Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will urgently commission a national review of stay put advice in fire safety policy.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Following the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) published comprehensive guidance for buildings, such as those with ACM cladding, on what arrangements and interim measures should be established where “stay put” has been suspended. The NFCC carefully reviewed its guidance and reaffirmed the principle of “stay put” where it is appropriate. Its statement on this can be viewed at http://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Stay-Put-position.
The Home Office has no plans to commission a national review of stay put advice. However, the government recognises that questions have been raised about means of escape from blocks of flats and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has commenced a technical review of Building Regulation guidance through a call for evidence on 18 December 2018. This call for evidence identified topics which were candidates for inclusion in the review of Approved Document B (Fire Safety). One of the topics was means of escape in blocks of flats, including the stay-put approach. The call for evidence closed on 15 March 2019 and the Department is in the process of reviewing the evidence provided.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to my letter dated 28 January 2019 on a visa application for a young person bereaved by the Grenfell Tower fire.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
A reply was sent on 1 April.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time taken for consideration of a case of deprivation of citizenship has been in each year since 2010.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
We do not hold data required to answer the question in the requested format.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the maximum length of time taken for consideration of a case of deprivation of citizenship since 2010.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
We do not hold data required to answer the question in the requested format.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish statistics on applications by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors under the Grenfell Tower relatives policy.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
We have plans to publish statistics about applications made by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors in due course, once the data has been properly assured.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the number of cases granted a visa under the Grenfell Tower Relatives policy who have returned to their country of origin.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office acted swiftly to grant visas to relatives of those directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. In all cases where the Immigration Rules were not met, consideration was given to leave outside of the Immigration Rules on exceptional grounds.
The Grenfell Relatives’ Policy announced on 11 October 2017 allowed relatives granted a short period of leave outside of the rules, to extend their stay up to six months from their date of entry to the UK. Existing policies are in place to allow any relative to apply for further leave to remain in the UK.
We have plans to publish statistics about applications made by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors in due course, once the data have been properly assured.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of applications under the Grenfell Tower relatives policy which were rejected on grounds that the applicant failed security checks.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office acted swiftly to grant visas to relatives of those directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. In all cases where the Immigration Rules were not met, consideration was given to leave outside of the Immigration Rules on exceptional grounds.
The Grenfell Relatives’ Policy announced on 11 October 2017 allowed relatives granted a short period of leave outside of the rules, to extend their stay up to six months from their date of entry to the UK. Existing policies are in place to allow any relative to apply for further leave to remain in the UK.
We have plans to publish statistics about applications made by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors in due course, once the data have been properly assured.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases granted a six month visa under the Grenfell Tower Relatives policy have been refused a further extension upon application.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office acted swiftly to grant visas to relatives of those directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. In all cases where the Immigration Rules were not met, consideration was given to leave outside of the Immigration Rules on exceptional grounds.
The Grenfell Relatives’ Policy announced on 11 October 2017 allowed relatives granted a short period of leave outside of the rules, to extend their stay up to six months from their date of entry to the UK. Existing policies are in place to allow any relative to apply for further leave to remain in the UK.
We have plans to publish statistics about applications made by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors in due course, once the data have been properly assured.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases received no response to their application for a visa under the Grenfell Tower relatives policy.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office acted swiftly to grant visas to relatives of those directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. In all cases where the Immigration Rules were not met, consideration was given to leave outside of the Immigration Rules on exceptional grounds.
The Grenfell Relatives’ Policy announced on 11 October 2017 allowed relatives granted a short period of leave outside of the rules, to extend their stay up to six months from their date of entry to the UK. Existing policies are in place to allow any relative to apply for further leave to remain in the UK.
We have plans to publish statistics about applications made by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors in due course, once the data have been properly assured.
Asked by: Emma Dent Coad (Labour - Kensington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases granted an initial six-month visa under the Grenfell Tower relatives policy have applied for an extension.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office acted swiftly to grant visas to relatives of those directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. In all cases where the Immigration Rules were not met, consideration was given to leave outside of the Immigration Rules on exceptional grounds.
The Grenfell Relatives’ Policy announced on 11 October 2017 allowed relatives granted a short period of leave outside of the rules, to extend their stay up to six months from their date of entry to the UK. Existing policies are in place to allow any relative to apply for further leave to remain in the UK.
We have plans to publish statistics about applications made by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors in due course, once the data have been properly assured.