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A UK Visa and Citizenship Application (UKVCAS) service was opened in Oxford on 30th May 2023.

Capacity has fluctuated over time to meet demand, but UKVCAS has delivered on average (June 23 – Nov 23) 407 appointments per month and currently has capacity of c.480 free and chargeable appointments per month. The standard fee of £139 per appointment is applicable for chargeable appointments.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-06"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-06T16:10:48.493Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Migrant Workers: Visas" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas were (a) applied for, (b) granted and (c) refused by job type in each financial year from 2019-20." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "St Albans" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Daisy Cooper" ; parl:uin "4276" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-28"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office refers to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.

Information about the number of illegal working enforcement visits conducted by Immigration Enforcement by employment sector is not available in our published data.

Our published data on enforcement visits (including illegal working visits) is available at the following link - Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-04"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-04T17:45:49.163Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The data requested cannot be provided as it comes from live operational databases that have not been quality assured.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-06"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-06T16:22:51.517Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered. Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. The Home Office is currently spending around £8.3m per day on hotel accommodation. Total expenditure on asylum and humanitarian routes is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Home Office does not publish a breakdown which disaggregates the cost of financial support and accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees by local authority.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-04"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-04T17:26:18.387Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Asylum: Finance" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) financial support and (b) accommodation for people (i) seeking asylum and (ii) arriving through other humanitarian routes in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Harborough" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Neil O'Brien" ; parl:uin "4251" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-28"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Robert Jenrick" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Anneliese Dodds" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Visas: Skilled Workers" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November to Question 1561 on Visas: Applications, what is the (a) target time and (b) average time taken to process a skilled worker visa." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Newcastle upon Tyne Central" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Chi Onwurah" ; parl:uin "4149" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-28"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Home Office makes every attempt to meet the service level agreement standard, but in certain cases additional checks are required which can mean visa requests take longer to process.

Data on performance against service standards is published through migration transparency data and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration

The Home Office also publishes information on visa processing times for applications inside and outside the UK at: Visa processing times - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-04"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-04T16:57:34.99Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The requested information cannot be accurately extracted from our internal systems. To provide this information would require a manual trawl of successful appeals and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-04"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-04T18:03:56.387Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Home Office publishes data on sponsored work entry clearance visas by occupation and industry in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on applications and grants are published in tables Occ_D01 and Occ_D02, respectively, of the Sponsored work visas by occupation and industry dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The data relates to between 2021 Q1 and 2023 Q3.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-05"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-05T17:09:21.593Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Visas: Applications" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services appointments have been available at the Oxford Service Point in each month since January 2023; and what the cost to the applicant of such appointments was." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Oxford East" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Anneliese Dodds" ; parl:uin "4737" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-30"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Derek Twigg" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Immigration: Employment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 2778 on Immigration: Employment, and Freedom of Information release 31192, published on 11 June 2014, how many illegal working enforced visits were made by the UK Border Agency by employment sector in each year since 2012." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Halton" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Derek Twigg" ; parl:uin "4058" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-28"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

We have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). Details of the AASC can be found at:

New asylum accommodation contracts awarded - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded

The Statement of Requirements sets out the delivery standards providers are required to meet. It also sets out provider obligations in adherence to legislation such as the Human Rights Act 1998, the Equality Act 2010 as well as duties such as under section 55 of the Border, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009, and the children’s duty, to safeguard children from harm and promote their welfare.

The Home Office has published Key Performance Indicator statistics covering the contractual obligations accommodation providers and others working in the asylum sector are required to deliver. This has been done since April 2020. This data is available on .gov.uk.

In all proposed accommodation sites, our accommodation providers work through a standardised regulatory checklist to verify the appropriateness of the site, including a detailed risk-assessment in advance of use. We work with our providers to carry out due diligence checks which include all relevant health and safety checks to ensure a site is able to operate in a legally compliant manner with all relevant standards met. We have also recently invested in ensuring these checks consider the mental and wellbeing aspects of asylum seekers and we are committed to working with all relevant providers to improve and build on the high service standards we expect.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-06"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "4298" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-06T16:35:18.96Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Asylum: Temporary Accommodation" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the safety and wellbeing of asylum seekers is prioritised while in asylum accommodation." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Bury South" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Christian Wakeford" ; parl:uin "4299" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-28"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Daisy Cooper" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Neil O'Brien" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Chi Onwurah" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Christian Wakeford" . parl:answerText "

The following link contains more details in regards to EUSS processing times: EU Settlement Scheme: current estimated processing times for applications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

All applications made under the scheme are determined on a case-by-case basis depending on their individual circumstances.

The latest link to our quarterly statistics can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-september-2023

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-04"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-04T17:44:35.95Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Immigration: EU Nationals" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken was to process an EU settlement scheme application in the latest period for which data is available." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Ealing, Southall" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mr Virendra Sharma" ; parl:uin "4380" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-29"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Alison Thewliss" . parl:answerText "

We have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). Details of the AASC can be found at:

New asylum accommodation contracts awarded - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded

The Statement of Requirements sets out the delivery standards providers are required to meet. It also sets out provider obligations in adherence to legislation such as the Human Rights Act 1998, the Equality Act 2010 as well as duties such as under section 55 of the Border, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009, and the children’s duty, to safeguard children from harm and promote their welfare.

The Home Office has published Key Performance Indicator statistics covering the contractual obligations accommodation providers and others working in the asylum sector are required to deliver. This has been done since April 2020. This data is available on .gov.uk.

In all proposed accommodation sites, our accommodation providers work through a standardised regulatory checklist to verify the appropriateness of the site, including a detailed risk-assessment in advance of use. We work with our providers to carry out due diligence checks which include all relevant health and safety checks to ensure a site is able to operate in a legally compliant manner with all relevant standards met. We have also recently invested in ensuring these checks consider the mental and wellbeing aspects of asylum seekers and we are committed to working with all relevant providers to improve and build on the high service standards we expect.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Newark" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Jenrick" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-12-06"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "4299" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-12-06T16:35:18.917Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Immigration: Applications" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allowed (a) entry clearance and (b) in-country appeal decisions are awaiting implementation as of 29 November 2023." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Glasgow Central" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Alison Thewliss" ; parl:uin "4458" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-29"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Asylum: Temporary Accommodation" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that private providers contracted to run asylum accommodation services deliver on their contractual obligations." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Bury South" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Christian Wakeford" ; parl:uin "4298" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-28"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Asylum: Temporary Accommodation" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of complaints concerning asylum accommodation were escalated to (a) the accommodation provider and (b) his Department in 2023." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "East Ham" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Sir Stephen Timms" ; parl:uin "4612" ; dcterms:date "2023-11-30"^^xsd:dateTime . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "4415"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition .