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622656

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
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 effect on (a) families and (b) businesses of the introduction of visa charges on travel to and from the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	50736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>There will be no immediate changes to our relationship with the EU. This means that EEA, Swiss and UK nationals continue to have the same rights and status that they had before the referendum.</p><p>The government will provide strong and proven leadership as Britain begins its negotiations to leave the European Union and forge a new role for ourselves in the world. We will work hard to get the right deal: one that is unique to Britain and not an ‘off the shelf’ solution. This must mean controls on the numbers of people who come to Britain from Europe - but also a positive outcome for those who wish to trade in goods and services.</p><p>We are about to begin these negotiations and it would be wrong to set out further positions in advance. We are also not going to provide a running commentary on every twist and turn of these negotiations. At every step of these negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50735 question first answered 11/11/2016 16:53:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1077312

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what refunds or other compensation are available to visa applicants whose visas are not processed within the target time.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	225500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p><br>UK Visas and Immigration consider all requests for refunds on a case by case basis. Whether a refund is issued will depend on the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>Requests should be made via the complaints process:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 225501 question first answered 28/02/2019 17:14:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1077314

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) refunds and (b) other compensation are available to visa applicants who pay for the super priority service which promises a decision within one working day when that timeline is not met.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	225501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p><br>UK Visas and Immigration consider all requests for refunds on a case by case basis. Whether a refund is issued will depend on the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>Requests should be made via the complaints process:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 225500 question first answered 28/02/2019 17:14:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1585471

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing priority service fees for applicants who have waited beyond the usual service standard.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	142728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>From 9 January 2023, UKVI re-introduced priority visa services for customers with an outstanding family overseas visa application.</p><p>Priority visa services for new family overseas visa applications will be made available from 20 February 2023<strong>. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Super Priority visa services are currently offered for individuals applying for family leave to remain and family indefinite leave to remain applications from within the UK, and this service has been available throughout 2022.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Customers who submit a family overseas visa application prior to 20 February 2023 will be offered the opportunity to use the Priority visa service in line with the current offer for customers who have an outstanding application.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of applicants retrospectively offered priority service since the service was temporarily suspended does not form part of any current transparency data and is not published.</p><p>However, the transparency data does include a range of processing and service standard data and can be found 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%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI are offering the Priority visa service to customers with existing family visa applications in date order. Customers with the oldest outstanding family visa applications have been contacted first in fairness to those who have waited the longest in the queue. Alongside this, work has continued to reduce standard processing times for family visa applicants currently awaiting a decision.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 142729 142730 142731 question first answered 20/02/2023 15:01:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1022922

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applicants for settlement visas paid for the UK Visas and Immigration’s Settlement Priority Visa service from 31 March 2017 to 1 April 2018; and what was the total amount paid by applicants using that service during that period.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL12173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in published data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 13:32:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1022923

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applicants for settlement visas who paid for the UK Visas and Immigration’s Settlement Priority Visa service from 31 March 2017 to 1 April 2018 qualified for the (1) 8 weeks, and (2) 6 months standard processing times.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL12174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in published data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 13:35:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1022925

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applicants for settlement visas who paid for the UK Visas and Immigration’s Settlement Priority Visa service from 31 March 2017 to 1 April 2018 and qualified for the 8 weeks standard processing time received their visas within that time; and of those who did not, how many received an explanatory letter within (1) 40 days, and (2) 41 to 60 days of their application.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL12175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in published data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 13:35:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1022926

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average time taken for applicants for settlement visas who paid for the UK Visas and Immigration’s Settlement Priority Visa service from 31 March 2017 to 1 April 2018 to be (1) issued with a visa, and (2) informed their application had been rejected.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL12176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in published data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 13:35:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1045651

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sums his Department received in payments for visa applications in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	210535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on visa and immigration income is published annually in The Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. Refer to links below for the last 3 years figures.</p><p>FY2017/18 – page 126:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF</a></p><p>FY2016/17 - page 117:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p>FY2015/16 - page 134:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2019 14:47:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1133855

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 263147 on Visas: Applications, what the new costs of out of hours appointments will be.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	267739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>We are aware that increased demand has had an impact on short term appointment availability which means customers might not always be able to book an appointment at their earliest convenience.</p><p>We are working with Sopra Steria Limited (SSL) as a matter of priority on a number of actions to increase the capacity at service points and we expect availability to increase shortly. These measures include; six additional service points in Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Exeter in May and June. SSL are also increasing appointments offered to customers across a number of existing sites and have reduced the cost of out of hours appointments to £50 in the Croydon service point. Charges in other core sites currently range from £75 to £100, but we will continue to monitor prices and customer demand.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2019 14:46:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield