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90164

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Training
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 cyber skills of police forces; and what steps she is taking to improve those skills.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	207635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Tackling cyber crime is one of the key objectives of the UK’s Cyber Security Strategy. The Government has supported this with £860m of investment over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP). We have so far committed £70m of NCSP funding in improving law enforcement agencies’ ability to respond to this threat, including setting up the National Cyber Crime Unit in the National Crime Agency, and cyber teams in each of the Regional Organised Crime Units. We are also supporting the training of police officers and investigators in local forces in England and Wales, through the development of new online and classroom-based training packages by the College of Policing for 5,000 officers.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/09/2014 15:24:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 18038 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

77171

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
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 make an assessment of the potential effect on operations at border control of trends in the number of women having different surnames to their children.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	205014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Border Force has a duty under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and <br>Immigration Act 2009 to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. All <br>Border Force officers undergo mandatory training and have guidance to enable <br>them to fulfil this important duty in an appropriate manner. Checks are <br>conducted on passengers arriving in the UK in accordance with the Border Force <br>Operating Mandate. <br><br>Where a child is encountered at the border, and it is not immediately apparent <br>that the accompanying adult is their parent or guardian, Border Force officers <br>will ask questions to satisfy themselves as to the child’s welfare and to <br>discharge their statutory duty. This will be done as quickly and as sensitively <br>as possible to avoid unnecessary delay and distress to the passenger and their <br>accompanying family.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:51:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 10285 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

77181

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were received in Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide data on the number of claims for asylum that have been received in Northern Ireland since 2010. This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<br><br>It is possible to provide an estimated figure for the number of asylum seekers that are recorded as being resident in Northern Ireland during the period specified. This information is provided in the following table.<br><br>These figures relate to main asylum claimants who have made a claim for asylum between 1st January 2010 and 31st March 2014 and who have a latest postcode recorded as located in Northern Ireland. <br><br>The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of Application</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of Applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (Jan - Mar)</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:45:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 10307 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

76834

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
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 time taken for the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration to reply to hon. Members in (a) all and (b) urgent visit visa cases was in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>For 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, UK Visas and Immigration replied to <br>correspondence from hon. Members within an average of 26 days. Information on <br>the average time taken to reply to urgent visa cases is not recorded centrally <br>and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 10:21:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9733 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76835

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to UK Visas and Immigration Directorate on responding to hon. Members' representations on visit visa cases.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance is available to all staff involved in responding to correspondence from hon. Members. This guidance explains when it is appropriate for staff to contact the business unit dealing with the case. <br><br>Additionally, the Home Office have issued an Information Fact Sheet – ‘Family Visit Visa Information Fact Sheet for Members of Parliament acting on behalf of their constituents’ to hon. Members. The Information Fact Sheet is available on the Home Office MP website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:57:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9728 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76836

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Ilford South will receive a reply from the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration to the urgent representations he made on behalf of his constituents Mr and Mrs Mehta on 16 June 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A Home Office official responded to the hon. Member on 10 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:29:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9730 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76840

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons hon. Members' recent representations to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration were not referred to the post for a review; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Officials within UK Visas and Immigration review all representations to the Director General and where appropriate they will liaise with the overseas post to request a review of the decision. The case that the Hon. Member recently raised has been referred to post for review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:26:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9731 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76847

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
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 take steps to ensure that staff of her Department alleviate distress suffered by families who are subject to questioning at border control because the children have different surnames to their parents.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Border Force has a duty under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and <br>Immigration Act 2009 to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. All <br>Border Force officers undergo mandatory training and have guidance to enable <br>them to fulfil this important duty in an appropriate manner. Checks are <br>conducted on passengers arriving in the UK in accordance with the Border Force <br>Operating Mandate. <br><br>Where a child is encountered at the border, and it is not immediately apparent <br>that the accompanying adult is their parent or guardian, Border Force officers <br>will ask questions to satisfy themselves as to the child’s welfare and to <br>discharge their statutory duty. This will be done as quickly and as sensitively <br>as possible to avoid unnecessary delay and distress to the passenger and their <br>accompanying family.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:52:16 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9737 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

66130

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth Games 2014
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 has taken to ensure that people who visit Scotland to participate in or watch the Commonwealth Games in 2014 are not able to remain in the country illegally after the Games have finished.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The rigorous Accreditation Process applied to those participating in the <br>Commonwealth Games which contributed to the success of our Olympic Games in <br>2012 have also been central to our preparations for Glasgow 2014.<br><br>Comprehensive records checks on all Commonwealth Games participants and Games <br>Family Members are conducted before they are cleared to enter the UK. We have <br>also introduced arrangements to confirm that people given Commonwealth Games <br>clearance have left the UK within their permitted time limits.<br><br>People who visit Scotland to watch the Commonwealth Games are treated as <br>visitors to the United Kingdom and as such the normal Immigration Rules apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:31:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9282 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

66131

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	London Marathon
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 people who have entered the UK in each of the last five years to participate in the London marathons and who remain in the country illegally; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of the number of individuals who entered the UK <br>specifically to compete in the London marathon and have overstayed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:32:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9284 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies