Home Office<p>The EU Settlement Scheme will make it easy for EU citizens to get the status they need. They will only need to complete three key steps - prove their identity, show that that they live in the UK, and declare any criminal convictions. We will have circa 1,500 UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) European Casework staff in post before the end of the year to process applications.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-12false2018-11-12T17:09:32.247Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-05Immigration: EU Nationals1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the total staff hours it will take to process all of the applications for settled status from EU citizens living in the UK.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens188216Home Office<p>Once the UK has left the EU, we will put in place a new single, skills-based immigration system, which will apply to citizens from both EU and non-EU countries. We have always been clear that we want decisions about the future immigration system to be based on evidence and we are carefully considering the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations in its recent report, published 18 September, before setting out our plans.</p><p>We will publish a White Paper which will set out this future system later in the autumn. This will include information on our approach to enforcement.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-12false2018-11-12T17:23:11.907Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-05Immigration: EU Nationals1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is planning for an increase in enforcement activity against EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens188218Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government<p>The appointment of advisory roles entails the completion of due diligence checks; these were carried out and considered prior to the appointment of Professor Sir Roger Scruton FBA FRSL as unpaid chair of the ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful’ Commission.</p>North West HampshireKit Malthouse2018-11-14falseNorth West HampshireKit Malthouse2018-11-14T10:42:05.557Z7Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentHousing, Communities and Local Government2018-11-06Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission: Public Appointments1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) due diligence was undertaken on and (b) assessment was made of the pronouncements on equality and diversity of the Chair of the Commission on Beauty in the Built Environment prior to their appointment.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens188865Home Office<p>Employers already need to carry out right to work checks on EU citizens, as they do with all prospective employees to prevent illegal working. The statutory code of practice and published guidance for employers are clear that EU citizens can evidence their right to work by showing a passport or national identity card, and employers should continue to refer to these documents.</p><p>EU nationals may also use Home Office residence documentation as evidence of their right to work, but they are not currently required to do so. Even in the unlikely event of a no deal situation, this position will not change next March. We will publish a White Paper on the future immigration system later in the autumn.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-12false2018-11-12T17:17:19.51Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-06Immigration: EU Nationals1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to manage the difference in status between EU citizens who arrive in the UK pre-March 2019 and have a right to work and those who arrive post-March 2019 and do not in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens188866Home Office<p>Landlords and employers already need to carry out document checks on EU citizens, as they do with all prospective tenants and employees.</p><p>The current arrangements will not change immediately after the UK leaves the EU. EU citizens, including those applying to the EU Settlement Scheme, will continue to be able to evidence their right to rent or work by showing a passport or national identity card. Landlords and employers will not be ex-pected to differentiate between resident EU citizens and those arriving after exit.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-15false2018-11-15T16:26:27.867Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-12Immigration: EU Nationals1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of including non-UK EU citizens within the scope of the compliant environment policy immediately after the UK leaves the EU on the ability of those citizens to (a) access rental accommodation and (b) find employment in the period before the settled status scheme has concluded.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens190491Home Office<p>We do not hold the data as requested, this is because the application process does not require individuals to identify, in every case, whether they are current or former service personnel.</p><p>However the available information on totals for outcomes of applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain and citizenship is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, latest available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables </a></p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-15false2018-11-15T16:07:44.97Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-12Immigration: Armed Forces1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign-born UK armed forces service personnel have had an (a) Indefinite Leave to Remain and (b) citizenship application denied on the grounds of not meeting the good character requirement in each of the last five years.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens190492Home Office<p>We will publish a White Paper on the future border and immigration system later this year.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-19false2018-11-19T17:50:13.957Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-13Immigration1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2018 to Question 188218 on Immigrants: EU Nationals, when she plans to lay the immigration White Paper before the House.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens190910Home Office<p>We currently have 1,215 UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) European Casework staff in post and we expect to have all of the 1,500 in post before the end of the year.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-19false2018-11-19T18:15:26.383Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-13Immigration: EU Nationals1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2018 to Question 188216 on Immigrants: EU Nationals, how many of those 1,500 UKVI European Casework staff are in post.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens190911Home Office<p>As previously stated, the current arrangements for employers carrying out document checks on prospective employees who are EU citizens will not change immediately after the UK leaves the EU. Under these arrangements, employers will not be expected to differentiate between EU citizens who arrived in the UK before and after March 2019.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-19false2018-11-19T18:06:20.69Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-13Migrant Workers: EU Nationals1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2018 to Question 188866 on Immigrants: EU Nationals, what guidance her Department will provide to employers on how to distinguish between a National Identity card from a non-UK EU citizen job applicant who arrived in the UK (a) before and (b) after March 2019.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens190912Wales Office<p>Through the Industrial Strategy we are already delivering for Wales, from £36 million for the UK’s Active Building Centre in Swansea to the £120 million commitment for the North Wales Growth Deal. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides the UK with an enormous opportunity to redefine the way we invest our own money in line with the specific priorities that are unique to the people, communities and businesses across all nations of our Union.</p>Vale of GlamorganAlun Cairns2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:08:12.71Z28WalesWales2018-11-14UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether there will be any reduction in support for the Welsh economy as a result of the transition from the European Regional Development Fund and European Structural Funds to the Shared Prosperity Fund.falseCardiff CentralJo Stevens1914411001759