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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
	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
	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
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

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
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

143406

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average length of time has been taken to process a standard Disclosure and Barring Service check in each month of 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	213909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has had a small number of queries from MPs regarding delays to their constituents enhanced disclosures in recent months.</p><p><br>The following table shows the number of standard certificates that have been delayed by more than two weeks in each month in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Month</td><td>Total Despatched</td><td>&lt;14 Days</td><td>&gt; 14 Days</td></tr><tr><td>2014-01</td><td>19,389</td><td>18,887</td><td>502</td></tr><tr><td>2014-02</td><td>20,195</td><td>19,995</td><td>200</td></tr><tr><td>2014-03</td><td>19,740</td><td>19,512</td><td>228</td></tr><tr><td>2014-04</td><td>20,322</td><td>19,649</td><td>673</td></tr><tr><td>2014-05</td><td>21,187</td><td>20,692</td><td>495</td></tr><tr><td>2014-06</td><td>23,552</td><td>22,994</td><td>558</td></tr><tr><td>2014-07</td><td>23,275</td><td>21,795</td><td>1,480</td></tr><tr><td>2014-08</td><td>21,844</td><td>18,348</td><td>3,496</td></tr><tr><td>2014-09</td><td>25,064</td><td>22,426</td><td>2,638</td></tr><tr><td>2014-10</td><td>25,385</td><td>24,569</td><td>816</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The average length of time taken to process a standard DBS certificate in each month of 2014 is illustrated below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Month</td><td>Average Days Taken</td><td>Total Despatched</td></tr><tr><td>2014-01</td><td>3.22</td><td>19,389</td></tr><tr><td>2014-02</td><td>3.15</td><td>20,195</td></tr><tr><td>2014-03</td><td>5.57</td><td>19,740</td></tr><tr><td>2014-04</td><td>5.03</td><td>20,322</td></tr><tr><td>2014-05</td><td>5.22</td><td>21,187</td></tr><tr><td>2014-06</td><td>5.87</td><td>23,552</td></tr><tr><td>2014-07</td><td>6.60</td><td>23,275</td></tr><tr><td>2014-08</td><td>7.95</td><td>21,844</td></tr><tr><td>2014-09</td><td>7.56</td><td>25,064</td></tr><tr><td>2014-10</td><td>5.92</td><td>25,385</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>This is based upon the average time taken (between form received date and disclosure despatch date) </strong></p><p><strong>of standard disclosures despatched between 01/01/2014 and 31/10/2014.</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><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>DBS does not hold specific information relating to the number of complaints received concerning delays in processing standard certificates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 213907 213908 213910 question first answered 19/11/2014 13:23:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 28161 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

167528

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sanctions her Department has available to take against a Constabulary which takes over 90 working days to process a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Sir Richard Shepherd
	uin	216893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The agreed standard for police disclosure performance is set out in a Service Level Agreement between each force and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The standards include a requirement for forces to complete 100% of <br>local checks within 60 days. Where performance falls below this standard, action will be taken. The DBS will work with the force to develop and agree a recovery plan. Performance will be monitored against the plan and further <br>action agreed as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/12/2014 12:07:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31892 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	295 label Biography information for Sir Richard Shepherd

65520

	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	Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been sent back from the UK to their country of origin in each calendar year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	203741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the total number of persons removed or departed <br>voluntarily from the UK to their country of origin in each year since 2010. The <br>information provided is a subset of the total number of persons removed or <br>departed voluntarily from the UK as others may be removed or depart voluntarily <br>to a country that is different to their country of origin.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><strong>Number of persons removals or voluntary departured from the UK to their country of origin, 2010 to 2013 (1)(2)</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td><strong>Total enforced removals</strong></td><td><strong>Total non-asylum refused entry at port and subsequently departed</strong></td><td><strong>Total voluntary departures</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jan-Apr 2010</td><td>4,098</td><td>2,857</td><td>7,718</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May - Dec 2010</td><td>8,691</td><td>5,139</td><td>14,049</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total 2010</td><td><strong>12,789</strong></td><td><strong>7,996</strong></td><td><strong>21,767</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><strong>12,997</strong></td><td><strong>6,250</strong></td><td><strong>20,622</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012(P)</td><td><strong>13,096</strong></td><td><strong>5,760</strong></td><td><strong>22,272</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013(P)</td><td><strong>11,577</strong></td><td><strong>6,252</strong></td><td><strong>28,130</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) Destination as recorded on source database; all nationals returned to their country of origin.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(2) Removals are recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">(P) Provisional figures.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of <br>persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration <br>Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures are readily available <br>in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: January – March 2014, from the <br>GOV.UK website: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br>stics-quarterly-release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:00:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8381 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

65732

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of (a) the number of immigrants in the UK without legitimate immigration status and (b) the three most common countries from which such people originate.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	203931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Government estimates on the number of illegal migrants currently in the UK are <br>not available. Given the clandestine nature of illegal migrants, any <br>estimation is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty <br>around any estimates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:37:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8939 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

431747

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the webchat service offered by the International Enquiry Service has been unavailable when required by enquirers.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	uin	17396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>In July 2014 a decision was taken to cease the Web chat service provided by the International Enquiry Service. This allowed the provider to focus on the higher volumes of enquiries being received through the email and phone channels. These channels are currently delivering their services within published service standards. In addition, customers can access a range of information on our application processes for free through our pages on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/12/2015 15:33:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 32987 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

65033

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and 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 average annual salary of a UK Visas and Immigration asylum caseworker is; and how many asylum decisions such a caseworker makes on average in one year.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	203401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are two grades of Asylum caseworkers in UKVI, EO decision makers and HEO <br>senior decision makers. <br>The pay scales for these caseworkers are:<br><br>EO National - £22,770 - £26,209<br>EO London - £26,242 - £30,181<br>HEO National - £27150 - 32460<br>HEO London - £30,388 - £36,922<br>We are unable to provide average salary data for UKVI caseworkers. <br>This year we expect to employ an average of 409 caseworkers. Caseworkers are <br>expected to conduct interviews, deal with decisions and take detained fast <br>track appeals. They are expected to work on 225 of these in various <br>combinations in a year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:21:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8349 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce