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1663057

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date	13/10/2023
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, how many people from Afghanistan who were resettled to the UK under the (a) ARAP and (b) ACRS remain in a bridging hotel after their notice to quit date has passed because they have not found alternative accommodation as of 13 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	200911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Our recent release of transparency data, published on 19 September 2023, following the end of hotels being used as bridging accommodation can be accessed at Afghan bridging hotel exit operational data - <a title="http://gov.uk/" href="http://GOV.UK" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> (<a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>)</p><p>The latest statistics (published on 24th August 2023) from the immigration system statistics quarterly release - <a title="http://gov.uk/" href="http://GOV.UK" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> (<a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) provides a quarterly breakdown of the number of individuals resettled under both the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) in temporary accommodation up until the end of June 2023. For detailed data, see table Asy D02.</p><p>From the end of April 2023, resettled Afghan families staying in hotels and serviced apartments began to receive Notices to Quit their bridging accommodation. Residents received at least three months' notice to make arrangements to leave their hotel or serviced accommodation and were given clear guidance on the support they could access to help them find their own accommodation.</p><p>Despite all efforts, some families have been unable to find their own accommodation or unwilling to take up offers of housing and have needed to present as homeless. The statutory homelessness system provides a safety net, and no family will be left without a roof over their head.</p><p>We are unable to provide a running commentary on bridging accommodation occupation. When the notices to quit were announced by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs on 28 March, there were over 8,000 Afghans living in bridging accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 200912 200913 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:52:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1663058

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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, how many people from Afghanistan who were resettled to the UK under the (a) ARAP and (b) ACRS have been evicted from bridging accommodation in each of the last 12 months; of those people, how many and what proportion were (a) moved to temporary accommodation and (b) without accommodation upon eviction; and how many and what proportion of those people are (i) in temporary accommodation and (ii) without accommodation as of 13 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	200912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Our recent release of transparency data, published on 19 September 2023, following the end of hotels being used as bridging accommodation can be accessed at Afghan bridging hotel exit operational data - <a title="http://gov.uk/" href="http://GOV.UK" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> (<a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>)</p><p>The latest statistics (published on 24th August 2023) from the immigration system statistics quarterly release - <a title="http://gov.uk/" href="http://GOV.UK" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> (<a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) provides a quarterly breakdown of the number of individuals resettled under both the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) in temporary accommodation up until the end of June 2023. For detailed data, see table Asy D02.</p><p>From the end of April 2023, resettled Afghan families staying in hotels and serviced apartments began to receive Notices to Quit their bridging accommodation. Residents received at least three months' notice to make arrangements to leave their hotel or serviced accommodation and were given clear guidance on the support they could access to help them find their own accommodation.</p><p>Despite all efforts, some families have been unable to find their own accommodation or unwilling to take up offers of housing and have needed to present as homeless. The statutory homelessness system provides a safety net, and no family will be left without a roof over their head.</p><p>We are unable to provide a running commentary on bridging accommodation occupation. When the notices to quit were announced by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs on 28 March, there were over 8,000 Afghans living in bridging accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 200911 200913 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:52:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1663059

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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, how many and what proportion of people from Afghanistan who were resettled to the UK under the (a) ARAP and (b) ACRS were in bridging accommodation when her Department (i) announced that it would begin to issue and (ii) began to issue notices to quit.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	200913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Our recent release of transparency data, published on 19 September 2023, following the end of hotels being used as bridging accommodation can be accessed at Afghan bridging hotel exit operational data - <a title="http://gov.uk/" href="http://GOV.UK" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> (<a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>)</p><p>The latest statistics (published on 24th August 2023) from the immigration system statistics quarterly release - <a title="http://gov.uk/" href="http://GOV.UK" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> (<a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) provides a quarterly breakdown of the number of individuals resettled under both the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) in temporary accommodation up until the end of June 2023. For detailed data, see table Asy D02.</p><p>From the end of April 2023, resettled Afghan families staying in hotels and serviced apartments began to receive Notices to Quit their bridging accommodation. Residents received at least three months' notice to make arrangements to leave their hotel or serviced accommodation and were given clear guidance on the support they could access to help them find their own accommodation.</p><p>Despite all efforts, some families have been unable to find their own accommodation or unwilling to take up offers of housing and have needed to present as homeless. The statutory homelessness system provides a safety net, and no family will be left without a roof over their head.</p><p>We are unable to provide a running commentary on bridging accommodation occupation. When the notices to quit were announced by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs on 28 March, there were over 8,000 Afghans living in bridging accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 200911 200912 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:52:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1646577

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
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 Cabinet colleagues on the compatibility of the Illegal Migration Bill with international humanitarian law.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	905650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes its international obligations very seriously. There is nothing in the Bill that requires the Government to act incompatibly with our international obligations.</p><p>The Home Secretary and I have had regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues about the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/06/2023 08:42:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1552054

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for Turkish Businessperson visa extension applications.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	111635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2023 answer text <p>The latest data on ECAA matters is routinely published as part of UKVI Transparency data.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published data for outstanding ECCA applications can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cdc1f62fc76874bd6331408dad913f7f3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638060977023265166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gBrkZaEoD0YRA5GtrYjXbjQ8CgzfG5zKfqavU2SULUs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q3 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Under Visas and Citizenship Data, Tab VSI_03 includes the number of straightforward applications and non-straightforward applications which remained outstanding at the end of the last reported period.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office had been prioritising Ukraine Visa Scheme applications in response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, which has impacted on the delivery of some of our service standards.</p><p> </p><p>Full resource has now been restored to the team.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 111637 question first answered 03/01/2023 15:05:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1552055

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of processing times for Turkish Businessperson visa extension applications.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	111636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2023 answer text <p>The latest data on ECAA matters is routinely published as part of UKVI Transparency data.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published data for outstanding ECCA applications can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cdc1f62fc76874bd6331408dad913f7f3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638060977023265166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gBrkZaEoD0YRA5GtrYjXbjQ8CgzfG5zKfqavU2SULUs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q3 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Under Visas and Citizenship Data, Tab VSI_03 includes the number of straightforward applications and non-straightforward applications which remained outstanding at the end of the last reported period.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office had been prioritising Ukraine Visa Scheme applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has impacted on the delivery of some of our service standards. Resource has now been restored to the ECAA team.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/01/2023 15:10:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1552056

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the processing times for Turkish Businessperson visa extension applications.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	111637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2023 answer text <p>The latest data on ECAA matters is routinely published as part of UKVI Transparency data.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published data for outstanding ECCA applications can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cdc1f62fc76874bd6331408dad913f7f3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638060977023265166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gBrkZaEoD0YRA5GtrYjXbjQ8CgzfG5zKfqavU2SULUs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q3 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Under Visas and Citizenship Data, Tab VSI_03 includes the number of straightforward applications and non-straightforward applications which remained outstanding at the end of the last reported period.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office had been prioritising Ukraine Visa Scheme applications in response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, which has impacted on the delivery of some of our service standards.</p><p> </p><p>Full resource has now been restored to the team.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 111635 question first answered 03/01/2023 15:05:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1550265

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the asylum transformation programme includes a commitment to reinstate the 6-month service standard for decisions on all straightforward asylum applications.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	107138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>A new accelerated service standard is being developed and we are testing the impact of several coordinated initiatives, including enhanced screening, case triage, centralised workflow and streamlined decision templates, in order to improve productivity and increase decision rates.</p><p>To accelerate decision making we are simplifying and modernising our system. This includes measures like shortening interviews, removing unnecessary interviews, making guidance simpler and more accessible, dealing with cases more swiftly where they can be certified as manifestly unfounded and extra decision makers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/12/2022 15:16:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1549917

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
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, how many asylum applications are outstanding pending an initial decision in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	106463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications awaiting a decision can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Please note the data show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision over the entire quarter. The latest data relates to as at 30 September 2022. Data as at 31 December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p>Please note data in table Asy_D03 is broken down by applications awaiting an initial decision for 6 months or less, and longer than 6 months only.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 106466 106467 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:50:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1549920

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
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, how many asylum applications awaiting an initial decision have been pending for more than six months in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	106466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications awaiting a decision can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Please note the data show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision over the entire quarter. The latest data relates to as at 30 September 2022. Data as at 31 December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p>Please note data in table Asy_D03 is broken down by applications awaiting an initial decision for 6 months or less, and longer than 6 months only.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 106463 106467 question first answered 13/12/2022 15:50:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant