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Written Question
British Nationality: Assessments
Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was to process an application for an exemption to the Life in the UK Test in each year since 2020.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.


Written Question
British Nationality: Assessments
Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were refused an exemption to the Life in the UK Test on the basis of a long-term (a) physical and (b) mental condition in each month since January 2020.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.


Written Question
British Nationality: Assessments
Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for an exemption to the Life in the UK Test on the basis of a long-term (a) physical and (b) mental condition in each month since January 2020.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.


Written Question
Refugees: Afghanistan
Wednesday 15th November 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) extract Afghan citizens from Pakistan who are eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

We will continue to honour our commitment to bring eligible Afghans to the UK and plans are underway to relocate families as soon as possible.

Afghans in third countries including in Pakistan who are eligible for resettlement to the UK continue to be supported by the UK Government, and flights from Pakistan to the UK continue to take place. However, we are unable to provide further operational details on this.


Written Question
Refugees: Afghanistan
Monday 13th November 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's report on the Afghan Resettlement Scheme.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Department is considering the ICIBI's findings and recommendations.

The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not discussed a date for publication with the ICIBI, but the report will be laid before Parliament as soon as the consideration has been completed.


Written Question
Home Office: Buildings
Wednesday 13th September 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place.

This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property. Survey work is underway.


Written Question
Home Office: Ministers
Tuesday 25th July 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a Minister in the last 12 months.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

This information is not centrally collated and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Ministers will regularly seek to engage with hon. Members, whilst balancing wider Ministerial and Parliamentary responsibilities.


Written Question
Sewage: Waste Disposal
Thursday 1st June 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not report the information sought to the level of granularity required.

To identify if any sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months, the Home Office would require to contact each building, port and airport.

This can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Anti-corruption Champion
Thursday 23rd February 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what steps she has taken to appoint an anti-corruption champion; and when an anti-corruption champion will be appointed.

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

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer of 25 January 2023, Official Report, PQ 126744.


Written Question
Visas: Seasonal Workers
Tuesday 10th January 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Questions 105495 and 105505 on Visas: Seasonal Workers and 105507 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, whether his Department has put accountability structures in place to respond to Scheme Operators who terminate workers' contracts early without offering alternative work placements.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The sponsor licence regime places a broad range of responsibilities on Scheme Operators to ensure that the rights of migrant workers are protected.

We keep these protections under close ongoing review and the route has seen improvements to its worker welfare protections throughout its lifetime. This includes the announcement on 16 December that the Government will introduce rules ensuring seasonal workers are guaranteed a minimum number of paid hours each week, alongside increased compliance capacity to monitor welfare.

The Home Office cannot compel a private organisation to continue sponsoring workers it does not wish to sponsor. We do however expect the Scheme Operators to maximise the work opportunities for participating seasonal workers and we will continue to monitor this situation closely.