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64819

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Police Cautions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cautions have been issued for offences of (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) sexual assault, (d) robbery and (e) burglary in (i) each year between 2010 and 2013 and (ii) each month since January 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	203136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of offenders (including young people) cautioned, for offences of rape, sexual assault, robbery and burglary, by months in England and Wales from 2010 to 2013 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. There were no cautions administered for murder.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Simple cautions (previously police cautions) are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending. The Government does not believe that cautions are appropriate for serious offences. We issued new guidelines on 14 November 2014 following a detailed review of how cautions were being used by police forces, and are strengthening the law to prevent cautions being used for serious offences.</del></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police and the CPS when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. This guidance states that the use of a simple caution for indictable only offences, such as rape, should only be given following authorisation by the CPS. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>The overall number of simple cautions issued has halved since 2007. The cautioning rate, that is, the number of offenders cautioned as a percentage of offenders who were either cautioned or convicted, in 2013 was 20 per cent; this has declined from a peak of 31 per cent in 2007.</p><p>The Government is clear that serious offences should always be brought to court and to ensure that there is increased public confidence in the justice system last year announced limits on the use of simple cautions. These changes restrict the use of cautions for indictable only offences and certain serious either way offences unless there are exceptional circumstances and a senior police officer, as well as the CPS for certain cases, has agreed that a caution should be administered.</p><p>The MOJ guidance on Adult Simple Cautions was amended in November last year to reflect these changes, and we are currently legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions around their use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/07/2014 15:20:18 question first ministerially corrected 28/08/2014 11:45:56 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name Offenders cautioned(1)(2) for selected offences, by month, England and Wales, 2010-2013(3).xls title Offenders cautioned for selected offences -2010-13 previous answer version 9230 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name Offenders cautioned(1)(2) for selected offences, by month, England and Wales, 2010-2013(3).xls title Offenders cautioned for selected offences -2010-13
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

64896

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average value of tax credits were paid to claimants who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	203325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£4,300</p></td><td><p>£5,800</p></td><td><p>£2,800</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£6,800</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£5,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td><td><p>£4,500</p></td><td><p>£4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£7,600</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>7,500</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,300</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,200</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,400</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,000</ins></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credit awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 14:06:19 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:54:34 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes previous answer version 8139 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

64364

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Agency
	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 report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Investigation into the Establishment of the Performance and Compliance Unit, published in May 2013, what steps have been taken in response to recommendation 1 of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	202743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Following the reorganisations which flowed from the decision to bring the <br>functions of the UK Border Agency back into direct ministerial control, the <br>Performance and Compliance Unit no longer exists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 10:42:43 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

64366

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Inspection of the UK Border Agency's handling of legacy asylum and migration cases, published in November 2012, what steps have been taken in response to recommendation 1 of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	202745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Older Live Cases Unit routinely and regularly matches asylum and migration <br>legacy cases against the Police National Computer (PNC) and Warnings Index (WI) <br>records, until the point at which cases are finally concluded. The checks are <br>undertaken on a rolling three monthly basis. Results are recorded on a bespoke <br>database which informs the decision making process within the Older Live Cases <br>Unit.<br><br>Compliance with the recommendation was acknowledged by the Independent Chief <br>Inspector of Borders and Immigration in his report, An investigation into the <br>progress made on legacy asylum and migration cases January – March 2013, <br>published in June 2013, where he stated, &quot;security checks had been completed <br>in each of the cases we sampled (144), indicating that the Agency had <br>implemented our earlier recommendation to routinely and regularly <br>match legacy cases against the PNC and WI until finally concluded.&quot;</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2014 14:23:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

64365

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	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 report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Inspection into the Handling of Asylum Applications made by Unaccompanied Children, published in October 2013, what steps have been taken in response to recommendations 1, 3, 4 and 8 of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	202744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In response to recommendation 1, a clear and consistent approach has been <br>adopted. A pilot was run shortly after the inspection that led to the adoption <br>of a new screening process for unaccompanied children; this has led to <br>increased consistency between the Home Office and local authorities. All <br>initial screenings take place within five days of initial claim. Local <br>Authorities are clearly responsible for facilitating the access to legal advice <br>and responsible adults prior to the screening interview.<br><br>In response to recommendation 3, this guidance and policy has been reinforced <br>locally. The Asylum Casework Directorate has implemented new structures that <br>offer better technical support for promoting and monitoring family tracing. <br>This guidance has been reinforced locally in all teams through the creation of <br>specialised family and minors teams in each regional location. Work is <br>ongoing with the Foreign Office on new family tracing arrangements for volume <br>UASC nationalities (Albanian and Afghan) that should help to expedite the <br>tracing process in these countries. The practicality of specialised teams <br>will be reviewed once all decision units are fully staffed. <br><br>In response to recommendation 4, the move to a single national directorate has <br>led to greater consistency and control of asylum case work. This has helped to <br>address the consistency of operations and outcomes in each of the seven <br>casework locations. Customer service standards have been reviewed with the <br>expectation that straightforward claims can expect to receive their decision <br>within six months. Unaccompanied children should receive their decisions <br>quicker than that. <br><br>In response to recommendation 8, as part of the ongoing continuous improvement <br>programme decision letters have been reviewed and changed. Templates are now <br>clearer, more concise and customer friendly. This new approach to producing <br>more concise grant letters and minutes has been implemented whilst a pilot <br>regarding refusal letters is underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 10:41:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

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

63921

	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	Valuation of Life and Health Interdepartmental Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the explicit monetary value per quality-adjusted life was in the context of Homicide and crime categories of wounding, sexual offences, common assault and robbery, as quoted as part of her Department's submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	202423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A copy of the Home Office's written response to the 2008 Survey of Departmental <br>Practice in the Valuation of Life and Health will be placed in the Library. The <br>Home Office does not have a record of its response to the questions in Stage 2 <br>of the Survey. This is because the interviews were carried out face-to-face <br>with researchers at the University of Leeds.<br><br>The Home Office first estimated the social and economic costs of crime in 2000: <br>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/r<br>ds/pdfs/hors217.pdf. <br><br>The most recent update to these estimates prior to the Department's submission <br>to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in <br>2008 was published in 2005: <br>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/www.homeoffice.go<br>v.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf.<br><br>The monetary value per quality-adjusted life year used in the 2005 report was <br>£80,620 in 2003 prices. This was based on a paper by Carthy et al. (1999).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 07/07/2014 12:16:18 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

63932

	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	UK Border Agency
	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 was of running (a) the Case Resolution Directorate, (b) the Case Assurance and Audit Unit and (c) the Older Live Cases Unit in each year of those bodies' operations.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	202312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The operational costs of running the Case Resolution Directorate (excluding <br>enforcement costs, detention and removal escort costs or asylum and immigration <br>tribunal costs) was approximately £32 million per year. The costs are inclusive <br>of an outsourced administrative function in 2009-2011. Support costs for <br>applicants were accounted for separately for this period. <br><br>The total running costs of the Case Assurance and Audit Unit was £27.4 million <br>(2011/ 2012) and £19. 5million (2012/ 2013). The total running costs of the Older Live <br>Cases Unit was £7.8 million (2013/ 2014). The Older Live Cases Unit budget spend to <br>date for 2014/ 2015 is £1.87 million. Since setting up the Case Resolution Directorate, <br>operational running costs have decreased year on year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2014 14:35:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

63315

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that the information given to passport applicants through the 0300 passport helpline is current and in real time.
	tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
	tabling member printed	Mr Michael Thornton
	uin	201863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office regularly reviews the guidance issued to the helpline <br>provider, and updates it to reflect any changes in processes or customer <br>requirements.<br><br>Information on the progress of applications can be provided from information <br>that is either live or updated daily, dependent on the nature of the enquiry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:28:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4273 label Biography information for Mr Mike Thornton

62088

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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 representations she has received from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the processing of passport applications from abroad since 1 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	200813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues and <br>others. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the government's<br>practice to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:45:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson