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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if information given to an entry clearance officer during an informal assessment of a visitor's visa application is retained and used in a later fresh application by the same applicant.

Asked by
Brian H Donohoe (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2001
Reference
368 c451W; 160682
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the nature of the reduction in the amount of paperwork required from applicants for entry clearance at Islamabad.

Asked by
John Bercow (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2001
Reference
368 c451W;368 c452W; 160843
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March 2001 at 365 c797W, on entry clearance, for what reason a backlog of replies to honourable Members' letters on entry clearance cases accumulated; and what has been the reduction in waiting times...

Asked by
John Bercow (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2001
Reference
368 c450W;368 c451W; 158335
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures are in place for an applicant to challenge the contents of an entry clearance officer's notes taken during an informal assessment of the prospects of the award of a visitor visa on the grounds of the applicant's...

Asked by
Brian H Donohoe (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2001
Reference
368 c451W;368 c451-2W; 160697
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many family visit visa applications were (a) received, (b) determined, (c) allowed and (d) refused by (i) the largest 100 entry clearance posts and (ii) all entry clearance posts in the first quarter of 2001. - Inc table...

Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 May 2001
Reference
368 c348-54W;368 c348-53W; 160462
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to his Answer of 10th April, 366 c529W, on entry clearance, what proportion of the cases in which he intervened pertain to families of individuals known to him personally; and if he will make a statement. - Ref...

Asked by
John Bercow (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 May 2001
Reference
158811; 368 c344W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how long on average a person who applied for entry clearance for settlement in (a) June 2000, (b) July 2000, (c) August 2000, (d) September 2000, (e) October 2000, (f) November 2000, (g) December 2000, (h) January 2001,...

Asked by
Baroness King of Bow (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 May 2001
Reference
368 c344-6W; 160093
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa refusals in relation to which (a) an appeal was received, (b) a refusal was overturned by an entry clearance manager after receipt...

Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 May 2001
Reference
368 c348W; 160463;160461
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March, Official Report, column 797W, on entry clearance, how many of the cases involving entry clearance were investigated by the Minister for Europe; in how many cases the Department's judgment was overturned; in...

Asked by
John Bercow (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 April 2001
Reference
158333; 367 c420W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March 2001, 365 c797W, on entry clearance, by what means waiting times were reduced; what change in entry denial rates routes occurred; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.

Asked by
John Bercow (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 April 2001
Reference
158334; 367 c420-1W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for entry visas made in India have been (a) granted and (b) refused in the last 12 months. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Tom Cox (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 April 2001
Reference
158520; 367 c421W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for entry visas made in Pakistan have been (a) granted and (b) refused in the last 12 months. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Tom Cox (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 April 2001
Reference
158388; 367 c421W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa applications (a) received, (b) determined, (c) allowed and (d) refused in March; if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post,...

Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 April 2001
Reference
367 c122W; 157971;157972
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer for the honourable Member for Bury St. Edmunds, of 22nd March 2001, 365 c317W, on visas, how many of the cases in which the Minister for Europe intervened related to (a) his constituency and (b)...

Asked by
John Bercow (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 April 2001
Reference
366 c529W; 156356
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions (a) he and (b) the Minister for Europe has replied personally to representations by honourable Members concerning refusals of visa applications lodged in (i) Islamabad, (ii) Delhi and (iii) Bombay since 1999. - Inc fact...

Asked by
Lord Risby (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 April 2001
Reference
156529; 366 c529-30W;366 c529W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list, in respect of each visa application approved, following initial refusal by the Minister for Europe, (a) the name of the honourable Member in whose constituency the applicant's sponsor lived, (b) the grounds stated in the...

Asked by
Lord Risby (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 April 2001
Reference
156527; 366 c134-5W;366 c134W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which honourable Members have made representations to the Minister for Europe regarding visa refusals; and how many of these refusals have been overturned. - Ref to 22 March 2001, 365 c316-7W. (Holding answer 30 March 2001).

Asked by
Lord Risby (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 April 2001
Reference
156199; 366 c135W;366 c134W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will review the effectiveness of the work of entry clearance officers, with particular reference to the refusal of visa applications. - (Holding answer 2 April 2001).

Asked by
Lord Risby (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 April 2001
Reference
156528; 366 c134W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if (a) he, (b) the Permanent Under Secretary and (c) the Director for the Public Departments was notified (i) orally and (ii) in writing about the Minister for Europe's decisions to reverse visa refusals. - (Holding answer 2 April...

Asked by
Lord Risby (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 April 2001
Reference
156530; 366 c134W;366 c133-4W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visa applications the Minister for Europe (a) reviewed and (b) overturned since he took office. (Notice originally given for Monday 9th April); how many visa applications were (a) received and (b) overturned by ministers responsible for entry...

Asked by
Lord Risby (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 April 2001
Reference
366 c54W; 156105;156126
House
House of Commons