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	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unresolved (a) asylum and (b) immigration cases there were in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area in Scotland since May 2010, up to the latest period for which figures are available in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	219752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The number of outstanding asylum and immigration cases recorded as associated with each Scottish parliamentary constituency can be found at Table 1 below. The number of outstanding cases recorded as associated with each Scottish local authority area can be found in Table 2. The figures that have been provided below relate to main applicants who have made an immigration application or an asylum claim between 1 May 2010 - 31 December 2013, and whose claim was recorded as unresolved on 31 December 2013. For data protection purposes, cohorts of fewer than 10 people have been indicated with a *.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data has been compiled by identifying the latest valid postcode on the Case Information Database (CID). For Scottish postcodes, this was then matched to the ONS Postcode database to associate it with a parliamentary constituency and local authority as far as possible. This postcode is the most recently recorded postcode for correspondence purposes and may not be represent the applicant’s of place of residence or be the same postcode provided at the time of applying.</p><p>Table 1</p><p><strong>Number of outstanding asylum and immigration cases by constituency</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Asylum</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen North</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen South</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airdrie and Shotts</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll and Bute</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banff and Buchan</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries and Galloway</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee East</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee West</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline and West Fife</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh East</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh North and Leith</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh South</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh South West</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh West</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow Central</p></td><td><p>769</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow East</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North East</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North West</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow South</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow South West</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glenrothes</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordon</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock and Loudoun</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lanark and Hamilton East</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Linlithgow and East Falkirk</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Livingston</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire and Arran</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Fife</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ochil and South Perthshire</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney and Shetland</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and Renfrewshire North</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and Renfrewshire South</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and North Perthshire</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ross, Skye and Lochaber</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen and Hamilton West</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not able to determine</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>*</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> </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><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> </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><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><p><strong>Number of outstanding asylum and immigration cases by local authority</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Asylum</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen City</p></td><td><p><strong>619</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeenshire</p></td><td><p><strong>112</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll and Bute</p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p><strong>1182</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>76</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clackmannanshire</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries and Galloway</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee City</p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eilean Siar</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fife</p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow City</p></td><td><p><strong>1819</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1512</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highland</p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p><strong>144</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney Islands</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and Kinross</p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p><strong>169</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Borders</p></td><td><p><strong>33</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shetland Islands</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>39</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p><strong>134</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lothian</p></td><td><p><strong>107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not able to determine</p></td><td><p><strong>116</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></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> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 17:53:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

177549

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	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 applicants receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 have been receiving that support for more than (a) two, (b) four and (c) six years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	223236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The total number of main applicants supported under Section 4 is now well below the peak of 12,019 in the Quarter 3 of 2009, standing at 3,566 in the Quarter 3 of 2014.<br><br>The number of main asylum claimants receiving Section 4 support for more than two, four and six years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Duration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>More than 2 years and up to 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p>1,405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>More than 4 years and up to 6 years</strong></p></td><td><p>869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>More than 6 years </strong></p></td><td><p>329</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 17:33:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Data Table - PQ 223236.docx title PQ 223236 - Data Table
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

177544

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Dorset Police
	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 performance of Dorset Police in meeting the standards required by its service level agreement with the Disclosure and Barring Service; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	223269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department receives monthly updates on the performance of police forces, including Dorset police, in meeting the Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards for the time taken to complete local disclosure checks. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) works closely with any forces which miss their SLA targets.<br><br>The number and proportion of police disclosure checks completed by Dorset police against the 14, 18, 25 and 60 days SLA targets for the six months from June to November 2014 is provided in the table below.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9" rowspan="2"><strong>Dorset Police: number and proportion of disclosure checks completed in 14, 18, 25 and 60 days</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 14 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 18 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 25 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 60 Days</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Period</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>June to November 2014</strong></td><td>460</td><td>4.0%</td><td>1,874</td><td>17.0%</td><td>3,317</td><td>31.0%</td><td>9,016</td><td>84.0%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 18:10:18 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 43381 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

178573

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	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 that police forces (a) have a strategy and (b) are properly trained to respond to cybercrime; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	223891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answers I gave to him on 14 January 2015 in response to questions 220035 and 220043.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 16:00:15 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

178574

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2015
	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, how many investigations into online child abuse have been delayed for 12 months or longer after being reported to the National Crime Agency; and how long the average delay is in investigating such cases.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	223892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Every referral of child sexual abuse reported to the National Crime Agency (NCA) is thoroughly assessed and developed. All cases where potential suspects are identified are disseminated to a UK police force, actioned by the NCA, or disseminated to a foreign jurisdiction via Interpol. It is for each of the recipients to assess the intelligence and potential for prosecution and to take executive action appropriately. Information on these investigations is not held centrally, except for NCA investigations. No investigations by the NCA into <br>online child sexual abuse have been subject to delays of 12 months or longer since its inception on 7 October 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 15:57:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

177557

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many (a) pleasure, (b) class XII and (c) other small vessels enter UK ports of entry each year without (i) passport and (ii) physical checks.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	223102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Border Force adopts an intelligence led approach to responding to General Maritime traffic. Border Force works with the National Crime Agency and other partners to identify threats from General Maritime traffic and uses <br>intelligence to intercept General Maritime craft that are attempting to smuggle contraband material or illegal immigrants into the country. <br><br><br>There is no current legal requirement for advance passenger information for the leisure sector of maritime traffic. Persons arriving directly from within the European Economic Area (EEA) on a pleasure craft are only required to notify <br>Border Force if they have a person onboard who is not a British Citizen or national of the EEA, or if they have goods to declare. It is therefore not possible to estimate the number of vessels that have entered UK ports that do not have a requirement to notify.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 16:01:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

178180

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Business: Fraud
	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 to strengthen police action against business fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
	uin	223602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Action Fraud is the national reporting point for fraud and cyber crime. It takes reports of crimes from members of the public and businesses online or via its dedicated helpline. These reports are then analysed by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which looks for links between separate victims of the same scams, and matches information in Action Fraud reports with other data it holds. The NFIB then prepares intelligence packages and sends these to the police force best placed to consider enforcement action. It also carries out work to disrupt the enablers of this criminality, such as having websites used by criminals taken down.<br><br>Both Action Fraud and the NFIB are part of the City of London Police, which is the national lead force for fraud. The Government brought Action Fraud into the City of London Police in April 2014 to strengthen the end-to-end process for reporting and analysis of these crimes. Action Fraud also has two dedicated single points of contact for business, and continues to host open days for industry and attend business events to ensure understanding, share protective advice and foster close relationships. Action Fraud also circulates real-time information on the latest fraud threats via its website, social media channels and though police forces and businesses.<br><br>The Government is also working closely with law enforcement agencies, industry and third sector partners to support individuals and businesses to be better protected. This includes national and local level action to increase their awareness of the risks and adopting safe online behaviours. The Cyber Streetwise awareness campaign, funded by the National Cyber Security Programme, helps individuals and businesses understand how to stay safe online. The second phase of the campaign, including a refreshed website and online materials, launched in October last year. The Government’s Cyber Information Sharing Partnership, within CERT-UK, is also enabling industry to share <br>information on online threats including fraud, helping to reduce their vulnerability and the impact of online fraud on UK businesses.<br><br>The Home Office has introduced the Commercial Victimisation Survey to better understand and monitor crime against businesses, including fraud and online crime. Findings from the 2012 and 2013 surveys have been published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-against-businesses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-against-businesses</a></p><p>Findings from the 2014 survey will be published on 23rd April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 15:23:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

169873

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel
	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 spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	218478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office is performing well in reducing spending while protecting and improving our services. Against an 09/10 baseline, Government has saved £1.4billion through centralising arrangements for common goods and services. <br><br>Since 2009/10 we hve reduced the use of taxis by over 30% and we have cut spending on first class rail travel by 92% since 2010/11. Between 2006-2010 and 2010-2014, we have cut spending on taxis by £1.4m, on first-class rail by £3m, and all air travel by £4m.<br><br>The spend for taxis, first class train tickets and business class air travel in the last five years are as follows. <br><br>Taxis*<br>2009-2010 £768,623.66<br>2010-2011 £531,192.09<br>2011-2012 £318,944.83<br>2012-2013 £534,167.57<br>2013-2014 £529,919.39<br><br><br>First Class Train Tickets**<br>2010-2011 £203,884.12<br>2011-2012 £26,051.22<br>2012-2013 £23,232.63<br>2013-2014 £22,934.14<br><br><br>Business Class Air Travel***<br>2010-2011 £678,187.04<br>2011-2012 £861,537.43<br>2012-2013 £667,298.69<br>2013-2014 £1,010,037.59<br><br>It is not possible to separately identify the cost of first class train tickets and business class air travel in 2009/2010.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 18:38:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

178183

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for her Department to process applications for people who are seeking British nationality.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
	uin	223523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The average processing time for applications for British citizenship is 70 days from receipt of application to decision.<br><br>These figures are for the year 1 October 2013 – 30 September 2014, in line with the latest published data.<br><br>This compares with a peak average waiting time of 100 days from 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2009.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 15:58:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

178187

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	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, how many people seeking British nationality have been waiting more than (a) nine months and (b) one year for their application to be processed having paid all due fees.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
	uin	223524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>(a) between 9 – 12 months 369 people.<br>(b) More than 12 months 487 people.<br><br>These figures are as of the end of September 2014, in line with the latest published data.<br><br>This compares with a peak in 2007-08 of 2592 people waiting between 9 and 12 months and 4166 people waiting more than 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 15:58:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock