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44783

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 March 2014, Official Report, column 604W, on EU Justice and Home Affairs, with which countries the EU as a legal personality has concluded co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	193408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the response given by the Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington) on 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 70W. In addition, JHA agreements have also been concluded with Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 2687 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

44784

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 contribution of the (a) Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa route and (b) Tier 1 (Investor) visa route on economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	193286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) advises the Government on economic issues relating to migration.<br><br>On 1 July 2013 the MAC published a &quot;Report on the economic and labour market impacts of tier 1 entrepreneur and investor migrants to the UK&quot; which it had commissioned from the Migration Observatory. The report made a number of findings, although it concluded that it was too early to make a full assessment of the economic contribution of the two routes without further research. The report is available on the gov.uk website at:<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-and-labour-market-impacts-tier-1-entrepreneur-and-investor-migrants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-and-labour-market-impacts-tier-1-entrepreneur-and-investor-migrants</a><br><br>More recently, on 25 February 2014 the MAC published its own report, &quot;Tier 1 (Investor) route: investment thresholds and economic benefits&quot; in response to a Government commission. The MAC concluded that the direct investment required by the route is of little or no benefit, but there is some benefit from indirect spending by investors and their families in the UK (although this is difficult to quantify). The report is available on the gov.uk website at:<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-investment-limits-and-economic-benefits-of-the-tier-1-investor-route-feb-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-investment-limits-and-economic-benefits-of-the-tier-1-investor-route-feb-2014</a><br><br>The Government keeps all routes under review and is currently considering its response to the MAC's report on the Tier 1 (Investor) route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

44785

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid for the use of Interpol's SLTD database in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office accounting systems does not identify separate expenditure on the Interpol's SLTD database. The information cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

44786

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 is taking on the decision to allow the sale and consumption of alcohol in a motorway service area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	193334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>The Licensing Act 2003 bans the sale of alcohol at certain motorway service areas but this ban does not extend to all of them. At motorway service areas which are not covered by the Act, the grant of premise licences for the sale of alcohol in any particular case is at present a matter for the local licensing authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Government included motorway service areas as part of the public consultation on the Alcohol Strategy in 2012/13. The Government's response to this consultation was published in July 2013 and stated that this issue would be considered further, and it is under active consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

44787

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children there were in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	193337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>Figures for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASCs) placed in Local Authority care are not available from published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 and 2013 there were 1,125 and 1,174 applications received from UASCs, excluding dependants.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on a comparable basis are not available for previous years.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on asylum applications from UASCs in tables as_08 and as_08_q (Asylum data tables Volume 2) of the release <em>Immigration Statistics </em>available from: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>This release is available from the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 2684 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

44788

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were placed in local authority care in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	193336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>Figures for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASCs) placed in Local Authority care are not available from published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 and 2013 there were 1,125 and 1,174 applications received from UASCs, excluding dependants.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on a comparable basis are not available for previous years.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on asylum applications from UASCs in tables as_08 and as_08_q (Asylum data tables Volume 2) of the release <em>Immigration Statistics </em>available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>This release is available from the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 2682 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

44789

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the retail sector about measures that could be taken by shops selling alcohol to reduce the incidence of binge-drinking.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international <br>partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private <br>sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of <br>these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are <br>subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <br>http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

44790

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serious misconduct complaints related to the use of control and restraint during enforced removal were referred to the Professional Standards Unit in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Complaints made by, or on behalf of, detainees are managed in accordance with <br>Detention Services Order 3/2011. All allegations of serious misconduct are <br>referred to the Home Office Professional Standards Unit (PSU) for <br>investigation. These include allegations made against staff who work in the <br>detention estate or who are engaged in escorting work.<br><br>Data on the number of complaints referred to the PSU is not recorded. Only data <br>of those complaints where PSU have agreed to investigate are recorded. The <br>number investigated relating to the use of control and restraint during <br>enforced removal is detailed below.<br><br>2010 – 42 <br>2011 – 30<br>2012 – 39<br>2013 – 19 <br><br>These figures are based on management information, which is subject to change, <br>and does not form part of our publicised statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

44791

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for immigration offences as a result of information received from the public in each week in 2013; and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) deportation.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table outlines the number of arrests made for immigration offences as a result of allegations received from the public in each week in 2013 and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) removal.<br><br>In order to align this answer with the method used for collating the data- &quot;Information received from the public&quot; has been interpreted as allegations and &quot;deportation&quot; has been referred to as removals.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Arrests</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Removals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 01</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 02</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 03</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 04</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 05</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 06</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 07</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 08</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 09</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 11</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 12</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 13</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 14</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 15</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 16</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 17</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 18</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 19</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td> </td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 20</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 21</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 22</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 23</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 24</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 25</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 26</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 27</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 28</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 29</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 30</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 31</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 32</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 33</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 34</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 35</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 36</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 37</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 38</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 39</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 40</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 41</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 42</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 43</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 44</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 45</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 46</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 47</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 48</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 49</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 50</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 51</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 52</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 53</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>4,535</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>1,585</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of prosecutions and removals refers directly to the allegations received in that week, but may not have taken place within that timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

44792

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 report by the Refugee Council, When Maternity Doesn't Matter, what steps her Department has taken to reform the dispersal policy of the former UK Border Agency.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	193461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The report covers procedures for accommodating pregnant asylum seekers who are destitute. The Home Office has been consulting about changes to these procedures and is considering some detailed suggestions by the Refugee Council and Maternity Action. Once that is completed we will move towards finalising and publishing revised guidance on the procedures.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott