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62334

	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	Asylum: Syria
	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 resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since its launch; and how many people are expected to arrive in the UK under that scheme by December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	200675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To date 50 Syrians have arrived in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. <br><br>The scheme is based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis, and envisage that several hundred people will be helped over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/06/2014 13:47:01 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4333 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

62343

	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	Didier Pierre Paulet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the deportation order served on Didier Pierre Paulet on 19 November 2007 pursuant to a recommendation by a Crown Court Judge for deportation has been implemented; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	201127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/06/2014 13:57:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4317 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

62345

	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	Compass Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that accommodation provided by the COMPASS contracts meets the Decent Homes Standards.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	201006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is a statutory requirement that social housing meets the Decent Homes <br>Standard as defined in the Housing Act 2004.<br><br>All COMPASS contracts incorporate the requirements of the Decent Home Standards <br>for social housing as part of the contractual performance management <br>arrangements and are robustly monitored through three key performance <br>indicators which relate specifically to property standards. <br><br>Providers are required to inspect all properties on a monthly basis or at the <br>point when a service user first occupies the property. In addition, the Home <br>Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who also closely monitor <br>property standards as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.<br><br>Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 15:59:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4334 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

62346

	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	Compass Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that asylum seekers in COMPASS accommodation are able to register complaints quickly and easily.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	201007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The COMPASS contracts lay down requirements for the management of enquiries and <br>complaints received in respect of accommodation services provided to asylum <br>seekers.<br><br>COMPASS providers have a complaints service in place through which the asylum <br>seeker, their representative, the voluntary sector or local authorities can <br>raise concerns or issues direct. Providers also provide asylum seekers with a <br>detailed briefing on how they can raise a complaint as part of the move in <br>process. Asylum seekers can raise a complaint in a confidential way, and with <br>the assistance of an interpreter when required.<br><br>The complaints process is subject to performance management under the Key <br>Performance Indicators regime. Providers are required to report their <br>performance in terms of dealing with complaints on a monthly basis. In <br>addition, the Home Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who <br>also closely monitor complaints made to providers or made direct to the Home <br>Office as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.<br><br>Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 16:00:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4335 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

63082

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mariam Ibrahim
	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 offer asylum to Mariam Ibrahim.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	201658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK has a proud record of offering sanctuary to those who need it. Each <br>claim for asylum is carefully considered and where we find individuals are in <br>need of our protection, asylum is given. However, to be eligible for <br>international protection, a person must be located outside of their country of <br>origin.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/06/2014 13:59:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 5122 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62333

	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	Passports: Ashfield
	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 applications from residents of Ashfield constituency received in the last three months were not processed by HM Passport Office in three weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	201024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office does not hold the information in the form requested. The <br>cost of providing it from individual applicant data held would be <br>disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 13:38:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4327 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

62332

	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	Passports: Ashfield
	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 applications from residents of Ashfield constituency received more than three weeks ago HM Passport Office are processing.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	201023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Passport Office does not hold the information in the form requested. The <br>cost of providing it from individual applicant data held would be <br>disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 14:01:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4325 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

64064

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Albania
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 441W, on human trafficking: Albania, how many female victims of trafficking have returned from England using the International Organisation for Migration voluntary return package and taken up the facilities made available by the government in Albania; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Graham Evans
	uin	202513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In November 2013, the UK Government and the Albanian Government, working with <br />the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), established a voluntary <br />return package for female victims of trafficking who wished to return to <br />Albania. This comprehensive package includes the provision of secure <br />accommodation in Albania (with guards and social services on site), child care <br />assistance where required, and training or support to establish a business or <br />enter the labour market. This provides the high level of support and assistance <br />required for victims who wish to return to Albania to rebuild their lives. <br />Although no victims have yet availed themselves of the package, a number of <br />potential cases have been identified and the Home Office is actively working <br />with the Albanian Government, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and IOM to<br />improve the promotion of the scheme amongst those who may qualify and identify <br />and address any perceived barriers to return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2014 10:46:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 6688 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

64799

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the main nationalities were of the student immigrants who were found to have either invalid or questionable English language test results by the Government's recent review of the test provider Educational Testing Services.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	203036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As I stated in my oral statement to Parliament on 24 June, analysis is being provided by the American arm of Educational Testing Service (ETS) on those with invalid or questionable results. <br>Analysis is on-going and it is not possible to provide data on nationality at present. As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regular updates to the House on progress with work to remove these students and on further information we receive from ETS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 14:16:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7818 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

64800

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at which main institutions the student immigrants who were found to have either invalid or questionable English language test results by the Government's recent review of the test provider Educational Testing Services intended to extend their studies.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	203035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Following the review of English language test results provided by Educational <br>Testing Service test centres, on 24 June the Home Office took action against 60 <br>institutions that sponsored students with invalid or questionable test results. <br>The list of sponsors against whom action was taken was placed in the Library of <br>the House on that day and was also published on the Gov.uk website as part of a <br>‘Home office immigration action against education institutions: factsheet': <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323106<br>/sponsor-suspensions.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 14:19:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7817 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead