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1197677

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
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, how many people paid the Immigration Health Surcharge in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	49574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish volume data relating to Immigration Health Surcharge payers. Income data for the Immigration Health Surcharge is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Please see page137 of the Home Office 2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts for the most recent disclosure of Immigration Health Surcharge income https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/06/2020 12:44:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1197679

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
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 were given leave to remain in the UK subject to the no recourse to public funds condition in 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	49575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not assured to the standard required by ONS for publication and as it would be too costly to do so, we are unable to provide it.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/06/2020 12:47:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1194337

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
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 were given leave to remain with the no recourse to public funds condition in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	44947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not assured to the standard required by ONS for publication and as it would be too costly to do so, we are unable to provide it.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/05/2020 13:52:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1192557

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
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 the lifting of the No Recourse to Public Funds condition have been (a) submitted and (b) granted in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	42868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Migrants with limited leave to remain under the Family and Human Rights routes can apply to have the no recourse to public funds restriction lifted by making a ‘change of conditions’ application if there has been a change in their financial circumstances.</p><p>The information you have requested is not assured to the standard required by ONS for publication and as it would be too costly to do so, we are unable to provide it. However, my department has recently digitised the application form, to make sure it is accessible for those who need to remain at home, and I can assure you that the applications are being prioritised and dealt with compassionately.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/05/2020 08:59:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1187491

registered interest
date	24/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
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 leave to remain in the UK and are permitted to work but have no recourse to public funds.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	34306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested other than on individual case files.</p><p>Wider population data and information on the UK’s resident population is a matter for the independent Office for National Statistics. The no recourse to public funds condition is, however, applied to the leave of most migrants in the UK as a legitimate means of maintaining and protecting our economic resources, public services and taxpayer’s funds.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/04/2020 15:43:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1187065

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to support people whose leave to remain in the UK will expire during the period of travel bans due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	33393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>We are taking steps to ensure foreign nationals will not be penalised as a result of coronavirus and related travel restrictions outside of their control, which may prevent them departing the UK before their leave to remain expires.</p><p>A mailbox <a href="mailto:CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk</a> has been set up for individuals to ask Home Office staff coronavirus immigration related questions and to seek an extension to their leave to remain if needed due to travel restrictions or self-isolation. There is also a freephone number 0800 678 1767 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) for those who wish to discuss their individual circumstances. A pragmatic and compassionate approach will be taken to each case.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/04/2020 15:49:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1179365

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
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 are banned from the UK as a result of accusations of cheating by ETS in relation to its Toeic test in the period 2011-14.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office in a way that allows us to answer this question without manually checking individual case records which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 16:00:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1179366

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent from the public purse on defending (a) appeals and (b) judicial reviews in cases where applicants were refused leave to remain on grounds of cheating in a Toeic English language test.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office in a way that allows us to answer this question without manually checking individual case records which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office took commercial action against the provider which resulted in them agreeing, after negotiations, to pay a contribution of £1.6 million towards the Home Office’s costs incurred as a result of this issue.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 17:08:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms