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227963

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance in meeting its targets on the length of time for decisions to be made on the payment of the under-occupancy by (a) vulnerable and disabled and (b) other people.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 March 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227213" target="_blank">227213</a>.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 19/03/2015 12:08:55 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

227911

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	Stop and Search: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 16 have been stopped and searched by the police in each year since 2010 in each police force.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Data on the age of persons stopped and searched by police are not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2015 15:23:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228614

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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 staff were employed by her Department to process passport applications of any kind in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Numbers of staff in Her Majesty’s Passport Office processing passport applications as opposed to other duties are not classified under a single category. This information is therefore not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 15:29:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228529

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221701, how many teenage mothers became pregnant while in residential care in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of children looked after who are aged 12 years and over, and who are mothers, is published in Table A5 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:32:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228530

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Drugs: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222185, how many times a court has overruled a young person's decision to refuse treatment for substance abuse.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:31:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228531

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221702, whether local authorities have a statutory obligation to notify her Department when a child in their care becomes pregnant.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities do not have any statutory obligation to notify the Department for Education when a child in the care of a local authority becomes pregnant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:30:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228611

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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 recent assessment she has made of the performance of the Passport Office against its performance targets for new passport applications.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not have specific performance targets relating to new passport applications, as the total time it takes to issue a passport from a first-time applicant depends in part on the speed with which the applicant books and attends their new applicant interview. <br><br>In February this year, straightforward UK applications were being processed in an average of 3.1 days, which includes new adult applicants being processed up to the point of being invited to attend an interview. This is well within published service standards.<br><br>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not retain management information in the format requested. New adult and new child application processing times are not monitored separately from renewal passport applications. The table below shows the proportion of UK straightforward applications processed within 15 working days from January 2010 to December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>15 days</p></td><td><p>volume</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,429,922</p></td><td><p>3,429,933</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,234,706</p></td><td><p>3,234,743</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,493,916</p></td><td><p>3,539,586</p></td><td><p>98.71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,660,590</p></td><td><p>3,660,740</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,377,228</p></td><td><p>3,896,932</p></td><td><p>86.66%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 228340 228341 question first answered 25/03/2015 11:34:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228612

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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 average length of time taken by the Passport Office to make a decision on renewal of an expired passport was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not have specific performance targets relating to new passport applications, as the total time it takes to issue a passport from a first-time applicant depends in part on the speed with which the applicant books and attends their new applicant interview. <br><br>In February this year, straightforward UK applications were being processed in an average of 3.1 days, which includes new adult applicants being processed up to the point of being invited to attend an interview. This is well within published service standards.<br><br>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not retain management information in the format requested. New adult and new child application processing times are not monitored separately from renewal passport applications. The table below shows the proportion of UK straightforward applications processed within 15 working days from January 2010 to December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>15 days</p></td><td><p>volume</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,429,922</p></td><td><p>3,429,933</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,234,706</p></td><td><p>3,234,743</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,493,916</p></td><td><p>3,539,586</p></td><td><p>98.71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,660,590</p></td><td><p>3,660,740</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,377,228</p></td><td><p>3,896,932</p></td><td><p>86.66%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 228339 228341 question first answered 25/03/2015 11:34:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228613

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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 average length of time taken by the Passport Office to make a decision on a new passport application was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not have specific performance targets relating to new passport applications, as the total time it takes to issue a passport from a first-time applicant depends in part on the speed with which the applicant books and attends their new applicant interview. <br><br>In February this year, straightforward UK applications were being processed in an average of 3.1 days, which includes new adult applicants being processed up to the point of being invited to attend an interview. This is well within published service standards.<br><br>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not retain management information in the format requested. New adult and new child application processing times are not monitored separately from renewal passport applications. The table below shows the proportion of UK straightforward applications processed within 15 working days from January 2010 to December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>15 days</p></td><td><p>volume</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,429,922</p></td><td><p>3,429,933</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,234,706</p></td><td><p>3,234,743</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,493,916</p></td><td><p>3,539,586</p></td><td><p>98.71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,660,590</p></td><td><p>3,660,740</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,377,228</p></td><td><p>3,896,932</p></td><td><p>86.66%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 228339 228340 question first answered 25/03/2015 11:34:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228527

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221699, on which occasions Ofsted has officially reported to her Department instances where a local authority had not complied with the statutory responsibility of six-week visits for privately fostered children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Of the 45 Ofsted inspection reports of local authority children’s social care published under the single inspection framework, our records show that five reports refer to weaknesses in the timeliness of visits to children who are privately fostered. The Department for Education has introduced formal intervention measures for four of the five authorities in order to improve their performance across a range of areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Individual local authority Ofsted reports can be found at this link: <a href="http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 26/03/2015 09:58:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe