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1173822

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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, whether (a) EU citizens resident in the UK and (b) UK residents in the EU will be required to pay an immigration health surcharge after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	9119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>EEA and Swiss citizens who are resident in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 will be eligible to apply to secure their status under the EU Settlement Scheme and will have until 30 June 2021 to make their application. Applications under the EU Settlement Scheme are not subject to the Immigration Health Surcharge. This was agreed as part of negotiations on the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, which also protects the rights of UK nationals in the EU.</p><p>After the introduction of the new points-based immigration system, migrants to the UK subject to immigration control will be treated the same and should pay the IHS if staying for longer than six months. There are several published exemptions to this rule.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2020 15:04:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1173828

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were recruited by her Department in the last twelve months to work on preparations for the UK leaving the EU; and what the Border Force budget has been for (a) additional permanent staff members and (b) agency workers in each financial year since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	8967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The department has been continually assessing the resourcing levels required to prepare for EU Exit across all possible scenarios, developing contingency plans in line with government policy. It is not possible to provide the number of staff who have been recruited to work on preparations for the UK leaving the EU as staff are generally engaged across a range of workstreams, which will include business as usual activity as well as EU Exit preparations, across all scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last 12 months the department has adapted to the different scenarios in preparation for the UK leaving the EU and our staffing numbers have fluctuated to meet these demands.</p><p>The latest published staffing and finance figures for Border Force can be found in the Home Office Annual Report for 2018-2019 on page 85 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</em></a></p><p>The previous published staffing and financial figures for Border Force since 2015 to 2018 can be found at the following links:</p><p><em>2015-2016: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</em></a></p><p><em>2016-2017: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</em></a></p><p><em>2017-2018: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</em></a></p><p><em>2018-2019: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</em></a></p><p> </p><p>Excluding EU Exit, Border Force’s gross resource budget for 2019-20 is £488m. This includes an income target of £19m, which means a net allocation of £469m.</p><p>Border Force has received a total of c.£182m for EU Exit preparations in 2019/20. (£141m Resource and £41M Capital)</p><p>Border Force originally received funding, based on a Deal, of £100m; this funding was to fund recruitment for full customs compliance by the end of 2020. The recruitment and training for this uplift of permanent staff has completed bringing the Border Force FTE to over 8,700 from 7,700 in March 2018.</p><p>The additional £41m Resource funding provided throughout 2019-20 enabled further recruitment with Border Force expecting to reach c9,300 FTE by March 2020.</p><p>Border Force received a total £82.1m for EU Exit preparations in 2018/19 (£72.1m Resource and £10m Capital)</p><p>Border Force received a total of £3.2m for EU Exit preparations in 2017/18 (£1.7m Resource and £1.5m Capital)</p><p>Budgets for 20-21 cannot be confirmed as they remain subject to final confirmation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2020 18:01:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1173829

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what qualifications or criteria are required for Border Force personnel working in (a) ports and (b) airports; and whether those qualifications or criteria applied to the recruitment of agency staff, in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	8968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Border Force have recruited nationally for permanent staff at various grades in the last twelve months. The educational qualifications and other criteria required will be dependent on the grade being recruited.</p><p>However, the basic criteria for all recruitment of permanent staff into Border Force must be:</p><ul><li>Be a UK national; evidence of which, will be required.</li><li>Hold a full and valid passport;</li><li>Be at least 18 years old as you will be required to work between midnight and 4am which is not legal unless you are 18.</li><li>Depending on location and grade have a full and valid driving license</li></ul><p>The agency staff are temporary staff which Border Force engaged for an administrative purpose should the UK have left the EU in a no deal scenario. Their intended role was not consistent with that of a permanent Border Force Officer and the agency staff received training appropriate to the duties to be carried out.</p><p>The criteria for eligibility to apply for agency staff was the consistent with the criteria set out above for permanent recruitment, with the exception that there was no academic qualifications required due to level of responsibilities to be undertaken</p><p>All agency staff were interviewed (assessed) and selected upon suitable demonstration of the following skills:</p><ul><li>excellent interpersonal and communication skills;</li><li>a strong sense of personal ethics and integrity;</li><li>they enjoy interacting with colleagues, members of the public and external stakeholders;</li><li>the ability to build relationships and thrive working as part of a team;</li><li>a desire to develop.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2020 18:03:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1173830

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force staff her Department is planning to recruit in the financial year 2020-21 in preparation for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	8969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Border Force have already delivered a largescale recruitment and training exercise, which has seen an uplift of permanent staff, bringing the number of full-time equivalent Border Force staff to over 8,700 from c7,700 in March 2018. This includes a multi-disciplinary Readiness Task Force (RTF) of c.300 officers, which is available to deploy across the UK at short notice to deal with emerging issues and peaks in demand.</p><p>Resource and staffing requirements are continually reviewed, and we deploy resources flexibly as and when they are required. Border Force will continue to build a pipeline of resource to flexibly respond to future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2020 17:59:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1173832

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting
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 ONS statistics released on 23 January 2020, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the 14 per cent increase in police recorded incidents of shoplifting in England and Wales over the last decade.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	8998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the significant costs on communities, businesses and the economy that shop theft can have which is why we changed the law in 2014 to enable some cases to be dealt with more quickly and efficiently.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics has commented that improvements in recording practices by the police have made a substantial contribution to rises in recorded crime over the last five years.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/06/2020 14:38:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1173887

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases are on hold pending the drafting of the case-handling instructions since the conclusion of Immigration4U trial on 26 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	9137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>There are currently 85 cases on hold pending the drafting of case handling instructions since the conclusion of the Immigration4U trial. Although the main trial ended on 26 November 2018, the second trial did not conclude until 2 June 2019.The Home Office is in the final stages of writing the guidance.</p><p>The Home Office will ensure decision makers will be provided with the requisite training and support to ensure that these applications are promptly concluded. The applications will be prioritised in date order.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 9138 9139 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:57:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1173888

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeframe is for the conclusion of case-handling instructions following the conclusion of the Immigration4U trial.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	9138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>There are currently 85 cases on hold pending the drafting of case handling instructions since the conclusion of the Immigration4U trial. Although the main trial ended on 26 November 2018, the second trial did not conclude until 2 June 2019.The Home Office is in the final stages of writing the guidance.</p><p>The Home Office will ensure decision makers will be provided with the requisite training and support to ensure that these applications are promptly concluded. The applications will be prioritised in date order.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 9137 9139 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:57:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1173889

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that immigration cases that are on hold as a result of the prosecution and conviction of Immigration4U immigration advisors are promptly concluded.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	9139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>There are currently 85 cases on hold pending the drafting of case handling instructions since the conclusion of the Immigration4U trial. Although the main trial ended on 26 November 2018, the second trial did not conclude until 2 June 2019.The Home Office is in the final stages of writing the guidance.</p><p>The Home Office will ensure decision makers will be provided with the requisite training and support to ensure that these applications are promptly concluded. The applications will be prioritised in date order.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 9137 9138 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:57:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1173896

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fisheries: Migrant Workers
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 establishing a Fisheries Workers Scheme, alongside the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	9104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government will introduce a points-based immigration system that works in the interests of the whole of the United Kingdom. As part of this we will consider the needs of specific sectors and industries.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on salary thresholds and how points could be awarded to prospective migrants under a new points-based immigration system. The MAC published its report on 28 January and the Government will consider carefully their findings and recommendations before setting out further detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/02/2020 16:24:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1173898

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the publication of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's Adults at Risk in Detention report.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	9070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary is considering the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on Adults at Risk in Detention Policy, and it will be laid in Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/02/2020 15:58:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss