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1239669

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
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 respond to the correspondence which requested an urgent response from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North of 29 July 2020 regarding a constituent, HO Ref: CTS Ref M15333/00.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	98229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member’s correspondence, and a response will be provided shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/10/2020 09:35:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1239250

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
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, when expedited services will resume for visa and settlement applications.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	97563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>Priority services have resumed in some locations.</p><p>The resumption of priority services in specific locations remains under review and services will be reintroduced on a phased basis where they can be delivered. This is dependent on various factors including the easing of local restrictions relating to Covid-19 and courier delivery services.</p><p>UKVI continues to keep this position under review and will publicise any changes to services.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/10/2020 14:51:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1238741

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Assessments
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 her oral statement of 19 March 2020, Official Report, column 1168, on Windrush Lessons Learned Review, what progress she has made on looking into the treatment of the overseas students falsely accused of cheating in English language tests; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	96744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>Shortly after the oral statement in March I met with the Rt Hon member and subsequently met with some of his constituents affected by this this issue.</p><p>During our meeting I explained the position we were taking on this subject.</p><p>I have recently asked my officials for further advice on the specific issue he raised around what leave is granted to those who are found not to have practiced deception, but who do not otherwise qualify for leave as a result of their Article 8 rights.</p><p>I will write to the Rt Hon member with a further update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/10/2020 14:43:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1238766

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes
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 make a decision on whether to continue the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme under the new points-based immigration system.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	96850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>We are working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Work and Pensions to evaluate and consider the findings of the Pilot, including balancing measures to recruit in the UK Labour Market with any access to overseas labour.</p><p>We will publish further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/10/2020 12:45:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1238058

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in the time taken by UK Visas and Immigration to process one-year visa extensions for healthcare workers.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	906724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>Mr Speaker, I would like, with your permission to group questions 30 and 31.</p><p>Up till close on Friday, provisional management information shows we have concluded 5,954 free extensions for eligible healthcare workers and dependents.</p><p>On average, straightforward cases have been concluded within four weeks of receiving necessary information from employers to enable the extension to be undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/09/2020 15:22:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1238059

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in the time taken by UK Visas and Immigration to process one-year visa extensions for healthcare workers.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	906733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>Mr Speaker, I would like, with your permission to group questions 30 and 31.</p><p>Up till close on Friday, provisional management information shows we have concluded 5,954 free extensions for eligible healthcare workers and dependents.</p><p>On average, straightforward cases have been concluded within four weeks of receiving necessary information from employers to enable the extension to be undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/09/2020 15:23:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1238060

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress her Department has made on reducing the time it takes to process passport applications.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	906730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>The measures put in place to increase capacity for processing passport applications have successfully helped to reduce turnaround times.</p><p>This includes rolling out a new system which increases the ability to process applications from home, and which is now processing almost 60 per cent of UK digital applications.</p><p>On 23 September, the median processing time for passport applications received from the UK was 8 working days<strong>. </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/09/2020 15:24:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1238225

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
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 potential merits of suspending the Minimum Income Requirement.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	96146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>The Minimum Income Requirement as a whole is set at the level which prevents burdens on the taxpayer and promotes integration.</p><p>Given the economic impact of Covid-19 we have made adjustments to the requirements under it to support those affected.</p><p>Such adjustments are among a range of measures put in place by the Home Office to support those affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. These are set out for customers on GOV.UK and are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/10/2020 13:16:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1238239

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
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 respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Angus of 7 August 2020 on biometric assessments.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	96188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>A response was sent to the Hon. Member on 28 September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/10/2020 14:48:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1238362

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Government's passport renewal website to make applicants aware that they can enter a family or friend's email address if they do not have an email address themselves.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	96102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>While people can provide the email address of a third party as part of their online passport application, for security purposes Her Majesty’s Passport Office strongly recommends the use of a personal email address. As such, there are no plans to change the guidance relating to this.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/10/2020 13:12:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant