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853246
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-02more like thismore than 2018-03-02
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Compass Contracts: Inspections more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the inspection regime is for Compass contracts; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 130695 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-06more like thismore than 2018-03-06
answer text <p>Asylum accommodation is subject to a rigorous inspection regime to ensure that it meets the requirements of the contract and the needs of service users. Providers are required to inspect each property when a service user moves in and out of a property, then again every month. The Home Office also inspects a significant proportion of accommodation each year and prioritises its inspections on an intelligence led basis to target accommodation where there have been issues.</p><p>The Home Office conducts some of its inspection jointly with the accommodation provider to ensure better access to the properties, agree what the defects are and allowing rectification work to start immediately. The Statement of Requirements for the Contracts, which is in the public domain, sets out the standards that are expected of asylum accommodation, including examples of defects and clear timelines on the timescales within which any defects must be remedied.</p><p>Home Office inspections have found that accommodation generally meets the required standards and where defects are identified they are resolved within the timescales set out in the contract. Where Providers have failed to meet these contractual service standards sanctions have been imposed.</p>
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-06T19:47:10.093Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-06T19:47:10.093Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
853247
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-02more like thismore than 2018-03-02
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Migrants: Detainees more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, what steps the CPS has taken as a result of the BBC Panorama programme, Undercover: Britain's Immigration Secrets of 4 September 2017. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 130696 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-07more like thismore than 2018-03-07
answer text <p>Sussex Police have sought early investigative advice from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), South East Area, in respect of possible criminal offences. The CPS has received some documentation and had a meeting with the officer in charge of the investigation in February 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The police investigation is still ongoing and CPS will only be in a position to provide advice regarding charging or otherwise once all the papers are received.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-07T16:06:31.107Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-07T16:06:31.107Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
853249
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-02more like thismore than 2018-03-02
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Immigration Bail more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication, Immigration Bail, version 1.0, published on 12 January 2018, what estimate she has made of the number of immigration detainees who will face homelessness if they are released without bail accommodation under schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 130698 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-06more like thismore than 2018-03-06
answer text <p>Accommodation will be provided to immigration bail applicants if the person does not have adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it – whether from a public body under different legislative powers or through their own efforts - and the provision of accommodation is necessary in order to avoid a breach of their human rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p>However, accommodation should only be provided if it is clear that the person cannot reasonably be expected to leave the UK. Any person who could leave the UK in order to avoid homelessness should do so.</p><p>The exceptional criteria set out in the immigration bail policy apply where a residence condition is set as a condition of immigration bail and the individual is unable to support themselves at that address.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
grouped question UIN 130699 more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-06T15:20:01.943Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-06T15:20:01.943Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
853250
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-02more like thismore than 2018-03-02
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Immigration Bail more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether destitution qualifies as an exceptional circumstance for the provision of accommodation for immigration bail applicants. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 130699 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-06more like thismore than 2018-03-06
answer text <p>Accommodation will be provided to immigration bail applicants if the person does not have adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it – whether from a public body under different legislative powers or through their own efforts - and the provision of accommodation is necessary in order to avoid a breach of their human rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p>However, accommodation should only be provided if it is clear that the person cannot reasonably be expected to leave the UK. Any person who could leave the UK in order to avoid homelessness should do so.</p><p>The exceptional criteria set out in the immigration bail policy apply where a residence condition is set as a condition of immigration bail and the individual is unable to support themselves at that address.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
grouped question UIN 130698 more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-06T15:20:01.99Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-06T15:20:01.99Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
853262
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-02more like thismore than 2018-03-02
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to change IT systems to allow information on the (a) average length of time for a decision on asylum support applications and (b) length of stay in initial accommodation for people applying for s95 non-emergency asylum support to be published. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 130711 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-07more like thismore than 2018-03-07
answer text <p>The Home Office monitors closely the performance of asylum support application decision making and has a range of targets for processing support applications depending on the nature of the application being made. However information on processing times and the length of stay in initial accommodation is not recorded in a format suitable for publication and there are no plans to publish such statistics at this time.</p><p>We are working with the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum to consider what more information could be made publicly available once the new IT system for asylum support casework has been fully implemented later this year.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-07T15:23:41.25Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-07T15:23:41.25Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
851568
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-28more like thismore than 2018-02-28
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Visas: Graduates more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of ending the Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) visa on the ability of businesses to recruit people with the necessary skills. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 130331 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-06more like thismore than 2018-03-06
answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Post Study Work) route was closed in April 2012.</p><p>A published assessment of Tier 1 migrants in October 2010 found that three in five users of this visa were in unskilled work and we also saw a large number of fraudulent applications. This undermined our work routes and damaged the reputation of our education system. We have no current plans to re-introduce a post study work route that does not lead to skilled work.</p><p>We already have a comprehensive offer for graduates seeking to undertake skilled work in the UK after their studies.</p><p>Students studying courses lasting 12 months or more are given 4 months leave at the end of their course to look for a job and those with an offer of a graduate-level job, paying an appropriate salary, may take up sponsored employment through Tier 2. Many of the requirements for a Tier 2 skilled work visa are relaxed or waived for those applying to switch from the Tier 4 student route within the UK. This includes exempting switching students from the Tier 2 cap of 20,700 and allowing employers who wish to recruit them to not carry out the Resident Labour Market Test.</p>
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-06T19:44:47.7Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-06T19:44:47.7Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
845514
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-20more like thismore than 2018-02-20
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Home Office: Contracts more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has (a) contributed to any Cabinet Office-led commercial capability reviews to enhance her Department’s commercial expertise and contract management practices and (b) produced a capability blueprint as requested by the Cabinet Office relating to commercial expertise and contract management of outsourced public contracts since 2014-15. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 128486 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-26more like thismore than 2018-02-26
answer text <p>The Home Office did contribute to the Cabinet Office led commercial capability review and has completed all resulting recommendations. The department also produced the annual commercial capability blueprint which commenced in 2016/17.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle more like this
answering member printed Victoria Atkins more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-26T11:31:57.227Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-26T11:31:57.227Z
answering member
4399
label Biography information for Victoria Atkins more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
843583
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-19more like thismore than 2018-02-19
answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept id 7 more like this
answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121912, if she will publish the template grant agreement that is to be the basis for the agreements for the local authority asylum support liaison officers between the Government and successful applicant local authorities. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 127924 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-22more like thismore than 2018-02-22
answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the transition from government-supported accommodation into mainstream services is as smooth as possible for all those granted refugee status.</p><p>My Department will be awarding £1.75 million from the Controlling Migration Fund in 2018/19 to successful English local authorities who applied to trial new ways of supporting new refugees into housing, employment and English language learning.</p><p>We have no current plans to publish the template grant agreement letter, although individual local authorities may choose to do so once they have been notified of the outcome of their application.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South Derbyshire more like this
answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-22T16:59:27.177Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-22T16:59:27.177Z
answering member
4053
label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
843584
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-19more like thismore than 2018-02-19
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123998 on asylum: housing, how many proposals for additionally funded service provision have been received; what the total financial value of those proposals is; whether those proposals and funds were used for any purposes deemed appropriate by the provider; and whether they adhered to the stipulations outlined in the Written Statement of 8 December 2016, HCWS335 on asylum accommodation. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 127925 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-22more like thismore than 2018-02-22
answer text <p>Asylum Accommodation Providers have submitted proposals under the terms of the contract for additionally funded service provision in each of the 6 contract regions. The Home Office has assessed proposals and provided additional funding in 5 of the contract regions. The level of funding is commercially sensitive; however, as part of the Governments transparency agenda the Home Office publishes spend data with all providers on the GOV.UK website where the spend is over £25,000.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-22T17:13:39.417Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-22T17:13:39.417Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this
843585
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-19more like thismore than 2018-02-19
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Home Office: Compass more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123997 on Home Office: Compass, if she will publish information or a summary report of the analysis to identify trends, good practises and areas for improvement. more like this
tabling member constituency Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart C. McDonald more like this
uin 127926 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-22more like thismore than 2018-02-22
answer text <p>The Home office monitors and assesses services to identify good practice and areas of improvement; and discusses this with its providers at the regular contract management meetings.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-22T17:18:40.503Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-22T17:18:40.503Z
answering member
4048
label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
4393
label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald more like this