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1453996

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the immigration status of those seafarers working on UK-international routes who are paid below the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	146676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>It is the Government’s policy that all migrants coming to work in UK territorial waters (i.e., 12 nautical miles), or on the UK landmass, need permission to work unless exemptions apply. Conversely, if they are working outside of UK territorial waters then permission to work is not required.</p><p>Seafarers who earn a living by working on a ship such as seamen or crew members do not need permission to work if they are in transit (under contract) to join a ship or are in transit as part of a crew, subject to entry requirements. Entry requirements may include a transit visa or an International Labour Organisation compliant seafarer identity document.</p><p>A seafarer who can be regarded as “ordinarily working” in the UK is entitled to receive the UK national minimum wage. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minimum-wage-seafarers-and-other-people-working-at-sea" target="_blank">Minimum wage: seafarers and other people working at sea - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>We do not collect the data on seafarers entering the UK without a work visa. This cohort should be entering the UK for short periods of time and leaving by air or ship.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 146677 146678 question first answered 01/04/2022 11:51:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453998

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of seafarers working on UK-international routes who have entered the UK in the most recent period for which that information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	146677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>It is the Government’s policy that all migrants coming to work in UK territorial waters (i.e., 12 nautical miles), or on the UK landmass, need permission to work unless exemptions apply. Conversely, if they are working outside of UK territorial waters then permission to work is not required.</p><p>Seafarers who earn a living by working on a ship such as seamen or crew members do not need permission to work if they are in transit (under contract) to join a ship or are in transit as part of a crew, subject to entry requirements. Entry requirements may include a transit visa or an International Labour Organisation compliant seafarer identity document.</p><p>A seafarer who can be regarded as “ordinarily working” in the UK is entitled to receive the UK national minimum wage. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minimum-wage-seafarers-and-other-people-working-at-sea" target="_blank">Minimum wage: seafarers and other people working at sea - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>We do not collect the data on seafarers entering the UK without a work visa. This cohort should be entering the UK for short periods of time and leaving by air or ship.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 146676 146678 question first answered 01/04/2022 11:51:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453999

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
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 entitlement of foreign seafarers to work on UK-international routes that have no visa eligibility to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	146678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>It is the Government’s policy that all migrants coming to work in UK territorial waters (i.e., 12 nautical miles), or on the UK landmass, need permission to work unless exemptions apply. Conversely, if they are working outside of UK territorial waters then permission to work is not required.</p><p>Seafarers who earn a living by working on a ship such as seamen or crew members do not need permission to work if they are in transit (under contract) to join a ship or are in transit as part of a crew, subject to entry requirements. Entry requirements may include a transit visa or an International Labour Organisation compliant seafarer identity document.</p><p>A seafarer who can be regarded as “ordinarily working” in the UK is entitled to receive the UK national minimum wage. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minimum-wage-seafarers-and-other-people-working-at-sea" target="_blank">Minimum wage: seafarers and other people working at sea - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>We do not collect the data on seafarers entering the UK without a work visa. This cohort should be entering the UK for short periods of time and leaving by air or ship.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 146676 146677 question first answered 01/04/2022 11:51:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1454044

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the Shortage Occupation List will be asked to consider the potential merits of treating occupations at qualification Level 1 and qualification Level 2 the same.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	146736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to commission the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake a review of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) later this year. The exact terms of the commission will be set out in a letter to the Chair of the MAC and will be published on GOV.UK, in line with the approach taken for previous SOL commissions.</p><p>More broadly, acting upon advice from the MAC, the Government broadened out the skills threshold of the Skilled Worker route to include occupations at RQF level 3 and lowered the general salary threshold to £25,600. The MAC’s modelling suggests the new threshold strikes a reasonable balance between controlling immigration and providing businesses access to labour.</p><p>Being on the SOL does not exempt an occupation from meeting the wider requirements of the Skilled Worker immigration route.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/03/2022 16:01:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1454045

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on extending the Youth Mobility Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	146737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories, including the EU or nations within it. On 01 January, Iceland became a new addition to the scheme demonstrating the Government’s commitment to further expansion.</p><p>However, as each YMS is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK nationals with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur. Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/03/2022 16:04:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1454051

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the impact of the Crown Prosecution Service's 6th Edition of the Directors Guidance on Charging workloads of Police Detectives.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	146598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Crown Prosecution Service’s 6<sup>th</sup> Edition of the Director’s Guidance on Charging, establishing high-quality disclosure is essential to an effective Criminal Justice System, ensuring the process is fair, efficient and effective. The police play a crucial role in effective casefile preparation, including disclosure, to bring criminals to justice.</p><p>In March 2021, the CPS, NPCC and College of Policing published a joint National Case Progression Commitment which builds on work conducted by all three organisations under the National Disclosure Improvement Plan (NDIP), and under which they will jointly tackle barriers to effective case management and case progression.</p><p>This Government has given the police the resources they need to cut crime and put offenders behind bars, with an increase in total police funding by £1.1b compared to 2021/22, and over 11,000 extra officers hired as part of the Police Uplift Programme (as of 31 December 2021) to bring crime down and keep our neighbourhoods safe.</p><p>The wellbeing of police officers and staff is vitally important. It is the duty of senior leaders to ensure that officers and staff have the right support to help them carry out their important work to the standard expected by the public.  Each Chief Constable has a duty to manage and support their workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of all officers and staff. They are held to account on behalf of the public by elected police and crime commissioners.</p><p>The Home Office, Attorney General’s Office, and Ministry of Justice are working closely together, along with the National Police Chiefs Council and CPS, to tackle delays and improve timeliness at every stage of the Criminal Justice System. The Government has recently launched Criminal Justice Scorecards at a local and national level, which bring together data from across the CJS to provide a view of cross system performance. The scorecards measure progress against the key criminal justice priority areas: improving timeliness, increasing victim engagement and improving quality of justice.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 146599 146600 146601 question first answered 29/03/2022 10:41:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1454052

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
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 impact of the Crown Prosecution Services 6th Edition of the Directors Guidance on Charging on the moral and wellbeing of Police Detectives.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	146599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Crown Prosecution Service’s 6<sup>th</sup> Edition of the Director’s Guidance on Charging, establishing high-quality disclosure is essential to an effective Criminal Justice System, ensuring the process is fair, efficient and effective. The police play a crucial role in effective casefile preparation, including disclosure, to bring criminals to justice.</p><p>In March 2021, the CPS, NPCC and College of Policing published a joint National Case Progression Commitment which builds on work conducted by all three organisations under the National Disclosure Improvement Plan (NDIP), and under which they will jointly tackle barriers to effective case management and case progression.</p><p>This Government has given the police the resources they need to cut crime and put offenders behind bars, with an increase in total police funding by £1.1b compared to 2021/22, and over 11,000 extra officers hired as part of the Police Uplift Programme (as of 31 December 2021) to bring crime down and keep our neighbourhoods safe.</p><p>The wellbeing of police officers and staff is vitally important. It is the duty of senior leaders to ensure that officers and staff have the right support to help them carry out their important work to the standard expected by the public.  Each Chief Constable has a duty to manage and support their workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of all officers and staff. They are held to account on behalf of the public by elected police and crime commissioners.</p><p>The Home Office, Attorney General’s Office, and Ministry of Justice are working closely together, along with the National Police Chiefs Council and CPS, to tackle delays and improve timeliness at every stage of the Criminal Justice System. The Government has recently launched Criminal Justice Scorecards at a local and national level, which bring together data from across the CJS to provide a view of cross system performance. The scorecards measure progress against the key criminal justice priority areas: improving timeliness, increasing victim engagement and improving quality of justice.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 146598 146600 146601 question first answered 29/03/2022 10:41:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1454053

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 her Department’s report entitled The UK Government’s Approach to Evaluating the Vulnerable Persons and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Schemes, published on 13 December 2018, whether she plans to publish an equivalent report on the ACRS and ARAP schemes.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	146579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office operates a mixed method evaluation of refugee resettlement. The work is underpinned by an indicators of integration framework (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhome-office-indicators-of-integration-framework-2019&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJessica.Smith4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C212fc1b6845742e74eb908da0e73cff3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637838187804662358%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=nkqjCWDLxYSFuU8xQ%2BIevxz%2FJE7K9QfddtanBjTlgBY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Home Office Indicators of Integration framework 2019 third edition - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>).</p><p>We will be setting out the approach to evaluating ongoing refugee resettlement in due course.</p><p>The British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route is a managed migration route enabling BN(O) status holders and their eligible family members to move to the UK, if they decide that is the right choice for them. A £43.1 million welcome programme is in place to support them.</p><p>On 31 January 2022, the Home Office published data on the characteristics of British National (Overseas) visa holders, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/survey-of-hong-kong-british-national-overseas-visa-holders-2021" target="_blank">Survey of Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa holders 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 146580 question first answered 29/03/2022 12:01:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1454054

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Hong Kong
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 her Department’s report entitled The UK Government’s Approach to Evaluating the Vulnerable Persons and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Schemes, published on 13 December 2018, whether she plans to publish an equivalent report on the Hong Kong British National Overseas scheme.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	146580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office operates a mixed method evaluation of refugee resettlement. The work is underpinned by an indicators of integration framework (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhome-office-indicators-of-integration-framework-2019&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJessica.Smith4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C212fc1b6845742e74eb908da0e73cff3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637838187804662358%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=nkqjCWDLxYSFuU8xQ%2BIevxz%2FJE7K9QfddtanBjTlgBY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Home Office Indicators of Integration framework 2019 third edition - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>).</p><p>We will be setting out the approach to evaluating ongoing refugee resettlement in due course.</p><p>The British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route is a managed migration route enabling BN(O) status holders and their eligible family members to move to the UK, if they decide that is the right choice for them. A £43.1 million welcome programme is in place to support them.</p><p>On 31 January 2022, the Home Office published data on the characteristics of British National (Overseas) visa holders, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/survey-of-hong-kong-british-national-overseas-visa-holders-2021" target="_blank">Survey of Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa holders 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 146579 question first answered 29/03/2022 12:01:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1454056

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Crown Prosecution Services on steps that can be taken to mitigate the potential impact of its Guidance on Charging policy on levels of workload and bureaucracy during the pre charging phase of investigations.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	146600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Crown Prosecution Service’s 6<sup>th</sup> Edition of the Director’s Guidance on Charging, establishing high-quality disclosure is essential to an effective Criminal Justice System, ensuring the process is fair, efficient and effective. The police play a crucial role in effective casefile preparation, including disclosure, to bring criminals to justice.</p><p>In March 2021, the CPS, NPCC and College of Policing published a joint National Case Progression Commitment which builds on work conducted by all three organisations under the National Disclosure Improvement Plan (NDIP), and under which they will jointly tackle barriers to effective case management and case progression.</p><p>This Government has given the police the resources they need to cut crime and put offenders behind bars, with an increase in total police funding by £1.1b compared to 2021/22, and over 11,000 extra officers hired as part of the Police Uplift Programme (as of 31 December 2021) to bring crime down and keep our neighbourhoods safe.</p><p>The wellbeing of police officers and staff is vitally important. It is the duty of senior leaders to ensure that officers and staff have the right support to help them carry out their important work to the standard expected by the public.  Each Chief Constable has a duty to manage and support their workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of all officers and staff. They are held to account on behalf of the public by elected police and crime commissioners.</p><p>The Home Office, Attorney General’s Office, and Ministry of Justice are working closely together, along with the National Police Chiefs Council and CPS, to tackle delays and improve timeliness at every stage of the Criminal Justice System. The Government has recently launched Criminal Justice Scorecards at a local and national level, which bring together data from across the CJS to provide a view of cross system performance. The scorecards measure progress against the key criminal justice priority areas: improving timeliness, increasing victim engagement and improving quality of justice.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 146598 146599 146601 question first answered 29/03/2022 10:41:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards