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1047661

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 from (a) EU countries (b) Asia (c) North America were granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	212346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p><br>Information on grants of settlement (Indefinite leave to remain) to non-EEA nationals and issues of documents recognising initial and permanent resident rights to EU citizens (and their non-EU family members) to the year ending September 2018, are published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Settlement and EEA tables, latest edition of which can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018</a></p><p>Information regarding EU citizens and their non-EU family members issued settled status during the two Private Beta phases of the EU Settlement Scheme is available at:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772139/EU_Settlement_Scheme_Private_Beta_2_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772139/EU_Settlement_Scheme_Private_Beta_2_Report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/02/2019 13:17:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1036938

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their white paper The UK’s future skills-based immigration system, published in December 2018 (Cm 9722), how they define “sustainable levels” of migration.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL12580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>A sustainable level of net migration is one which contributes to economic growth by ensuring that businesses have the labour they need to operate effectively, while at the same time not putting undue burden on communities and services and not giving rise to public concern about migration levels.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/01/2019 17:23:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1023897

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to resolve efficiently immigration cases that have raised issues on the European Convention on Human Rights.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	201624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Immigration cases which raise issues under the ECHR are primarily those made as family and private life claims. These can be very complex and this may extend the time taken to make a decision on the application. This may be due to the customer’s individual circumstances, the need for further evidence, or when further information raises issues that require consideration.</p><p>Factors such as legal challenges, amendments to the immigration rules, policy and processes may also contribute to the overall processing time of an application.</p><p>The transparency data published quarterly shows that the number of human rights (Article 8)/complex cases in progress at quarter three of 2017 was reported to be 49,950. At quarter three of 2018 was reported to be 39,000.</p><p>Sources [at tabs InC_03]: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-november-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-november-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2018 17:36:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1041450

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's white paper on The UK’s future skills-based immigration system, published in December 2018, whether he plans to introduce a second immigration Bill to implement the proposals contained in that White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	208426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government published a White Paper on 19 December 2018 outlining the UK’s future skills-based immigration system. The Government also introduced the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill on 20 December 2018 which will end free movement and provide the legal basis for the future immigration system.</p><p>We will implement most of the future immigration arrangements in UK Immigration Rules as is the case now. If primary legislation is required to implement any details of the future system, we will bring forward that legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2019 16:08:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1011616

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 19 November 2018 to Question 190910, for what reasons he cannot indicate in which of the remaining weeks of the year he intends to place the immigration White Paper before the House.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	194215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will publish a White Paper on the UK's future border and immigration system later this year.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/11/2018 15:36:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1036964

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage immigration from non-European countries after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL12606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The White Paper published on 19 December sets out the Government’s plans for managing the admission of workers from around the world on the basis of economic need and not nationality.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/01/2019 17:18:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1020082

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make criticism of immigration a criminal offence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
	uin	HL12054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to make criticism of immigration a specific criminal offence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/12/2018 15:15:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

1028625

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to The UK’s future skills-based immigration system White Paper, published on 19 December 2018, how low-risk countries be determined.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	203972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>To determine low-risk countries as set out in the UK’s Future Skills-Based Immigration System White Paper, the Home Office will consider a range of relevant factors such as returns agreements, reciprocal mobility agreements, cooperation on border security and prosperity. These measures will be reviewed regularly and further information will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/01/2019 13:14:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1012442

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens and people settled in the UK who have not been joined here by (a) a spouse or partner or (b) a child because they cannot meet the income requirements of the immigration rules on family members.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	194766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We do not make an estimation of those figures. The Home Office publishes data on the number of visas issued to join family members; this can be accessed at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734164/entry-visas3-jun-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734164/entry-visas3-jun-2018-tables.ods</a>. All applicants who do not meet the minimum income requirement will still be considered under exceptional circumstances.</p><p>We continue to keep the family Immigration Rules under review and make adjustments in light of feedback on their operation and impact. We have also taken into account the findings of the courts, including the Supreme Court judgment upholding the lawfulness of the minimum income re-quirement. Our overall assessment is that the family Immigration Rules are having the right impact and are helping to restore public confidence in the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 194767 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:23:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1012443

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to review the income requirements in the immigration rules for family members including their effect on (a) individuals and families and (b) the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	194767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We do not make an estimation of those figures. The Home Office publishes data on the number of visas issued to join family members; this can be accessed at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734164/entry-visas3-jun-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734164/entry-visas3-jun-2018-tables.ods</a>. All applicants who do not meet the minimum income requirement will still be considered under exceptional circumstances.</p><p>We continue to keep the family Immigration Rules under review and make adjustments in light of feedback on their operation and impact. We have also taken into account the findings of the courts, including the Supreme Court judgment upholding the lawfulness of the minimum income re-quirement. Our overall assessment is that the family Immigration Rules are having the right impact and are helping to restore public confidence in the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 194766 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:23:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald