Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Tier 2 visas for doctors to work in Wales were (a) accepted, (b) rejected and (c) pending in each of the last five years.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The available information on applications and outcomes (i.e. grants, refusals, withdrawn and lapsed cases) of entry clearance visas in the ‘Tier 2 & pre-PBS equivalent’ category are published quarterly in ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018/list-of-tables#visas.
Neither a breakdown by profession, or applications and outcomes by region of employment, is available in the published entry clearance visas data.
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Tier 2 visas for jobs in Wales were (a) accepted, (b) rejected and (c) pending in each of the last five years; and in which sectors those applications were for.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The available information on applications and outcomes (i.e. grants, refusals, withdrawn and lapsed cases) of entry clearance visas in the ‘Tier 2 & pre-PBS equivalent’ category are published quarterly in ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018/list-of-tables#visas.
Neither a breakdown by profession, or applications and outcomes by region of employment, is available in the published entry clearance visas data.
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas under Tier 2 were made in each month in each of the last five years.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Information on Tier 2 entry clearance visa applications broken down by outcome (grants, refusals, withdrawals, lapsed) is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018.
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been refused entry into the UK in each of the last three years; and if he will group that data by grounds for refusal.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information of those refused entry into the UK can be found on the Gov.uk website and a link is provided below.
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compensation his Department provides to people who experience delays with their spousal visa applications.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The specific data requested is not available. Information on the employer of those individuals sponsoring visa applicants is not collected by the Home Office as it is not required as part of visa application processes.
Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas & Immigration’).
Should a customer wish to seek compensation they are advised to contact UKVI and they will be dealt with on a case by case basis in accordance with the complaints procedure:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is for his Department to process spousal visas.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The specific data requested is not available. Information on the employer of those individuals sponsoring visa applicants is not collected by the Home Office as it is not required as part of visa application processes.
Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas & Immigration’).
Should a customer wish to seek compensation they are advised to contact UKVI and they will be dealt with on a case by case basis in accordance with the complaints procedure:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of universities have applied for visas for their (a) spouses and (b) families in each of the last five years; and how many of those applications have (a) been accepted, b) been rejected and (c) are still pending.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The specific data requested is not available. Information on the employer of those individuals sponsoring visa applicants is not collected by the Home Office as it is not required as part of visa application processes.
Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas & Immigration’).
Should a customer wish to seek compensation they are advised to contact UKVI and they will be dealt with on a case by case basis in accordance with the complaints procedure:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to UK Visa and Immigration is to process (a) spousal visas and (b) student visas.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office publishes a list of Border, Immigration and Citizenship (BIC) application fees and estimated unit costs which can be reviewed via the following link:
(a) A spouse can submit a dependant application under a number of different routes depending on the visa category of their spouse/partner. However, if the individual is making an application to join their spouse/partner who is them self settled in the UK, or a British citizen, they would apply via the Route to Settlement category, which is shown on page 4 of the linked table.
(b) The estimated unit costs for both In-UK and overseas student visa applications are shown on page 3 of the linked table.
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the case of R (QSA and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Justice [2018] EWHC 407 (Admin), if she will assess the equity of the criminal record disclosure regime to ensure that it balances the public interest with the rights of an individual applicant for employment.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Government believes that the disclosure and barring arrangements currently in place provide the right balance between protecting the public, giving employers the information they need to make safer recruitment decisions and allowing ex-offenders to gain employment. The High Court judgment in the case of R (QSA and others) was handed down on 2 March. The Government has been granted permission to appeal the judgment.
Standard and enhanced criminal record certificates are available when an applicant seeks to work with children, vulnerable people or in other specified roles. Under the statutory arrangements, certain old and minor convictions and cautions are not disclosed. Multiple offences for which an individual has received a caution may be filtered. The filtering provisions are not, however, available to anyone who has:
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, following the case of R (QSA and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Justice [2018] EWHC 407 (Admin), if she will ensure that the criminal record disclosure regime enables the filtering of multiple minor offences.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Government believes that the disclosure and barring arrangements currently in place provide the right balance between protecting the public, giving employers the information they need to make safer recruitment decisions and allowing ex-offenders to gain employment. The High Court judgment in the case of R (QSA and others) was handed down on 2 March. The Government has been granted permission to appeal the judgment.
Standard and enhanced criminal record certificates are available when an applicant seeks to work with children, vulnerable people or in other specified roles. Under the statutory arrangements, certain old and minor convictions and cautions are not disclosed. Multiple offences for which an individual has received a caution may be filtered. The filtering provisions are not, however, available to anyone who has: