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170464

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
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 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many and what proportion of candidates took their English language tests online in each country in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	218716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Secure English language tests for visa purposes require attendance in person at an invigilated test centre. As such there are no online tests that can be taken from home.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:57:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

170467

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
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 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many cases of fraud or abuse in relation to English language testing have been identified in each country in each of the last five years; and what proportion such cases were of the total number sitting those tests in each country.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	218720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally and the costs of gathering the information would involve disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:50:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

170476

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
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 who were granted British citizenship have had referees from outside the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	218817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on how many individuals were granted British citizenship who had referees from outside the UK is not aggregated in national reporting systems. This information could only be obtained by a disproportionately expensive <br>manual case by case search to collate the data.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:41:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

170477

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
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 who were granted British citizenship disclosed financial fraud in their application for citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	218818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on how many individuals who were granted citizenship who disclosed <br>financial fraud in their application for citizenship is not aggregated in <br>national reporting systems. This information could only be obtained by a <br>disproportionately expensive manual case by case search to collate the data.<br><br>However where the Secretary of State is aware that a person has practised fraud <br>they would not normally be granted citizenship as the good character <br>requirement would not be satisfied.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:45:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

170483

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with campaigning charities and organisations about the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and covert surveillance.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	218740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have discussions and meetings with a wide variety of 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 Ministerial meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website:http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</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 17/12/2014 17:38:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

170484

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for British citizenship were made in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	218741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested, which is published regularly, is given in the table below<br><br></p><p /> <p /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><strong>Citizenship applications, United Kingdom 2010 to 2013</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Applications for British citizenship</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>199,767</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>207,797</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>181,410</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>232,262</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Source: Home Office, Migration Statistics</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Immigration Statistics July to September 2014</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Tables cz_01</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p /> <p><br>The latest Home Office immigration statistics, including applications for <br>British citizenship are published in the release Immigration Statistics July -<br>September 2014, table cz_01 (Citizenship tables), which is available from the <br>Library of the House and on the Department’s website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:48:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

170486

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants were granted British citizenship who had undertaken illegal work in the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	218743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on how many individuals who were granted British citizenship who <br>had undertaken illegal work in the UK is not aggregated in national reporting <br>systems. This information could only be obtained by a disproportionately <br>expensive manual case by case search to collate the data.<br><br>However where the Secretary of State is aware that a person has undertaken <br>illegal work in the UK they would not normally be granted citizenship as the <br>good character requirement would not be satisfied.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:43:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

170487

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants were granted British citizenship who had previously committed crimes in other countries in each year since 2010; and of what crimes those applicants had been convicted.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	218744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on how many individuals who were granted British citizenship who <br>had previously committed crimes in other countries is not aggregated in <br>national reporting systems. This information could only be obtained by a <br>disproportionately expensive manual case by case search to collate the data.<br><br>However where the Secretary of State is aware that a person has committed <br>crimes in other countries they would not normally be granted citizenship as the <br>good character requirement would not be satisfied.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:42:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson