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1581557

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	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 announce the outcome of the review into asylum support rates.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	134037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. The support package provided usually consists of free, furnished accommodation (with utility bills and council tax paid) and a weekly cash allowance to meet other essential living needs.</p><p>From 21 December 2022 the government increased the main rate of asylum support that is provided under sections 4 and 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to £45 per week on an interim basis whilst we complete the current annual review of the asylum support allowance.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 17:15:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1580900

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nawaz Sharif
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, applied for an anonymity order in relation to an application for leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	132281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 132280 question first answered 03/02/2023 17:13:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1580898

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nawaz Sharif
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr Nawaz Sharif, applied for leave to remain in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	132280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 132281 question first answered 03/02/2023 17:13:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1580903

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the response to the Urgent Question on 24 January 2023 on Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, Official Report column 859, whether in the welfare interview children are explicitly informed (a) that they will not be sent to Rwanda, (b) of their rights as a child seeking asylum in the UK, (c) of the risks to them of people seeking to exploit children staying in asylum hotels, (d) of advice to stay safe and (e) about how to seek help if in difficulty.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	132332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of a welfare interview is to ascertain the physical and emotional state of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) as well as to obtain some basic information about themselves and their family, their journey to the United Kingdom and any links they may have in the United Kingdom. During the welfare interview, our UASC children are not informed of the points raised. This information is relayed to each UASC child upon arrival at their accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 17:10:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1581264

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been open for longer than one year in (a) Ilford North constituency and (b) the London Borough of Redbridge.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	133717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications awaiting a decision can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Data on asylum seekers by local authority is published only for those in receipt of support, in table Asy_D11 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#local-authority-data" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</p><p>Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The data show a snapshot of people awaiting an initial decision or in receipt of support as at 30 September 2022, rather than over the entire quarter. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 17:07:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1581776

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Agriculture
	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 effectiveness of the short-term visa scheme for poultry workers; and what steps her Department is taking to help prevent workers on that scheme from being in debt bondage.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>In November 2021 we introduced a temporary concession enabling poultry workers to be recruited via the Seasonal Worker route, to ensure that there were sufficient workers to cover the surge in poultry production and preparation during the festive season. This received a positive response from the sector and received a good uptake, therefore we included provision for pre-Christmas poultry workers within the main Seasonal Worker route from Autumn 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Seasonal Worker scheme operators are responsible for managing all aspects of the recruitment and placement of workers on UK farms and ensuring their welfare in the UK. This includes ensuring ethical recruitment practices, in line with Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority regulations.</p><p>We take the welfare of migrant workers extremely seriously and we are committed to working with DEFRA and the GLAA in order to ensure that workers are not subject to mistreatment, abuse or fall in debt bondage and that their time in the UK is positive and productive.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 17:06:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1582334

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Departments, how many Afghan citizens have been resettled in the UK since August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The latest operational data, effective at Friday 4 November 2022, shows that, since August 2021, the UK has issued a grant of Leave to Remain to 12,296 individuals who are eligible for resettlement or relocation under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) or Afghan Relocation &amp; Assistance Policy (ARAP)</p><p>More information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 17:04:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1582513

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Staff
	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 Answer of 19 December 2022 on Asylum, how many decision makers were in post as of 13 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>There were 1280 decision makers in post as of 13 December 2022. This equates to 1246.76 full time equivalent (FTE) decision makers. This is double the FTE decision makers in 2021/2022 and we are continuing to recruit more decision makers to help clear the asylum backlog by the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 17:03:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1580905

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the response to the Urgent Question on 24 January 2023 on Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, Official Report column 859, of the 200 children who remain missing, what information does her Department hold on the number of days each child has been missing; and if she will make it her policy to publish regular data on the number of (a) children missing from bridging hotels and (b) days those children have been missing.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	132334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no children missing from bridging hotels; bridging hotels are not utilised for asylum accommodation and do not house Unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).</p><p>There are no plans to publicly publish data around missing UASC as this data is not held in a reportable format and it would require a manual search of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 16:59:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1580589

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Help: Members
	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 has instructed Migrant Help not to respond to enquiries from Rt hon. and hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	132405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>There is an agreement between Migrant Help and the Home Office for Migrant Help to refer correspondence to MP Account Management (MPAM) who then liaise with relevant Home Office officials to respond.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/02/2023 16:57:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor