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93315

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defined Christians entering the UK from Iraq and Syria have claimed asylum on the grounds of religious persecution in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	210299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on the basis of claim for asylum is not centrally recorded, and the information requested in the Hon. Member’s question could only be obtained through a manual search of individual case files. This would exceed the cost limit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/10/2014 14:07:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92935

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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, what overtime costs were incurred by HM Passport Office in (a) July, (b) August and (c) September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	210194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Overtime costs incurred by HM Passport Office were as follows:<br><br>July £2,065,021<br>August £2,537,957<br>September £2,148,872</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 15:04:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

92990

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Answers to Questions 40890, on 15 February 2011 and 43770, on 8 March 2011, how many overseas students from each country were granted visas in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	210183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The available information relates to entry clearance visas granted in Tier 4 and pre-Points Based System (PBS) equivalents and is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics. The information is given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="5"><strong>Entry clearance visas granted by nationality: Study (Tier 4 and pre-PBS equivalent)</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>(main applicants)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Country of nationality</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>China</td><td>62,010</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>United States</td><td>13,853</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>India</td><td>12,690</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Nigeria</td><td>10,753</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Hong Kong</td><td>9,644</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Malaysia</td><td>8,987</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Thailand</td><td>4,863</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>4,835</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Russia</td><td>4,555</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Pakistan</td><td>4,299</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Other nationalities</td><td>63,119</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>199,608</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><em>Source: Table vi_06_q, Visas Volume 3, &quot;Immigration Statistics, April - June 2014&quot;.</em></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><em>Notes: The figures shown exclude dependants and student visitors. Other nationalities are</em></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>broken down further in the published table.</em></p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>The latest Home Office immigration statistics, including those for entry clearance visas for Tier 4 and pre-PBS equivalents for all individual <br>nationalities, are published in the release Immigration Statistics April – June 2014, table vi_06_q_s (Visas Volume 3), which is available from the Library of the House and on the Department’s website at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 15:05:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 22239 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

92633

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of the closure of the Post Study Work visa route on start-up companies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	210012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely at Ministerial and official level with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and other interested Departments on significant changes to economic migration policy, including the closure of the Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) route in 2012. This closure was also the subject of a full public consultation from December 2010 to January 2011.<br><br>Start-up companies can benefit from the new provisions for graduates the Government has introduced, including easier switching into the Tier 2 skilled work route as well as the new Graduate Entrepreneur route, which permits working for start-up companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/10/2014 12:52:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

92636

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Greater London
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) businesses, (b) registry offices and (c) housing services in (i) London and (ii) Greenwich have been targeted under Operation Skybreaker since that operation began.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	209315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>A full evaluation will be conducted at the end of Operation Skybreaker which runs from July 2014 to December 2014 .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 15:57:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

92637

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Greater London
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) businesses, (b) registry offices and (c) housing services have been raided in (i) total and (ii) Greenwich under Operation Skybreaker since that operation began.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	209316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>A full evaluation will be conducted at the end of Operation Skybreaker which runs from July 2014 to December 2014 .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 15:59:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

92638

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of Operation Skybreaker; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	209317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>A full evaluation will be conducted at the end of Operation Skybreaker which runs from July 2014 to December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 16:00:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

92640

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with (a) local hon. Members and (b) local councillors representing (i) Greenwich and (ii) other London boroughs prior to the commencement of Operation Skybreaker; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	209311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Senior managers in Immigration Enforcement began engagement with partners and local community groups from June 2014. This included briefing local authority leaders, chief executives, officials, and councillors, where they accepted the offers. This included liaison with officials in Greenwich Council.<br><br>Engagement with partners and the local community will continue throughout the operation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 15:56:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

92641

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the aim is of Operation Skybreaker; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	209312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Operation Skybreaker is a pilot approach to encourage greater compliance with the immigration rules in 10 pilot areas. Home Office Immigration Enforcement has intensified its local partnership engagement and sought to assist local businesses on how to conduct right to work checks on their employees.</p><p>The aim of the pilot approach is to test new ways of working and identify how best to reduce illegal immigration, which is bad for both British citizens and those who have come to this country legally.<br><br>This is a routine, local, operational matter and significant engagement has been undertaken with those involved in partnership working and the communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 16:10:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

92642

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many immigration or asylum cases during the last 12 months where a person has claimed to be under the age of 18, that person has been treated as an adult on the basis that their appearance or demeanour strongly suggests they are significantly over the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	210006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not currently published or readily available and could be obtained only through the examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.<br><br>The Home Office is looking into ways to improve the statistical recording of age dispute information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 15:07:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 21950 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather