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51 records in UK in 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the recommendations of the independent reviewer of the overseas domestic worker visa will be implemented.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide all factual evidence they have, together with their sources, that UK in-work and out-of-work benefits are a factor in encouraging immigration to the UK from other EU member states.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19180, how her Department calculates how to allocate refugee support funding to recipient countries; what information her Department holds
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) Afghan interpreters, and (2) members of their immediate families, have been relocated to the UK under (a) the ex gratia redundancy scheme, and (b) the intimidation policy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's exit checks data relating to all UK ports and airports for destination (a) within and (b) outside the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will publish its equality impact assessment of the Immigration Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2015 to Question 18261, if she will make an assessment of the net contribution to the UK economy made by immigration from Australia, Canada and New Zealand in the
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to reduce net migration from Europe, other than seeking reform of provision of welfare for non-British EU citizens.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals applying for leave to stay in the UK who successfully appealed against a rejection from UK Visas and Immigration through the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) have not
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many curtailment letters were issued by UK Visas and Immigration between 10 January 2015 and 11 December 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals were heard in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) relating to immigration decisions made by her Department in each of the last five years; for how many of those cases her
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many overseas wives have joined their families in the UK between January 2014 and December 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the residential tenancy provisions of the Immigration Bill would come into force in Scotland if enacted.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which refugee camps in (a) Turkey, (b) Jordan, (c) Iraq and (d) Lebanon have received financial and material support from her Department; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 19 November (HL3436), whether doctors registered as temporary and occasional under the revised Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive will be subject
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses trained abroad were recruited by the NHS in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and (b) Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) hearing centres are projected to close in (i) London and (ii) the UK in the next five year
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and (b) Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) hearing centres have closed in (i) London and (ii) the UK in the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the implementation of European Professional Cards for doctors does not inhibit his Department's ability to perform background checks on doctors from European countries and to
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to resolve the migration situation at Calais.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow the free movement of citizens between the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Upper Tribunal’s decision in MSM (journalists; political opinion; risk) Somalia [2015] UKUT 00413 (IAC), what plans they have immediately to revise their country-specific bulletins, and how they will no
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the net contribution to the UK economy made by immigration from Australia, Canada and New Zealand in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions the fire brigade has been called to an incident at a migrant detention centre in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to review their current immigration policies to enable universities, research institutes, and other science and health-based organisations to recruit talent globally.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to review their current immigration policies so that international students, qualified researchers, and experts across the health and science sectors can more easily enter the UK and participate in trainin
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on providing legal aid for asylum seekers who wish to pursue immigration appeals in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Government has had with the Irish government on the control of foreign nationals entering the Irish Republic who seek to enter the UK from that country.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 15161, whether native speaker language fluency is classified as a skill for the purposes of the work visa system; and how the work visa system ca
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded waiting time was between a detainee at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre sounding the emergency alarm in their room and an officer arriving to assist
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason callers to the International Enquiry Service of UK Visas and Immigration are charged £1.37 per minute.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy for the free email service offered by the International Enquiry Service automatically to acknowledge safe receipt of messages sent to it by enquirers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy not to levy telephone charges for enquirers to the International Enquiry Service in addition to the standard rate until such time as the free alternative methods of cont
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in other European countries on the imposition of tighter border controls across Europe and the effective screening of Syrian refugees for conn
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to introduce stricter UK border controls similar to those introduced by the French government following the recent Paris attacks.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the webchat service offered by the International Enquiry Service has been unavailable when required by enquirers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what remedy exists for enquirers whose electronic communications with the International Enquiry Service are not answered.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the resources allocated by the EU to address the root causes of informal migration in Sub-Saharan Africa.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2015
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate is of (a) unemployment and (b) employment among people living in the UK who (i) were born in Lithuania and (ii) are Lithuanian nationals.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people resident in the UK of working age who were born in Lithuania are (a) in the G8 Claimant Count, (b) in receipt of employment and support allowance and other incapacity benefits
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of doctors working in hospitals are from non-UK countries.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of detainees held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre are receiving medication for mental health problems; and what proportion of those detainees have had their dosage increased since being
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have refused to eat for one or more consecutive days in 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have legal representation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre (a) claim that they are victims of human trafficking and (b) have been identified by the National Referral Mechanism as victims of hum
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 5 November (HL3049), what representations they have made to the European Commission regarding the inclusion of the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina in future
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women taken to hospital from Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have been handcuffed in transit in each of the last six months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre went on hunger strike in 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are in place to safeguard the welfare of pregnant women in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department is providing to help businesses to employ migrants with in-demand skills but poor English language skills.