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1402221

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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, whether UNHCR referrals to the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme will be available to Afghans currently within Afghanistan or whether they will take place through third party countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	102749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme commenced on 6th January and will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>From Spring, we are working with the UNHCR to receive referrals of vulnerable refugees in need of protection through the ACRS.</p><p>UNHCR refer refugees who, by definition, are outside their country of origin.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2022 17:26:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1472605

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	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, when she will respond to the correspondences from the hon. Member for Bristol North West on Wednesday 18 May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	23383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Safe and Legal Migration responded on 27<sup>th</sup> June 2022</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/06/2022 16:17:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1402220

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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, what support is available to families in the UK with relatives in Afghanistan; and what steps Afghan nationals in Afghanistan, and under threat from the Taliban, can take to come to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	102748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Families in the UK with relatives in Afghanistan can access information to assess their relative’s eligibility for the following resettlement schemes on gov.uk:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance" target="_blank">Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-reunion-instruction" target="_blank">Refugee Family Reunion</a></li></ul><p>From Spring, the UNHCR will refer refugees to the ACRS, based on assessments of protection of need. The Government will also offer ACRS places to the most at risk British Council and Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni. We are committed to working in step with the international community and continue to do all we can to enable those who are eligible to relocate to the UK.</p><p>The Minister for the Armed Forces recently visited the region, to identify what more we can do for applicants both in Afghanistan and in neighbouring countries. We are working with a wide range of allies and partners and are exploring every avenue to help them reach safety.</p><p>The UK Government will work with international partners to put pressure on the Taliban to allow those with a right to leave Afghanistan to do so safely.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2022 17:29:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1610535

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees And Charges
	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 her Department has made of the affordability of the cost of visas.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	180668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps fees for immigration and nationality applications under review. Where we make fee changes in legislation, an Impact Assessment is published.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office provides fee waivers in a number of circumstances. This includes a waiver for those making Article 8 claims, based on Family and Private life, who are unable to afford the fee or where payment of the fee would leave them unable to meet the needs of a child who is dependent upon them.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/04/2023 18:23:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1468256

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's working definitions are of the level of service provision for a (a) super priority, (b) priority and (c) standard service visa application.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	13807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Answer UKVI’s definitions for super priority, priority, and standard visa services are as below: <strong>Out of Country Applications</strong> Super Priority – applies to both in and out of country applications UKVI will aim to make a decision by the end of the next working day after your appointment at the visa application centre to provide your biometrics. Priority – applies to both in and out of country applications UKVI will aim to make a decision within 5 working days of your appointment at the visa application centre to provide your biometrics. Standard UKVI will aim to make a decision within 3 weeks of your appointment at the visa application centre to provide your biometrics. Settlement Priority – applies to both in and out of country applications UKVI will aim to make a decision within 6 weeks of your appointment at the visa application centre to provide your biometrics. Settlement Standard UKVI will aim to make a decision within 24 weeks of your appointment at the visa application centre to provide your biometrics. Further information is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> <strong>In Country Applications</strong> Switch/Extend a Student, Family, Ancestry, Work, Visitor, or Graduate Visa UKVI will aim to make a decision within 8 weeks of your appointment at the visa application centre to provide your biometrics. Switch/Extend a Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa UKVI will aim to make a decision within 12 weeks of your appointment at the visa application centre to provide your biometrics. Applying for Settlement You should usually get a decision on your visa within 6 months once you apply online. Further information is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#priority-services--get-a-faster-decision" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/06/2022 09:53:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 5703 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1404911

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued on the use of release under investigation for minors; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of its use in cases where suspects are minors.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	108601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>Release Under Investigation (RUI) is a non-legislative police process. The National Police Chiefs’ Council issued guidance on RUI in January 2019.</p><p>In tandem with wider changes to pre-charge bail included in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the College of Policing will, for the first time, issue statutory guidance, including specific consideration of minors and how RUI should be used. This work is being undertaken with key stakeholders from the youth justice system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/01/2022 16:06:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1459273

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	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, what financial support is available to individuals who are supporting refugees entering the UK via the Ukraine Family Visa scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	157487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>There is no specific financial support available to those who choose to sponsor family members to join them in the UK. This includes those sponsoring under the Ukraine Family Scheme.</p><p>However, Ukrainian nationals coming to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme are given access to work, benefits and public services as laid down in Appendix Ukraine to the Immigration Rules, details of which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-ukraine-scheme?msclkid=6ffc5ee6b57e11eca218cf61d0cbedaf" target="_blank">Immigration Rules Appendix Ukraine Scheme - Immigration Rules - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2022 14:54:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1626026

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
	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 estimate of the (a) median and (b) mean processing times for (i) registration and (ii) naturalisation applications in each year from 2017 to 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	183944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on naturalisation and registration applications made and completed every quarter on the Gov.UK website. This includes performance against the six-month service standard for completing applications. The most recent data set was published on 23 February 2023 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q4-2022" target="_blank">Visas and citizenship data: Q4 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/05/2023 09:13:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1642206

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials her Department employs to work directly on public service innovation.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	188097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Innovation is at the heart of our vision for a modern civil service, in particular finding new ways to solve problems and improve people’s lives, and seizing the full potential of data and technology.</p><p>All officials are expected to contribute to public service innovation, whether through the policy they develop or in the services they deliver. This work can range from supporting continuous improvement to leading more radical transformation.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/06/2023 15:46:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1697111

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allowed appeals from (a) First and (b) Upper Tribunal are awaiting implementation; and what the average time taken to implement allowed appeal decisions was in each year between 2019 and 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	19426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information cannot be accurately extracted from our internal systems. To provide this information would require a manual trawl of successful appeals and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Where an appeal has been allowed in favour of the appellant, and is not subject to onward appeal, we take all reasonable steps to implement the allowed appeal in a timely manner.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/03/2024 15:12:42 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones