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44094

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 22:51:45
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:52:09
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	192962
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision she has made to allow charities and expert groups to contribute to the expert review into new psychoactive substances.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192962
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192962
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p>
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44095

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 22:51:45
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:52:10
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	192914
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members of the expert panel into new psychoactive substances are; and what the list of witnesses to be called is.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192914
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192914
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p>
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44096

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 22:51:45
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:52:11
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	192915
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the findings of the expert review of new psychoactive substances.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192915
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192915
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p>
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44099

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 22:51:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:52:14
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	192912
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has asked the expert review of new psychoactive substances to look at improving education and public awareness around new psychoactive substances.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192912
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192912
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p>
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44163

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 23:36:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:58:57
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6119
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications have been received by United Kingdom entry clearance posts for adult dependant settlement visas from 31 July 2012, to the latest convenient date; and how many such visas were granted over the same period.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6119
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6119
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on entry clearance applications for adult dependent <br />relative settlement visas is not available and could only be obtained at <br />disproportionate cost by the examination of a significant number of individual <br />case records. <br /><br />The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visa <br />applications and resolutions (issued, refused, withdrawn and lapsed) by <br />category in table be_01_q (Before Entry tables volume 2) within the <br />‘Immigration Statistics' release. A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration <br />Statistics September – December 2013' is available from the Library of the <br />House and from: <br />https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br />stics-quarterly-release.<br /><br />Within the table be_01_q , data relating to adult dependent relatives of a <br />British Citizen in the UK or a settled person in the UK are included in the <br />category ‘Family: Other (for immediate settlement)' but cannot be identified <br />separately.<br /><br />The Home Office is reviewing the collection of data relating to adult dependent <br />relative settlement visas. Data are being developed and, subject to resolving <br />any data quality/recording issues, it is planned to begin publishing data <br />specifically relating to adult dependent relative settlement visas later this <br />year.<br /><br />A manual review of the available management information to identify adult <br />dependent relative applications granted in the period from 1 November 2012 to <br />30 September 2013 indicates that 34 settlement visas were issued in that period <br />to an adult dependent relative under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. This <br />information is provisional and subject to change. Corresponding information on <br />applications is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

44161

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 23:36:23
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:58:55
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6117
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what visa arrangements are made to allow academics from non-European Union countries who are invited to lecture or take part in research on a short-term basis to enter the United Kingdom; and whether those arrangements apply to their immediate family members.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6117
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6117
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Academics can use the academic visitor route to carry out unpaid research for <br />up to 12 months provided they are on sabbatical leave from their overseas <br />academic institution. Academics can also speak at conferences provided it is a <br />not for profit venture. <br /><br />Academics can use the permitted paid engagement visitor route to give paid <br />lectures for up to 1 month. They must be invited by a UK Higher Education <br />Institution or a UK research or arts based organisation. <br /><br />Family members can apply as general visitors, or child visitors in the case <br />of children under 18 years, to accompany the main visitor to the UK. They <br />would be allowed to stay in the UK for up to 6 months, or 12 months where they are <br />accompanying an academic visitor.<br /><br />Academics who are employed to carry out paid research in the UK can do so under <br />the Tier 5 Government Authorised Exchange route for up to 24 months. They must <br />be sponsored by a UK Higher Education Institution. Their dependents can stay <br />with them and have the right to work.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

44194

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 23:36:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:59:19
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6150
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider there to be sufficient resources to tackle online child abuse.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6150
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6150
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command of the National <br />Crime Agency (NCA) is the UK's national law enforcement agency committed to <br />tackling the sexual abuse of children in both the online and offline <br />environments - with the principal aim of identifying, locating and safeguarding <br />children and young people from harm. <br /><br />Government funding for the CEOP Command of the NCA was £6.381million in <br />2012/13. The work of the CEOP Command in tackling the proliferation of indecent images of <br />children is of utmost importance and that is why we have protected its budget. <br /><br />In addition, every officer in the NCA, which has over 4000 people, has a legal <br />duty to safeguard children and promote child welfare. The NCA's UK and global <br />reach is extensive, with officers stationed in over 40 countries overseas to <br />ensure our international partners are working alongside us to tackle the abuse <br />of children. <br /><br />Police forces also investigate online child abuse, safeguard the victims and <br />prosecute the perpetrators. The resources allocated to this work in each force <br />is a matter for the Chief Constable and their Police and Crime Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

44102

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 22:51:47
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:52:17
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	192805
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what total amount of fines has been (a) levied and (b) collected under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 for employment of illegal workers in each year since 2010.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192805
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192805
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal working was introduced in the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (2006 Act), and came into effect in February 2008. <br><br>Before 2010, the average value of penalties collected under the scheme was 14%. Since 2010, the average value of penalties collected has been 45%. The information requested is in the table attached. The figures are based on the number of civil penalties served at visited business addresses.<br><br>Please note the figures are for penalties levied at the initial decision stage which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage. <br><br>Please also note that the collection figures are not cohort based statistics and therefore do not represent payment against penalties issued in a particular year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Years</td><td>Value of initial penalties issued</td><td>Value of penalties collected</td></tr><tr><td>2008-2009</td><td>£16.7m</td><td>£1.3m</td></tr><tr><td>2009-2010</td><td>£23.2m</td><td>£4.4m</td></tr><tr><td>2010-2011</td><td>£17.1m</td><td>£6.9m</td></tr><tr><td>2011-2012</td><td>£11.4m</td><td>£6.5m</td></tr><tr><td>2012-2013</td><td>£10.8m</td><td>£6.3m</td></tr><tr><td>2013-2014 up to 28 February 2014</td><td>£15.6m</td><td>£5.2m</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	533 label Biography information for David Hanson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

44166

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 23:36:26
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:59:00
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6122
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the timeline will be for giving consideration to the forthcoming report of the Joint Committee on the draft Modern Slavery Bill; and what further consultation will take place before the bill is introduced into Parliament.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6122
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6122
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect the Modern Slavery Bill to be introduced to Parliament early in the <br />fourth session, subject to other Parliamentary business. </p><p>We will of course give the Joint Committee's report full and careful <br />consideration when it is published, and will continue to consult with <br />stakeholders as we consider the Committee's recommendations prior to <br />introduction of the Bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

44097

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2014
	date	19/03/2014
	date tabled	19/03/2014
	ddp created	19/03/2014 22:51:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:52:12
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	192890
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the UK Visa and Immigration Service uses to withdraw a licence from a Tier 4 sponsor; and how proper notice is given to students with Tier 4 visas.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192890
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192890
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>A Tier 4 licence may be revoked if we find that a sponsor has not been complying with any, or all, of its sponsorship obligations and responsibilities.</p><p>We will support the students who were not actively involved in the circumstances which led to the licence being revoked, by giving them up to 60 days to find a new course and sponsor.</p><p>We will write to the above students at the contact address the student provided on their visa application. This will advise them that their permission to study in the UK has been curtailed.</p><p>We are not able to offer students direct assistance on the issue of tuition fees. This is a commercial arrangement between the student and the college and is the subject of the refund policy of the college.</p><p>Full detailed reasons why a licence may be revoked and how revocation affects sponsored students are set out in the Tier 4 Sponsor Guidance which can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270492/sponsor-guidancet4.pdf</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton