Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions
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ImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to extend the permanent settlement wait time from five to ten years.
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: CommonwealthHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Commonwealth citizens who are on the five-year settlement route.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held, and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people will qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain under the five-year Settlement Route in the next 12 months.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held, and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the 48-hour broadband outage window in the Automatic Compensation Scheme.
Answer: The government recognises that access to high-quality and reliable broadband is essential.Operators have a statutory responsibility to take measures to identify, prepare for and reduce anything that compromises the availability, performance or functionali...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordG4S and Serco: ContractsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what due diligence was undertaken before reappointing Serco and G4S for electronic monitoring services.
Answer: The current contracts for the delivery of the electronic monitoring service have the capacity to manage the proposed increase in demand.The Procurement of Electronic Monitoring was conducted by the previous Government in 2023. It was conducted in line wit...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: ContractsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025 to Question 46820 on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the capacity of Serco to deliver on its contract.
Answer: The current contracts for the delivery of the electronic monitoring service have the capacity to manage the proposed increase in demand.The Procurement of Electronic Monitoring was conducted by the previous Government in 2023. It was conducted in line wit...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her planned expansion of tagging capabilities will be managed under the current tagging contract.
Answer: The current contracts for the delivery of the electronic monitoring service have the capacity to manage the proposed increase in demand.The Procurement of Electronic Monitoring was conducted by the previous Government in 2023. It was conducted in line wit...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Tagging: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 46823 on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what reason was given for the 10,438 untagged cases audited by probation between January and March 2025.
Answer: The 10,438 offenders reported as untagged is misleading. It includes duplicates and errors that have not been corrected through our audit and quality assurance processes which are currently underway.The information requested through the PQ could only be o...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the no recourse to public funds condition on internationally educated nursing staff.
Answer: The proposals set out in the Immigration White Paper were discussed with all government departments in the normal way.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support internationally educated nurses in financial hardship who are ineligible for public funds.
Answer: National advice and guidance on financial wellbeing is available for National Health Service employers and staff, including those experiencing financial hardship. The NHS Employers’ financial wellbeing webpage helps employers to develop a robust approach ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Health ProfessionsHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 M
Answer: The proposals set out in the Immigration White Paper were discussed with all government departments in the normal way.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support internationally educated nursing staff during their first years in the UK.
Answer: We hugely value our health and social care workers from overseas who work tirelessly to provide the best possible care and enhance our health and care workforce with their valuable skills, experience and expertise. We are committed to providing high-quali...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Royal College of Nursing entitled Unreciprocated Care: why internationally educated nursing staff a
Answer: We hugely value our health and social care workers from overseas who work tirelessly to provide the best possible care and enhance our health and care workforce with their valuable skills, experience and expertise. We are committed to providing high-quali...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 13 May 2025, on levels of retention of internationally-ed
Answer: We hugely value our health and social care workers from overseas who work tirelessly to provide the best possible care and enhance our health and care workforce with their valuable skills, experience and expertise. We are committed to providing high-quali...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of only charging administrative costs for child citizenship applications.
Answer: No such estimate has been made. However, fees for immigration and nationality applications are kept under review, and this includes consideration of the financial impacts that may arise were fee levels to be changed.
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how Serco performed against key performance indicators at the most recent performance review of their Restart Scheme contract.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to her previous Question UIN 50919.Cabinet Office Statistics publish some of the Serco Key Performance Indicators on a regular basis. The latest publication is available here.Ongoing performance reviews have id...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how Serco performed against the key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on their Asylum Accommodation Services contract.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer she received on the 16 May 2025 to UIN 50918.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2025 to Question 30270 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges; for what reason she does not collate information on the reasons for rejecting fee waivers.
Answer: The reasons for rejecting a fee waiver are recorded on each case, but collating this data for the purposes of answering the relevant parliamentary question would have required a manual review of each case.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of citizenship applications for children on (a) parents, (b) carers and (c) children.
Answer: Where changes to fee legislation are made, Impact Assessments are produced which identify potential impacts resulting from the changes. Although fees for child citizenship applicants were not increased as part of the recent fee changes that came into effe...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide additional support to schools in areas with reductions in per pupil funding.
Answer: The national funding formula is used to allocate core schools funding to each local authority through the dedicated schools grant (DSG). Local authorities then create their own local funding formulae to distribute that funding among the schools in their r...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Clapham and Brixton HillDepartment for EducationTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools in Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency receive adequate resources to meet the needs of (a) all pupils and (b) those with special educational needs and disabilit
Answer: Core school funding is distributed via the dedicated schools grant (DSG) to local authorities. Local authorities (Lambeth for Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency) then set their own local formulae which determine individual school allocations.Through th...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how Serco performed against the key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on their HMP & YOI Fosse Way (Leicester) contract.
Answer: HM Prison & Probation Service’s Annual Prison Performance Ratings are based on a range of indicators. The latest ratings cover the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. As a newly opened prison (June 2023), HMP Fosse Way did not form part of the lates...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how Serco performed against key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on the HMP Ashfield (South Gloucestershire) contract.
Answer: HM Prison & Probation Service’s Annual Prison Performance Ratings are based on a range of indicators. The latest ratings cover the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. As a newly opened prison (June 2023), HMP Fosse Way did not form part of the lates...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordForth Valley Royal HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how Serco performed against key performance indicators at the most recent performance review of the Forth Valley Royal Hospital contract.
Answer: Health is a devolved matter in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government are responsible for the National Health Service in Scotland, including legislation, funding, and overall management.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how Serco performed against the key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on their Future Defence Infrastructure Services contract.
Answer: Serco do not hold a Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) contract. Serco and Equans are the parent companies of VIVO. VIVO hold two Built Estate FDIS contracts in the South-West and Central Regions, as well as FDIS Accommodation contracts. The FD...
Answered 14 May 2025
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