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1200516

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship ceremonies have been cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	54906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Following Government guidelines and social distancing measures, normal arrangements for citizenship ceremonies have been suspended at present. The volume of individuals awaiting citizenship ceremonies is a matter for Local Authorities and figures are not recorded centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The time allowed for people to arrange a citizenship ceremony has already been extended to 6 months. Local Authorities are currently liaising with applicants and exploring alternative options to resume ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 54907 54908 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:00:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1200517

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are waiting for citizenship ceremonies.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	54907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Following Government guidelines and social distancing measures, normal arrangements for citizenship ceremonies have been suspended at present. The volume of individuals awaiting citizenship ceremonies is a matter for Local Authorities and figures are not recorded centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The time allowed for people to arrange a citizenship ceremony has already been extended to 6 months. Local Authorities are currently liaising with applicants and exploring alternative options to resume ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 54906 54908 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:00:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1200518

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the three month period for people who have been issued with letters confirming citizenship ceremonies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	54908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Following Government guidelines and social distancing measures, normal arrangements for citizenship ceremonies have been suspended at present. The volume of individuals awaiting citizenship ceremonies is a matter for Local Authorities and figures are not recorded centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The time allowed for people to arrange a citizenship ceremony has already been extended to 6 months. Local Authorities are currently liaising with applicants and exploring alternative options to resume ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 54906 54907 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:00:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1200187

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral statement of 2 June 2020 by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Official Report, column 682 on Hong Kong National Security Legislation: UK Response, and his response at column 691 that the Home Office is considering representations on behalf of former Hong Kong Military Service Corps personnel who were not awarded UK passports between 1990 and 1997, if she will make it her policy that the estimated remaining 250 to 300 military and naval veterans and their families will now be permitted to apply for UK passports.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	53989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday 2 June 2020, as a Government and as a country we are extremely grateful to those who served in the Hong Kong Military Service Corps. This situation is being kept under review in light of recent events.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2020 13:34:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1199491

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the changes to the Immigration Rules announced on 14 May 2020, if her Department will refund people who have had to apply to extend their visas in the UK as a family member of a British citizen who has dual nationality.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	53660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The statement of changes to the Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 14 May will amend the EU Settlement Scheme so that family members of the People of Northern Ireland can apply for immigration status on broadly the same terms as family members of Irish citizens. This delivers the commitment made in the ‘New Decade, New Approach’ agreement which restored the Northern Ireland Executive in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Family members of the people of Northern Ireland will be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme from 24 August.</p><p> </p><p>Family members of the people of Northern Ireland who have paid a fee to secure immigration status under another route, such as the UK’s family Immigration Rules, or who do so in order to come to the UK or to extend their stay before 24 August, will not be refunded.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2020 13:36:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1199717

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the graduate work visa to students who currently hold a Tier 4 Visa.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	53481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Graduate route will be launched in the Summer of 2021.</p><p> </p><p>To be eligible for the route, students must successfully complete a degree at undergraduate level or above at a Higher Education Provider with a track record of compliance and hold valid leave as a student when the route is introduced. Students who complete their courses prior to the introduction of the route will not be eligible.</p><p> </p><p>Current Tier 4 students can benefit from the route, if their leave expires after the route is introduced, regardless of when their courses commenced.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2020 13:38:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1199722

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the proposed support the Government is offering British national overseas (BNO) passport holders to all people who are eligible for BNO status but might not currently hold a valid passport.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	53567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The practical details are still being worked out, but I can confirm amendments to the arrangements for BN(O)s will be applicable to all BN(O) status holders.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2020 13:37:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1199830

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value of immigration fees was that her Department collected from Commonwealth-born armed forces (a) service personnel, (b) veterans and (c) dependants in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	53438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Amounts received in immigration fees are not differentiated between the various categories in which they are received. We do not have a separate code or field for fees collected from Commonwealth-born armed forces, whether service personnel, veterans or dependents. Our ledger will therefore not allow us to provide this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>Visa and immigration income data is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. See page 137 of the Home Office 2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts for the most recent disclosure of visa and immigration income.</p><p><strong>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmentdata/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF</strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2020 13:39:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1197986

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of her proposed future immigration policy on net international migration to (a) the UK and (b) each of the devolved nations.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	52068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The effect of the proposed future immigration policy on net migration to the UK and impact on inflows to regions and devolved nations has been assessed in the corresponding Impact Assessment (IA) for the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill. This analysis does not account for the impact of COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The published IA can be found here:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/885682/2020-05-18_IA_ImmSSC_Billl_v21_with_Signature.pdf</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/06/2020 14:35:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1198069

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40514, what steps she is taking to bring forward legislative proposals to categorise being stranded abroad during the covid-19 pandemic as a serious or compelling circumstance for the purpose of calculating continuous residence in the UK for eligibility to apply for indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	52449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>As set out in my answer of 4 May, the published guidance already confirms applicants may exceed the 180 days in the event of serious or compelling circumstances. This would include travel disruption caused by the covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>A full list of categories covered by this exemption is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/06/2020 14:39:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan