Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Home Office:
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.
Answered by James Brokenshire
There were 34,100 letters cancelling the visa of an individual who no longer meets their visa requirements served between 10 January and 30 September 2015.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry visas for business purposes were granted to nationals of (a) China, (b) India, (c) Brazil, (d) Indonesia, (e) Malaysia, (f) Nigeria, (g) Tanzania and (h) Kenya in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2014-15.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The requested information is given in the table below, for skilled workers sponsored by business (Tier 2 of the Points Based System):
[Insert table]
The Home Office publishes statistics on entry clearance visa grants by work category in table vi_06_q_w (Entry clearance visas tables volume 2) within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release.
A copy of the latest release, “Immigration Statistics April to June 2015”, is available from the Library of the House and the Home Office website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on the NHS of the new immigration rules being introduced from April 2016.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Home Office published a full impact assessment on the changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012.
The impact assessment is available on the gov.uk website at:
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to support victims of human trafficking who do not pass the Genuine Prospect of Work test.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Genuine Prospect of Work test is critical to the integrity of the benefits system. Where they are exercising EU treaty rights, EEA migrants are eligible for income-based Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) for a period of 3 or 6 months, depending on whether they have a right to reside as a jobseeker or as a worker who has become involuntarily unemployed. At the end of this period all EEA nationals claiming JSA must provide compelling evidence that they have a genuine prospect of work, such as evidence of a job offer, to qualify for a short extension.
On referral to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), victims of human trafficking are eligible for support through the Government-funded victim care contract, which includes accommodation and subsistence, for at least 45 days, which is longer than required under our international obligations. In many cases victims receive support for a longer period.
EEA Nationals who are identified as victims of human trafficking through the NRM may qualify for discretionary leave where, for instance, they are helping police with an investigation or where their personal circumstances are such that it would be detrimental for the individual to leave the UK. EEA Nationals granted discretionary leave for those reasons are entitled to JSA for as long as they have that leave.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations have been made under section 50 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to identify and support victims of trafficking.
Answered by Karen Bradley
No regulations have been made under section 50 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to identify and support victims of trafficking. The Government will consider the introduction of regulations once the proposed changes to the National Referral Mechanism have been tested.Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime in Stafford constituency in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Norman Baker
The table provided shows the number of offences in the Stafford Community Safety Partnership in each of the past five years.
According to the latest police recorded crime figures (published on 16th October), crime has fallen by more than 20% over the last five years in the Partnership.
The data requested are also published on the Home Office website, and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
| Table A: Police Recorded Crime (excluding fraud) in the Stafford Community Safety Partnership, year to June 2009 to year to June 2014 | |
| Numbers | |
| Year | Total offences |
| Year to June 2010 | 7,200 |
| Year to June 2011 | 6,765 |
| Year to June 2012 | 6,340 |
| Year to June 2013 | 5,286 |
| Year to June 2014 | 5,536 |
| 1. Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office | |
| 2. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. | |
3. Action Fraud have taken over the recording of fraud offences on behalf of individual police forces. This process began in April 2011 and was rolled out to all police forces by March 2013. To enable comparison of data across the five year period, fraud data have been excluded. | |