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1002171

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the total staff hours it will take to process all of the applications for settled status from EU citizens living in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	188216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme will make it easy for EU citizens to get the status they need. They will only need to complete three key steps - prove their identity, show that that they live in the UK, and declare any criminal convictions. We will have circa 1,500 UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) European Casework staff in post before the end of the year to process applications.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/11/2018 17:09:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1002173

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is planning for an increase in enforcement activity against EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	188218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Once the UK has left the EU, we will put in place a new single, skills-based immigration system, which will apply to citizens from both EU and non-EU countries. We have always been clear that we want decisions about the future immigration system to be based on evidence and we are carefully considering the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations in its recent report, published 18 September, before setting out our plans.</p><p>We will publish a White Paper which will set out this future system later in the autumn. This will include information on our approach to enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/11/2018 17:23:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1002720

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to manage the difference in status between EU citizens who arrive in the UK pre-March 2019 and have a right to work and those who arrive post-March 2019 and do not in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	188866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Employers already need to carry out right to work checks on EU citizens, as they do with all prospective employees to prevent illegal working. The statutory code of practice and published guidance for employers are clear that EU citizens can evidence their right to work by showing a passport or national identity card, and employers should continue to refer to these documents.</p><p>EU nationals may also use Home Office residence documentation as evidence of their right to work, but they are not currently required to do so. Even in the unlikely event of a no deal situation, this position will not change next March. We will publish a White Paper on the future immigration system later in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/11/2018 17:17:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1005659

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of including non-UK EU citizens within the scope of the compliant environment policy immediately after the UK leaves the EU on the ability of those citizens to (a) access rental accommodation and (b) find employment in the period before the settled status scheme has concluded.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	190491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Landlords and employers already need to carry out document checks on EU citizens, as they do with all prospective tenants and employees.</p><p>The current arrangements will not change immediately after the UK leaves the EU. EU citizens, including those applying to the EU Settlement Scheme, will continue to be able to evidence their right to rent or work by showing a passport or national identity card. Landlords and employers will not be ex-pected to differentiate between resident EU citizens and those arriving after exit.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/11/2018 16:26:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1005681

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Armed Forces
	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-born UK armed forces service personnel have had an (a) Indefinite Leave to Remain and (b) citizenship application denied on the grounds of not meeting the good character requirement in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	190492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold the data as requested, this is because the application process does not require individuals to identify, in every case, whether they are current or former service personnel.</p><p>However the available information on totals for outcomes of applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain and citizenship is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, latest available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/11/2018 16:07:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

810310

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the suitability of the UK Tier 2 Shortage Occupation List for the current UK labour market.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	120776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) reviews the Shortage Occupation List when commissioned to do so by the Government.</p><p>The MAC has carried out two full reviews and four partial reviews of the Shortage Occupation List since May 2010. The MAC recently reviewed the teaching sector and published its report in January 2017, alongside an updated methodology on assessing labour market shortages, and published a review of nursing in March 2016.</p><p>Further information about the MAC’s methodology and the reviews it has carried out are available at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/01/2018 14:42:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

839113

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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, how many current asylum applicants' claims have taken more than 182 days to process.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	127672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data relating to the number of cases where a decision has been made after 6 months, however, the data on the number of cases awaiting decision for more than 6 months can be found on the tab ASY 11 in the below link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2018 12:30:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

839117

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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, what assessment she has made of the effect the Government's hostile environment policy on the ability of asylum seekers to claim asylum in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	127676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Anyone who wishes to claim asylum should do so at the first available opportunity. This usually means claiming in the first safe country they reach.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals are expected to claim asylum on arrival in the UK at the port of entry. Where a person’s circumstances have changed since arriving in the UK, such that they have a fear of persecution, or they did not claim on arrival for any reason, they should attend the Asylum Intake Unit in Croydon to register their claim. This process has not changed since the introduction of the compliant environment.</p><p> </p><p>The compliant environment is designed to protect public services and benefits from those who are not entitled to them, and incentivise immigration offenders to depart the UK voluntarily or regularise their status.</p><p> </p><p>It is a long-standing policy that asylum seekers are not normally allowed to work, but are entitled to access Home Office accommodation and support if they would otherwise be destitute while their claim is outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who have had their asylum claim rejected and who have no other lawful basis to remain in the UK are able to access the Home Office’s Voluntary Returns Service. They provide support to those wishing to leave the UK, which can include financial support for reintegration.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2018 12:29:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

852595

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	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, the number of asylum applications made in the UK by people aged under 18 that have been approved in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	130591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications from unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) and initial decisions for such applications, in the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics </em>publication. The latest figures, up until 2017, are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017</a></p><p>Table as_08 (asylum tables, vol. 3) contains the number of applications from UASC, based on date of application.</p><p>Table as_09 (asylum tables, vol. 3) contains the number of grants at initial decisions for UASC, based on date of initial decision.</p><p>Table as_02_q_c (asylum tables, vol. 2) contains the number of grants of asylum or alternative forms of protection at initial decision for under 18’s. This includes those granted as a main applicant, dependants to another application or as a UASC.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 15:10:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

874798

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the qualification criteria for Tier 2 work visas on the ability of the NHS to recruit staff from non-EEA countries.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	135099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 2 (General) visa route is intended to fill gaps in the UK labour market and is designed to serve the national interest by ensuring that employers look first to the UK resident labour market before recruiting from overseas. The route is capped at 20,700 places a year and the criteria for entry to the route is set following advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. Places are allocated on a monthly basis, with the highest priority being given to jobs in national shortage, followed by PhD-level occupations, graduate level jobs and then by salary from highest to lowest, in line with those that provide the greatest economic benefit to the UK. No visas have been refused for those seeking to come to the UK to undertake a post which the Migration Advisory Committee has determined should be on the shortage occupation list.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the Tier 2 visa route to ensure that it balances enabling the brightest and best migrants to work in the UK with our commitment to reducing net migration.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 11:04:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens