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Written Question
Immigration: EU Countries
Friday 7th September 2018

Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to ensure that in the event of no agreement being reached under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union there will be a UK immigration policy that does not give special preference to EU migrants.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The Prime Minister has been clear that as a responsible Government we continue to prepare for a range of outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached. We are therefore stepping up our preparations across government. The Department for Exiting the European Union and the centre of government are working with all departments to make sure that the preparations for exit from and new partnership with the EU are on track.

The Government is considering a range of options for the future immigration system and will set out details later this year. Free movement will end, we will control immigration in the national interest, and EU migration will be subject to UK law.


Written Question
Entry Clearances: EEA Nationals
Monday 18th April 2016

Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EEA family permits were issued overseas in each of the last five calendar years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The requested information is given in the table below:

Entry clearance visa grants: EEA Family Permits

Year

Granted

2011

19,885

2012

19,238

2013

22,893

2014

24,985

2015

30,309

Source:
Immigration Statistics Oct-Dec 2015, Home Office, tables vi_06_q_o.

The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas issued outside the UK, including EEA Family permits are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October-December 2015’, Visas volume 3 table vi_06_q_o, latest edition available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015/list-of-tables#visas


Written Question
Home Office: European Union
Thursday 14th January 2016

Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department are working on matters related to (a) European policy, (b) the future of Europe, (c) reform of the EU, (d) the renegotiation of the UK's relationship with the EU, (e) the EU referendum and (f) the consequences of the EU referendum; how many full-time equivalent staff are working on such matters; what the (i) staff and (ii) other cost of such work is; what proportion of that work is undertaken by such staff on (A) communications, (B) strategy and (C) policy; whether her Department has established any specific unit or units to deal with those matters; to whom such (1) staff and (2) units report; whether her Department has issued guidelines to staff on those matters; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in Britain - so we get a better deal for Britain and secure our future. Departments are appropriately resourced to support the Government's priorities in Europe, including the renegotiation and referendum.


Written Question
Undocumented Migrants: Harwich
Thursday 22nd October 2015

Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to Question 9820, what information her Department holds on the bail conditions (a) sought and (b) applied in relation to the lorry drivers referred to in that Answer; and what information her Department holds on the whereabouts of those drivers.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The four drivers remain on bail. They have provided the Home Office with up to date contact information, and we remain in contact with their legal representatives.


Written Question
Illegal Immigrants: Harwich
Tuesday 15th September 2015

Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where each of the (a) 68 clandestine migrants and (b) four lorry drivers are that were stopped in Harwich in June 2015; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by James Brokenshire

Fourteen Chinese nationals and eight Vietnamese nationals were removed to the Hook of Holland. The remaining 46 individuals - comprising Afghan (35), Chinese (8), Vietnamese (2) and Russian (1) nationality - have claimed asylum and are being processed within the asylum system. If their claims are not substantiated they will be expected to leave the UK, or will be forcibly removed. The four lorry drivers were arrested and bailed and are due to answer bail in November.