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971427

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which countries are applications for refugee family reunion designated to be decided by the Sheffield Decision Making Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	172477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on refugee family reunion can be found in Home Office Asylum tables volume 5, table as_21_q –</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734178/asylum5-jun-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734178/asylum5-jun-2018-tables.ods</a></p><p>Information can also be found in the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration report: A re-inspection of the family reunion process, focusing on applications received at the Amman Entry Clearance Decision Making Centre:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/737724/Final_Artwork_Reinspection_Family_Reunion_Amman.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/737724/Final_Artwork_Reinspection_Family_Reunion_Amman.pdf</a></p><p>UK Visas and Immigration are currently in the process of consolidating Family Reunion applications so that decision making is carried out by one specialist team based in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 172476 172478 question first answered 24/09/2018 15:48:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

971426

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: 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 (a) decisions on, and (b) grants of, applications for refugee family reunion were made at (i) Istanbul Clearance, (ii) Amman Clearance, (iii) Pretoria Clearance and (iv) Sheffield Decision Making Centre in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	172476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on refugee family reunion can be found in Home Office Asylum tables volume 5, table as_21_q –</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734178/asylum5-jun-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734178/asylum5-jun-2018-tables.ods</a></p><p>Information can also be found in the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration report: A re-inspection of the family reunion process, focusing on applications received at the Amman Entry Clearance Decision Making Centre:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/737724/Final_Artwork_Reinspection_Family_Reunion_Amman.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/737724/Final_Artwork_Reinspection_Family_Reunion_Amman.pdf</a></p><p>UK Visas and Immigration are currently in the process of consolidating Family Reunion applications so that decision making is carried out by one specialist team based in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 172477 172478 question first answered 24/09/2018 15:48:41 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

777859

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: 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 reunion visas under part 11 of the Immigration Rules were granted outside of those rules in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	109652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The specific information you have requested is not currently published.</p><p>Published statistics on visa applications in the Family category can be found online at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638590/entry-visas1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638590/entry-visas1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/10/2017 16:44:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

819890

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 indefinite leave to remain in the UK under paragraph 319W of the Immigration Rules were (a) received, (b) resolved, (c) granted and (d) refused in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	121962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/01/2018 16:44:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

819889

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 leave to enter or remain in the UK under paragraph 319V of the Immigration Rules were (a) received, (b) resolved, (c) granted and (d) refused in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	121961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/01/2018 16:44:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

819891

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 leave to enter or remain in the UK under paragraph 319X of the Immigration Rules were (a) received, (b) resolved, (c) granted and (d) refused in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	121963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/01/2018 16:45:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	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

658556

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Aerials: Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many emergency service network masts will be built in Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	57707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>In delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN), the mobile network operator EE will deliver up to 291 new mast sites. Government will deliver approximately 230 further sites (known as the “Extended Area Services” (EAS) sites) in the most remote and rural areas of Great Britain.</p><p>Under the terms of the State Aid decision for ESN, any ESN site where EE offers a commercial service must be made available to the other UK mobile operators and interested parties to provide their own a service on an equal and non-discriminatory basis.</p><p>There are no potential EAS sites being considered in the constituency of Na h-Eileanan an Iar. There are currently up to 25 proposed new EE sites in the constituency. Delivery of these sites is subject to planning permission and the acquisition of land.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/12/2016 17:17:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

758230

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the refugee family reunion visas granted on the basis of exceptional compelling compassionate circumstances outside the immigration rules were under 18, for each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	9040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2017 answer text <p>The data is not recorded centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics on visa applications in the Family category can be found online at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638590/entry-visas1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638590/entry-visas1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 9041 question first answered 04/10/2017 13:47:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil