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1718070

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) work and (b) family visas were issued to people aged (i) between (A) 18 and 24, (B) 25 and 34, (C) 35 and 44, (D) 45 and 54 and (E) 55 and 64 and (ii) 65 and over in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	26253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of work or family applications for entry clearance to the UK that are broken down by age group does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/05/2024 13:20:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1694650

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visa applicants that used the (a) priority and (b) super priority service were (i) granted a visa and (ii) refunded due to missed deadlines in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	17608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>).</p><p>Data on visa applicants using the Priority and Super Priority services can be found in VSI_02 of the Visa and Citizenship Transparency data (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk</a>.) The latest data relates to Q4 2023 (October to December).</p><p>Information on the number of applicants refunded due to missed deadlines is not published or held in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/03/2024 16:44:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1689220

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department invited representations from stakeholders before introducing the proposed changes to the minimum income requirement threshold for (a) skilled worker and (b) spousal visas.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	14147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>From 11 April 2024, we will raise the minimum income threshold for Family visas to £29,000, that is the 25<sup>th</sup> percentile of earnings for jobs which are eligible for Skilled Worker visas. We will incrementally increase the threshold, moving to the 40<sup>th</sup> percentile (currently £34,500), and finally to the 50<sup>th</sup> percentile (currently £38,700, and the level at which the General Skilled Worker threshold is set) by early 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish an Equality Impact Assessment on this change in due course.</p><p> </p><p>A fact sheet and an impact assessment can be found on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fact-sheet-on-net-migration-measures-further-detail" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fact-sheet-on-net-migration-measures-further-detail</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-migration-statement-estimated-immigration-impacts/legal-migration-statement-estimated-immigration-impacts-accessible" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-migration-statement-estimated-immigration-impacts/legal-migration-statement-estimated-immigration-impacts-accessible</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government engages regularly with business sectors, including through a number of its advisory groups, when developing its policies and which will continue to strike the balance between reducing overall net migration and ensuring that businesses have the skills they need to support economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 14146 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:18:16 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1677918

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing a humanitarian travel visa on the level of small boat crossings.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	6839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There is no provision within our Immigration Rules for someone to be allowed to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge. Whilst we sympathise with people in many difficult situations around the world, we are not bound to consider asylum claims from individuals overseas who might like to come here.</p><p>Those in need of immediate protection should take the fastest route to safety and claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. Individuals should not put their lives at risk by leaving manifestly safe countries with well-functioning asylum systems and make unnecessary and dangerous onward journeys to the UK.</p><p>The UK has a proud record of providing protection for those who need it. Our focus is on helping people directly from regions of conflict and instability, and we believe that our resettlement programmes are the best way to provide much needed support. Between 2015 and September 2023, over half a million people were offered safe and legal routes into the UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/12/2023 17:43:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1676081

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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 his Oral Statement of 4 December 2023, official report, column 41, what his timescale is for issuing guidance on changes to visa requirements to UK Visas and Immigration staff.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	5717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The changes announced by the Home Secretary will be introduced in the spring and internal guidance will be issued to UK Visas and Immigration staff in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/12/2023 14:36:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1655824

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Security to the Global Financial Integrity DC Forum Conference in February 2023 on closing loopholes in visa waiver agreements with third countries that operate citizenship by investment regimes, whether her Department has taken recent steps to tackle those loopholes; and what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of people who have entered the UK via those routes and (b) the number and proportion of those people that (i) have a criminal record and (ii) pose a risk to national security in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	195937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Visit visas are an important part of securing the UK’s border and are an effective tool for the UK in reducing illegal immigration, tackling organised crime and protecting national security. The UK keeps its visa system under regular review. Decisions taken following engagement across government.</p><p>Careful consideration of the operation of citizenship by investment programmes by Dominica and Vanuatu has shown abuse of these programmes. The UK imposed a visa regime on both countries on 19 July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 15:50:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1655870

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to support applicants with a non-serious criminal record for a visa to live in the UK permanently.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	195977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>This Government does not provide support to foreign nationals with criminal records in order to facilitate their entry, stay or settlement in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:41:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1641492

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to stop foreign nationals overstaying their right to reside in the UK on each visa route.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	187479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>We take robust action against those who abuse the conditions of their visa.</p><p>Any individuals abusing their visa are liable to be removed from the UK under section 10(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</p><p>A person who knowingly overstays their permission to enter or stay is, under section 24(C1) of the Immigration Act 1971, guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction with an unlimited fine, or with imprisonment for not more than four years, or with both.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/06/2023 14:56:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1609763

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent agencies block-booking visa appointments.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	179896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>As part of the visa application process, customers overseas are invited to book an appointment to attend a Visa Application Centre (VAC) operated by commercial partners, VFS or TLScontact, on behalf of UKVI.</p><p>To prevent appointments being block-booked by agents, commercial partners release appointments in stages, rather than in large batches, and vary the dates and times at which appointments become available so agents cannot anticipate release.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/04/2023 18:22:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1604250

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people entered the UK legally on a visa each year from 2015 to 2022; and of those, how many have remained in the UK illegally by overstaying their visa.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL6477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’. Data on visas granted are published in table Vis_D02 of the ‘Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes’ detailed datasets. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to Q4 (October to December) 2022. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘Entry clearance visas summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on visas.</p><p>Please note that the published Home Office entry clearance visa statistics show the number of visa applications and outcomes, but this may not necessarily equal the total number of individuals arriving in the UK on visas (for example, some visas may be unused, or some individuals may apply for more than one visa in a given period).</p><p>The Home Office also publishes data on the number of instances of individuals either departing late or having no record of departure against their leave in the published ‘Reports on statistics relating to exit checks’, with the latest data relating to the year ending March 2020. Please note, the data cannot tell us the number of 'overstayers' as some people may have departed on time but not been picked up in the data (for example those leaving the UK via the Common Travel Area from the UK to Ireland).</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 28/03/2023 15:51:23 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-dec-2022 (2).xlsx title table Vis_D02
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven