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1180172

	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	Visas: Entertainers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral contribution of 24 February 2020 Official Report column 35, whether it is her policy that touring (a) musicians and (b) performers from EU countries will require Tier 5 visas from January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	19767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Currently, visiting artists, entertainers and musicians can perform at events, take part in competitions and auditions, make personal appearances and take part in promotional activities for up to 6 months without the need for formal sponsorship or a work visa. They can also receive payment for appearance at permit free festivals for up to 6 months, or for up to one month for a specific engagement, under the Visitor route.</p><p>Artists wishing to come to the UK for longer-term work will need to do so under the points-based system. There will continue to be special arrangements for creative workers, which in future will encompass both EEA and non-EEA citizens.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/02/2020 17:03:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1183670

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	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 recent estimate she has made of the (a) average and (b) longest length of time taken from a visa application being issued to the receipt of a Biometric Residence Permit card under the priority service.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	26818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>For visa applicants, their Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) will usually be available for collection either from their local Post Office or Alternative Collection Location (ACL) according to their chosen method and location of collection which they indicated during the application process. Applicants are advised to allow 10 days on arrival in the UK before attending their designated Post Office or ACL to collect their BRP. Both locations will usually hold the BRP for up to 60 days before returning to the Home Office if uncollected. Figures are not kept in relation to the length of time it takes a visa holder to collect their BRP.</p><p>Figures are not held in a way which enable us to differentiate between BRPs that were produced and issued under standard or priority services. The production of the BRP does not form part of the service level for the consideration of standard, priority or super priority applications. This is made clear at point of application. The service level for these services only relates to the length of time in which a decision will be made on an application. It is made clear that applicants should allow 10 working days for the BRP to be delivered once notification of the decision to grant leave has been sent.</p><p>Once a decision to grant leave is approved and received by the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA), which produce the BRP on behalf of the Home Office, they have an SLA to personalise 90% of BRPs within one working day of receipt and the remaining 10% within two working days of receipt. They have never failed to meet this service standard.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26819 question first answered 12/03/2020 16:09:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1183671

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	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 and what proportion of Biometric Residence Permit cards applied for under the priority service are issued within her Department's target time.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	26819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>For visa applicants, their Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) will usually be available for collection either from their local Post Office or Alternative Collection Location (ACL) according to their chosen method and location of collection which they indicated during the application process. Applicants are advised to allow 10 days on arrival in the UK before attending their designated Post Office or ACL to collect their BRP. Both locations will usually hold the BRP for up to 60 days before returning to the Home Office if uncollected. Figures are not kept in relation to the length of time it takes a visa holder to collect their BRP.</p><p>Figures are not held in a way which enable us to differentiate between BRPs that were produced and issued under standard or priority services. The production of the BRP does not form part of the service level for the consideration of standard, priority or super priority applications. This is made clear at point of application. The service level for these services only relates to the length of time in which a decision will be made on an application. It is made clear that applicants should allow 10 working days for the BRP to be delivered once notification of the decision to grant leave has been sent.</p><p>Once a decision to grant leave is approved and received by the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA), which produce the BRP on behalf of the Home Office, they have an SLA to personalise 90% of BRPs within one working day of receipt and the remaining 10% within two working days of receipt. They have never failed to meet this service standard.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26818 question first answered 12/03/2020 16:09:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1229780

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometrics: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are being made for families of three or more to register their biometrics where (a) the closest UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services centres are no longer able to accommodate them due restrictions due to the covid-19 outbreak and (b) travelling a longer distance to an alternative centre is not viable.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	81589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>Following initial closures as a result of global Covid-19 restrictions, UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) service points in the UK began to reopen from the 1 June in locations where it is safe to do so and in accordance with public health guidance in each country.</p><p>The additional measures UKVCAS have put in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of customers and staff mean we are not currently able to offer the same number of locations or volume of appointments across all service points as they did before COVID-19. UKVI have been working closely with Sopra Steria Limited, who run the UKVCAS network on our behalf to tackle the significant demand for appointments in order to accelerate the application process.</p><p>In response to the impact of COVID-19 on UKVI services, we have also introduced a biometric reuse process which allows UKVI to reuse previously submitted biometrics in order to assess visa and citizenship applications which means eligible customers won’t have to visit a UKVCAS service point to enrol new biometrics. Provided all family members qualify, they will be eligible for biometric reuse and eligible customers are being contacted directly.</p><p>If anyone needs to attend a physical UKVCAS appointment but is unable to travel because of coronavirus or related restrictions, they should contact UKVI through the Coronavirus Immigration Hotline (CIH) which can be reached via email or on the phone, on 0800 678 1767. Further details can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents&amp;data=02%7C01%7CVeena.Pem-Ramoo%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C644154066ebf4d44a64308d8563e20e5%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637354172121176935&amp;sdata=kAeAo47mUGyqa9bJ8zWqOZmCO%2Bj28DSlqUlfZ3RtHKc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/09/2020 16:13:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1279711

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2021
	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 recent estimate she has made of the number of EU citizens who have been have been refused entry to the UK since 1 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	141924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Immigration statistics including Passengers initially refused entry to the United Kingdom for the year ending September 2020 can be found on the .Gov.uk website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets</a></p><p>The next Immigration statistical release is due on the 24<sup>th</sup> February and future data relating to 2021 and beyond will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 141925 question first answered 27/01/2021 17:11:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1279712

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2021
	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 many EU citizens were refused entry to the UK in each month of 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	141925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Immigration statistics including Passengers initially refused entry to the United Kingdom for the year ending September 2020 can be found on the .Gov.uk website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets</a></p><p>The next Immigration statistical release is due on the 24<sup>th</sup> February and future data relating to 2021 and beyond will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 141924 question first answered 27/01/2021 17:11:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1329971

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the deadline for the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	11485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend the deadline for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has invested nearly £8 million in marketing campaigns to encourage EU citizens and their family members to apply to the scheme. We recently launched a new wave of UK advertising to ensure EU citizens and their family members are aware of the deadline and know they need to apply. We are also working closely with employers, local authorities and charities to raise awareness.</p><p>We have continued to receive and process thousands of applications a day to the scheme throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 5.4 million applications received, and over 5.1 million applications concluded by 30 April 2021.</p><p>We are committed to making sure everybody eligible for the scheme can apply, including those who are vulnerable or need extra support. There is significant help available for applicants from a network of 72 organisations across the UK grant funded by the Home Office with £22 million to help vulnerable people apply to the EUSS, including after the 30 June deadline.</p><p>In line with the Citizens’ Rights Agreements, we have made clear where a person eligible for status under the scheme has reasonable grounds for missing the 30 June 2021 deadline, they will be given a further opportunity to apply. Non-exhaustive guidance on reasonable grounds for submitting a late application was published on 1 April 2021, and includes where there are compelling practical or compassionate reasons why a person may have been unaware of the requirement to apply to the scheme by the deadline or may have failed to do so, including where someone else would have been responsible for making an application on behalf of a vulnerable person.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 11486 question first answered 10/06/2021 15:03:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1329972

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	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 consideration will be given to applications submitted by vulnerable individuals to the EU Settlement Scheme beyond 30 June 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	11486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend the deadline for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has invested nearly £8 million in marketing campaigns to encourage EU citizens and their family members to apply to the scheme. We recently launched a new wave of UK advertising to ensure EU citizens and their family members are aware of the deadline and know they need to apply. We are also working closely with employers, local authorities and charities to raise awareness.</p><p>We have continued to receive and process thousands of applications a day to the scheme throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 5.4 million applications received, and over 5.1 million applications concluded by 30 April 2021.</p><p>We are committed to making sure everybody eligible for the scheme can apply, including those who are vulnerable or need extra support. There is significant help available for applicants from a network of 72 organisations across the UK grant funded by the Home Office with £22 million to help vulnerable people apply to the EUSS, including after the 30 June deadline.</p><p>In line with the Citizens’ Rights Agreements, we have made clear where a person eligible for status under the scheme has reasonable grounds for missing the 30 June 2021 deadline, they will be given a further opportunity to apply. Non-exhaustive guidance on reasonable grounds for submitting a late application was published on 1 April 2021, and includes where there are compelling practical or compassionate reasons why a person may have been unaware of the requirement to apply to the scheme by the deadline or may have failed to do so, including where someone else would have been responsible for making an application on behalf of a vulnerable person.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 11485 question first answered 10/06/2021 15:03:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1329973

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	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 recent discussions she has had with the Office of National Statistics to estimate the number of eligible EU nationals who have not yet submitted an application to the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	11487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Published EUSS figures refer specifically to applications made to the EU Settlement Scheme and cannot be directly compared with estimates of the resident population of EU/EEA nationals in the UK.</p><p>The published figures include non-EEA family members, Irish nationals, and eligible EEA citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in estimates of the resident EU population.</p><p>Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics published a further explaining note discussing the strengths and limitations of UK Population Estimates</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fpopulationandmigration%2Finternationalmigration%2Fbulletins%2Fukpopulationbycountryofbirthandnationality%2Flatest%23strengths-and-limitations&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPhilip.Danzelman%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C75c9207488094215c48108d92b7e79e9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637588644466051661%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=65woPNJR2hfxZGgXN4PptscxT0NR6DIkUdFXujiJtCk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Population of the UK by country of birth and nationality - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p><p>ONS are currently transforming their population and migration statistics to put administrative data at the core of what they do. The latest information on their work programme and longer term plans to transform migration and population statistics was published on 16<sup>th</sup> April 2021.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fpopulationandmigration%2Finternationalmigration%2Farticles%2Ftransformationofthepopulationandmigrationstatisticssystemoverview%2F2019-06-21&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPhilip.Danzelman%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C75c9207488094215c48108d92b7e79e9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637588644466051661%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2BDFmgnWkFtYU2JdZNLFSob1TB8TMo3uniQzrxh%2FXyu0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Population and migration statistics system transformation – overview - Office for National Statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2021 16:37:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1343036

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of written correspondence from hon. Members sent to Ministers in her Department have been (a) received and (b) replied to since 1 April 2020; and how many of those responses were responded to by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	25738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>Data about intake and performance in answering MP Correspondence and Customer Complaints about Home Office operations are published quarterly with latest Quarter available at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CNicola.Richardson2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C49fca43a51bb438a5c5408d94097463e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637611840716030944%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=gY9bJyU4K393cUHvXIfKTep1KZDR%2BssrshsZJJnwWWo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p><p>During the period April 2020 to March 2021 we received 42,692 letters or emails from MPs about operational matters.</p><p>In the same time period we closed 36,961 written queries, of which 34,050 required a response – of these 1,903 responses were signed by a Minister or Director General.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/07/2021 15:30:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan