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78052

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on its tackling tobacco smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	206014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/08/2014 answer text <p>The Tackling Tobacco Strategy in its current form came into force in April 2011. Customs operations target a range of commodities, including those covered by this strategy, and our officers and equipment are deployed to cover a range of activities. We do not therefore hold information relating specifically to tobacco.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/08/2014 08:47:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

78054

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications are presently deferred or on hold awaiting the outcome of the legal action in respect of the financial requirement that is presently before the courts.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	205896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>According to Home Office management information, as at 31 March 2014, 3,134 family visa applications were on hold following the July 2013 High Court judgment in MM &amp; Others.Following the Court of Appeal ruling in favour of the Home Secretary which confirmed the lawfulness of the income threshold policy, as a rational and reasonable means of achieving the legitimate aims of reducing taxpayer burdens and promoting integration, from 28 July, the individuals whose applications were on hold, pending this judgment, will now receive a decision. Decisions will take account of all the information presented. Any application which met all the requirements apart from the minimum income threshold now stands to be refused. The applications which have been subject to the hold will be decided as soon as possible. It is likely to take several weeks to complete this work. Overseas our regions are rebalancing resources to ensure decisions are made as quickly as they reasonably can be, allowing full consideration of the facts of the cases. This is with the aim of resolving all applications within three months in line with service standards for settlement applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/08/2014 15:28:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

78055

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
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 was for a spouse visa appeal to be heard from the time of being refused to a decision by the tribunal in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	205897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 16:58:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

78056

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: South Asia
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 was for a decision on a visa application in each category in (a) Mumbai and (b) Islamabad in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	205898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table aside sets out the average time taken in days for decisions to be made on visa applications considered in Mumbai and Islamabad between 1st January and 31st March 2014, by category of application.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Endorsement category</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Post | Days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ISLAMABAD </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MUMBAI </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EEA Family Permits</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Family Visit</p></td><td><p>30.2</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Non Settlement</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Visitor</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PBS Tier 1</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PBS Tier 2</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PBS Tier 4</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PBS Tier 5</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>18.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Settlement</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>29.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transit</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>Average decision times for visas processed in Mumbai and Islamabad (1st January and 31st March 2014). A decision is where the application has been issued, refused, lapsed or withdrawn</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 12:15:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

78058

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by her Department on legal representation and court costs in respect of action over the financial requirement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	205900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>In the case of MM &amp; Others concerning the minimum income threshold under the family Immigration Rules, the costs incurred by the Home Office as at 3 July 2014 were approximately £163,000.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/08/2014 15:33:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

78059

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce service standards and set processing time limits for visa applications made at overseas posts.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	205901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/08/2014 answer text <p>Service Standards are in place for the processing of visa applications submitted overseas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/08/2014 08:43:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

78060

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: South Asia
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 was from a visa appeal being granted at tribunal to the post issuing the visa in (a) Mumbai and (b) Islamabad in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	205899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>From 1st January to 31st March 2014, it took on average 34 days in Mumbai and 31 days in Islamabad to issue a visa after the tribunal decision was received in the respective post.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/08/2014 15:32:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

78068

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
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 protect civil liberties whilst tackling Islamic extremism across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>The government is committed to disrupting extremism and we use the full force of the law to do so, including proscribing groups concerned in terrorism, prosecuting the perpetrators of hate crime and excluding preachers of hate from the UK. We also remain committed to protecting fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of speech. That is why it is vital that we challenge those extremist ideas that also form part of a terrorist ideology, and threaten these freedoms. Central to this is challenging those behaviours and views which run counter to our shared values, which include freedom of speech, democracy, the rule of law, equality of opportunity and treatment, and the rights of all men and women to live free from persecution of any kind.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/08/2014 15:30:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

77669

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport 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 enquiries HM Passport Office has received from hon. Members in each of the previous 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	205653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2014 answer text <p>In 2013, Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) received 1,123 written enquiries from Members of both Houses and 813 telephone enquiries via the 'MP's hotline' service. In the first six months of 2014, HMPO has received 1, 394 written enquiries and 13, 906 telephone enquiries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/07/2014 16:51:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

77670

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applicants resident in (a) Preston constituency and (b) Lancashire have been compensated by HM Passport Service in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	205654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) does not collect information on <br>compensation in the format requested. Performance data is not collected at <br>these levels. HMPO monitors perfermance at national level as it re-distributes<br>work across the UK estate to manage any variation in local levels of passport demand.<br>The cost of identifying information in the format requested would be disproportionate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 14:38:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick