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1140373

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of applications received in each of the last twelve months for Leave to Remain extension application as a Tier 1 Highly Skilled general migrant; and how of those cases were concluded within eight weeks.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (General) route closed to Leave to Remain extension applications on 6 April 2015. Therefore, no Tier 1 General extension applications were received in the last twelve months.</p><p><br>The data regarding exceeding the eight-week service standards in current application routes can be found using the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019 </a></p><p><br>The statistics specific to service standards can be found on tab InC_02.</p><p>Historical data regarding service standards can be found via the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases</a></p><p>Complexity is identified on a case by case basis and will also vary depending on the application route. Therefore there is not an exhaustive list of the circumstances in which particular types of application might be deemed to be complex. Where an application is defined as non-straightforward, due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard service, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 279031 279032 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:19:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1132256

registered interest
date	14/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to extend the proposed transitional measure of a time-limited route for temporary short-term workers from 12 months to three years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	264763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government published its White Paper “The UK’s future skills-based immigration system” on 19 December 2018, which proposed a new route for short-term workers to come to the UK for up to 12 months. This will be subject to a full review by 2025.</p><p><br>In the interim, we have launched a year-long programme of engagement to enable businesses and other stakeholders to shape the final details of policy and processes contained within the White Paper.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/06/2019 13:41:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1129217

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Sopra Steria in handling UK visa applications for migrants living and working in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	258941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service Centres are run by Sopra Steria Ltd (SSL) on behalf of UK Visas &amp; Immigration (UKVI). The new service offered by SSL provides a modernised, digital and more secure process for customers to submit key evidence and personal information.</p><p>UKVCAS also provides an opportunity for migrants living and working in the UK to opt for priority services to speed up their application decision and purchase additional, optional services from SSL to enhance the overall experience. UKVI regularly monitor SSL performance through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within the contract. Currently SSL are experiencing some demand issues, but I can reassure you that SSL continue to assess customer demand, working closely with UKVI.</p><p>As a result SSL have recently opened three additional service points in Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester to meet the demand in the surrounding areas. In addition, to increasing the number of service points, SSL are working with the existing network of UKVCAS centres to increase the number of appointments offered to customers to increase overall capacity.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/06/2019 15:52:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1056882

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria his Department uses to define low risk countries for participation in the 12 month short-term work visa proposed in the immigration White Paper published on 19th December 2018, The UK's Future Skills-Based Immigration System; and when his Department plans to publish a list of those countries.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	218323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>To determine low-risk countries as set out in the UK’s Future Skills-Based Immigration System White Paper, the Home Office will consider a range of relevant factors such as returns agreements, reciprocal mobility agree-ments, cooperation on border security and prosperity. These measures and the countries concerned will be reviewed regularly, and further information will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/02/2019 11:47:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1051372

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the consultation on his 19 December 2018 White Paper entitled The UK’s future skills-based immigration system will include the two proposed short-term work visas described in chapter 6 of that paper; and when that consultation will (a) begin and (b) conclude.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	214634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government published its White Paper “The UK’s future skills-based immigration system” (Cm 9722) on 19 December 2018. The Home Office is launching a 12-month engagement process to enable businesses and other stakeholders to shape the final details of policy and processes contained within the White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 16:54:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

971353

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
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 announcement, New pilot scheme to bring 2,500 seasonal workers to UK farms, published on 6 September 2018, whether he has plans to introduce other sector specific visa schemes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	172519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>We intend to assess this pilot fully before taking any decisions on future arrangements</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2018 15:49:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

931481

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 who have applied to come to the UK to work as (a) doctors, (b) engineers, (c) teachers, (d) in IT, (e) healthcare professionals and (f) in professional services have been turned down for visas under the Tier 2 Cap in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	157706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The available information on applications and outcomes (i.e. grants, refusals, withdrawn and lapsed cases) of entry clearance visas in the ‘Tier 2 &amp; pre-PBS equivalent’ category are published quarterly in ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a>.</p><p>Neither a breakdown by profession, or applications and outcomes, is available in the published entry clearance visas data.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2018 13:20:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

922087

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 applications for visas under Tier 2 were made in each month in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	152270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Information on Tier 2 entry clearance visa applications broken down by outcome (grants, refusals, withdrawals, lapsed) is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/06/2018 14:38:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

896326

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
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 22 February 2018 to Question 128120, on Doctors: Migrant Workers, how many applications there were for visas for work using sponsorship certificates for Human Health and Social Work Activities; and how many of those applications were (a) successful and (b) refused, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	140720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The available published statistics on Certificate of Sponsorship used in tier 2 visa applications by industry sector are published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Sponsorship data tables, table cs_03_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/05/2018 15:46:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

890511

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
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 provide the Migration Advisory Committee with the (a) number of Tier 2 (General) Certificate of Sponsorship applications since November 2017 and (b) (i) number of and (ii) information on subsequent refusals of those applications due to the cap being reached in each month since November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	137657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Where the Home Office receive requests for data from Government Departments or non-departmental public bodies such the Migration Advisory Committee, it endeavours to meet their requests if such data is available.</p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the Tier 2 visa route to ensure that Tier 2 balances enabling the brightest and best migrants to work in the UK with our commitment to reducing net migration.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 137658 question first answered 27/04/2018 13:27:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran