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1167399

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Musicians
	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 agreeing a two-year, multi-entry touring visa on a reciprocal basis with the EU in order to preserve touring as economically viable for UK musicians.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>We will announce the details of the UK’s future immigration system early next year.</p><p>We recognise that international collaboration plays a vital part in the contribution that the creative industries make to the UK’s rich culture and economy. The future system will work in the best interests of the whole of the UK, including that of the creative sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/11/2019 16:57:03 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1167510

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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, how many people submitted visa applications using the Super Priority visa service in the last complete financial year for which information is available; and how many of those applicants who were eligible received a visa within the 24-hour period guaranteed by that service.
	tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
	tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
	uin	7652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish the information requested.</p><p>Available information on<strong> visa</strong>s and service standards can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/11/2019 17:00:11 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1167211

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	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 investigate what happened to the personal documents of Shahnaz Saeed (B17209/19), which were mailed to her legal representatives on 16 August 2017 Royal Mail Reference Number: BY018153568GB.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	7076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Officials have provided an explanation to the hon. Member on this individual case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/11/2019 16:34:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1156501

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vagrancy Act 1824
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If she will repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	900179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that no-one should be criminalised simply for sleeping rough.</p><p>In the Cross-Government Rough Sleeping Strategy published last year we committed to review the Vagrancy Act.</p><p>The review is consulting with stakeholders on all options including retention, repeal, replacement or amendment.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 28/10/2019 16:53:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1166726

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals given sentences of imprisonment for public protection have been deported from the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	6424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is absolutely committed to removing Foreign National Offenders from the UK, and any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them.</p><p>Since 2010, we have removed almost 50,000 Foreign National Offenders from our prisons, immigration removal centres and the community, with more than 5,000 removed in 2018/19.</p><p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office does publish quarterly statistics on the numbers of Foreign Nationals removed from the UK. This data can be found by accessing the following <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 6425 question first answered 31/10/2019 16:16:48 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1166736

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	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 foreign nationals serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection have been deported to countries that do not have an equivalent sentence in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	6425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is absolutely committed to removing Foreign National Offenders from the UK, and any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them.</p><p>Since 2010, we have removed almost 50,000 Foreign National Offenders from our prisons, immigration removal centres and the community, with more than 5,000 removed in 2018/19.</p><p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office does publish quarterly statistics on the numbers of Foreign Nationals removed from the UK. This data can be found by accessing the following <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 6424 question first answered 31/10/2019 16:16:48 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1156362

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Australia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to extend the upper age limit of the working holidaymaker visa scheme between the UK and Australia.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	5458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Tier 5 Youth Mobility Schemes provide a cultural exchange programme that allows young people aged 18 to 30 from participating countries and territories to experience life in the UK for up to two years. In return, qualifying UK citizens enjoy similar access to our partner countries.</p><p>We have no current plans to increase the upper age limit of the scheme between the UK and Australia.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/11/2019 16:01:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1156417

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Families
	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 non-dependent family members of people with Tier 1 (exceptional talent) visas can only apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years, given that the main applicant can apply on an accelerated route after three years.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	5431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>A number of economic routes offer accelerated settlement for main applicants, including Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent), Tier 1 Investor and the Innovator route. However in all cases the qualifying period for non-EEA family members remains five years, regardless of the time it takes for the main applicant to settle.</p><p>The current policy is intended to ensure that our provisions are in line with the qualifying period for non-EEA family members of a British Citizen.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/11/2019 16:14:24 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1156225

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: 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 the National Allegations Team of UK Visas and Immigration has employed in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
	uin	4902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>Allegations of immigration abuse submitted by the public to the Home Office are received and managed by Immigration Enforcement.</p><p>Data on the number of staff employed to perform this task is available form 2016 when bespoke receipt and evaluation teams were introduced.</p><p>In the years since 2016 they have employed the following personnel to perform that task.</p><p>2016 – 57, 2017 – 63, 2018 – 59 and 2019 – 61.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/11/2019 12:45:32 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

1156227

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints her Department has received on immigration fraud in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
	uin	4903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of reports of immigration abuse received by the Home Office is published in our transparency data at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collection/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collection/migration-transparency-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/11/2019 11:32:37 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford