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985670

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	‘To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family visit visa applications from non-EEA countries have been declined in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The family visitor visa has been replaced by the standard visitor visa <a href="https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa</a></p><p>The information on total entry clearance visitor visas granted is released quarterly as part of the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, available at the .<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOV" target="_blank">GOV</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK" target="_blank">UK</a> website.</p><p>The most recent published visas statistics are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:44:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

984749

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	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, whether provisions will be included in the new asylum accommodation contracts to ensure that service providers that fail to meet specified standards will be held to account.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	177768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place to ensure that the required performance standards expected of all providers, as defined in the contracts, are met. More specifically:</p><p>The Provider shall perform the Services to meet or exceed the Performance Standards defined in the Statement of Requirements and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) defined within the Performance Management Regime.</p><p>Service Credits associated with Provider performance failures against the KPI targets, shall be applied by the Authority from the Contract Effective Date.</p><p>Service Credits will be applied in the event of performance failures against KPIs, at a level commensurate with the Provider’s degree of failure against the relevant KPI. The agreed Service Credit Payment (SCP) for each Service Area will be deducted from the Monthly Service Payment which would otherwise be payable to the Provider for the relevant Payment Period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:53:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

985726

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) pass and (b) fail rates are for the International English Language Testing System for spouse visas in the UK for each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not recorded in a format that can be broken down to the level of detail requested.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:45:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

984882

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government plans to take to tackle overcrowding in immigration detention centres.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	177779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The health and welfare of detainees is of upmost importance. Although there is no statutory time limit on immigration detention under Immigration Act powers, the law does not allow indefinite detention.</p><p>Under the adults at risk in immigration detention policy – which is part of the Government’s response to Stephen Shaw’s review of the welfare of vulnerable people in immigration detention - the consideration of any vulnerability, including mental health, is based on a case-by-case assessment of the appropriateness of detention for each individual. All individuals detained also have ready access to medical professionals and health care, including mental health services. In all cases, detention is kept under regular review to ensure that it is necessary, appropriate and takes into account the welfare of those detained.</p><p>The Home Office has published guidelines on acceptable room capacity in immigration removal centres, which build on requirements set out in secondary legislation. Capacity across the detention estate is kept under regular review.</p><p>In line with the Home Secretary’s statement on immigration detention on 24 July, the practice of accommodating three detainees in rooms designed for two has now ceased.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 177778 question first answered 19/10/2018 11:51:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

984774

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responses the Government has received to the questionnaire it sent out to 165 UN member states on 9 October 2017 to investigate how many used X markers on passports.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	177629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The questionnaire was issued by Her Majesty’s Passport Office to 165 UN Member States and we received 20 responses.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:46:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

984945

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	177734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Between June 2016 and June 2018 there has been an overall 9% increase in staffing levels.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>June 2016</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>June 2018<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>% Variance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26108</p></td><td><p>28060</p></td><td><p>28369</p></td><td><p>30620</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><sup>1</sup> Figures are reported using ONS Definitions. Since April 17 we have been using a new reporting system which has impacted on civil servant paid and unpaid figures; previously loans to FCO were captured as unpaid but are now recorded in the paid categoryas all costs are re-charged to the Home Office. The paid category only are reported in figures collected by Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the Quarterly Public Employment Survey (QPSES).</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1) June 2016: Data View - Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data for Home Office.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2) June 2018: Adelphi - Home Office Human Resources Record System.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Period Covered:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1) As at 30/06/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2) As at 30/06/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Organisational Coverage: Home Office</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Employee Coverage: Data is based on headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) of paid Civil Servants who were current at the end of the period.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Note: Figues are in line with the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (QPSES) collected by Office for National Statistics (ONS)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Key workforce changes in 2016-17 include:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1 Machinery of Government Change: 59.40 (FTE) Fire &amp; Resilience staff moved to Home Office from the Department for Communities &amp; Local Government</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2 Machinery of Government Change: 80.46 (FTE) Civil Service Learning staff moved from Home Office to the Cabinet Office.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/10/2018 12:00:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984881

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the psychological effect on immigrants of detention without a time limit.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	177778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The health and welfare of detainees is of upmost importance. Although there is no statutory time limit on immigration detention under Immigration Act powers, the law does not allow indefinite detention.</p><p>Under the adults at risk in immigration detention policy – which is part of the Government’s response to Stephen Shaw’s review of the welfare of vulnerable people in immigration detention - the consideration of any vulnerability, including mental health, is based on a case-by-case assessment of the appropriateness of detention for each individual. All individuals detained also have ready access to medical professionals and health care, including mental health services. In all cases, detention is kept under regular review to ensure that it is necessary, appropriate and takes into account the welfare of those detained.</p><p>The Home Office has published guidelines on acceptable room capacity in immigration removal centres, which build on requirements set out in secondary legislation. Capacity across the detention estate is kept under regular review.</p><p>In line with the Home Secretary’s statement on immigration detention on 24 July, the practice of accommodating three detainees in rooms designed for two has now ceased.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 177779 question first answered 19/10/2018 11:51:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

984903

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	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 23 July 2018 to Question 167142 on UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Expenditure, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Liverpool Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme in each year since its launch.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	177610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities claim a tariff from the Government for the refugees they resettle under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. The first 12 months of a refugee's resettlement costs are funded by central government using the Official Development Assistance budget which amounts to £8,520 per person.</p><p>For years 2-5 local authorities receive £12,000 per person overall ; tapering from £5,000 in year 2, to £3,700 in year 3, to £2,300 in year 4 and £1,000 in year 5. There is also an exceptional cases fund to assist the most vulnerable refugees. This funding is available to help local authorities with exceptional costs such as social care and housing adaptations.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:54:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

984738

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mohammed Nabi Wardak
	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 reassess the case of Aghan interpreter Mohammed Nabi Wardak who translated for British armed forces on the front line in Helmand province between 2008 and 2011 and has been denied relocation to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	177772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role interpreters and local staff played in operations in Afghanistan. That is why there are two dedicated schemes designed to help local staff: the Ex-gratia redundancy scheme and the Intimidation policy. Responsibility for administering these schemes sits with the Ministry of Defence.</p><p>Where an individual chooses to leave Afghanistan outside of these schemes, our position is that they should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:56:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

984826

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures her Department has in place for when a claimant requests weekly rather than monthly payments of benefits; what advice her Department issues on whether claimants should be informed that they can request weekly payments of benefits that would usually be paid monthly; how many and what proportion of such requests from claimants were (a) granted and (b) refused in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	177588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The payment arrangements for Universal Credit are designed to mirror the world of work through a single monthly award.</p><p> </p><p>Our staff works closely with claimants, ensuring they can identify any vulnerability, such as financial hardship, at an early stage; and tailor support according to their individual needs. This includes a conversation with every claimant to establish any financial or budgeting support required.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the move to a single monthly household payment is a significant change for some claimants and where it is identified that a claimant is finding it difficult to budget monthly, it may be possible to have their Universal Credit divided over the month so it is paid more frequently, for example: twice monthly or, in exceptional circumstance, four times a month. These More Frequent Payments (MFP) are explained under the Alternative Payment Arrangements heading within ‘Universal Credit and You’ (paragraph 7.2), which is available to claimants via their online account.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit and You can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-you/universal-credit-and-you-a" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-you/universal-credit-and-you-a</a></p><p> </p><p>Around 2 per cent (20,000) of households on Universal Credit received a MFP in this way in June 2018, including those that have chosen to be paid more frequently via Universal Credit Scottish Choices.</p><p> </p><p>These figures will be updated in the next release of households on Universal Credit, on 13 November 2018. We do not hold information on the type of MFP these households receive and do not hold data on the number of refused applications for MFP. Further information can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-29-april-2013-to-9-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-29-april-2013-to-9-august-2018#</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/10/2018 13:26:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff