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964425

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: British National (Overseas)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential economic merits of providing residency rights via express entry to British National Overseas participants of the youth mobility programme.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	169515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme enables nationals from participating countries to work and stay in the UK for up to two years. British Nationals (Overseas) are eligible to apply under these arrangements. The scheme is temporary and therefore does not lead to settlement.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 11:56:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

964706

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications he has received for the compensation scheme for the Windrush generation.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	169758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme is not yet in operation to receive applications.</p><p>The Government has committed to establishing a compensation scheme that is tailored to meet the needs of those affected. The Home Office published a consultation paper on 19 July seeking views on the design and operation of the scheme and this consultation period runs until 11 October. We will announce details of the final scheme and how to apply as soon as possible after the public consultation has ended.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 16:06:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

964873

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	White Helmets: North West
	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 statement by the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for International Development, made on 22 July 2018, whether White Helmet volunteers have been resettled in the (a) North West, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Denton and Reddish constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	169150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Together with international partners, the UK is working to resettle members of the White Helmets and their families. Any resettlement to the UK will be in line with the established UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) process for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Our prime concern for those coming to the UK under our resettlement schemes is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and support their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.</p><p>Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/09/2018 15:44:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

964195

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Turkey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 136142 on Visas: Turkey, if he will make it his policy to extend the transitional arrangements for Turkish business people who applied for settlement before 16 March 2018 to holders of a European Community Association Agreement visa for Turkish business persons that did not apply for settlement before that date, but who have been living in the UK for up to four years under the immigration rules in force since 1973.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	169278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>New Immigration Rules were announced on 15 June that enable Turkish business persons, workers and their family members who are in the UK under the European Communities Association Agreement (ECAA) to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR). The new rules which took effect from 6 July, mean that Turkish workers and business persons can now apply to settle in the UK after five years’ residence as an ECAA business person or ECAA worker (or in equivalent Points Based System routes, as long as the most recent period of leave was under the ECAA).</p><p>In the case of <em>Aydogdu, </em>the Upper Tribunal confirmed that the ECAA “standstill clause” under which 1973 Immigration Rules are applied to Turkish businesspersons did not apply to ILR in the UK, as ILR is not necessary to give effect to the UK’s obligations under the ECAA. The Government does not intend to extend transitional provisions to those Turkish business persons resident in the UK but who did not apply for settlement before 16 March 2018 because it is open to them either to apply for ILR under the new rules, or to extend their limited leave to remain as an ECAA business person free of charge.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 11:59:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

963985

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Key Performance Indicators his Department has put in place for the performance of commercial visa application centres in African countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	169468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The contract for providing Visa Application Centres in Africa was awarded to Teleperformance UK Ltd in 2014 initially for a five year period and extended recently for a further two years until 31 March 2021.</p><p>Seventeen critical and non-critical service levels are incorporated into the contract which provides provision of Visa Application Centres in Africa.</p><p>The service levels are intended to measure whether the supplier is meeting the levels of performance necessary to satisfy the Home Office’s business and regulatory requirements. The service levels are regularly reviewed between the supplier and the Home Office.</p><p>The contract awarded to Teleperformance for Visa Application Centres in Africa predates the launch of the current version of Contracts Finder though summary detail has been published for transparency purposes and can be found at</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/1394970/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/1394970/</a></p><p>In complying with the Governments transparency agenda, the Home Office will be publishing a redacted version of the Teleperformance contract to Contracts Finder within the next 4 weeks. The detail of the service levels is contained within Schedule 7.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 12:41:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

964260

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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 priority visa applications have been processed in the last 12 months within the six-week time frame set by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	169630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Priority Visa Service for settlement applications aims to process straightforward cases within 30 working days.</p><p>Those applications made under the priority service will be placed to the front of the processing queue and expedited. However, it should be noted that timescales for decisions are not guaranteed.</p><p>Data on PV settlement visa processing times is not currently published. Published data on settlement visa processing times can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 169631 question first answered 06/09/2018 16:02:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

964271

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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 proportion of priority visa applications processed in the last 12 months have been processed within the six-week time frame set by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	169631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Priority Visa Service for settlement applications aims to process straightforward cases within 30 working days.</p><p>Those applications made under the priority service will be placed to the front of the processing queue and expedited. However, it should be noted that timescales for decisions are not guaranteed.</p><p>Data on PV settlement visa processing times is not currently published. Published data on settlement visa processing times can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 169630 question first answered 06/09/2018 16:02:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

964598

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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 applicants have had a visa issued on a re-application following initial refusal since the removal of automatic right to appeal for refused family visit visas in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	169527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate this information for publication.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:36:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

964772

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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: Biometrics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the contract to provide the UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) Biometric Service will commence; where that service will be located; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	169281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The new service will commence in early November 2018. The majority of UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) customers in the UK will be able to complete their immigration application at new fixed service points across the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) or through temporary or mobile services. Sopra Steria will deliver this service on behalf of UKVI.</p><p>UKVI will also provide an in-house service for customers requiring more support and face to face interaction with Home Office staff. They will book appointments at one of the UKVI Service and Support Centres (SSC) across the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).</p><p>We will continue to offer the Post Office biometric service throughout the transition period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 14:36:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

964653

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement actions have been taken on unauthorised traveller settlements in each local authority area in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	169311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect information on the enforcement actions taken by the police relating to unauthorised traveller settlements.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/09/2018 15:26:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones