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1130757

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect on Scotland of required income levels for skilled migrants.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	911216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Our future immigration system is designed to drive up wages and productivity across the UK and allow us to bring in the most talented while responding to public concerns about immigration.</p><p>We have been very clear that no decision on the levels at which salary thresholds should be set will be taken until we have completed the UK-wide engagement process that is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 10/06/2019 15:56:21 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1130676

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether test centres have submitted the same voice recording clips for all students even when the Toeic English language test was taken in test conditions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	261462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The criminal investigations into the fraud carried out by the Home Office uncovered evidence of the use of proxy test takers, the type of fraud also shown in the Panorama documentary. Whilst there have been suggestions of other methods of fraud, no material evidence has been uncovered during the course of the criminal investigation to support these scenarios.</p><p>Furthermore at the time the Home Office commissioned an independent expert from the respected firm Kroll Ontrack to consider this issue. They found no evidence in the information made available to them to suggest the substitution of recordings in this way.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/06/2019 14:56:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1130701

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rape: Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported instances of rape led to a criminal charge in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	261498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number and percentage of recorded crimes, including rapes, that led to a charge can be found in the Outcomes open data tables, which can be found here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables </a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 261499 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:05:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1130702

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rape: Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of reported instances of rape led to a criminal charge in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	261499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number and percentage of recorded crimes, including rapes, that led to a charge can be found in the Outcomes open data tables, which can be found here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables </a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 261498 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:05:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1130098

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Investigatory Powers Commissioner: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he had with the Scottish Government before the appointment of the first Investigatory Powers Commissioner in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	260679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The appointment of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner is subject to a statutory process set out in section 227 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. The Prime Minister must appoint a person who holds or has held high judicial office, and the candidate must be recommended jointly by the Lord Chancellor, (b) the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, (c) the Lord President of the Court of Session, and (d) the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Section 227(5) of the Act provides that the Prime Minster must consult with Scottish Ministers before making the appointment. In 2017, the Prime Minister wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice within the Scottish Government about the proposed appointment of the first Commissioner.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 260680 question first answered 10/06/2019 12:28:37 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1130418

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Extradition: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition requests were made by the US for UK citizens in each year since 2014; and how many of those requests are outstanding.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	261104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, we do not disclose whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to the request. We therefore cannot provide the total number of extradition requests received from the US for British citizens in each year since 2014.</p><p>We can however provide the total number of British citizens (including dual nationals) arrested in relation to extradition requests received from the US since 2014.</p><p>Since 1 January 2014, 24 British citizens (including dual nationals) have been arrested in the UK in relation to extradition requests from the US.</p><p>Eight of these cases remain outstanding.</p><p>All figures are from local management information, and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change. The figures do not include Scotland, which deals with its own extradition cases.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/06/2019 11:05:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130443

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency have been held in (a) Dungavel and (b) other UK immigration removal centres since their inception.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
	uin	261287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested on individual detainees from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in a reportable format. The last known addresses of detainees are not included in the underlying datasets used to produce the Home Office’s published detention figures and the information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The median length of detention of people leaving the detention estate in Q1 2019 was between 8 and 14 days, and of people in the immigration detention estate as at 31 March 2019 between 15 and 28 days. Information on the length of detention of people leaving and in the detention estate is available in tables dt_06_q and dt_11_q of the detention tables in the latest releases of ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending March 2019’.</p><p>The UK ended the routine detention of children in immigration removal centres in 2010, and enshrined this in law under the Immigration Act 2014. There remain limited circumstances where, very exceptionally, unaccompanied children may be detained in the absence of suitable alternatives.</p><p>A range of educational resources and other welfare services are provided to families with children in detention. The short time that families spend at the dedicated family accommodation near Gatwick means that formal education is not provided. The most recent Independent Monitoring Board report for the centre praised the learning equipment provided to children during their short stay.</p><p>The average cost to detain an individual in immigration detention is provided on a per day basis. The current daily cost per detainee is £88.68, which corresponds to an annual cost of £32,368 (£88.68 multiplied by 365 days). Data can be found at the link below:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019 </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 261288 261289 261290 261291 261292 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:54:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1130444

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency are being held in (a) Dungavel and (b) other immigration removal centres in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
	uin	261288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested on individual detainees from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in a reportable format. The last known addresses of detainees are not included in the underlying datasets used to produce the Home Office’s published detention figures and the information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The median length of detention of people leaving the detention estate in Q1 2019 was between 8 and 14 days, and of people in the immigration detention estate as at 31 March 2019 between 15 and 28 days. Information on the length of detention of people leaving and in the detention estate is available in tables dt_06_q and dt_11_q of the detention tables in the latest releases of ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending March 2019’.</p><p>The UK ended the routine detention of children in immigration removal centres in 2010, and enshrined this in law under the Immigration Act 2014. There remain limited circumstances where, very exceptionally, unaccompanied children may be detained in the absence of suitable alternatives.</p><p>A range of educational resources and other welfare services are provided to families with children in detention. The short time that families spend at the dedicated family accommodation near Gatwick means that formal education is not provided. The most recent Independent Monitoring Board report for the centre praised the learning equipment provided to children during their short stay.</p><p>The average cost to detain an individual in immigration detention is provided on a per day basis. The current daily cost per detainee is £88.68, which corresponds to an annual cost of £32,368 (£88.68 multiplied by 365 days). Data can be found at the link below:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019 </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 261287 261289 261290 261291 261292 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:54:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1130445

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency are being held in (a) Dungavel and (b) other UK immigration removal centres.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
	uin	261289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested on individual detainees from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in a reportable format. The last known addresses of detainees are not included in the underlying datasets used to produce the Home Office’s published detention figures and the information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The median length of detention of people leaving the detention estate in Q1 2019 was between 8 and 14 days, and of people in the immigration detention estate as at 31 March 2019 between 15 and 28 days. Information on the length of detention of people leaving and in the detention estate is available in tables dt_06_q and dt_11_q of the detention tables in the latest releases of ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending March 2019’.</p><p>The UK ended the routine detention of children in immigration removal centres in 2010, and enshrined this in law under the Immigration Act 2014. There remain limited circumstances where, very exceptionally, unaccompanied children may be detained in the absence of suitable alternatives.</p><p>A range of educational resources and other welfare services are provided to families with children in detention. The short time that families spend at the dedicated family accommodation near Gatwick means that formal education is not provided. The most recent Independent Monitoring Board report for the centre praised the learning equipment provided to children during their short stay.</p><p>The average cost to detain an individual in immigration detention is provided on a per day basis. The current daily cost per detainee is £88.68, which corresponds to an annual cost of £32,368 (£88.68 multiplied by 365 days). Data can be found at the link below:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019 </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 261287 261288 261290 261291 261292 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:54:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1130446

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 duration of stay is at (a) Dungavel and (b) other immigration detention centres in the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
	uin	261290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested on individual detainees from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in a reportable format. The last known addresses of detainees are not included in the underlying datasets used to produce the Home Office’s published detention figures and the information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The median length of detention of people leaving the detention estate in Q1 2019 was between 8 and 14 days, and of people in the immigration detention estate as at 31 March 2019 between 15 and 28 days. Information on the length of detention of people leaving and in the detention estate is available in tables dt_06_q and dt_11_q of the detention tables in the latest releases of ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending March 2019’.</p><p>The UK ended the routine detention of children in immigration removal centres in 2010, and enshrined this in law under the Immigration Act 2014. There remain limited circumstances where, very exceptionally, unaccompanied children may be detained in the absence of suitable alternatives.</p><p>A range of educational resources and other welfare services are provided to families with children in detention. The short time that families spend at the dedicated family accommodation near Gatwick means that formal education is not provided. The most recent Independent Monitoring Board report for the centre praised the learning equipment provided to children during their short stay.</p><p>The average cost to detain an individual in immigration detention is provided on a per day basis. The current daily cost per detainee is £88.68, which corresponds to an annual cost of £32,368 (£88.68 multiplied by 365 days). Data can be found at the link below:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019 </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 261287 261288 261289 261291 261292 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:54:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird