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1170243

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Polo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of special visas issued to foreign polo team players that have been utilised by low-skilled migrant workers.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>All entry requirements for sportspeople are agreed with the recognised Sport’s Governing Body for each sport and are subject to regular review. The criterion for polo was recently approved in November 2019 and is published on the SGB’s website. Home Office statistical data does not break down visas issued by particular sport.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/01/2020 17:32:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169940

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
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 reassess the potential merits of the £625 immigration health surcharge for NHS staff who are not UK citizens.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the manifesto, the Government is committed to increasing the Immigration Health Surcharge to ensure that temporary migrants cover the costs of the NHS services provided to them. We will set out our detailed plans for implementing this shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:07:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169941

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Polo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of granting special visas to foreign polo team players.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Immigration Rules governing professional sportspeople and coaches ensure that UK sports can access top end talent whilst at the same time protecting opportunities for resident players.</p><p>Entry requirements are agreed with recognised governing bodies and are subject to regular review.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/01/2020 17:30:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169943

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Windrush compensation scheme, (a) when she plans to make the first compensation payments and (b) how much money her Department has allocated to the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The compensation scheme opened in April 2019 and a number of claimants have received payments through the scheme.</p><p>We will publish information on the total number of claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme shortly as noted in our report to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Affairs_Select_Committee" target="_blank">Home Affairs Select Committee</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019</a>.</p><p>In relation to the amount of money allocated to the scheme, information relating to estimated costs including compensation payments are referred to in the Home Office’s Impact Assessment IA No: HO 0329 dated 9/1/19.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:27:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169944

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the report of the Windrush lessons learned review.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has not yet received the final report from Wendy Williams. On receipt it will be published as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:29:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169956

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) number of Windrush citizens who applied for emergency payments in urgent and exceptional circumstances before the Windrush Compensation Scheme was established; (b) number of Windrush citizens who have been found eligible for such payments and (c) total amount awarded via those emergency payments.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not included in statistical data published by the Home Office.</p><p>The Home Secretary provides regular updates to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the work of the department in connection with Windrush. This includes information on the urgent and exceptional support provided to members of the Windrush cohort.</p><p>The updates can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:00:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1169957

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Windrush citizens who have (a) applied to the Windrush Compensation Scheme and (b) received compensation under that scheme; and what the total amount awarded under that scheme is to date.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>We will publish information on the total number of claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme shortly as noted in our report to the Home Affairs Select Committee:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/01/2020 17:04:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1169959

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of outstanding applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme and (b) the average waiting time for (i) a decision on an application to that scheme and (ii) payment to the claimant.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>Outstanding applications are taken to mean those which have been submitted but which have not yet had a final decision.</p><p>We will publish information on the total number of claims, claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme shortly, as noted in the Home Secretary’s report to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Affairs_Select_Committee" target="_blank">Home Affairs Select Committee</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-the-hasc-on-windrush-22-october-2019</a>. We do not intend to publish information on the time taken between a claim being submitted and a decision or a payment being made on that claim – all claims are different and the time taken will depend on many factors, including its complexity. We also often resolve part of a claim ahead of the rest of it if that part can be resolved more quickly, thereby speeding up the provision of compensation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/02/2020 13:40:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1169781

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for family reunification with a beneficiary of international protection were received by the UK in 2019, by nationality.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	1700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Family Reunion in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Data on grants of Family Reunion visas by nationality are published in table Fam_D01 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. Data on applications and outcomes of Family Reunion visas by nationality are included in the ‘Family: other’ visa subgroup in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk</a></p><p>Although ‘family reunion’ visas are not separately available, the vast majority of ‘Family: other’ visas are family reunion.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to year ending September 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the asylum summary tables and entry clearance summary tables. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and entry clearance visas.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1701 question first answered 17/01/2020 11:11:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1169782

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions were made on applications for family reunification with a beneficiary of international protection in 2019; and how many of those applications were (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	1701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Family Reunion in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Data on grants of Family Reunion visas by nationality are published in table Fam_D01 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. Data on applications and outcomes of Family Reunion visas by nationality are included in the ‘Family: other’ visa subgroup in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk</a></p><p>Although ‘family reunion’ visas are not separately available, the vast majority of ‘Family: other’ visas are family reunion.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to year ending September 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the asylum summary tables and entry clearance summary tables. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and entry clearance visas.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1700 question first answered 17/01/2020 11:11:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil