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1666901

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people from Hong Kong with a pending asylum claim are allowed to transfer onto the British National (Overseas) visa scheme if they have become eligible since its expansion on 30 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	204022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>In most cases, a person with a pending asylum claim can make an application to the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route. However, all applications need to meet the relevant requirements to be granted, including the suitability requirements.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:09:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1666902

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 200936 on Visas: Skilled Workers, how many allegations of exploitation investigated by the Seasonal Agricultural Compliance team resulted in (a) recovery of funds and (b) other forms of compensation.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	204023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data that would cover this request.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:03:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1666656

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made toward meeting the target of securing an average of 350 additional beds for asylum seekers in dispersed accommodation per week; and when her Department expect to meet that target.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	203857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum seekers in receipt of support in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum seekers in receipt of support by accommodation type including hotels and other accommodation can be found in table Asy_D09 of the ‘asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’. The next data release is due 23 November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:01:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1666673

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on implementing recommendations made by (a) the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration and (b) the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner in reports on seasonal agricultural worker visas completed since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	203858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>All recommendations are complete.</p><p>Following the Inspection by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders, the Home Office signalled our intention to complete a review of the seasonal worker route. The Government will publish information pertaining to the operation of the Seasonal Worker route in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:04:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1662948

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	Undocumented Migrants: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of inadequately documented arrivals by air.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	200802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s number one priority is keeping the UK safe. As such, the UK is launching an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme to further strengthen the security of our border.</p><p>The ETA scheme will close the current gap in advance permissions for non-visa national visitors to the UK and enhance the Government’s ability to screen such travellers and prevent the travel of those who pose a threat to the UK, making the UK safer.</p><p>Under the Carriers Liability scheme, carriers already have responsibilities to ensure their passengers are properly documented for travel to the UK and may be subject to charges if they allow them to travel without the correct documentation. Details of the scheme are published on gov.uk.</p><p>To assist carriers, the Home Office issues core guidance regarding the necessary check’s carriers are expected to undertake. The Home Office regularly train carriers and their handling agents in the UK and overseas, in documentary requirements and detection techniques. The Home Office publishes alerts to highlight any new trends or arising issues and provides a 24-hour carrier call service to advise carriers on specific documentation concerns.</p><p>Home Office teams overseas work closely with UK based colleagues who analyse travel data. Where high risk passengers are identified, teams engage with airlines to ensure that the individual is entitled to travel on the documentation held. Overseas teams are located around the globe, and the focus of their activities is kept under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 11:14:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1659733

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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, with reference to An inspection of Border Force insider threat (January – March 2023), published by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on 7 September 2023, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications of low morale among Border Force officers for her Department’s efforts to reduce the number of asylum seekers crossing the channel in small boats.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	198827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The ICIBI’s report acknowledged that Border Force has built strong organisational trust and has a supportive culture through a specific programme for identifying and preventing insider threats, which built on existing vetting and security procedures. The Home Office has also instituted several support mechanisms to provide help to its staff.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Home Office does not recognise the morale of staff to be a current issue in the response to, and management of, dangerous, illegal and unnecessary crossings of the Channel by migrants in Small Boats. The Small Boats Operational Command (SBOC) of Border Force has a number of support mechanisms in place to provide help to its staff and so lesson risks to morale. Since integrating into Border Force, and with new governance structures in place, the Small Boats Operational Command (SBOC) can proactively manage and prioritise mental health and wellbeing in line with the wider Command, ensuring staff feel supported.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 16:39:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1659046

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	Undocumented Migrants: Turkey
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 the press release, UK and Türkiye strengthen partnership to help tackle illegal migration, published on 9 August 2023, what the total amount of financial support is which the Government plans to provide to Turkiye for the purposes of implementing any plans set out in an agreement between the UK and Turkiye.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	198345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK and Türkiye are close strategic partners and have agreed to enhance cooperation on tackling the illegal movement of migrants. This covers close engagement and support in numerous areas, and we are bolstering our resources, for example to enable collaboration on joint law enforcement operations to disrupt the criminal gangs who are facilitating and profiting from illegal journeys. As a cooperative initiative in development it is not possible to set out the parameters or extent of UK funding, but any financial support offered will be agreed with our partners, and focused in areas that will bolster our effectiveness in tackling this shared challenge.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone with no right to be in the UK and whose appeal rights are exhausted is expected to leave the UK. Those who can return home but refuse to do so will face enforced removal, including Turkish nationals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 198346 question first answered 13/09/2023 16:42:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1659047

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	Asylum: Deportation
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 press release entitled UK and Türkiye strengthen partnership to help tackle illegal migration, published 9 August 2023, whether her Department has reached an agreement on a framework for the return of failed asylum seekers of (a) Turkish or (b) any other nationality from the UK to Turkiye.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	198346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK and Türkiye are close strategic partners and have agreed to enhance cooperation on tackling the illegal movement of migrants. This covers close engagement and support in numerous areas, and we are bolstering our resources, for example to enable collaboration on joint law enforcement operations to disrupt the criminal gangs who are facilitating and profiting from illegal journeys. As a cooperative initiative in development it is not possible to set out the parameters or extent of UK funding, but any financial support offered will be agreed with our partners, and focused in areas that will bolster our effectiveness in tackling this shared challenge.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone with no right to be in the UK and whose appeal rights are exhausted is expected to leave the UK. Those who can return home but refuse to do so will face enforced removal, including Turkish nationals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 198345 question first answered 13/09/2023 16:42:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1657892

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Help: Standards
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 the National Audit Office report entitled Asylum Accommodation and support, published 3 July 2020, what recent steps her Department has taken to improve the performance of Migrant Help in operating the Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) service.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	197433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to work with Migrant Help in line with their contract to ensure that they take all rectification actions to bring about improvements. Migrant Help have increased their headcount to respond to the significant increase in demand for their services which is due to increased volumes of those destitute asylum seekers requiring accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/09/2023 13:38:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1655824

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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 the oral contribution of the Minister for Security to the Global Financial Integrity DC Forum Conference in February 2023 on closing loopholes in visa waiver agreements with third countries that operate citizenship by investment regimes, whether her Department has taken recent steps to tackle those loopholes; and what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of people who have entered the UK via those routes and (b) the number and proportion of those people that (i) have a criminal record and (ii) pose a risk to national security in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	195937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Visit visas are an important part of securing the UK’s border and are an effective tool for the UK in reducing illegal immigration, tackling organised crime and protecting national security. The UK keeps its visa system under regular review. Decisions taken following engagement across government.</p><p>Careful consideration of the operation of citizenship by investment programmes by Dominica and Vanuatu has shown abuse of these programmes. The UK imposed a visa regime on both countries on 19 July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 15:50:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock