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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	Visas: Yemen
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many visa applications were made by Yemeni citizens to visit the UK in the past two years; how many were approved; how many were rejected; and how many were rejected but subsequently approved after appeal.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visa applications and outcomes by nationality in the Immigration Statistics Quartley release, which can be found on gov.uk.</p><p>Data on the number of Visitor visa applications from Yemeni nationals, and data on Visitor visa grants and refusals to Yemeni nationals are published on the attached document.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to calendar year 2021.</p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the summary tables of the attached. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on entry clearance visas.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the 'Research and statistice calender, which can also be found on gov.uk.</p><p>The Home Office do not publish statistics on the number of grants after appeal. However, these statistics are kept under constant review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking account of user needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/04/2022 16:17:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name visas-summary-dec-2021-tables.xlsx title Visa Summary
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1453810

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date	23/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	FSO Safer
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made to offload oil from the decaying FSO Safer tanker since a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the UN and the Houthis in Yemen; whether there is a timeline for the work to be completed; and what plans exist for dealing with the tanker afterwards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK continues to support UN-led efforts to resolve the SAFER issue through provision of a replacement vessel that would reduce the risk of a leak. We have already contributed £2.5 million towards the UN initiative and are coordinating with partners to expedite the mission. We are also working with the UN to put in place detailed contingency plans in the event a spill occurs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/04/2022 16:08:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1453812

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made, as penholders for Yemen in the UN Security Council, in improving accountability in Yemen and the prospects for peace.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK continues to use its role as penholder to support UN-led efforts towards peace in Yemen. Most recently, on 28 February the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2624, which reiterated calls for a nationwide ceasefire and for all parties to participate constructively in UN-led consultations. Resolution 2624 listed the Houthi movement under the UN arms embargo for the first time and renewed the mandate of the UN Panel of Experts. In January the former Minister for the Middle East hosted the UN Special Envoy for Yemen in London and also convened discussions amongst the UN, US, Oman, Saudi Arabia and UAE to coordinate efforts to drive forward political dialogue in Yemen.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/04/2022 16:02:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle