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1064688

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shamima Begum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what considerations satisfied him that depriving Shamima Begum of her British citizenship was conducive to the public good.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	224351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>We do not comment on individual cases.</p><p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so.</p><p>Conducive deprivation will be used in the context of National Security, espionage, acts of terrorism, unacceptable (extremist) behaviours, war crimes and serious and organised crime.</p><p>As I explained to the House on Wednesday, I carefully consider such decisions personally on a case by case basis and where a decision has to be made, I will have to be confident it is not only conducive to the public good but is compliant with the law.</p><p>I will look at the secret intelligence and all relevant material to determine the threat. Officials and partner agencies will put together a case, setting out all relevant information to satisfy me that the conducive test has been met.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/03/2019 11:42:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1064687

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens have had that citizenship deprived under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	224350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so. Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary of State is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of material fact</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018, which provide figures for section 40(2) deprivations, those where the Home Office has deemed that to deprive individuals of their citizenship is conducive to the public good. Figures for May 2010 to December 2014 are included in the 2015 report, figures for 2015 are in the 2017 report and the annual figures for 2016 and 2017 are listed in the 2018 report. The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p><br>Data relating to deprivation on fraud grounds under section 40 (3) is not currently published.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/03/2019 11:46:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1439400

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will take steps to (a) waive all visa requirements and (b) introduce a resettlement scheme for unaccompanied Ukrainian refugee children.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	137346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the deeply troubling circumstances faced by all Ukrainians who are caught up in this conflict, including unaccompanied minors, and the role many countries will need to play to safeguard those children. With respect to UK charities we are aware of a significant interest in assisting Ukrainian children.</p><p>Safeguarding and protection of these vulnerable children is paramount. It will generally be in the best interests of a child to reunite with their family members in the first instance. This is also the position of the Ukrainian Government. We have held a number of discussions with leading international organisations who are working hard to ensure appropriate processes are put in place to process and safeguard unaccompanied minors who are fleeing Ukraine.</p><p>The Ukraine Family Scheme (UFS) provides an immediate pathway for those Ukrainians, including unaccompanied minors, with family already settled in the UK to come to our country. The relevant safeguarding checks will be performed as part of the application process. The UFS is designed to allow as many people as possible to come to Britain and gives them immediate access to the support they need.</p><p>The routes and visa changes which we have announced so far follow extensive engagement with the Ukrainian Government to ensure they respond directly to their needs and asks. We will continue to work closely with them going forward.</p><p>We are committed to working with local government to ensure appropriate arrangements are in place, particularly for any unaccompanied children who may arrive and for whom there is no option of being reunited with extended family. The UK already has well established policies in this area for looked after migrant children.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 137347 137348 question first answered 25/04/2022 11:47:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1439402

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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 steps her Department is taking to support UK charities seeking to provide safe escape routes for Ukrainian orphans and unaccompanied refugee children.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	137347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the deeply troubling circumstances faced by all Ukrainians who are caught up in this conflict, including unaccompanied minors, and the role many countries will need to play to safeguard those children. With respect to UK charities we are aware of a significant interest in assisting Ukrainian children.</p><p>Safeguarding and protection of these vulnerable children is paramount. It will generally be in the best interests of a child to reunite with their family members in the first instance. This is also the position of the Ukrainian Government. We have held a number of discussions with leading international organisations who are working hard to ensure appropriate processes are put in place to process and safeguard unaccompanied minors who are fleeing Ukraine.</p><p>The Ukraine Family Scheme (UFS) provides an immediate pathway for those Ukrainians, including unaccompanied minors, with family already settled in the UK to come to our country. The relevant safeguarding checks will be performed as part of the application process. The UFS is designed to allow as many people as possible to come to Britain and gives them immediate access to the support they need.</p><p>The routes and visa changes which we have announced so far follow extensive engagement with the Ukrainian Government to ensure they respond directly to their needs and asks. We will continue to work closely with them going forward.</p><p>We are committed to working with local government to ensure appropriate arrangements are in place, particularly for any unaccompanied children who may arrive and for whom there is no option of being reunited with extended family. The UK already has well established policies in this area for looked after migrant children.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 137346 137348 question first answered 25/04/2022 11:47:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1439403

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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 steps her Department is taking to safeguard and promote the welfare of refugee children arriving from Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	137348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the deeply troubling circumstances faced by all Ukrainians who are caught up in this conflict, including unaccompanied minors, and the role many countries will need to play to safeguard those children. With respect to UK charities we are aware of a significant interest in assisting Ukrainian children.</p><p>Safeguarding and protection of these vulnerable children is paramount. It will generally be in the best interests of a child to reunite with their family members in the first instance. This is also the position of the Ukrainian Government. We have held a number of discussions with leading international organisations who are working hard to ensure appropriate processes are put in place to process and safeguard unaccompanied minors who are fleeing Ukraine.</p><p>The Ukraine Family Scheme (UFS) provides an immediate pathway for those Ukrainians, including unaccompanied minors, with family already settled in the UK to come to our country. The relevant safeguarding checks will be performed as part of the application process. The UFS is designed to allow as many people as possible to come to Britain and gives them immediate access to the support they need.</p><p>The routes and visa changes which we have announced so far follow extensive engagement with the Ukrainian Government to ensure they respond directly to their needs and asks. We will continue to work closely with them going forward.</p><p>We are committed to working with local government to ensure appropriate arrangements are in place, particularly for any unaccompanied children who may arrive and for whom there is no option of being reunited with extended family. The UK already has well established policies in this area for looked after migrant children.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 137346 137347 question first answered 25/04/2022 11:47:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1171479

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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, how many and what proportion of applications by non UK national EU citizens for settled status were submitted through her Department's app.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	4359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>We are not able to provide a precise figure because our app statistics include transactions for applications which have been started, but not yet submitted. However, we estimate over 3.2 million applicants have used the EU Exit: ID Document check app to scan their Passport as part of their application to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/07/2020 14:45:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1468232

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
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 plans to take to improve (a) transparency and (b) communication in the application system for spouse, fiancé, and unmarried partner visas.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	13755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) continues to prioritise Ukraine Visa Scheme applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine, so applications for family visa routes are taking longer to process. In addition, we continue to see unpredictable levels of demand across all visa routes globally following the easing of international travel restrictions.</p><p>UKVI are committed to providing customers with information on global visa processing times, and will continue to provide updates on the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAdam.Barker%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8c92313ce10643c0d2e908da4eca2181%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637908927405292042%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=a8yWrupsWHmOBDGbIFTLTKxfwykvuroUiWm0NGg%2FEc0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times </a>page on GOV.UK and via our commercial partners’ websites. Spouse, fiancé, and unmarried partner applicants have been informed of extended processing times via email. Customers are encouraged to consider the information on processing times before booking travel to the UK.</p><p>UKVI transparency data is published at regular intervals and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 09:19:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1454358

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the Homes for Ukraine scheme to Ukrainian nationals who lived in Belarus prior to 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	147060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>This Government has made clear its support for Ukrainians fleeing in fear of their lives clear by introducing the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Scheme.</p><p>The Homes for Ukraine scheme will allow individuals, charities, community groups and businesses in the UK to bring Ukrainians to safety.</p><p>To qualify for the Scheme a person must be Ukrainian, or the immediate family member of a Ukrainian national, have been residing in Ukraine on or immediately before 1 January 2022 (including those who have now left Ukraine).</p><p>The Government has no plans to extend the eligibility beyond this cohort.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/04/2022 17:00:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1454359

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Homes for Ukraine visa sponsorship applications have been successful to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	147061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The scheme has only been running for a short period so far; details on the number of visas issued will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/04/2022 16:59:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1457847

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the £350 per month payment to refugees arriving in the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	154054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The department have not made any assessment of the potential merits of extending the £350 per month thank you payment to refugees arriving in the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme as this is a matter for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.</p><p>Nationals of Ukraine coming to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme will be given access to work, benefits and public services as laid down in the Immigration Rules Appendix Ukraine, 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 grouped question UIN 154055 question first answered 26/04/2022 16:46:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock