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774050

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 proportion of income from priority visa application fees is spent on UK Visas and Immigration staffing resources relating to the processing of such visas.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	108830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the staffing costs associated with the processing of visa applications where the applicant has paid the optional priority visa service fee. The cost of processing visa applications varies by application type, as set out in the published unit costs and fees table, which can be accessed via the link below</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 15:31:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

774051

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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 proportion of (a) priority and (b) non-priority visa applications at each visa application centre were completed within the 12-week UK Visa and Immigration service standard in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	108858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Information on performance against service standards is published as part of the transparency data at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data shows that for 2017 Q1, 96.5% of straightforward applications were completed within Service standards.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 15:31:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

774055

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Arts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 exceptional talent visas for the arts were (a) applied for, (b) accepted and (c) rejected in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	108848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The specific information you have requested is not currently published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 14:25:05 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

774057

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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 proportion of settlement and non-settlement visa applications have required applicants to submit additional documents in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those applications have been resolved within (a) 15, (b) 60 and (c) 90 working days.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	108835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 14:25:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

774058

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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 priority visa applications that were not resolved within the 12-week UK Visas and Immigration service standard received (a) no refunds, (b) partial refunds and (c) full refunds in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	108860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 14:26:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

774060

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of the recent changes in neighbourhood policing levels on the police's ability to protect vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that it is crucial that the police have the right resources, capabilities and powers to keep the public safe. We have provided millions of pounds of extra investment through the Police Transformation Fund to transform policing to respond to changing crimes and threats including crimes against vulnerable people such as child sexual abuse.</p><p> </p><p>The 2015 Spending Review protected overall police spending in real terms. We are undertaking a programme of engagement with the police to understand the impact of changing demands<strong>, </strong>and to hear how the police are managing these. That includes what more can be done to improve productivity and efficiency, reduce bureaucracy, and make prudent use of financial reserves.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/10/2017 13:52:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

774062

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
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 review the cap on the number of places available to transfer children to the UK under the Dubs scheme.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	108687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office consulted extensively with local authorities over several months to reach the specified number of children under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. This included a national launch event and over 10 regional events in England, as well as Scotland and Wales. There are already over 4,000 unaccompanied asylum seeking children in local authority care in the UK, and some local authorities host a disproportionate number of children. These children all need support, as do the British children in our care system.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure the specified number of children to be transferred is a true reflection of the responses to that consultation, the Government increased the specified number from 350 to 480 following the notification of an administrative error as part of collating the figures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes all offers from local authorities with capacity to look after unaccompanied asylum seeking children which we will to fulfil our existing commitments, including ensuring a fairer distribution of unaccompanied asylum seeking children between local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 14:24:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

774065

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls: 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, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to remove the charges from the 101 police non-emergency telephone number.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	108700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Calls to 101 cost 15p from a mobile device or landline phones, from anywhere in the country and regardless of duration. Calls are free from payphones.</p><p> </p><p>The public have always paid to contact the police by telephone for non-emergencies and the 15p charge per call is a transparent rate that fully funds the 101 non-emergency service. Police non-emergency numbers (such as 0845 numbers) which were used before 2011 could cost members of the public up to 40p per minute. While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/10/2017 13:51:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

774067

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason permanent residence cards have been deemed to be invalid once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	108672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Permanent Residence cards confirm the acquisition of a permanent right to reside in the UK under European law. In future, the Free Movement Directive will no longer apply and the migration and status of EU nationals will be subject to UK law.</p><p> </p><p>We have put forward a fair and serious offer to the EU, giving EU citizens who have arrived before a specified date, the opportunity to acquire UK settled status after five years’ continuous residence thus enabling them to carry on with their lives as before.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 14:16:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

774068

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Northumbria Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in police officer numbers employed by Northumbria Police on their effectiveness since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	108673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Northumbria Police have consistently been graded as “Good” on police effectiveness in Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services PEEL inspections (most recently published in March 2017).</p><p> </p><p>Decisions about the number of officers and how they are deployed are a matter for PCCs and chief officers. I am, however, engaging with the sector to better understand the changing demands on the police and how these can best be managed, including what more can be done to improve productivity and efficiency and make prudent use of financial reserves.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/10/2017 13:53:43 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn