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1141382

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Rugby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK professional male rugby players sponsored by (a) the Rugby Football Union and (b) rugby clubs issued governing body endorsements to become a sponsor have received Tier 2 and Tier 5 migrant visas in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	281085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 31/07/2019 15:23:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1141383

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the requirements are for an organisation to qualify to sponsor Tier 2 and Tier 5 visas; and how many organisations meet those qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	281086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The requirements to become a sponsor and maintain this status are set out in the Tiers 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors. Currently, there are more than 30,000 organisations that are licenced sponsors.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 31/07/2019 15:05:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1141384

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Rugby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the level of funding for women's rugby clubs in English women’s rugby championships and premierships on the ability of non-UK professional women rugby players to receive Tier 2 and Tier 5 migrant visas; and what other options are available for non-UK women rugby players to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	281087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The funding of UK sports is a matter for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p>Tiers 2 and 5 are our principle immigration routes for those wishing to play professional sport in the UK. Other visa options may be open to some migrants depending on their individual circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 31/07/2019 15:25:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140373

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of applications received in each of the last twelve months for Leave to Remain extension application as a Tier 1 Highly Skilled general migrant; and how of those cases were concluded within eight weeks.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (General) route closed to Leave to Remain extension applications on 6 April 2015. Therefore, no Tier 1 General extension applications were received in the last twelve months.</p><p><br>The data regarding exceeding the eight-week service standards in current application routes can be found using the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019 </a></p><p><br>The statistics specific to service standards can be found on tab InC_02.</p><p>Historical data regarding service standards can be found via the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases</a></p><p>Complexity is identified on a case by case basis and will also vary depending on the application route. Therefore there is not an exhaustive list of the circumstances in which particular types of application might be deemed to be complex. Where an application is defined as non-straightforward, due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard service, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 279031 279032 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:19:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140374

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the processing of extension applications may exceed the eight-week agreed service standard; and with what frequency that standard has been exceeded in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (General) route closed to Leave to Remain extension applications on 6 April 2015. Therefore, no Tier 1 General extension applications were received in the last twelve months.</p><p><br>The data regarding exceeding the eight-week service standards in current application routes can be found using the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019 </a></p><p><br>The statistics specific to service standards can be found on tab InC_02.</p><p>Historical data regarding service standards can be found via the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases</a></p><p>Complexity is identified on a case by case basis and will also vary depending on the application route. Therefore there is not an exhaustive list of the circumstances in which particular types of application might be deemed to be complex. Where an application is defined as non-straightforward, due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard service, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 279030 279032 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:19:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140375

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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 the reasons are that qualify an extension application as complex.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (General) route closed to Leave to Remain extension applications on 6 April 2015. Therefore, no Tier 1 General extension applications were received in the last twelve months.</p><p><br>The data regarding exceeding the eight-week service standards in current application routes can be found using the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019 </a></p><p><br>The statistics specific to service standards can be found on tab InC_02.</p><p>Historical data regarding service standards can be found via the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases</a></p><p>Complexity is identified on a case by case basis and will also vary depending on the application route. Therefore there is not an exhaustive list of the circumstances in which particular types of application might be deemed to be complex. Where an application is defined as non-straightforward, due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard service, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 279030 279031 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:19:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140424

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>For the purposes of this answer, Senior Civil Service (SCS) Pay Band 1 has been treated as equivalent to Grade 5 and SCS Pay Band 2 and Director General have been treated as Grade 3.</p><p>At 30 June 2019, there are currently the following staff in the Home Office who have declared their ethnicity as BAME:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of BAME staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: Adelphi – Home Office Human Resources Record System</p><p>Period covered: As at 30 June 2019</p><p>Employee coverage: The data is based on headcount of paid, permanent Civil Servants who were current as at 30 June 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/07/2019 16:38:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984924

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to publish his Department's preparations for no deal.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>We firmly believe it is in the interests of both the EU and the UK to strike a deal. That remains the goal on both sides and we are confident that this will be achieved. But it is the job of a responsible Government to prepare for all scenarios, so we have already carried out very significant ‘no deal’ preparations for the unlikely event that we reach March 2019 without agreeing a deal.</p><p>We have already published over 100 technical notices so that businesses and citizens have time to prepare in the event of a 'no deal' scenario. These are available on gov.uk in a centralised location that is easy for people to access and use.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/10/2018 15:48:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984945

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Between June 2016 and June 2018 there has been an overall 9% increase in staffing levels.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>June 2016</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>June 2018<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>% Variance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26108</p></td><td><p>28060</p></td><td><p>28369</p></td><td><p>30620</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><sup>1</sup> Figures are reported using ONS Definitions. Since April 17 we have been using a new reporting system which has impacted on civil servant paid and unpaid figures; previously loans to FCO were captured as unpaid but are now recorded in the paid categoryas all costs are re-charged to the Home Office. The paid category only are reported in figures collected by Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the Quarterly Public Employment Survey (QPSES).</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1) June 2016: Data View - Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data for Home Office.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2) June 2018: Adelphi - Home Office Human Resources Record System.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Period Covered:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1) As at 30/06/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2) As at 30/06/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Organisational Coverage: Home Office</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Employee Coverage: Data is based on headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) of paid Civil Servants who were current at the end of the period.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Note: Figues are in line with the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (QPSES) collected by Office for National Statistics (ONS)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Key workforce changes in 2016-17 include:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1 Machinery of Government Change: 59.40 (FTE) Fire &amp; Resilience staff moved to Home Office from the Department for Communities &amp; Local Government</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2 Machinery of Government Change: 80.46 (FTE) Civil Service Learning staff moved from Home Office to the Cabinet Office.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/10/2018 12:00:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

940638

registered interest
date	13/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the right to reside in the UK of carers with Ruiz-Zambrano status who are nationals of countries outside of the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	163797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>As set out in paragraph 6.12 of the Statement of Intent on the EU Settlement Scheme published on 21 June 2018, provision in the Immigration Rules will be made for a non-EU citizen who is the primary carer of a British citizen in the UK and who currently derives a right of residence from wider EU law (a Zambrano carer).</p><p>Further details will be provided in due course on the new status which will be available to them. The Home Office has no plans to allocate funding in this area.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 163798 question first answered 17/07/2018 16:31:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra