Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are at the Home Office at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic Senior Civil Service Staff | |
Grade | Headcount |
SCS PB1 | 18 |
SCS PB2 & PB3 | 3 |
Data Source: Adelphi - Home Office Human Resources Record System. | |||
Period Covered: Figures are as at 31st August 2020 | |||
Organisational Coverage: Home Office | |||
Employee Coverage: In line with Cabinet Office guidelines on diversity and equality reporting, the data is based on headcount of current paid permanent civil servants. The data includes employees in SCS grade who have declared their ethnicity as Minority Ethnic. | |||
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been any change in the terms on which indefinite leave to remain in the UK is (1) granted, and (2) applied to those who were previously granted such leave, in the past year.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
In the past year there have been a number of policy amendments across specific ILR routes. Information relating to these amendments, and the specific ILR routes these affect, are communicated via the GOV.UK website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=uk-visas-and-immigration
There has been no change in terms for those persons who have been granted ILR in the past year. Individuals who hold ILR in the United Kingdom have no restriction on their right to live and work in the United Kingdom. They are able to apply for benefits in the same way as British citizens.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether individuals who have been granted indefinite leave to remain are obliged to apply for British citizenship; if so, why; and if not, what information such individuals are given by the UK Border Agency in this regard upon arrival in the UK.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Individuals who are settled in the UK are not obliged to apply to naturalise as British citizens. The Government believes that citizenship is a personal choice, and is a privilege and not a right, and it would not be appropriate to compel all those who settle in the UK to become British.
Entrants to the UK will normally need to remain in the UK for a period of at least five years before being eligible to settle in the UK and so it would be premature to provide them with information on citizenship at the point of their arrival. Where someone wishes to naturalise they can find relevant information on the GOV.uk website.