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Written Question
HM Passport Office: Remote Working
Wednesday 18th May 2022

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.

Written Question
HM Passport Office: Standards
Wednesday 18th May 2022

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.

Written Question
Home Office: Remote Working
Tuesday 17th May 2022

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.

Written Question
Immigration
Monday 16th May 2022

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.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
HM Passport Office Backlogs

"Can my hon. Friend tell us how many people employed in the Passport Office are still working from home, if indeed anybody is still working from home? It seems extraordinary that they may be. Can he also expand on the issue of the 10-week limit? If there is a 10-week …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Mar 2022
Ukraine Refugee Visas

"The experience that I have had in Christchurch, where we have already welcomed some Ukrainians who have arrived, has been much more positive. I thank the Minister and his team for being so accommodating towards MPs who raise particular issues. Will he encourage individuals and families who want to take …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Support for Black Victims of Domestic Abuse

"Order. There is a Division in the House and therefore the sitting is suspended for 15 minutes...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Support for Black Victims of Domestic Abuse

"Order. The sitting is now resumed and we can continue until 7.45 pm...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Support for Black Victims of Domestic Abuse

"You have until quarter to eight...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Points of Order

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your assistance, because Mr Speaker has generously granted me the end of day Adjournment debate tomorrow on the effectiveness of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979. In anticipation of that debate, I tabled a series of named day questions. As …..."
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