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	registered interest
	date	14/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: South East
	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 merge the Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	11979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>Any request from police forces to merge would be considered where it is supported by a robust business case and has local consent. It is the role of directly elected local Police and Crime Commissioners to propose changes to local policing, not central government. It is not necessary for police forces to merge in order to become more efficient. Existing legislation places a strong duty on Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to collaborate in the interests of efficiency and effectiveness. Many are demonstrating that they can collaborate without sacrificing local accountability and identity. For example, Sussex and Surrey are already working together on collaborations that include a joint IT solution, procurement, major crime, forensics, firearms and fleet.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/10/2015 15:59:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 24204 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

167509

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Identification of Criminals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements she has made with the governments of (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria on the sharing of (i) DNA and fingerprints and (ii) other criminal intelligence; and what form such arrangements take.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	216818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Exchange of DNA and fingerprint information with Romania and Bulgaria takes place through the International Criminal Policing Organisation (Interpol). <br><br>Criminal Intelligence may be shared through Interpol or alternatively through European Police Office (Europol). Within the UK the international sharing of DNA, fingerprints and other criminal intelligence is co-ordinated through the <br>National Crime Agency. <br><br>Under the terms of Article 7 of Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006 on simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the Member States of the European Union <br>(the Swedish Initiative), Member States may spontaneously exchange information and intelligence in cases where there are factual reasons to believe that the information and intelligence could assist in the detection, prevention or <br>investigation of offences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/12/2014 14:38:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 31889 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

385976

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 Office for National Statistics' latest annual population statistics to June 2014, what steps she is taking to ensure that annual net migration is brought back down to the tens of thousands.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	4443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Uncontrolled, mass immigration makes it difficult to maintain social cohesion, puts pressure on public services, and can force down wages. That's why we are working to reduce net migration.</p><p>Under the last government, we cracked down on visa abuse, including removing licences from nearly 900 bogus colleges, and introduced the 2014 Immigration Act to create controls on accessing benefits and services which are among the tightest in Europe.</p><p>But this government will go further still. Our new Immigration Bill will create a new offence of illegal working and extend our deport-first-appeal-later approach to ensure even more illegal migrants are removed from the UK.</p><p>We are also working with the independent Migration Advisory Committee to reduce economic migration from outside the EU, and we will reform our labour market rules to crack down on the exploitation of low-skilled workers.</p><p>As the Prime Minister has set out, we will address the incentives for migration from the EU which have led to mass immigration from Europe. We will deliver these proposals, and our commitments in the manifesto, with a new Immigration Taskforce, chaired by the Prime Minister, which will ensure every part of government plays a part in helping control immigration.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/07/2015 14:41:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 10454 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

48847

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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 (a) amount her Department spent and (b) fee income it has received in connection with (i) the asylum system, (ii) immigration control at home and abroad and (iii) enforcement in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	196874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not have this information broken down on the financial <br>system in line with the question. The published accounts for the former UK <br>Border Agency break down relevant income and expenditure information since 2009 <br>and also in the Home Office Report and Accounts for 2012-13. These can be found <br>at: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?official_document_status=command_and_<br>act_papers</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8152 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

522624

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current (a) manpower establishment and (b) deployment is of the UK Border Force.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	39124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>As of April 2016 there were 7,651.34 full time equivalent staff working for Border Force.</p><p>Deployments are made across a wide range of activities based on levels of demand and intelligence. Border Force do not release numbers deployed to specific ports on the grounds of national security.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2016 13:41:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 2503 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

65895

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the Exchequer has been of the asylum and immigration system once fee income has been deducted in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	204069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given on 30 June 2014 , Official <br>Report, column 375W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:35:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9056 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93617

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date exit checks at the UK border will be used to identify migrants who have overstayed their leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	210650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing exit checks by April 2015. Under the last Government, exit checks were suspended and nothing was done to identify illegal overstayers.<br><br>We are currently developing and testing a new Departure Lists system which will enable us to confirm departure and improve our ability to identify those who have overstayed having arrived after 1st April 2015 .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 16:30:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 22522 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1006105

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sir Edward Heath
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will commission a review of Operation Conifer.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	190738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has given careful consideration to a review of Operation Conifer but has concluded that there are no grounds to justify review or intervention by Government.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:42:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1006107

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sir Edward Heath
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to the public purse was of Operation Conifer; and what lessons have been learnt as a result of that operation.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	190739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p><br>The Home Office does not hold information on the total cost of Operation Conifer, as this is an operational matter for Wiltshire Police. However, in December 2017 the department provided £1.1 million of Special Grant funding towards the overall cost of the operation.</p><p>Lessons were learnt from the various forms of scrutiny the operation was subject to, including an Independent Scrutiny Panel, two reviews by Operation Hydrant and a review by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (as it was then). The findings of the operation were then published in the Summary Closure Report, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/media/582/Op-Conifer-Summary-Closure-Report/pdf/Op_Conifer_Summary_Closure_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/media/582/Op-Conifer-Summary-Closure-Report/pdf/Op_Conifer_Summary_Closure_Report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:44:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

101168

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will bring forward proposals to introduce self-financing photo identity cards on a voluntary basis to establish citizenship status.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	212066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer my Rt. Hon. Friend to the answer given to him by the then Minister for Immigration, my Hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Mark Harper), on 28 January 2014, Official Report, columns 480-481W. This Government has no plans to introduce an identity card system for British Citizens. The Biometric Residence Permit is issued to non-EEA nationals staying in the UK for more than six months. These provide evidence of the holders’ immigration status in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/11/2014 15:49:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching