Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of her Department's invoices for goods and services supplied by (a) private companies and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are completed on time; and what proportion of the (i) number and (ii) value of contracts between her Department and private companies are held by SMEs.
Answered by Karen Bradley
a) The Home Office is not required to compile prompt payment data in respect of private companies. To calculate such a figure would incur disproportionate costs.
b) In the financial year 2014-15, 88% of the total numbers of all invoices to every type of supplier were paid within five working days of receipt. The total number of invoices paid within 30 working days of receipt of invoice was 97%.
For small and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Home Office paid 80% of invoices within five working days of receipt of invoice. And 96% of invoices from SMEs were paid within 30 working days of receipt of invoice.
i) The proportion of the number of contracts between the Home Office and SMEs is not readily available, except at disproportionate costs.
ii) In 2014-15, the Home Office have reported 19.6% spend with SMEs. This figure is made up of 7.7% (£200 million) direct spend with SMEs and 11.9% (£310 miliion) indirect spend.
Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the changing criteria for the Adult Dependent Relative Visa on recruitment and retention of health professionals.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Government reformed the Immigration Rules for adult dependent relatives in July 2012 in light of the significant NHS and social care costs which can be associated with these cases. The new rules seek to ensure that only those who have a genuine need to be physically close to and cared for by a close relative in the UK are able to settle here. Those who do not have such care needs can be supported financially in the country in which they live by their relative in the UK. We have kept the family Immigration Rules under regular review in light of any evidence received as to their impact and will continue to do so.
Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Adult Dependent Relative visas were refused in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012, (f) 2013 and (g) 2014.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The requested information is not available. Applications from adult dependent relatives of a British Citizen or a settled person in the UK are included in the category ‘Family: Other (for immediate settlement)’ in the published entry clearance visa tables but cannot be identified separately. The latest published figures for the ‘Family: Other (for immediate settlement)’ category are given in the table below.
Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Family: Other (for immediate settlement) | |||||||
Year | Applications | Resolved | Granted | % | Refused | % | Withdrawn or lapsed |
2008 | 3,288 | 3,336 | 1,307 | 39% | 1,987 | 60% | 42 |
2009 | 2,619 | 2,596 | 1,148 | 44% | 1,412 | 54% | 36 |
2010 | 2,205 | 2,509 | 1,258 | 50% | 1,224 | 49% | 27 |
2011 | 1,837 | 1,857 | 1,109 | 60% | 728 | 39% | 20 |
2012 | 1,725 | 1,915 | 845 | 44% | 1,045 | 55% | 25 |
2013 | 1,218 | 1,563 | 488 | 31% | 1,061 | 68% | 14 |
2014 | 1,001 | 1,277 | 377 | 30% | 881 | 69% | 19 |
The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visa applications and resolutions by category in table vi_01_q (Entry clearance visas tables volume 1) within the Immigration Statistics release. The published statistics do not distinguish between applications made and decided under the family Immigration Rules in force before and from 9 July 2012. Grants and other case resolutions do not necessarily correspond to an application made in the same period.
A copy of the latest release, “Immigration Statistics April to June 2015”, is available from the Library of the House and from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Information on passenger arrivals does not separately identify adult dependent relatives. Information on emigration from the UK is the responsibility of the Office for National Statistics.
Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered the UK on an Adult Dependent Relative visa in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011, (e) 2012, (f) 2013 and (g) 2014.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The requested information is not available. Applications from adult dependent relatives of a British Citizen or a settled person in the UK are included in the category ‘Family: Other (for immediate settlement)’ in the published entry clearance visa tables but cannot be identified separately. The latest published figures for the ‘Family: Other (for immediate settlement)’ category are given in the table below.
Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Family: Other (for immediate settlement) | |||||||
Year | Applications | Resolved | Granted | % | Refused | % | Withdrawn or lapsed |
2008 | 3,288 | 3,336 | 1,307 | 39% | 1,987 | 60% | 42 |
2009 | 2,619 | 2,596 | 1,148 | 44% | 1,412 | 54% | 36 |
2010 | 2,205 | 2,509 | 1,258 | 50% | 1,224 | 49% | 27 |
2011 | 1,837 | 1,857 | 1,109 | 60% | 728 | 39% | 20 |
2012 | 1,725 | 1,915 | 845 | 44% | 1,045 | 55% | 25 |
2013 | 1,218 | 1,563 | 488 | 31% | 1,061 | 68% | 14 |
2014 | 1,001 | 1,277 | 377 | 30% | 881 | 69% | 19 |
The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visa applications and resolutions by category in table vi_01_q (Entry clearance visas tables volume 1) within the Immigration Statistics release. The published statistics do not distinguish between applications made and decided under the family Immigration Rules in force before and from 9 July 2012. Grants and other case resolutions do not necessarily correspond to an application made in the same period.
A copy of the latest release, “Immigration Statistics April to June 2015”, is available from the Library of the House and from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Information on passenger arrivals does not separately identify adult dependent relatives. Information on emigration from the UK is the responsibility of the Office for National Statistics.