Written Answer – Births to Foreign Born Parents in London

2 December 2016

Asked by  Rt Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames on 22 November 2016 To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) number and (b) proportion of births was where one or both parents were foreign-born in (i) London and (ii) each Greater London borough in the most recent year for which figures are available. […]

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Written Question-Illegal Immigrants

22 July 2015

Asked by Frank Field MP (Labour, Birkenhead)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of wider use of identity documentation to assist in the detection of illegal immigrants living in the UK.

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Written Answer-Home Office: Visas

18 June 2015

Asked by Frank Field (Labour, Birkenhead) To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent residence cards were issued to non-EEA nationals who were (a) family or (b) extended family members of EEA nationals living in the UK in each of the last three years. Answered by James Brokenshire (Home Office, Minister of State […]

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Written Answer-Domestic Violence- Immigrants

5 March 2015

Frank Field (Labour, Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Destitution Domestic Violence concessions were granted to individuals on a UK partner visa whose relationship has broken down because of domestic violence in each of the last three years; and how many individuals granted a DDV concession were later […]

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Written Question-British Nationality

15 January 2015

Asked by Sir Nicholas Soames (Conservative, Mid Sussex) To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce legislative proposals to prevent anyone who has entered or stayed illegally in the UK being granted British citizenship.   Answered by: James Brokenshire (Minister of State for Immigration, Conservative, Old Bexley & Sidcup)   Applicants […]

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Written Answer- Overseas Aid

13 January 2015

Frank Field (Birkenhead, Labour): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy in decisions on funding overseas aid to consider its effect on reducing immigration to the UK.   Justine Greening (Secretary of State for International Development, Putney, Conservative): Countries experiencing instability or conflict are a key […]

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Written Answers-Deportation

15 December 2014

Frank Field (Birkenhead, Labour) To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on removing foreign nationals in each year since 1997. James Brokenshire (Minister of State (Home Office) (Security and Immigration); Old Bexley and Sidcup, Conservative) The Home Office has indicated that it will not be possible […]

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Written Answer- Illegal Immigrants

3 November 2014

Frank Field To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants without passports from (a) India, (b) Bangladesh, (c) Pakistan and (d) China have been re-documented in each of the last five years. James Brokenshire Immigration Enforcement only applies for emergency travel documents for individuals who have no right to […]

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Written Answer-Entry Clearances

27 October 2014

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 general visas have been (a) made available and (b) issued since the introduction of a cap on those visas in 2010.

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Written Answer-Leave to remain

24 October 2014

Nicholas Soames-To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date exit checks at the UK border will be used to identify migrants who have overstayed their leave to remain.

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