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	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many buildings her Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	214220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Two Home Office owned buildings were sold in 2010 and one in 2013. Contracts have been exchanged in 2014 for the sale of two sites, one subject to grant of satisfactory planning consent, and both for completion in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/11/2014 15:02:16 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 28164 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

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

89748

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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, under what timetable her Department plans to phase-out the use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	207454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The use of telephone lines with the prefix 0843, 0844 and 0845 will be phased out in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines both where these have been the primary number or have been temporarily retained as secondary number behind a new 03 number.</p><p>The Home Office and Her Majesty's Passport Office operates no 0843/0844 numbers. <br><br>The Home Office's 0845 Nationality Contact / European Enquiry Line and Asylum support line has been migrated to 0300 prefix in March 2014. The original 0845 number will be fully decommissioned by 31 December 2014.<br><br>Her Majesty's Passport Office 0845 number for Customer letters migrated to 0300 prefix on 1 September 2014. The original 0845 number will be fully decommissioned by 31 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/09/2014 16:38:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

64360

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Energy
	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 her Department's consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	202707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Electricity and gas cost and consumption data for each month since June 2010, <br>for those buildings (excluding sponsored ALBs) where the Department is directly <br>invoiced for energy, is provided in the following table. Data for financial <br>year 2014/15 is not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/07/2014 14:20:17 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ202707 Energy data.xls title Electricity and gas consumption
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

63427

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage Certificates: Mothers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow the mothers of brides and grooms to be named on marriage certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	201690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering how the information contained in the marriage <br>entry can be updated to reflect changes since the coming into force of the <br>Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986, as well as the most suitable <br>opportunity for doing so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:47:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

89746

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Guards: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides support to people with (a) disability and (b) other special needs in meeting the cost of acquiring a Security Industry Authority licence.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	207499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The fee for an individual Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence to conduct private investigations has not yet been confirmed. However, the SIA remains committed to minimising its costs and, in turn, the fees it charges, to ensure they are proportionate to the services provided. Indeed, the cost of an SIA three-year individual licence for designated private security industry sectors was reduced from £245 to £220 in January 2012 to reflect the reduced unit costs of processing applications.<br><br>Any changes made to the SIA’s licensing regime are subject to the principles of Managing Public Money and Her Majesty's Treasury and Home Office Ministers’ approval. As a public sector body the SIA has a duty to meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, including ensuring it does not discriminate against any applicants with protected characteristics, including those with disabilities. <br><br>Under the provisions of the Private Security Industry Act 2001, the SIA is responsible for licensing individuals who operate in designated sectors of the private security industry. If the SIA is made aware of companies deploying individuals without appropriate individual licences it would pursue the company under its enforcement strategy and prosecute any responsible individuals under the provisions of the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 207498 207500 question first answered 03/09/2014 16:26:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

89752

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Guards: Licensing
	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 an assessment of whether the cost of acquiring the Security Industry Authority licence acts as a barrier to people entering the private investigation trade.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	207498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The fee for an individual Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence to conduct private investigations has not yet been confirmed. However, the SIA remains committed to minimising its costs and, in turn, the fees it charges, to ensure they are proportionate to the services provided. Indeed, the cost of an SIA three-year individual licence for designated private security industry sectors was reduced from £245 to £220 in January 2012 to reflect the reduced unit costs of processing applications.<br><br>Any changes made to the SIA’s licensing regime are subject to the principles of Managing Public Money and Her Majesty's Treasury and Home Office Ministers’ approval. As a public sector body the SIA has a duty to meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, including ensuring it does not discriminate against any applicants with protected characteristics, including those with disabilities. <br><br>Under the provisions of the Private Security Industry Act 2001, the SIA is responsible for licensing individuals who operate in designated sectors of the private security industry. If the SIA is made aware of companies deploying individuals without appropriate individual licences it would pursue the company under its enforcement strategy and prosecute any responsible individuals under the provisions of the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 207499 207500 question first answered 03/09/2014 16:26:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

89753

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Guards: Licensing
	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 tackle the problem of companies offering bogus or limited alternatives to the Security Industry Authority licence.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	207500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The fee for an individual Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence to conduct private investigations has not yet been confirmed. However, the SIA remains committed to minimising its costs and, in turn, the fees it charges, to ensure they are proportionate to the services provided. Indeed, the cost of an SIA three-year individual licence for designated private security industry sectors was reduced from £245 to £220 in January 2012 to reflect the reduced unit costs of processing applications.<br><br>Any changes made to the SIA’s licensing regime are subject to the principles of Managing Public Money and Her Majesty's Treasury and Home Office Ministers’ approval. As a public sector body the SIA has a duty to meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, including ensuring it does not discriminate against any applicants with protected characteristics, including those with disabilities. <br><br>Under the provisions of the Private Security Industry Act 2001, the SIA is responsible for licensing individuals who operate in designated sectors of the private security industry. If the SIA is made aware of companies deploying individuals without appropriate individual licences it would pursue the company under its enforcement strategy and prosecute any responsible individuals under the provisions of the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 207498 207499 question first answered 03/09/2014 16:26:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

49488

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department's Personal Advocate Pilot for trafficked children will start; how non-governmental organisations will participate in the schemes; and when each pilot scheme in each participating local authority will start and end.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	197530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Bill will enable us to strengthen our response to human <br>trafficking and modern slavery for both adults and children. We announced in <br>January our intention to trial specialist independent advocates for victims of <br>child trafficking.</p><p>23 local authorities that represent a wide demographic range as well as major <br>transport hubs and asylum screening units have agreed to participate in the <br>trial. These areas also have the highest rates of trafficking referrals to the <br>National Referral Mechanism or are areas where we are aware of a high number of <br>trafficking investigations by law enforcement agencies.</p><p>We are currently considering bids from a number of voluntary and community <br>services organisations that were identified as potential providers of the <br>advocacy service because of the particular expertise they hold. When the trial <br>goes live we will invite a number of relevant stakeholders, including <br>non-governmental organisations, to inform the project through a consultative <br>group.</p><p>We have to consider this matter following the passing in the Lords of an <br>amendment to the Immigration Bill that has put on hold our proposals for these <br>trials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8885 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

65030

	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	Asylum: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support are (a) singe adults aged between 18 and 24, (b) single adults aged over 25, (c) couples, (d) single lone parents, (e) aged 16 or 17, (f) children under 16 and (g) children under five.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	203354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office data on Section 95 claimants is aligned to the specific payment <br>categories. The categories referred to in the question were changed in October <br>2009.<br><br>The Home Office data on Section 95 claimants is aligned to the specific payment <br>categories. The categories referred to in the question were changed in October <br>2009<br><br>[INSERT TABLE HERE]</p><p>NB 5,638 is the number of persons categorised as couples not the number of <br>couples (2,819)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 13:52:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Table for PQ203354.xls title PQ203354 Table previous answer version 8354 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce