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Written Question
Intelligence Services and Police: Crown Dependencies
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial arrangements, if any, they have agreed with the Crown Dependencies in recognition of the assistance that UK police and intelligence services provide to such Dependencies.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Dissolution. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.


Written Question
British Nationality: Assessments
Monday 26th April 2021

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applicants for (1) British citizenship, and (2) long-term residence in the UK, took the Life in the UK test in (a) Welsh, and (b) Scots Gaelic, in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Greenhalgh

In the last 3 years, there has been one Life in the UK test taken in Welsh, and no tests have been taken in Scots Gaelic.

The test taken in Welsh was a customer applying for British Citizenship.


Written Question
Immigration: Fees and Charges
Monday 26th April 2021

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they calculate the fees for (1) British citizenship, and (2) long-term residence in the UK, applications; and whether those fees are used (a) only to cover the direct expenses incurred from such applications, and (b) to defray the overall Home Office budget.

Answered by Lord Greenhalgh

All immigration and nationality fees are set taking account of the criteria set out at Section 68(9) of the Immigration Act 2014:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/68

These criteria include the cost of processing the application; the benefits and entitlements provided by a successful application; and, the wider cost of running the Border, Immigration and Citizenship (BIC) System.

Fees from immigration products and services contribute to funding a sustainable BIC System and ultimately reduce the reliance on tax-payer funding. The Home Office keeps fees for immigration and nationality applications under review and ensures they are within the parameters agreed with Parliament.


Written Question
Visas
Monday 23rd January 2017

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many successful applicants for Tier 1 (Investor) visas, between 2008 and 2015 inclusive, have been classified then or since as politically-exposed persons.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

I am sorry but the Home Office does not hold the specific information in the format requested.


Written Question
Visas
Monday 23rd January 2017

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many residence permits granted to Tier 1 (Investor) visa applicants have been rescinded since 2008; and on what grounds.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

I am sorry but the Home Office does not hold the specific information in the format requested. To obtain it would involve interrogating individual case records, incurring disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Visas
Monday 23rd January 2017

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Tier 1 (Investor) visa applications have been rejected since the tightening of conditions for acceptance in 2014–15.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

Information on the numbers of grants, refusals, withdrawals and lapsed cases for Tier 1 (Investor) visa applications is published quarterly, latest data in the Home Office’s ‘Immigration Statistics, July – September 2016’, table vi_01_q (visa data tables volume 1), available from the GOV.UK website and attached to this answer.


Written Question
Visas
Monday 23rd January 2017

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Tier 1 (Investor) visa applications were rejected between 2008 and 2015.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

Information on the numbers of grants, refusals, withdrawals and lapsed cases for Tier 1 (Investor) visa applications is published quarterly, latest data in the Home Office’s ‘Immigration Statistics, July – September 2016’, table vi_01_q (visa data tables volume 1), available from the GOV.UK website and attached to this answer.


Written Question
Borders: Channel Islands
Thursday 22nd October 2015

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who is responsible for maritime and air border controls between the Schengen area and the Channel Islands.

Answered by Lord Bates

The Bailiwicks of the Channel Islands are responsible for their own border controls. The Government takes protecting our border security very seriously, and there is a high level of collaboration on work to strengthen the Common Travel Area’s external border.


Written Question
Borders: Channel Islands
Monday 19th October 2015

Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what level of surveillance the UK Border Force practices with regard to maritime and air travel between the United Kingdom mainland and the Channel Islands.

Answered by Lord Bates

The Channel Islands are a part of the Common Travel Area. As such, Border Force is not permitted to conduct routine immigration checks on people travelling between the Channel Islands and the United Kingdom either by air or maritime routes. However, Border Force carries out a wide range of intelligence-led activity, which can include different forms of surveillance, to intervene against vessels which are a potential threat to UK border security in the English Channel. Where necessary, this includes mounting interventions against vessels which have sailed from the Channel Islands.