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1463517

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to introduce visa-free travel to the UK for Colombian passport holders.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	3629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK keeps its visa system under regular review. Decisions on changes reflect a range of factors. These will vary globally, but often include security, compliance, returns and prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/05/2022 09:33:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3133 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1463538

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the war in Ukraine is having an impact on the (a) eligibility of Russian nationals for skilled worker visas and (b) availability of such visas for Russian nationals.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The Skilled Worker Visa is open to all nationals, subject to immigration and criminality checks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 16:33:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3131 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1463546

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Schools
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 remove visa costs for EU citizens who are planning to work as language assistants in UK schools.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>We do not have any plans to waive visa application fees for language assistants who are looking to use the Points Based System to work in UK schools.</p><p> </p><p>Fees provide a vital contribution towards the provision of the resources necessary to operate and sustain our borders and immigration system. This reduces reliance on taxpayer funding, while ensuring the costs of the system are met. It would be unfair to the taxpayer and other users of the immigration system if we were to exempt EU citizens seeking work as language assistants given our migration system is now a global one, not one determined by whether you hold an EEA or non-EEA passport</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/05/2022 10:46:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3130 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1463575

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
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 to sponsor Ukrainian refugees have been made under the Homes for Ukraine scheme to date in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
tabling member printed	Greg Clark
uin	3532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukrainian Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, divided by each local authority can be found in published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhomes-for-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-numbers-of-visa-applications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKeith.Edwards42%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C03cb84684fed4bc89f8908da38cd9daf%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637884752997704483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=NT5cvrmlGztXMDOPDo%2FeTXnsFJFO3TzBMcswFdMLjeY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-for-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-numbers-of-visa-applications</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/05/2022 09:39:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3127 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark

1463576

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been issued under the Homes for Ukraine scheme to date in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
tabling member printed	Greg Clark
uin	3533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukrainian Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, divided by each local authority can be found in published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhomes-for-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-numbers-of-visa-applications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKeith.Edwards42%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C03cb84684fed4bc89f8908da38cd9daf%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637884752997704483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=NT5cvrmlGztXMDOPDo%2FeTXnsFJFO3TzBMcswFdMLjeY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-for-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-numbers-of-visa-applications</a>)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/05/2022 09:39:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3128 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark

1463663

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to resolve delays to processing of (a) visa applications for highly skilled workers and (b) visa sponsor licences.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	3539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>Performance and efficiency of visa and sponsor licence processing is continually reviewed to ensure performance is as strong as possible.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data, at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C54ca7bad7064475ecccd08da38ad4774%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637884614115383003%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K5DSDQg3Qqtj3z3CgtSDAHntnMBvGCaztYOHF1052l0%3D&amp;reserved=0#_blank" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>We are, however, currently flexing resources across all routes to ensure a robust response to the Ukrainian crisis while still processing standard applications and sponsor licences within service standard wherever possible. As a result, customers with standard applications in study, work, and family routes may experience some temporary impacts to the processing of their application.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 16:21:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3126 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1463683

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have arrived in the UK under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme and (b) Afghan Resettlement Scheme as of 17 May; and how many people are currently in bridging hotels.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	3527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government undertook the biggest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent history. Over 15,000 people were supported to come to the UK directly following the evacuation of Afghanistan, and a further 3,000 have since arrived.</p><p>Due to the scale and pace of the evacuation we have had to use hotels as a temporary measure. There are currently over 12,000 individuals from Afghanistan in bridging hotels. This cohort is made up of British and Afghan Nationals who may be eligible for Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) or Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>We do not want to keep people in temporary accommodation for any longer than is necessary. We have moved – or are in the process of moving - over 6,000 people into homes since June 2021. There is a huge effort underway to support the families into permanent homes so they can settle and rebuild their lives, and to ensure those still temporarily accommodated in hotels are given the best start to their life in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 16:44:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3125 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1463779

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seasonal worker visas were issued to Ukrainian nationals registered to work for an employer located in Northern Ireland in 2021.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	3776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is not able to supply data on this as sponsors who are permitted to recruit workers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Schemes (SAWS) operate throughout the United Kingdom. They may place staff at various locations UK-wide and move them as the work requires during the season.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 16:22:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3124 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1463780

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which licenced sponsors under the T5 Temporary Worker Seasonal Worker immigration route are operating in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	3777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>Home Office Migration Statistics do not routinely publish information on sponsors other than issuing the register of sponsors.</p><p>Those companies currently licensed to operate the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) pilot can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/seasonal-workers-pilot-request-for-information/seasonal-workers-pilot-request-for-information" target="_blank">Seasonal Workers Pilot request for information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Schemes (SAWS) operate throughout the United Kingdom and may place staff at various locations UK-wide moving them as the work requires during the season.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 16:47:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3123 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1463781

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ukrainian seasonal workers are (a) aware of and (b) able to apply to the Visa Extension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	3778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government works closely with the four scheme operators who have disseminated this information to the organisations and migrants who they work with.</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning visa extensions for Ukrainian nationals is available on the government website and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukrainian-nationals-in-the-uk-visa-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukrainian-nationals-in-the-uk-visa-support</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/05/2022 09:36:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3122 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry