May. 17 2024
Source Page: Decision No 1/2024 of Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU: amending the Decision of the Joint Committee No 1/2023Found: 0204.50.13 0204.50.15 0204.50.19 0204.50.31 0204.50.51 0204.50.53 0204.50.55 0204.50.59 0204.50.71 North
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas his Department has granted to applicants from North Macedonia in each year since 2020.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visas granted, by nationality, are published in table Vis_D02 of the Entry clearance detailed dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate up to the end of 2023.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to introduce a (a) visa exemption, (b) visa on arrival and (c) eVisa scheme for people from North Macedonia.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
There are no plans to introduce a visa exemption or visa on arrival for North Macedonians. The introduction of eVisas will help travellers prove their status at the UK border in a secure, timely and efficient manner. This introduction will not be country specific.
Correspondence May. 16 2024
Inquiry: Prison PopulationFound: Sweden (8.2), Albania (8.2), Hungary (7.9), Armenia (7.9), Latvia (7.3), Romania (6.5), Poland (6.1), North
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Aviation modelling frameworkFound: Some stakeholders , such as airport operators in the north of England, had raised concerns that this
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has taken recent steps to facilitate bilateral trade with North Macedonia.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Bilateral trade between the UK and North Macedonia was worth a total of £2.5 billion in the 4 quarters to end of Q4 2023, comprising of £1.7bn of exports and £787 million of imports. North Macedonia is the UK’s largest trading partner in the Western Balkans. The UK’s trade relationship is underpinned by the Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement (PTCA), signed in 2020. The inaugural PTCA Joint Committee met in 2022 and we hope to convene the second version later this year. In September 2023, the UK launched the British-Macedonian Business Chamber, as a symbol of the growing trade & investment partnership.
May. 10 2024
Source Page: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, January to March 2024Found: East Lincolnshire Council 0 4 0 4 North Lincolnshire Council 0 2 0 2 North Somerset Council 0 2
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: patriotic defence’ – perhaps seeking to provoke crises in Moldova, Georgia, the Baltic States, North
May. 02 2024
Source Page: MSOA estimates of properties not connected to the gas networkFound: S12000047 Fife S02001808 Glenrothes Collydean 1043 1033 10 0.0096 S12000047 Fife S02001800 Glenrothes Macedonia
May. 02 2024
Source Page: MSOA estimates of properties not connected to the gas networkFound: Rimbleton20892014750.0359S12000047FifeS02001808Glenrothes Collydean10431033100.0096S12000047FifeS02001800Glenrothes Macedonia