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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many immigration cases involving alleged victims of human trafficking were funded by civil legal aid; and what proportion of these cases were successful in each year since May 2008.
[152801]
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many immigration cases involving alleged victims of human trafficking were funded by civil legal aid; and what proportion of these cases were successful in each year since May 2008.
[152801]
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not hold information on whether immigration claims involved alleged victims of human trafficking for the years in question; legal aid cases are funded in broad categories and it is not possible to isolate such cases from the total caseload for immigration and asylum.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been allowed entry to the UK subject to guarantees from relatives that they would not be a burden on public finances in each year since 2000; and in how many such cases there has been recourse...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been allowed entry to the UK subject to guarantees from relatives that they would not be a burden on public finances in each year since 2000; and in how many such cases there has been recourse...
Information is not held centrally on the number of guarantees (also known as sponsorship undertakings) that have been made arising from the settlement in the UK of a dependent relative or on the number of people who have made a claim for public funds following entry to the UK. To obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.
On 9 July 2012 the Government introduced new rules governing the entry of adult dependent relatives. The new rules allow an adult dependent relative of non-European economic area nationality to settle in the UK if they can demonstrate that, as a result of age, illness or disability, they require a level of long-term personal care that can only be provided in the UK by their relative here and without recourse to welfare benefits. The UK resident will continue to be required to ensure that their adult dependent relative will be adequately maintained, accommodated and cared for without recourse to welfare benefits and sign an enforceable five-year undertaking to that effect.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her most recent estimate is of the number of Romanian and Bulgarian nationals expected to immigrate to the UK between December 2013 and December 2014.
[152312]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her most recent estimate is of the number of Romanian and Bulgarian nationals expected to immigrate to the UK between December 2013 and December 2014.
[152312]
I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 13 February 2013, Official Report, column 759W.
The report of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research on the potential impact on the UK of future migration from Bulgaria and Romania confirms that:
“it is not possible to predict the scale of future migration from Bulgaria and Romania to the UK numerically”.
This report was commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2012 to draw together existing research on the potential impacts on the UK of future migration from Bulgaria and Romania after the lifting of transitional controls on 31 December 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the additional cost of the delivery of those public services for which his Department is responsible arising from inward migration since 1997.
[134303]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the additional cost of the delivery of those public services for which his Department is responsible arising from inward migration since 1997.
[134303]
As far as I am aware, a previous comprehensive assessment has not been produced by my Department, and to commission new bespoke research to answer this question would incur disproportionate cost.
Since May 2010, my Department has published a number of reports commissioned by the previous Administration into immigration. They were placed in the Library of the House further to the written
ministerial statements of 1 March 2011, Official Report, columns 19-21WS and 10 October 2011, Official Report, columns 1-5WS.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office recently published a research report from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research on the potential impact of immigration from Bulgaria and Romania on public services. This is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/potential-impacts-on-the-uk-of-future-migration-from-bulgaria-and-romania
My Department does also hold a copy of a draft of a document prepared for the Migration Impacts Forum in 2007, entitled “Evidence for the social and wider impacts strand of the A2 stock-take”; this includes analysis of migration and the impact on crime, housing, welfare and public services. In the interests of transparency, and given we would otherwise disclose this document in response to any Freedom of Information request, I am placing a copy of this document in the Library of the House.
As outlined in the recent speech by the Prime Minister, this Government is working to ensure proper controls on immigration, to support those who work hard to get on in life, and to address the ‘pull’ factors that previously led to unsustainable impacts on this country.
http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/david-camerons-immigration-speech/
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she expects performance in each area of permanent migration within the UK Border Agency to be within the agency's service standard by March 2013.
[150295]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she expects performance in each area of permanent migration within the UK Border Agency to be within the agency's service standard by March 2013.
[150295]
[holding answer 15 April 2013]: As at the end of March 2013, nationality and settlement casework were within published service standards. European casework was at 97% against a service standard of 100% of cases decided within six months.
The information has been provided from local management information and has not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such it should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 25 February (WA 247), whether in their consideration of ways to “reduce the pull factors for migration to the United Kingdom” they will incorporate the conclusions reached by the Institute for the Study of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 25 February (WA 247), whether in their consideration of ways to “reduce the pull factors for migration to the United Kingdom” they will incorporate the conclusions reached by the Institute for the Study of...
I would like to thank the noble Lord for drawing my attention to the report by the Institute for the Study of Labor, entitled Unemployment Benefits and Immigration: Evidence from the EU, published in October 2011. As the Prime Minister said on 25 March, we are committed to ensuring that the brightest and best people with the skills and entrepreneurial talent to create jobs and growth continue to come to the UK. At the same time, we are keen to ensure that those who come to the UK do so for the right reasons—to contribute to the country—and are not drawn by the attractiveness of our benefits or by the opportunity to use our public services. The Prime Minister acknowledged the pressure of uncontrolled migration on public services; the need to ensure that our benefits system is not seen as a soft touch; and the range of government actions that are already under way to review and tighten access in areas such as benefits, healthcare, social housing, employment and financial services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2013, Official Report, column 147W, on immigration: EU nationals, whether she plans to amend the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 to require mandatory registration of EU nationals exercising their free movement rights.
[153667]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2013, Official Report, column 147W, on immigration: EU nationals, whether she plans to amend the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 to require mandatory registration of EU nationals exercising their free movement rights.
[153667]
It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate the research commissioned by his Department entitled, Identifying social and economic push and pull factors for migration to the UK by Bulgarian and Romanian nations made of the annual number of future immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria.
[152497]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate the research commissioned by his Department entitled, Identifying social and economic push and pull factors for migration to the UK by Bulgarian and Romanian nations made of the annual number of future immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria.
[152497]
[holding answer 22 April 2013]: Further to the written statement of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 3WS, the report has been available in the public domain since October 2011.
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120104120950/http://communities.gov.uk/archived/general-content/corporate/researcharchive/volume8immigration/
This analysis was commissioned by the last Administration and should be treated with some caution; the research document was not peer-reviewed; and some of the groupings used in the analysis contain small numbers that are based on a sample survey. The right hon. Member will wish to draw his own conclusions on its contents.
That this House recognises the enormous contribution to Britain of the former Hong Kong armed forces from 1857 until 1997; believes that those remaining soldiers of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and the Hong Kong Royal Naval Service who did not receive a UK passport following the handover of Hong Kong to China should now be offered that choice today; notes that not more than some 500 soldiers were given a UK passport in 1997 under the then passport selection scheme; further notes that the remainder of the military corps and some 100 Royal Naval servicemen were left behind; acknowledges that these men and their ancestors have served British commitments in South East Asia greatly, stood shoulder to shoulder with Britain through two world wars as well as alongside Britain in France, Burma, Korea, Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and the United Nations for King, Queen and country; and calls on the Government to recognise that the decision not to have asked each serviceman to freely transfer their nationality from British-Hong Kong to Hong Kong-Chinese was unjust and an error that should now be rectified.
That this House recognises the enormous contribution to Britain of the former Hong Kong armed forces from 1857 until 1997; believes that those remaining soldiers of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and the Hong Kong Royal Naval Service who did not receive a UK passport following the handover of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of potential future migration from (a) Bulgaria and (b) Romania following the lifting of the transitional controls at the end of 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of potential future migration from (a) Bulgaria and (b) Romania following the lifting of the transitional controls at the end of 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current backlog is for (a) asylum cases and (b) general immigration cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current backlog is for (a) asylum cases and (b) general immigration cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what checks are in place to ensure that pensioners in the UK who are EU nationals have (a) comprehensive health cover and (b) sufficient income to live without needing income support before being allowed to enter or remain resident in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what checks are in place to ensure that pensioners in the UK who are EU nationals have (a) comprehensive health cover and (b) sufficient income to live without needing income support before being allowed to enter or remain resident in...
All EU nationals, including pensioners, have a right of admission and residence in the UK for an initial period of three months.
An EU national who remains in the UK beyond the initial period of three months as a self-sufficient person (which would apply to pensioners) is required to hold comprehensive sickness insurance and sufficient resources to prevent themselves and any family members from becoming an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system of the UK.
In such cases, strict checks are made to ensure that the requirements set out in the regulations are met. It is not desirable to state the exact nature of these checks as such disclosure may enable immigration offenders to circumvent our chocking processes and prejudice the operation and integrity of our immigration controls, but these include checks on whether the EU national is exercising free movement rights in the UK.
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the e-petition relating to immigration from Bulgaria and Romania in 2014.
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for giving me and other colleagues the opportunity to speak on this important...
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the e-petition relating to immigration from Bulgaria and Romania in 2014.
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for giving me and other colleagues the opportunity to speak on this important...
Before the hon. Gentleman moves on, will he acknowledge that there is a great deal of concern that migrant workers from the countries of the former eastern bloc have been exploited, and that wage levels of indigenous workers have been undermined? Does he accept, therefore, that it would be very...
Before the hon. Gentleman moves on, will he acknowledge that there is a great deal of concern that migrant workers from the countries of the former eastern bloc have been exploited, and that wage levels of indigenous workers have been undermined? Does he accept, therefore, that it would be very...
I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, because he prematurely comes on to points that I will raise later, when I will be happy to address his specific question.
The Deputy Prime Minister rightly pointed out in a recent speech that
“in order to remain an open and tolerant Britain, we...
I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, because he prematurely comes on to points that I will raise later, when I will be happy to address his specific question.
The Deputy Prime Minister rightly pointed out in a recent speech that
“in order to remain an open and tolerant Britain, we...
I am glad that the hon. Gentleman understands the Liberal Democrat policy better than I do, because it was not clear exactly what the bond was meant to relate to—to family visit visas or to spouse migration into this country, similar to
the situation in Australia, where anybody, such as...
I am glad that the hon. Gentleman understands the Liberal Democrat policy better than I do, because it was not clear exactly what the bond was meant to relate to—to family visit visas or to spouse migration into this country, similar to
the situation in Australia, where anybody, such as...
We will have to wait and see the detail. In general, I do not support the policy, but in terms of the specifics and details of particular categories, it may well apply. There may be a case for a bond relating to higher risk work visas, where either the employee...
We will have to wait and see the detail. In general, I do not support the policy, but in terms of the specifics and details of particular categories, it may well apply. There may be a case for a bond relating to higher risk work visas, where either the employee...
On that point, let us clarify that it is not Government policy to have any sort of bond at the moment. Does my hon. Friend agree?
On that point, let us clarify that it is not Government policy to have any sort of bond at the moment. Does my hon. Friend agree?
That is right, but I take the Deputy Prime Minister’s words on bonds seriously. Clearly, I would not want to break the bond in the coalition, and I welcome his abandonment of the Liberal Democrat policy of an amnesty for illegal overstayers who have been in Britain illegally for more...
That is right, but I take the Deputy Prime Minister’s words on bonds seriously. Clearly, I would not want to break the bond in the coalition, and I welcome his abandonment of the Liberal Democrat policy of an amnesty for illegal overstayers who have been in Britain illegally for more...