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928682

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to allow EU citizens living in the UK to apply for settled status in languages other than English.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	156368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Statement of Intent published on 21 June. There will be support provided for non-English speakers. Key information, such as the scheme application guidance will be provided in all the other 23 official languages of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:41:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

928691

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for fire and rescue services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	156428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work. Overall fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.3 billion in 2018/19.</p><p>Single purpose fire and rescue authorities will see an increase in core spending power of 1.2% in cash terms in 2018/19, and an overall increase of 0.3% from 2015/16 to 2019/20. Financial reserves held by single purpose FRAs increased by 88% to £615 million between 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2017. This is equivalent to 45% of their core spending power</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/06/2018 12:29:24 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

928711

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are in receipt of subsistence-only support payments in each Scottish local authority.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	156449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Published data regarding asylum support, broken down by support type and local authority is available:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 156450 question first answered 26/06/2018 16:42:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

928713

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are in receipt of subsistence and accommodation payments, in each Scottish local authority.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	156450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Published data regarding asylum support, broken down by support type and local authority is available:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 156449 question first answered 26/06/2018 16:42:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

928753

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
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 waiting time is for issuing biometric residence permits in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	156432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time for issuing Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) is not specifically included in statistics published by the Home Office. However, the overall processing times for applications made to UKVI are published.</p><p>Published information can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Once the decision to grant leave is made a request to personalise the BRP is made electronically to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) who produce the personalised BRP on behalf of UKVI. They have a service level to personalise 90% of BRPs within one working day of receipt and the remaining 10% within two working days of receipt. DVLA currently personalise 100% of cards within one working day of receipt.</p><p>Once produced, the card is either delivered to the customer or made available for collection by the customer from the Post Office depending upon whether the leave application was made inside or outside the UK. For those cards requiring delivery in the UK, the card is collected by from DVLA by DX. DX has a service level agreement to attempt to deliver 100% of BRPs within 48 hours of receipt from DVLA. They currently meet this service standard. For those cards to be collected from the Post Office, they are made available for collection within 10 days of the customer’s</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:42:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

928756

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
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 of changes to the Immigration Rules, HC1154, published on 15 June 2018, what Memorandum of Understanding agreements his Department has with each of the other 26 countries on facilitating the return of unlawful migrants.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	156472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Of the 26 countries listed in the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, HC1154, the Home Office has a Memorandum of Understanding on facilitating the return of unlawful migrants with one country, South Korea.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:43:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

928758

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: 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 assessment his Department has made of the change in the number of student visas issued to applicants from India between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	156473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We welcome Indian students who want to come to the UK to study at our world-leading educational institutions and there remains no limit on the number of genuine international students who can come to study in the UK.</p><p>We issue more visas to students from India than any other country, except China and the USA.</p><p>In the year ending March 2018, the number of Indian student visas granted increased by 30% to 15,171 from the previous year.</p><p>Over 90% of Indian students who apply for a UK visa get one. This is up from 86% in 2014 and 83% the year before that. In addition, the proportion of Indian students coming to study in the UK at a university has increased from around 50% in 2010 to 93% in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:43:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

928773

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of living for long periods of time on asylum support on the integration outcomes of new refugees.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	156328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has taken place about the impact of the time people spend on asylum support on the integration of new refugees. The support available to people who claim asylum includes free accommodation, a cash allowance to cover essential living needs, free healthcare and education for their dependent children.</p><p>If a supported person is granted refugee status they are able to take employment or apply for mainstream benefits.</p><p>The Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper sets out our commitment to working with civil society and other partners to increase the integration support for refugees in the United Kingdom. The consultation on the Green Paper closed on 5 June and we are considering the responses.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:40:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

928805

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Life Sciences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the life sciences sector can continue to access highly-skilled overseas workers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	156325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We have commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy.</p><p>The Government will want to ensure that decisions on the long-term arrangements are based on evidence. The commission that we have asked the MAC to undertake is very much part of this. The MAC are due to publish their final report by September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:40:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

928809

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the applications to overturn decisions made under 322 (5) of the Immigration Rules at judicial review have (a) been successful (c) been settled out of court and (c) remain outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	156399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Paragraph 322(5) applies across many categories of the Immigration Rules. This information could only be obtained through a manual trawl of individual case records at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Such a manual trawl is, however, being carried out for Tier 1 (General) migrants who have been refused under paragraph 322(5), as part of the current review of these cases. This work is ongoing. We will report our findings to the Home Affairs Select Committee once the review is complete.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:41:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney