Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of (a) 20 April, (b) 22 July and (c) 19 August 2022 with reference AK53453.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded as detailed below:
PQ 45583 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0333779/22 – The Home Office responded on 31 August 2022.
PQ 46015 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0314584/22 – The Home Office responded on 26 August 2022.
PQ 46016 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0286488/22 – The Home Office responded on 8 June 2022
PQ 46017 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0289514/22 – The Home Office responded on 30 August 2022
PQ 46018 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0285270/22 – The Home Office responded on 5 September 2022
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 8 June 2022, reference AK54051.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded as detailed below:
PQ 45583 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0333779/22 – The Home Office responded on 31 August 2022.
PQ 46015 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0314584/22 – The Home Office responded on 26 August 2022.
PQ 46016 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0286488/22 – The Home Office responded on 8 June 2022
PQ 46017 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0289514/22 – The Home Office responded on 30 August 2022
PQ 46018 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0285270/22 – The Home Office responded on 5 September 2022
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2022 to Question 33002 on Islamophobia, which organisations received funding from the Places of Worship Protective Security Fund in financial year 2021-22.
Answered by Stephen McPartland
The Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme 2021/22 has, to date, provided funding to 82 places of worship including: 24 mosques, 38 churches, 11 Hindu temples, 5 gurdwaras and 4 other faiths.
We are unable to provide the names of organisations who received funding.
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of passport applications submitted to HM Passport Office were processed in (a) less than four, (b) less than six, (c) less than ten and (d) more than ten weeks in each month since January 2022.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.
Between March and May, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks, and 91% in six weeks..
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fast track passport applications were submitted from 1 March to 1 June In (a) 2019 and (b) 2022.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport. Between March and May 2022 approximately 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.
Urgent services are only required where an applicant needs a passport sooner than ten weeks. For the small percentage of customers whose applications take longer than ten weeks, there is an expedited service at no additional cost to help ensure that they receive their passport ahead of their travel.
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, dated 3 December 2021, concerning Mohammed Bargzei.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 11 May 2022.
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when guidance will be available for people already in the UK who need to apply to the Ukraine Family Scheme as of 10 March 2022.
Answered by Kevin Foster
As set out in the Home Secretary’s statement to the House on 1 March, a fee free, bespoke Ukraine Family Scheme has been introduced. The route allows both immediate family (spouse, civil partner, durable partner, minor children) and extended family (parent, grandparent, adult children, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, in laws and their immediate family) to join qualifying family members in the UK. This route was launched on 4 March.
Applicants who made their application prior to the publication of the updated guidance on 9 March will not be required to re-submit their applications.
Guidance for those who wish to apply for the Ukraine Family Scheme who are already in the UK is published here:
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance on the Ukraine Family Scheme updated on 9 March 2022, whether applicants to the Ukraine Family Scheme who followed the guidance in place at the time of their application prior to 9 March will need to complete a further application before their case is considered by her Department.
Answered by Kevin Foster
As set out in the Home Secretary’s statement to the House on 1 March, a fee free, bespoke Ukraine Family Scheme has been introduced. The route allows both immediate family (spouse, civil partner, durable partner, minor children) and extended family (parent, grandparent, adult children, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, in laws and their immediate family) to join qualifying family members in the UK. This route was launched on 4 March.
Applicants who made their application prior to the publication of the updated guidance on 9 March will not be required to re-submit their applications.
Guidance for those who wish to apply for the Ukraine Family Scheme who are already in the UK is published here: