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date	28/02/2017
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, what her policy is on reviewing the process for visit visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	909067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK provides an excellent visa service, with application points in over 300 countries around the world.</p><p>The Home Office is continuously working to refine and improve the products and services on offer to customers, and keeps the efficiency and effectiveness of the visa application process under regular review.</p><p>Recent improvements include the launch of a new online application route for visitors, and the expansion of priority visa services.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/03/2017 16:29:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

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date	30/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on plans to bring forward legislative proposals to support firefighters who joined the Firefighters Pension Scheme 1992 before the age of 20 who were required to continue paying pension contributions beyond the maximum entitlement before drawing their pension.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	55573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government has brought forward legislative amendments to the 1992 Firefighters’ Pension Scheme to address this issue in England, which came into force on 30 September 2016. These amendments ensure that a firefighter who accrues maximum pensionable service in the scheme will be entitled to a pension contributions holiday until they reach the age of 50.</p><p>The provision applies retrospectively to 1 December 2006 and affected firefighters may be entitled to a refund of some of their contributions. Fire and Rescue Authorities are expected to make the majority of those refund payments by the end of March 2017.</p><p>The Devolved Administrations have responsibility for firefighters’ pension schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/12/2016 17:18:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson