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76834

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
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 the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration to reply to hon. Members in (a) all and (b) urgent visit visa cases was in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>For 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, UK Visas and Immigration replied to <br>correspondence from hon. Members within an average of 26 days. Information on <br>the average time taken to reply to urgent visa cases is not recorded centrally <br>and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 10:21:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9733 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76835

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to UK Visas and Immigration Directorate on responding to hon. Members' representations on visit visa cases.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance is available to all staff involved in responding to correspondence from hon. Members. This guidance explains when it is appropriate for staff to contact the business unit dealing with the case. <br><br>Additionally, the Home Office have issued an Information Fact Sheet – ‘Family Visit Visa Information Fact Sheet for Members of Parliament acting on behalf of their constituents’ to hon. Members. The Information Fact Sheet is available on the Home Office MP website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:57:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9728 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76836

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Ilford South will receive a reply from the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration to the urgent representations he made on behalf of his constituents Mr and Mrs Mehta on 16 June 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A Home Office official responded to the hon. Member on 10 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:29:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9730 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76840

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons hon. Members' recent representations to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration were not referred to the post for a review; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Officials within UK Visas and Immigration review all representations to the Director General and where appropriate they will liaise with the overseas post to request a review of the decision. The case that the Hon. Member recently raised has been referred to post for review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:26:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9731 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

65033

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
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 annual salary of a UK Visas and Immigration asylum caseworker is; and how many asylum decisions such a caseworker makes on average in one year.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	203401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are two grades of Asylum caseworkers in UKVI, EO decision makers and HEO <br>senior decision makers. <br>The pay scales for these caseworkers are:<br><br>EO National - £22,770 - £26,209<br>EO London - £26,242 - £30,181<br>HEO National - £27150 - 32460<br>HEO London - £30,388 - £36,922<br>We are unable to provide average salary data for UKVI caseworkers. <br>This year we expect to employ an average of 409 caseworkers. Caseworkers are <br>expected to conduct interviews, deal with decisions and take detained fast <br>track appeals. They are expected to work on 225 of these in various <br>combinations in a year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:21:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8349 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

63933

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contract or temporary employees are employed in the Older Live Cases Unit; and what proportion of the overall staff count are contract or temporary employees.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	202313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There were 208 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) temporary agency workers employed on <br>OLCU casework at the end of Q1 2014, this was equal to 62.7% of the overall <br>staff at the time. FTE means that part time employees are counted by the <br>proportion of full time hours they work, so that staff working half the time of <br>an equivalent full time colleague would count as 0.5 FTE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/07/2014 15:08:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

63935

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time staff are employed in the Older Live Cases Unit.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	202314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There were 332 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff employed by OLCU at the end of <br>Q1 2014. FTE means that part time employees are counted by the proportion of <br>full time hours they work, so that staff working half the time of an equivalent <br>full time colleague would count as 0.5 FTE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/07/2014 14:56:11 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

62691

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an 0300 telephone line is available for people wishing to make enquiries of UK Visas and Immigration.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	201295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Visas and Immigration offer the following numbers for members of the public <br>wishing to make enquiries<br><br>Number<br>Service<br>0300 123 2253<br>European and Nationality related enquiries<br>0300 123 2235<br>Asylum Support Customers<br>0300 123 2241<br>General enquiries<br>0300 123 4699<br>Sponsor and employer helpline</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/06/2014 13:40:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

62694

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the incorrect 0870 telephone number being given out to applicants seeking advice on their applications with UK Visas and Immigration; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	201321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are aware that some UK Visas and Immigration letters may still contain the <br>0870 contact number, and this is being addressed. A small number of <br>representations have been received on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/06/2014 11:22:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

62095

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
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 arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration, of 1 May 2014 on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M5845/14.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	200805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Director General responsible for Immigration Enforcement, responded to the hon. Member on 17 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/06/2014 15:39:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick