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1624307

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sudan
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 she has made of the potential merits of extending visit visas for Sudanese nationals who are in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	183067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Those wishing to come to the UK for a short time to stay with family can apply for a visit visa which allows them to stay in the UK for up to six months. Further details about visiting the UK are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fstandard-visitor&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMurshed.Choudhury%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ced39404b57eb4d2908f508db4d4639bb%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638188736681448305%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iCGZ3t2T7dFlBOnbRU8y0PTqeZVMuDVQh8N3QsFnwcg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor</a></p><p> </p><p>Immediate family members of British citizens, and those settled in the UK, who wish to come and live in the UK can apply under one of the existing family visa routes. Further details are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fuk-family-visa&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMurshed.Choudhury%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ced39404b57eb4d2908f508db4d4639bb%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638188736681448305%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kO3GJJ2cGf5LhYaBg1EIol8MIetOW2aZ3E9kBZMtXMQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa</a></p><p> </p><p>Applications can be made at any Visa Application Centre (VAC) and we will accept applications which would normally have to be made in the country where the person is living at any VAC from someone who has been evacuated, or self-evacuated, from Sudan. Each case is treated fairly and judged on merit, taking into account the individual circumstances of the case.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/05/2023 16:56:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1624352

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons
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 25 April to Question 181009 Offensive Weapons, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing annual statistics on the numbers of (a) firearms, (b) knives and (c) other offensive weapons seized by all agencies and forces funded by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	183038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>Tackling weapons crime is a priority and the Government is determined to crack down on the scourge of violence devastating our communities. The Government is determined to tackle the underlying causes of serious violence and are redoubling our efforts with a twin-track approach, combining tough enforcement to get dangerous weapons off the streets – including through stop and search methods – with programmes that steer young people away from crime.</p><p>Data on weapons seizures is recorded by police forces and other agencies in the context of their roles and responsibilities and where appropriate this data is published in specific releases. The Home Office has no current plans to produce combined figures relating to weapons seizures from multiple sources.</p><p>Weapons seized via stop and search are recorded in the Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2022 data set which may be viewed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2022/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2022" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2022/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2022</a></p><p>Border Force figures for seizures of firearms, knives and other offensive weapons may be viewed at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-q4-2022" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-q4-2022</a></p><p>The National Crime Agency keeps management information on firearms seized by police forces.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/05/2023 14:47:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1624354

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Buildings
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 25 April to Question 181032 on Public Buildings, whether she has held discussions with the heads of the (a) police and (b) fire and rescue services in England and Wales on the potential merits of those organisations commissioning surveys to identify police and fire station buildings which may have been constructed with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	183040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has not engaged in discussion with the police or with fire and rescue services about identifying buildings which have been constructed using Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). It is the responsibility of individual police and fire and rescue services, who are operationally independent from Government, to manage their estate and ensure it is compliant with the relevant legislation, including their duties under health and safety legislation to maintain a safe workplace.</p><p>The Institution of Structural Engineers has published guidance in relation to the identification and remediation solutions for buildings where RAAC has been used.</p><p>This is available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.istructe.org%2Fresources%2Fguidance%2Freinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-guidance%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGeorgia.Newton2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C76f35338944a4b09ce7108db4b1f2f69%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638186369528381615%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gYOMPO0t2w02Fov0hqLliHWynpXFr7yRfPQrfiIGDx0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.istructe.org/resources/guidance/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-guidance/</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/05/2023 14:45:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1624372

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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, whether HM Passport Office has a target time for responding to queries from hon. Members on behalf of their constituents.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	183213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The target time for His Majesty’s Passport Office to respond to written queries from hon. Members is 20 working days. For the most urgent cases, hon. Members can continue to contact HM Passport Office via the dedicated hotline.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/05/2023 16:36:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1624451

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the cost of making an application for British citizenship for children who were born in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	183107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>A fee waiver for children wishing to register as British Citizens on the basis of affordability, along with a fee exception for children who are looked after by a Local Authority, were introduced on 16 June 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/05/2023 16:38:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1624510

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vishal Mehrotra
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 made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the decision by Sussex Police not to review the case of Vishal Mehrotra.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	183089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Decisions concerning individual investigations are the responsibility of the respective police force’s chief officers to make.</p><p>As police forces are independent of government, it would not be appropriate to comment on such decisions.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne said she was &quot;deeply moved and reminded again of the awful tragedy that the Mehrotra family has endured for so many years&quot; after listening to the podcast.</ins></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/05/2023 16:12:47 question first ministerially corrected 15/05/2023 10:43:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 73561 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1624534

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for adopting systems similar to (1) Humanitarian Parole, and (2) the Welcome Corps, used in the USA, in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK has an approach in place to support individuals who do not meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules but where there are exceptional and compassionate reasons for allowing them to remain here. Discretionary Leave allows an individual to be granted leave outside the Immigration Rules if they do not qualify for refugee status or humanitarian protection, or due to exceptional circumstances relating to their family or private life.</p><p>The UK already operates two sponsorship schemes which share similarities with the United States’ Welcome Corps initiative. The first is the Community Sponsorship Scheme, launched in 2016, which enables civil society to directly support refugees resettled to the UK through identifying housing and providing integration support. This scheme provides sanctuary to refugees identified and referred by UNHCR for resettlement directly from regions of conflict and instability.</p><p>The second is Homes for Ukraine, which launched last year in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members to come to the UK if they have a named sponsor in the UK who is willing to accommodate them for a minimum of six months.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 15/05/2023 16:10:54 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1624541

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 June 2018 (HL7992), how many members of Home Office staff have been convicted in connection with their official activities since 1 June 2018; and in each case, what was (1) the date, (2) the nature of the offence, and (3) the sentence received.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL7524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>Since 1 June 2018 the Home Office has secured two convictions and two cautions of staff in connection with their official activities. All the officers were subject to appropriate disciplinary procedures.</p><p>The following table below shows the breakdown including the dates of those convictions.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Charges</p></td><td><p>Conviction Date</p></td><td><p>Sentence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bribery</p></td><td><p>11/04/2019</p></td><td><p>3 years, 9 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computer Misuse</p></td><td><p>17/06/2022</p></td><td><p>Police Caution</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conspiracy to Assist Unlawful Immigration</p></td><td><p>03/04/2023</p></td><td><p>Awaiting sentence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computer Misuse</p></td><td><p>26/04/2023</p></td><td><p>Police Caution</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 15/05/2023 16:37:30 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1624554

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HOPE not hate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of Hope Not Hate and any association that group may have with far-left extremist groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL7538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling those who spread views that promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society, and that radicalise others into terrorism.</p><p>We do assess all evidence of those that radicalise others though their support for or justification of violence and will not tolerate those who spread divisive and harmful narratives. This relates to all ideologies, including those that fall under the LASI (Left-Wing, Anarchist &amp; Single Issue) banner. We continue to work with law enforcement agencies and multi-agency partners to increase our understanding of new and emerging threats to society.</p><p>The Home Office avoids publicly commenting on whether or not specific groups or individuals are of extremist concern, as this could have a detrimental effect on our ability to take future action against them.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 16/05/2023 15:44:40 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1624555

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HOPE not hate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any representatives from Government departments have met with Hope Not Hate; if so, on what dates; and what was the content and outcome of their discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL7539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>Representatives from the Home Office have met with members of Hope Not Hate on a small number of occasions in the past year, as part of engagement with wider partners on asylum and migration and responding to protest activity.</p><p>The Home Office is free to decide who and which organisations it meets with as long as the organisation in question does not act unlawfully. Decisions on individual meetings are taken on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 16/05/2023 15:44:03 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch