{"value":{"id":1908288,"askingMemberId":5112,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-05-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-06-01T00:00:00","uin":"3628","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the visa sponsorship process includes checks against intelligence assessments of Iranian-linked networks.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5266,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-06-02T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We conduct mandatory security checks on all personnel named on sponsor licence applications, including those with Iranian links.</p><p>Sponsor licence applications can and will be refused, where it is appropriate to do so.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Visas: Iran","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1908288","method":"GET"}]}