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900242

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	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 for visas from highly skilled professionals were refused by his Department between January 2010 and January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	141777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The available information relates to outcomes (grants, refusals, withdrawn, lapsed) of visa applications, broken down by category (including Tier 2 skilled work visas) and is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017</a>. The large majority of Tier 2 visa application outcomes are grants.</p><p>Information for Q1 (January to March) 2018 is planned to be published on 24 May.</p><p>Tier 2 is the main immigration route for skilled work in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 141778 question first answered 11/05/2018 12:01:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

900243

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	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 for visas from highly skilled professionals were refused by his Department between February 2014 and March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	141778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The available information relates to outcomes (grants, refusals, withdrawn, lapsed) of visa applications, broken down by category (including Tier 2 skilled work visas) and is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017</a>. The large majority of Tier 2 visa application outcomes are grants.</p><p>Information for Q1 (January to March) 2018 is planned to be published on 24 May.</p><p>Tier 2 is the main immigration route for skilled work in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 141777 question first answered 11/05/2018 12:01:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

900247

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	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 to process and make a decision on a visa application for a highly skilled professional has been in the last three months for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	141781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>Published data on entry clearance visa processing times for skilled work (Tier 2), including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards by category, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a> The large majority of cases are straightforward and are dealt with within Service standards.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/05/2018 16:44:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

900102

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	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 affordability of fees for visa applications.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	uin	141903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>An assessment of the impact of all border, immigration and citizenship (BIC) fees was published as an associated document to the Immigration and Nationality Fees (Regulations) 2018. The fees are set at a level that reflects the benefit of a successful application to those who use the service.</p><p>The relevant information can be found via the following link: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/59/pdfs/ukia_20180059_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/59/pdfs/ukia_20180059_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/05/2018 11:52:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

900101

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Applications
	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 trends in the length of waiting times for decisions on visa applications for (a) visitors, (b) students, (c) families and (d) spouses.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	uin	141902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>Published data on entry clearance visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards by category, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-february-2018</a> The large majority of cases are straightforward and are dealt with within Service standards</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/05/2018 11:50:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

900103

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the sum accruing to the public purse from failed visa applications in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	uin	141904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested. In order to provide the total income received from only rejected visa applications, would involve sifting through all applications data which would exceed the £850 cost limit.</p><p>Amount received from Visa applications are not differentiated between successful and unsuccessful applications. Our ledger will not allow us to provide this level of detail.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/05/2018 13:30:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

900067

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the companies named in the dossier given to HMRC by Retailers Against VAT Abuse Schemes have (a) registered for VAT, (b) been investigated and (c) been prosecuted for VAT abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
	uin	141661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>Currently 439 of the online sellers named by Retailers Against VAT Abuse Schemes are registered for VAT. HMRC has risk assessed all of the companies named and as a result 781 are either subject to or awaiting further investigation. The rest have been risk assessed as requiring no further action. There have been no prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/05/2018 12:04:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

900065

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of women who have chosen to terminate a pregnancy as a result of the two child restriction in universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	141836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/05/2018 12:09:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

900073

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) staff of his Department were allocated to the processing and administration of universal credit claims and (b) universal credit claimants there were in each month of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	141699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>As of 2018, 5,488.1 full time equivalent staff are working specifically on the processing and administration of Universal Credit claims.</p><p>The information requested on Universal Credit claimants can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/05/2018 14:02:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

900074

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) smallest, (b) average, and (c) largest caseloads for (i) work coaches and (ii) other members of staff working on the processing and administration of universal credit claims in each of the most recent three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	141700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/05/2018 14:04:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead