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1179365

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are banned from the UK as a result of accusations of cheating by ETS in relation to its Toeic test in the period 2011-14.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	18485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office in a way that allows us to answer this question without manually checking individual case records which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 16:00:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1179366

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent from the public purse on defending (a) appeals and (b) judicial reviews in cases where applicants were refused leave to remain on grounds of cheating in a Toeic English language test.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	18486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office in a way that allows us to answer this question without manually checking individual case records which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office took commercial action against the provider which resulted in them agreeing, after negotiations, to pay a contribution of £1.6 million towards the Home Office’s costs incurred as a result of this issue.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 17:08:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1187065

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Coronavirus
	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 support people whose leave to remain in the UK will expire during the period of travel bans due to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	33393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>We are taking steps to ensure foreign nationals will not be penalised as a result of coronavirus and related travel restrictions outside of their control, which may prevent them departing the UK before their leave to remain expires.</p><p>A mailbox <a href="mailto:CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk</a> has been set up for individuals to ask Home Office staff coronavirus immigration related questions and to seek an extension to their leave to remain if needed due to travel restrictions or self-isolation. There is also a freephone number 0800 678 1767 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) for those who wish to discuss their individual circumstances. A pragmatic and compassionate approach will be taken to each case.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/04/2020 15:49:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1187491

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have leave to remain in the UK and are permitted to work but have no recourse to public funds.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	34306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested other than on individual case files.</p><p>Wider population data and information on the UK’s resident population is a matter for the independent Office for National Statistics. The no recourse to public funds condition is, however, applied to the leave of most migrants in the UK as a legitimate means of maintaining and protecting our economic resources, public services and taxpayer’s funds.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/04/2020 15:43:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1192557

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	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 the lifting of the No Recourse to Public Funds condition have been (a) submitted and (b) granted in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	42868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Migrants with limited leave to remain under the Family and Human Rights routes can apply to have the no recourse to public funds restriction lifted by making a ‘change of conditions’ application if there has been a change in their financial circumstances.</p><p>The information you have requested is not assured to the standard required by ONS for publication and as it would be too costly to do so, we are unable to provide it. However, my department has recently digitised the application form, to make sure it is accessible for those who need to remain at home, and I can assure you that the applications are being prioritised and dealt with compassionately.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/05/2020 08:59:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1194337

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were given leave to remain with the no recourse to public funds condition in the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	44947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not assured to the standard required by ONS for publication and as it would be too costly to do so, we are unable to provide it.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/05/2020 13:52:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1197677

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people paid the Immigration Health Surcharge in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	49574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish volume data relating to Immigration Health Surcharge payers. Income data for the Immigration Health Surcharge is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Please see page137 of the Home Office 2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts for the most recent disclosure of Immigration Health Surcharge income https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/06/2020 12:44:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1197679

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were given leave to remain in the UK subject to the no recourse to public funds condition in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	49575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not assured to the standard required by ONS for publication and as it would be too costly to do so, we are unable to provide it.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/06/2020 12:47:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1198403

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding fruit picking to the Shortage Occupation List; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	51541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The Shortage Occupation Lists (SOL) are set on the advice of the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). The MAC is currently conducting a review of the SOL with particular reference to jobs which are at RQF levels 3-5 (A-level and above).</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/06/2020 14:41:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1229768

	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	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa extensions were granted to people in the UK in each of the last five years; and how many of those extensions were granted to people subject to the No Recourse to Public Funds condition in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	81495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Data on the number of extensions granted in the UK are published in table Exe_D01 of the managed migration detailed datasets in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release on GOV.UK: <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>Most migrants visiting, studying, working or joining family in the UK are subject to a No Recourse to Public Fund (NRPF) condition until they have obtained indefinite leave to remain.</p><p>Exceptions are made in respect of some migrants, such as families here on the basis of family life/Article 8, where the condition is lifted if the family can provide evidence that they would otherwise be destitute. Migrants with leave under the family and human rights routes can apply to have the NRPF restriction lifted by making a ‘change of conditions’ application if there has been a change in their financial circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2020 14:51:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms