Bob Neill (- Shadow Minister (Local Government and Planning) (Also Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party), Communities and Local Government; Bromley & Chislehurst, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 50WS, on the migration impacts fund, how much the levy charged on each individual migrant will be; whether it will apply to (a) EU nationals, (b) EEA nationals not in the EU, (c) A2 nationals, (d) A8 nationals and (e) asylum seekers; and in what circumstances in each case migrants will be (i) required to pay and (ii) exempted from paying.

Phil Woolas (Minister of State (the North West), Home Office; Oldham East & Saddleworth, Labour)

I have been asked to reply.

Migrants pay a contribution to the migration impacts fund when making visa applications and in-country extensions of leave to remain on all routes under PBS Tiers 1, Tier 2, Tier 4, the Settlement Route, Leave to Remain, Indefinite Leave to Remain and Nationality. The fund contribution is £50 per applicant. For applicants making a Tier 4 visa application the contribution is £20.

EU nationals, EEA nationals not in the EU, A2 nationals, A8 nationals and asylum seekers do not pay a contribution towards the Migrant Impacts Fund when making an application for leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain.

All applicants, including EU nationals, EEA nationals not in the EU, A2 nationals, A8 nationals and asylum seekers, pay a £50 contribution towards the migration impacts fund when making an application for British nationality.