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1685803

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a fair and proportional reimbursement framework for bank fraud.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	12000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Under current regulations, victims of unauthorised bank fraud are automatically entitled to reimbursement in virtually all cases. This is not the case with victims of authorised push payment (APP) fraud – currently ten of the UK’s largest banks are signed up to the voluntary Contingent Reimbursement Model (CRM) Code.</p><p>The government have legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to require the Payments System Regulator (PSR) to introduce mandatory reimbursement for APP scams within the Faster Payment System, where 98% of APP fraud takes place.</p><p>The PSR have confirmed that mandatory reimbursement will come into force in October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 11766 question first answered 06/02/2024 14:23:24 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1685865

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
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 potential merits of introducing reduced fee tiers of visa payments for individuals with contributory ties with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	12088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce fee tiers. It is the Home Office’s policy that fees should generally be charged consistently across customer groups in order to support the overall funding of the migration and borders system.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/02/2024 10:06:09 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1685964

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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 approved for relocation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are residing in hotels in the UK as of 30 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	11946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to resettle.</p><p>Afghans fleeing persecution and those who served the UK. The latest published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-september-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics - (www.gov.uk)</a> show that (up to the end of September 2023) we have brought around 24,600 people to safety from Afghanistan and the region.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics also show that:</p><ul><li>we have resettled 9,839 people under all three of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement scheme (ACRS) pathways;</li><li>we have relocated 11,684 under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP); and</li><li>1,674 people were living in interim accommodation (i.e. hotels/serviced accommodation) during this period (though this number changes frequently, and most of those within interim have now moved into settled accommodation) as of September 2023.</li></ul><p> </p><p>ACRS and ARAP arrivals correct as of around December 2023, and accommodation data will be reflected in the next release of the Immigration Statistics, which is due around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 11947 11987 question first answered 02/02/2024 11:09:22 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1685965

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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 who are eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are residing in hotels in the UK as of 30 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	11947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to resettle.</p><p>Afghans fleeing persecution and those who served the UK. The latest published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-september-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics - (www.gov.uk)</a> show that (up to the end of September 2023) we have brought around 24,600 people to safety from Afghanistan and the region.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics also show that:</p><ul><li>we have resettled 9,839 people under all three of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement scheme (ACRS) pathways;</li><li>we have relocated 11,684 under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP); and</li><li>1,674 people were living in interim accommodation (i.e. hotels/serviced accommodation) during this period (though this number changes frequently, and most of those within interim have now moved into settled accommodation) as of September 2023.</li></ul><p> </p><p>ACRS and ARAP arrivals correct as of around December 2023, and accommodation data will be reflected in the next release of the Immigration Statistics, which is due around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 11946 11987 question first answered 02/02/2024 11:09:22 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1685977

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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 that have relocated to the UK under the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme are residing in hotels.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	11987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to resettle.</p><p>Afghans fleeing persecution and those who served the UK. The latest published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-september-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics - (www.gov.uk)</a> show that (up to the end of September 2023) we have brought around 24,600 people to safety from Afghanistan and the region.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics also show that:</p><ul><li>we have resettled 9,839 people under all three of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement scheme (ACRS) pathways;</li><li>we have relocated 11,684 under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP); and</li><li>1,674 people were living in interim accommodation (i.e. hotels/serviced accommodation) during this period (though this number changes frequently, and most of those within interim have now moved into settled accommodation) as of September 2023.</li></ul><p> </p><p>ACRS and ARAP arrivals correct as of around December 2023, and accommodation data will be reflected in the next release of the Immigration Statistics, which is due around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 11946 11947 question first answered 02/02/2024 11:09:22 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1685980

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 were detained after crossing the English Channel in boats involved in uncontrolled landings in 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	11954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>There were no uncontrolled landings in 2023.</p><p>All people making these illegal, dangerous and unnecessary crossings of the Channel by small boat in 2023 were detected before reaching the UK and were placed under immigration control immediately upon arrival.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/02/2024 17:29:07 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1685981

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 arrived in the UK clandestinely (a) on larger vessels and (b) in a vehicle on a ferry in 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	11955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release on gov.uk.</p><p>Data on people who have arrived in the UK on larger vessels and in a vehicle on a ferry are included in the ‘Recorded detections at UK ports’ figures on table Irr_01 of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/655c859cd03a8d001207fd99/irregular-migration-to-the-UK-detailed-dataset-year-ending-september-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets</a>’, with the latest data up to the end of September 2023.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish the requested data in any further breakdowns.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/02/2024 17:27:59 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1685982

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of people who attempted to enter the UK on small boats who were (a) intercepted by French authorities and (b) returned to France in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	11956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The French authorities provide the Home Office with regular operational updates, including estimates of the number of people who have been prevented from crossing to the UK.</p><p>Home Office records show that in 2022, around 33,000 crossing attempts (defined as an individual person attempting to cross the Channel by small boat) were prevented and returned to France. This compares with around 26,000 in 2023.</p><p>The decline in numbers of crossings prevented in 2023 relative to 2022 reflects the 30% decline in overall attempts made in 2023 relative to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/02/2024 17:57:37 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1685983

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Missing Persons
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 seekers disappeared from asylum accommodation before having their claims processed in 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	11957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers leaving accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/02/2024 17:25:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1685997

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have requested the total sum of their Windrush compensation award be reviewed for each quarter since April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	12188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>Information relating to how many individuals have requested the total sum for their Windrush Compensation award offer to be reviewed is included in the Windrush Compensation Scheme Transparency Data, which is published regularly.</p><p>As set out in the Windrush Compensation Scheme Casework Guidance published online, claimants can request a review of the decision to refuse all or part of their claim. Detailed data is not published on which specific category a claimant requests to be reviewed.</p><p>The latest published data, covering the period up to November 2023, is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-november-2023.</p><p>The relevant data can be found on page WCS_09.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/02/2024 10:11:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe