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1133374

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of waiving the fees for super priority service for a replacement biometric residence permit (BRP) for victims of crime who have had their BRPs stolen.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	266842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p /><p>We have previously considered the merits of whether we should waive the fee for replacement BRPs that have been stolen. We concluded that a fee waiver in these circumstances would not be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/06/2019 12:42:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1133373

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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 assessments his Department carried out in determining that £800 was an appropriate fee for the super priority service for a replacement biometric residence permit.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	266841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>An application fee for the replacement of a biometric residence permit (BRP) is £56 and uptake of the super premium service in addition to this is completely optional.</p><p>The super premium service is an optional service to expedite the application process if an applicant needs a decision within one working day and is available to various types of immigration applications for a fixed fee. As such, £800 was set to reflect the benefits of the service offered, alongside the need to run an effective BIC System. As an optional service applying to a variety of immigration applications it has not had a separate Impact Assessment.</p><p>Fees are usually reviewed on an annual basis, with a view to providing resources necessary to running the Border Immigration and Citizenship system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 15:18:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1130710

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many D4 medical examination reports have been completed during (a) each of the five years prior to December 2014 and (b) each year since December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	261517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>As not all applications need to be supported by a D4 medical examination report, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of applications processed from applicants for entitlement to drive lorries and buses. However, examples of group 2 licence applications that do not include a D4 medical examination report, include but are not limited to, the renewal of a driving licence before the age of 45 and when adding an additional driving entitlement within 12 months of submitting a D4 (e.g. adding a bus provisional when holding HGV entitlement).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Group 2 licence applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>245,486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>230,129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>244,482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>259,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>256,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>263,535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>282,751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>288,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>289,202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389,741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (until the end of May)</p></td><td><p>175,221</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 12/06/2019 11:03:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1138954

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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, whether men ordained as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church are Ministers of Religion for the purpose of applications under Tier 2 and Tier 5 of the immigration rules.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	277208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Paragraph 169 of the Immigration Rules defines the role of a Minister of Religion. Further detail can be found within our guidance products, including our guidance for Tier 2 and Tier 5 sponsors, which can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sponsor-a-tier-2-or-5-worker-guidance-for-employers" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sponsor-a-tier-2-or-5-worker-guidance-for-employers </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/07/2019 15:21:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1139261

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Whisky: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the role of Scotch whisky as an export product in increasing UK access to high-value overseas markets.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	277771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Scotch Whisky continues to be a major contributor towards the UK’s overall exports, representing 21.4% of total exports of UK food and drink.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials from this department hold regular discussions with the Scotch Whisky Association and other representatives from the industry with the aim of further increasing whisky exports and to help them to take advantage of a wide range of overseas opportunities. The Department is working to address tariff and non-tariff barriers facing the sector through our planned future trade agreements and other dialogues with partner countries. The current Chief Executive of the Scotch Whisky Association is an adviser to the Board of Trade.</p><p> </p><p>Scotch is the largest export within the food and drink sector with over £4.8bn in sales in 2018, a rise of 7.7% compared to 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 277772 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:48:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1139262

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Whisky: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has of the contribution of Scotch whisky to the UK's food and drink exports market.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	277772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Scotch Whisky continues to be a major contributor towards the UK’s overall exports, representing 21.4% of total exports of UK food and drink.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials from this department hold regular discussions with the Scotch Whisky Association and other representatives from the industry with the aim of further increasing whisky exports and to help them to take advantage of a wide range of overseas opportunities. The Department is working to address tariff and non-tariff barriers facing the sector through our planned future trade agreements and other dialogues with partner countries. The current Chief Executive of the Scotch Whisky Association is an adviser to the Board of Trade.</p><p> </p><p>Scotch is the largest export within the food and drink sector with over £4.8bn in sales in 2018, a rise of 7.7% compared to 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 277771 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:48:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1139005

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State in Westminster Hall on 3 July, column 584WH, if he will provide a reference to the section of the award of March 2015 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Tribunal which concluded that the Agreement in 1965 to the detachment of the Chagos Archipelago was legally binding.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	277209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Section 6 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Arbitral Tribunal Award (18 March 2015) considers this issue in detail and makes the relevant conclusions.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2019 15:20:25 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1130712

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many DVLA centres are licensed to complete D4 medical examination reports.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	261519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not license centres or doctors to complete D4 medical examination reports. The D4 medical examination and report must be conducted by a qualified medical practitioner who is registered with the General Medical Council and licensed to practice in the UK, or registered within the EU (if the form is completed outside the UK). The examining practitioner must carry out the examination in accordance with requirements outlined in DVLA guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 12/06/2019 11:18:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1140857

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish a response to EDM 2333 on the Islamic revolutionary guard corps.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	280265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is deeply concerned by Iran’s destabilising involvement in regional conflicts, including in Syria and Yemen, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and IRGC Qods Force, and by reported financial and military support to militant and proscribed groups, such as Hizballah and the Houthis in Yemen. I raised these concerns directly during my visit to Iran in June 2019. We also condemn the IRGC’s involvement in recent attacks on shipping, including the attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman (for which the IRGC was almost certainly responsible) and the seizure of the UK-flagged vessel Stena Impero. The IRGC as a whole remains subject to EU and US sanctions; a large number of associated individuals and entities are also designated. We continue to review the list of proscribed groups, but do not routinely comment on consideration of specific organisations.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/07/2019 13:28:31 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1133293

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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 much his Department has received in fees from super priority service for a biometric residence permit replacement in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	266790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does record fees for Biometric Residence Permit applications and extensions, including the super-priority Biometric Resident Permit replacement service.</p><p>However the Home Office does not record payments received for this service separately to a unique account code within our accounting software. <br>Consequently there is no available management information to break down the income into this specific category.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 15:30:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady