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1104756

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure the recruitment of NHS and care workers from (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries to meet levels of demand after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	236399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018, the Government set out its proposals in “the UK’s future Skills-based Immigration System” White Paper. The White Paper proposals include a new route for skilled workers which will be open to anyone at RQF level 3 and above, irrespective of where they are applying from. This route will not be capped allowing all of those who meet our requirements to come to the UK.</p><p><br>The White Paper also includes a transitional route for temporary workers which will be open to anyone from qualifying countries, wishing to fill positions at any skill level, for up to 12 months. We do not intend to impose a cap on the number of people wishing to use the route.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/03/2019 17:07:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1104758

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to (a) retain and (b) extend to EEA citizens the Tier 2 visa salary exemption for nurses after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	236400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that we want all EU nationals, including those working in the NHS and the care sector, to stay in the UK after we leave the EU.</p><p>In their report, EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended maintaining the existing system of salary thresholds.</p><p>The Government has been clear that we will undertake an extensive programme of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK, including with the private, public and voluntary sector and local government, as well as industry representatives and individual businesses before taking a final decision on the level of salary thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 236401 question first answered 28/03/2019 17:24:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1104759

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Social Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to ensure that overseas care workers are exempt from the Tier 2 visa £30,000 salary cap and able to work in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	236401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that we want all EU nationals, including those working in the NHS and the care sector, to stay in the UK after we leave the EU.</p><p>In their report, EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended maintaining the existing system of salary thresholds.</p><p>The Government has been clear that we will undertake an extensive programme of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK, including with the private, public and voluntary sector and local government, as well as industry representatives and individual businesses before taking a final decision on the level of salary thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 236400 question first answered 28/03/2019 17:24:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1169781

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: 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 applications for family reunification with a beneficiary of international protection were received by the UK in 2019, by nationality.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	1700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Family Reunion in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Data on grants of Family Reunion visas by nationality are published in table Fam_D01 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. Data on applications and outcomes of Family Reunion visas by nationality are included in the ‘Family: other’ visa subgroup in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk</a></p><p>Although ‘family reunion’ visas are not separately available, the vast majority of ‘Family: other’ visas are family reunion.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to year ending September 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the asylum summary tables and entry clearance summary tables. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and entry clearance visas.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1701 question first answered 17/01/2020 11:11:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1169782

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: 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 decisions were made on applications for family reunification with a beneficiary of international protection in 2019; and how many of those applications were (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	1701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Family Reunion in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Data on grants of Family Reunion visas by nationality are published in table Fam_D01 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. Data on applications and outcomes of Family Reunion visas by nationality are included in the ‘Family: other’ visa subgroup in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk</a></p><p>Although ‘family reunion’ visas are not separately available, the vast majority of ‘Family: other’ visas are family reunion.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to year ending September 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the asylum summary tables and entry clearance summary tables. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and entry clearance visas.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1700 question first answered 17/01/2020 11:11:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1169783

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: 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 travel documents were issued to beneficiaries of international protection by the UK in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	1702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of travel documents issued to those people who are not British and cannot use or get a passport.</p><p>Information correct to August 2019 can be accessed via: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019</a></p><p>Table TD01. Information regarding eligibility for travel documents can be viewed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-home-office-travel-document" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/apply-home-office-travel-document</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/01/2020 16:49:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1180151

	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	Migrant Workers: Fisheries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to enable non-EEA fishermen to gain employment on fishing boats on the west of Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	19790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>From 1 January 2021, we will introduce the UK’s points-based system.</p><p>The future points-based immigration system will prioritise attracting the high-skilled workers we need to contribute to our economy, our communities and our public services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/02/2020 15:42:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1181583

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fisheries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when non-EEA fishermen will be able to gain employment on fishing boats on the west coast of Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	22380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 19790 on 27 February 2020.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/03/2020 17:29:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1441018

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Age
	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 plans to ensure that the public can feed into the work of the Scientific Advisory Committee's advice on ways of checking how old an asylum seeker is; and what the process is for submitting evidence to that committee.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	139317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to drawing on a range of evidence and expertise in the formulation of policy. The Age Estimation Scientific Advisory Committee is already in discussions with a range of relevant experts and is reviewing a wide body of literature. Any relevant published, peer-reviewed literature may be sent to the Age Estimation Scientific Advisory Committee mailbox for consideration. Contact details for the Committee can be found on the Committee’s gov.uk webpage.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/03/2022 12:22:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1520399

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that application registration cards are issued quickly to unaccompanied asylum seeking children who are travelling to Scottish island authorities to allow them to travel by air rather than by road and sea.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	60996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Work is ongoing to improve the speed at which ARC are issued for children transferring to local authority care placements, where it is considered necessary to facilitate air travel. We work closely with local authorities on the most suitable method of travel for an individual child.</p><p>Where an unaccompanied asylum seeking child (UASC) is temporarily accommodated in a hotel and not in the care of a local authority, the Home Office is able to arrange transport for the UASC to the local authority care placement. It is open to receiving local authorities themselves to arrange the transport and to accompany the child on their journey from the hotel to the care placement.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/10/2022 15:04:23 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil