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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

61397

	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 many applications for (a) new passports and (b) passport renewals there have been in the last year; and what the annual change in such figures has been.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	200217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During the period between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014, Her Majesty's Passport Office <br />received <del class="ministerial">1,446,983</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,425,885</ins> first time passport applications and <del class="ministerial">4,528,751</del> <ins class="ministerial">4,461,343</ins> passport <br />renewal applications.<br /><br />This compares with 1,346,246 first time applications and 4,036,267 passport <br />renewal applications during the period between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2014 14:03:02 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2014 14:35:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8681 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

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

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

76848

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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, if she will make it her policy that appropriate information about parents is included on children's passports and collected to reduce difficulties at border control for children whose surnames differ from their parents' surnames.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	204704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no plans to use the passport to identify parental relationships as <br>this would change the fundamental purpose of the document which is for <br>travel. Guidance on children travelling to the UK, including children <br>travelling with a parent who may have a different family name to the child, can <br>be found at: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-travelling-to-the-uk</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2014 14:04:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 9740 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76849

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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, if her Department will amend the official observations section of children's passports to allow a note when a holder's parent has a different surname to that of the child.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	204702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no plans to use the passport to identify parental relationships as <br>this would change the fundamental purpose of the document which is for <br>travel. Guidance on children travelling to the UK, including children <br>travelling with a parent who may have a different family name to the child, can <br>be found at: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-travelling-to-the-uk</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2014 14:04:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 9739 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

58443

	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	The Verne Prison
	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 are currently detained for immigration purposes at HM Prison The Verne.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	199157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As at 3 June 2014 there were 790 detainees held in prison establishments solely under immigration powers, of whom 174 were held in HMP The Verne.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/06/2014 14:26:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 351 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather