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1649390

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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

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

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

1605144

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	New Businesses: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support individuals whose Start-Up visas expire before the introduction of the revised Innovator visa.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	168031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The current provision for those switching from Start-up to Innovator remains in operation until the 13<sup>th</sup> April and applicants will be able to obtain endorsement in the usual manner until that date.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/03/2023 10:59:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1521801

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Midwives: Bristol East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Bristol East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	62732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>While NHS England retain oversight of local workforce plans and are updated on vacancy rates, recruitment and retention is undertaken at trust level.</p><p>In 2022, NHS England has invested a further £127 million in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care, including in Bristol East. This is in addition to £95 million invested in 2021 to fund the establishment of posts for a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians.</p><p>The NHS People Plan has been developed to focus on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, £45 million has been invested in to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2022 11:10:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 25044 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

838371

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for starting his Department's call for evidence on tax changes and single-use plastic waste.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	127232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget, the government announced a call for evidence on how changes to the tax system or charges could cut down on the use of single-use plastics.</p><p>The call for evidence will be launched shortly. The government will outline how it plans to proceed once we have analysed the responses to this call for evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/02/2018 12:08:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy