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1003809

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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, how many international students obtained a Tier 4 visa in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2015-16, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2013-14 academic years; and how many of those students came from a nation registered in Appendix H of the Immigration Rules.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	189679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on grants of Tier 4 entry clearance visas, by nationality, is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas data tables volume 3, table vi_06_q_s, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a></p><p>Information relating to July to September (Q3) 2018 is planned to be published on 29 November.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/11/2018 12:40:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1003812

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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, whether his Department recognises any categories beyond compliant and non-compliant in relation to higher education institutions and Tier 4 student immigration.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	189682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>To obtain and maintain a Tier 4 sponsor licence, institutions must show that all their sites meet acceptable educational quality standards, including both the quality of teaching and the management of the institution. An educational oversight body, which is independent from the Home Office, makes this assessment.</p><p>A sponsor which fails an educational oversight inspection will not be permitted to sponsor any further Tier 4 students until it achieves a satisfactory rating in a subsequent inspection, but will not have its licence revoked. It will be permitted to continue teaching its current Tier 4 students.</p><p>Tier 4 sponsors must also pass a Basic Compliance Assessment, which is a mandatory annual check on the compliance rate of a sponsor’s students. If a sponsor fails this check, it will normally have its licence revoked and will therefore not be able to sponsor any further Tier 4 students. There are no other compliance factors relating to Tier 4 sponsors which affect the consideration of Tier 4 immigration applications other than whether the sponsor continues to hold a valid tier 4 licence.</p><p>If a sponsor’s Tier 4 licence is revoked, the Home Office will consider whether the reasons that led to the revocation affect any other sponsor licence that it holds. Any action taken against the other licence depends on the nature of the compliance issues identified. Such actions may include imposing an action plan to assist the sponsor improve its compliance, or revocation of the licence in serious cases of non-compliance.</p><p>Each application is assessed on its own merits against the relevant immigration rules and policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 189683 question first answered 16/11/2018 12:44:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1003813

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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, whether the revocation of a Tier 4 licence from a higher education institution effects any other immigration licence that institution may hold.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	189683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>To obtain and maintain a Tier 4 sponsor licence, institutions must show that all their sites meet acceptable educational quality standards, including both the quality of teaching and the management of the institution. An educational oversight body, which is independent from the Home Office, makes this assessment.</p><p>A sponsor which fails an educational oversight inspection will not be permitted to sponsor any further Tier 4 students until it achieves a satisfactory rating in a subsequent inspection, but will not have its licence revoked. It will be permitted to continue teaching its current Tier 4 students.</p><p>Tier 4 sponsors must also pass a Basic Compliance Assessment, which is a mandatory annual check on the compliance rate of a sponsor’s students. If a sponsor fails this check, it will normally have its licence revoked and will therefore not be able to sponsor any further Tier 4 students. There are no other compliance factors relating to Tier 4 sponsors which affect the consideration of Tier 4 immigration applications other than whether the sponsor continues to hold a valid tier 4 licence.</p><p>If a sponsor’s Tier 4 licence is revoked, the Home Office will consider whether the reasons that led to the revocation affect any other sponsor licence that it holds. Any action taken against the other licence depends on the nature of the compliance issues identified. Such actions may include imposing an action plan to assist the sponsor improve its compliance, or revocation of the licence in serious cases of non-compliance.</p><p>Each application is assessed on its own merits against the relevant immigration rules and policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 189682 question first answered 16/11/2018 12:44:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1002750

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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, with reference to his Department’s announcement of 25 October 2018, New fund to support vulnerable EU citizens apply for settled status, whether he has received advice from the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) (a) that organisations operating under that fund need to be registered with the OISC to assist with applications in relation to the EU Settlement Scheme unless otherwise exempt or regulated to provide immigration advice and (b) on what levels of competence organisations operating under that fund should have.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	188818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>We are working very closely with The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) to make this work for genuine voluntary organisations and community groups that want to help EU citizens and their family members.</p><p>All organisations placing bids will need to be aware of the level of OISC registration that they may require in line with the services they are proposing to provide in supporting vulnerable persons applying under the EU Settlement Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/11/2018 12:11:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

989654

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Software: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the effect of exiting the EU without a deal on UK sellers of pre-owned software under the terms of the EU Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	180716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is seeking to provide continuity and certainty as the UK leaves the EU. To this end, we have introduced the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to ensure that UK law continues to work after the UK leaves the EU, whatever the outcome of negotiations. It does this by transferring EU law into UK law, preserving the effect of existing law where possible and appropriate.</p><p>The Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs, including its provisions on the resale of software, has already been implemented into UK law and will therefore be retained in UK law after the UK leaves the EU, subject to any amendments necessary to ensure it functions appropriately once the UK has withdrawn from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/11/2018 16:12:26 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

989675

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Equipment: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that there will be no disruption to the procurement of medical devices after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	180721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s priority is to ensure that public procurement continues to function as smoothly as possible, avoiding disruption to public procurement markets for the benefit of suppliers and procurers. The existing scheme of UK procurement rules, which implement the European Union public procurement directives, are preserved under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 when the UK leaves the European Union, with relevant adjustments necessary to ensure legal operability. This will give legal certainty and continuity to businesses, contracting authorities, and employees, on day one of Exit. On 13 September 2018, Cabinet Office published guidance titled ‘Accessing public sector contracts if there’s no Brexit deal’, which can be found on the Cabinet Office website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accessing-public-sector-contracts-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/accessing-public-sector-contracts-if-theres-no-brexit-deal#before-29-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accessing-public-sector-contracts-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/accessing-public-sector-contracts-if-theres-no-brexit-deal#before-29-march-2019</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 24/10/2018 12:44:06 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

988833

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the number of pharmaceutical companies that have not agreed to stockpile medicines in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	180180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Since writing to pharmaceutical companies in August, we have received very good engagement from industry, who share our aims of ensuring continuity of medicines supply for patients across the United Kingdom. The Department continues to work closely with these companies to ensure that their UK stockpiles of medicines are sufficient to cope with any potential delays at the border that may arise in the short term from the event of a no-deal Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>In our letter to industry, the Government committed to considering what support to UK medicines suppliers we might provide as part of our European Union exit no-deal contingency programme and we will make an assessment of what that support might include when we have heard back from all the companies we wrote to in relation to their stockpiling or alternative contingency plans.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 180181 question first answered 24/10/2018 12:28:46 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

988834

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 176274 on Drugs, when the Government plans to complete its consideration of the support that may be provided to suppliers in relation to the stockpiling of medicines; for what reasons that process was not completed before the Government advised suppliers to increase their stockpile of medicines; what assessment he has made of the effect on the supply of drugs of not providing that support; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	180181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Since writing to pharmaceutical companies in August, we have received very good engagement from industry, who share our aims of ensuring continuity of medicines supply for patients across the United Kingdom. The Department continues to work closely with these companies to ensure that their UK stockpiles of medicines are sufficient to cope with any potential delays at the border that may arise in the short term from the event of a no-deal Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>In our letter to industry, the Government committed to considering what support to UK medicines suppliers we might provide as part of our European Union exit no-deal contingency programme and we will make an assessment of what that support might include when we have heard back from all the companies we wrote to in relation to their stockpiling or alternative contingency plans.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 180180 question first answered 24/10/2018 12:28:46 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

985653

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for the Government's ambition to increase the number of BAME students going to university by 20 per cent by 2020 of implementing the recommendations in the University and College Union report entitled Investigating higher education institutions and their views on the Race Equality Charter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	178283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>I welcome the report from the University and College Union. Widening access to Higher Education is a priority for this government. We want everyone with the capability to succeed in Higher Education to have the opportunity to benefit from a university education, regardless of background, ethnicity, or where they grew up.</p><p>In 2017, 18 year olds from ethnic minority backgrounds were more likely to enter full-time undergraduate higher education than ever before.</p><p>However, we still have more to do. That is why we asked the Office for Students to continue to ensure ethnic minority groups are supported to access, succeed in, and progress from higher education.</p><p>A new transparency condition will also require HE providers to publish application, offer, acceptance, non-continuation and attainment rates by socio-economic background, gender and ethnicity, which will provide greater transparency and help to shine a light on those providers who need to do more.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/10/2018 11:01:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

984464

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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 it is the Government's policy that the eligibility criteria for the EU Settled Status Scheme as outlined in the EU Settlement Scheme Statement of Intent, published on 21 June 2018, will change in the event that no agreement is reached with the EU on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	177291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary have confirmed that in the event of there being no agreement with the EU on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, all EU citizens and their family members resident in the UK by 29 March 2019 will be able to stay, their rights will be protected and they will be able to live their lives broadly as they do now. Further information will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/10/2018 15:29:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield