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1169939

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the High Court’s recent ruling that the £1,000 fee to register a child as UK citizens is unlawful; and whether she has plans to reduce the fee.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>While this court case remains active it would not be right to speculate on next steps and potential courses of action. Although the judge ruled that there had not been proper consideration of the Government’s section 55 duties, the fees regulations were not in themselves quashed.</p><p>We are, though, committed to considering this issue and the judgment carefully and plan to do so with the diligence that is deserved.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/01/2020 17:12:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169940

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
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 reassess the potential merits of the £625 immigration health surcharge for NHS staff who are not UK citizens.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the manifesto, the Government is committed to increasing the Immigration Health Surcharge to ensure that temporary migrants cover the costs of the NHS services provided to them. We will set out our detailed plans for implementing this shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:07:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169941

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Polo
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 merits of granting special visas to foreign polo team players.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Immigration Rules governing professional sportspeople and coaches ensure that UK sports can access top end talent whilst at the same time protecting opportunities for resident players.</p><p>Entry requirements are agreed with recognised governing bodies and are subject to regular review.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/01/2020 17:30:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169942

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons there was a sixfold increase in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in 2019 compared to the previous year.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely with partners in the UK and overseas to strike people smuggling at source – identifying and dismantling the organised crime groups that facilitate illegal immigration.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, more than 35,000 attempts to cross the Channel illegally were prevented at our juxtaposed controls in northern France and Belgium.</p><p> </p><p>It is an established principle that those seeking asylum should claim it in the first safe country they reach and, since January 2019, we have returned over 125 migrants who entered the UK illegally via small boat to Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2020 16:16:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169943

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
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 Windrush compensation scheme, (a) when she plans to make the first compensation payments and (b) how much money her Department has allocated to the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The compensation scheme opened in April 2019 and a number of claimants have received payments through the scheme.</p><p>We will publish information on the total number of claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme shortly as noted in our report to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Affairs_Select_Committee" target="_blank">Home Affairs Select Committee</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019</a>.</p><p>In relation to the amount of money allocated to the scheme, information relating to estimated costs including compensation payments are referred to in the Home Office’s Impact Assessment IA No: HO 0329 dated 9/1/19.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:27:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169944

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
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 publish the report of the Windrush lessons learned review.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has not yet received the final report from Wendy Williams. On receipt it will be published as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:29:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169945

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied to the EU Settlement Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The latest published information on EU Settlement Scheme applications received can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme monthly statistics’ available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-november-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-november-2019</a></p><p>The total number of applications received up to 30 November 2019 was nearly 2.6 million (2,592,800). Updated figures for the period to 31 December 2019 will be published on 16 January 2020.</p><p>The published figures refer specifically to applications made to the EU Settlement Scheme and cannot be directly compared with estimates of the resident population of EU/EEA nationals in the UK. The published figures include non-EEA family members, Irish nationals, and eligible EEA citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in estimates of the resident EU population. Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1931 question first answered 15/01/2020 16:55:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169946

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 EU citizens who are eligible for settled status but have not applied.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The latest published information on EU Settlement Scheme applications received can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme monthly statistics’ available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-november-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-november-2019</a></p><p>The total number of applications received up to 30 November 2019 was nearly 2.6 million (2,592,800). Updated figures for the period to 31 December 2019 will be published on 16 January 2020.</p><p>The published figures refer specifically to applications made to the EU Settlement Scheme and cannot be directly compared with estimates of the resident population of EU/EEA nationals in the UK. The published figures include non-EEA family members, Irish nationals, and eligible EEA citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in estimates of the resident EU population. Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1930 question first answered 15/01/2020 16:55:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169956

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
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 (a) number of Windrush citizens who applied for emergency payments in urgent and exceptional circumstances before the Windrush Compensation Scheme was established; (b) number of Windrush citizens who have been found eligible for such payments and (c) total amount awarded via those emergency payments.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not included in statistical data published by the Home Office.</p><p>The Home Secretary provides regular updates to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the work of the department in connection with Windrush. This includes information on the urgent and exceptional support provided to members of the Windrush cohort.</p><p>The updates can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:00:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1169957

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
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 Windrush citizens who have (a) applied to the Windrush Compensation Scheme and (b) received compensation under that scheme; and what the total amount awarded under that scheme is to date.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>We will publish information on the total number of claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme shortly as noted in our report to the Home Affairs Select Committee:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:04:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes