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The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will apply in full in Northern Ireland in the same way it does in the rest of the UK. This is set out on the face of the Bill, reflecting that immigration policy is a UK-wide matter. There is nothing in the Windsor Framework that affects that. The Bill does not engage the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, including the rights chapter \u2013 those rights seek to address longstanding and specific issues relating to Northern Ireland\u2019s past and do not extend to matters engaged by the bill. The Government remains fully committed to that Agreement in all its parts.<\/p>

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I have written to Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in relation to this. The letter will be published in the House Library in due course.<\/p>

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To provide further reassurance on these points, the published factsheet on this Bill has been updated to reflect this: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: factsheet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4888", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Sharpe of Epsom"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687300/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill_ factsheet - GOV.UK.pdf"} , "title" : "Bill factsheet"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-02-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "HL2172"} , {"_value" : "HL2173"} , {"_value" : "HL2174"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-02-16T14:51:06.147Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the explanatory memorandum on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill\u2019s compliance with Article 2 of the Windsor Framework.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4130", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick"} ], "uin" : "HL2175"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1504866", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1504866/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Life in the UK testing is provided and hosted by PSI Services (UK) Limited who operate a self-booking process. Candidates are able to book tests in multiple slots; they are not limited by the system as to how frequently a test can be taken and there has never been a formal requirement for customers to wait seven days before taking a test again. The seven day wait before re-taking a test is a suggestion in order to aid candidates\u2019 personal preparation. Given there is no requirement, no checks are conducted by test centres, or the online booking system, on the length of time a candidate has waited for their test.<\/p>

Guidance on gov.uk is being updated to reflect that there is no requirement to wait seven days.<\/p>

Information on the number of test centres administering Life in the UK tests each month and the number of Life in the UK tests sat each month in 2019 \u2013 2022 is not available in a reportable format. However the number of tests taken each quarter in relation to citizenship and settlement applications can be found on gov.uk.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4888", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Sharpe of Epsom"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-09-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "HL2171"} , {"_value" : "HL2172"} , {"_value" : "HL2173"} , {"_value" : "HL2174"} , {"_value" : "HL2176"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-21T09:28:12.777Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "British Nationality: Assessments"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 25 July 2022 (HL 1710), what assessment they have made of the requirement that a Life in the UK test be sat no more than once every seven days; and when this requirement was introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3687", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Rosser"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Rosser"} ], "uin" : "HL2175"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347956", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347956/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The UKFIU does not hold figures for the proportion of Suspicious Activity Reports resulting in action by (1) police, or (2) other relevant authorities. The UKFIU received over 700,000 SARs in 2020/21 and made these reports available for police and other authorities to access, including in some instances allocating particular high-risk reports to specific partners. The cost of establishing actions resulting from each SAR would be disproportionate, noting that:<\/p>

\u2022 a SAR is a report of suspicion as assessed the reporter and is not evidence of criminal conduct.<\/p>

\u2022 a single SAR may be used several times by several different agencies for different purposes e.g. the information within the same SAR may inform a) HMRC about taxation b) local police about fraud or theft and c) a government department about a regulatory issue or a weakness in a financial product.<\/p>