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420183

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date	09/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel Information: Eritrea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the report of (a) the United Nations Office Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, published in June 2015 and (b) the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information Eritrea, published in May 2015, was taken into account in drafting her Department's country information and guidance on Eritrea.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office considered these reports and they are reflected in the updated country information and guidance on Eritrea. This was published on 9 September and is available online. This includes reference to the IAGCI report, material taken from the UN Commission on Inquiry report on Eritrea and other relevant country information.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2015 16:29:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

420193

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Eritrea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visitor visas have been (a) granted and (b) refused to citizens of Eritrea in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	10827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is given in the attached table.</p><p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April-June 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2015 16:28:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 10827 Table Patrick Grady Eritrean Visitors Final.xlsx title Entry clearance visitor applications resolved
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

417696

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on (a) receiving representations and (b) entering into correspondence with Members of the Scottish Parliament on behalf of constituents who are seeking asylum in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Visas &amp; Immigration responds to enquiries on immigration cases raised by all levels of elected representatives and peers. The Home Office recommends that constituents with immigration enquiries use their Member of Parliament for the speediest response through one of UKVI’s six MP Account Management teams across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/09/2015 11:25:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416642

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is possible for an individual or prospective employer to appeal or ask for a review of a determination by the Employer Checking Service on an individual's right to work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>There is no appeal process for an Employer Checking Service decision, but if correspondence is received from a representative or employer confirming new/additional information i.e. a new application was not showing on the system at the time the decision was made, then a revised response will be issued directly to the employer.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/09/2015 14:09:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416644

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances the Employer Checking Service will review or revisit a determination it has made on an individual's right to work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Employer Checking Service will review or revisit a decision after a complaint or after receiving further information regarding an individual’s immigration status. If an error is found it is rectified immediately.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/09/2015 11:24:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

387082

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Eritrea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Eritrean citizens have been (a) granted and (b) refused asylum in the UK since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	5254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the latest published number of nationals of Eritrea that have been granted and refused asylum or other form of protection, based on initial decisions for main applicants between 2010 and Quarter 1 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><strong>Number of nationals of Eritrea granted asylum or other form of protection and refusals in the UK (main applicants), 2010 to 2015 Q1, based on initial decisions (1)</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Year/Quarter</strong></td><td><strong>Total Grants (2)</strong></td><td><strong>Total Refusals</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><strong>558</strong></td><td><strong>364</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><strong>647</strong></td><td><strong>221</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><strong>589</strong></td><td><strong>118</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td><strong>787</strong></td><td><strong>173</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td><strong>2,156</strong></td><td><strong>328</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2015 Q1</strong></td><td><strong>543</strong></td><td><strong>160</strong></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(1) Initial decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period and exclude the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(2) Total grants include: a) asylum grants b) Humanitarian Protection, c) Discretionary Leave, d) Grants under family and private life rules, which relate to the introduction of a new approach to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, from 9 July 2012, e) Leave Outside the Rules, which was introduced for those refused asylum from 1 April 2013; and f) UASC leave, which was introduced for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children refused asylum but eligible for temporary leave from 1 April 2013.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures provided in the table are published by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release, in Table as_01 and as_01q.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on asylum applications and initial decisions within the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics January – March 2015 is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release and the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:02:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

384611

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: East Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas were received from citizens of (a) Malawi and (b) Zambia in each month since January 2010; and how many such applications were rejected.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	3415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The available information is given in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>The latest Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas, are published quarterly in the ‘Immigration Statistics, January-March 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/06/2015 14:39:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table for PQ 3415.xls title Applications for visas: Malawi & Zambia
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady