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65739

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 730W, on British nationality, how many orders stripping people of citizenship have been made since 4 March 2014; what the nationality of each person so affected was; and what the grounds of the decision were in each additional case.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	204031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since March 2014 fewer than five individuals have been deprived of their <br>British citizenship.<br>The grounds for the deprivation orders made during this period were either that:<br>• The Secretary of State was satisfied that such deprivation was conducive to <br>the public good and the person would not be made stateless as a result, or;<br>• the individual obtained their British citizenship by means of fraud, false <br>representation or concealment of material fact.<br><br>Due to the small number of cases involved, revealing the other nationalities of <br>the individuals deprived may make it possible to determine their identity and <br>so this detail will not be released. <br>This information has been provided from local management information and is not <br>a national statistic. As such it should be treated as provisional and therefore <br>subject to change</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 13:44:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

65742

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the request by Rupert Ogwuezor dated 13 June 2011 for reconsideration of his case (HO reference: 01085860/2) will be determined; and what the reasons are for the time taken to process this case.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	204014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 13 November 2012, we published our policy on reconsiderations. <br>Mr Ogwuezor's case will be considered in line with this policy.<br>A number of factors have contributed to delays in dealing with such <br>reconsideration requests including a higher than expected increase in charged <br>applications for Leave to Remain following the tightening of policy. We have <br>now focused more resource towards providing swifter decisions and improved <br>customer service.<br>Mr Ogwuezor's case has now been considered and we wrote to him on 4 July 2014 <br>notifying him of the outcome.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 13:56:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

65349

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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, what plans her Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The government's digital strategy details the approach we will take to evolve <br>our service provision. Where the Home Office receives high volumes of <br>correspondence from MPs, such as on immigration matters, we work proactively with <br>MPs and their caseworkers to provide them with the most efficient and <br>convenient service and encourage increasing use of emails and telephones as <br>channels of communication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2014 14:29:11 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65510

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Married People
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 effect of the minimum income threshold requirement on pensioners who wish to sponsor their partner's visa to settle in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Mr Shaun Woodward
uin	203685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The minimum income threshold for sponsoring a partner under the family <br>Immigration Rules aims to prevent burdens on the taxpayer and promote <br>integration. It is appropriate that the requirement to meet the income threshold <br>should not be affected by the age of the sponsor. The income threshold rules make <br>provision for the counting of a wide range of both employment and non-employment<br>income, including pensions, and of cash savings. They also exempt the applicant from <br>the income threshold requirement where the sponsor is in receipt of a specified <br>disability-related benefit or carer's allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 13:54:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	98 label Biography information for Mr Shaun Woodward

65512

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Somalia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have (a) been deported and (b) voluntarily returned to Somalia in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the number of asylum cases removed or departing <br>voluntarily from the UK to Somalia in each of the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><strong>Asylum removals and voluntary departures to Somalia, April 2013 to March 2014 (1)(2)(3)(P)</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td><strong>Total asylum enforced removals</strong></td><td><strong>Total asylum voluntary departures</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Apr-13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May-13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jun-13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jul-13</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Aug-13</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Sep-13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Oct-13</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Nov-13</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Dec-13</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jan-14</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Feb-14</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Mar-14</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>5</strong></td><td><strong>5</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(1) Destination as recorded on source database; all nationals returned to Somalia.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(2) Removals are recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(3) Recorded on the system as having claimed asylum at some point.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">(P) Provisional figures.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible within these figures to say at what stage in the asylum <br>process individuals have reached at the time of their removal, including <br>whether their claim has failed at that point, as those departing voluntarily <br>can do so at any stage without necessarily notifying the Home Office. The <br>figures therefore include all asylum cases removed or departing voluntarily to <br>Somalia, including those both awaiting a decision and those that have been <br>refused asylum.<br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of <br>persons removed or departing voluntarily from the UK within Immigration <br>Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures are readily available <br>in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: January – March 2014, from the <br>GOV.UK website: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br>stics-quarterly-release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 13:53:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65513

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department makes reasonable adjustments to require the needs of individuals with learning difficulties who want to apply for citizenship but are unable to pass the Life in the UK test.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There is discretion within the British Nationality Act 1981 to waive the <br>knowledge of language and life in the UK requirement for a naturalisation <br>application if, because of a person's age, physical or mental condition, it <br>would be unreasonable to expect them to meet it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:01:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8407 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65520

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been sent back from the UK to their country of origin in each calendar year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	203741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the total number of persons removed or departed <br>voluntarily from the UK to their country of origin in each year since 2010. The <br>information provided is a subset of the total number of persons removed or <br>departed voluntarily from the UK as others may be removed or depart voluntarily <br>to a country that is different to their country of origin.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><strong>Number of persons removals or voluntary departured from the UK to their country of origin, 2010 to 2013 (1)(2)</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td><strong>Total enforced removals</strong></td><td><strong>Total non-asylum refused entry at port and subsequently departed</strong></td><td><strong>Total voluntary departures</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jan-Apr 2010</td><td>4,098</td><td>2,857</td><td>7,718</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May - Dec 2010</td><td>8,691</td><td>5,139</td><td>14,049</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total 2010</td><td><strong>12,789</strong></td><td><strong>7,996</strong></td><td><strong>21,767</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><strong>12,997</strong></td><td><strong>6,250</strong></td><td><strong>20,622</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012(P)</td><td><strong>13,096</strong></td><td><strong>5,760</strong></td><td><strong>22,272</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013(P)</td><td><strong>11,577</strong></td><td><strong>6,252</strong></td><td><strong>28,130</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) Destination as recorded on source database; all nationals returned to their country of origin.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(2) Removals are recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">(P) Provisional figures.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of <br>persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration <br>Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures are readily available <br>in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: January – March 2014, from the <br>GOV.UK website: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br>stics-quarterly-release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:00:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8381 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

65025

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all her Department's special advisers have undergone developed vetting.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	203251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I can confirm that the Department's special advisers are security cleared to <br>the appropriate national security vetting level deemed necessary for the <br>requirements of the post.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:24:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8363 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

65027

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nazi War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations have been carried out by Scotland Yard since 1984 on suspected individuals involved in crimes by the SS in the Second World War.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/07/2014 13:25:26 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

65028

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 666W, on offences against children: internet, whether the intelligence packets were divided up into police authority areas based on the address of the suspected purchaser; and how many intelligence packages were sent to each police force in the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	203249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given on 30 June 2014, Official Report, <br>column 377W.<br>National Crime Agency intelligence packages are disseminated to the most <br>appropriate police force based on information drawn from an investigation. This <br>was the case in Operation RESCUE/CALANDO.<br>The information requested on the number of intelligence packages sent to each <br>police force in the UK is operational and cannot be released because of the <br>possibility that there are related investigations or judicial processes <br>ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 08/07/2014 14:16:50 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest