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786748

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date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to table a resolution at the United Nations to establish an ad hoc committee on the testing of cosmetics on animals.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	112351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to table a resolution at the United Nations to establish an ad hoc committee on the testing of cosmetics on animals.</p><p>The UK was the first country in the world to ban cosmetics being tested on animals. We are keen to share our knowledge and best practice globally to support the ending of cosmetics testing on animals in favour of non-animal alternatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/11/2017 17:33:27 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

786749

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any representations from Leeds City Council on the provision of more places for unaccompanied child refugees under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	112362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>We are very grateful to Leeds City Council for their work in looking after unaccompanied asylum seeking children, including their active participation in the National Transfer Scheme (NTS).</p><p> </p><p>Any offers of further placements for unaccompanied asylum seeking children will be utilised to fulfil all of our existing commitments, including under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and our broader work through the NTS of ensuring a more equal allocation of the approximately 4,500 unaccompanied children already in care in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/11/2017 17:05:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

786752

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled 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 Tier 2 (General) visa applications her Department has received in each month since January 2016; how many of those applications were (a) applications from outside the UK, (b) extensions within the UK, (c) switches within the UK, (d) extensions within the UK (Premium service) and (e) switches within the UK (Premium service); how much was received in fees to her Department for each of those categories; and what the average waiting time to decision was for each of those categories in each month of that period.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	112435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>We are unable to provide all of the specific data requested. In line with published quarterly transparency data we have provided for:</p><p>a) The number of Tier 2 applications made out of country</p><p>b) and c) The number of Tier 2 and 5 applications made in country</p><p>d) and e) The number of Tier 2 and 5 same day premium applications made in country</p><p> </p><p>Link to the latest published data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/11/2017 17:00:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

786753

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Tier 2 (General) visa applications made in each month since January 2016 had a decision made on them within three weeks.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	112436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The published quarterly transparency data does not separate out Tier 2 General applications from the wider Tier 2 route. We have therefore provided the published data for all Tier 2 subcategories which includes General, Intra Company Transfers, Minister of Religion and Sportspeople.</p><p> </p><p>Link to the latest published data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/11/2017 17:04:26 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

786797

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Breathalysers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister of her Department personally approved by seal and signature the Intoximeter EC/IR breath analysis device in June 2005 for use by police forces in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	112309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministerial approval for the Intoximeter EC/IR breath analysis device was granted in 2005 by the then Home Office Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the late Paul Goggins.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/11/2017 08:09:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford