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1061217

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date	14/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Housing: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires in residential properties have been caused by gas faults in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	221725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Fire is a devolved matter and Home Office is responsible only for fire in England.</p><p>Home Office publishes incident level statistics on dwelling fires in England including cause of fire and ignition power, and on fire-related fatalities in England including cause of fire. These can be found in the ‘Dwelling fires dataset’ and ‘Fire-related dataset’ here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets</a></p><p>From these, the data in the tables below can be extracted. Record level information is published from 2010/11 - although the national Incident Recording System began in April 2009 there are a few minor issues with the 2009/10 records which mean that, while statistics at higher levels are robust, some of the incident level records are not of a sufficient quality to publish.</p><p>The most recent estimates of the economic cost of fire were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2008. This can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Number of dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’, where the ignition power was either electricity or gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Ignition power</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Electric</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>6,778</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,851</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,462</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>6,247</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,374</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>6,386</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2. Number of fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Fire-related fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fire fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note that 71 of the 92 fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’ in 2017/18 (Table 2) are from the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 221727 221730 221731 question first answered 21/02/2019 17:04:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1061219

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electrical Safety: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires caused by electrical faults there have been in residential properties in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	221727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Fire is a devolved matter and Home Office is responsible only for fire in England.</p><p>Home Office publishes incident level statistics on dwelling fires in England including cause of fire and ignition power, and on fire-related fatalities in England including cause of fire. These can be found in the ‘Dwelling fires dataset’ and ‘Fire-related dataset’ here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets</a></p><p>From these, the data in the tables below can be extracted. Record level information is published from 2010/11 - although the national Incident Recording System began in April 2009 there are a few minor issues with the 2009/10 records which mean that, while statistics at higher levels are robust, some of the incident level records are not of a sufficient quality to publish.</p><p>The most recent estimates of the economic cost of fire were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2008. This can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Number of dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’, where the ignition power was either electricity or gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Ignition power</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Electric</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>6,778</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,851</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,462</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>6,247</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,374</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>6,386</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2. Number of fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Fire-related fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fire fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note that 71 of the 92 fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’ in 2017/18 (Table 2) are from the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 221725 221730 221731 question first answered 21/02/2019 17:04:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1061222

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electrical Safety: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been injured or killed by fires caused by electrical faults in residential properties in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	221730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Fire is a devolved matter and Home Office is responsible only for fire in England.</p><p>Home Office publishes incident level statistics on dwelling fires in England including cause of fire and ignition power, and on fire-related fatalities in England including cause of fire. These can be found in the ‘Dwelling fires dataset’ and ‘Fire-related dataset’ here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets</a></p><p>From these, the data in the tables below can be extracted. Record level information is published from 2010/11 - although the national Incident Recording System began in April 2009 there are a few minor issues with the 2009/10 records which mean that, while statistics at higher levels are robust, some of the incident level records are not of a sufficient quality to publish.</p><p>The most recent estimates of the economic cost of fire were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2008. This can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Number of dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’, where the ignition power was either electricity or gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Ignition power</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Electric</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>6,778</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,851</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,462</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>6,247</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,374</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>6,386</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2. Number of fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Fire-related fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fire fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note that 71 of the 92 fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’ in 2017/18 (Table 2) are from the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 221725 221727 221731 question first answered 21/02/2019 17:04:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1061223

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electrical Safety: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the financial cost of fires in residential properties in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	221731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Fire is a devolved matter and Home Office is responsible only for fire in England.</p><p>Home Office publishes incident level statistics on dwelling fires in England including cause of fire and ignition power, and on fire-related fatalities in England including cause of fire. These can be found in the ‘Dwelling fires dataset’ and ‘Fire-related dataset’ here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets</a></p><p>From these, the data in the tables below can be extracted. Record level information is published from 2010/11 - although the national Incident Recording System began in April 2009 there are a few minor issues with the 2009/10 records which mean that, while statistics at higher levels are robust, some of the incident level records are not of a sufficient quality to publish.</p><p>The most recent estimates of the economic cost of fire were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2008. This can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Number of dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’, where the ignition power was either electricity or gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Ignition power</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Electric</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>6,778</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,851</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,462</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>6,247</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,374</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>6,386</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2. Number of fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Fire-related fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fire fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note that 71 of the 92 fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’ in 2017/18 (Table 2) are from the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 221725 221727 221730 question first answered 21/02/2019 17:04:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

438705

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with Serco on the housing of asylum seekers in Wigan.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	20183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Home Office officials monitor and conduct regular daily discussions with all COMPASS providers about management and execution of the contract, including the short-term use of contingency accommodation arrangements such as those employed by Serco in Wigan.</p><p>Home Office officials have been very clear with its providers that all measures to increase procurement of suitable accommodation must be taken to ensure that accommodation consistently matches demand.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 13:56:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

439432

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties have been bought by Serco for the purpose of housing asylum seekers in each parliamentary constituency in the Wigan local authority area; and how many asylum seekers have been housed in each such constituency.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	20542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Serco have bought no properties in Wigan as fulfilment of their contractual obligations with regard to accommodation demand is met entirely through the private rented sector.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly data on the number of asylum seekers in Section 95 dispersal accommodation, by local authority. As part of the regional dispersal policy established in 2000, the advisory cluster limits set by the Home Office of 1 asylum seeker for every 200 of the settled population, apply to local authority area only. Data regarding the precise locations of asylum applicants cannot be provided at ward or constituency level as to do so would incur disproportionate costs and be precluded by the provisions of the Data Protection Act, given that individuals could reasonably be identified by such data.</p><p>In Q3 2015 there were 664 in dispersed accommodation in Wigan (Asylum Vol 4. Table 16q).</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/01/2016 16:27:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37433 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

816898

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Temporary Exclusion Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many temporary exclusion orders have been imposed on people under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 in each year.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	121325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Temporary exclusion orders have been used several times since they were introduced in 2015.</p><p>The last publication of the Annual Transparency Report on Disruptive and Investigative Powers published in February 2017 confirmed that the power had not been used as at the date of that publication.</p><p>The next Annual Transparency Report, due for publication in Spring 2018, will confirm how many times the power has been used during 2017.</p><p>The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 requires a permit to return to be issued to facilitate the return of a UK national who is subject to a temporary exclusion order, if the subject applies for one, or if they are being deported to the UK. Permits to return have been issued on several occasions.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 121328 question first answered 10/01/2018 14:33:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

816900

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had passports seized and temporarily retained under section 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	121327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Schedule 1 to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 enables police officers at ports to seize and temporarily retain travel documents to disrupt immediate travel, when they reasonably suspect that a person intends to travel to engage in terrorism related activity outside the UK.</p><p>Between February and December 2015, the power was exercised 24 times.</p><p>We aim to publish figures on an annual basis, and we will publish information on the use of the power during 2016 and 2017 shortly in the 2018 Government transparency report.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/01/2018 14:32:45 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

816901

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: 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, whether any permits to return have been issued under section 5 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	121328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Temporary exclusion orders have been used several times since they were introduced in 2015.</p><p>The last publication of the Annual Transparency Report on Disruptive and Investigative Powers published in February 2017 confirmed that the power had not been used as at the date of that publication.</p><p>The next Annual Transparency Report, due for publication in Spring 2018, will confirm how many times the power has been used during 2017.</p><p>The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 requires a permit to return to be issued to facilitate the return of a UK national who is subject to a temporary exclusion order, if the subject applies for one, or if they are being deported to the UK. Permits to return have been issued on several occasions.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 121325 question first answered 10/01/2018 14:33:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

816905

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalties by type have been issued for employing illegal workers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	121332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of civil penalties issued to employers for employing illegal workers in the financial years 2012/13 to 2016/17, and for the current financial year to the end of December, is in the attached table. The figures are for all civil penalties issued to employers in the periods shown, as different types of civil penalties do not exist.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Financial years</td><td>Number of initial penalties issued</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>1,270</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>2,149</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>1,974</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>2,594</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>2,933</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18 (up to 30/12/17)</td><td>1,656</td></tr></tbody></table><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/01/2018 14:22:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper