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100745

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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, what recent representations she has received on lowering the minimum income threshold limit required by those wishing to bring family members to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	211715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>We keep the family Immigration Rules under regular review in light of all feedback on their operation. However, we have no plans to lower the minimum income threshold required to bring family members to the UK under those rules. In its 11 July 2014 judgment in MM and Others the Court of Appeal upheld the lawfulness of the requirement and found that it strikes a fair balance between the interests of those affected and the community in general.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/10/2014 14:18:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

100818

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	G4S
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether G4S records (a) telephone calls made to it by asylum seekers who have ended the call as they have not been able to explain that they need an interpreter and (b) all other telephone calls received in connection with its contract to deliver accommodation for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Ian Swales
uin	211808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>All providers are required under the COMPASS contracts to provide a minimum level of support to asylum seekers accommodated in their properties, this includes briefing the service user in a language that they understand, on how to contact the provider and the Home Office to make complaints.<br><br>G4S does make a record of all telephone calls they receive from asylum applicants accommodated in their property and refers service users to their interpreters where it is clear that an interpreter is required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/10/2014 14:19:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales

100443

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Peterborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been supported with accommodation under the auspices of the National Asylum Support Service in Peterborough constituency in each quarter since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	211499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Asylum Support Service was disbanded in 2006. Asylum support is now managed through regional asylum teams. <br><br>Support may be provided under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute until their asylum claim is determined. Section 95 support can be provided as both accommodation and subsistence, or accommodation or subsistence only.<br><br>The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of support are available broken down by Local Authority. The following table shows the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support in Peterborough Local Authority as at the end of each quarter since the end of March 2010 to June 2014.<br><br>The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of section 95 support, broken down by Local Authority, are published on a quarterly basis by the Home Office in Table as_16_q of the Immigration Statistics release .The copy of the latest publication (Immigration statistics, April to June 2014 ) is available on the Gov.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:26:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

100448

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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, what steps she is taking to make it possible for asylum seekers to make a complaint without it costing them money to call from their mobile phones.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Ian Swales
uin	211425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Complaints regarding the operation of the Asylum system can be made by email or in writing to UK Visas and Immigration. <br><br>Information regarding the UK Visas and Immigration complaints procedure and how to contact the Complaints Allocation Hub is available to the public at the following website link:<br><br><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:27:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales

100449

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
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 complaints submitted by asylum seekers to G4S sub-contractors have been passed on to G4S by those sub-contractors.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Ian Swales
uin	211426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The COMPASS contract lays down requirements for accommodation standards and for the receipt of enquiries and complaints from service users. The providers are contractually required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation to comply with relevant mandatory and statutory requirements in relation to housing, including the Housing Act 2004 and the Decent Home standards. <br><br>G4S provide a 24-hour helpline which provides support, advice and opportunity to raise complaints for service users. In addition, G4S and the Home Office conduct regular accommodation inspections across G4S’ property portfolio which presents the opportunity to ensure appropriate accommodation standards are being met and that service users are getting the right level of service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:25:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales

100453

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 203287, on asylum, if she will make it her policy to apply the six-month service standard to all claims received before April 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	211420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need it, and the Government is committed to effectively managing its asylum caseload. <br><br>It remains our aim to decide straightforward claims made before April 2014 by 31 March 2015. There will always be some cases where further information is required or that are too complex to decide within defined timescales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/10/2014 14:18:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

100210

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
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 UK's vulnerability to cyber-terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	211388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre is responsible for assessing a range of terrorist threats facing the UK, including terrorist use of cyber space, and keeps such threats under regular review. The threat from international terrorism, regardless of the methodology employed, is currently assessed as SEVERE, meaning that an attack is highly likely.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:18:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

100214

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Frontex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any (a) request by the UK to participate in the activities of Frontex and (b) any offer by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available to Frontex has been refused by the Management Board of Frontex in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	211292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK does not participate fully in Frontex by virtue of its decision not to join the external borders part of Schengen agreement. The Frontex Regulation was nevertheless drafted in such a way to require Frontex to facilitate operational cooperation between the UK and Member States on a case by case basis (Article 12(1) of the Frontex Regulation). The nature of Frontex lends itself to UK involvement on a case by case basis.<br><br>As a result there have been no occasions within the last five years when the Management Board of Frontex has refused an offer made by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available for Frontex activities.<br><br>Over the last five years, the UK has provided experts in air borders, returns and fraudulent documents as well as debriefers, interpreters, screeners and a heartbeat detector with operator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:22:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 24153 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

100215

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Frontex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance the UK has provided to Frontex operations in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	211298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK does not participate fully in Frontex by virtue of its decision not to join the external borders part of Schengen agreement. The Frontex Regulation was nevertheless drafted in such a way to require Frontex to facilitate operational cooperation between the UK and Member States on a case by case basis (Article 12(1) of the Frontex Regulation). The nature of Frontex lends itself to UK involvement on a case by case basis.<br><br>As a result there have been no occasions within the last five years when the Management Board of Frontex has refused an offer made by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available for Frontex activities.<br><br>Over the last five years, the UK has provided experts in air borders, returns and fraudulent documents as well as debriefers, interpreters, screeners and a heartbeat detector with operator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:23:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 24152 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

99890

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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, how many charities and non-governmental organisations hold Tier two sponsor licences in each region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	211153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Tier 2 sponsors categorised as charities and non-governmental organisations by region.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Organisation Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>London &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>15,963</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Midlands &amp; East of England</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>3,864</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North East, Yorkshire &amp; the Humber</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>1,252</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>1,229</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Scotland &amp; Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>1,458</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Wales &amp; South West</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>1,526</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Note</strong>: The Home Office classifies sponsors by region, based on its postcode prefix.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 14:51:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield