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64896

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average value of tax credits were paid to claimants who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	203325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£4,300</p></td><td><p>£5,800</p></td><td><p>£2,800</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£6,800</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£5,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td><td><p>£4,500</p></td><td><p>£4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£7,600</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>7,500</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,300</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,200</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,400</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,000</ins></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credit awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 14:06:19 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:54:34 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes previous answer version 8139 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

64819

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Police Cautions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cautions have been issued for offences of (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) sexual assault, (d) robbery and (e) burglary in (i) each year between 2010 and 2013 and (ii) each month since January 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	203136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of offenders (including young people) cautioned, for offences of rape, sexual assault, robbery and burglary, by months in England and Wales from 2010 to 2013 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. There were no cautions administered for murder.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Simple cautions (previously police cautions) are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending. The Government does not believe that cautions are appropriate for serious offences. We issued new guidelines on 14 November 2014 following a detailed review of how cautions were being used by police forces, and are strengthening the law to prevent cautions being used for serious offences.</del></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police and the CPS when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. This guidance states that the use of a simple caution for indictable only offences, such as rape, should only be given following authorisation by the CPS. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>The overall number of simple cautions issued has halved since 2007. The cautioning rate, that is, the number of offenders cautioned as a percentage of offenders who were either cautioned or convicted, in 2013 was 20 per cent; this has declined from a peak of 31 per cent in 2007.</p><p>The Government is clear that serious offences should always be brought to court and to ensure that there is increased public confidence in the justice system last year announced limits on the use of simple cautions. These changes restrict the use of cautions for indictable only offences and certain serious either way offences unless there are exceptional circumstances and a senior police officer, as well as the CPS for certain cases, has agreed that a caution should be administered.</p><p>The MOJ guidance on Adult Simple Cautions was amended in November last year to reflect these changes, and we are currently legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions around their use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/07/2014 15:20:18 question first ministerially corrected 28/08/2014 11:45:56 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name Offenders cautioned(1)(2) for selected offences, by month, England and Wales, 2010-2013(3).xls title Offenders cautioned for selected offences -2010-13 previous answer version 9230 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name Offenders cautioned(1)(2) for selected offences, by month, England and Wales, 2010-2013(3).xls title Offenders cautioned for selected offences -2010-13
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

60638

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discusssions she has had with the Passport Office about the updating of advice on timescales during busy periods for (a) the renewal of a passport and (b) the time it will take for staff to call an applicant back.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers have held frequent recent discussions with Her Majesty's Passport Office.<br><br>Current advice for customers on expected service standards is published on <br>https://www.gov.uk.<br><br>The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within 48 <br>hours. Her Majesty's Passport Office gives priority to those with the most immediate <br>travel plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:43:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60639

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	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 the average waiting time for people (a) applying for a passport renewal and (b) waiting for a call back from the Passport Office.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is as follows:<br><br>(a) Expected service standards for passport renewals are published at <br>https://www.gov.uk.<br>(b) The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within <br>48 hours. Her Majesty's Passport Office gives priority to those with the <br>most immediate travel plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:41:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61392

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent reports she has received of changes in the backlog for processing (a) new passport applications and (b) passport renewals.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	200256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers receive regular reports on the performance of Her Majesty's Passport Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:34:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

61777

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport 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 employed by HM Passport Office were specifically tasked with processing passport applications on 1 January, (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	200369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of Her Majesty's Passport Office full-time <br>equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.<br><br>The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar <br>month. We have therefore provided the data as of 31 December of each year.<br><br>(a) 2011: 2,360<br>(b) 2012: 2,265<br>(c) 2013: 2,457<br><br>Due to the limitations of the HR management system used prior to December 2010, <br>it is not possible to provide reliable management information below top level <br>for any periods prior to that date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 13:22:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1832 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

61778

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport 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 employed by HM Passport Office were specifically tasked with processing passport applications on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February, (c) 1 March, (d) 1 April, (e) 1 May and (f) 1 June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	200370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar <br>month.<br>The table below shows the number of Her Majesty's Passport Office full-time <br>equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.<br>(a) On 31 December 2013: 2,457<br>(b) On 31 January 2014: 2,515<br>(c) On 28 February 2014: 2,559<br>(d) On 31 March 2014: 2,593<br>(e) On 30 April 2014: 2,611<br>(f) On 31 May 2014: 2,629<br><br>Please note, Her Majesty'sPassport Office records migrated to the Department's <br>strategic record system during this period and are subject to enhanced validation <br>checks. Several months in this time series have a variance of +/- 2 FTE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 13:24:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1829 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

61886

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to compensate people who have paid for an upgrade in their passport application as a result of delays in processing their original application.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	200689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Anyone who needs to travel within the next seven days and who has waited longer <br>than the standard processing time of three weeks, through no fault of their <br>own, will be able to upgrade their application without charge. After their <br>application has been through the proper checks, the processing, printing and <br>delivery of the new passport will be fast-tracked for free. This policy was <br>announced by the Home Secretary to the House of Commons on 12 June and will <br>not be applied retrospectively.<br><br>HM Passport Office's policy on compensation is available at:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/compensation-and-complaints-handling</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:23:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 2177 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

61888

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	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 the number of applicants who have upgraded to a premium service following contact with the Passport Office in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	200717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of people who have upgraded from a standard to <br>a premium service.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of upgrades</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014</p></td><td><p>996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>1024</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The specific information required is held in application ‘case notes' on <br>Her Majesty's Passport Office systems which cannot be mined through database <br>queries. Data presented here is an estimate for 2014.<br><br>Information on the number of upgrades prior to January 2014 has not been <br>collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:39:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

62022

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) precision-guided munitions and (b) gravity bombs of each type have been dropped in Afghanistan by British (i) fixed-wing aircraft and (ii) unmanned aerial vehicles since 23 March 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	200904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of precision-guided munitions dropped in Afghanistan in the period requested are shown in the table. No free fall bombs have been dropped in this time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Aircraft Type</p></td><td><p>24 March 2011 to 16 June 2014[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed Wing</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS)</p></td><td><p>317</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Use of force remains closely controlled and the avoidance of civilian casualties has been paramount. Professional crews carefully select the smallest warhead appropriate to the target being attacked to ensure they deliver the required effect, while minimising the risk to civilians.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All UK forces operate in accordance with International Humanitarian Law, following the principles of distinction, humanity, proportionality and military necessity. The UK's clearly defined Rules of Engagement are formulated on this basis. The same strict Rules of Engagement that govern the use of conventional military aircraft also apply to RPAS and targets are always positively identified as legitimate military objectives. Reaper is the UK's only RPAS with the ability to deploy precision-guided weapons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Inclusive</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 07/07/2014 15:40:52 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 5064 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson