Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan applicants for asylum (a) have received a notice of intent that their claim is being considered for inadmissibility and (b) have had their claim deemed inadmissible since 1 July 2021.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The latest published Immigration Statistics detail inadmissibility decisions made and can be found online at:
How many people do we grant asylum or protection to? - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
A breakdown of these figures into nationality is not currently available.
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timescale is for the Emergency Services Network and Extended Area Service mast in Strathconon becoming operational.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The mast is part of the UK's Emergency Services Network (ESN), which is designed to give our emergency services reliable communications coverage in more rural areas across the whole of the country. We are focussing on completing the infrastructures as soon as possible, but generally the sites will only be activated closer to the time when they are needed, as there are significant operational costs when the sites are live. The ESN Programme is currently looking at cases where there may be a particular case for early activation due to community need, as well as potential funding sources to enable this. In this instance the Programme is looking to activate this mast ahead of ESN, timescales are still to be determined.
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met representatives of (a) SCL Group, (b) Strategic Communication Laboratories and (c) Cambridge Analytica.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not met with representatives of (a) SCL Group, (b) Strategic Communication Laboratories or (c) Cambridge Analytica.
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply my urgent correspondence of 1 December 2017 on my constituent Mr Levi Maynard, case id: 022516142.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Office MP Account Management Team replied to the email from the Hon Member about Mr Maynard on 14 December.
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2017 to Question 112309, whether the document signed by the then Home Office Parliamentary Under Secretary of State is marked By authority of the Secretary of State.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Type Approval Order for the Intoximeter EC/IR that was signed in June 2005 is publically available at the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/116987/breath-test-device-2005.pdf
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2017 to Question 112309, whether the document signed by Mr Paul Goggins bears the seal of office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Type Approval Order for the Intoximeter EC/IR that was signed in June 2005 is publically available at the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/116987/breath-test-device-2005.pdf
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2017 to Question 112309, whether the document signed by the then Home Office Parliamentary Under Secretary of State bears the date of signature.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Type Approval Order for the Intoximeter EC/IR that was signed in June 2005 is publically available at the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/116987/breath-test-device-2005.pdf
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has not yet responded to the correspondence from the hon Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber in relation to Mr Shamus Ud Din.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Office replied to the letter from the Hon Member about Mr Shamus Ud Din on 22 November. Your MP Account Manager has supplied a further copy of this reply to your office on the 23 November.
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister of her Department personally approved by seal and signature the Intoximeter EC/IR breath analysis device in June 2005 for use by police forces in the UK.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Ministerial approval for the Intoximeter EC/IR breath analysis device was granted in 2005 by the then Home Office Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the late Paul Goggins.
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2016 to Question 56787, whether the document issued in exercise of her powers under the Road Traffic Act 1988 to approve a breath-testing device was intended to carry legislative weight.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The relevant primary legislation is the Road Traffic Act 1988 which applies across England, Wales and Scotland. This legislation permits the Secretary of State to approve devices. The Secretary of State does this by way of a signed approval order. Such orders are not a form of legislation and do not require any Parliamentary procedure to be followed.