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1349375

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Labour Market
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of supply and demand in the UK agricultural sector labour market.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	903154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>We make use of all available information to understand labour demand and supply, considering both permanent and seasonal workforce requirements. This includes engaging closely with farmers, growers, and industry bodies to consider the latest data and business intelligence. Defra is also working across Government to ensure there is a long-term evidence-based strategy for the agricultural workforce beyond 2021.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/07/2021 12:40:43 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1507245

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	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 is taking to engage with UK universities on the effectiveness of the Graduate visa in reducing skills shortages in affected sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	53509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Graduate route was introduced in 2021 to help new graduates who have successfully completed their eligible study in eligible UK universities get a head-start on their career by allowing these graduates to work or look for work for up to three years immediately following their graduation.</p><p>A full impact assessment of the route was published in March 2021 and can be found on gov.uk at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fstatement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJason.Prince%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cc7ac25fc03d54b10035308da9c89f31f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637994413556539001%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=r%2F5UC83UPNlSR4ILkazuI%2BapJBJbtfXdLysL6w2lS4o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021</a></p><p>The Home Office has no plans to remove the application fee or to extend the length of stay for the Graduate route.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 53508 53510 53511 53512 question first answered 11/10/2022 14:14:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1346949

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Greek Islands
	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 publish information on which legal routes are available to asylum seekers in camps in Greece’s Aegean Islands who are seeking to be reunited with family in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	33327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK already provides a safe and legal route to bring families together through its refugee family reunion policy. The current refugee family reunion policy allows a partner and children under 18 of those granted protection in the UK to join them here, if they formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country. Over 29,000 visas have been issued under this policy in the last 5 years. Under the family reunion policy, we do not restrict where someone has to be in order to make an application.</p><p>As set out in the New Plan for Immigration, the Government committed to review safe and legal routes to the UK and has a statutory duty to conduct a public consultation on family reunion for UASC in the EU. We have now completed the consultation as part of the wider consultation on the New Plan for Immigration. We have carefully considered the responses and a report, laid in Parliament on 22 July 2021, on the outcome of the review of safe and legal routes confirms the UK wants to be bold and ambitious in the safe and legal routes it provides.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/new-plan-for-immigration" target="_blank">New Plan for Immigration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/07/2021 14:14:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1507246

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	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 removing application fees for the Graduate visa.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	53510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Graduate route was introduced in 2021 to help new graduates who have successfully completed their eligible study in eligible UK universities get a head-start on their career by allowing these graduates to work or look for work for up to three years immediately following their graduation.</p><p>A full impact assessment of the route was published in March 2021 and can be found on gov.uk at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fstatement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJason.Prince%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cc7ac25fc03d54b10035308da9c89f31f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637994413556539001%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=r%2F5UC83UPNlSR4ILkazuI%2BapJBJbtfXdLysL6w2lS4o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021</a></p><p>The Home Office has no plans to remove the application fee or to extend the length of stay for the Graduate route.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 53508 53509 53511 53512 question first answered 11/10/2022 14:14:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1507244

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	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 extending the amount of time people holding Graduate visas can stay in the UK after successfully completing a course in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	53508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Graduate route was introduced in 2021 to help new graduates who have successfully completed their eligible study in eligible UK universities get a head-start on their career by allowing these graduates to work or look for work for up to three years immediately following their graduation.</p><p>A full impact assessment of the route was published in March 2021 and can be found on gov.uk at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fstatement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJason.Prince%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cc7ac25fc03d54b10035308da9c89f31f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637994413556539001%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=r%2F5UC83UPNlSR4ILkazuI%2BapJBJbtfXdLysL6w2lS4o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021</a></p><p>The Home Office has no plans to remove the application fee or to extend the length of stay for the Graduate route.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 53509 53510 53511 53512 question first answered 11/10/2022 14:14:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1507247

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	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 allowing Graduate visa applicants to pay their healthcare surcharge on an annual basis, rather than upfront.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	53511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Graduate route was introduced in 2021 to help new graduates who have successfully completed their eligible study in eligible UK universities get a head-start on their career by allowing these graduates to work or look for work for up to three years immediately following their graduation.</p><p>A full impact assessment of the route was published in March 2021 and can be found on gov.uk at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fstatement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJason.Prince%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cc7ac25fc03d54b10035308da9c89f31f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637994413556539001%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=r%2F5UC83UPNlSR4ILkazuI%2BapJBJbtfXdLysL6w2lS4o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021</a></p><p>The Home Office has no plans to remove the application fee or to extend the length of stay for the Graduate route.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 53508 53509 53510 53512 question first answered 11/10/2022 14:14:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1507248

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	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 impact of removing application fees and healthcare surcharges from the Graduate visa on the likelihood of additional graduates remaining in the UK for work after completing their studies.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	53512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Graduate route was introduced in 2021 to help new graduates who have successfully completed their eligible study in eligible UK universities get a head-start on their career by allowing these graduates to work or look for work for up to three years immediately following their graduation.</p><p>A full impact assessment of the route was published in March 2021 and can be found on gov.uk at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fstatement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJason.Prince%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cc7ac25fc03d54b10035308da9c89f31f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637994413556539001%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=r%2F5UC83UPNlSR4ILkazuI%2BapJBJbtfXdLysL6w2lS4o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1248-4-march-2021</a></p><p>The Home Office has no plans to remove the application fee or to extend the length of stay for the Graduate route.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 53508 53509 53510 53511 question first answered 11/10/2022 14:14:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1346450

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish all data her Department holds at a (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local authority level on (i) total jobs started as a result of and (ii) jobs advertised as part of the Kickstart Scheme since that scheme began.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	32513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>As of the 7<sup>th</sup> July Approximately 148,000 jobs have been made available for young people to apply for through the Kickstart Scheme and over 44,000 young people have started Kickstart jobs. There were also over 247,000 jobs approved for funding by the Scheme.</p><p>Below are tables listing the number of Kickstart jobs which have been made available and started by young people to date by geographical area of Great Britain and work sector. The figures used are correct as of the 7th July and these figures have been rounded according to departmental standards.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, which has been developed quickly.</p><p>The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jobs Made Available</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Jobs Started</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>9,920</p></td><td><p>2,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>11,640</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>28,750</p></td><td><p>9,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>5,730</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>19,140</p></td><td><p>5,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>10,740</p></td><td><p>3,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>17,240</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>11,030</p></td><td><p>3000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>8,380</p></td><td><p>2,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>13,880</p></td><td><p>3,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>11,530</p></td><td><p>3,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*These numbers are rounded and so may not match provided totals. Jobs Made Available include 1,000 non-grant funded vacancies and around 900 starts to non-grant funded jobs</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jobs Made Available</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Jobs Started</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administration</p></td><td><p>37,290</p></td><td><p>11,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Animal Care</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beauty &amp; Wellbeing</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business &amp; Finance</p></td><td><p>5,350</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computing, Technology &amp; Digital</p></td><td><p>11,000</p></td><td><p>4,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction &amp; Trades</p></td><td><p>4,520</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Creative &amp; Media</p></td><td><p>11,230</p></td><td><p>4,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delivery &amp; Storage</p></td><td><p>4,450</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emergency &amp; Uniform Services</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering &amp; Maintenance</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environment &amp; Land</p></td><td><p>2,760</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Services</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare</p></td><td><p>4,480</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Services</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality &amp; Food</p></td><td><p>14,280</p></td><td><p>3,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Law &amp; Legal</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Managerial</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>3,520</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail &amp; Sales</p></td><td><p>22,620</p></td><td><p>7,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science &amp; Research</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Care</p></td><td><p>3,660</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sports &amp; Leisure</p></td><td><p>3,580</p></td><td><p>970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teaching &amp; Education</p></td><td><p>7,240</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel &amp; Tourism</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*These numbers are rounded and so may not match provided totals. Jobs Made Available include 1,000 non-grant funded vacancies and around 900 starts to non-grant funded jobs</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/07/2021 14:40:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1355791

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the rate of transmission of covid-19 between (a) people who know each other and (b) people who do not know each other.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	50134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England has not made a comparative assessment. We continue to advise that members of the public continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces where they are likely to come into contact with those they do not regularly meet.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 11/10/2021 14:07:25 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 22526 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1349133

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Water Power: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether dedicated (a) capacity and (b) strike price arrangements, to support tidal stream and wave technology, will be included in Contracts for Difference Auction Round 4 in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	37593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The draft auction parameters for the fourth Contracts for Difference allocation round, including the administrative strike prices for wave and tidal stream, and any minima for particular technologies, will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 10/09/2021 13:32:18 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn