Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications made in Sudan for citizenship registrations are currently awaiting a decision (a) in total and (b) for children.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office is unable to provide the data requested as it is not available.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications are currently outstanding for Sudanese nationals applying for entry clearance to the UK on a (a) Spouse and family (b) family reunion visa.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The number of outstanding applications are published in quarterly transparency data, but these are not broken down by nationality.
The most recent data can be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q4-2021.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for a standard visitor visa to be processed by the (a) nationality and (b) region of origin of applicants in the last 10 years.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on granted Visitor visas, by nationality and region of nationality, are published in table Vis_D02 of the ‘Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets’. The latest data relates to Q4 2022 (October to December).
The Home Office publishes data on the percentage of applications of Visitor visas processed within Service Standards in VSI_02 of the Visa and Citizenship Transparency data. The latest data relates to Q3 2021 (July to September).
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many standard visitor visas were processed by her Department by the (i) nationality and (ii) region of origin of applicants in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on granted Visitor visas, by nationality and region of nationality, are published in table Vis_D02 of the ‘Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets’. The latest data relates to Q4 2022 (October to December).
The Home Office publishes data on the percentage of applications of Visitor visas processed within Service Standards in VSI_02 of the Visa and Citizenship Transparency data. The latest data relates to Q3 2021 (July to September).
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) applications and (b) decisions for standard visitors visas were made in each of the last twelve months.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on granted Visitor visas, by nationality and region of nationality, are published in table Vis_D02 of the ‘Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets’. The latest data relates to Q4 2022 (October to December).
The Home Office publishes data on the percentage of applications of Visitor visas processed within Service Standards in VSI_02 of the Visa and Citizenship Transparency data. The latest data relates to Q3 2021 (July to September).
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing a bereaved family member to register the death of a family member via the telephone.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
No formal assessment has been made.
The General Register Office for England and Wales is exploring options to bring forward amendments to primary legislation to allow informants more flexibility in how they register deaths in the future.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications of her policy of requiring bereaved families to register deaths in person at a Registration Office.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
No formal assessment has been made.
The General Register Office for England and Wales is exploring options to bring forward amendments to primary legislation to allow informants more flexibility in how they register deaths in the future.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which individuals on the UK sanctions list (a) have and (b) have previously possessed Tier 1 (Investor) visas.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
We do not routinely comment on the immigration status of individuals.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Written Statement on The Tier 1 (Investor) route: Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015 published on 12 January 2023, how many individuals connected to the Tier 1 (Investor) visa route her Department has identified as being at high risk of having obtained wealth through illicit financial activity and serious and organised crime, broken down by nationality; and how many individuals meeting those criteria were granted British citizenship.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement of the 12 January 2023 provides the key findings of the review and represents the Home Office’s substantive response in relation to the operation of the Tier 1 Investor visa route between 30th June 2008 and 06th April 2015.
As set out in the Home Secretary’s statement the review found a small minority of individuals connected to the route were at risk of having obtained their wealth through illicit or criminal means.
Given the importance of protecting operational sensitivities in the law enforcement process, and guided by the advice we have received from our operational partners we will not be commenting further.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Written Statement of 12 January 2023, HCWS492 on The Tier 1 (Investor) route: Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015, if she will publish the review in full.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement of the 12 January 2023 provides the key findings of the review and represents the Home Office’s substantive response in relation to the operation of the Tier 1 Investor visa route between 30th June 2008 and 06th April 2015.
As set out in the Home Secretary’s statement the review found a small minority of individuals connected to the route were at risk of having obtained their wealth through illicit or criminal means.
Given the importance of protecting operational sensitivities in the law enforcement process, and guided by the advice we have received from our operational partners we will not be commenting further.