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1461891

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
	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 speed up the process of Ukrainian visa applications in circumstances where visas are issued for all but one member of a family, preventing them all from travelling.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration have received thousands of applications for the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Scheme. UKVI are processing the paperwork as quickly as possible, and additional caseworkers have been brought in to manage this demand. UKVI staff are carrying out vital security checks for each application, and these checks are important to keep people safe in the UK, and protect people making journeys from Ukraine</p><p><br> Applications are normally processed in date order from when documents were uploaded, or after an appointment at a Visa Application Centre (VAC). We are working seven days a week to process applications, and where we have applications from family groups we would look to group these decisions together so families receive decisions wherever possible at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/05/2022 10:55:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1738 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1463663

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to resolve delays to processing of (a) visa applications for highly skilled workers and (b) visa sponsor licences.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	3539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>Performance and efficiency of visa and sponsor licence processing is continually reviewed to ensure performance is as strong as possible.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data, at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C54ca7bad7064475ecccd08da38ad4774%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637884614115383003%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K5DSDQg3Qqtj3z3CgtSDAHntnMBvGCaztYOHF1052l0%3D&amp;reserved=0#_blank" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>We are, however, currently flexing resources across all routes to ensure a robust response to the Ukrainian crisis while still processing standard applications and sponsor licences within service standard wherever possible. As a result, customers with standard applications in study, work, and family routes may experience some temporary impacts to the processing of their application.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 16:21:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3126 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1469642

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fast track passport applications were submitted from 1 March to 1 June In (a) 2019 and (b) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	17112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport. Between March and May 2022 approximately 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.</p><p>Urgent services are only required where an applicant needs a passport sooner than ten weeks. For the small percentage of customers whose applications take longer than ten weeks, there is an expedited service at no additional cost to help ensure that they receive their passport ahead of their travel.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/06/2022 14:48:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1469643

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	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 passport applications submitted to HM Passport Office were processed in (a) less than four, (b) less than six, (c) less than ten and (d) more than ten weeks in each month since January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	17113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p>Between March and May, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks, and 91% in six weeks..</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 15:29:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1468049

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Staff
	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 have been employed in passport services in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	13764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of staff by year employed in Her Majesty’s Passport Office.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HM Passport Office</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Staff</p></td><td><p>4,376</p></td><td><p>4,059</p></td><td><p>3,879</p></td><td><p>3,680</p></td><td><p>3,620</p></td><td><p>3,947</p></td><td><p>3,704</p></td><td><p>4,466</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for the years 2010 to 2014 are published on GOV.UK please see attached link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/06/2022 08:19:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 6551 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1469857

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	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 people in her Department have worked on processing passport applications in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	17009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the total full-time equivalent staff of Her Majesty’s Passport Office as at 31 March, for the years 2010–2022:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,629</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>3,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>3,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>3,704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>4,466</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/06/2022 10:11:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1472142

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Serbia
	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 potential merits of introducing visa free travel for people wishing to visit the UK from Serbia.
	tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
	uin	22464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK keeps its visa system under regular review. Decisions on changes reflect a range of factors. These will vary globally, but often include security, compliance, returns and prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/06/2022 15:19:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1521560

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to implement Transport for the North’s preferred option for Northern Powerhouse Rail.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	901620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear the Government wants to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail in full. We intend to engage leaders and honourable members from the North in reaching decisions on the detail of how we deliver this.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 14:21:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1487634

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected completion time is for a child's first passport application submitted in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	32953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>All applicants using the standard service from the UK are advised to allow up to ten weeks to get their passport, including children applying for their first passport.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/07/2022 10:58:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1487635

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected completion time is for applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme made in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	32954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>UKVI have issued thousands of visas under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme. The latest figures can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fukraine-family-scheme-application-data%2Fukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEmma.Henning%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce3452d2f80674869864808da632ba6ef%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637931336372206017%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nPNfyxWzmxQUkI1C8NWXVurLGiOpxskKSaS8gRugKG4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Applications are being processed as quickly as possible, with an aim of deciding the majority within 48 hours where we can do so.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2022 14:10:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern