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1439678

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff from her Department were assigned to processing visa applications for entry into the UK from nationals from (a) Afghanistan and (b) Ukraine, as of 10 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	137977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to the situations in Afghanistan and Ukraine.</p><p>The Home Office, alongside the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand, so we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants. UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications, with personnel drawn from across its operations as needed.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/03/2022 14:54:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1439683

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Poland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff with relevant expertise and experience have been allocated to the UK's visa application centres in Poland since 20 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	138046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine.</p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand, where we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants. UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/03/2022 15:04:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1439684

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Romania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff with relevant expertise and experience have been allocated to the UK's visa application centre in Romania since 20 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	138047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system. We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine.</p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand, where we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants, and UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/04/2022 10:10:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1439685

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Hungary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff with relevant expertise and experience have been allocated to the UK's visa application centre in Hungary since 20 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	138048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 13:09:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1439686

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Moldova
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff with relevant expertise and experience have been allocated to the UK's visa application centre in Moldova since 20 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	138049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system. We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 15:13:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1439687

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff with relevant expertise and experience have been allocated to the UK's visa application centres in France since 20 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	138050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system. We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine.</p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand, where we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants, and UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/04/2022 10:13:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1439689

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Belgium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff with relevant expertise and experience have been allocated to the UK's visa application centres in Belgium since 20 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	138051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system. We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 15:18:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1439696

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Travel Documents and Visas: Ukraine
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 issue urgent guidance to airlines that fly to the UK that they should accept (a) UK issued visas or (b) prescribed temporary travel documents from those travelling from the Ukraine and who do not have access to their passport.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	138167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has informed carriers of the steps they need to take when assessing the eligibility of Ukrainian nationals for travel to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/03/2022 15:15:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1439720

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Eastern Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department are assigned to visa application centres in (a) France, (b) Poland, (c) Hungary, (d) Moldova, (e) Romania and (f) other overseas centres as of 10 March 2022; and if she will provide a breakdown of the number of staff assigned to each of those countries.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	137978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine.</p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand, where we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants. We review demand in individual locations regularly and flex resources to meet it as needed.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/03/2022 15:01:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1439722

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what practical support her Department plans to provide to Ukrainian refugees who are required to make an online application to come to the UK in the event that they do not have access to (a) a smartphone, (b) a computer and (c) internet signal; what languages the online application process will be available in; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>If someone is unable to make an online application to come to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme, their sponsor can submit the application on their behalf through the GOV.UK webpage. If an applicant requires further support uploading their documents as part of the application process, they can book an appointment at a Visa Application Centre to have their documents scanned and linked to their application.</p><p>The online application process for the Ukraine Family Scheme is currently only available in English, but guidance in Ukrainian is being made available.</p><p>Further information on the Ukraine Family Scheme can be found on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-ukraine-family-scheme-visa" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-ukraine-family-scheme-visa</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/04/2022 10:28:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas