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792979

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress UK Visas & Immigration has made on clearing the backlog of applications for spouse visas as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made in taking decisions on applications affected by the MM Lebanon Supreme Court ruling and there remain very few applications awaiting assessment.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:30:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792980

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is for applicants waiting for decisions on spouse visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792981

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the average wait time is for immigration applicants using the priority service.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

793134

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many English language tests are available in China for student visas through the International English Language Test system.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	114919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>China has 22 permanent and 5 pop-up test centres across the country operated by IELTS and approved by UKVI. Tests are held at each venue on a regular and frequent basis in accordance with demand. An expansion plan to increase this number has been approved and will add an additional 6 permanent test centres and 3 pop-up venues.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:38:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

793146

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, following the announcement that the number of exceptionally talented migrant visas is to be doubled, what assessment she has made of the potential damage caused by the loss of free movement of EEA nationals on the digital technology, science and arts sectors.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	114931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The current Exceptional Talent demonstrates our commitment to continuing to attract top international talent in the digital technology, science and arts sectors.</p><p>We are building an immigration system that works in the national interest, and will continue to support these sectors and the wider economy. There are a range of options for the future immigration system and it is important that we understand the impacts on the different sectors of the economy and the labour market.</p><p>On 27 July, the Government commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy, ahead of our exit from the EU. The MAC will report in September 2018 and its findings will help shape the government’s decisions on the future immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:40:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

793154

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: New Businesses
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 (Entrepreneur) visa applications were refused in 2016-17 as a result of applicants being unable to provide evidence of investment funds in regulated financial institutions.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	114939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office retains records of visa decisions, including reasons for refusal, on internal casework systems. This information is not collated in central statistical databases, and is not recorded in a format suitable for publication.</p><p> </p><p>It is an integral feature of the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route that all applicants provide the required evidence to show that they hold the required minimum funds to invest in their business.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:39:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

793169

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Luton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport application interviews have been conducted at Luton HM Passport Office in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	114954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office has conducted 55,064 interviews at the Luton Interview Office since 2012. The table below shows the number of annual passport interviews conducted.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Interviews conducted at Luton Interview Office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>9347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>10650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017*</p></td><td><p>4909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*part year data to 19/11/2017</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:32:37 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

793171

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Luton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of HM Passport Office's customers resident in Luton are required to attend an interview when making an passport application.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	114956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office do not hold information on how many people in a particular area could be required to attend a passport application interview.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:37:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

792625

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication, Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, April 2015 to March 2016, page 11, published on the 9th November 2017, if she will make a comparative assessment of the likelihood of referral to each later stage of the Prevent Channel processes on (a) men and (b) women.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	114552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>This is contained within the published figures (see table below).</p><p> </p><p>For men: of the 5,925 men referred over the year, 857 were discussed at a Channel panel and 322 went on to receive Channel support.</p><p>For women: of the 1,597 women referred, 215 were discussed at a Channel panel and 59 then went on to receive Channel support.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Numbers</em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Financial Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Prevent Referrals</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,393</p></td><td><p>1,078</p></td><td><p>1,761</p></td><td><p>1,693</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5,925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,597</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Unspecified</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,865 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,353 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,191 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,222 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 7,631 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Discussed at Panel</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 193 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 146 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 369 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 364 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,072 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Received Channel Support</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 77 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 63 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 125 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 116 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 381 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/11/2017 13:29:08 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

792629

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 11 of her Department’s paper Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, April 2015 to March 2016, published on the 9th November 2017, if she will make an estimate of the level of referral to each later stage of the Prevent and Channel processes for individuals subject to (a) right-wing extremist concerns and (b) other extremist concerns.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	114556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>This is contained within the published figures (see table below).</p><p> </p><p>For those referred for right-wing extremist concerns: of the 759 individuals referred over the year, 189 were discussed at a Channel panel, and 99 went on to receive Channel support.</p><p>For those referred for other extremist concerns – which we have taken to mean Islamist and Other as detailed in the table below: of the 5,699 individuals referred, 883 were discussed at a Channel panel and 282 then went on to receive Channel support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Numbers</em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Financial Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Concern</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Prevent Referrals</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islamist</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,152</p></td><td><p>919</p></td><td><p>1,466</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,997</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Extreme Right Wing</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>702</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Unspecified</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,865 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,353 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,191 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,222 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 7,631 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Discussed at Panel</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islamist</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>819</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Extreme Right Wing</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 193 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 146 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 369 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 364 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,072 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Received Channel Support</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islamist</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Extreme Right Wing</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 77 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 63 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 125 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 116 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 381 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/11/2017 13:28:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown