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1140088

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Rolling Stock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure the provision of new rolling stock on the east coast main line.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	912039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>LNER’s new Azuma trains entered service on their Hull and Leeds routes in May this year are due to launch on Edinburgh services from 1st August and will then be serving destinations North of Edinburgh by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>These state-of-the-art trains, delivered as part of the government-funded Intercity Express Programme, have more seats, better legroom and will be more reliable.</p><p> </p><p>The full fleet of 65 trains compared to 45 old trains will be in service from 2020 enabling additional services to be run increasing capacity further.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/07/2019 15:59:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1148106

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps she has taken to increase the (a) strength and (b) reliability of mobile phone signals in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	912547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants the UK to have high-quality mobile coverage where people live, work and travel, including Scotland, and we are committed to extending geographic mobile coverage to 95% of the UK.</p><p>There is currently 77% 4G geographic coverage from at least one Mobile Network Operator for the Stirling Local Authority area, up from 49% in June 2017. We are in discussions with the Mobile Network Operators about their proposal for a Shared Rural Network to improve coverage. We will consider all options.</p><p>I also welcome Ofcom’s proposal for their forthcoming spectrum auction, which aims to deliver two operators to 90% geographic mobile coverage.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 03/10/2019 13:20:01 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1130757

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect on Scotland of required income levels for skilled migrants.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	911216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Our future immigration system is designed to drive up wages and productivity across the UK and allow us to bring in the most talented while responding to public concerns about immigration.</p><p>We have been very clear that no decision on the levels at which salary thresholds should be set will be taken until we have completed the UK-wide engagement process that is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 10/06/2019 15:56:21 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1144037

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress has been made on implementing the recommendations in the final report of the Bishop of Truro's Independent review for the Foreign Secretary of FCO support for persecuted Christians.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	912260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has accepted all the recommendations of the Bishop of Truro’s report and work is underway to take them forward. We have established an implementation team, and have allocated £200,000 this year for research into concrete actions the UK can take in countries mentioned in the Report. My ministerial colleague, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, will oversee the recommendations’ implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/09/2019 16:34:22 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1676007

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 his Oral Statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposals announced in that Statement on the visa status of (a) Ukrainian refugees and (b) others who have claimed asylum in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	5653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>Our Points Based System enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support our NHS, while encouraging investment in, and protecting, our own resident workforce.</p><p>In arriving at this package of measures, we have been mindful of the need to balance the impacts on economic growth and the needs of the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>The Ukraine schemes are temporary visa schemes, all those who are granted permission to remain in the UK under them are provided 36 months leave, given access to benefits, healthcare and are able to work.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum seekers who are in the UK asylum system and have had their asylum claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, are allowed to work in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL). The government will be commissioning the Migration Advisory Committee to advise on the future composition of the Immigration Salary List, the successor to the SOL.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/12/2023 13:08:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1676000

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	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, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Home Secretary unveils plan to cut net migration, published on 4 December 2023, whether he plans to introduce transitional protection measures for people whose existing visas do not meet the new threshold and require renewal after the increased threshold is introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	5646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government will provide further details on what transitional arrangements will apply in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 5643 question first answered 13/12/2023 14:47:15 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1675997

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	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, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Home Secretary unveils plan to cut net migration, published on 4 December 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planned increase in the earning threshold for overseas workers on (a) people whose existing work visas do not meet the threshold and (b) international students moving from graduate visas to work visas that do not meet the threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	5643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government will provide further details on what transitional arrangements will apply in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 5646 question first answered 13/12/2023 14:47:15 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1286588

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Hong Kong
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister is responsible for (a) overseeing the Hong Kong BN(O) Visa and (b) ensuring the welcome and integration of BN(O) passport holders to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	153369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>On 31 January the new Hong Kong BN(O) route launched. The route will enable BN(O) status holders and their eligible family members to come to the UK to live, work and study. This new route reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BN(O) status at the point of Hong Kong’s handover to China in 1997.</p><p>The Home Secretary continues to oversee the implementation of the immigration route.</p><p>Due to the cross-cutting nature of this policy, departments across the UK Government are working together, along with the devolved administrations given their responsibilities, to identify how support and guidance can be provided to ensure BN(O) status holders have every opportunity to thrive.</p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2021 12:59:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1675985

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed changes to the minimum salary threshold for family visas include renewals to spousal visas.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	5634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The revised minimum income requirement will be implemented in spring 2024.</p><p>The Government will set out any transitional provisions associated with the increase in the minimum income requirement in January.</p><p>Any applications already submitted will be considered in line with the existing policy.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/12/2023 12:24:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1179733

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her policy on checks at UK borders has changed since the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	19890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There will be no change to checks at the UK border for the duration of the transition period.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">After the end of the transition period, free movement will end. The Government set out further details of the future immigration system in its policy statement published on 19 February.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There will be no change to checks at the UK border for the duration of the transition period.</ins></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/03/2020 18:41:11 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2020 10:55:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 10685 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith