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1248317

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to recruit additional staff to help tackle the backlog of (a) asylum, (b) EU Settlement Scheme and (c) indefinite leave to remain applications.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	110877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2020 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Asylum Operations have, over the last two years increased the number of decision makers and support staff. There are recruitment strategies in place to maintain staffing at the required levels to allow us to manage asylum intake and reduce the overall time to make initial asylum decisions. These include rolling recruitment campaigns, a staff retention strategy to ensure it retains its highly skilled asylum decision makers, and the further expansion of digital processes to increase case working flexibility. Asylum Operations has also been exploring further options to get the system moving again following the outbreak of COVID-19 earlier in the year with steps being taken to improve efficiency, focusing on process improvements, better quality decisions and transformation. Asylum Operations has also developed a recovery plan focused on returning interviews and decisions back to pre-COVID-19 levels as soon as possible. We are also seeking to secure temporary resources to assist from within the Home Office and other government departments, along with other potential options. We are fully committed to ensuring that our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective migration system. In addition to the new technology and processes, we have over 1,500 UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) European Casework staff in post to process applications, along with 250 staff handling calls and emails in the Settlement Resolution Centre, helping people apply<strong>.</strong> Visas &amp; Citizenship are flexing resources to manage caseloads and therefore currently do not require additional recruitment to assist with indefinite leave to remain applications.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110878 question first answered 13/11/2020 11:40:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1248319

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Immigration
	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 reduce the backlog of (a) asylum, (b) EU Settlement Scheme and (c) indefinite leave to remain applications.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	110878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2020 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Asylum Operations have, over the last two years increased the number of decision makers and support staff. There are recruitment strategies in place to maintain staffing at the required levels to allow us to manage asylum intake and reduce the overall time to make initial asylum decisions. These include rolling recruitment campaigns, a staff retention strategy to ensure it retains its highly skilled asylum decision makers, and the further expansion of digital processes to increase case working flexibility. Asylum Operations has also been exploring further options to get the system moving again following the outbreak of COVID-19 earlier in the year with steps being taken to improve efficiency, focusing on process improvements, better quality decisions and transformation. Asylum Operations has also developed a recovery plan focused on returning interviews and decisions back to pre-COVID-19 levels as soon as possible. We are also seeking to secure temporary resources to assist from within the Home Office and other government departments, along with other potential options. We are fully committed to ensuring that our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective migration system. In addition to the new technology and processes, we have over 1,500 UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) European Casework staff in post to process applications, along with 250 staff handling calls and emails in the Settlement Resolution Centre, helping people apply<strong>.</strong> Visas &amp; Citizenship are flexing resources to manage caseloads and therefore currently do not require additional recruitment to assist with indefinite leave to remain applications.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110877 question first answered 13/11/2020 11:40:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1192256

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Borders: France
	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 provide a breakdown of the UK's current expenditure on border operations in Northern France.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	42139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish breakdowns of operational departmental spending. The information we do publish can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/05/2020 17:54:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1200576

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether local welfare provision is classified as a public fund for immigration purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	54986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>We do not currently have estimates of the number of migrants who are in the UK and subject to no recourse to public funds (NRPF) at any given time.</p><p> </p><p>Migrants coming to the UK are expected to maintain and support themselves and their families without posing a burden on the UK’s welfare system. Access to benefits and other publicly funded services reflects the strength of a migrant’s connections to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publish a range of statistics on entry clearance visas, and extensions of leave in the UK in the quarterly Immigration Statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). However, these do not show the number of people subject to NRPF.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Local welfare provision is not classed as a public fund for immigration purposes as set out in the Immigration Rules on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-index.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is working closely with other government departments to support people, including migrants with NRPF, through this pandemic. We have announced a range of measures to ensure people can stay safe and many of these are available for those with a NRPF condition, such as protection for renters from evictions, a mortgage holiday for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm the assistance being given under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-employed Income Support Scheme are not classed as public funds and are available to all those in work or self-employment respectively, including those with NRPF status and those on zero-hour contracts.  Statutory sick pay and some other work-related benefits are also not classed as public funds and so are also available to all.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has outlined the support available to migrants, including those with NRPF, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-get-support-if-youre-a-migrant-living-in-the-uk.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 54983 54984 54985 question first answered 12/06/2020 13:30:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1200573

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people with dependants under the age of 18 who have No Recourse to Public Funds attached to their immigration status.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	54983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>We do not currently have estimates of the number of migrants who are in the UK and subject to no recourse to public funds (NRPF) at any given time.</p><p> </p><p>Migrants coming to the UK are expected to maintain and support themselves and their families without posing a burden on the UK’s welfare system. Access to benefits and other publicly funded services reflects the strength of a migrant’s connections to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publish a range of statistics on entry clearance visas, and extensions of leave in the UK in the quarterly Immigration Statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). However, these do not show the number of people subject to NRPF.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Local welfare provision is not classed as a public fund for immigration purposes as set out in the Immigration Rules on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-index.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is working closely with other government departments to support people, including migrants with NRPF, through this pandemic. We have announced a range of measures to ensure people can stay safe and many of these are available for those with a NRPF condition, such as protection for renters from evictions, a mortgage holiday for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm the assistance being given under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-employed Income Support Scheme are not classed as public funds and are available to all those in work or self-employment respectively, including those with NRPF status and those on zero-hour contracts.  Statutory sick pay and some other work-related benefits are also not classed as public funds and so are also available to all.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has outlined the support available to migrants, including those with NRPF, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-get-support-if-youre-a-migrant-living-in-the-uk.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 54984 54985 54986 question first answered 12/06/2020 13:30:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1200574

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of individuals with limited leave to remain in the UK that have no recourse to public funds attached to their immigration status.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	54984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>We do not currently have estimates of the number of migrants who are in the UK and subject to no recourse to public funds (NRPF) at any given time.</p><p> </p><p>Migrants coming to the UK are expected to maintain and support themselves and their families without posing a burden on the UK’s welfare system. Access to benefits and other publicly funded services reflects the strength of a migrant’s connections to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publish a range of statistics on entry clearance visas, and extensions of leave in the UK in the quarterly Immigration Statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). However, these do not show the number of people subject to NRPF.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Local welfare provision is not classed as a public fund for immigration purposes as set out in the Immigration Rules on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-index.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is working closely with other government departments to support people, including migrants with NRPF, through this pandemic. We have announced a range of measures to ensure people can stay safe and many of these are available for those with a NRPF condition, such as protection for renters from evictions, a mortgage holiday for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm the assistance being given under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-employed Income Support Scheme are not classed as public funds and are available to all those in work or self-employment respectively, including those with NRPF status and those on zero-hour contracts.  Statutory sick pay and some other work-related benefits are also not classed as public funds and so are also available to all.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has outlined the support available to migrants, including those with NRPF, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-get-support-if-youre-a-migrant-living-in-the-uk.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 54983 54985 54986 question first answered 12/06/2020 13:30:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1200575

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of applicants with dependants under the age of 18 who are on the 10 year route to settlement with no recourse to public funds attached to their leave to remain application.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	54985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>We do not currently have estimates of the number of migrants who are in the UK and subject to no recourse to public funds (NRPF) at any given time.</p><p> </p><p>Migrants coming to the UK are expected to maintain and support themselves and their families without posing a burden on the UK’s welfare system. Access to benefits and other publicly funded services reflects the strength of a migrant’s connections to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publish a range of statistics on entry clearance visas, and extensions of leave in the UK in the quarterly Immigration Statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). However, these do not show the number of people subject to NRPF.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Local welfare provision is not classed as a public fund for immigration purposes as set out in the Immigration Rules on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-index.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is working closely with other government departments to support people, including migrants with NRPF, through this pandemic. We have announced a range of measures to ensure people can stay safe and many of these are available for those with a NRPF condition, such as protection for renters from evictions, a mortgage holiday for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm the assistance being given under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-employed Income Support Scheme are not classed as public funds and are available to all those in work or self-employment respectively, including those with NRPF status and those on zero-hour contracts.  Statutory sick pay and some other work-related benefits are also not classed as public funds and so are also available to all.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has outlined the support available to migrants, including those with NRPF, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-get-support-if-youre-a-migrant-living-in-the-uk.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 54983 54984 54986 question first answered 12/06/2020 13:30:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1247169

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason there are no service standards for the processing of asylum applications.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	109521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Until October 2018, there was a published service standard in place to decide 98% of straight-forward cases within six months from date of claim. Whilst the operation consistently achieved this for three years, the number of non-straight forward cases awaiting a decision grew rapidly and it became clear that the former service standard no longer best served those that used our services. For these reasons, former Ministers agreed that we should move away from the service standard to reprioritise cases, whilst we come to longer term arrangement for service standards that meet the needs of all parties.</p><p>As a result, we moved away from the 6-month service standard to concentrate on older claims, cases with acute vulnerability and those in receipt of the greatest level of support, including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC). Additionally, we are prioritising cases where an individual has al-ready received a decision, but a reconsideration is required. This prioritisation has been successful as we made 3,114 decisions on claims from UASC in the year ended December 2019, a 45% increase on the previous year.</p><p>For the year 2020, we continue to prioritise claims in the same way, including UASCs, however there have been some operational challenges resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak that has impacted our decision making across all claims. We are continuing to formulate plans on a new service standard for all asylum claims, which should provide asylum seekers and partners with clear expectation of how and when a decision should be made. The Home Office does however continue to publish information on the total number of cases awaiting an initial decision broken down by specific periods of time. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-august-2020</a> (Asy_02)</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/11/2020 17:45:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1217963

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Incentives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reward and recognition nominations have been (a) made and (b) approved by his Department for people in each category of (i) ethnicity and (ii) gender in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	64980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Under the department’s recognition and reward policies, nominations for awards are proposed and administered at a local level, therefore we do not have a central record of nominations.</p><p>Approved awards made in the form of special bonuses and vouchers are available in the Ministry of Justice Workforce Monitoring Reports, which are published annually:</p><p>2015/16: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moj-workforce-monitoring-report-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moj-workforce-monitoring-report-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>2016/17: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moj-annual-diversity-report-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moj-annual-diversity-report-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>2017/18: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-workforce-monitoring-report-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-workforce-monitoring-report-2017-to-2018</a></p><p>2018/19: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-workforce-monitoring-report-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-workforce-monitoring-report-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>The published data covers awards issued in the form of special bonus for each year up to March 2019. The published data in 2018/19 also includes award issued in the form of vouchers.</p><p>Awards data covering April 2019 to March 2020 will be published in the Ministry of Justice Workforce Monitoring Report for 2019/20 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/07/2020 15:00:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1240027

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Under-Secretary of State of 11 June 2020, Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (fourth sitting), Official Report, column 123, if she will publish the evidential basis for the Government's view that unrestricted access to employment opportunities for asylum seekers may also act as an incentive for more people to choose to come here illegally.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	98726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>There is already published, independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally. This is because it is easier to work under such conditions – and we cannot ignore that access to the labour market is among the reasons that so many people choose to come to the UK illegally, rather than remain in any of the countries through which they transit.</p><p>That is why it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/10/2020 11:34:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor