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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 05 Jan 2022
Nationality and Borders Bill

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Written Question
Migrants: Taxation
Monday 26th April 2021

Asked by: Lord Woolley of Woodford (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether highly skilled Tier 1 (general) migrants were notified of the sharing of their tax return data between Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and the Home Office for visa decisions; and if so, how.

Answered by Lord Greenhalgh

The following information is provided to potential applicants, before they chose to ‘apply now’. This outlines information may be shared with other public organisations in the UK:

How we use your data

The Home Office will use the personal information you provide to decide whether to grant your application. We may also share your information with other public and private sector organisations in the UK and overseas. For more detail please see the Privacy Notice for the Border, Immigration and Citizenship system. This also sets out your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 and explains how you can access your personal information and complain if you have concerns about how we are using it.

In addition to this, where highly skilled Tier 1 (general) applications had been refused, individuals were notified their information had been shared via their refusal notice.

Those applications we are considering post Balajigari (and others) v the Secretary of State of April 2019, also have concerns put to them in a minded to refuse letter.


Written Question
Migrants: Convictions
Monday 26th April 2021

Asked by: Lord Woolley of Woodford (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many highly skilled Tier 1 (general) migrants who have been refused indefinite leave to remain have been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK.

Answered by Lord Greenhalgh

Home Office Migration Statistics do not capture the number of highly skilled Tier 1 (general) migrants who have been refused indefinite leave to remain and have been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK.

The Home Office does publish data on how many Tier 1 applications have been refused or granted. These can be found in our published statistics under ‘Extensions’ at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets


Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Immigration: Skilled Migrants from Commonwealth Countries

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Immigration: Skilled Migrants from Commonwealth Countries

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Mar 2021
Stop and Search

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Mar 2021
Stop and Search

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jan 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Dec 2020
Scheduled Mass Deportation: Jamaica

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