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Visas: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the e-Visa scheme on (a) older people, (b) those with learning difficulties, (c) non-English speakers and (d) those with limited access to techn

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
4 Dec 2024
Answer
10 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the e-Visa scheme on (a) older people, (b) those with learning difficulties, (c) non-English speakers and (d) those with limited access to techn

  2. 4 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Home Office has implemented a comprehensive engagement strategy to smooth the transition to eVisas and to maximise awareness raising across various sectors. This includes collaboration with key stakeholders including migrant organisations. The Home Of...

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Domestic Abuse: Finance

3 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department plans to provide to help prevent (a) domestic abuse and (b) sexist and misogynistic attitudes that underpin domestic violence in the next financial year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration Controls: Airports

5 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of e-passports that do not work at UK airports; and what steps she is taking to help resolve that issue.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Boats

6 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to redistribute sea worthy boats used in migrant crossings to youth groups such as Sea Scouts.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Animal Experiments

8 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 24 of the Animals in Science Regulation Unit’s annual report for 2023, published on 17 December 2024, what steps her Department is taking to improve the ability of the inspectio

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Animal Experiments

8 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit's Annual Report for 2023, published on 17 December 2024, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) letters of reprimand and (b) other

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Firearms: Licensing

24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms licence renewals took more than three months in the last financial year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Firearms: Licensing

24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of charging different licensing fees for people using firearms for (a) work and (b) recreation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Migrant Workers

5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to implement sector sponsorship for immigrant social care workers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Sponsorship

5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the employer sponsorship model.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fire and Rescue Services

6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, what discussions she has had with fire and rescue services on the (a) adequacy of the Settlement Funding Assessment for 2024-25 and (b) potential impact

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Animal Experiments: Dogs

11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2023, published on 11 September 2024, and to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, for what r

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Animal Experiments: Dogs

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing plant protection product testing to remove the need to use dogs for testing.