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174437

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	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 spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	221227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Department does not hold centrally details of expenditure on recruitment agency fees so this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Expenditure on outplacement agency fees for displaced or <br>redundant staff for the financial years prior to 2014/15 was not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The fully audited figures for 2014/15 will be available in July 2015.<br><br>The total staff training costs for the financial years 2010/11 to 2013/14 are set out below:<br><br>2010-11 - £13,598,237<br>2011-12 - £14,860,807<br>2012-13 - £16,986,868<br>2013-14 - £24,715,417<br><br>The full-year audited figures for total staff training expenditure for 2014-15 will be available in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 27/01/2015 15:01:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 39696 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227308

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	227549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of people engaged off payroll by the Home Office and the Non Departmental Public Bodies, for which it is responsible, are published each year in its Annual report and Accounts. These are available on our website and can be found by following the links set out below:<br><br>2013-14 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 39)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446<br>/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf<br><br>2012-13 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 45)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660<br>/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf<br><br>2011-12 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 46)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619<br>/annual-report-2011-12.pdf<br><br>2010-11 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 45)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048<br>/annual-report-201011.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/03/2015 16:26:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227905

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of employees in her Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The 2014 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) provided employment data for all Civil Service departments, although this does not break down to all the categories requested. The data revealed that in the Home Department:<br><br>• 18,720 (68.59%) of employees identified as White <br>• 5,760 (21.10%) of employees identified as Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) <br><br>This data is based on a total of 27,290 permanent Home Department employees on payroll. Of these, 2,800 (10.26%) staff had not declared their ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/03/2015 16:18:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

176515

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps she is taking to protect UK citizens from telephone scammers.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	222361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes all types of fraud, including those operating through telephones, extremely seriously. We consider all types of fraud to have been committed by criminals, not scammers. We are working closely with Action Fraud <br>and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau to ensure that the public has the information they need to protect themselves. When a serious threat or a new type of fraud is identified, Action Fraud places an alert on its website with <br>advice for individuals to protect themselves from becoming victims. Members of the public can sign up to receive these alerts by email. We are supporting local forces and agencies to deliver effective protective advice to the public <br>on fraud, including telephone scams, in collaboration with the City of London Police. <br><br>We are also working closely with Financial Fraud Action UK and the British Bankers’ Association who have issued advice to consumers on how to protect themselves from fraudsters who target people on the phone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/02/2015 14:10:49 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

222607

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value of contracts her Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	224662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Details of contracts above the value of £10,000 awarded to private sector <br>providers are published on the Contracts Finder website, <br>www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk .<br><br>The total value of contracts the Home Office has with private sector providers <br>in each of the years for which records are available is as follows:<br><br>Financial Year Aggregated Spend against contracts with private sector providers<br><br>2009/10 Data Not Available<br>2010/11 £2.45 billion<br>2011/12 £2.40 billion<br>2012/13 £2.13 billion<br>2013/14 £1.99 billion<br><br>The aggregated spend data provided shows a reduction in private <br>sector contract spend of £460 million since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 27/02/2015 14:23:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

174776

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average length of time each police force has taken to return Disclosure and Barring Service checks since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	221314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The average number of days taken by each police force to return disclosure <br>checks is provided in the table below. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) <br>works closely with any forces which miss their service level agreements. The <br>DBS was established in December 2012. Data prior to this date relates to the <br>Criminal Records Bureau.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 04/02/2015 16:17:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 221314 _ table.xls title Police force disclosure checks previous answer version 39934 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

178189

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219468, whether her Department received further copies of the letter emailed on 5 December 2014 to Jackie Godwin of the Home Office Correspondence Team and on 18 December 2014 to Dipesh Lakhani in the Private Office Support Team.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth West
	tabling member printed	Conor Burns
	uin	223575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Copies of the letters emailed on 5 December 2014 to Jackie Godwin and on 18 December to Dipesh Lakhani were received and will respond by Thursday 12 February.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/02/2015 17:13:17 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns

177549

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 have been receiving that support for more than (a) two, (b) four and (c) six years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	223236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The total number of main applicants supported under Section 4 is now well below the peak of 12,019 in the Quarter 3 of 2009, standing at 3,566 in the Quarter 3 of 2014.<br><br>The number of main asylum claimants receiving Section 4 support for more than two, four and six years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Duration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>More than 2 years and up to 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p>1,405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>More than 4 years and up to 6 years</strong></p></td><td><p>869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>More than 6 years </strong></p></td><td><p>329</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 17:33:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Data Table - PQ 223236.docx title PQ 223236 - Data Table
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

175760

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islamic State
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on (a) academic and (b) other research conducted in (i) the UK and (ii) other European countries that establishes a link between the funding of ISIL and the trade in contraband (A) cigarettes and (B) other goods.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	uin	221948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold academic or other research of this sort.<br><br>A number of departments are involved in the Government’s efforts to degrade and defeat ISIL and experts from across government have spent considerable time analysing ISIL’s funding flows. Based on the information available, we believe <br>that a substantial share of ISIL’s revenue is derived from the sale of oil and commodities, taxation and extortion. It is likely that revenue generated from the smuggling of tobacco accounts for some of this, although the amount is <br>believed to be relatively small as a share of ISIL’s total revenue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/02/2015 14:39:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

177544

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Dorset Police
	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 performance of Dorset Police in meeting the standards required by its service level agreement with the Disclosure and Barring Service; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	223269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department receives monthly updates on the performance of police forces, including Dorset police, in meeting the Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards for the time taken to complete local disclosure checks. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) works closely with any forces which miss their SLA targets.<br><br>The number and proportion of police disclosure checks completed by Dorset police against the 14, 18, 25 and 60 days SLA targets for the six months from June to November 2014 is provided in the table below.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9" rowspan="2"><strong>Dorset Police: number and proportion of disclosure checks completed in 14, 18, 25 and 60 days</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 14 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 18 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 25 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 60 Days</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Period</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>June to November 2014</strong></td><td>460</td><td>4.0%</td><td>1,874</td><td>17.0%</td><td>3,317</td><td>31.0%</td><td>9,016</td><td>84.0%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 18:10:18 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 43381 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope