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792979

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress UK Visas & Immigration has made on clearing the backlog of applications for spouse visas as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made in taking decisions on applications affected by the MM Lebanon Supreme Court ruling and there remain very few applications awaiting assessment.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:30:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792980

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
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 is for applicants waiting for decisions on spouse visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792981

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the average wait time is for immigration applicants using the priority service.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

793027

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union with reference to his Department's paper Providing a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework: a future partnership, published in August 2017, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK insolvency and restructuring procedures and judgements will continue to be recognised across the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	114812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s Civil Judicial Cooperation Future Partnership Paper of August 2017 makes clear that an effective framework of civil judicial cooperation, which includes insolvency law, is an important part of the deep and special partnership we want to establish with the EU. It is in the interests of the UK and the EU that there continues to be an effective framework for resolving cross-border legal disputes after we leave.</p><p>This will provide confidence and certainty to families, business and individuals, ensuring they can continue to settle cross-border disputes efficiently and effectively in the future. The current rules, on which we hope to model a new agreement, provide a legal route to resolving often difficult or desperate situations.</p><p>The exact future relationship between the EU and UK on civil judicial cooperation, including the recognition of insolvency and restructuring procedures and judgments, is subject to negotiations with our EU partners.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/11/2017 11:20:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

793028

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's consultation paper A review of the corporate insolvency framework, published in May 2016, which proposals have been identified as priorities for implementation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	114813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Following the publication of the summary of responses to the consultation in September 2016, the Government has continued to engage with a very wide range of interested parties to further discuss and explore issues raised in responses to the consultation. This further engagement will ensure that any reforms, if necessary, will be fit for purpose and best achieve the Government’s aims of rescuing distressed but viable businesses, therefore preserving both value and jobs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 114814 question first answered 27/11/2017 11:19:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

793029

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the Insolvency Service consultation on the corporate insolvency framework; and what plans he has to reform the current system.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	114814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Following the publication of the summary of responses to the consultation in September 2016, the Government has continued to engage with a very wide range of interested parties to further discuss and explore issues raised in responses to the consultation. This further engagement will ensure that any reforms, if necessary, will be fit for purpose and best achieve the Government’s aims of rescuing distressed but viable businesses, therefore preserving both value and jobs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 114813 question first answered 27/11/2017 11:19:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

793109

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to ensure the planned consultation on social care consults (a) local authorities and (b) people with dementia.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	114894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper on care and support by summer 2018.</p><p>In developing the Green Paper, it is right that we take the time needed to debate the many complex issues and listen to the perspectives of experts and care users, building consensus around reforms which can succeed. This is why we are starting a process of initial engagement over the coming months through which Government will work with experts and stakeholders, including representatives from local government, the NHS the voluntary sector and care providers, as well as care users and carers to shape the long-term reforms that will be proposed in the Green Paper. And when the Green Paper is published, it will then be subject to a full formal public consultation, providing a further opportunity for all interested parties to give their views, including Local Authorities and those affected by dementia.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 114896 114897 question first answered 27/11/2017 10:25:28 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

793111

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, what the planned launch date is for the Government's consultation on social care; who will be involved in that consultation; and whether that consultation will be open for a period of three months or longer.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	114896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper on care and support by summer 2018.</p><p>In developing the Green Paper, it is right that we take the time needed to debate the many complex issues and listen to the perspectives of experts and care users, building consensus around reforms which can succeed. This is why we are starting a process of initial engagement over the coming months through which Government will work with experts and stakeholders, including representatives from local government, the NHS the voluntary sector and care providers, as well as care users and carers to shape the long-term reforms that will be proposed in the Green Paper. And when the Green Paper is published, it will then be subject to a full formal public consultation, providing a further opportunity for all interested parties to give their views, including Local Authorities and those affected by dementia.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 114894 114897 question first answered 27/11/2017 10:25:28 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

793112

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Services: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the planned consultation on social care will adequately consider the needs and experiences of people who are or have been affected by dementia.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	114897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper on care and support by summer 2018.</p><p>In developing the Green Paper, it is right that we take the time needed to debate the many complex issues and listen to the perspectives of experts and care users, building consensus around reforms which can succeed. This is why we are starting a process of initial engagement over the coming months through which Government will work with experts and stakeholders, including representatives from local government, the NHS the voluntary sector and care providers, as well as care users and carers to shape the long-term reforms that will be proposed in the Green Paper. And when the Green Paper is published, it will then be subject to a full formal public consultation, providing a further opportunity for all interested parties to give their views, including Local Authorities and those affected by dementia.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 114894 114896 question first answered 27/11/2017 10:25:28 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

793134

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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 English language tests are available in China for student visas through the International English Language Test system.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	114919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>China has 22 permanent and 5 pop-up test centres across the country operated by IELTS and approved by UKVI. Tests are held at each venue on a regular and frequent basis in accordance with demand. An expansion plan to increase this number has been approved and will add an additional 6 permanent test centres and 3 pop-up venues.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:38:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr