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800820

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether children of parents with EU citizenship will be able to apply for settled status in their own right before they reach the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	117441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>If a child under the age of 18 meets the requirements of the Withdrawal Agreement in their own right they can apply for settled status independently of their parents. However, we would expect most children under the age of 18 to apply as the family member of their EU citizen parent.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/12/2017 12:48:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

767514

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: South Asia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for visitor visas have been granted in (a) India and (b) Pakistan in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	106813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Pakistani Visitor visas (including dependants)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resolved</strong></p></td><td><p><em>Of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar </strong><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Granted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>85,500</p></td><td><p>87,172</p></td><td><p>54,768</p></td><td><p>32,115</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>85,749</p></td><td><p>88,901</p></td><td><p>61,578</p></td><td><p>27,102</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>87,541</p></td><td><p>89,709</p></td><td><p>57,117</p></td><td><p>32,332</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>90,060</p></td><td><p>90,305</p></td><td><p>44,976</p></td><td><p>45,126</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>83,572</p></td><td><p>83,295</p></td><td><p>41,095</p></td><td><p>42,067</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Immigration Statistics April-June 2017, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q and corresponding datasets.</p><p>Data on visa grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed cases may relate to applications made in an earlier period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Indian Visitor visas (including dependants)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resolved</strong></p></td><td><p><em>Of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar </strong><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Granted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>335,850</p></td><td><p>335,261</p></td><td><p>298,884</p></td><td><p>35,437</p></td><td><p>819</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>352,740</p></td><td><p>354,262</p></td><td><p>316,911</p></td><td><p>36,510</p></td><td><p>802</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>352,880</p></td><td><p>354,184</p></td><td><p>319,804</p></td><td><p>33,647</p></td><td><p>697</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>411,182</p></td><td><p>411,526</p></td><td><p>367,211</p></td><td><p>43,660</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>450,797</p></td><td><p>450,401</p></td><td><p>390,036</p></td><td><p>59,843</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Immigration Statistics April-June 2017, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q and corresponding datasets.</p><p>Data on visa grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed cases may relate to applications made in an earlier period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/10/2017 14:40:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

767587

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time it took to (a) issue a replacement biometric card and (b) determine an indefinite leave to remain application in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	106740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration have different service standards for all Biometric Replacement Cards, these are dependent upon the immigration leave that an individual may have.</p><p> </p><p>Published service standards for all Indefinite Leave to Remain applications are to complete 100% of straightforward applications within six months.</p><p> </p><p>Where an application is defined as non-straightforward, due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 15:29:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

767588

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for asylum were refused, broken down by gender, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	106742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim before a decision is taken, even where that information may be sensitive or difficult to disclose.</p><p>The Home Office publishes figures on the outcome of asylum claims made during each calendar year in table as_06 of the <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, <em>Immigration Statistics April to June 2017</em> is available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/10/2017 14:44:32 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

767590

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of failed asylum seekers currently in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	106741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Details of total numbers of cases who have had asylum claims refused, have no basis to remain having exhausted all appeal rights and are subject to removal action, can be found in Asylum transparency data:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2017" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 15:32:45 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

767591

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the proportion of cases is in which a person granted humanitarian protection in the last 10 years has subsequently had that protection subsequently withdrawn as no longer required.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	106811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but the data required to answer the question is not recorded in a way that can be reported on accurately.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 15:35:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

767592

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Carers: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the position of Zambrano carers after the UK leaves the EU is being discussed in the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	106816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government publishes details of its negotiating position on citizens’ rights on the gov.uk webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/648148/September_-_Joint_technical_note_on_the_comparison_of_EU-UK_positions_on_citizens__rights.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/648148/September_-_Joint_technical_note_on_the_comparison_of_EU-UK_positions_on_citizens__rights.pdf</a>.</p><p>As set out in the personal scope section of the table, the focus of the citizens’ rights negotiations is on those currently resident in the UK under the Free Movement Directive and Article 21 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union. Further proposals, relating to those who derive a right of residence from other instruments of European Union (EU) law, will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 15:37:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

750220

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2017 to Question 2790, on immigration: EU nationals, what criteria for (a) conduct and (b) criminality will be employed when assessing applications for settled status by non-UK EU citizens living in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	4042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Applications for settled status by non-UK EU citizens will be refused on grounds of public policy if on the basis of their conduct or criminality they represent a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the fundamental interests of society in the UK. Applications will be decided on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>This will be subject to negotiations and a reciprocal deal with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 13:29:05 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

748223

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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 non-UK EU citizens living in the UK whose applications for settled status are refused will be required to leave the UK when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	2790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out that obtaining settled status will be subject to meeting certain requirements. The eligibility criteria will be set out in UK law, and will include a requirement for the applicant to have been resident in the UK for a set length of time and an assessment of conduct and criminality, including not being considered a threat to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to apply rules to exclude those who are serious or persistent criminals and those whom we consider a threat to the UK. Those who are refused settled status, unless they are covered by any of the exemptions that the Government puts in place or have another basis to remain in the UK, will no longer have permission to remain in the UK after we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2017 10:21:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

732886

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral answer of 27 June 2017 to the right hon. Member for Leeds Central, Official Report, column 309, whether EU citizens applying to have a (a) spouse or partner, (b) child over 18-years old, (c) child under 18-years old or (d) parent join them in the UK after the UK has left the EU will be required to meet a minimum income threshold.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	1460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, proposes that family members who wish to join an eligible EU citizen after exit will be subject to the same rules as apply to non-EU nationals joining British citizens, or alternatively to the post-exit immigration arrangements for EU citizens who arrive after the specified date, if they are an EU citizen.</p><p>It is our intention that all EU citizens living lawfully in the UK before the specified date are covered by the proposals. It will not be necessary to be present in the UK on the specified date and – as is currently the case under the Free Movement Directive - there will be flexibility for temporary absences.</p><p>The Government undertakes to treat EU citizens who were resident in the UK before the specified date, according to the principles set out in the policy paper in the expectation that the EU will offer reciprocal treatment for UK nationals resident in its member states.</p><p>Further details of the Government’s proposals on citizens’ rights are in the policy paper on ‘Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU’, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-the-position-of-eu-citizens-in-the-uk-and-uk-nationals-in-the-eu" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-the-position-of-eu-citizens-in-the-uk-and-uk-nationals-in-the-eu</a>.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/07/2017 12:07:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn