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1222883

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a temporary visa due to the covid-19 pandemic, particularly where those people have underlying health conditions that may make international travel more hazardous.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	72226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a temporary visa due to the covid-19 pandemic, particularly where those people have underlying health conditions that may make international travel more hazardous. 72226</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a Tier 4 General Student visa due to the covid-19 pandemic.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The latest information in respect of advice for visa holders can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a>. This is kept under review.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak. We recognise that further adjustments are likely to be required to cater for all scenarios, and we are working through these, to ensure people are not unduly affected by circumstances beyond their control.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/07/2020 16:15:35 question first ministerially corrected 16/07/2020 10:22:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 37520 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1222884

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2020
	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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a Tier 4 General Student visa due to the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	72227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a temporary visa due to the covid-19 pandemic, particularly where those people have underlying health conditions that may make international travel more hazardous. 72226</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a Tier 4 General Student visa due to the covid-19 pandemic.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The latest information in respect of advice for visa holders can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a>. This is kept under review.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak. We recognise that further adjustments are likely to be required to cater for all scenarios, and we are working through these, to ensure people are not unduly affected by circumstances beyond their control.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/07/2020 16:15:35 question first ministerially corrected 16/07/2020 10:22:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 37521 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1105750

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the affordability of the Indefinite Leave to Remain application fee.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	237789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 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 <br>Nationality Fees (Regulations) 2018. Whilst the assessment doesn’t focus on affordability, which would be a very subjective matter, it does include estimates of price elasticity.</p><p>The relevant information can be found via the following link:</p><p><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 04/04/2019 16:33:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1304636

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department’s review of the rules regulating asylum seekers’ permission to work, commenced in December 2018, will conclude and report.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	173076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. A review of the policy is ongoing, and we are considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The findings of the review will be announced once the work has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2021 17:14:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1623792

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Earthquakes: Turkey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made additional resources available for processing visa applications impacted by the earthquakes in Turkey.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	182619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>By working with TLS, the commercial partner, we are continuing to provide access to Visa Application Centres (VAC) throughout Turkey. Adana VAC increased its opening days from 3 to 5 days a week to meet demand closest to the earthquake area. There are also VACs in Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Istanbul, and Izmir, many of which continue to provide 5 day a week capacity for those looking to apply for a UK visa under one of our current visit, family, work and study routes and enable those who have already applied to submit their biometrics.</p><p>UKVI will aim to process any compassionate cases as quickly as possible in line with current guidance.</p><p>Should individual circumstances require a quicker decision, applicants should raise this with visa application centre staff when submitting their biometrics and UKVI will consider this as part of their wider application.</p><p>If applicants have an existing visa application and have been impacted by the earthquake, then they should please contact the UKVI Contact Centre, details can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fcontact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBenjamin.Compton-James1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce8a336ce93614d949cbb08db133077f7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638124871104638393%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=e4aC2ux6rUThYG0qUOJ6eQWlXzPLa%2ByS%2F%2BU24bEYID0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/05/2023 16:31:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1437403

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Chevening Scholarships Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Afghan Chevening Scholars are able to contact her Department directly regarding their immigration status.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	133206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>Chevening Scholars should continue to liaise with their Chevening contact who can provide more detailed advice. In addition, they can contact the Home Office at <a href="mailto:Public.Enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">Public.Enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/03/2022 11:16:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 55828 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1357882

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to enable people in Afghanistan to be reunited with family members in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	53937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>Family members of British citizens and settled persons, including those with humanitarian protection in the UK, who were not called forward for evacuation as part of Op PITTING, will need to apply to come to the UK under the existing economic or family migration and reunion rules. They will be expected to meet the eligibility requirements of their chosen route, which may include paying relevant fees and charges, and providing their biometrics.</p><p>The British Embassy in Kabul has currently suspended in country operations and all UK diplomatic and consular staff have been temporarily withdrawn.</p><p>The UK is working with international partners to secure safe routes out of Afghanistan as soon as they become available, but while the security situation remains extremely volatile, we recommend people in Afghanistan do not make applications and pay application fees at this time as they will not be considered until biometrics are provided. Those Afghans who are outside of Afghanistan and able to get to a Visa Application Centre to provide their biometrics can make an application in the usual way.</p><p>A full policy statement on this matter published on 13 September 2021 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement-accessible-version" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement-accessible-version</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/10/2021 11:51:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 25078 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1222549

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources her Department is providing to Visa Application Centres throughout the World to help them tackle backlogs that have developed as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	71815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>Following initial closures as a result of global Covid-19 restrictions, Visa Application Centres (VACs) overseas and UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) centres in the UK have started reopening in a phased way, with social distancing and other public health measures in place which has resulted in reduced appointment capacity.</p><p> </p><p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is continuing to work with our commercial partners to ensure there is sufficient appointment availability so customers waiting for an appointment are able to enrol their biometrics and submit supporting documents safely and quickly.</p><p> </p><p>Customers who have applied since services were suspended are being contacted and offered appointments in a phased way. For customers in the UK, in order to increase capacity and reduce customer contact UKVI will be reusing fingerprint biometrics for some customers who have supplied their fingerprints since July 2015. These customers do not need to attend a UKVCAS or an SSC service point appointment to provide biometric information.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/07/2020 16:29:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1105751

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons a waiver from Indefinite Leave to Remain fees was granted to the 150 Afghan Interpreters who aided the British Army during Operation Herrick.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	237790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>In May 2018, the Home Secretary announced that Afghan interpreters, who worked alongside British Forces in Afghanistan, and their family members who relocate to the UK can apply for settlement free of charge after five years’ residence here.</p><p>It was never our intention to expect Afghan local staff who relocated to the UK to return to Afghanistan. The changes to the Immigration Rules pro-vide reassurance that they can continue to build their lives and future in the UK. In addition, given the risks that Afghan interpreters faced, includ-ing threats to safety, as a direct result of their work alongside UK forces on the front line, we believe it was appropriate to provide a fee exemption.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/04/2019 16:30:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1035010

	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	Migrant Workers: Pay
	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 made of the variations in national average salaries in advance of setting a £30,000 salary threshold for skilled workers.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	205306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>In their report, EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended “<em>maintaining the existing salary threshold for all migrants in Tier 2”</em>. The Government will engage businesses and employers as to what salary threshold should be set.</p><p>In addition, Scotland already has a separate Shortage Occupation List (SOL) and we will invite the Migration Advisory Committee to compile such a list for Northern Ireland and consider whether the composition of the SOL needs to be different for Wales.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/01/2019 16:28:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan