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1439761

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, whether an applicant to the Ukraine family scheme who does not have a visa will be permitted travel to the United Kingdom without incurring carrier liability fees.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	138146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>Those eligible for the Ukraine family scheme should ensure they obtain the correct permission to come to the UK. Those eligible for the scheme who hold a valid Ukrainian Passport no longer need to go to a Visa Application Centre and can apply online, they will be able to give their biometrics once they have arrived in the UK.</p><p>Carriers’ liability legislation will apply as normal and guidance for carriers on discharging their obligations will be updated as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/03/2022 17:28:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1439763

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, further to oral contribution of 10 March 2022, if all outstanding visa applications from Ukrainian applicants seeking to join family in the United Kingdom will fall under the new scheme.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	138165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Home Secretary’s statement to the House on 1 March, a fee free, bespoke Ukraine Family Scheme has been introduced. The route allows both immediate family (spouse, civil partner, durable partner, minor children) and extended family (parent, grandparent, adult children, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, in laws and their immediate family) to join qualifying family members in the UK. This route was launched on 4 March.</p><p>If an applicant has applied on another application form or under a different visa route and the decision maker feels the applicant would qualify under the Ukraine Family Scheme, the decision maker will write to the applicant and offer them the opportunity to be considered under the Scheme. The decision maker will consider the application on the evidence already provided unless there is insufficient information to make a decision. This will ensure an application can be assessed under the Ukraine Family Scheme without the need for a further application.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/03/2022 17:27:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1439775

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	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 Afghan citizens have successfully reached the UK since the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme was launched on 6 January 2022; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	137993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme opened on 6th January, providing up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>There are around 6,500 people in the UK who have been brought to safety during and after the evacuation who are eligible for the ACRS through pathway 1. Eligible people who were called forward during the evacuation, but were not able to board flights, will also be eligible for the ACRS through this pathway.</p><p>Due to the success of our emergency evacuation and the larger than anticipated number of people brought over to the UK, we plan to exceed our initial aim of 5,000 people in the first year of the ACRS.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/03/2022 17:25:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1439846

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, pursuant to her oral response of 10 March 2022 to the Urgent Question on refugees from Ukraine, whether Ukrainian nationals applying to the family visa scheme will be required to have more than six months' validity remaining on their passports.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	138025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>Ukrainian nationals applying under the Ukraine Family Scheme are not required to have more than six months left on their passport.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/03/2022 17:23:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1438843

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 Investor Visas issued to Russian nationals between 2008 and 2022 have been assessed by her Department as posing a national security risk.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	136522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish its review of cases between 2008 to 2015 shortly.</p><p>Beyond the findings of the review, as regards specific numbers between 2008 and 2022 of Russian nationals identified as posing a National Security Risk, it is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments to not comment on intelligence matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 136523 question first answered 11/03/2022 12:48:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1438844

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to publish her Department's review of Tier 1 Investor visas granted from when the scheme launched in 2008 up to 5 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	136523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish its review of cases between 2008 to 2015 shortly.</p><p>Beyond the findings of the review, as regards specific numbers between 2008 and 2022 of Russian nationals identified as posing a National Security Risk, it is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments to not comment on intelligence matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 136522 question first answered 11/03/2022 12:48:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1438897

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainians who wish to seek asylum in the UK are required to claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	136548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The safest route for people to leave Ukraine is via its neighbouring countries to the West. From the safety of these countries, those escaping the war can benefit from the additional support we have already announced.</p><p>Ukrainians can apply to reunite with UK-based family via the Ukrainian Family Scheme. For Ukrainians who do not have family ties with the UK, we have announced the Ukrainian Sponsorship Humanitarian Visa Offer. This programme will match Ukrainians with individuals, businesses, community organisations and Local Authorities who are willing and able to act as a sponsor.</p><p>These two routes ensure those fleeing war in the Ukraine have a safe and legal route to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/03/2022 16:36:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1438987

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115898, on Visas: Afghanistan, what proportion of people who arrived from Afghanistan in 2021 have been given indefinite leave to remain; and whether she plans to extend limited leave to enter in the event that the process of confirmation of Indefinite Leave to Remain status concludes before all those who are eligible have been granted that status.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	136552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is in the process of supporting people evacuated from Afghanistan to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR).</p><p>The data on those granted ILR is not currently available, but once published we will direct individuals to the publication. Once applications have been lodged, as they have in the vast majority of cases, individuals are issued with a letter confirming they have extant leave to remain in the UK pending their grant of Indefinite Leave to Remain.</p><p>Those already relocated to the UK under the Afghanistan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) will be able to apply free of charge to convert their temporary leave into indefinite leave to remain.</p><p>Those resettled through the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will receive fee-free indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK.  They will be able to apply for British citizenship after five years in the UK under existing rules and subject to the appropriate fee.</p><p>In light of the success of our evacuation efforts, we plan to exceed our initial aim to resettle 5,000 through ACRS in the first year.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/03/2022 16:33:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1438470

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to add butchers to the shortage occupation list.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Thanks to our expansion of the Skilled Worker route, occupations including butcher, butcher’s assistant, butchery manager, master butcher and slaughterman can now be sponsored to work in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>A job does not have to be on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) to qualify for the Skilled Worker visa. Being on the SOL also does not exempt a job from other requirements including English Language and skill thresholds, although it does allow an employer to pay a salary lower than the General Threshold for the route.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to commission the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake another review of the SOL this year and we will consider any recommendations following such a report. The meat sector, along with other economic sectors, are encouraged to provide their evidence to the MAC when their call for evidence opens.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor the labour needs of other sectors, however we want to see employers make long-term investments in the UK domestic workforce, including offering competitive salary packages, instead of relying on labour from abroad. Beyond the Points Based System, there is the resident labour market which includes UK workers and non-UK citizens with general work rights.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/03/2022 11:44:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1438143

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Veterans
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 Written Statement of 23 February 2022, HCWS624 on Outcome of Public Consultation on Settlement Fees for Non-UK Service Personnel, whether a fee waiver will be introduced and apply to non-UK veterans who are living outside the UK and who have not regularised their immigration status and had served for at least six years or had been discharged due to an illness or injury which was attributable to service.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government aims to implement the Armed Forces settlement fee waiver through a planned update to the Immigration Fees and Regulations this Spring, with the changes coming into effect on 6 April.</p><p>As set out in the Government’s response to the consultation, the fee waiver will also apply to undocumented veterans currently living in the UK who served for six years or more, or were discharged due to due to an illness or injury attributable to their service, regardless of length of service.</p><p>Non-UK veterans who have chosen not to remain in the UK after leaving the Armed Forces can apply for settlement for up to two years after their discharge. Applications for Indefinite Leave to Enter made from outside the UK by veterans will also be free of charge where they meet the same criteria.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 134359 134360 question first answered 11/03/2022 12:37:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56450 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis