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60824

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date	09/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas were issued to people from Commonwealth countries in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	199737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is given in the table below<br><br>Work-related UK entry clearance visas issued 2010 to 2013: current Commonweath <br>Member State nationalities<br><br>2010 105,146<br>2011 95,625<br>2012 90,567<br>2013 96,593<br><br>Notes<br><br>Includes dependants. Data is based on nationalities granted work-related <br>visas corresponding to the current Commonwealth Members listed at <br>http://thecommonwealth.org/member-countries<br><br>Source: Table be06_q_w (Before Entry tables volume 3), Immigration Statistics <br>January to March 2014 <br><br>The latest Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas granted <br>(by category and by individual nationality) are published in the quarterly <br>Immigration Statistics release, which is available from the Library of the <br>House and on the Department's website at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/06/2014 14:11:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

60825

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to how many Syrian refugees the UK has offered asylum.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	199732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>For the purposes of answering this question latest published figures have been <br>provided since the start of the armed conflict in Syria in April 2011. <br><br>Between April 2011 and March 2014, 2,649 Syrians and their dependants were <br>granted asylum in the UK at initial decision. In the same period 45 Syrians and <br>their dependants were granted Humanitarian Protection.<br><br>The Home Office publishes statistics on grants of asylum and humanitarian <br>protection at initial decision to main applicants and dependants in Tables <br>as_02 and as_02_q (Asylum data tables Volume 1) within the Immigration <br>Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics <br>January – March 2014 is available from: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br>stics-quarterly-release and will be placed in the Library of the House.<br><br>Not all asylum seekers are deemed to be refugees and not all refugees claim <br>asylum. Refugee status is conferred following a grant of asylum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/06/2014 14:09:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

58281

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 24 April 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Michael Adebayo Johnson.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	199215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I wrote to Rt. Hon. Member on 2 June 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/06/2014 14:07:45 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

58283

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 22 April 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A Mehmood.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	199217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I wrote to the Rt. Hon. Member on 15 May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/06/2014 14:07:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

58342

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps officials in her Department have taken with their Northern Ireland counterparts to ensure that best practice on the prevention of hate crime is shared across all administrations of the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	199387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Policing and criminal justice issues in Northern Ireland and Scotland are <br>devolved matters. However, the Home Office works closely with departments and <br>the police across all devolved administrations, to ensure that best practice, <br>including criminal legislation, guidance for police officers and reporting <br>facilities for victims, is shared to help prevent and tackle hate crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 10/06/2014 12:43:45 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

58402

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	199227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is determined to lead the global fight against modern slavery, <br>and have introduced the Modern Slavery Bill to help us do so. The Bill aims to <br>give law enforcement the tools to stamp out modern slavery and to enhance protection for <br>victims. The Bill was published on 10th June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/06/2014 14:04:18 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

58440

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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 change in waiting times for an initial decision for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa applications in the last year; what the average waiting time is for an initial decision for a Tier 1 application; and what assessment she has made of the economic effect of the time taken for such decisions on economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time for a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) customer in the financial <br>year 2013-14 was 125 calendar days. The number of days taken to process <br>applications dropped by 50 days over the course of the financial year and <br>processing times continue to decrease.<br><br><br>A record number of applications were decided in the financial year 2013-14, and <br>there is nothing to suggest that processing times are deterring entrepreneurs <br>from applying.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month Despatched</p></td><td><p>Average Calendar Days Between Application Raised Date and Despatch Date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overall Average / Total Cases</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/06/2014 14:08:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58441

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Surveillance: Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential need for a separate national policy on the collection, use and retention of data gathered by unmanned or other surveillance aircraft operating in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None. Existing regulation and guidance, which includes the surveillance camera <br>code of practice issued under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, applies to <br>the use of aircraft including remotely piloted aerial vehicles. The code <br>provides a framework of good practice for surveillance camera operators in <br>England and Wales and sets out obligations arising from other legislation, <br>including those for the processing of personal data under the Data Protection <br>Act 1998. Any covert surveillance undertaken by a public authority which is <br>likely to obtain private information would be subject to authorisation under <br>the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 11/06/2014 16:33:34 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58475

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure proper support and welfare is available to asylum seekers accommodated in hotels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	199174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place including <br>monthly meetings with providers, quarterly and biannual strategic meetings. <br>These aim to ensure the required performance standards expected of all <br>providers as defined in the contracts is met. In addition, the COMPASS <br>contracts contain minimum standards of welfare that the provider must ensure is <br>provided to asylum applicants, this includes briefing applicants on services to <br>which they are entitled. For example giving details of how to use facilities in <br>the accommodation, access to essential services in the local area and contact <br>details for the provider and department so any concerns can be addressed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:53:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

58476

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were accommodated in (a) hotels and (b) bed and breakfasts, hostels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iii) the UK in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	199171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The department does not collect specific data on asylum applicants accommodated <br>in contingency accommodation. COMPASS providers have a responsibility to <br>provide suitable accommodation to asylum applicants. The COMPASS contracts <br>allow providers to use alternative or temporary initial accommodation (IA) as <br>contingency in exceptional circumstances, for example when the existing <br>nominated IA is full. This may include the use of hotels for a short term <br>period until such time as the asylum seeker is accommodated in the IA or <br>provided with dispersal accommodation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:54:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis