Zöe Franklin MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Asylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing asylum seekers to work unrestricted by the Immigration Salary List after six months awaiting an asylum decision on (a) the economy an
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 4 June to Question 55328.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: ResettlementHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support the Community Sponsorship scheme for refugees.
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced a review of our existing refugee sponsorship and resettlement schemes to develop a more cost-effective and sustainable framework which will deliver better outcomes for refugees and the commu...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: English LanguageHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that there is adequate (a) capacity and (b) resources for anticipated levels of demand for English-language classes, in the context
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to Paragraphs 244-258 of the Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, which addresses these issues in detail. Further updates will be provided in due course.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: InterviewsHome OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that questions asked during asylum interviews are (a) appropriate, (b) relevant and (c) not misapplied from other (i) religious and (ii) cultural contexts.
Answer: All asylum claims made in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits, and the guidance provided to decision makers when undertaking interviews is published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conducting-the-asylum-intervi...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Mental HealthHome OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on the mental health of asylum seekers.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 29 May to Question 53554.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Community DevelopmentHome OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered developing a national integration strategy for asylum seekers and refugees similar to those established in Scotland and Wales.
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on Monday 12 May, announced proposals by a wide range of reforms, including on the issue of integration and community cohesion, further details of which will be published in due course.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: Social ServicesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the reported increase in modern slavery cases within the care sector since that sector’s inclusion on the Shortage Occupation List.
Answer: The Government is continually looking to improve the quality and provision of modern slavery statistics.We have recently improved and simplified the First Responders form used to refer people to the NRM, following extensive feedback from over 450 stakehol...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaveryHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accuracy of data collection on modern slavery cases.
Answer: The Government is continually looking to improve the quality and provision of modern slavery statistics.We have recently improved and simplified the First Responders form used to refer people to the NRM, following extensive feedback from over 450 stakehol...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: British National (Overseas)Home OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed extension of the standard qualifying period for settlement to ten years will apply to British National Overseas (BNO) visa holders.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in the normal way in d...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOppression: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase protections for Hong Kongers facing transnational oppression in the UK.
Answer: While we do not comment on specific threats or targets, I can assure the Hon Member that the safety and security of Hong Kongers in the UK remains of the upmost importance.The UK will always stand up for the rights of the people of Hong Kong. On Christmas...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system on British National (Overseas) visa holders.
Answer: The British National Overseas route reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to the people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up British National Overseas status.We continue to uphold these commitments by supporting Bri...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPoisons: SalesHome OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce legal obligations on retailers based outside Great Britain to report transactions with people in the UK involving substances regulated under the Poisons Act 1972 th
Answer: The reporting function under the Poisons Act 1972 applies to retailers in Great Britain only.Upon importation Border Force does, however, have the powers to seize or detain if regulated explosive precursors or poisons that do not have the requisite licenc...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Nitrate: RegulationHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will consider mandating the use of declaration of use forms for suppliers of sodium nitrate.
Answer: The Poisons Act 1972 sets out the legal obligations in relation to the sale, purchase, and use of explosives precursors and poisons for suppliers, professional users, and members of the public.The Poisons Act was amended in October 2023 to strengthen cont...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Nitrate: RegulationHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to (a) reduce public access to sodium nitrate and (b) raise awareness among suppliers of the potential dangers associated with its misuse.
Answer: The Poisons Act 1972 sets out the legal obligations in relation to the sale, purchase, and use of explosives precursors and poisons for suppliers, professional users, and members of the public.The Poisons Act was amended in October 2023 to strengthen cont...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Nitrate: RegulationHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce additional (a) regulation and (b) monitoring of sodium nitrate further to the provisions within the Poisons Act 1972.
Answer: The Poisons Act 1972 sets out the legal obligations in relation to the sale, purchase, and use of explosives precursors and poisons for suppliers, professional users, and members of the public.The Poisons Act was amended in October 2023 to strengthen cont...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Nitrate: SalesHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to restrict purchases of sodium nitrate in quantities that (a) pose a significant risk to life and (b) could be used in acts of terrorism.
Answer: The Poisons Act 1972 sets out the legal obligations in relation to the sale, purchase, and use of explosives precursors and poisons for suppliers, professional users, and members of the public.The Poisons Act was amended in October 2023 to strengthen cont...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal ProceedingsHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with police forces on supporting families in relation to criminal cases that have been open for over a decade.
Answer: Under the Victims' Code all victims, including a close relative of a person whose death was directly caused by a criminal offence, are entitled to be referred to support services when they report a crime.The Ministry of Justice provides Police and Crime C...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with (a) Europol, (b) Eurojust, (c) French authorities and (d) other international partners to (i) tackle migration challenges and (ii) help reduce deaths in the Ch
Answer: This government is committed to working with international partners to tackle shared migration challenges and is working across multiple lines of effort to reduce the impact of irregular migration into the UK.To do this the Home Secretary has launched the...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of people who die when crossing the Channel in small boats.
Answer: Criminal gangs only care about the profits they make, not about the lives they put at risk. The Border Security Command is leading the UK’s efforts to disrupt and bring to justice those facilitating illegal migration, including small boats crossings.Borde...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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