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873712

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Commonwealth-born citizens were detained by UK immigration services between January 2015 and January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information you have requested in a reportable format. The information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Home Office data only holds current nationality, and not nationality at birth. The latest data, which goes back to 2009, is published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October to December 2017’, and available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:37:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873805

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that U.K Visas and Immigration have adequate resources to meet an increase in applications before the 2020 cut-off date for non-UK EU nationals.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>UKVI have commenced a programme of recruitment to increase staffing levels to circa 1500 FTE to deal with the EU Exit scheme and have increased both infrastructure and IT in line with the increased staffing levels.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873806

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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, what steps her Department has taken to establish a comprehensive register of non-UK EU citizens in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced last autumn that a system of registration would be introduced for EU citizens arriving during the post-EU exit implementation period (30 March 2019 to 31 December 2020). Work is well underway to build a system that will enable this.</p><p> </p><p>This registration scheme will apply to those who wish to stay in the UK for longer than three months and will sit alongside the settlement scheme for all EU citizens and their family members resident in the UK before the end of the implementation period. The settlement scheme will open for voluntary applications in late 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873807

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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 length of time is for UK Visas and Immigration to process a visa application.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Performance against service standards for processing of visas is published in the Migration Transparency data at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134922 134923 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873808

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unprocessed visa applications there are and what steps she is taking to reduce that number.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Performance against service standards for processing of visas is published in the Migration Transparency data at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134921 134923 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873809

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family reunion visa applications were processed within service standards in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Performance against service standards for processing of visas is published in the Migration Transparency data at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 134921 134922 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873810

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifications that require no further action are sent on average to applicants for Tier 4 visas.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Where a notification from a Tier 4 sponsor is received and requires no further action, no correspondence is issued to the Tier 4 visa holder.</p><p>Numbers of notifications that require no further action can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sponsorship-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sponsorship-transparency-data-february-2018</a> on tab SN_01</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873811

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
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 is taking steps to simplify the process of applying for a tier 4 visa.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>We continue to explore whether we could make our offer to international students even more attractive, without increasing the risk of immigration abuse, and we are committed to supporting UK universities in attracting international students and talent from around the world. The Tier 4 visa pilot reflects this ambition.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot helps to streamline the visa process for international students looking to study on a Masters’ course, in the UK, of 13 months or less. The pilot means that universities are responsible for eligibility checks, so that students applying for their visa can submit fewer documents alongside their visa applications. All students continue to be subject to Immigration Rules and must still undergo stringent Home Office security and identity checks.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot also helps to support students who wish to switch into a work route and take up a graduate role, by extending the leave period following the end of their study, to up to six months.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will be rolling out the Tier 4 visa pilot more widely for international students in the 18/19 intake. A further 23 institutions have been selected, based on having the consistently lowest visa refusal rates for their region or country. The expansion of the pilot will allow us to consider the impact of the pilot on a more diverse group of sponsors.</p><p> </p><p>Once evaluated, we will consider whether to introduce the offer being tested with the pilot into the Immigration Rules and make it policy. The evaluation will report interim findings with a final report in the spring of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:44:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

873813

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken since the first quarter of 2016 to reduce fraud in the English language testing system.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	134927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office closely monitors the provision of Secure English Language Testing, and has a series of robust monitoring mechanisms to ensure the integrity of the system. These mechanisms include regular audits of test centres by Home Office staff, ensuring that most centres are audited once every 12 months. There are also a series of steps that the providers are required to take, and the Home Office holds service review meeting with the providers to evaluate performance and examine any issues.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:44:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz