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911100

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Migrant 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 21 May 2018 to Question 144296 on Deportation: Migrant Workers, and with reference to refusals having been given where there have been substantial differences of often tens of thousands of pounds between the earnings used to claim points in an immigration application and an applicant’s HMRC records without a credible explanation from the applicant, what numerical value applies to the term often.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	147906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>As I confirmed to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 8 May and in my previous answer to Question 144296, we are carrying out a review of Tier 1 (General) cases. This includes a manual check of all refused applications since 1 January 2017. We will report the findings of the review to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:47:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

911232

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Carillion: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department provides to former Carillion staff who have been asked to reapply for Tier 2 sponsorship since that company went into liquidation.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	147797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of an individual case where a former member of Carillion staff has made an enquiry about obtaining new leave to remain on the basis of having obtained employment with a new employer. We have offered a dedicated point of contact in UKVI for the individual or employer to refer to if they need any advice or assistance in submitting a new application</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 17:26:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

911249

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catering: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason restaurants that offer a takeaway or home delivery service have been precluded from becoming Tier 2 visa sponsors since 2011; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that policy on the strength of the south Asian and east Asian restaurant sector since that date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	147926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Tier 2 (General) supports non-EEA high skilled workers taking up employment with UK based employers. The MAC has consulted widely with the restaurant industry on a number of occasions and they have concluded that the current criteria adequately identify the very best chefs whilst providing measures for preventing abuse of the system. In order to define what constitutes a skilled chef, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and the Home Office developed criteria designed to identify the top 5% to 8% of chefs. Only chefs who meet these criteria are able to qualify under Tier 2 (General).</p><p>Part of the qualifying criteria is that the job must not be in an establishment which provides a take-away service. We believe that the finest quality restaurants are generally not associated with the provision of takeaway services. We recognise that there may be a small number of high quality exceptions, but the immigration system has to apply clear, objective and verifiable criteria equally to all applications.</p><p>We are carefully considering a range of options for the future immigration system and will set out initial plans in the coming months. The Government is clear that we will make decisions on the future immigration system based on evidence and engagement. That is why we asked the independent Migration Advisory Committee to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. The MAC’s report is due to be published in September.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 147927 question first answered 04/06/2018 16:50:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

911250

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catering: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the restrictions on Tier 2 visa sponsorship for chefs.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	147927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Tier 2 (General) supports non-EEA high skilled workers taking up employment with UK based employers. The MAC has consulted widely with the restaurant industry on a number of occasions and they have concluded that the current criteria adequately identify the very best chefs whilst providing measures for preventing abuse of the system. In order to define what constitutes a skilled chef, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and the Home Office developed criteria designed to identify the top 5% to 8% of chefs. Only chefs who meet these criteria are able to qualify under Tier 2 (General).</p><p>Part of the qualifying criteria is that the job must not be in an establishment which provides a take-away service. We believe that the finest quality restaurants are generally not associated with the provision of takeaway services. We recognise that there may be a small number of high quality exceptions, but the immigration system has to apply clear, objective and verifiable criteria equally to all applications.</p><p>We are carefully considering a range of options for the future immigration system and will set out initial plans in the coming months. The Government is clear that we will make decisions on the future immigration system based on evidence and engagement. That is why we asked the independent Migration Advisory Committee to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. The MAC’s report is due to be published in September.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 147926 question first answered 04/06/2018 16:50:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

911259

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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, whether his Department has had discussions with Refugee Action on the recommendations of its report on waiting in the dark: how the asylum system dehumanises, disempowers and damages published in May.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	147959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials meet regularly with Refugee Action and other NGOs to discuss the operation of the asylum system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 17:22:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

910198

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2018 to Question 144296, how many Tier 1 (general) applications were refused in each of the last five years where there were substantial differences of over £10,000 between the earnings used to claim points in an immigration application and an applicant’s HMRC records.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	147457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>As I confirmed to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 8 May and in my previous answer to Question 144296, we are carrying out a review of Tier 1 (General) cases. This includes a manual check of all refused applications since 1 January 2017. We will report the findings of the review to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:43:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

910266

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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 residents have been detained in immigration detention centres with issues outstanding from (a) the constituency of Camberwell and Peckham and (b) the London Borough of Southwark in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	147301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Home Office data is not broken down by Parliamentary constituency or metropolitan borough. The latest data, which goes back to 2009, is published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October to December 2017’, and is 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 04/06/2018 16:32:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

910285

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2018 to Question 141827, what methodology and criteria he is using to monitor the effect of the operation of the immigration cap on potential NHS doctors; if he will make it his policy to remove those restrictions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	147426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises fully the contribution that doctors working in the NHS – and other professionals – make to the UK. But it is also important to ensure that our immigration routes work in the national interest and protects the resident labour market.</p><p>Where the number of applications by UK based employers exceeds the monthly allocation of available Tier 2 (General) places, first priority is given to applications filling a shortage occupation, followed by PhD-level occupations, graduate occupations and lastly on salary, from highest to lowest.</p><p>A number of medical professionals, including consultants working in the specialisms of emergency medicine, clinical radiology and old age psychiatry are already recognised to be in national shortage, as determined by the Migration Advisory Committee, and receive priority within the allocation of Tier 2 places. We estimate that around 40% of all Tier 2 places go to the NHS.</p><p>No application seeking to undertake a job in national shortage has ever been refused a place because of the visa cap.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 17:24:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

910305

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on (a) chartered and (b) commercial flights to (i) remove and (ii) deport people from the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the total costs of public expense removals in 2015/16 and 2016/17 which includes; charter flight costs, scheduled flights ticketing costs, ticket contract management costs and other administrative costs (including the costs of cancelled flights). These costs also cover the ticketing costs for overseas security escorts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scheduled </strong><strong>Flights</strong> <strong>(£</strong><strong> million) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Charter Flight</strong><strong>s</strong> <strong>(£</strong><strong> million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net Total </strong> <strong>(£</strong><strong> Million )</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016 </strong></p></td><td><p>£17.3</p></td><td><p>£9.1</p></td><td><p>£26.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>£17.0</p></td><td><p>£8.6</p></td><td><p>£25.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>By precedent, we do not release data for 2017-18 until the Home Office accounts have been finalised, audited by the National Audit Office, and laid before Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:35:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

910306

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many chartered flights were used to (a) deport and (b) remove people from the UK by destination in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of returns by charter flights. This data is not available broken down by “removed” and “deported”.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of charter flights</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Returns</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria and Ghana</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1711</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of charter flights</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Returns</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria and Ghana</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total :</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1599</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of charter flights</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Returns</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria and Ghana</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria only</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France, Switzerland and Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France, Austria and Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France and Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total :</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1565</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Home Office charter flights to a number of European countries. This is to transfer asylum seekers whose claims have been considered in line with the Dublin Regulation, or who are beneficiaries of international protection in another safe EU Member State.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:37:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty