Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of when the application for an adult passport made by a resident of Christchurch constituency on 21 April 2022 with reference PEX 3534276509 will be processed; and for what reason there has been a delay.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
It is not His Majesty’s Passport Office practice to discuss individual cases in the public domain.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help enforce rule 66 of the Highway Code in relation to the wearing of headphones by cyclists; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
Rule 66 of the Highway Code applies to cyclists and states that “you should:
It is important that cyclists know that the rules of the Highway Code and road traffic law applies to them. Enforcement of road traffic laws, including cycling offences, is an operational matter for the Police in conjunction with their local policing plans.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for Christchurch in response to his email to the Immigration Minister of 5 January 2022; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 20 July 2022
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when written confirmation will be provided to the successful appellant in appeal HU/00496/2022, granted on 17 June 2022, so that she can establish her right to remain in the UK and her right to work.
Answered by Kevin Foster
We do not comment publicly on individual applications.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of HM Passport Office staff who worked from home on the most recent day for which information is available; and whether she plans to reduce the number of those staff working from home in the future.
Answered by Kevin Foster
For staff whose role can only be performed from an office, they will continue to work from a Home Office building at all times.
Her Majesty’s Passport Office operational teams securely process passport applications both working from an office and through the use of homeworking solutions. Working from home has no impact upon HM Passport Office’s capacity to process passport applications, with output running at record levels. In March and April, HMPO processed over 2 million passport applications.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the passport renewal application submitted on 21 March 2022 PEX 384 617 3794 will be processed and returned to the applicant in time to enable them to travel on 20 May 2022.
Answered by Kevin Foster
It is not Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HM Passport Office) practice to discuss individual cases in the public domain.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether the productivity of staff in (a) her Department and (b) the agencies for which it is responsible is (i) enhanced or (ii) reduced when they work from home; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Productivity assessments are not held centrally. Therefore this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a decision will be made on the application dated 5 May 2021 under application number 1212-0001-1547-0495/00 in respect of indefinite leave to remain in the UK, about which the hon Member for Christchurch wrote to her Department on 17 January 2022; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Given the question relates to an individual application, there are significant GDPR and safeguarding constraints which prevent a detailed response being given in an answer which is publicly accessible.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of when the visa application of 28 August 2021, number 1212-0001-1687-2836/00 with GWF061763452, will be determined; and whether the applicant's passport can be returned in the meantime.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The case has been completed and a decision has been issued.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when UK Visas and Immigration will reach a decision in the case of the hon. Member for Christchurch's constituent, Home Office reference 27929925, in respect of a request of 18 August 2021 for his citizenship certificate to be amended; and when the original documents submitted by the constituent in support of his application will be returned.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The amended citizenship certificate and supporting documents were returned on 15 December 2021.