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628969

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 investigations have been undertaken in each of the last 12 months into UK Visas and Immigration officials failing to carry out Tier 4 interviews fairly and consistently; and what action was taken on each such occasion.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested on investigations is not held centrally and is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p>All decisions to refuse students on the basis of an interview can be appealed under the Administrative Review process and by an independent decision-maker. UK Visas and Immigration also have a specialist international assurance function that will review decisions on Tier 4 applications.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/11/2016 17:23:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628970

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) safeguards and (b) procedures are in place to ensure the fair and consistent operation of the Genuine Student Rule and Tier 4 interview policy by UK Visas and Immigration officers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Interviews are conducted with international students as part of the visa application process in order to confirm that the applicant meets the requirements of the UK immigration rules, in particular that he or she is a genuine student. Entry Clearance Officers have access to detailed guidance on how the Genuine Student Rule should be implemented with reference to the relevant sections of the immigrations rules, and guidance when interviewing may be required to support decision making.</p><p>Entry Clearance Managers will conduct regular reviews on the Tier 4 decision making process and UKVI International have a specialist assurance function that reviews decision quality of PBS applications.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 16:11:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628971

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 has issued guidance on what questions are (a) appropriate and (b) inappropriate to be asked by UK Visas and Immigration officers when conducting Tier 4 interviews in relation to the Genuine Student Rule.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Entry Clearance staff are provided with full guidance on how the Genuine Student Rule should be implemented and this includes guidance on interviewing in support of making final decisions on Points Based System Tier 4 cases.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 15:43:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628972

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 appeals to Tier 4 visa decisions were (a) received and (b) upheld by the appellant's country of origin in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The information for how many appeals received and upheld for Tier 4 visa decisions in the last 12 months is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 15:42:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628973

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
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 taken for processing appeals to Tier 4 visa decisions was in the last 12 months; what targets or limits she has set in relation to processing those appeals; and on how many occasions the length of time taken in such cases prevented a successful applicant from taking up a place at a UK higher education institution by country of origin of the applicant.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The information for the average time taken for processing appeals to Tier 4 visa decisions in the last 12 months is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The listing of an appeal is the responsibility of HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service and as such the targets or limits set in relation to processing those appeals are not available to the Home Office.</p><p>We do not hold the information on how many occasions the length of time taken in such cases prevented a successful applicant from taking up a place at a UK higher education institution.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 15:42:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628974

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
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, if she will release an anonymised version of the data which her Department and its agencies hold on visa refusal rates for higher education institutions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but this information is not collated centrally.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/01/2017 13:59:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628975

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
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 a recent assessment of the cost to travellers of the Registered Traveller scheme relative to similar schemes in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	51927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The details of the Registered Traveller Service are regularly reviewed; we remain aware of similar schemes in operation and their costs and benefits and are confident that the UK’s Registered Traveller Service offers good value for money.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 15:43:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

628976

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines have been issued to companies for employing illegal immigrants since 2010; what the total amount of those fines was; and of those fines, how much has been collected.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The information you requested for the financial years 2009/10 to 2015/16, and for the current financial year to the end of September, set out in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of initial penalties issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of initial penalties issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of penalties collected</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2339</p></td><td><p>£23.2m</p></td><td><p>£4.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1899</p></td><td><p>£17.2m</p></td><td><p>£6.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1341</p></td><td><p>£11.4m</p></td><td><p>£6.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1270</p></td><td><p>£10.8m</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2149</p></td><td><p>£16.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1974</p></td><td><p>£29.6m</p></td><td><p>£7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2594</p></td><td><p>£46.2m</p></td><td><p>£12.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 (up to 30/09/16)</p></td><td><p>1549</p></td><td><p>£24.0m</p></td><td><p>£8.5m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note the figures are for penalties levied at the initial decision stage which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage.</p><p>Please also note that the collection figures are not cohort based statistics and therefore do not represent payment against penalties issued in a particular year.</p><p>The figures show the number of civil penalties issued to all businesses in the periods set out in the table. This includes public and private limited companies, sole traders, partnerships and franchises.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/12/2016 16:40:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

628977

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on whether the operation of the Genuine Student Rule and Tier 4 interview policy by UK Visas and Immigration officers is (a) fair and (b) consistent.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>We are in constant engagement with stakeholders within the education sector to ensure that the rules and guidance within Tier 4 are operating as intended. Entry Clearance Managers conduct regular reviews on the Tier 4 decision making process and UKVI International have a specialist assurance function that reviews decision quality of PBS applications.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/11/2016 17:32:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628141

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Rescue Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which migrant rescue missions the Government is involved in; and how many migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean by UK vessels relative to last year's figures.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	51868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK is currently providing support to multiple operations across the Mediterranean.</p><p>Some of these have an explicit focus on search and rescue: Border Force and Royal Navy assets are supporting Operations POSEIDON and TRITON in the Aegean and central Mediterranean respectively.</p><p>Migrants have also been rescued this year as part of Operation SOPHIA – the EU’s military response to counter migrant smuggling from Libya. Although SOPHIA does not have a search and rescue mandate, under the UNCLOS, vessels respond to those in distress at sea. UK vessels have rescued over 25,000 migrants since January 2015, 9,000 of those within this calendar year.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/11/2016 17:44:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis