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58547

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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 many passport (a) applications and (b) renewal applications were received by the Passport Office in each (i) month and (ii) year of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	199406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table provides the requested information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2014 16:15:43 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2014 15:04:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ-199406 Katy Clark table[1].doc title Applications for passports and renewals V2 previous answer version 6842 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ-199406 Katy Clark table.doc title Applications for passports and renewals
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

57848

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 dealt with within the target timescale in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	198919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:18:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 67 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57849

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for passports have been made by residents in Kilmarnock and Loudoun in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	198916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:16:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 66 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57850

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 the target time is for dealing with passport applications.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	198915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:19:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 65 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

58054

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage of Convenience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages were reported to the Home Office as suspicious or sham in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 15:56:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 79 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

58055

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage of Convenience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages reported as suspicious or sham were (a) same sex marriages, (b) heterosexual marriages and (c) civil partnerships in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/06/2014 16:02:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 80 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

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

60742

	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	Marriage Certificates: Mothers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential cost to her Department of including mothers' names on marriage certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	199697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The marriage certificate is an exact copy of the marriage entry which is in a <br>form prescribed in the Regulation of Marriage Regulations 1986. We are <br>currently considering how the information captured in the marriage entry can be <br>updated to reflect changes since 1986, as well as including the names of <br>mothers; the costs of doing so and the most suitable opportunity for doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 15:35:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 894 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

60808

	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	Marriage Certificates: Mothers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow mothers' names to be recorded on marriage certificates; if she will bring forward proposals to permit mothers' names to be retrospectively added to existing marriage certificates; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	199641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are currently considering how the information contained in the marriage <br>entry can be updated to include this, and to reflect changes since the coming <br>into force of the Regulation of Marriages Regulations 1986, as well as the <br>most suitable opportunity for doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 15:27:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 896 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

61040

	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	HM Passport Office
	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 total remuneration package is for the Chief Executive of HM Passport Office.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	199849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Remuneration package for the Chief Executive of HM Passport Office is <br>disclosed in full within the published Annual Report and Accounts which is <br>available on the website at: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/orr-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-t<br>o-2014<br><br>Remuneration for 2013-14 will be published in the Annual Report and Accounts <br>which is due to be laid in the House before the summer recess.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2014 13:17:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1314 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves