Mike Martin MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Respect Orders: Community DevelopmentHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) police forces and (b) community groups on the potential impact of Respect Orders on community cohesion.
Answer: Respect Orders, which were introduced in the Crime and Policing Bill in February, will be behavioural court orders which focus on combatting anti-social behaviour. We have undertaken extensive consultation with policing partners, including the National Po...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
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Visas: Health ProfessionsHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 56005 on Visas: Health Professions, what provisions are in place to appeal visa applications for dependents of skilled health workers that were reject
Answer: Individuals in those circumstances are entitled to apply for an administrative review of the decision. If they wish to challenge the outcome of that review, they can apply for judicial review.There is no right to an appeal or an administrative review of a...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
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Visas: Health ProfessionsHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 56005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications for dependents of skilled health workers were rejected due to issues with birth certificates issued by the country of origin in 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
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Firearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementing the Firearms Act 2023 without a transitional period to apply for personal firearm certificates on miniature rifle clubs.
Answer: The Firearms Act 2023 introduced legislation to strengthen firearms controls by making it a requirement for the operator of a miniature rifle range to have a firearm certificate and undergo police licensing checks.The Firearms Act 2023 was commenced on 1 ...
Answered 15 May 2025
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British Nationality and Visas: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to review the potential impact of the provisions of the British National (Overseas) visa on (a) the adequacy of settlement pathways, (b) levels of access to citizensh
Answer: We keep all aspects of the immigration system under review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Security: CompaniesHome OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory business licensing for the private security sector.
Answer: The Government is committed to reviewing the recommendations of the Manchester Arena Inquiry, including Monitored Recommendation 8, with a view to delivering better uniformity of standards in the private security industry, enhanced provision of security s...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
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Visas: EU CountriesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of agreeing with (a) the European Union and (b) individual Schengen Area countries to allow British citizens to stay up to 180 days without a vis
Answer: The European Union is responsible for visa policy in relation to short stays in the territory of Schengen states, including visa requirements. Short stays are stays of no more than 90 days within any 180-day period, as set out in EU legislation. The UK an...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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Electronic Travel Authorisations: British National (Overseas)Home OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will make an assessment on the potential merits of exempting British National (Overseas) passport holders from Electronic Travel Authorisation.
Answer: The UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme was introduced on 25 October 2023 to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK.ETAs were expanded to British National (Overseas) BN(O) p...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
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Drugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of imposing civil rather than criminal penalties on people found in possession of drugs for personal use.
Answer: There are no plans to decriminalise illicit drug use. The law allows for the prosecution of those who commit offences, including drug possession and supply. The police have a range of alternative options within the out of court resolution framework (such ...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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Drugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of moving responsibility for drugs policy to the Department of Health and Social Care.
Answer: Responsibility for drug policy is shared across a number of departments and both the Home Office and the Department for Health and Social Care have important roles to play in setting policy to tackle drug use and to reduce drug-related crime and drug heal...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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Protection From Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023Home OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for the implementation of the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023.
Answer: The Government is committed to halving levels of violence against women and girls in a decade. An important part of this ambition is tackling public sexual harassment which often leaves people, disproportionately women, feeling very unsafe. The Protection...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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Overseas Students: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 16106 on Overseas Students: Ukraine, whether students who have extended visas under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme and whose graduation
Answer: Those granted permission under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme will receive the same rights and entitlements to access work, benefits, healthcare and education as provided under the existing Ukraine Schemes.Individuals with permission under one of...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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Refugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to bring forward the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
Answer: To provide future certainty, Ukrainians who have been provided with sanctuary in the UK under the Ukraine schemes will be able to apply for further permission to remain in the UK through a bespoke Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme due to open in e...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
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Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 900769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with police forces to tackle violence against women and girls.
Answer: This Government is determined to treat violence against women and girls as the national emergency it is and we have already taken significant steps to strengthen the police response to these devastating crimes. As part of Raneem’s Law we will put domestic...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Business and Trade	2
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	3
Department for Education	12
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	5
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	5
Department for Transport	27
Department for Work and Pensions	4
Department of Health and Social Care	38
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	7
Home Office	14
Ministry of Defence	6
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	8
Ministry of Justice	1
Treasury	15

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