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1044958

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans his Department has to maximise opportunities for qualified EU health workers to work in the NHS after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	908665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>I appreciate the valuable contribution that non-UK workers make to our NHS.</p><p>The Immigration White Paper emphasised that we will encourage the highly skilled and those that make a valuable contribution to our country to come and work in the UK.</p><p>But we need a balanced approach, because it is not a sustainable strategy to rely on recruiting overseas staff, and the long-term aim is that we train our own health professionals in this country.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/01/2019 16:56:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1044959

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on his Department’s priorities.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	908667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>My Department’s priority will always be the safety and security of the nation.</p><p>The Home Office has sufficient resources in place, through external recruitment and internal redeployment to support the delivery of a smooth and orderly exit from the EU and continue to keep the nation safe and secure.</p><p>We conduct regular reviews of our total resource demand for both deal and no deal to support this.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 21/01/2019 16:57:29 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1044960

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	908668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Today we have launched a ground-breaking series of measures to promote awareness, support victims, tackle perpetrators and improve services.</p><p>We have also published a package of non-legislative actions that will see further support for children affected by domestic abuse, the elderly, disabled, male and migrant victims and those in the LGBTQ community.</p><p>Ending domestic abuse remains an absolute priority for this government.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/01/2019 16:58:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1041344

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of fires in (a) publicly and (b) privately owned high rise residential blocks in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	208350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2019 17:39:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1042274

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date his Department awarded ETS a contract to undertake English language tests for overseas students.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Affairs Committee inquiry into the Home Office's use of English-language testing in relation to the issuing of visas, with particular reference to its handling of recent allegations involving English-language test centres, can be found in the following links.</p><p><br>Question 60, contains information requested in PQ 209280: <br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36541.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36541.pdf</a></p><p>Annex C contains information requested in PQ 209281:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf</a></p><p>Question 25 in the following link contains information requested in PQ 209282:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/33662.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/33662.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 209281 209282 209283 question first answered 21/01/2019 16:41:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1042275

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements his Department has put in place to monitor performance on the contract awarded to ETS to undertake English language tests for overseas students.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Affairs Committee inquiry into the Home Office's use of English-language testing in relation to the issuing of visas, with particular reference to its handling of recent allegations involving English-language test centres, can be found in the following links.</p><p><br>Question 60, contains information requested in PQ 209280: <br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36541.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36541.pdf</a></p><p>Annex C contains information requested in PQ 209281:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf</a></p><p>Question 25 in the following link contains information requested in PQ 209282:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/33662.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/33662.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 209280 209282 209283 question first answered 21/01/2019 16:41:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1042276

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bidders were considered by his Department in the procurement exercise which led to a contract being awarded to ETS to undertake English language tests for overseas students.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Affairs Committee inquiry into the Home Office's use of English-language testing in relation to the issuing of visas, with particular reference to its handling of recent allegations involving English-language test centres, can be found in the following links.</p><p><br>Question 60, contains information requested in PQ 209280: <br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36541.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36541.pdf</a></p><p>Annex C contains information requested in PQ 209281:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf</a></p><p>Question 25 in the following link contains information requested in PQ 209282:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/33662.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/33662.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 209280 209281 209283 question first answered 21/01/2019 16:41:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1042277

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of the contract awarded to ETS to undertake English language tests for overseas students.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Affairs Committee inquiry into the Home Office's use of English-language testing in relation to the issuing of visas, with particular reference to its handling of recent allegations involving English-language test centres, can be found in the following links.</p><p><br>Question 60, contains information requested in PQ 209280: <br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36541.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36541.pdf</a></p><p>Annex C contains information requested in PQ 209281:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf</a></p><p>Question 25 in the following link contains information requested in PQ 209282:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/33662.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/33662.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 209280 209281 209282 question first answered 21/01/2019 16:41:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1042311

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National County Lines Coordination Centre: Staff
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 Answers of 10 January 2019 and 9 October 2018 to Questions 205811 and 173497, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff at the National County Lines Coordination Centre.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	209285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre is a joint initiative be-tween the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, supported by £3.6m of Home Office funding. It is one of our key commitments set out in the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p><br> The Centre is fully operational and has around 40 staff in post. The Home Of-fice is not involved in the set up and running of the Centre as it is an op-erational matter for the NCA and police, and does not hold information about staffing breakdown.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/01/2019 16:34:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1042370

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people with refugee status in the UK who are graduates.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	209328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of people in the UK with refugee status who are qualified doctors in their home country and those who are graduates are not recorded and held in a reportable format</p><p>This could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>However, the information relating to the number of people with refugee status in the UK can be found in tab as_01_q at volume 1 of the Asylum ap-plications and initial decisions for main applicants, by country of nationality:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 209329 question first answered 21/01/2019 16:44:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane