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77185

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	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 Answer of 21 October 2013, Official Report, column 65W, on young offenders, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to redefine juveniles to include those older than 16.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	205267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is working with policing and criminal justice partners to review those remaining circumstances where current legislation treats 17 year olds as adults while in police custody.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/07/2014 14:15:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 10297 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

577590

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Space Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to amend visa regulations to better enable highly skilled people to come to the UK to work in the space and satellite sector.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	45520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Our immigration rules for non-EU workers already cater for the highly skilled, including academics, scientists and researchers. Within the immigration system, we have consistently protected and enhanced the treatment of such roles, even whilst restricting migration in other spheres.</p><p>In Tier 2, the skilled work route, PhD level roles are given higher priority when allocating places within the annual limit and are exempt from certain of the usual recruitment and settlement rules. The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route is also available for world leaders in science, engineering, humanities, the arts and digital technology, and several universities and research organisations are making use of this route. The Tier 5 (Temporary Work) route contains provisions to enable sponsored researchers to participate in international research collaborations, and for overseas medical and dental post-graduates to undertake training in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2016 16:05:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

422686

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	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 Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies renewal applications for the 2015-16 academic year took longer than 18 weeks for a final decision to be made by the UK Visa and Immigration Service.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	12645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The proportion of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) renewal applications received between 1 September 2014 and 20 October 2015, where CAS may have been assigned for study during the academic year 2015-2016, which exceeded the service standard of 18 weeks was 60 out of a total of 2259 requests.</p><p>The average time to process Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies renewal applications received between 1 September 2014 and 20 October 2015, where CAS may have been assigned for study during the academic year 2015-2016, was 32 days.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 12646 question first answered 28/10/2015 13:53:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

422687

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken by UK Visa and Immigration Service was to process Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies renewal applications for the 2015-16 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	12646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The proportion of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) renewal applications received between 1 September 2014 and 20 October 2015, where CAS may have been assigned for study during the academic year 2015-2016, which exceeded the service standard of 18 weeks was 60 out of a total of 2259 requests.</p><p>The average time to process Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies renewal applications received between 1 September 2014 and 20 October 2015, where CAS may have been assigned for study during the academic year 2015-2016, was 32 days.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 12645 question first answered 28/10/2015 13:53:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

445989

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to equalise fees for spousal visas for spouses of UK citizens and such fees for spouses of EU citizens resident in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	22994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to equalise these fees.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/01/2016 16:01:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

446382

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: 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 the rationale is for people on spousal visas resident in the UK being required to pay a health surcharge as part of their visa.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	23278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The Immigration Health Surcharge was introduced in April last year to ensure that temporary, non-EEA migrants (unless subject to an exemption), who apply to come to the UK to work, study or join family, for a time-limited period of more than 6 months or who make an application to remain in the UK, contribute to the extensive and high quality range of NHS services available to them in a manner in line with their immigration status. This includes individuals resident in the UK with temporary spousal visas of more than 6 months, until such time they are eligible for indefinite leave to remain in which case the Immigration Health Surcharge does not apply.</p><p>It gives migrant’s access to the NHS on the same terms as a permanent UK resident. The surcharge is set at a competitive rate and is a lower cost over the period of stay than the cost of even basic private medical insurance. In setting the Immigration Health Surcharge level at £200 per annum per migrant and £150 for students, the last Government considered the range of health services available without charge to migrants, the valuable contribution migrants make to our country and the need to ensure that the UK remains an attractive destination for global talent.</p><p>In the first 6 months since its introduction, the Immigration Health Surcharge collected more than £100 million in income for the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/01/2016 16:08:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

577579

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Higher Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to amend visa regulations to better support international university staff and student mobility in order to expand UK universities' science and research markets outside of the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	45380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>We will continue to reform the student visa system to tackle abuse, and deliver an effective immigration system that is fair to British citizens and those who play by the rules. At the same time, we continue to be committed to ensuring our top universities are a magnet for the best students from around the world.</p><p>Our immigration rules for non-EU workers already cater for highly skilled workers, including academics, scientists and researchers</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2016 16:07:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

756747

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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, how many visa applications have been received since 30 May 2017 from people who cannot use services in the eight languages offered but who would have had services available to them in their languages before 1 June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	7785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold this data as we do not collect information based on this.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/09/2017 17:05:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

453443

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	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 timeliness of the processing of Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	903676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The average processing time for disclosure applications is 15.3 days and 94.3% of applications are issued within 8 weeks, as of December 2015. Some Enhanced Certificate applications are referred to relevant police forces. DBS is working closely with the small number of forces whose performance does not meet turnaround targets.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/02/2016 17:25:27 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

756745

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Email
	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 the £5.48 email receipt charge levied on emails to UK Visas and Immigration from outside the UK will represent a return to the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	7783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The £5.48 email charge is levied to fund the commercial contract as the UK government believes it is right that those who use and benefit directly from the UK immigration system make an appropriate contribution towards meeting the costs of the immigration system. Those who use the services from outside the UK are predominantly prospective customers and in many cases no application will be made and no application fee collected.</p><p> </p><p>Our web site <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> is the main source of information and advice and is free of charge.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/09/2017 16:59:26 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner