- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to restrict chain migration, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more immigrants to Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to introduce mandatory English language tests for immigrants, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more economic immigrants to Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to introduce mandatory UK knowledge tests to achieve permanent residence in the United Kingdom, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more economic immigrants to Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether there will be any flexibility within the new points system for economic immigrants entering Britain, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, to allow any extra points to be awarded to potential economic immigrants with skills that are particularly needed in Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answersto question S2W-14627 on 8 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had, or plans to have, with the UK Government with regard to the impact of the potential increase in the use of Dungavel House immigration removal centre for the detention of asylum seekers following the UK Government's aim of increasing the use of detention centres for dealing with asylum seekers, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, and what the outcome of any such discussions was.
Answer
The operation and managementof Dungavel are matters for the Home Office. Scottish Executive and Home Officeofficials have regular meetings to keep abreast of developments and discuss asylummatters as they relate to devolved services. The next meeting is scheduled for 23 March 2005 at whichwe expect the Home Office to brief Scottish Executive officials on their document.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what extra resources it will make available to assist in UK knowledge classes for immigrants following the UK Government's announcement of mandatory UK knowledge tests for all immigrants, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to restrict immigrants to bringing only immediate family to the United Kingdom, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more immigrants to Scotland, taking account of the countries from where Scotland attracts immigrants that have cultures of extended families.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what Scottish representation there will be on the skills advisory body, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, to ensure that skills shortages and labour gaps in Scotland are taken into account when drawing up a points system for potential economic immigrants.
Answer
The Scottish Executive will be represented on the new body which will be drawn from existing sectorskills councils and the Skills for Business Network. The new body will cover interestsacross the UK.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to restrict the categories of immigrants with a "route to settlement" to only skilled or highly-skilled immigrants, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more immigrants to Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14428 on
10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to lengthen the period before immigrants are offered permanent settlement in the United Kingdom to five years in employment, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more immigrants to Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
