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1487027

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from Ukraine have been settled as part of the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme and (b) Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in (i) Romford, (ii) Havering and (iii) the UK as of 6 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	31771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data/ukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Data on the Homes for Ukraine and Ukraine Family Scheme, broken down by local authority, can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-visa-data-by-country-upper-and-lower-tier-local-authority" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-visa-data-by-country-upper-and-lower-tier-local-authority</a></p><p>Information requested which is not contained within this published data is not routinely captured.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/07/2022 13:23:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1464995

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made on the Government's consultation on the British Nationality Act 1981 in respect to discriminatory citizenship rules for people from the British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	6705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 has created registration routes for the children of British Overseas Territory citizen mothers, and those who would have become British Overseas Territories citizens had their parents been married. Those affected by historical discrimination will be able to acquire both British Overseas Territories citizenship and British citizenship, giving them the statuses they would otherwise have received automatically.</p><p>Applications for British Overseas Territories citizenship under existing routes are decided in the territories by Governors. There is currently no specific route for the children of British Overseas Territories citizen mothers, or unmarried fathers, to claim citizenship. The new routes we are introducing will allow them to apply.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 6706 question first answered 08/06/2022 17:01:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3818 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1464996

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: British Nationality
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 who (a) are the children of unmarried parents from the British Overseas Territories and (b) have sought to claim citizenship through their mother have had their application for British Overseas Territories citizenship rejected in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	6706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 has created registration routes for the children of British Overseas Territory citizen mothers, and those who would have become British Overseas Territories citizens had their parents been married. Those affected by historical discrimination will be able to acquire both British Overseas Territories citizenship and British citizenship, giving them the statuses they would otherwise have received automatically.</p><p>Applications for British Overseas Territories citizenship under existing routes are decided in the territories by Governors. There is currently no specific route for the children of British Overseas Territories citizen mothers, or unmarried fathers, to claim citizenship. The new routes we are introducing will allow them to apply.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 6705 question first answered 08/06/2022 17:01:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3819 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1465002

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Ilois
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason it is her policy that the new route for Chagossians to acquire British Nationality will be time-limited to five years from the commencement date of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	6712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>All direct descendants of people who were citizens of the UK and Colonies by virtue of their birth in the British Indian Ocean Territory are already eligible to apply under the measure, and regardless of where those descendants were born.</p><p>Our legislative provision is a generous one. We recognise the special circumstances of this group, so will create a registration route which breaks the traditional nationality model whereby citizenship is normally only passed on for one generation overseas. It is therefore not an open-ended offer, but those interested will have plenty of time to apply, and children will have until they are 23 years old to do so. The route is free, and no-one who is eligible and wants to apply should miss out.</p><p>We will publish further details of the support we will offer to those applying as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 6713 question first answered 01/06/2022 11:20:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 4035 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1465003

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Ilois
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the new route to British Citizenship for Chagossians to those who are born outside of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	6713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>All direct descendants of people who were citizens of the UK and Colonies by virtue of their birth in the British Indian Ocean Territory are already eligible to apply under the measure, and regardless of where those descendants were born.</p><p>Our legislative provision is a generous one. We recognise the special circumstances of this group, so will create a registration route which breaks the traditional nationality model whereby citizenship is normally only passed on for one generation overseas. It is therefore not an open-ended offer, but those interested will have plenty of time to apply, and children will have until they are 23 years old to do so. The route is free, and no-one who is eligible and wants to apply should miss out.</p><p>We will publish further details of the support we will offer to those applying as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 6712 question first answered 01/06/2022 11:20:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 4034 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1438843

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 Investor Visas issued to Russian nationals between 2008 and 2022 have been assessed by her Department as posing a national security risk.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	136522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish its review of cases between 2008 to 2015 shortly.</p><p>Beyond the findings of the review, as regards specific numbers between 2008 and 2022 of Russian nationals identified as posing a National Security Risk, it is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments to not comment on intelligence matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 136523 question first answered 11/03/2022 12:48:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1438844

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to publish her Department's review of Tier 1 Investor visas granted from when the scheme launched in 2008 up to 5 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	136523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish its review of cases between 2008 to 2015 shortly.</p><p>Beyond the findings of the review, as regards specific numbers between 2008 and 2022 of Russian nationals identified as posing a National Security Risk, it is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments to not comment on intelligence matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 136522 question first answered 11/03/2022 12:48:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1438845

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Tier 1 Investor visas and (b) grants of indefinite leave to remain status issued to Russian nationals have been revoked or rescinded.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	136524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Information relating to revocation of Tier 1 visas and grants of indefinite leave to remain is not captured as part of published data.</p><p>This data could only be obtained by means of a manual trawl of individual records.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/03/2022 15:38:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 57996 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437083

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to ensure that new guidelines to replace Tier 1 investor visas make provision for appropriate safeguarding of people who are deemed to be a threat to national security.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	132193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>We have announced alternative provisions will be made to cater for genuine, legitimate and professional investment into the UK entrepreneurial eco-system under extended provisions within the Innovator visa scheme. These will incorporate the necessary security provisions as a key priority.</p><p>Further details already announced on our proposals can be found within the statement published at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Ftier-1-investor-visa-route-closes-over-security-concerns&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKeeley.Touhey%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C70072b77f8b64b39366a08d9fc278046%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637818068842880219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=KZ4CNKNc5ameGTBNKjhT8%2FIP5uheNiG%2BC8dtlA%2BngfI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Tier 1 Investor Visa route closes over security concerns - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Any application to enter the UK, irrespective of the route of entry, can be refused where there are national security concerns.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/03/2022 15:23:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56463 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1420779

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the financial threshold for Tier 1 Investment Visas from applicants from the Commonwealth.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	120671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>While we keep the effective operation of the Tier 1 (investor) immigration route under review, we have no plans to vary the required investment thresholds according to nationality.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/02/2022 10:57:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell