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1663439

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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 proportion of (a) family, (b) student, (c) settlement, (d) visitor and (e) work visas submitted in the last 12 months have taken longer to process than the limits set by their respective customer service standards.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	201293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office makes every attempt to meet the service level agreement standard, but in certain cases additional checks are required which can mean visa requests take longer to process.</p><p> </p><p>Data on performance against service standards is published through migration transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/10/2023 16:09:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1606823

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Seasonal Workers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has in place to help ensure that foreign workers hired for the seasonal workers scheme by licensed scheme operators are recruited legally, ethically and fairly in their countries of origin and in compliance with UK and source country rules and regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	172358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The Scheme Operators are responsible for managing the recruitment and placement of workers on UK farms, and ensuring their welfare in the UK. This includes ensuring ethical recruitment practices and complying with all aspects of UK law, such as Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority regulations.</p><p>The Home Office and Defra monitor the scheme closely, to ensure operators adhere to the stringent requirements set for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the seasonal workers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/03/2023 11:14:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1672233

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Sudan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will take steps to support Sudanese nationals who were given six-month Leave Outside The Rules and whose visas are expiring to extend their leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	3158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>Where a person who has been given leave outside the rules but is unable to return home they should apply for an extension of leave. Further information about applying for an extension can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-extend-stay-in-the-uk-flrhro." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-extend-stay-in-the-uk-flrhro.</a></p><p>Each case will be assessed on its merits. If they are unable to afford the fee then a fee waiver application can be made. Details about fee waivers can be found at: <a href="https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/fee-waiver." target="_blank">https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/fee-waiver.</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/11/2023 11:11:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1649391

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Sudan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on extending the 90-day period for collecting visas in Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	191900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Where our records confirm that a customer’s passport is being held in the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Khartoum, UK Visas and Immigration have contacted all those customers that have been issued or refused visa applications in our VAC in Khartoum and offering them a letter confirming that their passport is securely stored and attaching a digital copy of their passport, that may help support their travel out of Sudan and into a third country.</p><p>Where our records show that the passport is held in Nairobi or Pretoria and a named individual (either the applicant or a designated 3<sup>rd</sup> party) is identified to return the passport to outside of Sudan, the passport can be sent (to the named individual) by courier or for collection from another visa application centre. UK Visas and Immigration have contacted all those customers. For customers that have been able to exit Sudan, processes are in place to re-direct printing of their visa and endorsement on a Form for affixing a visa (FAV) to another VAC location of their choice for collection.</p><p>Where a customer would normally receive a 90-day vignette, we will defer issuing the vignette until they have been able to safely travel to a location where the vignette can be collected. If the vignette had already been issued and is due to expire, we will assist the customer in applying for a replacement vignette once they have been able to safely travel to a location where the vignette can be collected.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191899 question first answered 10/07/2023 16:49:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1649390

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Sudan
	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 help ensure that people in Sudan who made successful visa applications before the continuing crisis can collect their visas.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	191899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Where our records confirm that a customer’s passport is being held in the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Khartoum, UK Visas and Immigration have contacted all those customers that have been issued or refused visa applications in our VAC in Khartoum and offering them a letter confirming that their passport is securely stored and attaching a digital copy of their passport, that may help support their travel out of Sudan and into a third country.</p><p>Where our records show that the passport is held in Nairobi or Pretoria and a named individual (either the applicant or a designated 3<sup>rd</sup> party) is identified to return the passport to outside of Sudan, the passport can be sent (to the named individual) by courier or for collection from another visa application centre. UK Visas and Immigration have contacted all those customers. For customers that have been able to exit Sudan, processes are in place to re-direct printing of their visa and endorsement on a Form for affixing a visa (FAV) to another VAC location of their choice for collection.</p><p>Where a customer would normally receive a 90-day vignette, we will defer issuing the vignette until they have been able to safely travel to a location where the vignette can be collected. If the vignette had already been issued and is due to expire, we will assist the customer in applying for a replacement vignette once they have been able to safely travel to a location where the vignette can be collected.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191900 question first answered 10/07/2023 16:49:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy