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1677950

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to their proposals to increase the minimum income requirement for a spouse or partner visa, (1) how savings and income from property and sources other than employment will be regarded, (2) the additional income required for each child of the family, (3) what length of visa will be issued, and (4) what other changes related to family visas they propose.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL1138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The revised minimum income requirement (MIR) will be implemented in spring 2024.</p><p>The Government will set out any transitional provisions associated with the increase in the MIR, and further policy details, in due course.</p><p>Any applications already submitted will be considered in line with the existing policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1136 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:52:37 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1677949

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to their proposals to increase the minimum income requirement for a spouse or partner visa to £38,700, what fee will be payable on the initial and subsequent applications for a spouse or partner on a 10-year route to settlement, and what immigration health charge will be due.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL1137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There will be no changes to the fees payable for any visa applications or the health surcharge as a result of the minimum income requirement changes announced by the Home Secretary.</p><p>For those applying on a spouse or partner visa, the current application fees of £1,846 for entry clearance, £1,048 for Limited Leave to Remain and £2,885 for Indefinite Leave to Remain will remain the same.</p><p>Subject to the passage of the necessary legislation, the Immigration Health Surcharge will increase to £1,035 per year for migrants applying on the partner visa route.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1139 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:54:27 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1677948

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to their proposals to increase the minimum income requirement for a spouse or partner visa to £38,700, how income other than from employment and property and savings will be regarded, the additional income required for each child of the family, and what length of visa will be issued and how that will be determined.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL1136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The revised minimum income requirement (MIR) will be implemented in spring 2024.</p><p>The Government will set out any transitional provisions associated with the increase in the MIR, and further policy details, in due course.</p><p>Any applications already submitted will be considered in line with the existing policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1138 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:52:37 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1544699

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Visas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how many decisions are reached each week as an average (a) annually from 2012 to 2020, and (b) monthly since 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We recruit using standard Civil Service recruitment processes and all our decision makers must meet minimum Civil Service recruitment standards. Once appointed the Home Office offers a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework for decision makers. In relation to methods used, it should be noted that tools involving machine learning or artificial intelligence are not used in the assessment of family visa applications.</p><p>Records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications are not maintained as far back to 2010. During that time, the department has undergone various organisational changes, and has also employed temporary staff, so we are unable to provide accurate data on the number of caseworkers who have ceased employment. However the average number of decisions made each week in respect of family visa applications do not form part of any current transparency data applications and are not published. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>In relation to the records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications, they are not maintained back to 2010. Resource is also often used flexibly, so if data was available, we would be unable to provide accurate figures in respect of the amount of caseworkers engaged in considering family visa applications for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3646 HL3648 HL3649 HL3650 question first answered 06/12/2022 16:48:28 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1544698

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Visas: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how many caseworkers are engaged in considering applications for each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We recruit using standard Civil Service recruitment processes and all our decision makers must meet minimum Civil Service recruitment standards. Once appointed the Home Office offers a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework for decision makers. In relation to methods used, it should be noted that tools involving machine learning or artificial intelligence are not used in the assessment of family visa applications.</p><p>Records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications are not maintained as far back to 2010. During that time, the department has undergone various organisational changes, and has also employed temporary staff, so we are unable to provide accurate data on the number of caseworkers who have ceased employment. However the average number of decisions made each week in respect of family visa applications do not form part of any current transparency data applications and are not published. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>In relation to the records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications, they are not maintained back to 2010. Resource is also often used flexibly, so if data was available, we would be unable to provide accurate figures in respect of the amount of caseworkers engaged in considering family visa applications for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3647 HL3648 HL3649 HL3650 question first answered 06/12/2022 16:48:28 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1655123

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 30 December 2022 (HL4283) that the Home Office intended to set out their plans to review the Life in the UK handbook as part of wider nationality reforms “in the first half of next year”, and further to the letter dated 7 September 2022 from the then Minister for Safe and Legal Migration to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee, what is the timetable for their review of the handbook.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL9687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2023 answer text <p>We are still considering the timetable for potential work to review the handbook. We aim to set out the timetable for reviewing the handbook later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 08/08/2023 15:24:44 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1686496

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Software
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any systems or software supplied by Fujitsu are used in the process of determining immigration status.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL2071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Fujitsu do not supply the Home Office with any systems or software used in determining immigration status.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 14/02/2024 18:00:06 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1601036

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether all unaccompanied children seeking asylum on arrival in the UK and accommodated in Home Office-funded hotels are now being referred to Kent County Council Children’s Services ”at the earliest possible point” in accordance with Home Office guidance; and how quickly such referrals are being made.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL6081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office recognise the longstanding role that Kent County Council has played in supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and are grateful for their contribution.</p><p>The Home Office notifies Kent County Council about all UASC arriving in their area. The notification is completed along with the National Transfer scheme referral, as quickly as possible - with the length of time taken to complete the referral process being dependant on arrival numbers.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 16/03/2023 17:03:56 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1655122

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to appoint an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL9686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.</p><p>The Home Secretary recognises the importance of the IASC and had launched a new open competition to recruit for this role on the 23 February 2023, the process for which is now at an advanced stage.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 01/08/2023 15:20:43 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1668080

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Biometrics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of using (1) X-rays, (2) magnetic resonance imaging, and (3) any other scientific methods, as provided for by the Illegal Migration Act 2023 and the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL29
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not yet hold this information. Work is ongoing to determine the level and type of capacity required to support the imaging service.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/11/2023 15:25:10 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee