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identifier	226018
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden

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1077555

registered interest

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26/02/2019

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Home Office

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Home Office: Urdu

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25259

pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed as Urdu translators at the (a) British high commission in Islamabad and (b) Home Office to investigate the background of people applying for entry clearance.

tabling member constituency

Mitcham and Morden

tabling member printed

Siobhain McDonagh

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226018

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

01/03/2019

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<p>UKVI human resources do not compile information on the number staff employed in the British High Commission in Islamabad, or at the Home Office, who assess entry clearance applications and who speak Urdu.</p><p>In assessing applications for entry clearance, UKVI complies with the Home Office policy for the use of translators.</p>

answering member constituency

Romsey and Southampton North

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Caroline Nokes

grouped question UIN

226017

question first answered

01/03/2019 16:02:21

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4048

label	Biography information for Caroline Nokes

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193

label	Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh