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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Apr 2020
Fire Safety Bill

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Let me try again to welcome this long-overdue Bill. We all know what the consequences can be when fire safety is neglected in blocks of flats. We have heard, and we are clear, that nobody here will ever forget the tragedy of the Grenfell fire, …..."

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Written Question
Asylum and Visas: Applications
Wednesday 29th January 2020

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months to be completed in each of the last four financial years.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The Home Office does not publish data on how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months in each of the last four financial years.

However, the Home Office does publish data on:

The Home Office does not publish data on how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum from individuals resident in Worsley and Eccles South constituency took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months in each of the last four financial years as this information is not held centrally and to obtain it would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.


Written Question
Asylum and Visas: Worsley and Eccles South
Wednesday 29th January 2020

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum from individuals resident in Worsley and Eccles South constituency took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months to be completed in each of the last four financial years.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The Home Office does not publish data on how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months in each of the last four financial years.

However, the Home Office does publish data on:

The Home Office does not publish data on how many applications for (a) visas and (b) asylum from individuals resident in Worsley and Eccles South constituency took (i) three to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 24 months and (iv) over 24 months in each of the last four financial years as this information is not held centrally and to obtain it would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.


Written Question
Police Custody: Mental Illness
Monday 27th January 2020

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people spent time in a police station as a place of safety due to a mental health condition in each of the past five years.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of persons detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by place of safety taken to.

These data were collected by the Home Office on a mandatory basis for the first time in 2016/17, and were published as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2019

Figures for 2015/16 were collected and published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and can be accessed using the following links:

http://www.npcc.police.uk/documents/S136%20Data%202015%2016.pdf.


Written Question
Musicians: EEA Nationals
Thursday 24th October 2019

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status of visiting musicians from EEA countries to the UK will be after December 2020.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

The UK already has a wide range of options to cater for the mobility needs of artists, entertainers and musicians, including those wishing to visit the UK. The Home Office is working with DCMS and the creative sector to ensure that our future immigration system continues to support the thriving cultural life of the UK.

We will announce the details of the UK’s future system early next year. This will provide time for people and businesses to adapt ahead of the implementation of the new system from January 2021.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Feb 2018
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill

"It is very clear that Lucy does exist. Lucy does exist in my hon. Friend’s memories. It is very important for so many constituents that the all-party group on baby loss and the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) are raising this issue today. My hon. Friend …..."
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Written Question
Psychiatry: Migrant Workers
Wednesday 31st January 2018

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 visa applications sponsored by the NHS for NHS psychiatry posts were turned down in the most recent year for which data is available.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.


Written Question
NHS: Migrant Workers
Wednesday 31st January 2018

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 visas sponsored by the NHS were approved for (a) clinical radiology, (b) emergency medicine, (c) old age psychiatry and (d) core trainees in psychiatry in the most recent year for which data is available.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.


Written Question
Psychiatry: Migrant Workers
Wednesday 31st January 2018

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 visa applications for (a) old age psychiatry and (b) core trainee in psychiatry were turned down in the last year for which data is available.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.


Written Question
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Children
Monday 11th December 2017

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 were taken into police custody as a place of safety under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act in 2016-17.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of persons detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, including information on where the person is detained, and whether they are under the age of 18 years old.

These data are published as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2017