Asked by: Lorraine Beavers (Labour - Blackpool North and Fleetwood)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to improve the usability for the UK Visas and Immigration Sponsor Management System.
Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
The Home Office is currently investing in an ambitious programme of transformation to improve efficiency and effectiveness, which includes the sponsorship I.T system.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses digital workforce tools, including information on staff complements and pay grades, to plan workforce requirements in UK Visas and Immigration to help determine its processing times.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
UK Visas and Immigration utilise a number of internal management tools and management data, including intake estimates created by the Home Office Analysis and Insight team, to develop workforce plans and recruitment plans to process estimated intake volumes.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2023 to Question 114859 on Members: Correspondence, and with reference to the email of 19 January 2023 from the UK Visas and Immigration MP Account Management Ministerial Team to the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference MPAM/0485222/22, when she plans to issue a correction to the Answer given to Question 114859.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
A correction was issued on 25 January 2023.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Home Office employs over 35,000 staff working across several large business areas including UK Border Force, HM Passport Office, UK Visas and Immigration and several other areas. Staff are employed across all parts of the UK as well as countries around the world doing a variety of policy and operational roles.
The requirements for workplace attendance are managed at a local level in line with the Home Office Hybrid Working Policy. Under this, all staff are expected to attend the workplace within a framework of between 40%-100% of their contracted hours. Similar to other attendance requirements this is not centrally managed and is co-ordinated through the line management chain.
Working from home is part of a suite of flexible working options which are non-contractual and flexible to meet the needs of the business and the individual. Collecting data on who can work from home would serve little purpose as our policy applies to all staff subject to the confines of their role.
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool Walton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will respond to the correspondence of 21 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on Arjeta Kulli.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 27 October 2022
Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters of 18 August and 20 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of a constituent about Ukrainian visas.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
The Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management (MPAM) team and Direct Communications Unit (DCU) have no trace of these enquiries.
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool Walton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Walton of 26 September 2022 on Waleed Hassan Mubarak Ali Bin Salem.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 27 October 2022
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Tooting dated 15 March, reference RA43402.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
PQ 68582 – The Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management (MPAM) team and Direct Communications Unit (DCU) have no trace of this enquiry.
PQ 68583 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0250345/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022
PQ 68584 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0252962/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022
PQ 68585 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0262979/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to correspondence of 24 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Tooting, reference RA 43020.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
PQ 68582 – The Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management (MPAM) team and Direct Communications Unit (DCU) have no trace of this enquiry.
PQ 68583 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0250345/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022
PQ 68584 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0252962/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022
PQ 68585 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0262979/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to correspondence of 18 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Tooting, reference RA42827.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
PQ 68582 – The Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management (MPAM) team and Direct Communications Unit (DCU) have no trace of this enquiry.
PQ 68583 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0250345/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022
PQ 68584 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0252962/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022
PQ 68585 – MPAM reference – MPAM/0262979/22 – The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 24 October 2022