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1666879

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
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 made an assessment of the capacity to produce biometric residence permits to meet the Streamlined Asylum Process.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	204027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We have agreed daily capacity limits that are sufficient to meet our demands for BRPs and have allowed for additional capacity to meet any surges in demand. Our service level agreement is to produce 100% of all BRPs within 48 hours of a request being received. Currently 100% of BRPs are produced within 48 hours and 99.7% within 24 hours.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 204029 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:17:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1666880

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
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 from a decision being made on a biometric residence permit to that permit being delivered is.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	204028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>All BRPs are produced within 48 hours and 99.1% of all BRPs are delivered within 48 hours of collection.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:11:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1666881

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
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 monthly production capacity for biometric residence permits.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	204029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We have agreed daily capacity limits that are sufficient to meet our demands for BRPs and have allowed for additional capacity to meet any surges in demand. Our service level agreement is to produce 100% of all BRPs within 48 hours of a request being received. Currently 100% of BRPs are produced within 48 hours and 99.7% within 24 hours.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 204027 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:17:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1666901

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people from Hong Kong with a pending asylum claim are allowed to transfer onto the British National (Overseas) visa scheme if they have become eligible since its expansion on 30 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	204022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>In most cases, a person with a pending asylum claim can make an application to the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route. However, all applications need to meet the relevant requirements to be granted, including the suitability requirements.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:09:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1666902

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
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 October 2023 to Question 200936 on Visas: Skilled Workers, how many allegations of exploitation investigated by the Seasonal Agricultural Compliance team resulted in (a) recovery of funds and (b) other forms of compensation.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	204023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data that would cover this request.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:03:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1666519

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Teleperformance
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 11 September 2023 to Question 195882 on Visas: Tourism, how much his Department spent on contracts with Teleperformance Ltd for (a) visa processing and (b) contact centre services in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	203789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not categorise the information in a way that groups together Visa Processing spend with Teleperformance Ltd from 2021 to 2023, therefore we are unable to answer part of this question.</p><p>Contractual information in Contracts Finder is available for the second part of the question.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:45:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1666521

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Visa Application Centres in (a) Kenya, (b) Nigeria, (c) Ghana and (d) South Africa courier passports and other documents of visa applicants to Decision Making Centres in the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	203790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Africa are operated by the commercial partner, TLS Contact, on behalf of UK Visas and Immigration. TLS Contact do not send physical passports or documents from these locations to the UK. Passports are stored either at the VAC or, for some locations, at a remote print location. A Keep My Passport service is available for purchase at the majority of the VACs in these countries which allows a customer to keep their passport while their application is processed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203791 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:30:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1666523

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Visa Application Centres in (a) Kenya, (b) Nigeria, (c) Ghana and (d) South Africa contain scanners and other equipment required for (i) checking the authenticity of passports and other documents and (ii) making electronic copies of those documents.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	203791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Africa are operated by the commercial partner, TLS Contact, on behalf of UK Visas and Immigration. TLS Contact do not send physical passports or documents from these locations to the UK. Passports are stored either at the VAC or, for some locations, at a remote print location. A Keep My Passport service is available for purchase at the majority of the VACs in these countries which allows a customer to keep their passport while their application is processed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203790 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:30:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1666596

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations raised by seasonal workers during farm inspections conducted by her Department were formally investigated in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	203922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We do not publish this data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:02:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1666603

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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 applications for (a) spousal, and (b) skilled worker visas in Wales were unresolved after (i) six and (ii) eight weeks in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	203884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We do not treat applications for those working or residing in Wales any differently to those residing in the UK and we are in service standard for straightforward cases across the named routes.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisa-fees-transparency-data%23Table%2520with%2520details%2520of%2520fees%2520and%2520unit%2520costs%2520-%252029%2520June%25202023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ccb14ed5bcc334b0b3fce08dbd4743928%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638337367856082763%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yM2EtVZjGPd5fzJoMh6wX0OFlopPOgj3AbzEetyHns4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa fees transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203885 203886 203887 question first answered 26/10/2023 10:13:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts