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51 records in UK in 2014
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration tribunal decisions in favour of the applicant were subsequently overturned on appeal in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set and publish a maximum time limit by which she will place in the Library reports received by her Department from the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 5 December (HL3055), whether they have published an impact assessment on the fiscal impact of immigration into the United Kingdom since 2008.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
That this House notes the introduction of the pilot scheme on 1 December 2014 of the requirement for private sector landlords to conduct immigration checks on their potential tenants; believes that the checks will lead to new fees from letting agents to all of Britain's nine million private tenants on moving to conduct these checks; further believes that almost no undocumented migrants will be caught as they will move into illegal tenancies and in doing so will create a new market for illegal and exploitative landlords; is concerned that the checks will encourage discrimination in the lettings process; further believes that it is morally objectionable to remove from any person access to shelter just as it would be to remove access to water or emergency medical care; and calls on the Government to abandon the scheme immediately.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses employed in the NHS do not have the necessary English language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for nurses from outside the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests from broadcasters her Department has received to film (a) prisons and (b) immigration removal centres in the last five years; and how many such requests have been granted.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 4 of page 1 of her Department's publication, Changes to Family Migration Rules Impact Assessment, published on 12 June 2012, if she will ensure that the Government's review
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 1 December (HL2989), why the Office for National Statistics makes no breakdown of Gross Domestic Product contributions by nationality based on the information av
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of how many cases met the criteria for inclusion in the migration refusal pool before 2008; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of transferring a person between immigration removal centres is.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the minimum earnings threshold needed for a spouse to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK on (a) people on low incomes and (b) family life.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports she has received of the police response when called out to an alleged assault at Campsfield House immigration centre on 29 November 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the statement sent by her Department to Baroness Lister on 1 December on the alleged assault and subsequent protest at Campsfield House immigration centre on 29 November.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 2 December (HL3119), which department would have the authority to carry out an assessment of the contribution of Polish immigrants to the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his speech on immigration on 28 November 2014, what the (a) funding and (b) scope will be of the new fund to help meet additional demands on local services in areas that are heavily reliant on migrant labour.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 19 November (HL2693), whether they regard the current level of immigration from Poland to the United Kingdom to be sustainable.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
A Bill to make provision for the supremacy of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament in relation to the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union, including matters in respect of borders and immigration; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to defer removals of any potential witnesses to the alleged assault which took place on 29 November 2014 at Campsfield House IRC so they are able to give evidence to the police.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many potential witnesses to the alleged assault which took place on 29 November 2014 at Campsfield House IRC have since been issued with Removal Directions or Removal Orders/Notices.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the reasons for entry of non-EU migrants were in the last five years; and how many such migrants entered for each such reason.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since 1 July 2014 border gates at Heathrow Terminals 1 to 5, other than e gates, have been closed to EU passport holders.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 20 November (HL2506), how many people were permitted to enter the United Kingdom after declaring previous convictions in each of the last four years; and what specific offence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 20 November (HL2506), on how many occasions persons have been refused entrance to the United Kingdom due to a previous conviction, in each of the last four years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on current investigations by the National Audit Office into the work of Serco at Yarl's Wood detention centre.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the professions of non-EU migrants who have entered the UK in the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 20 November (HL2506), in each of the last four years how many people have been found to have failed to declare a previous conviction following a conviction for a further offen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 20 November (HL2506), in respect of persons with a conviction for sex offences, violent conduct, and manslaughter or murder who have been permitted entry to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the most recent figures for migration for each of the 12 months up to June 2014; how many were emigrants from the United Kingdom; how many were immigrants from the European Union; how many were immigrants from non-
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to deal with net immigration; and whether they intend to revise their targets.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is in place for triggering a review of the Shortage Occupation List insofar as it relates to the overhead line worker sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for the voltage restriction placed on the overhead lineworkers category on the Shortage Occupation List by the Migration Advisory Committee in its review published in February 20
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that foreign citizens married to a member of the armed forces can include within their qualifying period for British citizenship the time they were living overseas while
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedure is used to audit and check the UK funding allocated to improve port security in Calais.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
A Bill To make provision in relation to terrorism; to make provision about retention of communications data, about information, authority to carry and security in relation to air, sea and rail transport and about reviews by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission against refusals to issue certificates of naturalisation; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female officers were employed by Serco at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre in each year from 2010 to 2014 to date.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints about Yarl's Wood Detention Centre her Department has received regarding (a) access to healthcare and (b) mental health provision in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2014
I am pleased to inform the House that, subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary secondary legislation, I plan to implement important new provisions under Part 4 of the Immigration Act 2014 to tackle sham marriages and civil partnerships on Monda...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2014
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration and Security (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: I am pleased to inform the House that, subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary secondary legislatio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 20 November (HL2693), whether the Department for Work and Pensions has made an assessment of the contribution of Polish immigrants to the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what calculations they have made of the fiscal impact of immigration into the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the contribution by resident Polish nationals to the cultural life of the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 11 November (HL2694) concerning the employment of Polish immigrants in the United Kingdom, what is their assessment of the contribution to the economy made by th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent incidents have been recorded at border check points in each year since January 2011.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre were on constant observation to prevent self-harm in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the case of Mr and Mrs Khanovych, application references Warsaw 208144 and 208145, to enable them to visit their daughter in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women have been detained at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre for (a) 0 to six months, (b) six to 12 months, (c) over one year and (d) two years or more.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on recruitment and retention of voltage restrictions on overhead lines worker posts on the Shortage Occupancy Lists; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Soc 2000 classification of overhead lines workers changed from 5243-line repairers and cable jointers to Soc 2019 5239-electrical and electronic trades not classified elsewhere; an
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she next plans to meet her French counterpart to discuss immigration controls at Calais.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to implement the Immigration Act 2014.