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1438367

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	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 she plans to establish a British consular presence in Calais to issue visas to people fleeing the war in Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	135642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>We have worked closely with the French Government to respond to the situation in northern France. In partnership with the French Government, we have established a new temporary Visa Application Centre in Arras to provide extra support for those people in Calais who are eligible for our Ukraine schemes. It is operating by referral only.</p><p>This is a rapidly shifting situation, and we are keeping our operational response under constant review to ensure we adapt as needed to best support people through this process and keep pace with the evolving picture on the ground.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/04/2022 10:21:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56744 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1438384

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	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, how many visas her Department has issued under the Ukraine Family Visa scheme as of 7 March 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	135646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p><em>Information on the number of applications issued under the Ukraine Family Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme: application data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/03/2022 18:00:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 57772 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1438368

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	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 specific discussions she has had with her French counterpart on steps taken by the UK Government to support refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	135643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government maintains regular contact with the Government of France at ministerial and official level. The Home Secretary is in regular contact with the French Interior Minister Darmanin.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/03/2022 15:08:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 57773 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1438372

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	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 discussions she has had with the devolved Administrations on a United Kingdom approach to supporting refugees from Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	135644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>This question can be best answered by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), and should therefore be directed to that Department.</p><p>The DLUHC is also working closely with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to promote the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 11/04/2022 10:32:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1470254

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Newport West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the backlog in passport applications from residents of Newport West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	18040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>To support the processing of an unprecedented demand, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has increased its staffing numbers across the UK. 650 new staff have joined HM Passport Office since April 2021, with plans for a further 550 to have joined by the summer.</p><p>This has helped to process applications in record numbers. Across March, April, and May, HM Passport Office completed the processing of approximately three million applications, with 98.5% of applications from the UK being completed within the published processing time of up to ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/06/2022 07:37:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1470255

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Newport West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Newport West constituency have waited longer than 6 weeks for their passport application to be processed in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	18041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, customers have been advised it takes up to ten weeks to process a passport application.</p><p>In May 2022, over 91% of applications from across the UK were completed within six weeks, and 98.5% within ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/06/2022 11:40:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504605

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Newport West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the backlog of passport applications from residents of Newport West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	901277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>HM Passport Office carries work in progress across the year as part of normal operational planning.</p><p>Across 2022, approximately 800,000 passport applications have been processed on average each month, with 96.4% of standard UK applications being processed within the published ten-week timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 15:41:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1362519

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of immigration applications are decided within (a) six and (b) 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	61202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to ensuring all applications are considered without unnecessary delay. Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p><p> </p><p>If an application is deemed complex and expected to take longer than the standard processing timescale, UKVI will write to the customer within the standard processing time and explain what will happen next.</p><p> </p><p>The published information on processing times for complex/ non straightforward visa applications is published as part of the Migration Transparency data, available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/11/2021 15:45:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400443

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Country Nationals: Afghanistan
	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 vulnerability of people who supported British aims in Afghanistan to criminal smugglers and traffickers.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>We are immensely grateful for Afghan Citizens who supported UK aims and who may be at risk. As a result, in addition to our Afghanistan Relocations and Assistance policy, we relocated a number of individuals who supported UK aims under Op Pitting; and is why <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fafghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFiona.McGrail%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd29e271958b0416895b508d9d1feb073%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637771714071225139%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=keHhPBu9GxrSYn6eZJYGI71f6Ey3LeRzBiZ5Ae5GAUk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">the Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement Scheme</a> will prioritise those who have assisted the UK efforts in Afghanistan and stood up for values such as democracy, women’s rights, freedom of speech, and rule of law<em>. </em></p><p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme launched on 6 January 2022, and will provide up to 20,000 Afghan women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK. It demonstrates the Government’s New Plan for Immigration in action, as we expand and strengthen our safe and legal routes to the UK, for those in need of protection.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/01/2022 16:06:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1470289

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Newport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were employed by HM Passport Office in Newport on 14 June 2022; and what proportion of those staff were agency workers.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	18046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>To meet the elevated demand for passports, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has recruited through the use of both temporary staff and permanent civil servants.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/06/2022 09:17:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones