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884157

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has to change the operation of the Tier 2 work visa.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	904763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Tier 2, the main immigration route for non-EEA skilled workers, ensures employers can recruit from overseas where necessary while controlling migration and encouraging employers to look first to the domestic workforce before recruiting from overseas.</p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the route to ensure that it serves the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 16:05:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

884892

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people excluding those on student visas have been granted leave to remain in the UK with no recourse to public funds since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	135880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Where recourse to public funds is not automatic, leave to remain in the UK is normally granted with a condition of No Recourse to Public Funds unless to prevent destitution. The number of those granted leave with no recourse to public funds excluding those on student visas is not held in a format which can be reported on.</p><p> </p><p>However the total number of in-country grants of leave to remain is recorded and can be found in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Extensions tables, latest edition at <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/04/2018 16:53:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

884912

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that non-UK EU citizens are aware that they will need to apply for settled status if they wish to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	135900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has consistently made clear that protecting the status of EU citizens and their families living in the UK, and UK nationals living in the EU, was her top priority for negotiations. As agreed with the EU in March 2018, EU citizens resident in the UK will have until the end of the grace period in June 2021 to apply for the Settlement Scheme, which will enable them to continue living their lives broadly as now.</p><p>It is vital that the over three million non-UK EU citizens and their family members living in the UK understand how and when to apply to the settlement scheme. That is why the Home Office has already launched a national ‘stay informed’ awareness campaign to set out EU citizens’ rights after the UK leaves the EU and to point towards reliable sources information, including official emails from the government. In addition, the Home Office will continue regular engagement with stakeholders as we design the Scheme and develop our communications plans, so we can ensure that the Scheme reflects the needs of users and we communicate it in the most effective way possible. A new user group with organisations that support vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, children and families, victims of domestic violence and those with English as a second language, has also been established to ensure everyone has the right support.</p><p> </p><p>EU citizens and their family members who would like to find out more about the Settlement Scheme and be informed when they can apply for it can sign up for email updates at https://<a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/04/2018 16:52:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

884913

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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, whether her Department plans to (a) write to all eligible non-UK EU citizens and (b) use advertising to inform such citizens that they must apply for settled status if they wish to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	135901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has consistently made clear that protecting the status of EU citizens and their families living in the UK, and UK nationals living in the EU, was her top priority for negotiations. As agreed with the EU in March 2018, EU citizens resident in the UK will have until the end of the grace period in June 2021 to apply for the Settlement Scheme, which will enable them to continue living their lives broadly as now.</p><p>It is vital that the over three million non-UK EU citizens and their family members living in the UK understand how and when to apply to the settlement scheme. That is why the Home Office has already launched a national ‘stay informed’ awareness campaign to set out EU citizens’ rights after the UK leaves the EU and to point towards reliable sources information, including official emails from the government. This activity complements wider communications through the media, digital channels and with stakeholders, including businesses and EU citizens’ representatives, ahead of the scheme going live in the second half of this year. A new user group with organisations that support vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, children and families, victims of domestic violence and those with English as a second language, has also been established to ensure everyone has the right support.</p><p> </p><p>EU citizens and their family members who would like to find out more about the Settlement Scheme and be informed when they can apply for it can sign up for email updates at https://<a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/04/2018 16:09:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

884916

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish a fast-track citizenship system for people who have lived in the UK for more than 40 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	135904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>To support those people who have lived in the UK for a long time, on 30 May we launched the Windrush Scheme. The scheme ensures that members of the Windrush generation, their children born in the UK and who arrived in UK as minors, and others who have been in the United Kingdom for a long period of time, will be able to obtain the documents to confirm their status and, in appropriate cases, be able to obtain British citizenship free of charge.</p><p>We aim to provide a high level of service for all our customers and to everyone who uses our services. All applications to UK Visas and Immigration, including citizenship applications, will be considered in line with existing service standards and customer commitments.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/09/2018 14:18:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

884917

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide free legal advice to Commonwealth citizens who have lived in the UK since before 1971 and who now may face deportation because of a lack of documentation.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	135905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2018 answer text <p>There will be no charge to obtain new documents or a residence permit. The simple process and the dedicated team assigned to help resolve individual cases should mean that individuals will not need to seek legal advice.</p><p>Those who arrived in the UK before 1 January 1973 are protected by virtue of their status provided by the 1971 Immigration Act. They will not be liable for deportation and will be able to regularise their stay.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/08/2018 13:41:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

884996

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived in the UK from Commonwealth Countries before 1971 have been deported, removed, or left the country through the Assisted Voluntary Departure Service.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	135984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department has been carrying out a review of all cases of Caribbean Commonwealth nationality, born before 1 January 1973, who have been removed and/or detained by the Home Office since 2002 (when the Casework Information Database (CID) was available across the immigration system) and sought to identify any individuals where there was an indication in the record that the individual could have been in the UK before 1973.</p><p>The Home Secretary wrote to the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee on 21st August to provide an update on this work. A copy of this letter has been deposited in the House Library.</p><p>This work is ongoing and the Home Secretary has committed to regularly updating the Home Affairs Select Committee on progress</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 16:46:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

885012

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121792, on Immigrants: Commonwealth, if she will publish the number of Commonwealth citizens legally residing in the UK who have been (a) deported and (b) detained in error by her Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	136000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department has been carrying out a review of all cases of Caribbean Commonwealth nationality, born before 1 January 1973, who have been removed and/or detained by the Home Office since 2002 (when the Casework Information Database (CID) was available across the immigration system) and sought to identify any individuals where there was an indication in the record that the individual could have been in the UK before 1973.</p><p>The Home Secretary wrote to the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee on 21st August to provide an update on this work. A copy of this letter has been deposited in the House Library.</p><p>This work is ongoing and the Home Secretary has committed to regularly updating the Home Affairs Select Committee on progress.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 16:51:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

885041

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government made prior to the introduction of the hostile environment immigration policy of that policy's potential effect on Commonwealth migrants who have been long-term residents of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	136029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Compliant Environment is not a new concept; successive Governments have brought forward policies to protect the UK taxpayer from the misuse of public services and benefits and to tackle illegal migration.</p><p>Compliant Environment measures were never intended to impact on people with lawful immigration status in the UK, such as the Windrush generation.</p><p>We are fully committed to helping those affected to evidence their status in the UK and are making that process as straightforward as possible. A taskforce and helpline has been set up in the Home Office to help those concerned to prove their residence. The taskforce is taking a proactive approach so individuals can easily establish their rights.</p><p>We have also put in place additional protection for landlords, employers and others conducting checks in order to ensure we are not denying work, housing, benefits and services to Commonwealth migrants who have been long-term residents of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/05/2018 14:37:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

882144

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a business which did not use her Department's employer checking service when requested by a job applicant would be in breach of Home Office rules on recruitment and selection.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	135202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment Order) 2007, as amended, specifies the steps employers should take in checking a job applicant’s right to work in order to prevent illegal working. In the majority of cases, an employer establishes a statutory excuse against a civil penalty under the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 by examining a document presented by the job applicant from a list specified in the Order.</p><p>In limited circumstances, where the job applicant has an outstanding immigration application, administrative review or appeal, the employer should confirm the person’s right to work by contacting the Home Office Employer Checking Service in order to comply with the Order. In these cases, the job applicant is unlikely to have a current and valid immigration document because their case is pending, but they may have a right to work by virtue of having submitted an in-time application, administrative review or appeal and this can be confirmed by the Home Office Employer Checking service.</p><p>The Home Office has recently launched a new Digital Checking Service which enables the holder of a biometric residence permit and, with their consent, their prospective employer to view the holder’s current immigration status on-line. The digital service will provide employers with additional assurance when conducting right to work checks, but does not currently substitute the checks specified in the Order.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/04/2018 16:35:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss