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1535569

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the graduate visa route, introduced in 2021, remains his Department's policy objective.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	69755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 69756 question first answered 02/11/2022 11:01:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 29600 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1535570

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of capping the number of graduate visas on the UK’s economy.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	69756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 69755 question first answered 02/11/2022 11:01:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 29597 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1548921

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UKVI Visa applications have not been processed within the 3-week service standard since 1 January 2022; what proportion of UKVI Visa applications have not been processed within the 3-week service standard since 1 January 2022; what the average wait time for UKVI Visa applications is; and how many UKVI Visa application cases are outstanding past the 3-week service standard deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	104408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Information relating to the processing times of visas can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/12/2022 16:21:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1548923

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Lost Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were lost by the Passport Office in each year since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	104409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The data held for secure delivery services does not break down losses by passports only.</p><p>The table below shows the passports and supporting documents confirmed as lost in the possession of providers of secure delivery services as a percentage of applications received in each year from 2018:<br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overseas</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of passports and supporting documents lost </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of passports and supporting documents lost* </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>0.006%</p></td><td><p>0.020%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>0.002%</p></td><td><p>0.017%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>0.002%</p></td><td><p>0.013%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>0.009%</p></td><td><p>0.036%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022 </strong></p></td><td><p>0.006% **</p></td><td><p>0.030% ***</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The data held does not distinguish between items confirmed as ‘lost’, and those that declared as ‘stolen’.</p><p>** Data currently held from 1 January to 30 September.</p><p>*** Data currently held from 1 January to 31 October.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/12/2022 11:16:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1548924

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: 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 and what proportion of Family Visa applications from outside the UK have not been processed within the 24-week standard processing time since January 1 2022; what is the current average wait time for these visa applications; and how many of these visa applications are currently outstanding past standard processing time deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	104410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Numbers and proportions of Family Visa applications from outside the UK not processed within the 24-week standard processing times have not yet been published for this period. They will be published as part of transparency data in due course.</p><p>Average decision wait times or data on the number or proportion of family visa applications which have taken more than 24 weeks to process, do not form part of any current transparency data and are not published.</p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/12/2022 16:19:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1549589

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of conditions in immigration detention centres in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	105450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance and we accept nothing but the highest standards from those companies employed to provide detention and escorting services on our behalf.</p><p>Individuals detained in the immigration detention estate must be treated in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the operating standards for IRCs and Detention Services Orders. Service providers for IRCs are contractually required to comply with all relevant UK legislation.</p><p>Immigration removal centres (IRC) suppliers are required to provide a safe and secure environment for detained individuals in their care and the conditions and facilities at all immigration detention facilities are kept under regular review.</p><p>IRCs are subject to statutory oversight by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons and by Independent Monitoring Boards who are both members of the National Preventative Mechanism comprising a group of independent bodies which monitor the treatment of and conditions for detained individuals. This contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligations under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).</p><p>The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited the UK from 25 to 28 November 2022 and met the Minister for Immigration and senior officials. Their report is scheduled to be published in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 105451 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:28:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1549592

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres
	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 relevant stakeholders on the compatibility UK detention centres with international human rights law.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	105451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance and we accept nothing but the highest standards from those companies employed to provide detention and escorting services on our behalf.</p><p>Individuals detained in the immigration detention estate must be treated in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the operating standards for IRCs and Detention Services Orders. Service providers for IRCs are contractually required to comply with all relevant UK legislation.</p><p>Immigration removal centres (IRC) suppliers are required to provide a safe and secure environment for detained individuals in their care and the conditions and facilities at all immigration detention facilities are kept under regular review.</p><p>IRCs are subject to statutory oversight by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons and by Independent Monitoring Boards who are both members of the National Preventative Mechanism comprising a group of independent bodies which monitor the treatment of and conditions for detained individuals. This contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligations under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).</p><p>The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited the UK from 25 to 28 November 2022 and met the Minister for Immigration and senior officials. Their report is scheduled to be published in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 105450 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:28:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1564631

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Lost Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports, by number rather than percentage, have been lost by the Passport Office in each year since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	117785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The data held for secure delivery services does not break down losses by passports only.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number and percentages of passports and supporting documents confirmed as lost in the possession of providers of secure delivery services for each year from 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Overseas </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Passports Issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Documents Lost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Documents Lost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Passports Issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Documents Lost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Documents Lost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>6,266,487</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>0.007%</p></td><td><p>414,812</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>0.02%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>6,152,384</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>0.003%</p></td><td><p>555,116</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>0.02%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>3,354,672</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>0.003%</p></td><td><p>593,388</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>4,391,043</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>0.011%</p></td><td><p>432,441</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>0.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p>6,574,835</p></td><td><p>487**</p></td><td><p>0.007%</p></td><td><p>381,424</p></td><td><p>125***</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The data held does not distinguish between items confirmed as ‘lost’, and those that declared as ‘stolen’.</p><p>** Data currently held from 1 January to 30 September.</p><p>*** Data currently held from 1 January to 31 October.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/01/2023 17:05:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1564775

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Domestic Abuse
	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 been (a) deported or (b) referred for deportation after reporting domestic violence or abuse in each of the past ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	119064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on all types of removals from the UK. The latest statistics are available at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAndy.Fowler%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C9b2c291572ef44121d1e08daf2ed042c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638089397027116420%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2Z4prKwdDkkd3sASzcDsX60a4PvaA17ZMsoXNFR8I7g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>We do not routinely record allegations of domestic abuse except in cases where a victim makes an application for leave to remain on that basis. We would only record the allegation if the information was volunteered to us and was relevant to the person’s immigration status. Where we are informed of such allegations, they are not recorded in a form which can easily be reported. To provide the data requested would require examination of individual case files which could only be done at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/01/2023 17:55:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1580619

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mean average UKVI Family Visa application processing time is.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	132420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>An applicant applying for a family visa at entry clearance should get a decision within 24 weeks.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk#join-family-in-the-uk" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>An applicant applying in the UK to extend a family visa (spouse or partner on a 5-year route to settlement) should get a decision within 8 weeks.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#switch-to-or-extend-a-family-visa" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>An applicant applying in the UK for settlement should get a decision within 6 months.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#applying-for-settlement" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Mean average processing times do not form part of any current transparency data for Spouse/Partner applications and are not published.</p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/01/2023 12:47:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse