Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months to be completed in each of the last four financial years.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office does not publish data on how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months in each of the last four financial years.
However, the Home Office does publish data on:
The Home Office does not publish data on how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum from individuals resident in Worsley and Eccles South constituency took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months in each of the last four financial years as this information is not held centrally and to obtain it would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum from individuals resident in Worsley and Eccles South constituency took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months to be completed in each of the last four financial years.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office does not publish data on how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months in each of the last four financial years.
However, the Home Office does publish data on:
The Home Office does not publish data on how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum from individuals resident in Worsley and Eccles South constituency took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months in each of the last four financial years as this information is not held centrally and to obtain it would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people spent time in a police station as a place of safety due to a mental health condition in each of the past five years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of persons detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by place of safety taken to.
These data were collected by the Home Office on a mandatory basis for the first time in 2016/17, and were published as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here:
Figures for 2015/16 were collected and published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and can be accessed using the following links:
http://www.npcc.police.uk/documents/S136%20Data%202015%2016.pdf.
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status of visiting musicians from EEA countries to the UK will be after December 2020.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The UK already has a wide range of options to cater for the mobility needs of artists, entertainers and musicians, including those wishing to visit the UK. The Home Office is working with DCMS and the creative sector to ensure that our future immigration system continues to support the thriving cultural life of the UK.
We will announce the details of the UK’s future system early next year. This will provide time for people and businesses to adapt ahead of the implementation of the new system from January 2021.
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 visa applications sponsored by the NHS for NHS psychiatry posts were turned down in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 visas sponsored by the NHS were approved for (a) clinical radiology, (b) emergency medicine, (c) old age psychiatry and (d) core trainees in psychiatry in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 visa applications for (a) old age psychiatry and (b) core trainee in psychiatry were turned down in the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 were taken into police custody as a place of safety under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act in 2016-17.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of persons detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, including information on where the person is detained, and whether they are under the age of 18 years old.
These data are published as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2017
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2017 to Question 107878, on the international skills charge, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health about the financial effect on mental health trusts of the introduction of the international skills charge for psychiatrists who do not have a PhD and who are on tier 2 visas.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Migration Advisory Committee in their review of Tier 2 in December 2015 strongly supported the introduction of the Immigration Skills Charge and was clear that it should apply to the public sector, including the NHS.
The rate and scope of the charge, including exemptions from the charge, were agreed in discussion with other government departments, including the Department of Health.
Asked by: Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is responsible for paying the international skills charge for NHS psychiatrists who do not have a PhD and are on a tier 2 visa.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer that I gave on the 25 July 2017, UIN 5991.