Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will include HGV Drivers and Qualified Warehouse Personnel in the UK Shortage Occupation List; and if will he will make a statement.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Migration Advisory Committee is currently undertaking a Government-commissioned review on the full composition of the Shortage Occupation List. That report is expected to be published in the Spring. It is right that the Government awaits the MAC’s conclusions on this review before making any changes to the List.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been made to the cannabis-based medicines expert panel since it was announced on 19 June 2018.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The number of applications to the panel has been small. The low number means that there is a significant risk that disclosure of even aggregate information about the applications could be linked to personal details (made available through media reporting). For this reason, in accordance with the Home Office’s duty to protect these individuals, neither the actual number of applications nor the number approved can be disclosed.
As of 11 September 2018 there have been forty four inquiries to the expert panel mailbox from members of the public.
There are currently eight members of the Expert Panel.
The Expert Panel have met six times since its establishment.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for the prescription of cannabis-based medicine the cannabis-based medicines expert panel has approved since the panel's establishment was announced on 19 June 2018.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The number of applications to the panel has been small. The low number means that there is a significant risk that disclosure of even aggregate information about the applications could be linked to personal details (made available through media reporting). For this reason, in accordance with the Home Office’s duty to protect these individuals, neither the actual number of applications nor the number approved can be disclosed.
As of 11 September 2018 there have been forty four inquiries to the expert panel mailbox from members of the public.
There are currently eight members of the Expert Panel.
The Expert Panel have met six times since its establishment.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inquiries by members of the public have been made to the cannabis-based medicines expert panel since the panel's establishment was announced on 19 June 2018.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The number of applications to the panel has been small. The low number means that there is a significant risk that disclosure of even aggregate information about the applications could be linked to personal details (made available through media reporting). For this reason, in accordance with the Home Office’s duty to protect these individuals, neither the actual number of applications nor the number approved can be disclosed.
As of 11 September 2018 there have been forty four inquiries to the expert panel mailbox from members of the public.
There are currently eight members of the Expert Panel.
The Expert Panel have met six times since its establishment.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for the prescription of cannabis-based medicine have been reviewed by the cannabis-based medicines expert panel since the panel's establishment was announced on 19 June 2018.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The number of applications to the panel has been small. The low number means that there is a significant risk that disclosure of even aggregate information about the applications could be linked to personal details (made available through media reporting). For this reason, in accordance with the Home Office’s duty to protect these individuals, neither the actual number of applications nor the number approved can be disclosed.
As of 11 September 2018 there have been forty four inquiries to the expert panel mailbox from members of the public.
There are currently eight members of the Expert Panel.
The Expert Panel have met six times since its establishment.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the cannabis-based medicines expert panel has met since its establishment.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The number of applications to the panel has been small. The low number means that there is a significant risk that disclosure of even aggregate information about the applications could be linked to personal details (made available through media reporting). For this reason, in accordance with the Home Office’s duty to protect these individuals, neither the actual number of applications nor the number approved can be disclosed.
As of 11 September 2018 there have been forty four inquiries to the expert panel mailbox from members of the public.
There are currently eight members of the Expert Panel.
The Expert Panel have met six times since its establishment.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed by the cannabis-based medicines expert panel.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The number of applications to the panel has been small. The low number means that there is a significant risk that disclosure of even aggregate information about the applications could be linked to personal details (made available through media reporting). For this reason, in accordance with the Home Office’s duty to protect these individuals, neither the actual number of applications nor the number approved can be disclosed.
As of 11 September 2018 there have been forty four inquiries to the expert panel mailbox from members of the public.
There are currently eight members of the Expert Panel.
The Expert Panel have met six times since its establishment.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of youth crime was in England and Wales in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office publish police recorded crime and outcomes open data on a quarterly basis but this does not provide a breakdown by the age of the suspect.
The Ministry of Justice and the Youth Justice Board publish statistics on young people (aged 10 to 17) receiving cautions and convictions at court and the latest statistics can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the visa status is of (a) Oleg Deripaska, (b) Roman Abramovich, (c) Alisher Usmanov and (d) Viktor Vekselberg; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases. All visa applications are considered on their merits and in line with the Immigration Rules.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of his contingency arrangements for tackling the situation in which former Tier 1 visa holders successfully apply for the passport of another nation to circumvent UK visa restrictions; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
All non-EEA nationals coming to the UK are assessed against the Immigration Rules and an individual’s immigration history is considered as part of this assessment.
Those coming to the UK for longer than 6 months (which includes Tier 1), or for a purpose other than a visit, are required to apply for entry clearance and provide their biometric details (face and fingerprints) as part of the application process.
We carry out 100% checks on passengers arriving on scheduled services at the border in order to identify any criminal, security and immigration concerns. and, whilst EEA nationals have a right of admission, this right is not absolute and in certain cases admission can be refused or the individual can be excluded.