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223336

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations the Government has received on the practices of UK Services and Support Ltd in relation to charges for passport applications; and what steps have been taken in response to those representations.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	225157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Passport Office (HMPO) received 6 complaints during the period 2014 to 2015 relating to the passport services offered on the website provided by UK Services and Support Limited. HMPO, in conjunction with the Cabinet Office Digital Service, is working with the Office of Fair Trading, the Advertising Standards Authority, search engine providers and various trading standard bodies to curtail the activities of websites that advertise their services in a way which may be misleading to the public. HMPO has specifically worked with <br>Google for sponsored adverts from third party websites to be taken down and not to appear above the natural search results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:11:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 46955 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

223337

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many further submissions under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules were made in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	225163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Further Submissions</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2008 </strong></td><td><strong>6,266 </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2009 </strong></td><td><strong>14,107 </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2010 </strong></td><td><strong>28,971 </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2011 </strong></td><td><strong>14,657 </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2012 </strong></td><td><strong>11,164 </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2013 </strong></td><td><strong>9,873 </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>2014 </strong></td><td><strong>9,598 </strong></td></tr><tr><td>Grand Total</td><td>94,636</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:17:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

223338

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which Home Office Reporting Centre further submissions under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules were initially made in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	225164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office has used Reporting Centres for further submission at Eaton/ <br>Becket House (London), Electric/ Lunar House (Croydon), Frontier House <br>(Folkestone), General Building (Cardiff) , Heol Pentrefelin (Swansea), Sanford <br>House (Solihull), Loughborough Reporting Centre (Loughborough), Dallas Court <br>(Manchester), Reliance House/ The Capital (Liverpool), Waterside Court (Leeds), <br>Vulcan House (Sheffield), Northumbria House (Tyneside), Festival Court <br>(Glasgow) and Drumkeen House (Belfast).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/03/2015 17:44:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

223339

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have (a) been in operation and (b) closed in each police force area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	225088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Decisions about the most effective use <br>of available resources, including the numbers and operating hours of police <br>stations, are a matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief <br>Constable locally, tailored to the needs of the local community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 14:24:11 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

223340

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Riot Control Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) total cost of training police officers in the use of water cannons and (b) cost of such training to each police force.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	225114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>In 2013, the Home Office paid £2.87 million for the cost of police training in <br>relation to G8 Summit, and this included training of English and Welsh police <br>officers to be deployed alongside water cannon. <br><br>All other decisions and assessments relating to the training of police officers <br>in the use of water cannon would be an operational decision for Chief <br>Constables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 14:25:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

223341

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that biometric data is deleted with minimal delay when arrests are made unlawfully or incorrectly.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	225115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>All chief officers of police must comply with the legal requirement under <br>section 63D(2)(b) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (as inserted by <br>section 1 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) on destroying the <br>fingerprints and DNA belonging to individuals who have been unlawfully <br>arrested. In January 2014, the Home Office issued guidance to chief officers on <br>early deletion which addresses this issue.<br><br>I expect chief officers to comply with the law with minimal delay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 14:25:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

223342

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the arrangements to send out the status letter, biometric residence permit, National Insurance number and the NASS35 form simultaneously to people newly-granted refugee status.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	225206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Consideration has been given to sending all of these documents to newly-granted refugees' simultaneously, however there are currently practical obstacles in doing so. Officials have been engaged with external stakeholders and colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions on this issue and are working on further refining operational procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:22:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

223343

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people departing the UK did so with a matching API data record in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	225203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office collects Advance Passenger Information for passengers who travel to and from the UK on routes connected to the Semaphore system. The figures for passenger departing the UK are only available from May 2010. The estimated number of passengers departing the UK with a registered Advance Passenger Information record in each year from 2010 is shown in the following table. <br><br>Period Coverage <br><br>2010 65,558,650 (May onwards)<br>2011 70,627,943 <br>2012 67,960,290 <br>2013 82,311,725 <br>2014 99,328,030</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/03/2015 15:07:43 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

223344

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what proportion of people departing the UK was matching API data recorded in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	225197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office collects Advance Passenger Information for passengers who travel to the UK on routes connected to the Semaphore system. Advance Passenger <br>Information is also provided by a proportion of carriers for passengers departing the UK. <br><br>The estimated proportion of passengers travelled from the UK on routes connected to Semaphore in each year is in the following table. <br><br>Due to the ongoing legal arbitration between the Home Office and Raytheon it is not possible to disclose coverage data for 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">Period Coverage</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">2009 57%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">2010 N/A</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">2011 64%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">2012 67%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">2013 79%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">2014 81%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:15:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

223345

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average police helicopter response times have been for each police force in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	225259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect the figures for average air support response <br>times. Police air services are managed by the police under the National Police <br>Air Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 14:25:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey