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453321

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Fraud
	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 seekers were suspected of making fraudulent claims to be under the age of 18 in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	27499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>We publish statistics where the claimant’s age has been disputed and a formal age assessment has been carried out. In the twelve months to September 2015 there were 590 such cases. Data is taken from published statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum</p><p>The results of these assessments and the Home Office’s eventual finding as to age are recorded on the immigration casework database but this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/02/2016 15:52:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

453320

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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, how many asylum seekers who claim to be under the age of 18 have undergone independent testing to determine their age in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	27500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>We publish statistics on cases where the claimant’s age has been disputed and a formal age assessment has been carried out. The table below shows the number of cases in each of the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Asylum Claims by Year with a disputed age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year of Claim</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data is taken from published statistics</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/02/2016 16:06:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

453797

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum seekers who have been found to have fraudulently claimed to be under the age of 18 in each of the last years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	27788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>We publish statistics on cases where the claimant’s age has been disputed and a formal age assessment has been carried out. The table below shows the number of cases in each of the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Asylum Claims by Year with a disputed age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year of Claim</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data is taken from published statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum</p><p>Whilst we do hold information on the results of these assessments and whether they were found to be under the age of 18 the way corresponding data is held means that to obtain the data could only be achieved at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/02/2016 15:50:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

444133

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much will accrue to the Exchequer as a result of the Carbon Price Support legislation in each year until 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	22145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>The most recent forecast of receipts from the Carbon Price Floor was published by the OBR in their ‘Economic and fiscal outlook supplementary fiscal tables – November 2015’, available at <a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-november-2015/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-november-2015/</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/01/2016 13:17:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

449999

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Polygamy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of men in the UK who are in polygamous marriages.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	25524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 04/02/2016 11:40:01 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 25524 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Polygamous Marriages
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

436311

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2015 to Question 17668, if he will collect information on how much has been spent from the public purse on providing legal aid for asylum seekers who wish to purse immigration appeals.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	19169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/12/2015 15:47:36 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

426610

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 entered the UK as a result of successful family reunion applications in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	15006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The available relevant data are provided below for the number of individuals granted entry clearance visas to the UK for family reunion back to 2005. However, the grant of a visa does not necessarily mean that a person has actually entered the UK.</p><p><strong>Entry clearance visas granted for family reunion</strong></p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Granted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>7,731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>5,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>4,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>3,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>4,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,541</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Source: <br></strong>Immigration Statistics April-June 2015, Home Office, tables vi_01_q, and corresponding datasets.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April-June 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/11/2015 16:34:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

432327

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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, how much has been spent from the public purse on providing legal aid for asylum seekers who wish to pursue immigration appeals in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	17668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice cannot separately report on legal aid specifically awarded to asylum seekers. This information is not recorded, as it is not relevant to the administration of the legal aid scheme.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/11/2015 16:34:41 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

444191

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Countries: Travel Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will update his Department's travel advice guidance on the safety of women travellers to (a) Germany and (b) Austria to take account of recent events in those countries.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	22151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The FCO’s travel advice is kept under constant review, and is based on objective assessments of the risk to British nationals.</p><p>Our current advice for Germany can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/germany</p><p>Our current advice for Austria can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/austria</p><p>While we condemn the criminal behaviour seen in Cologne and on a smaller scale in Hamburg, Salzburg and elsewhere on New Year’s Eve, we do not assess that this is now the standard of behaviour to expect at all public gatherings in Germany or Austria. In addition, the authorities are taking action to ensure that such attacks are not repeated.</p><p>We advise all travellers and British nationals resident in Germany and Austria to monitor our travel advice regularly.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/01/2016 16:01:34 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

453250

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount of funding the European Court of Auditors has recorded as having been misspent in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	27541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The European Court of Auditors prepares an annual audit report on the EU Budget which is published each year in November in relation to the previous EU financial year, running from January to December. This includes an estimated ‘error rate’ in relation to EU budget payments made which were not in compliance with EU regulatory requirements.</p><p>The latest audit report available, published in November 2015, relates to the financial year 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The 2014 report can be consulted at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/annualreports-2014/annualreports-2014-EN.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/annualreports-2014/annualreports-2014-EN.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/02/2016 16:16:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies