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226039

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many agency staff are employed in (a) her Department, (b) the Passport Office, (c) UK Visas Immigration and (d) the Border Force.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	226758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of agency workers employed by (a) the Home Department, (b) Her Majesty’s Passport Office, (c) UK Visas and Immigration and (d) Border Force is <br />provided in Table 1.<br /><br />The number of full-time equivalent staff employed and the projected staffing levels for March 2015 broken down by (a) the Home Department, (b) Her Majesty’s <br />Passport Office, (c) UK Visas and Immigration and (d) Border Force is provided in Table 2.<br /><br />The information provided for staff and agency workers in post is as at 31st January 2015.<br /><br />The Home Department is currently finalising projected staffing levels for 2015-16 as part of the annual planning round so projected levels beyond March 2015 are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/03/2015 15:04:13 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 12:03:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 226758 Table 1 and 226759 Table 2 V2.xls title NEW TABLES previous answer version 50156 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 226758 Table 1 and 226759 Table 2.xlsx title Agency workers and the full-time employed
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

226040

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff there are in (a) her Department, (b) the Passport Office, (c) the Border Force and (d) UK Visas and Immigration; and what the projected staffing levels are for each such body for (i) March 2015, (ii) November 2015, (iii) March 2016 and (iv) November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	226759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of agency workers employed by (a) the Home Department, (b) Her Majesty’s Passport Office, (c) UK Visas and Immigration and (d) Border Force is <br />provided in Table 1.<br /><br />The number of full-time equivalent staff employed and the projected staffing levels for March 2015 broken down by (a) the Home Department, (b) Her Majesty’s <br />Passport Office, (c) UK Visas and Immigration and (d) Border Force is provided in Table 2.<br /><br />The information provided for staff and agency workers in post is as at 31st January 2015.<br /><br />The Home Department is currently finalising projected staffing levels for 2015-16 as part of the annual planning round so projected levels beyond March 2015 are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/03/2015 15:04:13 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 12:07:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 226758 Table 1 and 226759 Table 2 V2.xls title NEW TABLE previous answer version 50331 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 226758 Table 1 and 226759 Table 2.xlsx title Agency workers and the full-time employed
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

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

223353

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 the average time is for people granted refugee status from discontinuation of S95 support to the start of mainstream benefits.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	225216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. Once an asylum seeker has been granted refugee status they are entitled to apply for mainstream benefits through the normal processes like any other applicant. The Department for Work and Pensions does not separately record those that have been granted refugee status.</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 14:19:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

178565

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many flights on the Civil Aviation Tracking System were found not to have submitted general aviation reports after Border Force cross-checking in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	223898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not recorded in a reportable field on Home Office <br>databases. Obtaining such information would therefore require a manual search <br>of records and could only be achieved at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/02/2015 14:04:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

178566

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many general aviation flights were met by border officers in each year since 2010; and how many such flights were classified as high risk.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	223899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested in this question is not available for release on the grounds of operational security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 223878 question first answered 23/02/2015 15:37:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

178567

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
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 who required a visa to be present in the UK have been found to be without the necessary visa in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	223900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The data in the table below shows the total number of people found and served with an IS151A because they have no lawful basis of stay in the UK. These include illegal entrants or a person subject to administrative removal, including those who have failed to observe a condition of leave to enter or remain in the UK.<br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">Visa Nationals only</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>Grand Total</td><td>45,165</td><td>46,423</td><td>43,417</td><td>51,269</td><td>42,860</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Data shows people served with an IS151A for Visa nationalities only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/02/2015 17:41:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

178568

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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 passengers have travelled to the UK on routes connected to the Semaphore system since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	223901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office collects Advance Passenger Information for passengers who <br>travel to and from the UK on routes connected to the Semaphore system. The <br>passenger figures for journeys to the UK are only available from May 2010.<br><br>The estimated number of passengers who travelled to the UK on routes connected <br>to the Semaphore system from May 2010 to the end of 2014 is 350 million. <br><br>Obtaining data older than five years is currently against data protection <br>legislation unless it is specifically for a visa related query.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/03/2015 16:07:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson