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1123767

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any Home Office staff have been convicted of criminal offences since 9 April 2018; and if so, in each case, what was the (1) nature of the offence, (2) date of conviction, and (3) sentence received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL15405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Since 9 April 2018 three Home Office staff have been convicted of criminal offences. All were subject to appropriate disciplinary procedures and were dismissed by the point of conviction. The following table shows the breakdown of convictions and dates:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Nature of offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of conviction</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sentence received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assisting unlawful immigration</p></td><td><p>09/04/2018</p></td><td><p>11 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Smuggling of drugs/firearms</p></td><td><p>16/11/2018</p></td><td><p>23 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bribery</p></td><td><p>11/04/2019</p></td><td><p>3 years and 9 months</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/05/2019 15:41:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

934666

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the revenue from the immigration health surcharge for each year since it was introduced; and what is the estimated revenue for the current year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL9243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>The Immigration Health Surcharge was introduced in April 2015. Information on income collected from Immigration Health Surcharge payments since then is reported annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Information on income collected for the 2015/16 financial year can be found on pages 134 &amp; 135 of the following report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p>Information on income collected for the 2016/17 financial year can be found on page 117 of the following report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p>Information on income collected for the 2017/18 financial year will be made available in the 2017/18 Home Office Statement of Accounts which is due to be laid in the House on 12 July 2018.</p><p>In relation to the estimated revenue for the current year, by precedent, the Home Office does not release current year data until the accounts are closed and the figures audited by the National Audit Office. The NAO’s role is to inspect and agree the accounts: were we to release any estimates/figures now, we may later find that the auditors will ask us to amend/change the figures, rendering any early releases of data incorrect. Consequently, we may need to re-issue the answer to the PQ, because parliament would have been misled. Information on income collected for the current financial year will be made available in the 2018/19 Home office Statement of Accounts.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name HO Annual Report and Accounts 2015~16 Pgs 115.pdf title HO Annual Report - 2015-16 - Page 115 2 file name HO Annual Report and Accounts 2015~16 Pgs 134.pdf title HO Annual Report 2015-16 - Page 134 question first answered 13/07/2018 12:17:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

918930

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a special unit in the Home Office responsible for the scrutiny of applications for visas to enter the UK for the purpose of any form of scientific research; and if not, whether they will set up such a unit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL8424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Applications for visas to enter the UK for the purpose of scientific research are made under the Points Based System, Study, or Academic Visit categories and follow the standard process for assessing applications in these categories. All staff assessing visa applications are fully trained in the relevant field.</p><p>As applications to come to the UK to conduct scientific research are already covered by current processes, there are no plans at present to set up a unit solely to assess these applications.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/06/2018 15:50:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

918931

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 June (HL7992), for what reason they decided to withhold the names of the 22 Home Office staff convicted and sentenced in court for criminal offences in connection with their official activities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL8425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office withheld the names of staff members to ensure that it did not breach statutory and data protection obligations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/06/2018 15:47:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

906480

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons have been drawn from the conviction and sentence to 15 years imprisonment in April of Shamsu Iqbal an official in the immigration department of the Home Office for falsifying the immigration records; and what steps have been taken to improve the recruitment procedures of the Home Office.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL7993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2018 answer text <p>New measures were put in place following the arrest of Mr Iqbal to prevent further abuse. This included improvements to the change of address and subject access request processes. Further improvements will be made as part of the implementation of a new immigration computer system.</p><p>The Home Office conducts pre-appointment checks for all externally recruited staff in line with the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard which is available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/06/2018 12:55:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

906479

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Henley on 10 January 2012 and 13 March 2012 (HL14312 and HL16133), how many members of Home Office staff have been convicted of criminal offences in connection with their official activities since 21 December 2011; and in each case, what was the (1) name of the offender, (2) date, (3) nature of the offence, and (4) sentence received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL7992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2018 answer text <p>Since 21 December 2011 there have been 22 convictions of Home Office staff in connection with their official activities. All the officers were subject to appropriate disciplinary procedures and were ultimately dismissed as a result of their conviction.</p><p>After careful consideration our decision is to continue to withhold the names of those convicted as per our previous reply on the matter. We will continue to provide the number and nature of the offences, dates of conviction and sentences received.</p><p>The following table below shows the breakdown of convictions and dates:</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Charges</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Conviction date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sentence</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Misconduct in public office</p></td><td><p>9<sup>th</sup> March 2012</p></td><td><p>Four years and three months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Misconduct in public office</p></td><td><p>29<sup>th</sup> June 2012</p></td><td><p>Four years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Misconduct in public office</p></td><td><p>13<sup>th</sup> July 2012</p></td><td><p>Nine years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assisting unlawful immigration</p></td><td><p>16<sup>th</sup> October 2012</p></td><td><p>Nine months suspended, 240 hours community service and electronically tagged for three months.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Misconduct in public office</p></td><td><p>15<sup>th</sup> May 2013</p></td><td><p>Four years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two cases of Data Protection Act offences – obtain/disclose personal data</p></td><td><p>8<sup>th</sup> October 2013</p></td><td><p>One year conditional discharge and £100 costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Misconduct in public office, assisting unlawful immigration</p></td><td><p>31<sup>st</sup> January 2014</p></td><td><p>Two years for misconduct</p><p>Six months assisting concurrent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Misconduct in public office and two counts of computer misuse</p></td><td><p>11<sup>th</sup> September 2014</p></td><td><p>Two years for misconduct</p><p>One year for computer misuse (all suspended for two years as wife was ill and children to look after) concurrent</p><p>300 hours of community service during suspended sentence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 counts of computer misuse</p></td><td><p>2<sup>nd</sup> February 2015</p></td><td><p>Five months, each charge concurrent (suspended for one year as wife was ill)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perjury, assisting unlawful immigration</p></td><td><p>9<sup>th</sup> April 2015</p></td><td><p>Police caution</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conspiracy to defraud, money laundering</p></td><td><p>17<sup>th</sup> April 2015</p></td><td><p>Three years and six months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office and two counts of unlawful provision of immigration advice</p></td><td><p>5<sup>th</sup> June 2015</p></td><td><p>Two years and three months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office</p></td><td><p>5<sup>th</sup> June 2015</p></td><td><p>Six months suspended for two years and 180 hours unpaid work</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three counts of theft, two counts of fraud and one count of misconduct in public office</p></td><td><p>10<sup>th</sup> June 2015</p></td><td><p>One year suspended for two years, 250 hours community service and £1000 towards court costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud by abuse of position</p></td><td><p>4<sup>th</sup> August 2015</p></td><td><p>28 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computer misuse</p></td><td><p>15<sup>th</sup> September 2015</p></td><td><p>Caution for offences contrary to section 1(1) and (3) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two counts of misconduct in public office</p></td><td><p>10<sup>th</sup> December 2015</p></td><td><p>Nine months, suspended for two years and 200 hours community service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud by false representation</p></td><td><p>12<sup>th</sup> July 2016</p></td><td><p>Sentence of one year, suspended for 18 months and 300 hours community service. Electronically tagged for four months</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conspiracy to defraud</p></td><td><p>27<sup>th</sup> October 2016</p></td><td><p>One year custodial sentence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>12<sup>th</sup> April 2017</p></td><td><p>Sentenced to six months, suspended for two years and 150 hours of community service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 counts of computer misuse</p></td><td><p>11<sup>th</sup> September 2017</p></td><td><p>One year, suspended for two years and 200 hours unpaid work and court costs.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assisting unlawful immigration</p></td><td><p>9th April 2018</p></td><td><p>11 years</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/06/2018 13:02:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

906481

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many employees of the Home Office are (1) not British citizens, or (2) British citizens by naturalisation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL7994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office undertakes checks to confirm that potential candidates meet the eligibility requirements to work in the UK. However, the Home Office does not record the nationality of employees on our IT systems and is unable to provide this information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/05/2018 11:43:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

874598

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government at which public points of departure from the UK all departing persons have their passports checked at immigration control; and what percentage of passports are checked at each point of departure.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL6818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Exit checks are conducted on all scheduled commercial international air, sea and rail routes. An exit check has two elements:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the capture of an individual’s basic identity data, either from Advance Passenger Information (API) they supply before their journey or by scanning their passport at the point of departure;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>verification on departure – i.e. a brief visual check - that the passport is not obviously forged and matches the individual presenting it.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Exit Checks data improves national security by helping the police and security services track the movements of known or suspected criminals and terrorists, supporting the wider work across government and law enforcement agencies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:32:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

874600

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK passport holders also hold one or more additional passports; and whether they will indicate the number of such passports for each of the 50 non-UK countries whose passports are most often currently so held.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL6820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided by Her Majesty’s Passport Office on 29 October 2015, UIN 13210 and 11 July 2016, UIN 41952.</p><p>No statistical information is available showing whether British citizens hold another citizenship.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:36:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

874599

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether immigration officials at entry or departure points from the UK have the real-time ability to check whether a UK passport holder (1) holds other passports, (2) is serving a custodial sentence or is on bail, and (3) has been registered as deceased.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL6819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Exit checks are not conducted by Border Force officers. Instead, carriers and port operators collect passenger data and submit it to the Home Office electronically.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We re-introduced the collection of exit checks data in April 2015 to further complement the work on border security, as well as support the Home Office’s wider work to stamp down on illegal immigration.</p><p> </p><p>BF carries out 100% checks at passport control. All passengers arriving at passport control have their details checked against immigration and security databases.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, processing of advance passenger information helps protect the UK against terrorist attacks, serious cross-border crime and abuses of the immigration system by assessing passengers and crew in advance of their arrival in or departure from the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The data collected is already providing the police and security services with information to help track the movements of known criminals and terrorists.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:33:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford