On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Chalk"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cheltenham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alex Chalk"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-04-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "154028"} , {"_value" : "154029"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-04-21T09:54:16.403Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-04-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: Information Officers"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department spends on on communications staff on average each year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4393", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stuart C McDonald"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stuart C McDonald"} ], "uin" : "154030"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1438403", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1438403/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government has set no limit to the number of people it will accept under the routes announced to support Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, but potential use of these routes is difficult to estimate.<\/p>
<\/p>
A broad estimate of potential sponsors under the Ukraine Family Scheme can be made, taking Ukrainian nationals with settlement or holding status under the EU Settlement Scheme and Ukrainians granted British citizenship as groups most likely to have familial links with Ukraine. Estimates are based on internal analysis. Data on these groups can be found in published statistics:<\/p>
<\/p>
Table_Se_D01 of https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1055252/settlement-datasets-dec-2021.xlsx<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Table EUSS_NON_EEA_02 of<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2021<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Ukrainian nationals at Table Cit_D02 of https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1055257/citizenship-datasets-dec-2021.xlsx<\/a><\/p> <\/p> The Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) provides support for an unlimited additional number of people.<\/p> <\/p> Latest data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme or Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine), including totals for visa applications received and visas issued to people is published here:<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral Statement on 1 March 2022, Official Report, column 916, what her basis was for stating that an additional 100,000 Ukrainians could be eligible to come to the UK and gain access to work and public services under changes to family visa rules for Ukrainians; and what planning assumptions she has made in relation to the number that will actually apply.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119726, on British Nationality: Children, when her Department began that assessment of children\u2019s best interests in respect of the child registration fee; and when she plans to complete that assessment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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