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1168416

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the NHS Visa will be applicable to physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals who are employed by independent providers contracted to deliver NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>We will introduce an NHS visa scheme for qualified health professionals, offering fast-track entry, reduced visa fees and dedicated support to enter the UK with their families. Further details will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 241 242 question first answered 13/01/2020 17:24:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1168417

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the NHS Visa will be applicable to physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals who are employed by social enterprises contracted to deliver NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>We will introduce an NHS visa scheme for qualified health professionals, offering fast-track entry, reduced visa fees and dedicated support to enter the UK with their families. Further details will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 240 242 question first answered 13/01/2020 17:24:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1168418

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the NHS Visa will be applicable to civilian physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals who are employed by the Ministry of Defence.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>We will introduce an NHS visa scheme for qualified health professionals, offering fast-track entry, reduced visa fees and dedicated support to enter the UK with their families. Further details will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 240 241 question first answered 13/01/2020 17:24:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1197717

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
	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 extend the visa extensions given to foreign NHS staff to include private healthcare staff who also provide part time services to the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	49882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already announced we will extend the visas for a range of healthcare professionals working for the NHS and independent health and care providers, where their current visa expires between 31 March and 1 October. This offer also applies to their families.</p><p>The 12-month extension is automatic and free of charge and those benefitting will not have to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2020 13:40:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1288818

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the (a) average and (b) longest time it has taken to (i) process a visa extension via the covid-19 auto-extension visa scheme and (ii) issue Biometric Residence Permit cards for eligible health professionals since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	157185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in a publishable format and to gather it would attract a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The latest published migration statistics can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2020</a></p><p>The available published data shows the numbers of visas granted in each work route but does not provide any data on the specific numbers that have been granted on this scheme nor the number of Biometric Residence Permits issued by UKVI.</p><p>We are keeping all measures under review and we will continue to work closely with the DHSC to ensure individuals working in the health and care sector are fully supported.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/03/2021 16:19:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1468147

	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	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to provide language skills training for refugees who are (a) dentists and (b) in other medical professions in sectors where there is a shortage in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	13781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely with other government departments to ensure mainstream English language provision meets the needs of refugees.</p><p>Individuals aged 19 or over with refugee status are immediately eligible for funding through the Department for Education’s Adult Education budget. This includes funding for English For Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes.</p><p>The Home Office also provides a tariff per person to Local Authorities in return for providing a package of support to each refugee arriving via one of the UK’s formal resettlement schemes, including an £850 payment for English Language training.</p><p>As set out in the New Plan for Immigration, we will enhance support provided to refugees by developing a package of tailored support such as language training, skills development and work placements to help them integrate into UK society and become self-sufficient more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 09:22:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 5697 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell