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1248459

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date	03/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sports Competitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has had with governing bodies of sport on the granting of visas to self-employed professional athletes entering the UK after 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	110771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text Home Office officials are in regular contact with each of the recognised Sports Governing Bodies [SGB], including annually reviewing the bespoke criteria that applies to each sport. This process of review ensures we strike the right balance between enabling top level international athletes to come to the UK, whilst protecting opportunities for resident sportspeople, based on the expertise of the SGB. The Home Office approved SGBs are listed at Appendix M of the Immigration Rules: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-m-sports-governing-bodies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-m-sports-governing-bodies</a>.<p>Any sport seeking to employ migrant professional sportspeople must be listed within Appendix M of the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 110772 110773 question first answered 09/11/2020 12:40:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

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registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sports Competitors
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 multiple governing bodies for many sports played in different nations throughout the Union, which of those governing bodies her Department consults when formulating policy on visa requirements for professional athletes.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	110772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text Home Office officials are in regular contact with each of the recognised Sports Governing Bodies [SGB], including annually reviewing the bespoke criteria that applies to each sport. This process of review ensures we strike the right balance between enabling top level international athletes to come to the UK, whilst protecting opportunities for resident sportspeople, based on the expertise of the SGB. The Home Office approved SGBs are listed at Appendix M of the Immigration Rules: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-m-sports-governing-bodies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-m-sports-governing-bodies</a>.<p>Any sport seeking to employ migrant professional sportspeople must be listed within Appendix M of the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 110771 110773 question first answered 09/11/2020 12:40:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith