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1110791

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date	09/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to (a) correct information distributed by email by UK Visas and Immigration on 22 March 2019 that stated that specified nationality applications must be made online; (b) inform recipients of those emails that the information was incorrect; (c) ensure that application submitted that were not made online are treated as valid; and (d)to make available on the gov.uk website the relevant paper forms.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	242859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to comment on a specific email without specific details of the communication.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration accepts all nationality applications received if the customer has provided the required level of information and the appropriate fee. No applications which have met these conditions would be rejected.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration does not require applications for British nationality to be made online. It is still acceptable for customers to apply using the paper forms. However, customers are encouraged to use the intuitive online application service wherever possible and assisted digital support is made available to those who would otherwise struggle to make an online application.</p><p>Information on GOV.UK will be revised to ensure that the form is available and how to apply is clear to applicants.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/04/2019 15:19:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1110792

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Aberdeen
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 with AB postcodes have been seen at service and support centres broken down by (a) month and (b) support centre.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	242855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Unfortunately the data requested is not recorded in a form that can be reported.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/04/2019 12:10:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1110793

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Aberdeen
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 with AB postcodes have been seen at UKVCAS centres broken down by (a) month and (b) UKVCAS centre.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	242856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of people seen at UK VCAS Centres from postcodes beginning AB are not published. This information could only be provided by interrogation of individual case records, which could only be achieved at disproportionate costs.</p><p>The UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service centre in Aberdeen, which provides enhanced services to customers, has 21 slots available per week. On average 87% of those slots have been filled from 3 December to 5 April. In response to an increase in demand for appointments at this service centre, UK Visas &amp; Immigration’s delivery partner, Sopra Steria Ltd have increased their appointment slots by &gt;50% from 9 April.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 242857 question first answered 15/04/2019 12:16:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1110794

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Aberdeen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appointment slots are available each week at the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services Centre in Aberdeen; and how many of those appointment slots are filled each week.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	242857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of people seen at UK VCAS Centres from postcodes beginning AB are not published. This information could only be provided by interrogation of individual case records, which could only be achieved at disproportionate costs.</p><p>The UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service centre in Aberdeen, which provides enhanced services to customers, has 21 slots available per week. On average 87% of those slots have been filled from 3 December to 5 April. In response to an increase in demand for appointments at this service centre, UK Visas &amp; Immigration’s delivery partner, Sopra Steria Ltd have increased their appointment slots by &gt;50% from 9 April.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 242856 question first answered 15/04/2019 12:16:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1110795

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that maintenance loans are available to all students.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	242749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Eligible full-time students attending full-time undergraduate higher education courses qualify for maintenance loans. All such students, regardless of their income, qualify for a minimum loan with additional support for disadvantaged students.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2018/19, students on family incomes of £25,000 or less who are living away from the parental home and studying outside London qualify for a maintenance loan of £8,700, increasing to £8,944 for the 2019/20 academic year. Higher rates of loan are available for students living away from home and studying in London.</p><p>Since August 2018, new students attending part-time degree level courses have also qualified for partially means-tested maintenance loans. Information on student support for undergraduate students, including maintenance loans, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/get-undergraduate-student-loan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/get-undergraduate-student-loan</a>.</p><p>The government’s review of post-18 education and funding is looking at how we can ensure that the education system for those aged 18 years and over is accessible to all. The review’s focus includes how disadvantaged students and learners receive maintenance support, both from government and from universities and colleges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 15/04/2019 15:20:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1110797

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Menwith Hill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee last visited NSA/NRO Menwith Hill.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	242955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Intelligence and Security Committee does not comment on the details of its work programme. Where appropriate it publishes information on visits it has undertaken in its Annual Reports.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 23/04/2019 15:34:47 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1110798

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage cyclists to avoid using main roads in areas where cycle-specific infrastructure is available.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	242915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Cycle lanes, where provided, can offer cyclists a safer alternative to cycling in the main carriageway. It is not compulsory for cyclists to use them, and the Government has no plans to change this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/04/2019 12:54:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1110799

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Kuwait: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the Kuwaiti Government to meet its commitments to regularise the status of Bidoon who have a legitimate right to claim citizenship in Kuwait.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	242669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>​The British Government has regular dialogue at all levels with the Government of Kuwait. We encourage the Kuwaiti Government to meet its commitments to regularise the status of Bidoon, and to swiftly naturalise those who have a legitimate claim to citizenship. Human rights, including the status of the Bidoon, are also discussed bilaterally at the biannual UK-Kuwait Joint Steering Group meetings, the most recent of which was held in Kuwait in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/04/2019 13:24:15 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1110800

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Kuwait: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of political prisoners in Kuwaiti prisons.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	242670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>​We do not hold details of the number of political prisoners. However, we regularly discuss human rights and reform with the Government of Kuwait - including at the biannual UK-Kuwait Joint Steering Group meetings. If we have specific concerns around convictions or sentencing, we raise these with the Government of Kuwait as part of our wider dialogue on human rights and reform.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/04/2019 13:25:29 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1110801

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Kuwait: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Kuwaiti counterpart on human rights violations in that country; and will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	242671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The former Minister for the Middle East and North Africa most recently had discussions with his counterpart during the UK-Kuwait Joint Steering Group in Kuwait in December 2018. As part of his discussions, and as a reflection upon our strong bilateral relationship, he spoke openly and honestly about a number of issues and that includes human rights.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/04/2019 13:42:15 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas