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1473129

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
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 are employed in the UK Visas and Immigration MP's correspondence team.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	24686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>There are 106 people employed in UK Visas and Immigration’s MPs correspondence team.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/07/2022 14:42:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1462041

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider increasing the number of caseworker staff the UKVI has redeployed to process Ukrainian visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand.</p><p><br> Over 500 staff are supporting our Ukrainian work. Improvements including a simplified application form and casework system enhancements have sped up decision-making and improved the system, while ensuring vital security checks are carried out.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 16:28:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1455073

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
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 been allocated additional resources to fund the necessary increase in staff to provide the additional capacity to the UKVI team following the announcement of and the opening of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	148220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system.</p><p>We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet caseworking demand of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and the Ukraine Family Scheme which we have launched in response to the crisis in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:01:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1455081

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
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 the recent allocation of resources to visa application centres, what assessment she has made of when UKVI will have sufficient capacity to tackle the backlog of applications from Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	148221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine. Over 27,000 visas have already been issued under our two schemes to assist Ukrainians fleeing conflict.</p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand, where we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants, and UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p><p>As part of the Home Office’s commitment to make it easier for applicants to apply to our schemes, since 15 March Ukrainians with valid passports no longer need to go to a Visa Application Centre to give their biometrics before they come to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:23:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1453553

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of staffing levels within UK Visa and Immigration in the context of the refugee crisis arising from the war in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	145908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system. We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine.</p><p>UKVI has redeployed caseworking staff in the UK to work seven days a week to process Ukraine applications, and has temporarily loaned in staff from other departments like HM Revenue and Customs to help manage demand.</p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have also surged staff across Europe to meet demand, where we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants, and UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/04/2022 10:35:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1258858

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the amount of additional office accommodation in square metres that will be required to provide a covid-19 secure workplace for UK Visas and Immigration staff to enable them to address the backlog of immigration documents.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	126025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>It is unclear which application route the Hon. Member is referring to.</p><p>If in relation to the issuing of Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs), the Home Office works closely with the DVLA, which produces BRPs, and TNT/Fedex, which delivers them, to ensure service level agreements are met and performance is improved, through improved reconciliation reporting and clearer escalation processes.</p><p>More generally, we publish information on the proportion of applications processed within service standard, where a service standard applies, at <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fuk-visas-and-immigration%2Fabout-our-services&amp;data=04%7C01%7CHOParliamentaryQuestions%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3a3c7cb8ce674e0d2ad708d89c6424ca%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637431301206956456%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=Kn1NcSG5pwmO8UqeAODcHkk%2BAERzScLLGpniyKb8fo0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about-our-services</a> and have worked carefully, and at pace to use available resource to best effect to maintain service standards against the backdrop of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/12/2020 12:55:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1173948

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials were responsible for examining and making decisions on asylum applications at the end of 2019.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	9022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of officials across the department who were responsible for examining and making decisions on asylum applications at the end of 2019 is not held in a reportable format. To obtain this information would require detailed reporting against multiple cost centres and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>Decisions on asylum claims are made by decision makers in Asylum Operations. All staff are maintained at a level that allows the Home Office to progress cases and make timely decisions.</p><p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/02/2020 15:52:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1156225

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
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 the National Allegations Team of UK Visas and Immigration has employed in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	4902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>Allegations of immigration abuse submitted by the public to the Home Office are received and managed by Immigration Enforcement.</p><p>Data on the number of staff employed to perform this task is available form 2016 when bespoke receipt and evaluation teams were introduced.</p><p>In the years since 2016 they have employed the following personnel to perform that task.</p><p>2016 – 57, 2017 – 63, 2018 – 59 and 2019 – 61.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/11/2019 12:45:32 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

1138710

registered interest
date	12/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed in the processing asylum applications in the UK Visa and Immigration team.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	276581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of staff who are employed by UK Visas and Immigration in the processing of asylum applications, is not held in a way that can be easily aggregated. To obtain this information would require detailed reporting against multiple cost centres and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>Decisions on asylum claims are made by decision makers in Asylum Operations. There are recruitment strategies in place to maintain staffing at the required levels to allow us to manage asylum intake and reduce the overall time to make initial asylum decisions.</p><p>All asylum claim lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/07/2019 15:40:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1136979

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent employees there were in UK Visas and Immigration and its predecessor bodies in each of the last 10 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	273410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>UK Visas &amp; Immigration (UKVI) was formed in April 2013. From June 2014, UKVI figures on staffing are published quarterly on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search?q=Border+and+immigration+cross+cutting+data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search?q=Border+and+immigration+cross+cutting+data</a>”. Staffing figures prior to this are not published.</p><p><br>UKVI regularly reviews its capacity plans and resources, redeploying and recruiting staff where necessary to help meet and maintain service standards for individual services”.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/07/2019 11:25:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire