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62673

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Please see the table below detailing the use and purpose of non geographic <br>numbers, 0843, 0844 and 0845. These figures are taken directly from BT's call <br>reporting system.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prefix</p></td><td><p>Number of lines / service</p></td><td><p>Inbound calls in last 12 months*</p></td><td><p>Alternative BT Local Rate No?</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0843</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0844</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>0845</p></td><td><p>Nationality Contact Centre / European Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>362,582</p></td><td><p>Migrated to 0300 March 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asylum Support Line</p></td><td><p>46,294</p></td><td><p>Migrated to 0300 March 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MPs Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>18,441</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Note:on 7 March 2014 the Nationality Contact Centre/European Enquiry Line and the Asylum Support Line both migrated from 0845 to the 0300 prefix with calls charged the same as calls to 01/02. The above volumes for those lines therefore are from June 2013 to March 2014</p><p> </p><p>HM Passport Office</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prefix</p></td><td><p>Number of lines / service</p></td><td><p>Inbound calls in last 12 months</p></td><td><p>Alternative BT Local Rate No?</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0843</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0844</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p><p>0845</p></td><td><p>Customer Letters</p></td><td><p>325,452</p></td><td><p>0300 number available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Passport verification services (PVS)</p><p>(a Business to Business Service)</p></td><td><p>50,644</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/07/2014 11:43:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4353 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

61030

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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 advice her Department gives to parents travelling with a child who has a different surname on ensuring they do not encounter delays at UK border control.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	199836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The advice Border Force gives to parents travelling with a child who has a different surname is contained in the publically available leaflet ‘Children travelling to the UK' which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-travelling-to-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-travelling-to-the-uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/06/2014 17:01:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

63938

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the Exchequer of the asylum and immigration system once fee income has been deducted has been in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	202386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Because of several restructures over the past seven years this information is <br>not available in line with the question posed. Published accounts for the <br>former UK Border Agency break down income and expenditure information since <br>2009 and further information is available in the Home Office Report and <br>Accounts for 2013-14.<br><br>These can be accessed from the following links:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446<br>/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/06/2014 13:01:11 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

61316

	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the meaning is of the phrase responder hub as used in a communication from her Department to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton; and if she will instruct her staff to use clearer and more comprehensible English in their communications with hon. Members and the public.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
	uin	200201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Visas and Immigration teams which lead on responding to correspondence from Members of Parliament, are geographically grouped into eight offices at the following sites; Croydon, Westminster, Cardiff, Solihull, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Glasgow. Each office is described as a 'responder hub' because it may deal with correspondence from outside the immediate geographical area. <br><br>Officials are reviewing how teams are described externally in response to feedback from customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/06/2014 16:58:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

61398

	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	Private Investigators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, column 462W, on private investigation, on what date she expects the new statutory licensing requirement to come into force.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Garnier
	uin	200171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>We expect the new statutory licensing regime for those conducting the activity of private investigations to come into force in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 12:24:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier

61765

	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	Official Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visits each of the Ministers in her Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	200488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with and make visits to a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p><br>Details of these meetings and visits are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website:<br>http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/06/2014 15:45:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

63023

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many creditors had remained unpaid by her Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45 days, (b) 60 days, (c) 75 days and (d) 76 days and over.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
	uin	201596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Overdue period</td><td>Payments owing 0-45 Days</td><td>Payments owing 46-60 Days</td><td>Payments owing 61-75 Days</td><td>Payments owing 76+ Days</td></tr><tr><td>number of creditors</td><td>357</td><td>71</td><td>56</td><td>360</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>When calculating the unpaid period, the Home Office starts counting from the <br>date when the invoice was due to be paid. <br>The above figures refer to all creditors, including those with balances below <br>£10,000. <br>Invoices may be overdue for a number of reasons including the department <br>disputing the amount.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/07/2014 15:26:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

60936

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As part of procurement tender exercises for commercial contracts, the Home Department asks for evidence of bidders Equality and/or Equality and Diversity Statement or Policy. Statements or policies are evaluated to ensure that organisations have satisfactory procedures in place that comply and provide evidence of their commitment.<br><br>When considering a bid for a Grant, it is not currently part of the Home Department's process to consider the diversity policies and records of businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/06/2014 15:36:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60937

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets her Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Tables provided in Annex 1 for representation from March 2013 – March 2014<br><br>In conjunction with Cabinet Office, the Department has agreed specific targets <br>to improve representation rates. The position in the last year is as follows: <br><br>• Three female employees have been appointed at Director General level becoming <br>members of the Home Office Executive Management Board. The position generally <br>was that 34.39% of staff at Senior Civil Service (SCS) were female compared <br>with the target of 38%. At Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 43.93% of staff <br>were female compared with the target of 45%.<br><br>• 6.21% of staff with a disability were at SCS level compared to a target <br>of 3% and at Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 5.99 % staff had a <br>disability compared with the target of 6%.<br><br>• 10.56% of staff at Grades 6 and 7 were from a minority ethnic background <br>compared to a target of 10%. 4.52% of staff at SCS level were from a minority <br>ethnic background compared with the target of 6%. <br><br>• 5.66% of staff at SCS were lesbian, gay or bisexual compared to the target of <br>5.0%. At Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 3.4% of staff were lesbian, gay <br>or bisexual compared with the target of 5.0%. <br><br>The position is encouraging but the Department is committed to finding further <br>progress in all aspects of diversity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/06/2014 15:19:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Annex 1 ( 2014-06-11 HO DE Target Data 2013 2014 (PQ).xls title Increasing diversity
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60938

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff within her Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Table 1 provides information on the proportion of staff within the Home <br>Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of <br>the last 4 financial years (2009-10 to 2012-13) and who were white. It is <br>planned that information for 2013-14 will be published in January 2015. <br><br>It has not been possible to provide information further broken down as white <br>British staff as historical data is not collated in this way and could only be <br>provided at disproportionate cost.<br><br>Individuals can be dismissed for a variety of reasons (such as conduct, <br>performance, or attendance). It is not possible to identify those dismissed <br>following disciplinary proceedings without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 199909 question first answered 16/06/2014 15:27:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 199888 and 199909 - Table 1.xls title Formal disciplinary proceedings
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson