Written Question
Tuesday 12th January 2021
Asked by:
Robert Syms (Conservative - Poole)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of individuals in who were granted start-up visas in 2019 earned over £73,900 per annum; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office is responsible for this question, not the Treasury.
The Home Office is unable to provide the statistical answer to this question as it asks for information which is not obtainable from our systems.
The latest published migration statistics (Sept 2020) that are available, can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2020
Written Question
Tuesday 12th January 2021
Asked by:
Robert Syms (Conservative - Poole)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals from (a) inside and (b) outside the EU were relocated for work purposes into the UK in 2019 by each of the visa categories prescribed by the Government; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The available published data shows the numbers of visas granted in each work route but does not provide any information on where the applicant resided (inside / outside the EU) or if the individual was “relocating”. There is also no guarantee these visas are used once issued.
Data on visas granted by category can be found in Vis_D02 at:
entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-sep-2020.xlsx
Written Question
Tuesday 12th January 2021
Asked by:
Robert Syms (Conservative - Poole)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether travel restrictions during the covid-19 pandemic have reduced the number of professional staff being relocated to the UK for the purpose of taking up professional employment; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Kevin Foster
In the period in question, the relocation of non-EEA national personnel by a multinational business to a UK branch or subsidiary of that business was facilitated primarily through the Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) category of the Immigration Rules.
The most recent published migration statistics can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics.
Speech in General Committees - Mon 11 Mar 2019
Draft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019
"I want to make a few brief comments. The Government’s objective is to prepare for all scenarios. The point of today’s order is to keep people flowing for the job market, for businesses, for education and for all those things, so the order is a good-news piece of delegated legislation. …..."Robert Syms - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 11 Mar 2019
Draft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019
"We set off as an imperial power letting people in with a limited amount of documentation. The same thing happened with British kids who were sent out to Australia because they were in homes in this country. They have the same problem. Immigration policy has generally strengthened over the years …..."Robert Syms - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 11 Mar 2019
Draft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019
"I will, and then I will sit down and let the Minister reply. The measure is reasonable. Let us chill out. [Interruption.] It will all be fine...."Robert Syms - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 11 Mar 2019
Draft Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019
"Again, the hon. Lady is overreacting. We have smart passport systems. People book with airlines. There are records. If someone is challenged about how long they have been in the country, it is quite easy, if they travelled in on easyJet or British Airways, or if they paid for a …..."Robert Syms - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 10 Jan 2019
Draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2018
"May I say what a lovely jacket the Minister is wearing?
I welcome what the Government are doing; it is a great step forward. However, when one comes into Gatwick, for example, with children under 12, that is where the queues tend to be. Will these provisions mean that more …..."Robert Syms - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 10 Jan 2019
Draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2018
"Not yet...."Robert Syms - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act
"If in this country somebody had a contract of employment where only one of the parties could end the agreement, or if they had a business contract where only one party could end the agreement, it would be indenture and would be struck down by the British courts, yet we …..."Robert Syms - View Speech
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