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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

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

1520388

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Podiatry: Bath
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in Bath constituency and (b) the impact these vacancies will have on patient treatment for diabetic foot complications.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	61266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 59310 59617 59779 59837 59839 59867 59873 60126 60167 60198 60917 60947 61019 61312 61324 61332 61359 61410 question first answered 17/10/2022 10:08:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1127719

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation: Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment the Government has made of the economic effect on vulnerable people of air pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	911016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>We are determined to tackle air pollution and reduce its impact on public health and the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £3.5bn to improve air quality for the entire population.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions of toxic Nitrogen Oxides have fallen by almost 29% since 2010 and are at their lowest level since records began, but there remains more to do.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/05/2019 13:48:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse