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1542288

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Repossession Orders: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate has he made of the number of rental repossessions in Birmingham since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	87936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>HMCTS publishes statistics on volumes of mortgage and landlord possession here - Mortgage and landlord possession statistics - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). The latest published statistics goes up to September 2022.</p><p>This data can be filtered by Court, Region, Local Authority using the Data Visualisation Tool - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-october-to-december-2020/data-visualisation-tool" target="_blank">Data visualisation tool - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 87935 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:54:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1542762

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Social Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132398 on Attorney General: Social Clubs, what recognised staff groups there have been in her Department in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	89047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>There have been no recognised staff groups in the Attorney General’s Office in the last three years.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/11/2022 10:36:27 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1542763

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Public Speaking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on external speakers at events run by her Department in the last 12 months; and who these external speakers were.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	89048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not report the information sought to the level of granularity required so identifying spending on external speakers specifically from our financial system can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Identifying all external speakers is not readily available from our management systems as there is no central database for this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/11/2022 11:12:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1542764

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
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 (a) Afghanistan, (b) Eritrea, (c) Iran, (d) Sudan and (e) Syria are accommodated in hotels under Part 5 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	88870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_United_Kingdom&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRASI-BriefingCorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C00ac9c3c56f44e525e9308dac95bb49a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638043692953309081%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JZbAY0VJtpU6Y%2BdFgChO2BjXpOjuahbvMMhWIcRtvm4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The United Kingdom</a> has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered as set out under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The Home Office publishes quarterly data on the number of asylum seekers and their dependents who are supported including a breakdown by support type, nationality and location of accommodation in table Asy_D11 of the Immigration Quarterly statistics asylum and resettlement datasets. The latest published data tables can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRASI-BriefingCorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C00ac9c3c56f44e525e9308dac95bb49a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638043692953309081%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FSKQtiKdD72V5HlboKapKnHfCubo%2BzSAn76QEmBV5xQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of these statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated by specific accommodation setting. These figures are not available in a reportable format and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/11/2022 14:55:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1542765

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Refugee Family Reunion are awaiting decision.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	88871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The average time it takes to decide or the impact of processing this information is not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. The Home Office are unable to report how many applications for Refugee Family Reunion are awaiting a decision.</p><p>We are currently working outside the 60 day service standard for refugee family reunion visa applications and processing times are approximately double the expected service standard timeframe. We are working hard to recover our decision-making timescales and are looking to streamline our processes and secure additional resource to support this work. We will prioritise applications where there is a particularly urgent or compelling reason to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 88872 88873 question first answered 24/11/2022 15:24:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1542766

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average time it takes to decide Refugee Family Reunion applications.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	88872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The average time it takes to decide or the impact of processing this information is not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. The Home Office are unable to report how many applications for Refugee Family Reunion are awaiting a decision.</p><p>We are currently working outside the 60 day service standard for refugee family reunion visa applications and processing times are approximately double the expected service standard timeframe. We are working hard to recover our decision-making timescales and are looking to streamline our processes and secure additional resource to support this work. We will prioritise applications where there is a particularly urgent or compelling reason to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 88871 88873 question first answered 24/11/2022 15:24:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1542767

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
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 impact of the processing time for applications for Refugee Family Reunion on refugees and their families.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	88873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The average time it takes to decide or the impact of processing this information is not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. The Home Office are unable to report how many applications for Refugee Family Reunion are awaiting a decision.</p><p>We are currently working outside the 60 day service standard for refugee family reunion visa applications and processing times are approximately double the expected service standard timeframe. We are working hard to recover our decision-making timescales and are looking to streamline our processes and secure additional resource to support this work. We will prioritise applications where there is a particularly urgent or compelling reason to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 88871 88872 question first answered 24/11/2022 15:24:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1542768

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77345, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser's appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. The contracts of six Special Advisers in Ministry of Justice were terminated in the period in question. Severance pay must be paid back if a Special Adviser returns to government.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/11/2022 15:02:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542769

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77341, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser's appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. Under these circumstances, Special Advisers are contractually entitled to a severance payment.</p><p> </p><p>The contract sets out that Special Advisers who are later re-appointed to Government must repay their severance pay, less the amount of salary that they would have been paid had they been employed during the period between their termination and their re-appointment.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts of all Special Advisers in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales were automatically terminated on the change of Administration.</p><p> </p><p>The contract also sets out that Special Advisers are entitled to receive three months’ pay if termination occurs at any time during the first year of service, with an additional month’s pay for each completed year of service after the first year, subject to an overall maximum of six months’ pay. Where individuals were immediately re-appointed, severance was not payable.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs, including pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Clwyd answering member printed Dr James Davies question first answered 21/11/2022 10:37:56 answering member 4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542770

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77348, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser’s appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. Under these circumstances, Special Advisers are contractually entitled to a severance payment.</p><p> </p><p>The contract sets out that Special Advisers who are later re-appointed to Government must repay their severance pay, less the amount of salary that they would have been paid had they been employed during the period between their termination and their re-appointment.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts of all Special Advisers in the Northern Ireland Office were automatically terminated on the change of Administration.</p><p> </p><p>The contract also sets out that Special Advisers are entitled to receive three months’ pay if termination occurs at any time during the first year of service, with an additional month’s pay for each completed year of service after the first year, subject to an overall maximum of six months’ pay. Where individuals were immediately re-appointed, severance was not payable.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs, including pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 21/11/2022 10:05:37 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry