Immigration

Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews (Exceptions) and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022

Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022

Sahel: Climate Change and Migration

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Advancing a rights-based approach to climate change resilience and migration in the Sahel, published on 16 November 2022 by the United N

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation outcome entitled Changes to the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council's international registration legislation: government response, publis

Mears Group and Migrant Help: Contracts

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department’s expenditure on its contracts with (a) Mears Group and (b) Migrant Help are classed as Official Development Assistance.

NHS: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS staff recruited from overseas about the cost of (a) living and(b) housing.

Immigration: EU Nationals

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU Settlement Scheme Applications are waiting for an administrative review to be completed; and what proportion of those applications have waited more than 12 months for a decision.

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Inspections

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre, published on 6 December 2022, what assessment she

Immigration Controls: France

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the UK–France joint statement: enhancing co-operation against illegal migration, published on 14 November, how many border agents or other UK immigration officials will be based in France by the end of 2022; and

Immigration: Applications

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for further leave to remain via the ten year route have been pending for over eleven months.

Immigration: Applications

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for further leave to remain via the five year route have been pending for over eleven months.

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 106455 on Wind Power: Labour Market, if she will place in the Library figures showing the number of workers granted leave to enter the UK under t

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 106455 on Wind Power: Labour Market, how many persons granted entry to work in the UK under the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concessio

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 106455 on Wind Power: Labour Market, how many persons were granted entry to work in the UK under the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules conc

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 106455 on Wind Power: Labour Market, how many visa nationals received entry clearance under the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concessio

Nurses: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many overseas nurses were working in (a) the NHS and (b) each NHS England Hospital Trust in each year since 2015; and whether he has made an estimate of the cost of (a) recruitment and (b) visa

Immigration: Fees and Charges

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the annual surplus received from immigration application fees in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, and (3) 2021, after deducting administration costs.

Immigration policy and seafarer jobs

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

That this House is deeply concerned by the impact of immigration policy on seafarer jobs and training in Net Zero industries; notes that the recent extension of the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017 has cost at least 36 UK seafarers their jobs on vessels constructing EDF’s Neart na Gaoithe wind farm off the coast of Fife; shares the RMT union’s concerns over this case; notes that crewing agent ERSG recruited UK seafarers for 12 months work, only to replace them two weeks later with Filipino crew on lower pay and longer contracts; is alarmed that the Home Office has extended this temporary concession at least seven times but has refused to provide Parliament with information on its operation or labour market impact; notes that over 2,000 offshore wind turbines have been constructed in UK waters since 2017; further notes that the wind industry has not requested and does not support this waiver; and calls on the Government to scrap the 2017 concession and to work with trade unions, employers and the Migration Advisory Committee to secure long-term jobs and apprenticeships for UK seafarers in the offshore wind supply chain.

Veterans: Immigration

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK service personnel in the Army have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK following (a) 6 years of service and (b) being medically discharged in the last 6 months.

Veterans: Immigration

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK service personnel in the Army have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK after applying outside the 2-year time limit, following (a) 6 years of service and (b) being medically discharg

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 902177 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, when it was agreed to extend the concession; and what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials had with

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer to question 902177 on 14 November 2022 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, when the decision to extend the concession was communicated to employers; and which employer organisations

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 902177 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, what consideration was given to domestic (a) employment and (b) skills as part of the evaluation process.

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to consult seafarer stakeholders as part of the evaluation of the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 since that concession came into force.

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will make an estimate the number of seafarers imported to work on offshore wind farms in UK territorial waters through the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017.

Immigration: Ukraine

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to waive fees for immigration applications for Ukrainian nationals with leave to remain.

Africa: Migration

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level and flows of migration on the African continent.

Immigration Controls: Shipping

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of concessions from the immigration rules on the domestic maritime skills base.

Shipping: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary threshold is for an employer seeking to import labour to fill seafarer (a) Ratings and (b) Officer roles in the UK shipping industry.

Migrant Workers: Northern Ireland

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of creating a Northern Ireland-specific Shortage Occupation List.

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether the wide range of stakeholders includes (a) other Government departments and (b) employers in the i

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, which stakeholders her Department consulted prior to the introduction of the Offshore Wind Workers Immigrat

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 102999 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether she makes regular assessments with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of concessions from the immigra

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether any representations were received from employers on an extension of the concession (a) between 1 Ju

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether her Department had made an assessment of levels of labour before granting the extension.

UK Visas and Immigration: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for the month of September 2022, (a) how many thermos cups were purchased by UK Visas and Immigration via Ama

Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022

To ask His Majesty's Government when the Migration Advisory Committee will report its recommendations to change the shortage occupation list (SAL).

Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2023

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2022

Afghanistan: Immigration

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Afghan citizens who (a) worked for and (b) were affiliated with the UK government are (i) accepted for settlement in the UK

Immigration Removal Centres: Standards

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of conditions in immigration detention centres in the UK.

Immigration Removal Centres

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the compatibility UK detention centres with international human rights law.

Immigration: Agriculture

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received the report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on its inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector; and when she p

Immigration: EU Nationals

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 95881 on Immigration: EU Nationals, when he plans to publish this information; and whether that information can be made available through the prev

UK Visas and Immigration: Standards

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UKVI Visa applications have not been processed within the 3-week service standard since 1 January 2022; what proportion of UKVI Visa applications have not been processed within the 3-week ser

Immigration

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Home Office immigration decisions were made in (1) 2017/18, (2) 2018/19, (3) 2019/20, (4) 2020/21, and (5) 2021/22; and how many such decisions were overturned on appeal in each of those years.

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 98935 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether her Department had received representations from employers seeking to extend the concession before m

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 98935 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, which states that employers should first seek to recruit from the resident labour market, whether her Depart

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) escort services to and from Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre and (b) legal firms’ travel expenses relating to travel to that centre from the 1st Janu

Immigration: Biometric Residence Permits

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with financial industry representatives on enabling people with biometric residence permits to continue to evidence indefinite leave to remain beyond 2024.

UK Visas and Immigration

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement recommendations from the report by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration An Inspection of UK Visas and Immigration Front End Services (August 2020 – June 2021), published on