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1653877

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 13 July 2023, Official report, column 526, what the changes to immigration fees will be.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	194745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The cost of most work and visit visas will increase by 15%. The cost of study visas, certificates of sponsorship, settlement, citizenship, wider entry clearance and leave to remain visas, and priority visas will increase by at least 20%.</p><p>We will also equalise costs for students and for those using a priority service so people pay the same whether they apply from within the UK or from outside the UK.</p><p>We will lay Regulations in the Autumn that will set out the specific changes to immigration and nationality fees in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 13:40:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1640547

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people eligible for the Bereaved Partner Concession who have been unable to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain due to the cost of the application in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	186897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has not made any assessment of the number of people who are eligible for the Bereaved Partner Concession but are unable to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain due to the cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/06/2023 13:55:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1628648

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications for young people on the five-year route to settlement under the Immigration Rules Appendix Private Life who can demonstrate that they cannot afford the fee after meeting essential living costs.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	185470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The right to stay indefinitely is one of the most valuable entitlements offered for those seeking to enter or remain in the UK, and it is right that the fee should be higher than most for migrants staying temporarily in the UK.</p><p>A grant of indefinite leave to remain is not necessary to enable people to remain in the UK on the basis of their Article 8 or other ECHR rights, as these can be met through a grant of limited leave to remain. The provision of an affordability-based waiver for limited leave on family and private life routes allows an individual or family to remain here lawfully, and to then apply for settlement and pay the fee when the funds become available. As such, there are no plans to waive the fee for indefinite leave to remain.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/05/2023 09:38:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1583370

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people aged under 25 making an application for limited leave to remain under the private life route were granted a fee waiver in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	138265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>We do not capture data in a form that can link the age of a fee waiver applicant with their subsequent leave to remain application.</p><p>Providing the data would entail the manual scrutiny of each case within the scope of the question, incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Published data on fee waiver applications can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022</a></p><p>Refer to tab FW_01</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/02/2023 15:25:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1583371

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits to providing a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications for young people aged under 25 who can demonstrate that they cannot afford the fee after meeting essential living costs.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	138266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the fees for immigration and nationality applications under review. However, no specific assessment on the potential merits of providing a fee waiver for Indefinite Leave to Remain for people aged under 25 has been undertaken.</p><p>The Home Office provides exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances. These exceptions ensure the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations and wider government policy.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/02/2023 13:42:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1583452

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what number and proportion of people aged under 25 making an application for limited leave to remain under the Immigration Rules Appendix Private Life were granted a fee waiver in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold published data on the number and proportion of people under 25 making an application for limited leave to remain under the <strong>Immigration Rules Appendix Private Life were granted a fee waiver in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/02/2023 11:59:04 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1583453

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of providing a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications for people aged under 25 who can demonstrate that they cannot afford the fee after meeting essential living costs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the fees for immigration and nationality applications under review. No specific assessment on the potential merits of providing a fee waiver for Indefinite Leave to Remain for people aged under 25 has been undertaken.</p><p>The Home Office provides exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances. These exceptions ensure the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations and wider government policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/02/2023 12:34:53 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1551923

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the annual surplus received from immigration application fees in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, and (3) 2021, after deducting administration costs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
	uin	HL4304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish the information sought to the level of granularity required. Information on revenue or costs relating to citizenship applications is not published, nor is any surplus derived from citizenship applications routinely calculated or published.</p><p>The Home Office does report information on overall visa and immigration income in the Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 05/01/2023 12:56:00 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1536292

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a fee waiver for applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain, in the context of increases in the number of people completing the ten year route to settlement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	72190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce a fee waiver for Indefinite Leave to Remain.</p><p>Fees charged are kept under review. Income from fees charged plays a vital role in the Home Office’s ability to run a sustainable Migration and Borders system and it is the government’s policy that those who use and benefit most from the immigration system should contribute towards the cost of operating the system, reducing the burden on the UK taxpayer</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/10/2022 15:45:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1524299

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story by his Department entitled Fee removed for No Time Limit applications, published on 6 April 2022, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support people who are unable to use online services to make a no time limit application.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	67075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Customers who are making an immigration application from inside the UK can get help filling in their online Home Office application. This service is available to customers who are making a No time Limit application and is known as ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fassisted-digital-help-online-applications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDuncan.Hawkins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C6c203f8840f24b0fb81208dab2aeae4c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638018760554141061%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=P35Noqdzv54jHwrd2pKidFNfaELRlzrxed70gy6W9GI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Assisted Digital’</a> support. The support service is free to use for customers who do not feel confident using a computer or mobile device, do not have internet access, or do not have access to a device like a laptop or smart phone.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/10/2022 14:43:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry