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1199109

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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 plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 17 February 2020 on the regulation of shisha lounges, reference SK/Badley/SM17964.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	52655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>A reply was sent by the Minister for Crime and Policing on 25 September 2020.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/09/2020 15:12:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1136674

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Applications
	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 he has made of the equity of the fee structure for applying to become a UK citizen for people who have been (a) born and (b) raised in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	272802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>An assessment of the impact of all border, immigration and citizenship (BIC) fees was published as an associated document to the Immigration and<br>Nationality Fees (Regulations) 2018. Whilst the assessment doesn’t focus on<br>affordability, which would be a very subjective matter, it does include <br>estimates of price elasticity. Policy Equality Statements are prepared alongside proposed fee changes.</p><p>The relevant information can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/59/pdfs/ukia_20180059_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/59/pdfs/ukia_20180059_en.pdf</a></p><p>Additionally, the Home Office keeps its fees for immigration and nationality under regular review and changes to individual charges need to be made with a view to maintaining the overall purpose of the fees and charging legislation.</p><p>The Home Office constantly strives to achieve the right balance between ensuring that individuals are able to obtain status in the UK and access appropriate services, without adding burden to the taxpayer.</p><p>Applying for British nationality is not mandatory and many individuals who have settlement/ indefinite leave to remain (ILR) status choose not to apply. This is because, in addition to lawful permanent residence in the UK, a person with indefinite leave to remain has full access to the UK labour market, education, healthcare and the ability to sponsor family members’ residence in the UK.</p><p>The Home Office also provides for exceptions to the need to pay application fees for limited and indefinite leave to remain, in a number of specific<br>circumstances. These exceptions ensure that the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations, including in relation to refugees and persons deriving rights under the ECHR and wider government policy and the protection of vulnerable children, such as those in Local Authority (LA) care.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 272803 question first answered 08/07/2019 13:53:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1136676

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure that a person eligible to apply for UK citizenship is not prevented from doing so as a result of the fee structure.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	272803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>An assessment of the impact of all border, immigration and citizenship (BIC) fees was published as an associated document to the Immigration and<br>Nationality Fees (Regulations) 2018. Whilst the assessment doesn’t focus on<br>affordability, which would be a very subjective matter, it does include <br>estimates of price elasticity. Policy Equality Statements are prepared alongside proposed fee changes.</p><p>The relevant information can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/59/pdfs/ukia_20180059_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/59/pdfs/ukia_20180059_en.pdf</a></p><p>Additionally, the Home Office keeps its fees for immigration and nationality under regular review and changes to individual charges need to be made with a view to maintaining the overall purpose of the fees and charging legislation.</p><p>The Home Office constantly strives to achieve the right balance between ensuring that individuals are able to obtain status in the UK and access appropriate services, without adding burden to the taxpayer.</p><p>Applying for British nationality is not mandatory and many individuals who have settlement/ indefinite leave to remain (ILR) status choose not to apply. This is because, in addition to lawful permanent residence in the UK, a person with indefinite leave to remain has full access to the UK labour market, education, healthcare and the ability to sponsor family members’ residence in the UK.</p><p>The Home Office also provides for exceptions to the need to pay application fees for limited and indefinite leave to remain, in a number of specific<br>circumstances. These exceptions ensure that the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations, including in relation to refugees and persons deriving rights under the ECHR and wider government policy and the protection of vulnerable children, such as those in Local Authority (LA) care.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 272802 question first answered 08/07/2019 13:53:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1225654

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	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 publish the local authorities that were consulted in advance of the implementation of the asylum dispersal scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	75240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Birmingham has been a dispersal area for a number of years, and we do not hold records of the engagement held.</p><p>With regards to current dispersal, the Home Office is working in partnership with Local Authority Chief Executives through the Home Office Local Government Chief Executive group’s, who have agreed a change plan, that seeks to achieve a more equitable dispersal of asylum seekers across the UK and seeks to overcome barriers to ensure availability of service provision.</p><p>The plan has been paused in light of the current covid-19 crisis but will resume once restrictions on accommodation moves have been lifted.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 75241 question first answered 22/07/2020 16:10:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1225655

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what correspondence her Department had with Birmingham City Council in advance of the implementation of the asylum dispersal scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	75241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Birmingham has been a dispersal area for a number of years, and we do not hold records of the engagement held.</p><p>With regards to current dispersal, the Home Office is working in partnership with Local Authority Chief Executives through the Home Office Local Government Chief Executive group’s, who have agreed a change plan, that seeks to achieve a more equitable dispersal of asylum seekers across the UK and seeks to overcome barriers to ensure availability of service provision.</p><p>The plan has been paused in light of the current covid-19 crisis but will resume once restrictions on accommodation moves have been lifted.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 75240 question first answered 22/07/2020 16:10:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1304380

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal importations of shisha tobacco were capture by the UK Border Force in each of the last three calendar years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	172049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>Border Force does not routinely publish this level of data on the specific type of tobacco seized at the border.</p><p>Seizures relating to products related to the Tax revenue that is protected through detecting goods where excise duty has not been declared, including Tobacco seizures are published quarterly on the.gov.uk website. The latest information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2020" target="_blank">Border Force Transparency Data August 2020</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/03/2021 11:56:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1173174

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she is making on the recruitment of new frontline police officers in the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	7606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>In October 2019 Home Office confirmed officer allocations for every force in England and Wales in the first year of the uplift. The Home Office is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to support all forces deliver these allocations.</p><p>West Midlands Police has been allocated 366 officers in year 1 of the uplift.</p><p>The Home Office publishes the statistical series 'Police workforce, England and Wales' on a biannual basis. The next publication is scheduled for release on Thursday 30 January and will contain information on the number of officers in post as at 30 September 2019. Data on joiners and leavers are published annually, in the July release of the bulletin, which covers the situation as at 31 March.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-first-wave-of-20000-police-officer-uplift" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-first-wave-of-20000-police-officer-uplift</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/01/2020 16:59:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1460066

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many medical cannabis licences have been granted to pharmacies in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham Ladywood in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	158917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158918 158919 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:05:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1460067

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the average time taken to award medical cannabis licences to pharmacies following their initial application.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	158918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158917 158919 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:05:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1460068

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of applications for medical cannabis licences made by pharmacies in each the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	158919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158917 158918 question first answered 28/04/2022 11:05:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood