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77185

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	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 21 October 2013, Official Report, column 65W, on young offenders, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to redefine juveniles to include those older than 16.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	205267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is working with policing and criminal justice partners to review those remaining circumstances where current legislation treats 17 year olds as adults while in police custody.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/07/2014 14:15:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 10297 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

64807

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	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 appropriateness of the current number of female officers in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	203016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office and its service providers comply with all relevant employment <br>legislation. The service provider for Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre, <br>Serco, is required under their contract to employ sufficient female officers to <br>enable appropriate searching and security arrangements for female detainees. <br>Yarl's Wood IRC has 52% male detainee custody officers and 48% female. <br><br>Assessment Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) is the system used for <br>monitoring individuals considered to be at risk of self harm and operates <br>within the broader context of decency, safety, and the concept of a healthy <br>centre. <br><br>ACDT requires centre managers to appoint trained assessors and named case <br>managers in order to provide individualised care to detainees based on their <br>particular needs. A female assessor or case manager should be appointed where <br>it is appropriate but that is not a requirement. <br><br>Feminine hygiene items are freely available to residents. Access to these is <br>not monitored by staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:25:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8343 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

64808

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	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 ensure that women in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre on suicide watch are only supervised by female officers.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	203017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office and its service providers comply with all relevant employment <br>legislation. The service provider for Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre, <br>Serco, is required under their contract to employ sufficient female officers to <br>enable appropriate searching and security arrangements for female detainees. <br>Yarl's Wood IRC has 52% male detainee custody officers and 48% female. <br><br>Assessment Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) is the system used for <br>monitoring individuals considered to be at risk of self harm and operates <br>within the broader context of decency, safety, and the concept of a healthy <br>centre. <br><br>ACDT requires centre managers to appoint trained assessors and named case <br>managers in order to provide individualised care to detainees based on their <br>particular needs. A female assessor or case manager should be appointed where <br>it is appropriate but that is not a requirement. <br><br>Feminine hygiene items are freely available to residents. Access to these is <br>not monitored by staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:26:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8340 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

64809

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	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 take steps to ensure that women detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre can obtain feminine hygiene products without contact with male guards.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	203018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office and its service providers comply with all relevant employment <br>legislation. The service provider for Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre, <br>Serco, is required under their contract to employ sufficient female officers to <br>enable appropriate searching and security arrangements for female detainees. <br>Yarl's Wood IRC has 52% male detainee custody officers and 48% female. <br><br>Assessment Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) is the system used for <br>monitoring individuals considered to be at risk of self harm and operates <br>within the broader context of decency, safety, and the concept of a healthy <br>centre. <br><br>ACDT requires centre managers to appoint trained assessors and named case <br>managers in order to provide individualised care to detainees based on their <br>particular needs. A female assessor or case manager should be appointed where <br>it is appropriate but that is not a requirement. <br><br>Feminine hygiene items are freely available to residents. Access to these is <br>not monitored by staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:26:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8335 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

65239

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the appropriateness of the current number of female officers employed by Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and its service providers comply with all relevant employment legislation. The service provider for Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre (IRC), Serco, is required under their contract to employ sufficient female officers to enable appropriate searching and security arrangements for female detainees. <br><br>Yarl's Wood IRC has 52% male detainee custody officers (DCOs) and 48% female DCOs. A new recruitment drive is underway, with a review of how flexible and family friendly hours might be enhanced to attract more women recruits as well as devising recruitment campaigns that target female audiences. <br><br>Assessment Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) is the system used for monitoring individuals considered to be at risk of self harm and is operated across the detention estate. <br><br>ACDT is a care planning system whereby staff from all areas work together to create a safe and caring environment and provide individual care to detainees.<br><br>All incidents of self harm are treated very seriously and every step is taken to prevent incidents of this nature. Staff at all centres are trained to <br>identify those at risk of self harm so that action can be taken to minimise the risk. Notices in various languages are displayed in IRCs setting out that, where there is a concern about a fellow detainee, this should be brought to the attention of a member of staff. Formal risk assessments on initial detention and systems for raising concerns at any subsequent point feed into established self harm procedures in every IRC, which are in turn underpinned by the Home Office Operating Standard on the Prevention of Self-Harm ACDT requires centre managers to appoint trained assessors and named case managers to provide individualised care to detainees based on their particular needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL770 question first answered 09/07/2014 12:54:25 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

65240

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to ensure that women in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre who are on suicide watch are only supervised by female officers; and if so, what steps are being taken.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and its service providers comply with all relevant employment legislation. The service provider for Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre (IRC), Serco, is required under their contract to employ sufficient female officers to enable appropriate searching and security arrangements for female detainees. <br><br>Yarl's Wood IRC has 52% male detainee custody officers (DCOs) and 48% female DCOs. A new recruitment drive is underway, with a review of how flexible and family friendly hours might be enhanced to attract more women recruits as well as devising recruitment campaigns that target female audiences. <br><br>Assessment Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) is the system used for monitoring individuals considered to be at risk of self harm and is operated across the detention estate. <br><br>ACDT is a care planning system whereby staff from all areas work together to create a safe and caring environment and provide individual care to detainees.<br><br>All incidents of self harm are treated very seriously and every step is taken to prevent incidents of this nature. Staff at all centres are trained to <br>identify those at risk of self harm so that action can be taken to minimise the risk. Notices in various languages are displayed in IRCs setting out that, where there is a concern about a fellow detainee, this should be brought to the attention of a member of staff. Formal risk assessments on initial detention and systems for raising concerns at any subsequent point feed into established self harm procedures in every IRC, which are in turn underpinned by the Home Office Operating Standard on the Prevention of Self-Harm ACDT requires centre managers to appoint trained assessors and named case managers to provide individualised care to detainees based on their particular needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL769 question first answered 09/07/2014 12:54:26 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

65267

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Ms Rashida Manjoo, was not allowed access to Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre during her visit in April.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave on 6 May 2014, Official Report, columns 1400 - 1401.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 09/07/2014 12:45:26 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

61755

	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	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary questions tabled to her Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	200593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Seven questions did not receive a substantive reply by the time of prorogation 2014.</p><p>The tabling date for these questions, are listed below:</p><p>09 April - 2014</p><p>08 May - 2014</p><p>26 March - 2014</p><p>24 March - 2014</p><p>02 May - 2014</p><p>02 May - 2014</p><p>09 May - 2014</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/06/2014 16:48:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

64801

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	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 spouse visa applications have taken more than one year to process in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	203010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The management information (which is subject to change) in the table relates to <br>spouse and civil partner visa applications processed overseas (issued, refused, <br>lapsed or withdrawn) relating to non-EEA nationals seeking to join or accompany <br>a spouse or civil partner who is settled in, or being admitted for settlement <br>to, the UK. The percentages are rounded to 2 decimal points, and relate to <br>applications that took more than one year to process.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Percentage of spouse and civil partner visa applications processed overseas from non-EEA nationals seeking to join or accompany a spouse or civil partner who is settled in, or being admitted for settlement to, the UK where the application took more than one year to process</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:00:27 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 7819 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

61879

	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	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of all UK visa applications processed by TPContact in (a) Israel, (b) Russia, (c) South Africa and (d) Ukraine have been subject to delays outside the stated service standards.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	200696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Any failure against the contractual critical service levels may result in <br>deductions against their submitted invoices. In the event of continuous and <br>unacceptable failures the Department has the ability to terminate the contract.<br><br>The performance of Teleperformance as with all of our contracts is subject to <br>close Home Office scrutiny. The governance processes include regular meetings <br>at all levels, from local operational teams up to senior official levels, to <br>allow in-depth reviews of performance against the service standards set out in <br>the contract, and to provide an escalation route to resolve any issues that may <br>arise. We also expect suppliers to provide continuous improvement in delivery <br>of customer services over the course of the contract, which is also monitored <br>through these processes.<br><br>The Department withheld payment of the contractual transitional payment until <br>transition was complete in each country where Teleperformance operates. This <br>has now been has now been approved for payment in countries where visa<br>application centres (VACs) are operational but withheld in locations still to <br>be transitioned. Ongoing contractual payments will be subject to the service <br>credit process outlined above.<br><br>The data required to judge performance against contractual service standards is <br>not yet available. We are not aware of any withdrawn applications linked to <br>delays in processing at the identified visa application centres since they took <br>over this service. The Home Office is currently collating data on complaints <br>for the period since Teleperformance commenced operations and it is not <br>available for publication. <br><br>UK Visas &amp; Immigration has worked closely with Teleperformance from the point <br>at which contracts were awarded to prepare for live operations, including the <br>summer peak. Annual and monthly application volumes and forecast figures for <br>2014 were provided to Teleperformance as part of the tender process and local <br>discussions have taken place to determine the number of appointment slots <br>available. Opening hours have been extended and appointment availability has <br>been increased in a number of locations to prepare for the summer period. Where <br>VACs are open every day, the availability of appointment slots is continually <br>monitored, with further measures being taken if appointments are consistently <br>fully booked.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 200686 200687 200688 200697 200698 200699 200702 question first answered 30/06/2014 15:23:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries