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58054

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage of Convenience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages were reported to the Home Office as suspicious or sham in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	199064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 15:56:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 79 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

58055

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage of Convenience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages reported as suspicious or sham were (a) same sex marriages, (b) heterosexual marriages and (c) civil partnerships in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	199065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/06/2014 16:02:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 80 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

58056

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies that have been asked to report on progress relating to the Responsibility Deal have not yet done so.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	199066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Reports from Responsibility Deal (RD) partners are published on the RD website as they are submitted and processed, which takes place throughout the year. Full details of the 675 partners signed up to the RD, the pledges they have signed up to and their annual updates are available on the RD website at:</p><p> </p><p>https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/partners/</p><p> </p><p>As at 5 June 2014, more than 70% of expected reports had been submitted for the 2013-14 reporting cycle.</p><p> </p><p>Partners new to the RD (signed up after 1 October 2013) and those signed up to new pledges launched during 2013, were not expected to provide an annual update. Other partners signed up to one or more of the majority of collective pledges were asked to provide an annual update.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The RD reporting cycle does not always map with organisations' cycles (for example clearance at board level) and end of fiscal year is a busy period for most partners. Some updates will also be in a ‘draft' status where they are partly completed by partners and not yet submitted. This means there can be delays, and we expect further submissions over the next few months. Partners can also update their submissions in-year, reporting on further progress made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2014 15:39:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49322

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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 the total yearly salary of each grade of the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate senior staff was on 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table shows the total yearly salary for each senior civil <br>service grade in UK Visa and Immigration Directorate as at 1 April 2014. These <br>are presented in £5,000 bands in line with our commitment to publish <br>departmental salary information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Grade</strong></td><td><strong>Salary band (£)</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Directors</td><td>755,000-759,999</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Directors</td><td>420,000-424,999</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Director General</td><td>132,000-134,999</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8357 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49323

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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 people were employed by the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate on 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of people (paid and unpaid civil servants as well as agency and <br>contractors substituting as civil servants) employed by UK Visas and <br>Immigration on 31st March 2014 was 7,107 (6,598.67 Full Time Equivalent).<br><br>In line with Office for National statistics guidelines, all government <br>departments are required to report their official statistics relating to <br>numbers of employees using calendar month end dates. This answer has therefore <br>been provided using information as at 31st March 2014 rather than 1st April <br>2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8356 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49324

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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 budget is allocated to the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Visa &amp; Immigration Directorate Budget 2014/5<br><br>Resource Administration £13.6 million<br>Resource Programme £744.3 million<br>Income Programme £1,022.6 million<br>Capital £6.0 million<br><br>Source: Home Office Main Estimates published on 29th April 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8355 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49011

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the emails sent by his Department to schools on 3 April 2014 setting out guidance on keeping children safe have not been opened by the recipient to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>On 3 April the Department for Education published updated statutory guidance on safeguarding, ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education'. On the same day, we emailed all headteachers a letter from the Secretary of State drawing their attention to the guidance. We will be publishing this on the website in due course.</p><p>The letter was emailed to 31,660 addressees in 25,035 schools. As of 30 April, 13,285 (43.1%) recipients had opened the email, and 9,402 (30.5%) recipients had clicked through to the guidance on safeguarding.</p><p>Other records show that the guidance has been seen by a greater number of people. Between 3 and 29 April the web page hosting the guidance received 65,729 page views. The Department also published 5 tweets in support of the publication. These achieved a total reach of 639,315, and the embedded links were clicked 755 times.</p><p>The guidance will also be highlighted in the summer term 2014 schools' email and Need to Know timelines that will be sent to all schools in May. Schools can also access relevant information through social media, and messages from the Education Funding Agency and the National College for Teaching and Leadership. The Department also sends regular emails to all local authorities.</p><p>Officials have also promoted the guidance through various stakeholder groups that work with the Department, including the Headteacher Reference Groups and the Education Forum; members of the latter include chairs of local safeguarding children boards. And they have written to head and teacher unions who met Ministers in January to discuss female genital mutilation and broader safeguarding issues.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

48596

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 travel document applications arising from each country were being processed as of 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table gives a breakdown, by nationality, of outstanding <br>applications for a Home Office Travel Document.<br><br>To align with protocol on publishing statistics, the list represents the <br>position at 31 December 2013. However, most of the cases shown as outstanding have <br>been concluded since that date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nationality</p></td><td><p>No. Of Cases</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua &amp; Barbuda</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bhutan</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chad</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic People's Republic of Korea</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Eritrea</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea-Bissau</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Haiti</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo Resident - UN Issued Travel Document</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait Bidoun</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldives</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Officially Stateless</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Palestinian Authority</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Refugee - Article 1 of the 1951 Convention</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Refugee - Other</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Serbia</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Russian Federation</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Stateless Person (Article 1 of 1954 Convention)</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent &amp; the Grenadines</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria Arab Republic</p></td><td><p>587</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish controlled area of Cyprus</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkmenistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United Rep of Tanzania</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>8,731</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8001 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

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registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 travel documents were (a) applied for and (b) issued in each year since 1 January 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>2009 <br>22,672 <br>14,183<br><br>2010 <br>26,652 <br>15,095<br><br>2011 <br>23,722 <br>16,791<br><br>2012 <br>20,667 <br>8,139<br><br>2013 <br>22,567 <br>12,811<br><br>Totals <br>116,280 <br>67,019<br><br>To provide context to the figures, it should be noted that a policy change was <br>implemented in February 2012 requiring all travel document applicants to have <br>or simultaneously apply for a Biometric Residence Permit to confirm status. <br>This subsequently resulted in a doubling of processing times. However, the <br>backlog of applications was cleared in February this year and the Home Office's <br>Travel Document Section has since returned to agreed service levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7997 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

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registered interest
date	18/03/2014
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 (a) children and (b) adults have been granted asylum in the UK under the Vulnerable Person Relocation Scheme from Syria.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	192532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>[holding answer 24 March 2014]</p><p>The first Syrians relocated under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme arrived into the UK on 25 March 2014. The scheme prioritises women and children at risk or in need of medical care, and survivors of torture and violence; given the particular vulnerability of these individuals, it has been essential to work with partners including UNHCR and local authorities to ensure that the support, services and accommodation they need are in place before they arrive in the UK. We expect the scheme to support several hundred people over the next three years.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz