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1184767

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have left HMRC as a result of (a) voluntary exits, (b) voluntary redundancies and (c) compulsory redundancies since the start of the Building Our Future Programme, broken down by region.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	28716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>Since the start of the Building Our Future Programme, 2,695 people have left HMRC as a result of Voluntary Exit, Voluntary Redundancy or Compulsory Redundancy at a cost of £91,618,846. Tables a) and b) below provide a breakdown of those numbers and associated costs.</p><p> </p><p>For offices closing in 2020-21, HMRC estimate that there will be approximately 3,138 exits at a cost of £128,523,595. Table c) provides a breakdown of those estimated exits by type.</p><p> </p><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>Breakdown of exits to date, by type and by region</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of exits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Voluntary Exit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Voluntary Redundancy</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Compulsory Redundancy</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorks &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2695</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>471</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>216</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>b) </strong><strong>Breakdown of exit cost to date, by type</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total Exit Costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Voluntary Exit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Voluntary Redundancy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Compulsory Redundancy</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£91,618,846</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£17,494,697</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£71,110,401</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,013,748</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>c) </strong><strong>Breakdown of exits relating to 2020-21 office closures</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Estimated number of exits</p></td><td><p>Estimated exit cost</p></td><td><p>Estimated Voluntary Exit</p></td><td><p>Estimated Voluntary Redundancy</p></td><td><p>Estimated Compulsory Redundancy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3,138</p></td><td><p>£128,523,595</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,887</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 28717 28718 question first answered 17/03/2020 16:24:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1183290

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of UK payments due to the EU under the withdrawal agreement in each of the next five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	26156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The OBR publish a five year forecast of UK payments to the EU at each fiscal event in their Economic and Fiscal Outlook. Their most recent forecast was published at the time of the Spring Budget on 11 March 2020 and can be found at: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2020/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2020/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2020 14:18:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1181700

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
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 policy paper entitled Home Office immigration and nationality fees published on 20 February 2020, what recent assessment she has made of compliance of the fee for registering a child as a British citizen with the ruling in PRCBC and others v SSHD [2019] EWHC 3536 (Admin).
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	23402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>Although the judge ruled that there had not been proper consideration of the Government’s section 55 duties, the Immigration and Nationality Fees Regulations 2018 were not found to be unlawful.</p><p>We therefore continue to charge Child Registration fees as set out in the Fees Regulations. The court case remains on-going; the Home Office notes the Court’s judgment from the Admin Court and is considering its implications carefully, while awaiting the appeal hearing.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/03/2020 17:21:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1181995

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of a parent in a single-parent household leaving paid employment and accessing benefits to look after their children, in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	23551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>It is not possible to make an assessment with the information available. Assessing the total cost to the Exchequer is highly dependent on the individual’s circumstances. If a parent in a single-parent household left paid employment and accessed benefits to look after their children, under Universal Credit their total claim would be dependent on the claimant’s age, where they live and their housing tenure type, how many children are in the household and whether they or any of their children have a disability. Depending on the level of previous earnings, it may be the case that the person would also be eligible to Universal Credit whilst they were in work.</p><p> </p><p>The overall public spending impact will also include lost Exchequer revenues from any taxation paid (such as National Insurance and Income Tax) which is again is dependent on the level of previous earnings, and other circumstances determining their National Insurance category.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 05/03/2020 14:51:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1181996

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men prevented from sponsoring a non-EEA partner to join them in the UK as a result of insufficient earnings to meet the Minimum Income Requirement in the Immigration Rules, in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	23548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the outcomes of entry clearance visa applications at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/03/2020 17:23:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1181997

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what equalities assessment her Department has undertaken on the effect of the minimum income threshold on rates of successful application for a spouse or partner visa.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	23560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>In February 2017, the Supreme Court upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income requirement, which prevents burdens on the taxpayer and promotes integration, declaring that the policy is neither a breach of the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights nor discriminatory.</p><p>The Immigration Rules are kept under continuous review, including the minimum income requirement, and adjusted where necessary in light of feedback, impact and the findings of the courts.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/03/2020 17:18:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1176803

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) applications and (b) different individual applicants there have been to the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	13511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>There have been more than three million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme according to the latest internal management information.</p><p>The milestone was reached less than a year after the scheme was fully launched to the public, with more than 2.7 million people already granted status. The Home Office publishes regular statistics relating to the EU Settlement scheme on a monthly basis and more detailed statistics each quarter, the latest edition being released 6<sup>th</sup> February,</p><p>The EU Settlement Scheme is designed to make it straightforward for EU citizens and their family members to continue living in the UK after 30 June 2021.</p><p>To apply they only need to complete three key steps – prove their identity, show that they live in the UK and declare any criminal convictions.</p><p>Our initial analysis of applications suggest that repeat applications currently represent less than two per cent of applications. This is a small percentage of the over 3 million applications we have received. We will continue to investigate this number and plan to report further as part of our regular statistical publications.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:23:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1174400

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Jamaica
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 suspend charter flights to Jamaica pending the publication of the Windrush lessons learned review.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	9708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The planned Home Office charter flight to Jamaica is specifically for removing foreign national offenders with deportation orders in place. The Government, as obliged by law, has continued to remove foreign national offenders to Jamaica, some on charters and some on scheduled flights. It is incorrect to make a connection between these cases and Windrush.</p><p>Many of those have been convicted of very serious crimes – rape, attempted murder, sexual activity with a child and GBH.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 9711 question first answered 05/03/2020 13:42:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1174401

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Jamaica
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 has taken to ascertain the safety of individuals involuntarily removed on the charter flight to Jamaica, which took place on 6 February 2019, after they reached Jamaica.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	9709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely monitor the treatment of people once they are removed from the UK. Returns are only undertaken when the Home Office and courts deem it is safe to do so.</p><p>All asylum and human rights claims from Jamaican nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw.</p><p>Country of origin information is based on evidence taken from a wide range of reliable sources, including reputable media outlets; local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.Where a person is found not to need protection, they usually have a right of appeal to the courts. The Home Office only seeks to return those whose asylum claim has been unsuccessful. By definition, they do not need protection and not at risk on return.</p><p>The UK is under no obligation to monitor the treatment of unsuccessful asylum seekers who have returned to their country of origin. They are, by definition, foreign nationals who have been found as a matter of law not to need the UK’s protection, and who have no legal basis of stay in the UK. It would be inappropriate for the UK to assume any ongoing responsibility for them when they return to their own country.</p><p>Should the Home Office receive any specific allegations that a returnee has experienced ill-treatment on return to their country of origin, these would be investigated in partnership with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 9710 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:22:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1174402

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Jamaica
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety of people involuntarily removed to Jamaica on charter flights.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	9710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely monitor the treatment of people once they are removed from the UK. Returns are only undertaken when the Home Office and courts deem it is safe to do so.</p><p>All asylum and human rights claims from Jamaican nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw.</p><p>Country of origin information is based on evidence taken from a wide range of reliable sources, including reputable media outlets; local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.Where a person is found not to need protection, they usually have a right of appeal to the courts. The Home Office only seeks to return those whose asylum claim has been unsuccessful. By definition, they do not need protection and not at risk on return.</p><p>The UK is under no obligation to monitor the treatment of unsuccessful asylum seekers who have returned to their country of origin. They are, by definition, foreign nationals who have been found as a matter of law not to need the UK’s protection, and who have no legal basis of stay in the UK. It would be inappropriate for the UK to assume any ongoing responsibility for them when they return to their own country.</p><p>Should the Home Office receive any specific allegations that a returnee has experienced ill-treatment on return to their country of origin, these would be investigated in partnership with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 9709 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:22:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald