Asked by: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assess the importance of maintaining the temporary shortage list status of dancers and choreographers (standard occupational classification code 3414); and what assessment they have made of the impact of recent changes to salary thresholds and visa restrictions on professional dance companies and the UK performing arts industry.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
We have commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the new Temporary Shortage List (TSL), which provides limited exemptions from the skills threshold. The MAC are due to report in the summer and we will consider their recommendations at that time.
An impact assessment of changes to the Skilled Worker immigration route has been published alongside the statement of changes.
There are also provisions within the immigration system for dancers to use the Temporary Work – Creative Worker and Visitor routes.
Asked by: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so how, they are assessing the numbers of refugees with disabilities arriving in the UK.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The Home Office provides resettlement solely on the basis of needs, identified by UNHCR. Details of a refugee’s vulnerabilities and additional needs are captured by UNHCR and provided to the Home Office in order to assist us securing resettlement with a local authority.
Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Information requested which is not contained within this published data is not routinely captured. To capture numbers would require a manual trawl of data and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to support (1) the devolved administrations, (2) local councils, and (3) regional health authorities, to ensure that disabled refugee children have access to health and education services and support.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Refugees, including children, have access to the statutory agencies who are responsible for social care and health issues for all UK residents.
The Government provides funding to enable local authorities, schools and health partners to provide vulnerable refugees with a safe environment and the chance to rebuild their lives.