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1202837

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Applications
	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 it her policy to instruct UK Visas and Immigration to prioritise applications based on the scheduling of repatriation flights.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	58738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office and Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office work closely together to support British citizens and their dependants who are seeking to use repatriation flights.</p><p> </p><p>Some UK Visa Application Centres (VACs) are resuming services where local restrictions allow, and an effective service is being provided. Services will reopen in phases. For updates to the status of VACs, customers can check with:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>TLS contact if they are in Europe, Africa and parts of the Middle East</p></li><li><p>VFS global for all other countries</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Anybody who has immigration queries related to coronavirus can email the Coronavirus Immigration Help Centre. Email: CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk. Their email must be in English.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/06/2020 13:15:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1202872

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hong Kong: Immigration
	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 grant Hong Kong Locally Employed Personnel who were full members of the UK armed services before 1997 the same immigration status as applies to Ghurka soldiers.
	tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	James Gray
	uin	58623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>Under the British Nationality Selection Scheme introduced in 1990, a limited number of Hong Kong Military Service Corps personnel who were settled in Hong Kong could apply to register as a British citizen. The Scheme ran until 1 July 1997.</p><p> </p><p>The Immigration Rules which apply to those who have served in the Brigade of Gurkhas were introduced on the basis of the unique nature of the Gurkhas’ service.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/06/2020 11:50:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

1202970

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
	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 Transport on the 14-day quarantine rule for people entering the UK during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
	uin	58804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>In developing the Public Health regulations which introduced the 14-day self-isolation requirement, and the exemptions to be applied, there were discussions between the Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Transport, as well as other Cabinet colleagues. These discussions took place through Cabinet meetings, including the General Public Sector Ministerial Implementation Group (GPSMIG), and further exchanges in developing the policy, exemptions to apply, and its announcement.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 58806 question first answered 16/06/2020 12:02:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1202989

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions she has discussed the 14-day quarantine rule for people entering the UK during the covid-19 outbreak with the Secretary of State for Transport in an official capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
	uin	58806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>In developing the Public Health regulations which introduced the 14-day self-isolation requirement, and the exemptions to be applied, there were discussions between the Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Transport, as well as other Cabinet colleagues. These discussions took place through Cabinet meetings, including the General Public Sector Ministerial Implementation Group (GPSMIG), and further exchanges in developing the policy, exemptions to apply, and its announcement.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 58804 question first answered 16/06/2020 12:02:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1202971

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Applications
	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 length of response times for decisions on visa applications.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	58735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Data on visa processing times, including the percentage and number of visas that are processed within service standards, is usually published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data. However, due to Covid-19, it has not been possible to prepare and quality assure all of the data tables which usually make up the publication. Priority has therefore been given to those with the highest degree of public interest. We anticipate that all Q1 2020 data will be published as part of the Q2 2020 publication in August.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 May the Home Office published a statistical report on the impact of Covid-19 on the immigration system, up to April 2020, which shows the impact on the visa system. This report can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-covid-19-and-the-immigration-system-may-2020.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/06/2020 08:42:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1202924

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	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 interim policy is in place to prevent the family members of Northern Ireland born citizens from being adversely affected by immigration controls before the opening of the EU settlement scheme to those applicants on 24 August 2020; and what arrangements are in place for people whose current visa expires before that date but who qualify for and intend to apply under that scheme that they will not be considered an overstayer.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
	uin	58832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The statement of changes to the Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 14 May will amend the EU Settlement Scheme so family members of the people of Northern Ireland can apply for immigration status on broadly the same terms as family members of Irish citizens. This delivers the commitment made in the New Decade, New Approach agreement which restored the Northern Ireland Executive in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Family members of the people of Northern Ireland will be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme from 24 August.</p><p> </p><p>Family members of the people of Northern Ireland who cannot already apply to the EU Settlement Scheme and want to come to the UK or extend their current stay before 24 August can make an application under an existing immigration route.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/06/2020 12:04:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna