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49323

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 were employed by the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate on 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of people (paid and unpaid civil servants as well as agency and <br>contractors substituting as civil servants) employed by UK Visas and <br>Immigration on 31st March 2014 was 7,107 (6,598.67 Full Time Equivalent).<br><br>In line with Office for National statistics guidelines, all government <br>departments are required to report their official statistics relating to <br>numbers of employees using calendar month end dates. This answer has therefore <br>been provided using information as at 31st March 2014 rather than 1st April <br>2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8356 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

49324

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget is allocated to the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Visa &amp; Immigration Directorate Budget 2014/5<br><br>Resource Administration £13.6 million<br>Resource Programme £744.3 million<br>Income Programme £1,022.6 million<br>Capital £6.0 million<br><br>Source: Home Office Main Estimates published on 29th April 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8355 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

48596

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many travel document applications arising from each country were being processed as of 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table gives a breakdown, by nationality, of outstanding <br>applications for a Home Office Travel Document.<br><br>To align with protocol on publishing statistics, the list represents the <br>position at 31 December 2013. However, most of the cases shown as outstanding have <br>been concluded since that date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nationality</p></td><td><p>No. Of Cases</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua &amp; Barbuda</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bhutan</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chad</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic People's Republic of Korea</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Eritrea</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea-Bissau</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Haiti</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo Resident - UN Issued Travel Document</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait Bidoun</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldives</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Officially Stateless</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Palestinian Authority</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Refugee - Article 1 of the 1951 Convention</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Refugee - Other</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Serbia</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Russian Federation</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Stateless Person (Article 1 of 1954 Convention)</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent &amp; the Grenadines</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria Arab Republic</p></td><td><p>587</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish controlled area of Cyprus</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkmenistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United Rep of Tanzania</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>8,731</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8001 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

48597

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many travel documents were (a) applied for and (b) issued in each year since 1 January 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>2009 <br>22,672 <br>14,183<br><br>2010 <br>26,652 <br>15,095<br><br>2011 <br>23,722 <br>16,791<br><br>2012 <br>20,667 <br>8,139<br><br>2013 <br>22,567 <br>12,811<br><br>Totals <br>116,280 <br>67,019<br><br>To provide context to the figures, it should be noted that a policy change was <br>implemented in February 2012 requiring all travel document applicants to have <br>or simultaneously apply for a Biometric Residence Permit to confirm status. <br>This subsequently resulted in a doubling of processing times. However, the <br>backlog of applications was cleared in February this year and the Home Office's <br>Travel Document Section has since returned to agreed service levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7997 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

48299

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 arrived in the UK under the Syrian refugee programme.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To date 24 Syrians have arrived in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons <br>Relocation scheme, with the first group arriving at the end of March and a <br>further group in April. We will not be releasing any further details; such as <br>where they are travelling from, their specific vulnerabilities, or where they <br>will be placed.<br><br>The scheme is based on need, rather than being designed to meet a quota. <br>However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis, and envisage <br>that several hundred people will be helped over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

43802

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) children and (b) adults have been granted asylum in the UK under the Vulnerable Person Relocation Scheme from Syria.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	192532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>[holding answer 24 March 2014]</p><p>The first Syrians relocated under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme arrived into the UK on 25 March 2014. The scheme prioritises women and children at risk or in need of medical care, and survivors of torture and violence; given the particular vulnerability of these individuals, it has been essential to work with partners including UNHCR and local authorities to ensure that the support, services and accommodation they need are in place before they arrive in the UK. We expect the scheme to support several hundred people over the next three years.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

39732

registered interest
date	24/02/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 cases were awaiting decision for travel documents on 1 February 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	189239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are unable to provide figures specific to asylum cases awaiting travel <br>documents. This information is only held within paper case files, which would <br>mean this question could only be answered through a disproportionately <br>expensive manual case search.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz