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Written question asked by Afzal Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 March 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 March 2018 (named day). It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Friday, 16 March 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.

Undocumented Migrants: Bank Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for information to be provided to his Department by Cifas for immigration enforcement.

Answer

The Home Office updates the list of disqualified persons shared with Cifas for the purpose of the 2014 and 2016 Acts on a weekly basis, and banks and building societies refer to this data when checking applications for new accounts and reviewing existing accounts.

The Home Office set up a mechanism to enable financial organisations to report, on a voluntary basis at any time, new information on other financial product applications to Home Office intelligence teams.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
132388
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Disclosure of information Bank services Enforcement Immigration Undocumented migrants Standards CIFAS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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