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1247014

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much additional technology funding will be made available in the next Spending Review for the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP); how much the overspend is on that programme to date; how many deadlines that programme has missed to date; what plans she has made to ensure confidence in the delivery of the ESMCP; and what assessment she has made of the effect of the delay of the delivery of the ESMCP on public services.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	109523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) is replacing the current Airwave radio system, used by the emergency services, with the Emergency Services Network which runs over the commercial EE network with priority and pre-emption for emergency service users.</p><p>The Spending Review is ongoing and it would be wrong to prejudge the outcome.</p><p>Programme costs are separated into 3 categories; first the cost of building and rolling out the new ESN system; second costs borne locally by users for things like devices and accessories that they’ll need to use the ESN, and; third the cost to maintain Airwave until ESN has been adopted by all users and Airwave can be switched off. The costs for maintaining Airwave are by far the most significant and, subject to commercial negotiation, the annual cost of extending Airwave beyond the current contract end date of December 2022, is likely to be in excess of £450m per annum, taking into account local Airwave costs.</p><p>The programme set itself an original target of transitioning all users from the current Airwave system onto the ESN and switching Airwave off by December 2019. We are now targeting an Airwave switch off date no later than 2025. The investment case for the programme remains positive even with this later Airwave switch off timescale.</p><p>Both during and since the programme reset in 2018, it has undergone extensive assurance both internally within the department and externally through Cabinet Office and HMT. The programme has also been scrutinised by the National Audit Office and Parliament (Public Accounts Committee and Home Affairs Select Committee). An Independent Assurance Panel chaired by a Non-Executive Director from HMRC and made up of several industry experts also regularly assures the programme and provides advice to the Permanent Secretary and Ministers. I, (Home Secretary) receive regular updates on the programme.</p><p>The Department remains committed to completing delivery of the ESN and switching off Airwave as quickly as possible. We stand by our commitment to the Emergency Services that we will only transition from Airwave to ESN when it is operationally safe to do so. In the meantime, Airwave continues to provide a resilient service.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/11/2020 16:38:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1247017

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
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 granting the right to work to asylum seekers and their adult dependents after six months of having lodged an asylum claim without the constraints of the Shortage Occupation List.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	109701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. A review of the policy is ongoing, and we are considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The findings of the review will be announced once the work has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/11/2020 13:42:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1247018

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on issuing discontinuation letters to people living in asylum accommodation who (a) have had their asylum claim or fresh claim refused and (b) were eligible for asylum accommodation on public health grounds during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	109620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Failed asylum seekers who have exhausted their appeal rights are eligible to receive accommodation and other support provided they take reasonable steps to leave the UK or there is a legal or practical obstacle to their departure. Only failed asylum seekers who are able to take steps to leave the UK, but choose not to, are therefore issued with notices that their support will be discontinued.</p><p>The process of issuing discontinuation notices is kept under regular review, taking consideration of public health guidance and the impact of the virus on those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. The issuing of notices was paused on 27 March, but resumed on 15 September for some cases, starting with failed asylum seekers living in tier 1 and 2 areas in England at the time of the decision being prioritised over other cases.</p><p>The number of discontinuation notices issued to those living in Manchester, Greater Manchester and Liverpool since 27 March is not in a recordable format and to do so would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information on the number of people in receipt of support are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support</a> this includes applications, supported persons and those discontinued. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown by individual Local authority.</p><p>This is being kept under continual review, particularly in light of the fact that we are only issuing negative cessation notices where a route back to the home country exists for the individual, amongst other things. An offer of voluntary return is made, in each case, including flights being paid for and a cash sum of X is offered as well.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 109621 109622 109623 109624 question first answered 05/11/2020 15:54:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1247019

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on issuing discontinuation letters to people living in asylum accommodation in Tier (a) 2 and (b) 3 local covid-19 alert level areas.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	109621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Failed asylum seekers who have exhausted their appeal rights are eligible to receive accommodation and other support provided they take reasonable steps to leave the UK or there is a legal or practical obstacle to their departure. Only failed asylum seekers who are able to take steps to leave the UK, but choose not to, are therefore issued with notices that their support will be discontinued.</p><p>The process of issuing discontinuation notices is kept under regular review, taking consideration of public health guidance and the impact of the virus on those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. The issuing of notices was paused on 27 March, but resumed on 15 September for some cases, starting with failed asylum seekers living in tier 1 and 2 areas in England at the time of the decision being prioritised over other cases.</p><p>The number of discontinuation notices issued to those living in Manchester, Greater Manchester and Liverpool since 27 March is not in a recordable format and to do so would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information on the number of people in receipt of support are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support</a> this includes applications, supported persons and those discontinued. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown by individual Local authority.</p><p>This is being kept under continual review, particularly in light of the fact that we are only issuing negative cessation notices where a route back to the home country exists for the individual, amongst other things. An offer of voluntary return is made, in each case, including flights being paid for and a cash sum of X is offered as well.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 109620 109622 109623 109624 question first answered 05/11/2020 15:54:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1247020

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many discontinuation letters have been issued to people living in asylum accommodation in (a) Manchester, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Liverpool since the outbreak of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	109622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Failed asylum seekers who have exhausted their appeal rights are eligible to receive accommodation and other support provided they take reasonable steps to leave the UK or there is a legal or practical obstacle to their departure. Only failed asylum seekers who are able to take steps to leave the UK, but choose not to, are therefore issued with notices that their support will be discontinued.</p><p>The process of issuing discontinuation notices is kept under regular review, taking consideration of public health guidance and the impact of the virus on those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. The issuing of notices was paused on 27 March, but resumed on 15 September for some cases, starting with failed asylum seekers living in tier 1 and 2 areas in England at the time of the decision being prioritised over other cases.</p><p>The number of discontinuation notices issued to those living in Manchester, Greater Manchester and Liverpool since 27 March is not in a recordable format and to do so would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information on the number of people in receipt of support are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support</a> this includes applications, supported persons and those discontinued. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown by individual Local authority.</p><p>This is being kept under continual review, particularly in light of the fact that we are only issuing negative cessation notices where a route back to the home country exists for the individual, amongst other things. An offer of voluntary return is made, in each case, including flights being paid for and a cash sum of X is offered as well.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 109620 109621 109623 109624 question first answered 05/11/2020 15:54:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1247021

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the risk to health of evicting people from asylum accommodation during alert level 4 of the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will publish the evidence she used to make that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	109623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Failed asylum seekers who have exhausted their appeal rights are eligible to receive accommodation and other support provided they take reasonable steps to leave the UK or there is a legal or practical obstacle to their departure. Only failed asylum seekers who are able to take steps to leave the UK, but choose not to, are therefore issued with notices that their support will be discontinued.</p><p>The process of issuing discontinuation notices is kept under regular review, taking consideration of public health guidance and the impact of the virus on those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. The issuing of notices was paused on 27 March, but resumed on 15 September for some cases, starting with failed asylum seekers living in tier 1 and 2 areas in England at the time of the decision being prioritised over other cases.</p><p>The number of discontinuation notices issued to those living in Manchester, Greater Manchester and Liverpool since 27 March is not in a recordable format and to do so would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information on the number of people in receipt of support are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support</a> this includes applications, supported persons and those discontinued. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown by individual Local authority.</p><p>This is being kept under continual review, particularly in light of the fact that we are only issuing negative cessation notices where a route back to the home country exists for the individual, amongst other things. An offer of voluntary return is made, in each case, including flights being paid for and a cash sum of X is offered as well.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 109620 109621 109622 109624 question first answered 05/11/2020 15:54:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1247022

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 potential effect on people in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities of discontinuation letters being served to people living in asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	109624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Failed asylum seekers who have exhausted their appeal rights are eligible to receive accommodation and other support provided they take reasonable steps to leave the UK or there is a legal or practical obstacle to their departure. Only failed asylum seekers who are able to take steps to leave the UK, but choose not to, are therefore issued with notices that their support will be discontinued.</p><p>The process of issuing discontinuation notices is kept under regular review, taking consideration of public health guidance and the impact of the virus on those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. The issuing of notices was paused on 27 March, but resumed on 15 September for some cases, starting with failed asylum seekers living in tier 1 and 2 areas in England at the time of the decision being prioritised over other cases.</p><p>The number of discontinuation notices issued to those living in Manchester, Greater Manchester and Liverpool since 27 March is not in a recordable format and to do so would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information on the number of people in receipt of support are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support</a> this includes applications, supported persons and those discontinued. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown by individual Local authority.</p><p>This is being kept under continual review, particularly in light of the fact that we are only issuing negative cessation notices where a route back to the home country exists for the individual, amongst other things. An offer of voluntary return is made, in each case, including flights being paid for and a cash sum of X is offered as well.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 109620 109621 109622 109623 question first answered 05/11/2020 15:54:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1247098

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Au Pairs: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether au pairs from the EU who are currently working in the UK and who return home for Christmas will require a visa to return to the UK in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	109201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>EU citizens resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 can apply for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), to enable them to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. Their eligibility for the EUSS will not be affected if they are absent from the UK over the Christmas period and they will not require a visa to return to the UK in January 2021.</p><p>Eligible EU citizens have until 30 June 2021 to make an application to the EUSS. Applicants only need to complete three key steps: prove their identity, show their residence in the UK and declare any criminal convictions. Eligibility for the EUSS is not generally concerned with whether the applicant has been engaged in a qualifying activity, such as employment.</p><p>From 1 January 2021, EU citizens newly arriving in the UK and non-EU citizens will be treated equally under the new points-based immigration system. The UK has not operated a dedicated immigration route for au pairs since 2008 and has no plans to introduce one. However, the UK currently operates eight Youth Mobility Schemes which are principally designed for cultural exchange. We have indicated our desire to negotiate a youth mobility arrangement with the EU or with individual countries within it, if a collective agreement is not possible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 109202 109203 question first answered 06/11/2020 17:39:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1247099

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Au Pairs: 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 steps au pairs from EU countries, who are not classified as workers by the Government, should take to define their employment in the UK in the event that they apply for pre-settled status.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	109202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>EU citizens resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 can apply for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), to enable them to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. Their eligibility for the EUSS will not be affected if they are absent from the UK over the Christmas period and they will not require a visa to return to the UK in January 2021.</p><p>Eligible EU citizens have until 30 June 2021 to make an application to the EUSS. Applicants only need to complete three key steps: prove their identity, show their residence in the UK and declare any criminal convictions. Eligibility for the EUSS is not generally concerned with whether the applicant has been engaged in a qualifying activity, such as employment.</p><p>From 1 January 2021, EU citizens newly arriving in the UK and non-EU citizens will be treated equally under the new points-based immigration system. The UK has not operated a dedicated immigration route for au pairs since 2008 and has no plans to introduce one. However, the UK currently operates eight Youth Mobility Schemes which are principally designed for cultural exchange. We have indicated our desire to negotiate a youth mobility arrangement with the EU or with individual countries within it, if a collective agreement is not possible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 109201 109203 question first answered 06/11/2020 17:39:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1247100

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 continue (a) access to the UK for au pairs and (b) other cultural exchange programmes after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	109203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>EU citizens resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 can apply for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), to enable them to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. Their eligibility for the EUSS will not be affected if they are absent from the UK over the Christmas period and they will not require a visa to return to the UK in January 2021.</p><p>Eligible EU citizens have until 30 June 2021 to make an application to the EUSS. Applicants only need to complete three key steps: prove their identity, show their residence in the UK and declare any criminal convictions. Eligibility for the EUSS is not generally concerned with whether the applicant has been engaged in a qualifying activity, such as employment.</p><p>From 1 January 2021, EU citizens newly arriving in the UK and non-EU citizens will be treated equally under the new points-based immigration system. The UK has not operated a dedicated immigration route for au pairs since 2008 and has no plans to introduce one. However, the UK currently operates eight Youth Mobility Schemes which are principally designed for cultural exchange. We have indicated our desire to negotiate a youth mobility arrangement with the EU or with individual countries within it, if a collective agreement is not possible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 109201 109202 question first answered 06/11/2020 17:39:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers