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1029564

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries his Department has identified as a low risk of abuse of the immigration system.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	204531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>We use our immigration system to help mitigate a wide range of threats to the UK. Risk is used and assessed at many places within the immigration system and the risk posed by different countries is determined by looking at the full range of threats to the UK, not just immigration abuse.</p><p>Those countries where such risks may be lower will not usually be subject to our visa regime and will be non-visa nationals. All cases are decided on the individual merits of the application.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/01/2019 12:42:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1029563

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries his Department has identified as a high risk of abuse of the immigration system.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	204530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>We use our immigration system to help mitigate a wide range of threats to the UK. Risk is used and assessed at many places within the immigration system and the risk posed by different countries is determined by looking at the full range of threats to the UK, not just immigration abuse.</p><p>Those countries where such risks may be higher will usually be subject to our visa regime and will be visa nationals. All cases are decided on the individual merits of the application.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/01/2019 12:41:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1029561

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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, what occupations would be considered (a) high-skilled, (b) medium-skilled and (c) low-skilled in the context of The UK's future skills-based immigration system White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	204529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the White Paper, ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’, we propose to define high, medium and lower skilled occupation by referring to the national Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF) levels. High-skilled roles require skills at degree level or above (RQF 6 and above); medium-skilled require skills between A-Level and Foundation Degree, or equivalent (RQF 3-5) and lower-skilled roles include those at GCSE level or below (below RQF 3).</p><p>Occupations falling into each of these skill levels will be set out in codes of practice. The existing codes of practice for our current main immigration work route under Tier 2 can be found at Appendix J of the published immigration rules, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-j-codes-of-practice-for-skilled-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-j-codes-of-practice-for-skilled-work</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 204528 question first answered 07/01/2019 12:59:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1029560

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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, if he will define a (a) high-skilled, (b) medium-skilled and (c) low-skilled migrant in the context of The UK's future skills-based immigration system White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	204528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the White Paper, ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’, we propose to define high, medium and lower skilled occupation by referring to the national Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF) levels. High-skilled roles require skills at degree level or above (RQF 6 and above); medium-skilled require skills between A-Level and Foundation Degree, or equivalent (RQF 3-5) and lower-skilled roles include those at GCSE level or below (below RQF 3).</p><p>Occupations falling into each of these skill levels will be set out in codes of practice. The existing codes of practice for our current main immigration work route under Tier 2 can be found at Appendix J of the published immigration rules, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-j-codes-of-practice-for-skilled-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-j-codes-of-practice-for-skilled-work</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 204529 question first answered 07/01/2019 12:59:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1027614

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Innovation and Science
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the planned publication date is of the third wave of the Science and Innovation Audits.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	203356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The wave three Science and Innovation Audit (SIA) reports will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2019 15:45:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan