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387861

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	Domestic Abuse: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training her Department provides to immigration officials in Northern Ireland to identify victims of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	5645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Border Force and Immigration Enforcement have established dedicated programmes of activity to strengthen officers’ safeguarding awareness and the capability to detect potentially vulnerable people encountered. Officers working in Northern Ireland have all received safeguarding and human trafficking training. This training includes behavioural indicator awareness which is used by officers to identify individuals who may be in a stressful or vulnerable situation as a result of different forms of abuse including domestic violence. If potential domestic violence victims are identified then they are referred to the Police Service Northern Ireland and Social Services.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 15:31:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 13215 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

387864

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, 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

387867

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	Islamic State: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met representatives of (a) airlines, (b) travel companies, (c) ferry companies and (d) Eurostar and Eurotunnel to discuss the prevention of travel by individuals attempting to join Daesh in Iraq and Syria.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	5648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are published on the Cabinet Office website on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 15:31:57 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

387618

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4295, if she will make it her policy to ensure that current employers of workers on tier 2 visas whose immigration status is changing as a result of 2011 immigration rules changes requiring workers who have been in the UK for more five years to earn more than £35,000 gross per annum are aware that these changes are now taking effect; and if she will provide support to such employers to identify employees whose immigration status may now change.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	5551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>As a condition of sponsoring a worker under Tier 2, sponsoring employers are required to monitor the immigration status of their workers.</p><p>To ensure sponsors are aware of changes to Immigration Rules, UK Visas &amp; Immigration regularly sends online notifications to sponsors, and the appropriate guidance documents are updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules. UK Visas &amp; Immigration also operates a Business Helpdesk to support sponsors with any enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:45:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 12964 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

387298

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	Passports: 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 members of staff worked in HM Passport Office processing applications for first passports for UK children born overseas in May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	5453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office deploys its workforce flexibly across different types of work in order to manage performance against service standards. As individual staff process several different types of application it is not possible to provide a breakdown of how many work solely on first time applications for children born overseas.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:48:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 11683 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas