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1672809

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Music
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the visa applications of (a) artists and (b) other professionals for the WOMEX international music convention in October 2024.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	3618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>Officials from UK Visas and Immigration have already engaged with the organisers of the WOMEX International Music Convention (2024) in August this year. UKVI officials will continue to work with the organisers to support the visa application process for artists and other professionals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/11/2023 11:09:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1672922

registered interest
date	24/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wind Power: 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 make it his policy to reinstate the offshore wind workers concession.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	3676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The government is fully supportive of businesses involved in delivering the UK’s net zero ambitions. The wind farm sector has many roles which meet the requirements of the UK’s main economic migration route, the Skilled Worker route.</p><p>The offshore wind farm worker immigration rules concession ended on 30 April. There are no plans to reinstate the concession given the industry has a visa route available to them to use if they are unable fill vacancies from the domestic workforce.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/11/2023 11:02:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1672158

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	Passports: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were issued from HM Passport Office in Belfast in the last three years; and how many and what proportion of these passports were issued to people declaring that they held an Irish passport.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	3133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Passport applications are distributed across offices throughout the UK. The data for the volume of passports issued following a successful application by office, and the data for the number of applications processed by office, is not held in a reportable format.</p><p>The data for applications where the holding of a non-British passport has been declared is not broken down by the issuing country of that passport, and is therefore not held in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/11/2023 17:23:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

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

1672449

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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 1202 on Members: Correspondence, if he will make an assessment of the status of the technical issue as of 22 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	3305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Having reviewed the system we are satisfied that this error is not part of a wider systemic issue.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of all requests for Biometric Residence Permits are successfully processed, however, the case in question was part of a very small number of failures, usually because of a data entry error rather than a system issue. We are taking steps (like postcode lookup and enhanced operational guidance) to further enhance data quality to drive down the small number even further.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/11/2023 12:04:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1671796

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration raids his Department carried out on employers in each employment sector in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	2778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.</p><p>Information about the number of Enforcement Visits conducted by Immigration Enforcement in relation to employers in each employer sector is not available in our published data.</p><p>Our published data on enforcement visits (including illegal working visits) is available at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstatistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEddyMontgomerySubs%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61b8e3ef9f1e4de9c77e08dbeb42aeb2%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638362443854676359%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=B8KSF29YGF9w0ZUfdlTqUCv%2FXANUa3yTAqSgwp046eI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/11/2023 12:11:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1671982

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Statement on Illegal Immigration on 15 November 2023, Official Report, column 649, whether he plans to lay the treaty with Rwanda on asylum processing before Parliament for 21 sitting days before ratification.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	2827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The treaties the Government wishes to ratify are subject to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaG) 2010. As provided for under CRaG, Parliament has a statutory period of 21 days to scrutinise and potentially debate the treaty prior to ratification. We will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/11/2023 12:09:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1671999

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
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 applied for an exemption to the Life in the UK Test on the basis of a long-term (a) physical and (b) mental condition in each month since January 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3051 3052 question first answered 27/11/2023 12:18:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672000

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
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 were refused an exemption to the Life in the UK Test on the basis of a long-term (a) physical and (b) mental condition in each month since January 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3050 3052 question first answered 27/11/2023 12:18:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1672001

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was to process an application for an exemption to the Life in the UK Test in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	3052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to provide this data as we do not record data relating to requests for exemption from the Life in the UK Test.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3050 3051 question first answered 27/11/2023 12:18:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain