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45318

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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, what steps she has taken to ensure the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme delivers a cost effective network that meets the standards of security and resilience essential for mission-critical communications.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	194001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Programme has undertaken an extensive market engagement exercise to help <br>determine the technical and commercial feasibility of the proposed Emergency <br>Services Network (ESN). The results of these industry soundings indicate that <br>it should be possible to move to Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solution based <br>technologies that will be more cost effective and will allow the Emergency <br>Services communications to evolve in line with developments in the consumer <br>market. The outline business case, approved in March 2014, included costs for <br>the security and resilience enhancements required to provide the appropriate <br>service levels for ESN users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

45319

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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, what assurances she has received from operators of commercially available mobile networks that the emergency services will be able to over-ride commercial or public traffic during emergencies.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	194000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme has worked with the <br>Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) since February 2013, running a series of <br>supplier workshops and market engagement sessions throughout 2013 and the first <br>quarter of 2014 ahead of procurement launch. The MNOs have run a series of <br>capability demonstrations, organised by the Programme, to showcase development <br>of this technical solution. The Programme has confidence that this capability <br>is deliverable. The MNOs met the Minister for the Cabinet Office during <br>February 2014, where they confirmed their ability and willingness to deliver <br>the technology required to enable the emergency services to operate effectively <br>over a commercially available mobile network, including provision of <br>prioritisation of Emergency Service traffic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

45320

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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, what discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers about proposals for the emergency services communications network to be operated on a commercially available network.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	193999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The recommendation to base the replacement communication system, for the <br>emergency services, on a commercially available network was agreed during <br>development of the Emergency Service Mobile Communications Programme Business <br>Case. This preferred direction of travel and alternative options, were briefed <br>to ACPO, and were written with the involvement, assurance and approval of the 3 <br>emergency services, funding departments and the devolved governments of Wales <br>and Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62423

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual abuse cases involving children there have been in (a) Bolton, (b) Lancashire, (c) England, (d) Scotland and (e) Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office Statistics does not collect information on sexual abuse cases <br>involving children.<br><br>While the Home Office does hold data for offences covered by the Sexual <br>Offences Act 2003 (which may cover some sexual abuse offences), we do not hold <br>data on how many cases there are. <br><br>The Department for Education collects and publishes information on the numbers <br>of children referred to and assessed by children's social services in England. <br>This includes statistics at local authority level on the number of children who <br>are subject of a child protection plan by category of abuse, including sexual <br>abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 17/07/2014 14:16:45 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

347711

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police
	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 the likely number of officers in the Metropolitan Police Service (a) overall and (b) in Redbridge in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The size and composition of the Metropolitan Police workforce is an operational matter for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, working with the Mayor’s office for Policing and Crime.The experience of the last five years shows that what matters is how police officers are deployed, not how many there are in total.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/06/2015 14:58:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

349312

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Demonstrations: Greater London
	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 place a ban on the proposed rally by far right groups on 4 July 2015 in Golders Green.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	1646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has no powers to ban a static demonstration. We have a long-standing tradition of freedom of expression and association in this country and the Government is clear that people are free to gather to protest and express their views in public. However, the right to protest does not extend to threats and other criminal behaviour. Like all members of the public, protesters are subject to the law and should individuals cross the boundary into criminal acts including public order offences, hate crime offences including anti-Semitic or violent behaviour, the police will take action.</p><p>The Home Secretary has written to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police to ask that he takes full account of the available powers in respect of the demonstration planned for Golders Green on 4 July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/06/2015 10:50:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

176143

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of its Border Security Assessment being conducted at the level of individual countries rather than on a uniform basis.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	222258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps its visa regimes under regular review. Regimes are assessed on a country by country basis. The Home Office takes various factors into account when assessing regimes. These include the immigration, crime and <br>security risks posed by each country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2015 12:46:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 42085 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

176144

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances
	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 has considered the possibility of varying the terms and conditions attached to a visitor visa on a country-by-country basis or within different parts of large countries.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	222259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>All individuals who require a visa to visit the UK are subject to the same terms and conditions. No decisions have been made to vary the terms and conditions attached to a visitor’s leave, but we remain open to considering <br>these as part of our regular policy reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2015 12:46:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 42086 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

176145

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	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, what recent studies her Department has undertaken of the operation of the visa system in the US; and what assessment she has made of whether a visa system which distinguishes between the level of risk posed by applicants from different countries can operate in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	222260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps abreast of developments on visa policy in other countries, including the USA. The decision to maintain a visa regime on a givencountry is based on a number of factors, including the level of risk posed by <br>applicants from that country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2015 12:46:09 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 42087 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

61356

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Newport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department saved for the Exchequer by closing the Passport Office in Newport.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	200286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office has not closed its office in Newport. There is <br>an office in Newport providing counter fast track and premium services, <br>interviews for first time adult applicants and the Customer Contact Centre.<br><br>During 2011-12 as part of a wider operations restructuring, postal passport <br>application processing ceased in Newport and the office was relocated. It is <br>estimated that this reduced operational costs by around £2.6 million per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 13:37:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1293 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

61357

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the recently employed additional staff in passport offices are estimated to cost.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	200287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office have been training and redeploying staff from <br>other duties within the Agency, from other parts of the wider Home Office, and <br>in the case of one individual another Government department, to meet the <br>exceptional levels of passport demand. There will be some additional costs <br>relating to staff where they will be temporarily working away from their normal <br>workplace and where overtime is worked by staff from other parts of the <br>Department. At this time it is not possible to put a reliable estimate on <br>these additional costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2014 14:11:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1295 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

78761

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 200W, on passports, when she expects to publish a reliable estimate of the additional costs arising from staff temporarily working away from their normal workplace and from overtime to deal with delays at the Passport Office.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	206495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>We will provide the actual costs incurred in redeploying staff to meet the exceptional levels of passport demand this year when that redeployment ends. Redeployed staff will continue to support Her Majesty's Passport Office frontline services until further notice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/07/2014 13:28:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 11958 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

387085

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Homicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in each of the last five years were killed by their current or former partner.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	5056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The available information is given in the table and is taken from the Home Office Homicide Index.</p><p>Data are based on the number of homicides where the female victim’s relationship to the principal suspect was defined as partner or ex-partner.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2015 15:52:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 5056 - Table.xls title Recorded homicide - female victims
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

388662

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 accept the recommendation in the Report of the Inquiry into the Use of Immigration Detention in the United Kingdom by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees and on Immigration, published 3 March 2015, that the period for which immigrants can be detained should be lowered to 28 days.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	6245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Detention is an important part of a firm and fair immigration system. Those who do not have a right to be in the UK should leave voluntarily, where they do not, we will seek to enforce their removal. It is not possible to detain indefinitely under immigration powers. Published statistics show the majority of people detained under immigration powers (63%) leave detention within 28 days, with the vast majority (93%) leaving detention within 4 months in 2014.</p><p>For detention to be lawful there must be a realistic prospect of removal in a reasonable timeframe. What amounts to a reasonable prospect of removal in a reasonable timeframe is a highly case specific consideration. An arbitrary fixed time limit may lead to the release of foreign national offenders even when deportation is imminent. Home Office published policy states that immigration detention must only be used as a last resort and that, wherever possible, alternatives to detention must be used. In practice, the majority of individuals liable to be detained at any one time are not detained but are managed in the community through the alternatives of temporary admission or bail, including the use of appropriate reporting and residence conditions or electronic monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 6246 question first answered 15/07/2015 15:23:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

388663

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 Report of the Inquiry into the Use of Immigration Detention in the United Kingdom by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees and on Immigration, published 3 March 2015, what alternatives to detention are under consideration by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	6246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Detention is an important part of a firm and fair immigration system. Those who do not have a right to be in the UK should leave voluntarily, where they do not, we will seek to enforce their removal. It is not possible to detain indefinitely under immigration powers. Published statistics show the majority of people detained under immigration powers (63%) leave detention within 28 days, with the vast majority (93%) leaving detention within 4 months in 2014.</p><p>For detention to be lawful there must be a realistic prospect of removal in a reasonable timeframe. What amounts to a reasonable prospect of removal in a reasonable timeframe is a highly case specific consideration. An arbitrary fixed time limit may lead to the release of foreign national offenders even when deportation is imminent. Home Office published policy states that immigration detention must only be used as a last resort and that, wherever possible, alternatives to detention must be used. In practice, the majority of individuals liable to be detained at any one time are not detained but are managed in the community through the alternatives of temporary admission or bail, including the use of appropriate reporting and residence conditions or electronic monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 6245 question first answered 15/07/2015 15:23:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

155517

	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

89740

	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	Police and Crime Commissioners: West Midlands
	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 the cost to the public purse of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election held on 21 August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	207187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The cost of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) by-election on 21 August has been estimated to be £3.7 million. These costs are <br>underwritten by the Home Office and will not come from funds that would otherwise have gone to police forces.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/09/2014 14:49:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	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

386720

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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 (a) Tier 1 general, (b) Tier 1 graduate entrepreneur, (c) Tier 1 exceptional talent, (d) Tier 1 investor, (e) Tier 4 general, (f) Tier 4 child and (g) short-term student visas were issued in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	4830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is given in the table below:</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on entry clearance visa grants by category in table vi_04 (Entry clearance visas tables volume 1) within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, “Immigration Statistics January to March 2015”, is available from the Library of the House and the Home Office website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/07/2015 14:46:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name 4830 - Table.xls title Entry clearance visas granted
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

386724

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions on working hours and type of work there are on international students with tier 4 (general) visas; and what plans she has to place further working hours restrictions on such students.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	4881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Tier 4 (General) students studying courses at degree level or above at Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are permitted to work for 20 hours per week during term time and full-time during vacations. Tier 4 (General) students studying courses below degree level at HEIs, or studying at publicly-funded further education colleges, are permitted to work for 10 hours per week during term time and full-time during vacations. In addition, courses of study may include a work placement, provided it is an integral and assessed part of the course.</p><p>Tier 4 (General) students cannot be self-employed or employed as a professional sportsperson, an entertainer, or a doctor in training, except where the student is studying on a recognised foundation programme under Tier 4.</p><p>We keep our all policies under review. We continue to have a highly competitive offer for international students, which allows the brightest and the best to study at our world-class universities.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 15:10:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

386727

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average length of time its takes for local authorities to conduct a Merton compliant age assessment for an individual held in an immigration removal centre and classified as an age dispute case.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	4883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide information in such cases, without the examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Guidance has recently been issued by the Home Office and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services to remind all the agencies involved in age dispute cases of the importance of working together to resolve them as quickly as possible. The guidance is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/age-assessment-joint-working-instruction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/age-assessment-joint-working-instruction</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 4882 question first answered 09/07/2015 15:07:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

386728

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average length of time it takes for local authorities to find accommodation in the community for a person who has been detained in an immigration removal centre and subsequently been found to be under 18 following a Merton compliant age assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	4882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide information in such cases, without the examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Guidance has recently been issued by the Home Office and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services to remind all the agencies involved in age dispute cases of the importance of working together to resolve them as quickly as possible. The guidance is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/age-assessment-joint-working-instruction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/age-assessment-joint-working-instruction</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 4883 question first answered 09/07/2015 15:07:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

388300

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) number and (b) proportion of applications for a passport for a child overseas take longer than (a) three, (b) four and (c) six months to be processed.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	5846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>A total of 49,173 international child passport applications finished processing in January-June 2015. Of this total, <del class="ministerial">2,418 (4.9%)</del> <ins class="ministerial">3,242 (6.6%)</ins> took longer than three months to be processed, <del class="ministerial">1,780 (3.6%)</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,539 (5.2%)</ins> took longer than four months to be processed, and <del class="ministerial">944 (1.9%)</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,657 (3.4%)</ins> took longer than six months to be processed.</p><p>The processing time is the length of time from receipt of the application to the passport being printed. For international child passport applications processed in the same period, the average processing time was 19.4 working days. Information is not held on the time between receipt of application and interview date as the date of interview can be subject to customer availability.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office must be fully satisfied that all appropriate checks have been completed successfully prior to the issuance of passport facilities. This is particularly important in relation to child applications as part of Her Majesty’s Passport Office responsibility to protect potentially vulnerable children, including those potentially at risk of child trafficking and to maintain the integrity of the British Passport.</p><p>These checks can require the provision of information from other agencies overseas – particularly in complex applications such as surrogacy cases.</p><p>Delays in the provision of this information to HMPO can lead to significantly extended timeframe in processing applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/07/2015 15:19:26 question first ministerially corrected 05/08/2015 13:22:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 14230 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

388301

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: British Nationals Abroad
	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 review the application processing timescale published by HM Passport Office for passport applications for children who are overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	5847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The expected turnaround times for all applications are subject to ongoing review and every effort is made to ensure that cases, particularly involving children overseas, are dealt with as quickly as possible. We will shortly be publishing updated expected turnaround times on www.gov.uk for all application types covering 133 countries.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/07/2015 15:26:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

388302

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: British Nationals Abroad
	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 time is for processing a passport application for a child overseas from the initial application to the interview in connection with that application.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	5848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>A total of 49,173 international child passport applications finished processing in January-June 2015. Of this total, <del class="ministerial">2,418 (4.9%)</del> <ins class="ministerial">3,242 (6.6%)</ins> took longer than three months to be processed, <del class="ministerial">1,780 (3.6%)</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,539 (5.2%)</ins> took longer than four months to be processed, and <del class="ministerial">944 (1.9%)</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,657 (3.4%)</ins> took longer than six months to be processed.</p><p>The processing time is the length of time from receipt of the application to the passport being printed. For international child passport applications processed in the same period, the average processing time was 19.4 working days. Information is not held on the time between receipt of application and interview date as the date of interview can be subject to customer availability.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office must be fully satisfied that all appropriate checks have been completed successfully prior to the issuance of passport facilities. This is particularly important in relation to child applications as part of Her Majesty’s Passport Office responsibility to protect potentially vulnerable children, including those potentially at risk of child trafficking and to maintain the integrity of the British Passport.</p><p>These checks can require the provision of information from other agencies overseas – particularly in complex applications such as surrogacy cases.</p><p>Delays in the provision of this information to HMPO can lead to significantly extended timeframe in processing applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/07/2015 15:19:26 question first ministerially corrected 05/08/2015 14:35:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 15266 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

388303

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on (a) poor and (b) slow service at HM Passport Office in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	5849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Numerous representations have been made both about the general passport issuing process as well as on behalf of individual applicants. They have been received from Members of Parliament and the public. Those with concerns about imminent travel plans for applicants are given priority.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/07/2015 15:27:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

155913

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Malawi
	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 the number of applicants from Malawi for UK visas for whom a UK sponsor will pay who have been rejected because they cannot prove they have enough funds to visit the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The data requested is not held by the Home Office. However, the majority of Malawian visa applications (86%) are successful.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 14:31:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

155973

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Malawi
	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 the average length of time taken between first application for and being granted a UK visa for applications from Malawi in each month since June 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>UKVI customer service standards are to assess all visitor applications within 15 working days and all settlement applications within 60 working days, and the UKVI operation in Pretoria continues to meet these customer service standards, including for Malawian applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 15:59:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

155974

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Malawi
	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 how much money her Department received from (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful visa applications from Malawi in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not retain this data. However, it is important to note that visa fees are non-refundable after a customer has submitted the application and provided biometric details, as at this point we have commenced assessment of the application. Currently, 86% of applications submitted in Malawi are successful.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 14:55:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

155975

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	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 the money saved by her Department by the move to regional hubs in Africa to process UK visa applications.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office has pursued this consolidation programme in order to improve the quality of its operations, as well as to realise savings for the taxpayer. Globally, savings have been realised, for example, in areas such asreduced estates costs, more streamlined support services, and lower staff numbers. It is not possible to disaggregate the Home Office savings associated with consolidation in one post or one region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 14:34:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

155995

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Malawi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the system for online applications for UK visas from Malawi will become fully operational.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration has moved to an application and payment process in which almost all customers apply and pay for their visas online. This system is already fully operational in Malawi. The move to online applications and <br>payments has delivered a streamlined process that is consistent with a wider global trend for online transactions and payments. Customers who do not have a credit or debit card can seek a sponsor to pay online. Prepaid credit or debit cards from the major suppliers can be provided by Malawian banks and used with this system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/11/2014 15:21:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

155996

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Malawi
	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 how many online applications for UK visas from Malawi have been started but remain uncompleted since December 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 14:32:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

155997

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Malawi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints her Department has received about the system for online applications for UK visas from Malawi in each month since December 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The UKVI operation in Pretoria maintains a complaints register and can confirm that no customers have contacted officials in Pretoria directly from Malawi to complain about the online application process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 14:30:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

155998

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Malawi
	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 the proportion of Malawians visiting the UK with a visa and at the invitation of a UK-based organisation who have (a) absconded and (b) engaged in criminal activity while in the UK in each month since June 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested in the format required. To obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 16:02:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

155999

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Malawi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of documents being lost, damaged or misplaced during the process of applying for a UK visa from Malawi there were in each month since June 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 14:54:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

156001

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Malawi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an applicant's financial status is a consideration in the process of applying for a UK visa from Malawi; and whether such applicants are required to submit (a) bank statements and (b) pay slips.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>All visa applications from anywhere in the world are considered on their individual merits in line with the immigration rules. Applicants should provide evidence to show that they meet the rules, and that their circumstances are as <br>they outline. Those intending to visit the UK should provide evidence to show that they can be adequately accommodated and supported during their stay, and that they can meet the cost of their onward journey. We do not mandate <br>documentary requirements, however guidance for applicants on supporting documents is available online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/11/2014 14:35:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

156014

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: South Africa
	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 the size of the current UK visa application backlog in the regional processing hub in Pretoria, South Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	214773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>There is no backlog in Pretoria.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/11/2014 16:44:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

60651

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	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 the number of passport applications submitted in each month since June 2010; and how many such applications were processed within three weeks of receipt.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	199624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below gives the requested information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of straightforward applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number processed within 3 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-13</strong></p></td><td><p>315,467</p></td><td><p>315,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-13</strong></p></td><td><p>368,035</p></td><td><p>368,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-13</strong></p></td><td><p>343,103</p></td><td><p>343,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-13</strong></p></td><td><p>384,487</p></td><td><p>384,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-13</strong></p></td><td><p>420,209</p></td><td><p>420,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-13</strong></p></td><td><p>421,757</p></td><td><p>421,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-13</strong></p></td><td><p>388,781</p></td><td><p>388,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-13</strong></p></td><td><p>285,055</p></td><td><p>285,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-13</strong></p></td><td><p>231,979</p></td><td><p>231,971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-13</strong></p></td><td><p>207,083</p></td><td><p>207,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-13</strong></p></td><td><p>179,323</p></td><td><p>179,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-13</strong></p></td><td><p>115,461</p></td><td><p>115,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-14</strong></p></td><td><p>274,120</p></td><td><p>274,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-14</strong></p></td><td><p>360,087</p></td><td><p>359,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-14</strong></p></td><td><p>406,736</p></td><td><p>406,517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-14</strong></p></td><td><p>416,591</p></td><td><p>414,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-14</strong></p></td><td><p>376,403</p></td><td><p>347,256</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:32:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 895 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

61059

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passport applications have been processed under the expedited service in each month since June 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	199970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of passport applications that were <br>processed under premium or fast-track services since June 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2014 15:53:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name 199970 Tom Greatrex TABLE.doc title Passports processed previous answer version 1299 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

61060

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passport applications have been received in each month since June 2010 from (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	199971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office does not hold this information in the form requested. The <br>cost of identifying it from individual applicant data would be disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 14:59:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1303 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

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

171304

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Minister with cross-departmental responsibilities for child sexual exploitation has met groups of survivors of historic child abuse in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>The Minister for Crime Prevention [the Minister with cross-departmental responsibility for CSE] chairs the National Group on Sexual Violence against Children and Vulnerable People, which has met every four to six weeks since its <br>formation in April 2013, and includes in its membership the voluntary organisations Rape Crisis, NSPCC and Barnardo’s. The National Group coordinates Government action on the sexual abuse of children and vulnerable people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/01/2015 12:18:32 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 36794 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

171997

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has said that the Inquiry should have the power to compel witnesses. The panel members are continuing with their work while a decision is made on how best to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 14:39:01 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 37450 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

171998

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what undertakings she gave to members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse regarding the longevity of their appointments when she (a) first appointed and (b) last met them.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Appointments to the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse were made for the duration of the Inquiry ending when the Inquiry Panel finally reports, unless terminated before that date. The Home Secretary met with Panel <br>members on 15 December to update them on her discussions with survivors of child sexual abuse and what this might mean for the Inquiry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 14:37:58 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 37453 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

171999

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse; and if she will publish the minutes of that meeting.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary met with Panel members on 15 December to update them on her discussions with survivors of child sexual abuse and what this might mean for the Inquiry. As this was a private meeting, the minutes will not be <br>published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 14:37:32 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 37454 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

172000

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of the evidence gathered to date by the members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has had a number of meetings with survivors, although we understand it has not taken evidence at these meetings. The Home Secretary has asked the Panel to report on the work done to <br>date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 14:39:23 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 37455 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

172001

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	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 make further appointments to the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>After holding a series of meetings with survivors and their representatives, the Home Secretary is currently considering the options for the Panel and will make an announcement shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 14:38:40 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 37447 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

174035

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	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 the number of new cases of historic child abuse which have come forward in the last 12 months; and what recent assessment she has made of the capabilities of police forces to deal with such cases.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	221031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse is a reprehensible crime which this government is determined to stamp out. We have been clear that if anyone has been a victim of child sexual abuse, or knows of someone who has been a victim, then they should <br>report it to the police so that it can be thoroughly investigated. The Home Office does not collate statistics on the number of historic cases of child abuse being reported. The resourcing for individual operations investigating child sexual abuse is an operational matter for the relevant Chief Officer. <br><br>Operation Hydrant is the national policing response to the oversight and co-ordination of all child abuse investigations concerning persons of public prominence or those offences which took place historically in institutional <br>settings. Overseen by the National Policing Lead for Child Protection and Abuse Investigations, Operation Hydrant is responsible for the production of best practice guidance for Senior Investigating Officers (SIOs) investigating <br>relevant allegations.<br><br>The College of Policing has also produced Authorised Professional Practice (APP) for forces on Managing complex child abuse investigations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/01/2015 13:51:03 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 39262 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

174036

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions or guidance officials of her Department have given to members of the Independent Inquiry Panel into child sexual abuse about speaking in public about the work of that Panel.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	221032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Before the panel began its substantive work, and the secretariat was fully established, limited guidance was offered to those panel members who needed it.<br><br>Panel members are now supported by their own independent secretariat and Counsel. The secretariat will have its own procedures on speaking in publicabout the work of the Inquiry, although we would expect any procedures to respect the <br>confidentiality of meetings held with survivors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/01/2015 13:53:52 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 39263 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton