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1082533

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EEA 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 the Example Case Study in Chapter 8 of his Department’s White Paper, the UK’s future skills-based immigration system, Cm 9722, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK citizens living elsewhere in the European Union with a partner from the European Economic Area who would be required to meet the Minimum Income Requirement should they decide to continue their family life in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	229136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has not estimated the number of British citizens living elsewhere in the European Union with a European Economic Area national partner who may decide to continue their family life in the UK after it leaves the EU</p><p>In the event the UK leaves with a deal, British citizens will be able to return to the UK and benefit from the existing so-called “Surinder Singh” provisions throughout the implementation period. This means their family members will be able to return to the UK as now and apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. This is reflected in the Immigration Rules laid on 7 March 2019. Further details will be provided shortly on the immigration status of family members of British citizens returning from the EU in both a ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenario.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/03/2019 16:45:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1082663

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 assessment his Department has made of the effect of the minimum income requirement on the integration of non-EEA partners of British citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	229178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Supreme Court has upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income requirement, which prevents burdens on the taxpayer and promotes integration, ruling that it strikes a fair balance between the interests of those wishing to sponsor a partner to settle in the UK and of the community in general. The Court found that the minimum income requirement is not a breach of the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and is not discriminatory.</p><p>We continue to keep the family Immigration Rules under review and make adjustments in light of feedback on their operation and impact. Our overall assessment is that the family Immigration Rules are having the right impact and are helping to ensure public confidence in the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 229180 question first answered 11/03/2019 16:39:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1082666

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Income
	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 publish the findings of his Department’s most recent review into the effects of the minimum income requirement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	229180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Supreme Court has upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income requirement, which prevents burdens on the taxpayer and promotes integration, ruling that it strikes a fair balance between the interests of those wishing to sponsor a partner to settle in the UK and of the community in general. The Court found that the minimum income requirement is not a breach of the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and is not discriminatory.</p><p>We continue to keep the family Immigration Rules under review and make adjustments in light of feedback on their operation and impact. Our overall assessment is that the family Immigration Rules are having the right impact and are helping to ensure public confidence in the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 229178 question first answered 11/03/2019 16:39:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1082661

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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, how many spouse visas were granted on the basis of exceptional circumstances where the sponsor did not meet the minimum income requirement in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	229177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested. Published statistics on spouse visas can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/03/2019 16:46:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1082543

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Cancer: Health Services
	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 he will take in the forthcoming workforce implementation plan to ensure that there are sufficient staff in the NHS to diagnose and treat cancer..
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	229138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December 2017. HEE intended to publish a second phase, longer-term strategy that looked at the cancer workforce needs beyond 2021. This work was started and stakeholders from within the National Health Service and the charitable sector contributed to the early discussions. This work has since been superseded by publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has subsequently commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, including staff working on cancer, consider additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 12:41:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1082664

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the public purse of women leaving the labour force due to the minimum income requirement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	229179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a very strong record on helping women to enter and progress in the labour market. Female employment is at a record high; the female unemployment rate is the lowest since comparable records began; and the female employment rate increased by more in the last parliament than in the previous three combined.</p><p> </p><p>The level of the minimum income requirement of £18,600, introduced in 2012, is designed to­ ensure that those bringing their family into the UK from non-EEA countries can properly support their partner and any dependants financially, and was set based on advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in November 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has not conducted an assessment of the fiscal impact of any potential change in female labour force participation as a result of the minimum income requirement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/03/2019 14:57:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas