Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any bonus payments have been paid by the Government to any companies currently providing asylum seeker accommodation.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The United Kingdom Visa and Immigration Service (UKVI) discharges their statutory duty to provide destitute asylum seeker accommodation and transport via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers. The contract payment mechanism is based on per person per night cost and does not include any bonus payment facility.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any government contracts for the provision of housing to asylum seekers include options for the payment of a bonus to the provider if certain criteria are met.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The United Kingdom Visa and Immigration Service (UKVI) discharges their statutory duty to provide destitute asylum seeker accommodation and transport via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers. The contract payment mechanism is based on per person per night cost and does not include any bonus payment facility.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether provisions have been included in the draft asylum accommodation renewal contract for the future (a) amendment and (b) termination of the contract; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of enacting such provisions.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The draft asylum accommodation contract includes provision for amendment through a formal change control process that is subject to agreement and formal signing of variation by both parties.
The draft contract also includes provision for termination on grounds of cause or convenience at the authorities absolute discretion. Costs associated with enacting any of these provisions will vary on a case by case basis.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush generation cases involve people who live in the Glasgow North East constituency.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The data requested is not available. Information relating to individual Windrush migrants is not recorded by constituency.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush generation cases involve people who live in the Glasgow North East constituency.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The data requested is not available. Information relating to individual Windrush migrants is not recorded by constituency.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the High Court Judgment of 10 October 2017, Medical Justice v. Secretary of State, what steps her Department is taking to review the guidance in respect of torture; and with which organisations her Department has consulted on that guidance.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Government laid draft revised statutory guidance before Parliament on 21 March 2018, and the corresponding statutory instruments on 27 March, to implement a new definition of torture for the purposes of immigration detention. The new definition of torture and the revised statutory guidance give effect to the High Court judgment to which the hon. Member refers. Whilst there was no obligation to consult on these changes, officials have engaged with interested stakeholders, including a range of non-Governmental organisations (NGOs) and inspectorate bodies. Officials will continue this engagement on the corresponding caseworker guidance and training. Additionally, the Detention Centre Rules 2001 will be reviewed later this year and NGOs and others will be consulted on proposed changes to them. Home Office Ministers have also written to a number of hon. Members and Peers about these issues.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many online passport applications HM Passport Office has received in the last 12 months; and how many applications HM Passport Office has received (a) online and (b) via post (i) throughout the UK, (ii) in Scotland and (iii) in Glasgow North East Constituency in the last 12 months.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
I refer to the table below which provides the volume of applications Her Majesty’s Passport Office has received in the last 12 months. Please note these figures are for all UK applications.
We are unable to provide data on the number of applications received from the Glasgow North East Constituency, Scotland or any geographical region within the UK, as the data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Channel | Volume |
Online throughout the UK | 2,142,734 |
Via post throughout the UK | 3,957,012 |
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect on low income applicants of increases in the cost of applications for leave to remain.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
An impact assessment was completed in early 2016 which considered the changes being made as part of the Immigration and Nationality Fees Order (2016), the details of which can be found via the following link:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/33/pdfs/ukia_20160033_en.pdf
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the deportation of Kweku Adoboli; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.