Asked by: Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement an entry/exit border control system to aid the identification and removal of individuals who have overstayed across all visa types.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The UK has introduced Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETAs) to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream, and improve the customer experience. The introduction of the ETA scheme is in line with the approach many of the UK’s international partners have already taken to border security, including the European Union’s forthcoming ETIAS and EES. The UK’s scheme was extended to eligible European nationals on 5 March 2025, and will be a requirement for this cohort for travel from 2 April 2025.
Asked by: Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug-related (a) convictions and (b) arrests have been made in South Thanet constituency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
(a) Data on convictions are the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. They have informed us they do not hold information on the location of offences at parliamentary constituency level that led to convictions at court centrally.
(b) The Home Office does not hold the requested information on arrests centrally.
The Home Office collect and publish data on the number of arrests for drug offences broken down by police force area only, and cannot separately identify those arrests that took place in the South Thanet constituency.
The number of arrests for drug offences, by police force area, can be found in the statistical publication ‘Police Powers and Procedures’: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016
Asked by: Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of drugs seized in South Thanet constituency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Ben Wallace
The Home Office does not hold the requested information centrally.
The Home Office collect and publish data on the number and quantity of drugs seized by police force area. Information on the value of each seizure is not collected centrally.
The number and quantity of drugs seized, broken down by police force area, can be found in the statistical publication ‘Drug seizures in England and Wales’: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016
Asked by: Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received over the standard service time of four weeks for processing a Biometric Residence Permit application for a Canadian citizen who has Indefinite Leave to Remain and has lived in the UK for more than two decades; and what steps she is taking to reduce the standard service time for such applications.
Answered by James Brokenshire
In the absence of any case specific details, it is not possible to determine what, if any, representations have been made in relation to processing times for a Biometric Residence Permit application for a Canadian citizen with Indefinite Leave to Remain
The administrative requirements and service standards that apply to applicants for a no time limit endorsement or a replacement Biometric Residence Permit, are set out at: www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/settle-in-the-uk
This information is reviewed regularly, with a view to ensuring it is as clear as possible.
UK Visas and Immigration is committed to the principles of continuous improvement and to applying these to ensure processes are efficient and effective.