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Written questions

Stephen Kinnock

873 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the number of (a) attempted and (b) successful cross-channel journeys by migrants in small boats in each of the last five years.

8 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 6782, how many and what proportion of the personnel working on asylum applications have completed their training in full as of 8 July 2022; and how ma

8 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Social Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 27630, how many complaints relating to employment agencies operating in the care sector were (a) received and (b) investigated by

7 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers who are living in emergency hotel accommodation have been (a) granted and (b) waiting more than six months for a decision on an application for leave to

29 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants delivered the training and mentoring programme for new Decision Makers; and whether those civil servants would otherwise have been processing asylum cases themselves as of 29 J

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Social Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of legally requiring care sector recruitment agencies to demonstrate that they are not charging recruitment fees as a pre-condi

29 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Social Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring all recruiting agencies in the care sector to register with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in order to obtain a licence to

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Social Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to tackle recruitment agencies that unlawfully charge recruitment fees for people seeking roles in the care sector.

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of the flight for asylum seekers being sent to Rwanda on 14 June 2022; and whether her Department has an obligation to pay that cost in the event that the flight does not take place.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the weekly Home Office targets for the number of (a) asylum claims to be processed, (b) Principal Stage decisions to be made and (c) asylum application conclusions.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 8017 on Asylum, how long is the Foundation Programme and Mentoring Period for newly appointed asylum decision makers; by which date all of the 820 asy

1 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the financial agreement between the UK and French governments to tackle small boats crossings in the English channel, what the total cost to the public purse was of the UK's payments

1 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £20 per asylum seeker per day budget given by the Government to contractors for providing food for asylum seekers in hotels is spent on the purchase of food; and what guidelines are is

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were processed to the point of either rejection or leave-to-remain granted in the 12 months leading up to 31 March (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.

24 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, based on full-time equivalency, how many asylum decision makers are currently employed in her Department to process asylum cases.

24 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions have been made each week since 1 April 2022.

24 May 2022 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the report of her Department's review into tier 1 (investor) visas.

24 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many discussions Ministers in her Department had with the senior management of TNT in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 on plans for responding to the increase in passport renewal applications that

23 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many discussions Ministers in her Department had in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 with the senior management of Teleperformance on plans for responding to the expected increase in passport renew

23 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings her Ministers had with the senior management of the Passport Office in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 to discuss plans for responding to the expected increase in passport renewal ap

23 May 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Teleperformance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed at the contractor Teleperformance to service the Passport Office contract in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.

23 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decision makers in her Department are working on processing the backlog of asylum applications.

23 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied minors are on the waiting list for (a) the Ukraine Family Scheme and (b) the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme; and how many people have been granted visas but are yet to arrive in the

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a mechanism in place for Ukrainians to switch from the Ukrainian Family Scheme to the Ukrainian Sponsorship Scheme if they are no longer able to reside in the accommodation offered to

18 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will publish figures for how many people who have arrived in the UK under (a) the Ukraine Family Scheme and (b) Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and have since declared themselves

16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Ukrainians arriving in the UK via the Homes for Ukraine Scheme have moved in with their hosts before their hosts have received full DBS clearance.

16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Ukrainians arriving in the UK via the Homes for Ukraine Scheme have moved in with their hosts before their hosts have completed and submitted their DBS forms.

16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Ukrainians arriving in the UK via the Homes for Ukraine Scheme have moved in with their hosts before their hosts have been sent the links for the DBS check.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Travel Requirements

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing visa applicants to receive a digital permission to travel documentation.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed at the Passport Office in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.