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884157

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans she has to change the operation of the Tier 2 work visa.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	904763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Tier 2, the main immigration route for non-EEA skilled workers, ensures employers can recruit from overseas where necessary while controlling migration and encouraging employers to look first to the domestic workforce before recruiting from overseas.</p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the route to ensure that it serves the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 16:05:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

872797

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers
	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 paragraph 1.8 of the Migration Advisory Committee’s report of 27 March 2018, EEA-workers in the UK labour market: Interim Update, what steps he plans to take to address employers' concerns that without employing migrants, they would not be able to address the skill shortages they are currently facing.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	134610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering a range of options for the future immigration system and will set out initial plans in due course. We will build a comprehensive picture of the needs and interests of all parts of the UK and look to develop a system which works for all.</p><p> </p><p>We will make decisions on the future immigration system based on evidence and engagement, which why we asked the independent Migration Advisory Committee to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. The MAC is due to provide a final report in September.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:31:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

872576

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries she has visited to observe border control operations.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	134390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department meets her American and Canadian counterparts regularly to discuss a range of issues in bilateral meetings and at multilateral events, including their border arrangements.</p><p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department has visited a range of countries to discuss a variety of issues, including border security operations.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134389 question first answered 16/04/2018 09:22:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

874765

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether welfare records are kept for asylum seekers that have been granted asylum.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold dedicated ‘welfare records’ for asylum seekers or refugees, however information concerning health conditions or safeguarding matters will be recorded on the applicant’s case file as their asylum claim progresses and retained in accordance with data protection regulations, including following a grant of refugee status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:47:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873820

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government projects that the target of accepting 20,000 Syrian refugees will be met by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government’s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020 and we are on-track to do this. Progress on resettlement is reported in the quarterly immigration statistics. The last set of statistics show that by the end of 2017, 10,538 refugees had been resettled under the VPRS since the scheme began in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:45:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874863

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Free Movement of People
	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 plans to allow non-musicians working in the music industry an exemption from restrictions on free movement after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	135164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The precise way in which the Government will control migration to the UK following exit from the EU is yet to be determined.</p><p>In July 2017, the Government commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the European Union and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. The MAC’s call for evidence sought information on EU migrants’ skills, amongst other things, and this will be considered in their final report due in September 2018.</p><p>We will build a comprehensive picture of the needs and interests of all parts of the UK, taking account of the evidence from the MAC, and look to develop a system which works for all.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 11:05:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873811

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	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 is taking steps to simplify the process of applying for a tier 4 visa.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>We continue to explore whether we could make our offer to international students even more attractive, without increasing the risk of immigration abuse, and we are committed to supporting UK universities in attracting international students and talent from around the world. The Tier 4 visa pilot reflects this ambition.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot helps to streamline the visa process for international students looking to study on a Masters’ course, in the UK, of 13 months or less. The pilot means that universities are responsible for eligibility checks, so that students applying for their visa can submit fewer documents alongside their visa applications. All students continue to be subject to Immigration Rules and must still undergo stringent Home Office security and identity checks.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot also helps to support students who wish to switch into a work route and take up a graduate role, by extending the leave period following the end of their study, to up to six months.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will be rolling out the Tier 4 visa pilot more widely for international students in the 18/19 intake. A further 23 institutions have been selected, based on having the consistently lowest visa refusal rates for their region or country. The expansion of the pilot will allow us to consider the impact of the pilot on a more diverse group of sponsors.</p><p> </p><p>Once evaluated, we will consider whether to introduce the offer being tested with the pilot into the Immigration Rules and make it policy. The evaluation will report interim findings with a final report in the spring of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:44:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873580

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, when she plans to respond to three related letters from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich dated 21 August 2017, 22 November 2017 and 22 January 2018 regarding his constituent’s enquiry on the performance of UK Visas and Immigration.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	134694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the Honourable Member. I will respond separately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:32:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

873739

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Turkey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to introduce the new route to Indefinite Leave for Remain (IDR) for self-employed Turkish business people in the UK under the European Community Association Agreement with Turkey (Ankara Agreement) Business Persons visa category; what principles her Department will apply in designing the new route to ILR; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the new route complies with the UK’s obligations under the Ankara Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	134853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>A new settlement route for Turkish business persons will be introduced in the latter half of 2018. While the requirements of such a category are to be determined, this will be a charged route in line with others who are seeking to settle in the UK. We will announce the requirements in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Case law of the Upper Tribunal has confirmed that there is no settlement route for Turkish business persons under the Ankara Agreement. The Home Office continues to comply with the Agreement in terms of assessing entry clearance to the UK and leave to remain for those Turkish nationals who wish to establish a business here.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:37:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

873644

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, what the average time taken to conclude a visa application was in each of the last seven years; and steps her Department is taking to reduce the time it takes to process such applications.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	134758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Performance against service standards for processing of visas is published in the Migration Transparency data at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a> &quot;</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:30:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

874779

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent in prison was for a foreign national offender before deportation in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office do however routinely publish quarterly figures on the average length of time it takes foreign national offenders to be deported following completion of their custodial sentence. Figures for the latest quarter can be found by accessing the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:48:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873807

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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, what the average length of time is for UK Visas and Immigration to process a visa application.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Performance against service standards for processing of visas is published in the Migration Transparency data at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134922 134923 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873805

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 has taken to ensure that U.K Visas and Immigration have adequate resources to meet an increase in applications before the 2020 cut-off date for non-UK EU nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>UKVI have commenced a programme of recruitment to increase staffing levels to circa 1500 FTE to deal with the EU Exit scheme and have increased both infrastructure and IT in line with the increased staffing levels.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873806

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 has taken to establish a comprehensive register of non-UK EU citizens in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced last autumn that a system of registration would be introduced for EU citizens arriving during the post-EU exit implementation period (30 March 2019 to 31 December 2020). Work is well underway to build a system that will enable this.</p><p> </p><p>This registration scheme will apply to those who wish to stay in the UK for longer than three months and will sit alongside the settlement scheme for all EU citizens and their family members resident in the UK before the end of the implementation period. The settlement scheme will open for voluntary applications in late 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874786

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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
	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 has taken to ensure that UK Visas and Immigration has the (a) resources and (b) expertise to maintain level of service after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office constantly reviews its capabilities in order to deliver the Government’s agenda and we continue to assess how our priorities will impact on the workforce and capabilities required.</p><p>Operational units across the Home Office actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand and will continue to do so throughout negotiations and as the UK leaves the EU. Any resultant changes to resource requirements will be factored into strategic planning.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:57:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874764

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	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 are being taken to reunify unaccompanied child refugees in the UK with their direct relatives.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Our family reunion policy allows immediate family members of those granted protection here to reunite with them. The Immigration Rules also provide for relatives with protection in the UK to sponsor children in serious and</p><p>compelling circumstances and the Mandate resettlement scheme allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there is provision in the policy to grant visas outside the Rules in exceptional circumstances, which caters for family members who otherwise do not qualify under the Rules.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is no provision in the Rules for children with refugee status in the UK to sponsor family members to join them. We believe this would create additional motives for more children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family, and risk hazardous journeys hoping to sponsor relatives later. This would play into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people, and goes against our wider safeguarding responsibilities. The best interests of children are reflected in remaining with their families, claiming</p><p>asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety – and relying on resettlement schemes to travel safely.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:47:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873814

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to improve the speed at which outstanding asylum applications are completed.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has plans to improve the speed at which outstanding asylum claims are decided. These include a staff retention strategy to ensure it retains its highly skilled asylum decision makers, further expansion of digital processes to increase caseworking flexibility and the creation of a new team in Bootle which has been specifically established to tackle the older cases in the asylum system. This team has been designed to establish and roll out best practise in the management of older cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:44:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873813

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken since the first quarter of 2016 to reduce fraud in the English language testing system.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office closely monitors the provision of Secure English Language Testing, and has a series of robust monitoring mechanisms to ensure the integrity of the system. These mechanisms include regular audits of test centres by Home Office staff, ensuring that most centres are audited once every 12 months. There are also a series of steps that the providers are required to take, and the Home Office holds service review meeting with the providers to evaluate performance and examine any issues.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:44:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873526

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what step her Department is taking support (a) child and (b) young adult migrants on arrival in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	134641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>If the migrant is an unaccompanied child they are supported by the local authority under the Children Act 1989 or equivalent legislation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland</p><p> </p><p>If the migrant is an asylum seeker and over the age of 18, or the dependant of an adult asylum seeker, they are supported by the Home Office if they would otherwise be destitute. The support usually consists of accommodation and a weekly cash allowance to cover their or their family’s essential living needs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:32:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873626

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Mediterranean Region
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made on the Khartoum process in relation to human trafficking in the Mediterranean.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	134740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Khartoum Process has made good progress to address people smuggling and human trafficking in the Horn of Africa. The UK chaired two thematic meetings in 2016 and 2017 and Egypt hosted a trilateral meeting (Khartoum/Rabat Processes and Horn of Africa Initiative) in November 2017 to understand progress to date; ongoing challenges and the solutions needed for a joined-up and concerted response. The Khartoum Process has approved 147 programmes under its Better Migration Management (BMM) programme in this area and it also continues to implement the Regional Operation Centre of Khartoum (ROCK) which aims to improve cooperation and information sharing between law enforcement agencies to effectively disrupt the people smuggling and trafficking rings exploiting migrants. The 2018 Italian Chairmanship will build upon these efforts with further thematic and training workshops alongside a review of thematic conclusions to ensure tangible future delivery.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:56:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

874860

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of rejected asylum seekers in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	135161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on the UK’s resident population is a matter for the Office for National Statistics. The Home Office does not publish estimates on the number of rejected asylum seekers currently in the UK.</p><p>The Home Office does publish quarterly breakdowns of the number of asylum applications that were rejected at initial decision, in table as_01_q (asylum, volume 1) of the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release. However, data are based on initial decision and some will be overturned following appeal.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 11:05:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

872679

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of specialist support for victims of sexual violence resettled under the (a) Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and (b) Vulnerable Children's Resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	134493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility for the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) is based on established vulnerability criteria used by the UNHCR, which includes those who have been victims of sexual violence and torture. The ability to plan for the arrival in the UK of these refugees has meant that we are able to provide appropriate support upon arrival. This involves planning for their accommodation and providing caseworker support to access public services, including access to health services.</p><p>Local authorities are notified of the reason for resettlement ahead of arrival to assist the provision of the appropriate support including referral to mental health services and specialist services for victims of torture. Local authorities are best placed to determine what is the appropriate intervention, which could include a referral to a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARCs). SARCs provide health care, access to Independent Sexual Assault Advisor (ISVA) support, and therapeutic services to victims of rape or sexual assault. Victims are provided with onward referrals to other health and social care services according to the victims’ needs. There are 47 SARCs across England.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134570 question first answered 16/04/2018 09:31:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

874798

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the qualification criteria for Tier 2 work visas on the ability of the NHS to recruit staff from non-EEA countries.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	135099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 2 (General) visa route is intended to fill gaps in the UK labour market and is designed to serve the national interest by ensuring that employers look first to the UK resident labour market before recruiting from overseas. The route is capped at 20,700 places a year and the criteria for entry to the route is set following advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. Places are allocated on a monthly basis, with the highest priority being given to jobs in national shortage, followed by PhD-level occupations, graduate level jobs and then by salary from highest to lowest, in line with those that provide the greatest economic benefit to the UK. No visas have been refused for those seeking to come to the UK to undertake a post which the Migration Advisory Committee has determined should be on the shortage occupation list.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the Tier 2 visa route to ensure that it balances enabling the brightest and best migrants to work in the UK with our commitment to reducing net migration.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 11:04:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

872757

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the level of availability of specialist support for victims of sexual violence resettled under the (a) Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and (b) Vulnerable Children's Resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	134570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility for the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) is based on established vulnerability criteria used by the UNHCR, which includes those who have been victims of sexual violence and torture. The ability to plan for the arrival in the UK of these refugees has meant that we are able to provide appropriate support upon arrival. This involves planning for their accommodation and providing caseworker support to access public services, including access to health services.</p><p>Local authorities are notified of the reason for resettlement ahead of arrival to assist the provision of the appropriate support including referral to mental health services and specialist services for victims of torture. Local authorities are best placed to determine what is the appropriate intervention, which could include a referral to a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARCs). SARCs provide health care, access to Independent Sexual Assault Advisor (ISVA) support, and therapeutic services to victims of rape or sexual assault. Victims are provided with onward referrals to other health and social care services according to the victims’ needs. There are 47 SARCs across England.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134493 question first answered 16/04/2018 09:31:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

873816

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of all new and outstanding asylum applications were completed in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c)2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of asylum applications, initial decisions and pending for main applicants, by nationality in Asylum Tables, Volume 1 Table as_01_q of the <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release. The latest figures are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:45:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874889

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Industrial Disputes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is in cases where Tier 2 visa holders take 10 or more consecutive days of industrial action.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	135190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>A Tier 2 and 5 sponsor is required to report, to the Home Office, any migrant they sponsor who is absent from work for 10 or more consecutive working days without permission. This should be done within ten working days of the 10<sup>th</sup> day of unauthorised absence.</p><p>If a Tier 2 or 5 migrant is absent from work without pay for 4 weeks or more in a calendar year, their leave may be curtailed, taking into account all relevant circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 11:05:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

873695

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department undertook on the definition of torture set out in The Detention Centre (Amendment) Rules 2018 and the Immigration Act 2016: Revised Guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention published on 21st March, S.I No. 411/2018, published on 21 March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	134809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The new definition of torture and the revised statutory guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention give effect to a recent court judgment. Whilst there was no obligation to consult on these changes, officials have engaged with interested stakeholders. Officials will continue this engagement on the corresponding caseworker guidance and training. Additionally, the Detention Centre Rules 2001 will be reviewed later this year and will be the subject of consultation.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:35:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

873730

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
	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 providing funding for accredited English language teaching for all refugees.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	134844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>English language tuition is available to refugees under arrangements for adult learners and courses are fully funded for refugees who are unemployed and looking for work. The Department for Education (DfE) provides funding for adult education, including English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision, through the Adult Education Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has provided additional funding of £10m so that refugees resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme can benefit from more English classes, childcare facilities, and local coordination of English language provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will work closely with DfE and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to develop the proposal for an English language Strategy for England that is set out in the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper published on 14 March.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134845 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:37:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

874733

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	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 26 March 2018 to Question 133714, on Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, how many (a) local constituency MPs and (b) non-constituency MPs have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted permission to visit Yarl’s Wood since 1 November 2016; and how many applications in each category remain under consideration.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	135034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>All requests for visits to immigration removal centres (IRC) by Honourable Members require the agreement of the Minister for Immigration, with local constituency MPs generally given priority over non-constituency MPs.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 November 2016 four Honourable Members (1 constituency and 3 non constituency) have made requests and received Ministerial approval to visit Yarl’s Wood IRC. One request, from the Honourable Member for Brighton, Pavilion, is still under consideration<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:46:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

874643

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
	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 make an assessment of the effect on the mental health of 18-year old asylum seekers of their transfer from social care to the National Asylum Support System.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	134945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to make such an assessment.</p><p>Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in England are supported by local authorities under the Children Act 1989 and usually remain supported under the same legislation as “care leavers” after they turn 18 years of age.</p><p>The only circumstances in which they would transfer to the asylum support system administered by the Home Office is if they were supported by the local authority for less than 13 weeks before their 18<sup>th</sup> birthday and their asylum claim or appeal was still outstanding.</p><p>Similar arrangements are in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:46:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873593

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will increase funding for accredited English language teaching for refugees.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	134707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government has provided additional funding of £10m under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme for more English classes, childcare facilities, and local coordination of English language provision for refugees. English language tuition is also available to refugees under arrangements for adult learners.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for the Adult Education Budget. The Home Office will work closely with DfE and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to develop the proposal for an English language Strategy for England that is set out in the Integrated Communities Strategy published on 14 March.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:55:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

873731

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government has provided for accredited English language teaching for refugees in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	134845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>English language tuition is available to refugees under arrangements for adult learners and courses are fully funded for refugees who are unemployed and looking for work. The Department for Education (DfE) provides funding for adult education, including English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision, through the Adult Education Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has provided additional funding of £10m so that refugees resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme can benefit from more English classes, childcare facilities, and local coordination of English language provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will work closely with DfE and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to develop the proposal for an English language Strategy for England that is set out in the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper published on 14 March.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134844 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:37:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

873808

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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 unprocessed visa applications there are and what steps she is taking to reduce that number.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Performance against service standards for processing of visas is published in the Migration Transparency data at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134921 134923 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873821

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child asylum seekers have been resettled in the UK since the first quarter of 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children granted UASC, or another form of protection, each quarter, in table as_09_q (asylum volume 3) of the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:45:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873690

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in the NHS were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	134804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office broken down into the UK Regions.</p><p> </p><p>The available information on allocations of Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics on the total number of Tier 2 refusals can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134800 134801 134802 134803 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:31:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

873687

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in Wales were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	134801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office broken down into the UK Regions.</p><p> </p><p>The available information on allocations of Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics on the total number of Tier 2 refusals can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134800 134802 134803 134804 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:31:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

873686

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in Scotland were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	134800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office broken down into the UK Regions.</p><p> </p><p>The available information on allocations of Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics on the total number of Tier 2 refusals can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134801 134802 134803 134804 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:31:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

873688

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in Northern Ireland were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	134802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office broken down into the UK Regions.</p><p> </p><p>The available information on allocations of Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics on the total number of Tier 2 refusals can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134800 134801 134803 134804 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:31:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

873689

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in England were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	134803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office broken down into the UK Regions.</p><p> </p><p>The available information on allocations of Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics on the total number of Tier 2 refusals can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134800 134801 134802 134804 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:31:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

873818

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from Syria had their application for refugee status granted in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Syrian refugees can be granted protection as a result of an application for asylum, or through one of the UK’s refugee resettlement schemes.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of asylum grants made each year, broken down by nationality, in table as_01 (asylum, volume 1) of the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release.</p><p>The Home Office also publishes data on the number of Syrians resettled each year, under the Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme, in table as_19 (asylum volume 4) of the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:45:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874781

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage: 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 people were charged with marriage fraud in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of people charged of involvement in marriage fraud is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2015: 41</p><p>2016: 15</p><p>2017: 14</p><p> </p><p>Please note that there is no offence in UK law, of marriage fraud. Anyone suspected of being involved in a sham marriage would be charged under other offences.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers provided are individuals charged by IE Criminal &amp; Financial Investigation teams in relation to organised immigration crime only.</p><p> </p><p>This data has been derived from local management information and is therefore subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:48:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874774

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 subject to Rule 35 reports are currently detained.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The total number R35 reports made by medical practitioners for those detained within Immigration Removal Centres (IRC) are published quarterly as part of Transparency data under the category ‘Reports made by a medical practitioner to the Home Office under Rule 35 on individuals in immigration detention. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:48:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874890

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Industrial Disputes
	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 holding Tier 2 visas have had them revoked in each of the last five years on the grounds that they took 10 or more consecutive days of industrial action.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	135191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>As the information submitted by Tier 2 sponsors is not provided in a uniform format, it is not possible to break data on Tier 2 curtailments down into specific grounds.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 11:05:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

872589

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: British Embassy Dublin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications the British embassy in Dublin approved in each of the last three years; and of those applications what proportion were (a) for new and (b) to renew passports.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	134403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 26 March 2018, UIN 133389.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:30:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

873810

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifications that require no further action are sent on average to applicants for Tier 4 visas.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Where a notification from a Tier 4 sponsor is received and requires no further action, no correspondence is issued to the Tier 4 visa holder.</p><p>Numbers of notifications that require no further action can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sponsorship-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sponsorship-transparency-data-february-2018</a> on tab SN_01</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874783

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Workers: Unpaid Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines for the employment of illegal workers remain unpaid.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Since the commencement of the scheme in 2008, 6,348 separate illegal working civil penalties have some outstanding debt which is unpaid.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:49:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873809

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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 family reunion visa applications were processed within service standards in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Performance against service standards for processing of visas is published in the Migration Transparency data at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134921 134922 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874687

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family reunion visa applications have been rejected in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	134988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The available information relates to outcomes (grants, refusals, withdrawn, lapsed) in the Family: Other category, the large majority of whom are family reunion cases, and is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The “Family: Other” category consists of:</p><ul><li>Family reunion: pre-existing family members (partners, minor children) of a person with refugee leave or humanitarian protection, who has not yet obtained British citizenship;</li><li><em>From July 2012</em>: dependants who are not partners or children of those with refugee leave or humanitarian protection;</li><li><em>From July 2012</em>: parents with access rights to a child.</li></ul><p> </p><p>There are a small number of applications for family reunion where leave is granted in exceptional circumstances outside the Immigration Rules which are not included in the Family: Other category.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:46:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

873817

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were repatriated to countries her Department considered to be unsafe at the time of their repatriation in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	134933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The answer is none. Where a person can show they have a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm, they are usually granted asylum or humanitarian protection. All claims are considered on their individual facts and merits, against the background of the available country information and relevant caselaw, and in line with our international obligations.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:45:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874772

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases that were sent to the Migration Refusal Pool were returned to the Home Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Asylum cases are not sent to the Migration Refusal Pool (MRP). The MRP consists of non-asylum cases, where records indicate that an individual has made an unsuccessful application to remain in the UK and is therefore awaiting return to their country of origin.</p><p> </p><p>The cases of failed asylum seekers are not managed as part of the MRP, as these cases are managed separately by UK Visas and Immigration and Immigration Enforcement. The number of failed asylum seekers subject to removal action is published as part of the Home Office transparency arrangements and can be found at table ASY-03:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 135074 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:47:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz