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1189990
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-24more like thismore than 2020-04-24
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Migrant Camps: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2020 to Question HL2717 on Migrant Camps: Coronavirus and with reference to the Department for International Development's concern about the risk posed by coronavirus in relation to migrant camps in Greece, if her Department will increase the number of unaccompanied child refugees taken out of those camps and brought to the UK; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Manchester, Gorton more like this
tabling member printed
Afzal Khan more like this
uin 39687 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>Protecting vulnerable children remains a key priority of this Government and we have a proud record of doing so through our asylum system and our resettlement schemes. The UK remains fully committed to meeting our obligations under the Dublin III Regulation and we are keen to ensure that children who have family members in the UK, including those currently in Greece, are transferred as soon as it is safe to do so.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T15:34:33.637Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T15:34:33.637Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
4671
label Biography information for Afzal Khan more like this
1190217
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-24more like thismore than 2020-04-24
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Immigration: Married People more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that non-EEA (a) spouses and (b) partners of UK citizens residing in the UK applying (a) to extend their leave and (b) for indefinite leave to remain are not disadvantaged by the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
tabling member constituency East Renfrewshire more like this
tabling member printed
Kirsten Oswald more like this
uin 39647 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. We continue to monitor the situation closely and take these exceptional circumstances into account.</p><p>These are unprecedented times and we may make further adjustments to requirements where necessary and appropriate. We will ensure people are not unduly affected by circumstances beyond their control.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Torbay more like this
answering member printed Kevin Foster more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T16:19:20.903Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T16:19:20.903Z
answering member
4451
label Biography information for Kevin Foster more like this
tabling member
4413
label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald more like this
1189196
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Aviation: Foreign Nationals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing foreign nationals' air access to the UK to help tackle the spread of covid-19. more like this
tabling member constituency Ipswich more like this
tabling member printed
Tom Hunt more like this
uin 38950 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>Our approach to international travel and checks at the border must be informed by the scientific and medical evidence and advice provided by SAGE and Public Health England. Any decision to implement additional restrictions on international travel to the UK or on arrival at ports/airports will be made by Ministers based on the consideration and advice of SAGE/PHE.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T15:40:30.027Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T15:40:30.027Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
4771
label Biography information for Tom Hunt more like this
1189206
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on communications for the (a) #YouAreNotAlone and (b) Stay Home Save Lives campaigns to date; and what her Department's total spend on covid-19-related communications has been to date. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh West more like this
tabling member printed
Christine Jardine more like this
uin 38953 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>The Home Office has committed £219,000 so far towards the #YouAreNotAlone campaign. Not all of this spend has yet been delivered in full as media advertising is still live. Campaign value has been maximised with adverts running across donated media, as well as paid media channels.</p><p>The Home Office has not contributed funding to the Stay Home Save Lives campaign but has been supporting the campaign by sharing materials through Home Office channels.</p><p>To date, the Home Office has spent a total of £260,000 on coronavirus-related communications. This includes spend on the #YouAreNotAlone campaign.</p><p>The key #YouAreNotAlone campaign materials are being made available in Welsh and will be translated into a number of other languages. We are in the process of scoping and translating priority languages with advice from key stakeholders including Karma Nirvana, Refuge, Women’s Aid, Southall Black Sisters, Imkaan and others.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle more like this
answering member printed Victoria Atkins more like this
grouped question UIN 38954 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T15:56:12.4Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T15:56:12.4Z
answering member
4399
label Biography information for Victoria Atkins more like this
tabling member
4634
label Biography information for Christine Jardine more like this
1189207
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what languages the #YouAreNotAlone campaign communications are available in. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh West more like this
tabling member printed
Christine Jardine more like this
uin 38954 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>The Home Office has committed £219,000 so far towards the #YouAreNotAlone campaign. Not all of this spend has yet been delivered in full as media advertising is still live. Campaign value has been maximised with adverts running across donated media, as well as paid media channels.</p><p>The Home Office has not contributed funding to the Stay Home Save Lives campaign but has been supporting the campaign by sharing materials through Home Office channels.</p><p>To date, the Home Office has spent a total of £260,000 on coronavirus-related communications. This includes spend on the #YouAreNotAlone campaign.</p><p>The key #YouAreNotAlone campaign materials are being made available in Welsh and will be translated into a number of other languages. We are in the process of scoping and translating priority languages with advice from key stakeholders including Karma Nirvana, Refuge, Women’s Aid, Southall Black Sisters, Imkaan and others.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle more like this
answering member printed Victoria Atkins more like this
grouped question UIN 38953 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T15:56:12.447Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T15:56:12.447Z
answering member
4399
label Biography information for Victoria Atkins more like this
tabling member
4634
label Biography information for Christine Jardine more like this
1189219
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Migrants: Health Services more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS workers during the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
tabling member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey more like this
tabling member printed
Drew Hendry more like this
uin 38964 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>We welcome the vital contribution NHS staff from across the globe make to our healthcare system.</p><p>The Home Secretary announced on 31 March 2020 the Home Office will automatically extend the visa of any NHS doctor, nurse or paramedic, where it will expire before 1 October 2020, for 12 months, free of charge. This extension will also apply to their families and includes an exemption from payment of the immigration health surcharge.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Torbay more like this
answering member printed Kevin Foster more like this
grouped question UIN 38966 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T16:14:20.297Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T16:14:20.297Z
answering member
4451
label Biography information for Kevin Foster more like this
tabling member
4467
label Biography information for Drew Hendry more like this
1189221
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Migrants: Health Services more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the financial effect of increases in the cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge on NHS employees making use of the 12 month covid-19 visa extension. more like this
tabling member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey more like this
tabling member printed
Drew Hendry more like this
uin 38966 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>We welcome the vital contribution NHS staff from across the globe make to our healthcare system.</p><p>The Home Secretary announced on 31 March 2020 the Home Office will automatically extend the visa of any NHS doctor, nurse or paramedic, where it will expire before 1 October 2020, for 12 months, free of charge. This extension will also apply to their families and includes an exemption from payment of the immigration health surcharge.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Torbay more like this
answering member printed Kevin Foster more like this
grouped question UIN 38964 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T16:14:20.347Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T16:14:20.347Z
answering member
4451
label Biography information for Kevin Foster more like this
tabling member
4467
label Biography information for Drew Hendry more like this
1189311
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Cannabis: Imports more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the processing time of Letters of Declaration for the import of cannabis-based products for medicinal use by the Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit; what steps she is taking to tackle delays in that processing; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Inverclyde more like this
tabling member printed
Ronnie Cowan more like this
uin 39001 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>All applications are considered individually on their merits and with regards to our obligation under International Conventions and Domestic law. Applications for importation of Cannabis Based Products for Medicinal Use in Humans (CBPMs) are already expedited, where documentation and regulatory approval is provided, in recognition of the need to ensure continuity of the supply of unlicensed medicines.</p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency guidance- “The supply, manufacture, importation and distribution of unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use in humans specials” - was updated in March 2020 to enable pharmaceutical wholesalers to move from a system where they can only apply to import the quantity specified on a prescription, to a system that allows the import of CBPMs in anticipation of prescriptions.</p><p>Licensed wholesalers could hold supplies of products to be drawn on when in receipt of a prescription from a specialist doctor on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register. The Drug &amp; Firearms Licensing Unit (DFLU) continues to expedite applications made in response to this updated guidance, where all relevant documentation and regulatory returns have been made by the wholesalers.</p><p>No officials have been seconded from the Drug and Firearms Licensing Unit. Since 25 March 2020, it has delivered its regulatory functions remotely, issuing a total of 1,699 controlled drug import-export licences.</p><p> </p><p>It is presently operating a next day turnaround for applications where all required information has been submitted with the application.</p>
answering member constituency North West Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Kit Malthouse more like this
grouped question UIN
39002 more like this
39004 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T16:25:02.417Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T16:25:02.417Z
answering member
4495
label Biography information for Kit Malthouse more like this
tabling member
4465
label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan more like this
1189312
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Cannabis: Imports more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance document entitled, The supply, manufacture, importation and distribution of unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use in humans specials, published by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in March 2020, what steps the Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit in her Department is taking to speed up the process of granting import licences for cannabis-based products for medicinal use since that guidance was published; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Inverclyde more like this
tabling member printed
Ronnie Cowan more like this
uin 39002 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>All applications are considered individually on their merits and with regards to our obligation under International Conventions and Domestic law. Applications for importation of Cannabis Based Products for Medicinal Use in Humans (CBPMs) are already expedited, where documentation and regulatory approval is provided, in recognition of the need to ensure continuity of the supply of unlicensed medicines.</p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency guidance- “The supply, manufacture, importation and distribution of unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use in humans specials” - was updated in March 2020 to enable pharmaceutical wholesalers to move from a system where they can only apply to import the quantity specified on a prescription, to a system that allows the import of CBPMs in anticipation of prescriptions.</p><p>Licensed wholesalers could hold supplies of products to be drawn on when in receipt of a prescription from a specialist doctor on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register. The Drug &amp; Firearms Licensing Unit (DFLU) continues to expedite applications made in response to this updated guidance, where all relevant documentation and regulatory returns have been made by the wholesalers.</p><p>No officials have been seconded from the Drug and Firearms Licensing Unit. Since 25 March 2020, it has delivered its regulatory functions remotely, issuing a total of 1,699 controlled drug import-export licences.</p><p> </p><p>It is presently operating a next day turnaround for applications where all required information has been submitted with the application.</p>
answering member constituency North West Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Kit Malthouse more like this
grouped question UIN
39001 more like this
39004 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T16:25:02.467Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T16:25:02.467Z
answering member
4495
label Biography information for Kit Malthouse more like this
tabling member
4465
label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan more like this
1189314
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-22more like thismore than 2020-04-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Home Office: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in the Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit in her Department have been seconded to work on the response to covid-19; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Inverclyde more like this
tabling member printed
Ronnie Cowan more like this
uin 39004 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-29more like thismore than 2020-04-29
answer text <p>All applications are considered individually on their merits and with regards to our obligation under International Conventions and Domestic law. Applications for importation of Cannabis Based Products for Medicinal Use in Humans (CBPMs) are already expedited, where documentation and regulatory approval is provided, in recognition of the need to ensure continuity of the supply of unlicensed medicines.</p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency guidance- “The supply, manufacture, importation and distribution of unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use in humans specials” - was updated in March 2020 to enable pharmaceutical wholesalers to move from a system where they can only apply to import the quantity specified on a prescription, to a system that allows the import of CBPMs in anticipation of prescriptions.</p><p>Licensed wholesalers could hold supplies of products to be drawn on when in receipt of a prescription from a specialist doctor on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register. The Drug &amp; Firearms Licensing Unit (DFLU) continues to expedite applications made in response to this updated guidance, where all relevant documentation and regulatory returns have been made by the wholesalers.</p><p>No officials have been seconded from the Drug and Firearms Licensing Unit. Since 25 March 2020, it has delivered its regulatory functions remotely, issuing a total of 1,699 controlled drug import-export licences.</p><p> </p><p>It is presently operating a next day turnaround for applications where all required information has been submitted with the application.</p>
answering member constituency North West Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Kit Malthouse more like this
grouped question UIN
39001 more like this
39002 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-29T16:25:02.5Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-29T16:25:02.5Z
answering member
4495
label Biography information for Kit Malthouse more like this
tabling member
4465
label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan more like this