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date	30/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Politicians: Visas
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 4 January 2019 to Questions 205232, 205233 and 205235, if he will take steps to ensure timely visa application processes for invited participants in Parliamentary events.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	214528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Published data on entry clearance visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p><p>The vast majority of straightforward visa applications are processed within Service standards.</p><p>Additional services are available to assist with time-critical visits.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2019 12:20:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1035012

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Politicians: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on (a) delays to, (b) cancellations of and (c) refusals of visas to foreign Parliamentarians intending to visit the UK in recent years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There have been no discussions on these specific topics between the Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary. Officials in both departments regularly communicate about the UK's visa system, including on occasions raising individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/01/2019 16:44:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1035015

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Politicians: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effect of visa refusals for foreign parliamentarians on bilateral relations with those countries.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK engages with bilateral partners on a wide range of issues including any concerns which they may raise.</p><p>Foreign government Ministers visiting the UK on official visits are exempt from immigration control (including the visa requirement). In addition, all diplomats posted to the UK are exempt from the visa requirement.</p><p>Applications from Parliamentarians for visit visas are assessed against the published Immigration Rules (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules</a>)</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 15:49:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1035111

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Politicians: 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 parliamentarians from overseas countries have had to (a) cancel and (b) delay travel to the UK as a result of (i) visa refusals, (ii) visa cancellations, and (iii) delays in the issuing of a visa in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested.</p><p>The available information relates to total entry clearance visas refused, published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a> .</p><p>Information published in the Migration Transparency data indicates that the vast majority of straightforward cases are processed within Service standards (see table Visa_01, at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a> )</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:02:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown