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1717540

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Palestinians who were living in Gaza before 27 October 2023 have been granted the right to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	25862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/05/2024 13:42:47 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1667696

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
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 including time spent awaiting an asylum decision within the five year period applicants must be in the UK before they may apply for indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Whilst we do not have any plans to review the process by which refugees may apply for settlement protection, we have taken action to accelerate decision-making and rapidly speed up processing times to eliminate the backlog of people waiting for initial asylum decisions by the end of 2023. This will ensure asylum seekers are not left months or even years waiting for a decision.</p><p>We have done this by streamlining and modernising the end-to-end process, with improved guidance and more focussed interviews; and continued enhancement of digital technology.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/11/2023 16:47:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1659425

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of fraud on businesses.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	906386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Discussions with Cabinet peers are held in confidence. However, the Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public and businesses from this devastating crime.</p><p>The 2020 Economic Crime Survey showed that around 1 in 5 businesses in surveyed sectors had been a victim of fraud over a three-year period. The mean annual cost per business of all fraud incidents was around £16,000, and the median cost was £1,000. 37% of businesses that experienced fraud also reported other impacts, including on the wellbeing of their staff.</p><p>The Fraud Strategy, published earlier this year, sets out the Government’s three pillar approach to tackling this crime. We will work with industry, intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and with all partners to ensure that people and businesses have the advice and support they need.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 14/09/2023 16:11:07 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1277613

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to agree bilateral treaties with EU Member States for cross border policing.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	139038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement includes a deal on law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation which delivers a comprehensive package of capabilities that will ensure we can work with counterparts across Europe to tackle serious crime and terrorism. Hence the UK Parliament’s support for the agreement was a vital part of ensuring we can use these capabilities to protect the public and bring criminals to justice across our Union.</p><p>We also have excellent bilateral cooperation with Member States across the EU on a wide range of law enforcement and criminal justice issues. We will continue to consider ways we can strengthen this.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/01/2021 14:52:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1277614

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of transitioning to the replacement systems for (a) Europol, (b) Eurojust and (c) Schengen Information System II.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	139039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 133894 on 15 January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/01/2021 14:49:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1277617

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
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 effect of the UK-EU Trade and cooperation agreement on refugee resettlement programs and when those programs will be restarted in full.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	139041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s refugee resettlement schemes operate outside of the EU and we don't envisage any impact on them from the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.</p><p>Following the temporarily pause to the resettlement of refugees, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, arrivals recommenced in December 2020. The final arrivals under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme will take place during early 2021, delivering on our commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria to rebuild their lives safely in the UK.</p><p>We will continue to honour our commitment to those who have been invited to the UK and we will roll out a new global resettlement scheme in the future, along with a new firm and fair asylum system which will welcome people through safe and legal routes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/01/2021 13:37:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1277619

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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 additional UK border force staff are planned to be recruited in 2021 following the UK-EU Trade and cooperation agreement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	139042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>Border Force has recruited over 1000 permanent staff for 1 Jan. In addition to the 900 FTE recruited in 19/20 we will have brought in a further 1,100 by July 2021, in advance of full customs controls.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/01/2021 10:12:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1274240

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Passenger Name Record (PNR) data from the EU to the UK accessible under the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement include (a) the criminal records of and (b) intelligence on passengers.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	133910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>PNR data is generated by airlines in their normal course of business as a record of each passenger's details needed to process their booking. It may include information such as the passenger’s name, passport and contact details, how the reservation was made and paid for, travel itinerary and any travel companions. PNR data does not include criminal record information or intelligence on passengers. <br>Airlines operating flights to and from the UK are under a legal requirement to transfer PNR data which is used to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime. Processing of PNR data is undertaken in intelligence-led operations and post-incident investigations to detect known individuals; to identify otherwise unknown individuals whose PNR data or pattern of travel is linked to or associated with terrorism-related or serious criminal activity, and to identify and protect vulnerable individuals. <br></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/01/2021 15:59:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1274241

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what real-time systems are available to UK Border Force to enforce a ban on foreign criminals sentenced to more than one year in prison entering the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	133911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>While it is not possible to reveal the details of how security checks at the border operate, Border Force undertakes to perform 100 per cent checks on scheduled passengers arriving in the UK. The majority of passengers are also checked against our systems before they travel, through the collection of Advanced Passenger Information (API). Where we are aware of individuals that pose a threat to the UK we can and do refuse entry and, where legislation applies, refuse Authority to Carry prior to departure.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/01/2021 11:12:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1274242

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Records: 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 requests the UK has made to EU member states for information on the criminal background of EU citizens in 2021; and how many responses it has received.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	133912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. <br> <br>However, statistics on the Criminal Records Exchange are published by the national Criminal Records Office (ACRO) quarterly. <br> <br>These figures are published at: https://www.acro.police.uk/Publications</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/01/2021 16:00:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry