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1691919

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date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with businesses on the Government's net zero targets.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	901680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>My colleagues and I meet regularly with business leaders and chair several groups bringing together government and industry on strategic issues relating to net zero. <br> <br> This includes the Net Zero Council, with members representing leading global businesses. The Council last met just a few weeks ago.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 27/02/2024 12:47:02 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1679755

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permit card delays as a result of technical errors in the processing system have been reported in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	8235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/01/2024 13:55:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1679756

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time for issuing biometric residence permit cards was in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	8236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>We aim to deliver a BRP within 7 working days of the immigration decision.</p><p>BRPs are produced at the secure delivery facility (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)) within 48 hours of the production request being made and are collected by our secure delivery partner the same day. Our secure delivery partner (Royal Mail Group) aims to attempt to deliver the BRPs within 48 hours of receipt of the BRPs. This equates to a minimum of 5 working days from date of production request being made to delivery of the BRP. We have added an additional 2 working days to the timeline advised to applicants to allow us to resolve any production issues.</p><p>During 2023, DVLA produced 99.6% of BRPs within 24 hours of the production request and 100% within 48 hours. In 2023, our Secure Delivery Partner attempted to deliver over 99% of BRPs within 48 hours.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/01/2024 17:59:58 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1676081

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
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, official report, column 41, what his timescale is for issuing guidance on changes to visa requirements to UK Visas and Immigration staff.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	5717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The changes announced by the Home Secretary will be introduced in the spring and internal guidance will be issued to UK Visas and Immigration staff in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/12/2023 14:36:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1676082

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: Ministers of Religion
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, columns 41-43, whether he plans for the T2 Minister of Religion visa to be subject to the proposed increase in the skilled worker earnings salary threshold.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	5718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The T2 Minister of Religion route does not have a salary threshold. Workers must receive pay and conditions at least equal to those given to settled workers in the same role and be compliant with, or exempt from, the national minimum wage. There are no plans to make any changes at this time.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/12/2023 12:11:18 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1676083

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, how many and what proportion of applications for spousal visas were sponsored by a person earning less than £38,700 in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	5719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The number and proportion of applications for spousal visas which were sponsored by a person earning less than £38,700 in the last 12 months does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p> </p><p>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> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/12/2023 13:14:31 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1676084

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: Care Workers and Health Professions
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 health and care worker visa holders have dependents in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	5720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on health and care worker visas in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd71484680fd84f28da5f08dbf715411d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375442874158113%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yOVer%2BXLK3RST%2FBtq0YAWsFuf1XRUqXCTexKpzH0X0k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the outcomes of health and care visa worker visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-data-tables%23entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd71484680fd84f28da5f08dbf715411d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375442874158113%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zhlGDLNVN4V9dgxCAvmCEHzf921YPIlQQg1lbFmxRZ4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">detailed entry clearance visas dataset</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Selecting ‘Skilled Worker – Health and Care’ from the visa type subgroup filter and ‘Dependant’ from the applicant type filter will output data on the dependants of health and care worker visa holders. Nationality and time frames can also be filtered.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates up to the end of September 2023.</p><p> </p><p>To calculate the proportion of dependants of health and care worker visa holders, divide dependents by total applicants in a given time period.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/12/2023 12:16:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1667564

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applicants are assigned to each caseworker for the ARAP Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Caseworkers are tasked according to operational priorities. The number of applicants per caseworker is therefore variable.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 14/11/2023 17:40:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1667565

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	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish further guidance on family reunification for Afghan people resettled under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme pathway 1.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk people fleeing Afghanistan. However, the situation is complex and presents significant challenges, including how those who are eligible for resettlement in the UK can leave the country. This includes eligible immediate family members of those being resettled under the ACRS.</p><p>Individuals resettled under Pathway 2 of the ACRS will be granted refugee status in the UK and will be eligible to sponsor their immediate family under the government’s refugee family reunion scheme.</p><p>Individuals resettled under Pathway 1 and 3 will not be eligible for this scheme as they will not be granted refugee status. However, they may be <br> eligible to apply to sponsor family members under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. These Rules provide for a partner, dependent children and adult dependent relatives to apply to join, or stay with, a settled person in the UK.</p><p>For those evacuated from Afghanistan under ACRS P1 without their immediate family members, the Home Secretary has committed to establishing a route for separated families to be reunited. Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 595 question first answered 15/11/2023 16:41:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1667566

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	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to give Afghan people on pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (a) refugee and (b) humanitarian protection status for family reunion purposes.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk people fleeing Afghanistan. However, the situation is complex and presents significant challenges, including how those who are eligible for resettlement in the UK can leave the country. This includes eligible immediate family members of those being resettled under the ACRS.</p><p>Individuals resettled under Pathway 2 of the ACRS will be granted refugee status in the UK and will be eligible to sponsor their immediate family under the government’s refugee family reunion scheme.</p><p>Individuals resettled under Pathway 1 and 3 will not be eligible for this scheme as they will not be granted refugee status. However, they may be <br> eligible to apply to sponsor family members under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. These Rules provide for a partner, dependent children and adult dependent relatives to apply to join, or stay with, a settled person in the UK.</p><p>For those evacuated from Afghanistan under ACRS P1 without their immediate family members, the Home Secretary has committed to establishing a route for separated families to be reunited. Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 594 question first answered 15/11/2023 16:41:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry