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387864

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date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
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 introduce a transition period for her Department's planned reduction in the number of English language test centres.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	5611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The new arrangements provide for immigration and nationality applicants to have their English language ability tested securely. The provision of test centres was planned to give appropriate coverage to meet anticipated customer demand, whilst allowing the Home Office to implement a robust audit regime. Managing demand across the network is a key requirement for the selected providers.</p><p>Transitional arrangements are in place to enable those who took tests at previous test centres before April 6 2015 to continue to use those tests in support of immigration applications until November. Additionally, individuals intending to apply for settlement and citizenship after November 2015 have been given more than six months’ notice that they will be required to take a Secure English Language Test.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2015 14:27:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 12968 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

387865

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to reach a decision on the naturalisation application of the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth's constituent, Ms Noor Aldoumani.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	5651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on this individual case on 8 July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2015 14:25:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 13212 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

387868

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the test centres for English language tests are in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	5705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The test centres in the UK are as follows:</p><p>1. Trinity Belfast SELT Centre - Forsyth House, Cromac Square, Belfast, County Antrim BT2 8LA</p><p>2. Trinity Birmingham SELT Centre - Lonsdale House, 52 Blucher Street, Birmingham B1 1QU</p><p>3. Trinity Cardiff SELT Centre - Temple Court, 13a Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9HA</p><p>4. Trinity Glasgow SELT Centre - The Centrum Building, 38 Queen Street, Glasgow G1 3DX</p><p>5. Trinity Leeds SELT Centre - West One Building, 114 Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 1BA</p><p>6. Trinity London Hammersmith SELT Centre - 26-28 Hammersmith Grove, London W6 7BA</p><p>7. Trinity London Holborn SELT Centre - 88 Kingsway, London WC2B 6AA</p><p>8. Trinity Manchester SELT Centre - Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5AN</p><p>9. Trinity Newcastle SELT Centre - Milburn House, Dean Street, Newcastle NE1 1LE</p><p>10. Trinity Peterborough SELT Centre - Stuart House, East Wing, St John’s Street, Peterborough PE1 5DD</p><p>11. British Council, Edinburgh - Basil Paterson College, 65 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 4NA</p><p>12. British Council, London West - Ealing Hammersmith &amp; West London College, Hammersmith Campus, Gliddon Road, Barons Court, London W14 9BL</p><p>13. British Council, London North - London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB</p><p>14. British Council, Chelmsford - Anglia Ruskin University, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ</p><p>15. British Council, London Central - University of Ulster, St James's House, 10 Rosebery Avenue, Holborn, London EC1R 4TF</p><p>16. British Council, Birmingham - Joseph Chamberlain 6th Form College, 1 Belgrave Road, Highgate, Birmingham B12 9FF</p><p>17. British Council, Manchester - Connell 6th Form College, 301 Alan Turing Way, Manchester M11 3BS</p><p>18. British Council, Cardiff - Cardiff and Vale College, Canal Parade, Cardiff CF10 5BF</p><p>19. British Council, Portsmouth - Highbury College, Tutor Crescent, Portsmouth PO6 2SA</p><p>20. British Council, Belfast - Belfast Metropolitan College, E3 Building, 398 Springfield Road, Belfast BT12 7DU</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2015 14:27:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

387869

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants abroad; what the value was of that contract; and who was awarded that contract.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	5707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Three companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants abroad. <ins class="ministerial">Four companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants within the UK.</ins> The contract was awarded to IELTS Consortium; the Consortium is made up of Cambridge English Language Assessment as Consortium Lead, with British Council and IDP IELTS Australia. The Concession Agreement is cost neutral as it was procured as a concession, rather than a contract, with test-takers paying the test provider directly. The Home Office has not provided funding to the service providers under this arrangement. An estimate of the market value is approximately £60 million per annum worldwide, based on expected volumes of upwards of 400,000 SELT tests at an average cost of £150 per test.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2015 14:25:42 question first ministerially corrected 21/07/2015 16:00:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 13700 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

387870

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies were contacted by her Department to bid for the Secure English Language Test; and when each such company was contacted.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	5706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Department placed a Prior Information Notice to inform the market of the opportunity to express an interest and placed an OJEU Contract Notice to advertise the tender. It used TED (Tenders Electronic Daily - the online version of the 'Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union', dedicated to European public procurement), rather than directly contacting companies to bid for the Secure English Language Test tender.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2015 14:27:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

387873

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants within the UK; what the value was of that contract; and who was awarded that contract.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	5708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Three companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants abroad. The contract was awarded to IELTS Consortium; the Consortium is made up of Cambridge English Language Assessment as Consortium Lead, with British Council and IDP IELTS Australia. The Concession Agreement is cost neutral as it was procured as a concession, rather than a contract, with test-takers paying the test provider directly. The Home Office has not provided funding to the service providers under this arrangement. An estimate of the market value is approximately £60 million per annum worldwide, based on expected volumes of upwards of 400,000 SELT tests at an average cost of £150 per test.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 5707 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:25:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

387313

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines have been (a) imposed and (b) paid for the carrying of illegal migrants at ports of entry to the UK in the Pas de Calais region in each time period for which records are kept since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	5262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The total penalties paid and received by the Home Office under the Civil Penalty scheme for the Nord Pas de Calais region are £4.2 million in 2013/14 and £6.6 million in 2014/15. Border Force issued penalties for those attempting to enter the UK via the Pas de Calais region for each month since January 2014 as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Month</td><td>Number of Penalties Issued</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>January 2014</td><td>179</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>February 2014</td><td>157</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>March 2014</td><td>184</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>April 2014</td><td>221</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May 2014</td><td>263</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>June 2014</td><td>282</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>July 2014</td><td>369</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>August 2014</td><td>335</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>September 2014</td><td>309</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>October 2014</td><td>333</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>November 2014</td><td>271</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>December 2014</td><td>254</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>January 2015</td><td>316</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>February 2015</td><td>186</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>March 2015</td><td>182</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>April 2015</td><td>198</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May 2015</td><td>268</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Two Codes of Practice govern what is expected of hauliers and drivers in preventing the carriage of clandestine entrants and the level of penalty that can be imposed in a given set of circumstances. If an effective system for preventing the carriage of clandestine entrants is in operation then no penalty would be imposed.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2015 11:46:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson