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830366

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Tech City UK: Skilled 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 Tier 1 visas have been approved for people working at Tech City for people of each gender; from what country of origin those visas have been approved; and for the purposes of working in which regions of the UK have these visas been approved.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	124932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Tech City UK is a designated competent body who consider and endorse applications from talented individuals in the digital technology sector applying under the Tier 1 Exceptional Talent scheme. The individuals granted an endorsement do not take up employment with Tech City UK</p><p>Transparency data on the Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Scheme is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a><br>The latest data was published on the 30 November 2017, and provides all published data relating to Tech City UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/01/2018 12:03:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

830382

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Doctors
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 received representations on doctors from overseas being prevented from working in the NHS on account of immigration rules relating to their salaries; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	124948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We have received representations concerning the recruitment of overseas doctors under Tier 2 (General), our main immigration work route for non-EEA workers. The minimum salary thresholds were set following consultation with the independent Migration Advisory Committee and are based on pay scales published by the NHS – and have not been recently changed.</p><p>When we receive more applications than the number of places available in any given month, priority is given – through the award of points– first to occupations in UK shortage as identified by the independent Migration Advisory Committee, then to PhD-level occupations, and followed by economically valuable jobs paying higher salaries.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2018 16:09:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

829852

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage Certificates
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 suitability of (a) the Registration of Marriage Bill [Lords], (b) the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill and (c) the Registration of Marriage (No. 2) Bill to act as legislative vehicles to allow the Government to change the law in order to allow a mother's details to be recorded on marriage certificates; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	124619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Any change to the content of the marriage entry to include mothers’ names would ideally also bring forward reform to how marriages are registered to introduce efficiencies and create a more secure system for the maintenance of marriage records. This would require changes to primary legislation.</p><p>The Registration of Marriage Bill [ Lords ] and the Registration of Marriage (No 2) Bill seek to make these changes to current legislation, in particular to the Marriage Act 1949. Details relating to the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Bill have not yet been published.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2018 16:12:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

830011

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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 assessment her Department has made of trends in the average time taken to process asylum applications.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	124731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has a Service Standard to make an initial asylum decision within 182 days of the date of claim, which the Department has met for the last consecutive 39 months.</p><p>Despite this we are aware of the number of older cases in the system. These are more complex cases which generally have barriers that prevents an initial asylum decision being made. These barriers are often varied and require time to clear.</p><p>The Home Office is aware of the number of older cases and has plans in place to reduce the number of cases older than six months. These include a staff retention strategy to ensure it retains its highly skilled asylum decision makers, further expansion of digital processes to increase caseworking flexibility and the creation of a new team in Bootle which has been specifically established to tackle the older cases in the asylum system. This team has been designed to establish and roll out best practise in the management of older cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2018 16:20:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

830127

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the eligibility criteria is for people to qualify under the mandate resettlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	124809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Mandate plays an important part in facilitating the resettlement of refugees in various locations across the world. There is no specific quota or target for the number of people resettled via Mandate. The referral of cases (and the corresponding numbers of arrivals) under Mandate is dependent on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifying cases which meet its criteria. This criteria can be found in the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook under the UK’s country chapter available at <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/40ee6fc04.html" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/40ee6fc04.html</a><br>We publish a breakdown of arrivals under our resettlement schemes as part of the Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release, which was most recently updated on 30 November, however we do not publish a disaggregation of those resettled to immediate or extended family members.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 124810 question first answered 29/01/2018 16:06:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

830130

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees resettled under mandate resettlement were (a) immediate family members of sponsors in the UK and (b) extended family members in the past three years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	124810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Mandate plays an important part in facilitating the resettlement of refugees in various locations across the world. There is no specific quota or target for the number of people resettled via Mandate. The referral of cases (and the corresponding numbers of arrivals) under Mandate is dependent on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifying cases which meet its criteria. This criteria can be found in the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook under the UK’s country chapter available at <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/40ee6fc04.html" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/40ee6fc04.html</a><br>We publish a breakdown of arrivals under our resettlement schemes as part of the Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release, which was most recently updated on 30 November, however we do not publish a disaggregation of those resettled to immediate or extended family members.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 124809 question first answered 29/01/2018 16:06:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

830258

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for any contingency funding relating to the UK leaving the EU for (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	124919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We have agreed with HMT additional funding of £60m to support planning and implementation work relating to the UK leaving the EU for (a) 2017-18. Requirements for (b) 2018-19 are still under discussion with HMT and announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2018 16:19:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

828577

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to make an assessment of the potential merits of the review conducted by Stephen Shaw on the implementation of the recommendations on the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons, in advance of issuing updated guidance on her Department's adults at risk policy; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	124249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the judgment made by the High Court on 10 October 2017 in respect of the statutory guidance relating to the policy on adults at risk in immigration detention and will, in the near future, be engaging with a range of bodies with an interest in immigration detention as part of the process of revising the guidance. The Home Office will carefully consider any further recommendations or findings made by Stephen Shaw.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2018 15:32:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

828609

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bail
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 people who are released from immigration detention on immigration bail as a result of the repeal of section 4(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	124276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Section 4(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 was repealed on 15 January on the coming into effect of new immigration bail provisions in Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016, including new powers to provide accommodation in certain circumstances. The repeal of section 4(1) is not expected to have any discernible effect on the number of people released from immigration detention on immigration bail</p><p>There has been communication with the First-tier Tribunal about the implications of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act, including the repeal of section 4(1) of the 1999 Act and provision of bail accommodation. Regular discussions have also taken place with Ministry of Justice officials from both HM Courts and Tribunals Service and HM Prisons and Probation Service. No discussions on this subject have taken place with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government or Ministers in the devolved administrations. <br>Section 4(1) of the 1999 Act was used to provide accommodation to people released from immigration detention on bail and in limited circumstances to other categories of migrants who required support in order to avoid a breach of their rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights</p><p>Paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act replaces this with powers to provide accommodation to people released from detention on bail and to those who require it in order to avoid a breach of their Article 3 rights</p><p>Additionally, individuals granted immigration bail who are asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers still have access to support provided under sections 95 or 4(2) of the 1999 Act if they would otherwise be destitute and meet the normal eligibility criteria. Any migrant who is not entitled to support and who could leave the UK in order to avoid homelessness should do so.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 124277 124278 question first answered 29/01/2018 15:47:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

828610

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the First Tier Tribunal on the (a) repeal of section 4(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and (b) provision of bail accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	124277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Section 4(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 was repealed on 15 January on the coming into effect of new immigration bail provisions in Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016, including new powers to provide accommodation in certain circumstances. The repeal of section 4(1) is not expected to have any discernible effect on the number of people released from immigration detention on immigration bail</p><p>There has been communication with the First-tier Tribunal about the implications of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act, including the repeal of section 4(1) of the 1999 Act and provision of bail accommodation. Regular discussions have also taken place with Ministry of Justice officials from both HM Courts and Tribunals Service and HM Prisons and Probation Service. No discussions on this subject have taken place with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government or Ministers in the devolved administrations. <br>Section 4(1) of the 1999 Act was used to provide accommodation to people released from immigration detention on bail and in limited circumstances to other categories of migrants who required support in order to avoid a breach of their rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights</p><p>Paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act replaces this with powers to provide accommodation to people released from detention on bail and to those who require it in order to avoid a breach of their Article 3 rights</p><p>Additionally, individuals granted immigration bail who are asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers still have access to support provided under sections 95 or 4(2) of the 1999 Act if they would otherwise be destitute and meet the normal eligibility criteria. Any migrant who is not entitled to support and who could leave the UK in order to avoid homelessness should do so.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 124276 124278 question first answered 29/01/2018 15:47:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald