Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 2 December 2022 from the hon. Member for Exeter that enclosed a personal letter from his constituent Tony Cox.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Home Office responded on 19 December regarding setting up a meeting.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified by the Department's review of Tier 1 investor visas as posing a security risk to the UK.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
We do not comment on matters of national security. As the Government has set out previously, we will provide a summary of the findings of the Tier 1 Investor historic review in due course.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department has made an assessment the impact of (a) Tier 1 and (b) Tier 2 visa schemes on national security.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
We do not comment on matters of national security. As the Government has set out previously, we will provide a summary of the findings of the Tier 1 Investor historic review in due course.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who entered the UK on a Tier 1 Investor Visa between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015 have been granted (a) indefinite leave to remain and (b) British citizenship.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publishes latest data on visas at ‘Immigration statistics data tables, year ending June 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)’. Data on the number of Tier 1 Investor visas granted are published in tables at Data_Vis_D02 of the entry clearance visas applications and outcomes(opens in a new tab) dataset.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with Tier 1 Investor visas and who have been identified by the Government as a possible national security risk have been granted (a) indefinite leave to remain and (b) UK citizenship.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
We will not be commenting on matters of national security. As the Government has set out, we will provide a summary of the findings of the Tier 1 Investor historic review in due course.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the circumstances leading to the detention of journalist, Martin Banks, by the UK Border Force on 26 February 2022.
Answered by Damian Hinds
We do not comment on individual cases.
Border Force’s number one priority is to maintain a secure border, and we will not compromise on this.
While it is not possible to reveal the details of how security checks at the border operate, Border Force undertakes to perform 100 per cent checks on scheduled passengers arriving in the UK.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will publish a list of Russians who have been granted fast track visas under the recently discontinued investor visa scheme.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office does not, for data protection reasons, publish personal details of those who make an application under the Immigration Rules.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the upcoming election to the presidency of Interpol from (a) former ministers and former officials in her Department and (b) the former Minister for the Middle East, Rt Hon. Alistair Burt.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Officials are continuing to assess the suitability of all candidates for the INTERPOL Executive Committee elections on 25 November, and a decision on voting intentions, including the presidency, will be taken in due course.
As is commonplace in multilateral elections, representations have been made to the Department by both countries presenting candidates for the presidency.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the upcoming election to the presidency of Interpol from (a) former ministers and former officials in her Department and (b) the former Minister for the Middle East, Rt Hon. Alistair Burt.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Officials are continuing to assess the suitability of all candidates for the INTERPOL Executive Committee elections on 25 November, and a decision on voting intentions, including the presidency, will be taken in due course.
As is commonplace in multilateral elections, representations have been made to the Department by both countries presenting candidates for the presidency.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has received in support of the candidacy of Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi for the presidency of Interpol.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Officials are continuing to assess the suitability of all candidates for the INTERPOL Executive Committee elections on 25 November, and a decision on voting intentions, including the presidency, will be taken in due course.
As is commonplace in multilateral elections, representations have been made to the Department by both countries presenting candidates for the presidency.