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Written Question
Visas: Foreign Investment in UK
Thursday 12th January 2023

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Minister for Security's oral contribution on 19 December 2022, Official Report, when her Department plans to publish the review of Tier 1 investor visas.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

The Home Secretary has substantively responded on the findings of its review by way of Written Ministerial Statement published on the 12th January 2023


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Thursday 22nd December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons, A report to the Home Office by Stephen Shaw, published January 2016, what recent progress she has made on implementing Recommendation 51 on an alternative to SystmOne.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail on 14 December 2022. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Thursday 22nd December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing Recommendation 57 of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons by Stephen Shaw on talking therapies becoming an intrinsic part of healthcare provision in immigration detention.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail on 14 December 2022. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Thursday 22nd December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing Recommendation 56 of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons by Stephen Shaw on the creation of care suites across the IRC estate being taken forward as a priority.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail on 14 December 2022. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Thursday 22nd December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing Recommendation 55 of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons by Stephen Shaw on the Home Office and NHS England conducting a clinical assessment of the level and nature of mental health concerns in the immigration detention estate.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail on 14 December 2022. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Thursday 22nd December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons, A report to the Home Office by Stephen Shaw, published January 2016, what recent progress she has made on implementing Recommendation 54 on a research strategy for immigration detention.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail on 14 December 2022. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Thursday 22nd December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons, A report to the Home Office by Stephen Shaw, published January 2016, what recent progress she has made on implementing Recommendation 53 on reducing the use of new psychoactive substances.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail on 14 December 2022. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Thursday 22nd December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing Recommendation 52 of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons by Stephen Shaw on filling of permanent healthcare vaccines in IRCs as a priority.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail on 14 December 2022. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Wednesday 21st December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing Recommendation 38 of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons by Stephen Shaw.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.


Written Question
Migrants: Detainees
Wednesday 21st December 2022

Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing Recommendation 39 of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons by Stephen Shaw.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Stephen Shaw’s reports (of 2016 and 2018) led to a comprehensive and systematic programme of work to improve and reform immigration detention. It informed both our strategic and tactical approach to reform and the treatment of people who are detained. This work has strengthened our decision-making and safeguards for the vulnerable, ensuring those who are detained are treated with dignity and respect in an estate that is fit for purpose.

Progress has been made on all accepted recommendations and I wrote to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon with more detail. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House library for all.