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1490211

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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, how many (a) skilled worker, (b) study, (c) spousal, (d) seasonal agricultural worker and (e) visitor visas have been processed outside target processing times in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	38519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of a) skilled worker, (b) study, (c) spousal, and (e) visitor visas which have been processed outside target processing times in our Transparency data. Seasonal agricultural workers are grouped into other work groups in the data.</p><p>The Home Office Transparency data sets out how the department is performing against its service standard, which can be found on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C71737d4db8824de2d99308da695ddf19%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637938149132921539%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0pV2MwVgSWsnb%2FpHtJNchdtsPpVAn3gIBZtm9uNyOKE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q1 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/07/2022 13:16:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1488827

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2022 to question 32523 on Visas: Applications, for what reason writing to the hon. Member for Easington on visa application GWF064124251 would compromise (a) GDPR and (b) safeguarding rules; and when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Easington about that case.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	35917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>We do not comment publicly on individual cases.</p><p>The MP Account Management Team will reply to your correspondence on the procedural matters raised by 27 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/07/2022 10:57:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1488443

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of priority appointments available for priority service visa applicants.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	34993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>UKVI closely monitor visa demand across all overseas locations and remain focussed on clearing the oldest applications as quickly as possible. We continue to review the availability of priority visa services and any changes will be published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/faster-decision-visa-settlement/applying-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Get a faster decision on your visa or settlement application: Applying from outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Customers applying for priority visa services from within the UK to the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) do not have to select a specific PV appointment, they can select any appointment at any site shown to them on the UKVCAS website</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/07/2022 14:46:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 13279 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1487435

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2022 to Question 30000, if she will (a) write to the Member for Easington to explain how multiple errors occurred in visa application GWF064124251, (b) correct the information in the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18876 which advised visa application GWF064124251 was resolved, and (c) take steps to issue visa application GWF064124251 to the correct Visa Application Centre.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>Given the question relates to an individual application, there are significant GDPR and safeguarding constraints which prevent a detailed response being given in an answer which is publicly accessible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2022 10:28:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 12309 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1487053

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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, whether her Department has identified the cause of the technical glitch causing the loss of some visa applications made in mid-May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	31838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>No Ukraine Scheme Visa applications were ‘lost’ as a result of an IT incident in mid-May 2022, however, applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme were affected within the Atlas casework system which caused them to be delayed.</p><p>The root cause was quickly identified and was fixed for all new applications from Friday 20<sup>th</sup> May – those applications affected then proceeded through to consideration by caseworkers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/07/2022 10:29:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 11903 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1486658

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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 progress her Department has made on processing the visa applications for family members of the constituent of the hon. Member for Harrow West, reference GT52722; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	30987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>We do not comment publicly on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2022 15:51:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1486169

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18876 on Visas: Applications, what further steps he is taking to reduce administrative errors with reference to visa application GWF06412451 in the context of that visa notification subsequently being incorrectly sent to Abu Dhabi rather than Islamabad Visa Application Centre; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	30000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The teams handling employment visas consider tens of thousands of applications per week. The vast majority of these are considered and reach the correct outcome.</p><p>Administration errors are rare and when any errors are flagged to the department they are resolved quickly.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to reviewing working practices to ensure errors are minimised and addressed as quickly as possible once highlighted.</p><p> </p><p>We do not publicly comment on individual cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/07/2022 07:58:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1484211

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 estimate she has made of the average time taken by her Department to process applications under the family visa route; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	26812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>Average processing times do not form part of any current transparency data for family applications.</p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Home Office has been currently prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We are communicating directly with customers to explain that applications for study, work and family visas have been taking longer to process at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Current average processing times:</p><p>Standard visitor visas - 6 weeks</p><p>Student visas - 3 weeks</p><p>Work visas - 6 weeks.</p><p>The service standard for overseas Marriage and Family applications has been extended from 60 days to 120 days.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26813 question first answered 06/07/2022 13:32:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1473132

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
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, how many super priority visa service applications have exceeded her Department's target timeframe for a response.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSteven.McGaffin%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C17ba81bced024a01d22108da59097d79%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637920194527759859%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bhDag7nSdXi0RcmlIu4YmOvGO9qxAjfQsyk3MHXjw6A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q1 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 24690 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:20:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1473133

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
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, how long it takes on average for her Department to make a decision on an application for a super priority visa.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSteven.McGaffin%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C17ba81bced024a01d22108da59097d79%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637920194527759859%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bhDag7nSdXi0RcmlIu4YmOvGO9qxAjfQsyk3MHXjw6A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q1 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 24689 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:20:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry