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385875

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Dalai Lama
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional security arrangements have been made to ensure the safety of His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visits to the UK this year.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	4230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment upon matters of personal protective security or disclose any information relating to threat or risk assessments that underpin any security arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 4231 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:56:47 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

385876

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Dalai Lama
	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 risk posed to the Dalai Lama by Shugden followers and other organisations based in the UK who have signalled their intention to disrupt his overseas public engagements.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	4231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment upon matters of personal protective security or disclose any information relating to threat or risk assessments that underpin any security arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 4230 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:56:47 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

385601

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police
	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 Metropolitan Police time was spent on the front line in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	3977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information centrally on the proportion of police time spent on the front line.</p><p>The Home Office does collect police officer functions data, which is used by HMIC to calculate the number of operational frontline police officers in each police force area. These figures (and information on visible police officers) are published from 2010 onwards as part of the ‘Valuing the Police’ inspection programme, which can be found at: http://www.hmic.gov.uk/data/valuing-the-police-data/. These figures relate to each officer’s predominant function over the year, rather than the proportion of their working time.</p><p>According to HMIC figures, as at 31 March 2015, 91% of Met police officers’ predominant function over the year was on the front line.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 16:37:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 9752 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

385603

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service in each year since 2008; and what proportion of such officers were (i) female and (ii) black and minority ethnic.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	3978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of police officers recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), and the proportion that were female or black and minority ethnic (BME) for each financial year from 2007/08 to 2013/14.</p><p>Table 2 shows the proportion of the total MPS workforce that was female or BME at the end of each financial year from 2007/08 to 2013/14.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><strong>Police officers recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service, 2007/08 to 2013/14<sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><strong>Metropolitan Police</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><em>Percentages</em></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Total number of recruits (FTE)</strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong>Female</strong></td><td><strong>Black and minority ethnic</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>1,736</td><td> </td><td>29</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>2,631</td><td> </td><td>31</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>1,980</td><td> </td><td>30</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>432</td><td> </td><td>27</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>1,498</td><td> </td><td>27</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>187</td><td> </td><td>24</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>2,343</td><td> </td><td>30</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><em>Source: Home Office</em></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Notes</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">1. Includes transfers from other England and Wales forces but does not include staff returning after a period of secondment.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">2. This table contains full-time equivalent (FTE) figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">3. Breakdowns by ethnicity are not regularly published; they have not been verified by police forces and should be treated as provisional. Total police officer joiner figures, by police force area, rank and gender are published each year in the 'Police Workforce, England and Wales' (previously titled 'Police Service Strength, England and Wales') statistical publications which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 3979 question first answered 30/06/2015 16:39:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 9745 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

385604

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police
	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 the Metropolitan Police Service were (a) female and (b) black and minority ethnic in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	3979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of police officers recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), and the proportion that were female or black and minority ethnic (BME) for each financial year from 2007/08 to 2013/14.</p><p>Table 2 shows the proportion of the total MPS workforce that was female or BME at the end of each financial year from 2007/08 to 2013/14.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><strong>Police officers recruited by the Metropolitan Police Service, 2007/08 to 2013/14<sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><strong>Metropolitan Police</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><em>Percentages</em></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Total number of recruits (FTE)</strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong>Female</strong></td><td><strong>Black and minority ethnic</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>1,736</td><td> </td><td>29</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>2,631</td><td> </td><td>31</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>1,980</td><td> </td><td>30</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>432</td><td> </td><td>27</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>1,498</td><td> </td><td>27</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>187</td><td> </td><td>24</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>2,343</td><td> </td><td>30</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><em>Source: Home Office</em></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Notes</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">1. Includes transfers from other England and Wales forces but does not include staff returning after a period of secondment.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">2. This table contains full-time equivalent (FTE) figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">3. Breakdowns by ethnicity are not regularly published; they have not been verified by police forces and should be treated as provisional. Total police officer joiner figures, by police force area, rank and gender are published each year in the 'Police Workforce, England and Wales' (previously titled 'Police Service Strength, England and Wales') statistical publications which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 3978 question first answered 30/06/2015 16:39:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 9743 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

385057

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners have sought to challenge a deportation decision under the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2014 makes it easier to remove people from the UK and harder for individuals to prolong their stay with spurious appeals, by reducing the number of grounds on which from 17 to 4, stopping those who want to cheat the system by abusing the court process.</p><p>Our new non-suspensive appeal powers came into force in July 2014, meaning we can deport criminals before their appeals are heard. These provisions save UK taxpayers the cost of ongoing immigration detention and prevent foreign criminals from reoffending in the UK. More than 1,000 foreign national offenders have been removed under the new 'deport first, appeal later' powers and many more are going through the system.</p><p>The number of appeals lodged under the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2015 15:58:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

385064

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifications the UK Border Agency received relating to people detained by police who were found to be in the UK illegally in the last 12 months for which figures are available; how many such notifications were acted on; and how many such notifications resulted in the UK Border Agency taking into custody the person in question for deportation or other enforcement action.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK Border Agency was abolished in March 2013. The Home Office is not able to provide the specific information requested as we do not record police notifications by immigration status.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2015 15:58:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

385069

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging: West Yorkshire
	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 a voluntary GPS tag in West Yorkshire in the most recent year for which information is available; and what assessment she has made of the effect on offending levels of wearing such a tag; and what the source of that data is.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>We are aware that a number of police forces use voluntary tagging as part of their local Integrated Offender Management arrangements. These are local arrangements, and information on the numbers who voluntarily agree to wear a tag is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 15:51:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

385870

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Children
	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 allocate more resources to speed up the processing of applications for UK passports for British children born (a) overseas and (b) in areas of conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	4386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office has increased the number of staff processing passport applications made overseas by 36% since last summer. Staff deal with both adult and child applications from all countries so increased resources benefit all customers. In May 2015 99.9% of straightforward applications to renew a child’s passport were processed in 4 weeks from receipt of the application and 99.9% of straightforward applications for a child’s first passport were processed in 6 weeks from receipt of the application.</p><p>It is recognised that the time taken can be substantially longer in non-straightforward cases (e.g. in unstable countries affected by conflict or where a particularly complex assessment to verify British nationality must be made). Processing times will vary due to reliance on authorities overseas to authenticate supporting evidence or the logistical difficulties encountered in arranging interview locations and obtaining missing supporting documents from customers. We work with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to address the needs of customers in emergency situations but must also ensure that the integrity of the British passport is protected as we do so.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2015 15:59:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

385559

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Torfaen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers there were in Torfaen constituency on (a) 6 May 2010 and (b) 7 May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	4079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested data centrally. The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the police workforce at police force area level, but not at parliamentary constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 15:51:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds