Sorcha Eastwood MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Refugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the barriers to employment faced by people with temporary immigration status under the Ukraine schemes.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given on 8 May 2025 to PQ UIN 49746.
Answered 21 May 2025
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Security: Private SectorHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) mandatory and (b) voluntary registration processes are in place for businesses seeking to operate within the private security sector.
Answer: The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is a Home Office arm’s length body established by the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (PSIA) as the regulator of the private security industry. The SIA sets standards and licenses individuals seeking to perform cer...
Answered 20 May 2025
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Immigration: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policy of pausing indefinite Leave to Remain applications for Syrian families in the UK recent reports of sectarian and revenge viole
Answer: Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office withdrew the Country Policy Information Notes and guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syrians i...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
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Visas: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to create a visa scheme for Palestinians that is similar to the Ukraine Family Scheme.
Answer: Immediate family members of British citizens, and those settled in the UK, who wish to come and live in the UK and do not have a current UK visa can apply under one of the existing family visa routes. There are no plans to create a bespoke family reunion ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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Asylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time asylum seeker families are spending in contingency accommodation is in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish information regarding the length of time spent in contingency accommodation by asylum seekers. This period of time is determined by a number of factors including overall demand and availability of dispersal accommodation a...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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Visas: Families and GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on whether people living in the UK on a Graduate visa can start a Master’s degree while waiting for a decision in relation to their application for a Family visa.
Answer: The UK government website has guidance on all our immigration rules and criteria, including the requirements of the Student route and the study conditions of the Graduate route: Visas and immigration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Answered 2 Sept 2024
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Common Travel AreaHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill on (a) free movement within the Common Travel Area and (b) the land border.
Answer: The Common Travel Area (CTA) supports the long-standing principle of free movement for British and Irish citizens between the UK, Ireland and the Crown Dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man) and has been recognised in law since the 1920s. In ...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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Visas: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on whether social care workers should be able to bring their dependents to the UK on their visa.
Answer: The new Home Secretary will decide on the future of current Home Office policies in due course. Any changes will be announced to Parliament in the normal way.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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Visas: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on changes to the level of the baseline minimum salary for family visas for spouses and partners.
Answer: The new Home Secretary will decide on the future of current Home Office policies in due course. Any changes will be announced to Parliament.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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Visas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on changes to the level of the baseline minimum salary for Skilled Worker visas.
Answer: The new Home Secretary will decide on the future of current Home Office policies in due course. Any changes will be announced to Parliament in the normal way.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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Agriculture: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Seasonal Agricultural Workers scheme in Northern Ireland to include mushroom growers.
Answer: The Seasonal Worker visa allows workers to come to the UK for up to six months in any twelve month period to pick both edible and ornamental crops (e.g. fruit and flower picking). The list of eligible occupations covered by the route already includes mush...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
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Electronic Travel Authorisations: TourismHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the impact of Electronic Travel Authorisation on tourism in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Great Britain.
Answer: The Government is in the process of reviewing a number of Home Office policies including this one and will make a decision in due course.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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Electronic Travel Authorisations: TourismHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing an exemption to the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme for tourists travelling from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Irel
Answer: The Government is in the process of reviewing a number of Home Office policies including this one and will make a decision in due course.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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Electronic Travel Authorisations: TourismHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the potential impact of the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme on the tourism industry in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Government is in the process of reviewing a number of Home Office policies including this one and will make a decision in due course.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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Cabinet Office	12
Department for Business and Trade	9
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	2
Department for Education	2
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	7
Department for Transport	3
Department for Work and Pensions	11
Department of Health and Social Care	34
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	8
Home Office	14
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	7
Northern Ireland Office	21
Treasury	17
Women and Equalities	1

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