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506636

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Assisted Voluntary Return Schemes
	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 to the public purse of the assisted voluntary return scheme was in each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Up until January 1st 2016 the Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) scheme has been outsourced but is now part of the Home Office Voluntary Return Service (VRS).</p><p>The cost of the outsourced scheme in the years 2006 to 2015 is set out below. Data for 2004 to 2006 is incomplete and has therefore been omitted.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-7</p></td><td><p>22.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-8</p></td><td><p>21.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>10.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>20.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>17.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>8.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>10.86</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 15:55:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

510129

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of people removed from the UK under (a) the assisted voluntary return scheme and (b) enforced removals.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	33339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office works across government and beyond to reduce the size of the illegal population by ensuring that there is a consequence for every individual and organisation that is benefiting from immigration abuse. That includes ensuring that people who have no right to be here leave the UK, voluntarily or through an enforced return.</p><p>The support available under the assisted voluntary return scheme is now integrated into the Home Office Voluntary Returns Service where a range of help and support is available to those here illegally who are seeking to return.</p><p>Creating the single service as a clear point of contact for those seeking to return, working with key voluntary sector stakeholders, local authorities, increasing the work we do directly with community and faith groups and improving our understanding of the best ways to reach out to those here illegally - are all key parts of the work the Home Office is doing to help people return home.</p><p>Encouraging voluntary returns allows us to focus our detention and enforcement resource on criminal cases and those that represent the biggest threat. Where someone refuses to leave the UK voluntarily we will take steps to enforce their swift removal and prevent them returning for up to 10 years.</p><p>In terms of enforced removals the 2014 Immigration Act reformed the deportation process. More than 3,200 foreign national offenders have been removed under the new deport first, appeal later powers since they came into force in July 2014, with many more going through the system.</p><p>We are also using biometrics to match identities and speed up the process of gaining emergency travel documents.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 17:13:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

510132

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision exists for the Syrian spouses of British nationals to come to the UK to join their families.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	33400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>There are several refugee schemes in operation under which a Syrian national may be able to qualify to come to the UK, including the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and Mandate - which resettles those recognised as refugees and judged to be in need of resettlement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and who have a close family member in the UK who is willing to support them.</p><p>In addition, a Syrian national can apply to join their British citizen spouse or partner in the UK under the Family Immigration Rules. If the requirements of the rules are not met, the entry clearance officer will consider whether there are exceptional or compassionate circumstances which may warrant a grant of entry clearance outside the rules.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 16:38:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

510133

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of British nationals with Syrian spouses still residing in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	33401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We have made no estimate of the number of British citizens with a Syrian spouse or partner residing in Syria. In 2015, 88 settlement visas were granted to the Syrian spouse or partner of a British citizen or person settled in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 16:34:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506632

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	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, how many people are currently awaiting the results of asylum (a) claims and (b) appeals.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of outstanding decisions and cases awaiting appeal is published as part of the Government’s Transparency Agenda. Further information can be found via the link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2016</a></p><p>As of the end of December 2015 there were 18,060 cases awaiting an initial decision with 10,193 cases having lodged an appeal and awaiting either a first hearing or further appeal hearing dates.</p><p>We aim to decide all straightforward asylum claims within 6 months, however there will be some claims which are complex. We aim to decide these cases within 12 months.</p><p>This data relates to asylum claims submitted post October 2006 and includes asylum cases which are still awaiting the results of their asylum claim, where no initial decision has been made. It also includes asylum cases awaiting the results of their asylum appeal, where the claimant has lodged a first appeal and it has not been heard, as well as cases where the claimant has lodged an appeal and it has not been decided. Therefore these asylum cases have not exhausted their appeal rights.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 13:13:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506774

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many allegations of fraudulent benefit claims made by members of the public led to (a) benefits being stopped and (b) prosecutions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 32920 question first answered 18/04/2016 14:21:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506773

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many allegations of fraudulent benefit claims have been reported by members of the public in each year since 2010; and by what means such allegations were reported.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 32921 question first answered 18/04/2016 14:21:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506633

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to (a) shorten the immigration appeals process and (b) reduce the number of immigration appeals.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Immigration appeals are determined by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) which are administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS).</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS works with the Home Office and others to monitor and continuously improve appeal processes and timeliness.</p><p> </p><p>The Immigration Act 2014 simplified the appeals system, reducing the number of decisions that can be appealed. For the quarter October to December 2015, 18,368 appeals were received – a 29% reduction when compared with the same quarter in 2014.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/04/2016 12:01:15 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506635

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of immigration appeals have been successful in each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Published statistics detailing the total number of appeals disposed of by the tribunals, and the percentage of these which have been allowed and dismissed by the First-tier Tribunal from 2007/08 and the Upper Tribunal from 2010/11, can be viewed on the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-and-gender-recognition-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-and-gender-recognition-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/04/2016 12:05:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506358

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Cadets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms his Department uses to communicate its decisions to air cadet units.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence, through the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO), has a variety of mechanisms to communicate its decisions and policy changes to air cadet units.</p><p>Routine issues without any sensitive aspects are publicised on the ACO IT system, BADER, which all air cadet units have access to. These can be placed on BADER's home page on the scrolling news announcements.</p><p>Departmental decisions that may have some sensitive aspects are normally communicated down through the chain-of-command by either e-mail or letter. Highly sensitive issues may be briefed by senior commanders in face-to-face meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 18/04/2016 16:11:07 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie