Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Immigration Skills charge will be applied to employers of EU nationals that arrive after the grace period following the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
I refer the Hon. Lady to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk on 4 July 2017, UIN 1040.
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to ensure that UK Visas and Immigration has an adequate number of staff to process Tier 2 visa applications when the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Office currently processes several million immigration decisions each year and takes steps to ensure that the necessary resources are provided to process applications. The Home Office has well-developed processes for modelling operational demand that will be used as appropriate to support internal capacity planning.
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people working in the UK health and social care system are doing so on a Tier 2 visa.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Information/data relating to the issuance of Tier 2 Certificates of Sponsorship can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2016/list-of-tables#sponsorship
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child refugees have been reunited with relatives in the UK in the last year.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Data on cases progressed under the Dublin III Regulation is recorded on the main immigration database. However, this data is not held in a way that allows it to be reported on automatically and is therefore not currently available.
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of (a) immigration rules in general and (b) income requirements on the eligibility of British citizens with non-EU partners to return to the UK and the incidence of family separation.
Answered by James Brokenshire
New family Immigration Rules, including a minimum income threshold for British citizens sponsoring a non-EU partner, were implemented on 9 July 2012 to prevent burdens on the taxpayer, promote integration and tackle abuse.
We have continued to keep the new Rules under review and to make adjustments in light of feedback on their operation and impact. We have also taken into account the findings of the courts, including the July 2014 Court of Appeal judgment upholding the lawfulness of the minimum income threshold.