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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 30th November 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

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 Weston-super-Mare of 9 September 2022 and 18 October 2022 on behalf of his constituent Luz Estela Hesketh about her British citizenship ceremony.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 23 November 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 2nd November 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters of 18 August and 20 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of a constituent about Ukrainian visas.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management (MPAM) team and Direct Communications Unit (DCU) have no trace of these enquiries.


Written Question
HM Passport Office: Correspondence
Tuesday 25th October 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when HM Passport Office will respond to the letters of 8 September and 4 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of constituent Christine Balson.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The Director General of His Majesty’s Passport Office and UK Visas and Immigration responded on 18 October 2022


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Friday 23rd September 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Director-General of HM Passport Office plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of (a) 30 June and (b) 11 August 2022 on behalf of his constituent Catherine Kisbey-Green.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 5 August.


Written Question
UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
Friday 23rd September 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when UK Visas and Immigration will reply to the correspondence of 25 July and 23 August 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of constituent Mr Arian Shahrami.

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 22 September 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 20th September 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to the letters sent to her by the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on 12th May 2022, 9th June 2022 and 12th July 2022 on behalf of his constituent Mr Walton in relation to a passport renewal.

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 45456 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0387235/22 – The Home Office responded on 29 August 2022.

PQ 45479 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0342406/22 – The Home Office responded on 5 September 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 20th September 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letters sent to her by the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on 21st July 2022 and on 1st August 2022 on behalf of his constituent Ms Iles in relation to a visa under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

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 45456 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0387235/22 – The Home Office responded on 29 August 2022.

PQ 45479 – MPAM reference: MPAM/0342406/22 – The Home Office responded on 5 September 2022.


Written Question
UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
Monday 4th July 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when UK Visas and Immigration plans to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 3 and 30 May on behalf of constituent Charles Idowu.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 28 June 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 27th June 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 18 May and 30 May on behalf of his constituent, Ms Fiona Wilson, on passport applications.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 21 June 2022.


Written Question
Immigration: EU Nationals
Friday 10th September 2021

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the online verification service for the EU Settlement Scheme has been out of service since it was launched; and for how long it was out of service on each of those occasions.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The online’ View and Prove your immigration status’ service has been operational since the EU Settlement Scheme was launched. Between October 2019 and March 2021 the service has seen over 3.9m profile views by individuals, and over 330,000 views by organisations checking immigration status.

Our digital services are designed to be highly resilient, and undergo rigorous testing and quality assurance. Service outages are rare, and where they do occur, teams work to resolve these as quickly as possible. Data on service outages is not routinely collated or published.

Our dedicated Resolution Centre is able to assist users who may experience technical issues, and where necessary, enable individuals’ immigration status to be verified through alternative means.