kept up to date and can be accessed on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-codes-of-practice-for-employers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-codes-of-practice-for-employers</a></p><p><br> The Home Office engages regularly with a wide range of employers and their representative bodies either via established Home Office-led fora such as the Home Office consultation groups, as part of engagement with other government departments, or upon invitation to other events including webinars. We will continue to work closely with businesses to ensure processes are secure, accessible and employers understand their obligations and responsibilities concerning right to work checks and use of the ECS.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/01/2023 14:51:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1289646

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Redbridge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided to support the London Fire Brigade in the London Borough of Redbridge in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	158139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The amount of funding allocated to London Fire Brigade is a matter for the Mayor.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/03/2021 13:33:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1385272

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many travellers are currently arriving in the UK each day on average.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	87767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on daily air passenger arrivals in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-and-border-statistics-relating-to-covid-19" target="_blank">Immigration and border statistics relating to COVID-19</a>’ publication.</p><p>The latest published information on daily air passenger arrivals to 31 October 2021, can be found in table Air_01, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-passenger-arrivals-since-the-covid-19-outbreak-november-2021" target="_blank">Statistics relating to passenger arrivals since the COVID-19 outbreak, November 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Home Office also publishes quarterly data on admissions across all modes of transport in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics quarterly release</a>’ publication.</p><p>The latest published information on quarterly admissions to 30 September 2021, can be found in table Adm_01, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-september-2021#passenger-arrivals-admissions" target="_blank">Immigration statistics data tables, year ending September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/12/2021 12:21:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1544113

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Ilford North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents in Ilford North constituency are on leave that has been extended by section 3C of the Immigration Act.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	92292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on how many people have had their leave extended by section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971. Once a valid, in time application has been made to the Home Office for permission to stay (leave to remain) or settlement (indefinite leave to remain) and their permission expires, section 3C will automatically extend their permission, including any conditions, until the application is decided or withdrawn and during any time that an appeal or administrative review may be brought or is pending.</p><p>The Home Office cannot provide the data without disproportionate cost. However, the transparency data, which is published quarterly, provides outstanding applications by specific route and can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKelly.Humphries%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2649a10af7fc45af427008daac6901d1%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638011864237573688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4x20MQtBCZ%2B6AW2Jsvk2z3TJK8BmdICgpiyXv1WZWU4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Data on appeals is published by the Ministry of Justice and their latest quarterly figures are here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022" target="_blank">Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: April to June 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Data on administrative reviews is not currently published.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/11/2022 16:59:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting