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1131709

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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, if he will take steps to ensure that all of the EU Settlement Scheme application process is available in every European language.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	263778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>We have no plans to make the application process available in every European language. The application for the EU Settlement Scheme is simple and straight forward.</p><p>The application process has been tested with users of different abilities and we have conducted research with those who do not read English. We have also published the scheme guidance in 26 different European languages.</p><p>In addition, there are now over 300 assisted digital centres where applicants can be supported through their application and we have awarded up to £9 million funding for 57 voluntary and community sector organisations across the UK to help reach more vulnerable or at risk EU citizens and their family members directly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:14:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1144686

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) spousal visas were issued and (b) individual family members were granted entry to the UK from Afghanistan to be reunited with a family member that served as an interpreter with the British Armed Forces (i) between 2012 and April 2019 and (ii) since April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	286688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/09/2019 16:46:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1174273

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Apprentices
	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 each police authority in Wales will receive under the apprenticeship levy and when that funding will be received by each of those authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	9620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>We are supporting police apprenticeships in Wales. Funding was provided through the Special Grant mechanism in 2018/19, 2019/20 and will be provided again in 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2020 16:18:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1200962

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government funding allocated to the recruitment of 6,000 police officers by March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	903020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by giving policing the biggest funding increase in a decade.</p><p>In total we’re increasing the funding available to the policing system by over £1bn this year.</p><p>In order to help recruit we are giving PCCs an additional £700 million this year to help deliver the recruitment of 6,000 additional officers by the end of March 2021; we have already recruited 3000 new officers.</p><p>We are giving the police the resources they need to fight crime and keep the public safe.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/06/2020 15:12:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1249591

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for a Biometric Residency Permit to be issued after a positive outcome in a UKVI application in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) January to November 2020; and how many applicants were waiting for a Biometric Residency Permit to be issued six months after a positive outcome of their UKVI application in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	113030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not keep data relating to delays issuing Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs), but it does have service level agreements (SLAs) with partners for the creation and delivery of BRPs. The Home Office can also check whether and how quickly an individual BRP was created and delivered.</p><p>The Home Office aims to deliver a BRP within 10 working days of an immigration application being approved.</p><p>The DVLA, which produces BRPs, has an SLA to complete 90% of production requests within one working day and the remaining 10% within two working days. While this was met consistently until early 2020 the impacts of Covid-19 restrictions and safe working practices have caused occasional delays of up to four working days since April.</p><p>Our delivery partner is required to attempt first delivery of 99% of BRP within two working days of collection from DVLA. This target was met up until February 2020 and is 91% since then. We are working to improve our performance in all areas.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/11/2020 17:08:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1249593

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions UKVI failed to meet the 20-day service level agreement on responding to enquiries from hon. Members on behalf of constituents in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	113031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration work to a target of responding to 95% of Ministerial correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Performance has been impacted by an increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions. An action plan is currently in place to clear backlogs and drive up performance.</p><p>The latest published data on UKVI performance against the service standard is held at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2020 and this includes data from quarter 2 - 2017 up to and including the end of quarter 2-2020/21. We are proposing the release of data for quarter 3, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/11/2020 15:42:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1249594

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Interviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for an asylum interview after the date of an asylum claim in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	113032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to state what the average waiting time is for an asylum interview after the date of an asylum claim in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020 as the Home Office does not publish this information.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables</strong></a></p><p>The Home Office are committed to ensuring asylum claims are considered without unnecessary delay, individuals who need protection are granted asylum as soon as possible and can start to integrate and rebuild their lives, including those granted at appeal.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/11/2020 17:12:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1249604

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: 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 average waiting time is for a British Citizenship application to be processed; and how many applicants have been waiting over a year for their application be processed, as of November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	113033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The most recent published data on citizenship applications (August 2020) shows that of those Straightforward Applications received, the percentage completed within the Service Standard of six months was 99.3%.</p><p>The latest information on processing times can be found in the UK Visas and Immigration Transparency Data</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-august-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/11/2020 16:14:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1257786

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Wales
	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 adequacy of living conditions at temporary accommodation sites for asylum seekers in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	124151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government demands the highest standards from contractors and their accommodation and monitor them closely to ensure this is maintained.</p><p>Accommodation providers are required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to the standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation.</p><p>These standards apply to all accommodation used by the Home Office including the Ministry of Defense site in Pembrokeshire.</p><p>The Home Office is in daily contact with service providers to ensure that the Government continues to meet its statutory obligation to house destitute asylum seekers and to ensure that all contracted support services are delivered, and service users are housed safely. This is in addition to the monthly and quarterly formal performance boards.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/12/2020 18:47:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1279649

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sham Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of immigration marriage fraud were reported in the UK in (a) 2018 (b) 2019 and (c) 2020; what the average time taken was to deal with each case; and how many of those cases resulted in the removal of the perpetrator of immigration marriage fraud from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	141952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Reports of suspected Immigration marriage fraud (sham marriage) are reported to the Home Office by Superintendent registrars and member of the public.</p><p>The Home Office received reports:</p><p>From Superintendent registrars: 2,805 in 2018, 3,155 in 2019 and 2,822 in 2020.</p><p>From members of the public: 7,027 in 2018, 5,554 in 2019 and 4,390 in 2020.</p><p>The Home Office initially assesses every incoming piece of information within twenty-four hours of receipt. Beyond this, the average time taken to deal with each case of marriage fraud (sham marriage) is not recorded and is therefore not held.</p><p>The number of people involved in a marriage referral from a Superintendent registrar who have been removed from the UK by year of referral is, 138 in 2018, 87 in 2019 and 10 in 2020.</p><p>It is not possible to produce data for those reported by the public as this information is not readily available/held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/01/2021 14:47:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden