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1536843

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Church of England: Longfleet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the implications for its policies on the proper use of Church moneis of the case in the ecclesiastical Parish of Longfleet, St Mary's, Poole; what episcopal oversight was there of that case and when the Commisioners were informed of the details; and if the Commissioners will take steps to share lessons learned for best practice with other diocese.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	72919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The parochial church council is a charitable body subject to the oversight of the Charity Commission. I understand that the Charity Commission is aware of the case following a referral by the Diocese of Salisbury and the office of the Bishop of Salisbury. The National Church Institutions cannot provide guidance to trustees on particular cases, but the Legal Advisory Commission regularly provides updates for PCCs and other trustee bodies on their general duties and obligations.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/11/2022 17:15:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 33334 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1459021

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made on securing UK membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	906465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK recently reached a major milestone in the accession process to CPTPP, by moving to market access negotiations with this trading bloc.</p><p> </p><p>These negotiations will see new, beneficial trading relationships agreed with CPTPP members. Tariffs will be reduced on UK goods exports, and services markets will open up further to British business, through advanced provisions that facilitate digital trade and modern rules on data. We aim to conclude negotiations by the end of 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/04/2022 16:28:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1273883

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
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	Multinational Companies: Staff
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 discussions he has had with multinational companies based in the UK on relocation regulations for employees being relocated into the UK by firms in the EU after the transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	133633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Employees of EU firms who are not UK nationals being relocated into the UK can apply under the intra-company transfer route that our immigration system provides for. Under the UK’s domestic immigration rules, intra-company transferees may be admitted for up to 5 years (and for up to 9 years in the case of high earners) to all successful applications, regardless of where they come from, including from the EU. The UK-EU Trade &amp; Cooperation Agreement commits to 90-day processing times for intra-corporate transfer applications. In addition, both parties have agreed to provisions for accompanying family members of such intra-company transferees.</p><p> </p><p>The provisions for intra-company transferees were informed through detailed conversations with hundreds of stakeholders across UK business sectors, including multinational companies who benefit from the intra-company transfer route.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/01/2021 14:19:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1272296

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were relocated into the UK using the intra-company visa system in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	131168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>The available published data shows the numbers of visas granted in each work route but does not provide any information on where the applicant resided (inside / outside the EU) or if the individual was “relocating”. There is also no guarantee these visas are used.</p><p>Data on visas granted by category can be found in Vis_D02 at:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F936849%2Fentry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-sep-2020.xlsx&amp;data=04%7C01%7CNick.Smith2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb9c6b8c02e9247d7511708d8a34b2760%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637438890484049894%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=WG23ASQEk0uLrEg4cf7NyOXj3bMdV2b2nSxSEoTIqKA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-sep-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/01/2021 14:30:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1272298

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	New Businesses: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of individuals in who were granted start-up visas in 2019 earned over £73,900 per annum; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	131169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is responsible for this question, not the Treasury.</p><p>The Home Office is unable to provide the statistical answer to this question as it asks for information which is not obtainable from our systems.</p><p>The latest published migration statistics (Sept 2020) that are available, can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/01/2021 17:36:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1272301

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Location: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much has the relocation allowance been updated in line with inflation since its introduction in 1994.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	131170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The tax exempt relocation allowance has remained at £8,000 since it was introduced in 1994. The Government keeps all reliefs and allowances under review to ensure that they continue to meet policy objectives.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/01/2021 14:01:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1272305

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax revenue was generated from people holding a work visa in the category of skilled work visa in the 2018-19 financial year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	131171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>HMRC do not hold information on the visa status of workers paying income tax.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 12:10:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1272311

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals from (a) inside and (b) outside the EU were relocated for work purposes into the UK in 2019 by each of the visa categories prescribed by the Government; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	131172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>The available published data shows the numbers of visas granted in each work route but does not provide any information on where the applicant resided (inside / outside the EU) or if the individual was “relocating”. There is also no guarantee these visas are used once issued.</p><p>Data on visas granted by category can be found in Vis_D02 at:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F936849%2Fentry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-sep-2020.xlsx&amp;data=04%7C01%7CNick.Smith2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb9c6b8c02e9247d7511708d8a34b2760%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637438890484049894%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=WG23ASQEk0uLrEg4cf7NyOXj3bMdV2b2nSxSEoTIqKA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-sep-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/01/2021 15:19:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1272314

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether travel restrictions during the covid-19 pandemic have reduced the number of professional staff being relocated to the UK for the purpose of taking up professional employment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	131173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>In the period in question, the relocation of non-EEA national personnel by a multinational business to a UK branch or subsidiary of that business was facilitated primarily through the Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) category of the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The most recent published migration statistics can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/01/2021 15:14:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1272320

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if (a) she and (b) her officials will meet with the Chair of the Association of Relocation Professionals on supporting high value jobs through relocation to the UK after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	131174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>My officials regularly meet with businesses and associations across the country. I have asked them to make contact with the Association of Relocation Professionals to initiate a meeting to discuss supporting the relocation of high value jobs to the UK.</p><p>Our country has a proud and hard-won reputation as one of the most open economies and one of the foremost destinations for inward investment in the world. The Department supported 1,449 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects during the 2019/20 financial year, which created almost 45,000 new jobs and safeguarded a further 8,000.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/01/2021 17:30:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms