Asked by: Alyn Smith (Scottish National Party - Stirling)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications made by EU citizens to remain in the UK were refused by her Department in each of the last six months.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Statistics of immigration applications refused, by the applicant’s nationality, are published quarterly.
Data to 30 September 2022 is currently available. Data to 31 December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023.
Refusals of applications to the EU Settlement Scheme are available in table EUSS_02 at EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, September 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Refusals under the general immigration rules for both asylum and non-asylum applications are available in the Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement and Extensions data sets.
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for an International Agreement visa (Temporary Work) were from nationals of (a) EU member states and (b) non-EU member states in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022; and how many and what proportion of those applications were approved in each year.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of entry clearance visa applications and outcomes of applications for ‘International Agreement (Temporary Worker)’ visas, by nationality, are published in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset.
The latest data relates up to, and including, the third quarter (July to September) of 2022.
The Home Office does not routinely publish data on fees from International Agreement visa applications. It also does not publish immigration health surcharges broken down by visa routes.
Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for International Agreement Visas (Temporary Work), formerly known as Tier 5 Visas, were received from nationals from EU countries and from non-EU countries seeking to volunteer for charities in the UK as international volunteers in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 21–2022.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of applications and grants for International Agreement visas (formerly Tier 5) are published in Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the Entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook.
The latest data relates up to and including September 2022. Please note that the data cannot be disaggregated by employer or occupation.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.
Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals from EU countries and from non-EU countries were granted International Agreement Visas (Temporary Work), formerly known as Tier 5 Visas, to volunteer for charities in the UK as international volunteers in (a) 2020-2021, and (b) 2021-2022.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of applications and grants for International Agreement visas (formerly Tier 5) are published in Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the Entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook.
The latest data relates up to and including September 2022. Please note that the data cannot be disaggregated by employer or occupation.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has incurred for legal challenges on its policy on the EU Settlement Scheme since that scheme was announced.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The information sought is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU Settlement Scheme Applications are waiting for an administrative review to be completed; and what proportion of those applications have waited more than 12 months for a decision.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Information on the age profile of outstanding administrative reviews is not held centrally and is not currently captured in a publishable form.
Current timescales for processing administrative review applications are set out on Gov.UK. For applicants challenging EU Settlement Scheme decisions, Gov.UK (EU Settlement Scheme: apply for an administrative review - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)) states: ‘It can take 12 months or more to receive the result of your administrative review. If we have not been able to decide your application within 6 months, we’ll contact you to update you on the situation.’
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 95881 on Immigration: EU Nationals, when he plans to publish this information; and whether that information can be made available through the previous casework system.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Administrative Review Unit is already working proactively with developers to implement and improve the system for further roll out, and, following this, a definitive timeline on publishing administrative review data will be possible.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November to Questions 82380 and 82381 on Immigration: EU Nationals, for what reason this information is not routinely published.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Published data is not currently available for administrative reviews due to a programme of transition between casework systems.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of EU Settlement Scheme Administrative Review applications which were outstanding as of 8 November 2022 have waited more than 12 months for a decision to be reached.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
This information is not routinely published.
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the period from 1 January 2021 to 7 November 2022, what percentage of applications for EU Settlement Scheme Administrative Review did not receive a decision within 12 months.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
This information is not routinely published.