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577575

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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, when her Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 17 August 2016 to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration on visitor visas, constituent case references GWF041254009 and GWF 041254061.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>A response to your letter of 17 August 2016 has been sent today.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 15:25:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

577576

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to work with the Local Government Association to explore the possibility of accommodating more than 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	45385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK has already committed to resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees from the region during this parliament and we have no plans to increase this at the present time. Our priorities are humanitarian aid and actively seeking an end to the conflict in Syria.</p><p>We believe this approach is the best way to ensure that the UK’s help has the greatest impact for the majority of refugees who remain in the region and their host countries. The government has been working with the Local Government Association, local authorities and devolved administrations across the UK in order to ensure we have the capacity and infrastructure to meet our commitment to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Syrians by the end of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 15:23:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

577577

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the Syrian refugees planned to be taken in by the UK by 2020 will be located in each (a) constituent nation and region and (b) local authority area in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	45386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme is voluntary and there has been a tremendous amount of goodwill from local authorities. Some of those authorities have not resettled people in the initial phases of the scheme, but will be resettling people in the future. We ask local authorities who have pledged their help be sure they have the infrastructure and support networks needed to ensure the appropriate care and integration of these refugees before telling us how many individuals they believe they are able to resettle. Once a local authority has pledged to resettle refugees – however many – we work with them to ensure there are suitable accommodation and care packages in place in that authority area in order for resettlement to take place. We will only place individuals in a particular area once we’ve ensured these arrangements are in place and will manage the flows based on need and in support of the wellbeing of the people and communities involved.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 15:24:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

577583

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to publish regular updates on progress on accepting Syrian refugees into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	45348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p>Latest statistics published on 25 August confirmed that a total of a total of 2,898 Syrians have been resettled under the scheme since it began, 2,646 of these arriving since 1 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 12:37:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

577588

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 unaccompanied minors who have (a) applied for and (b) been granted asylum in the UK in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Figures on asylum applications and decisions for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>The attached table shows asylum applications, decisions and grants from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, excluding dependants, from Quarter 3 2015 to Quarter 2 2016.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April to June 2016, is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 15:25:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name PQ 45482 Table.xlsx title Asylum application decisions
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

577591

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Visitors: Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the differences are in entry clearance requirements of visitors to the UK from (a) Israel and (b) the occupied Palestinian territories.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	45572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>All non EEA Visitors to the UK are assessed against the requirements set out in appendix V of the Immigration Rules. These are the same for all regardless of nationality.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 15:24:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

577592

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Visitors: Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for entry clearance visas were (a) made, (b) resolved, (c) issued, (d) refused and (e) lapsed for (i) the occupied Palestinian territories and (ii) Israel in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	45579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The latest available information is given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Entry clearance visa applications resolved, granted, refused, lapsed and withdrawn: Year ending June 2016</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resolved</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>of which</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nationality</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Granted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>1,097</p></td><td><p>1,094</p></td><td><p>967</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupied Palestinian Territories</p></td><td><p>4,742</p></td><td><p>4,694</p></td><td><p>2,774</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>1,863</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Table notes: Figures include visitor visas and transit visas.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Israeli nationals are not required to apply for a visa if coming to the UK as tourists or visitors. Palestinians will be required to apply for visas for all applications to enter the UK.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="2"><p>Source: <br>Immigration Statistics April - June 2016, Home Office, table vi_02_q.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April - June 2016’, available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 15:23:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

577595

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of potential merits of introducing a two year visa option for visitors from India.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Indian citizens can already apply for 2, 5 and 10 year validity visit visas.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 14:36:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

577602

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were released without being considered for deportation by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity and (c) country of origin in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on the number of foreign national offenders that have been released without consideration, within the Immigration Statistics release on the GOV.UK website:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-may-2016</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-august-2016</p><p>With regards to their sex, ethnicity and country of origin, it is the general policy of the Home Office not to disclose data where it refers to five individuals or less so that the identities of individuals can be protected. As less than five individuals have been released without consideration, the data is not disclosable.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 12:37:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

576883

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the granting of visas to Syrian passport holders to enter the UK on a short term basis.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	45123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>It is not Home Office policy to refuse an application for a visa on the basis of an applicant’s nationality. All visa applications are considered on their merits, in accordance with the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 45126 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:19:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows