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1648216

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide an update on the progress made by her Department in restoring the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	191418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>In full consultation with relevant partners in Northern Ireland, the Home Office has formally ended the funded relationship with Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership (SMP) which was communicated to NI SMP and other relevant partners in April of this year. The Home Office will form a new agreement with the Government Department in Northern Ireland for which funding has been agreed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191421 191422 question first answered 05/07/2023 15:56:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1648219

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership: Finance
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 18 October 2022 to Question 60187 on Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership: Finance, if she will provide an update on her Department's progress in implementing a new system to bring together funding streams in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	191421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>In full consultation with relevant partners in Northern Ireland, the Home Office has formally ended the funded relationship with Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership (SMP) which was communicated to NI SMP and other relevant partners in April of this year. The Home Office will form a new agreement with the Government Department in Northern Ireland for which funding has been agreed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191418 191422 question first answered 05/07/2023 15:56:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1648220

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership: Finance
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 adequacy of the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership in promoting partnership between her Department and the devolved Administrations.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	191422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>In full consultation with relevant partners in Northern Ireland, the Home Office has formally ended the funded relationship with Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership (SMP) which was communicated to NI SMP and other relevant partners in April of this year. The Home Office will form a new agreement with the Government Department in Northern Ireland for which funding has been agreed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191418 191421 question first answered 05/07/2023 15:56:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1647829

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme, in the context of the increase in the bank rate in June 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	191193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of Support for Mortgage interest (SMI) since interest rates have risen, although the Department continues to monitor the impact of our policies on an on-going basis.</p><p> </p><p>SMI is intended to provide reasonable support by making a contribution towards mortgage interest to protect claimants against the threat of repossession. The rate of SMI we pay is based on the Bank of England average and recently increased from 2.09% to 2.65% in May 2023. Any further changes will occur when the average differs by 0.5 percentage points or more.</p><p> </p><p>To support low-income mortgage borrowers with rising interest rates, from April 2023, we extended the support SMI provides by allowing those on Universal Credit to apply for a loan after three months, instead of nine. We also abolished the rule which prevented Universal Credit claimants from receiving support if they were in work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/06/2023 16:17:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1647830

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support DWP is providing to social security benefit claimants using the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme who are coming to the end of a mortgage fixed rate term.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	191194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) is to enable people to stay in their homes without fear of repossession and, as such, it makes a contribution towards the interest on their mortgages.</p><p> </p><p>The rate of SMI we pay is based on the Bank of England published average rate and recently increased from 2.09% to 2.65% on May 2023. Any further changes to the interest rate will occur when the Bank of England average mortgage rate differs by 0.5 percentage points or more from the rate in payment.</p><p> </p><p>As we use an average figure, some people will receive more than the amount of interest charged on their mortgage and other less. We have broad agreement with the lending industry that the amount we pay in SMI will be sufficient to avert any threat of repossession, even where that is less than the borrowers contracted liability.</p><p> </p><p>To support benefit claimants with rising interest rates, on 3 April 2023, we extended the support SMI provides by offering UC claimants loans after three months, instead of nine. We have also extended SMI to in- work UC claimants so they can now receive support while working. The SMI reforms will extend support to an additional approximate 200,000 low income homeowners, providing an additional approximate £50m in support.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/07/2023 15:41:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1646298

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	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department considers character statements submitted alongside asylum claim questionnaires.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	190631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>Detailed Home Office policy guidance provides a framework for considering asylum claims and all caseworkers receive the necessary training and mentoring support before making such decisions. Each case is considered on its individual merits. Our guidance for considering asylum claims is available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fconsidering-asylum-claims-and-assessing-credibility-instruction&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCat.Wells%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cdc4c149f21094587904508d8e2fc1359%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637508919561092609%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=R9SGhg7SajmVfqxqUVFlI%2Fnr7mLvotGq%2B%2FkgKwpvies%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/considering-asylum-claims-and-assessing-credibility-instruction</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/06/2023 13:48:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1646370

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Strule Shared Education Campus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his Department's expected timescale is for the construction of the Strule Shared Education Campus in Omagh.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	190656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The delivery of school capital projects, including the Strule Shared Education Campus, is a devolved matter for which the Northern Ireland Department of Education is responsible.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 27/06/2023 08:52:16 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1645898

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
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 19 June 2023 to Question 188802 on Migrants: Health Services, whether the Government has provided guidance to temporary visa holders who have paid the immigration health surcharge on accessing (a) their local GP and (b) other free NHS medical care.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	190374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has published guidance on the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) which highlights when an IHS payer can start using the NHS and what services an IHS payer is required to pay for.</p><p>The guidance can be found below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application" target="_blank">Pay for UK healthcare as part of your immigration application: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Provision of healthcare is devolved, guidance on accessing healthcare in each part of the UK is issued by the appropriate Devolved Authority. Guidance on accessing healthcare from GPs in Northern Ireland can be found below:</p><p><a href="https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/your-local-doctor-gp" target="_blank">https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/your-local-doctor-gp</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/06/2023 07:53:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1644031

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Supply: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in what time frame energy consumers in Northern Ireland can expect to receive replacements for stolen vouchers.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	189377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department is aware of a small number of cases in which customers have reported that they have not received their voucher and yet it has already been redeemed. Customers in this position will need to report it to PSNI as it is potentially a case of fraud or theft.  A crime number will be issued and PSNI is investigating all cases reported to them. The crime number should then be passed on to the customer’s electricity supplier and they will reissue payment. Payments can be made to eligible customers until 30 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 21/06/2023 07:34:37 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1643509

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual is entitled to an Immigration Health Surcharge refund where they have paid the surcharge but have been refused registration with a GP as they were leaving the UK within 6 months.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	188801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Primary medical care, which includes access to, and medical care provided by, GP services, is free of charge to all overseas visitors, regardless of immigration status. Individuals, who have been refused registration with a GP are not entitled to a refund of the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS).</p><p> </p><p>The IHS is paid by temporary migrants who make an application to come to the UK to work, study or join family for more than six months, or to extend their stay in the UK. Payment of the IHS enables migrants to access the NHS on broadly the same basis as UK residents for the duration of their valid immigration permission in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 188802 question first answered 19/06/2023 14:57:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry