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65346

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of customers using the Passport Check and Send Service had their passport application rejected due to (a) completing the application form incorrectly, (b) providing incorrect supporting documents and (c) providing the incorrect fee in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	203606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>According to data obtained from Her Majesty's Passport Office in respect of <br>customers using the passport check and send service for the period April 2013 to March 2014:<br><br>(a) 0.36% had their applications rejected by Her Majesty's Passport Office due <br>to completing their application form incorrectly.<br>(b) 0.22% had their applications rejected due to providing incorrect supporting <br>documents.<br>(c) No customer using check and send services had their applications rejected <br>due to providing the incorrect fee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2014 13:57:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8408 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

65511

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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, what the change was in number of (a) part-time and (b) full-time staff in passport offices between 1 May 2014 and 1 July 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	203704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>For the period requested, Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) has increased <br>their full-time complement by (a) 8.5 FTE (b) 33 FTE. Since the start of 2014, HMPO <br>has been putting in extra resources to deal with exceptional demand. As a result, over <br>650 staff have been deployed to frontline operations in HMPO.</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 14:36:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8404 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

65515

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: 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 estimate she has made of the number of student visa applicants who illegally gained entry to the UK as a result of fraudulent language testing in the last 10 years; and how many of these applicants have now been removed from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	203628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As I stated in my oral statement to Parliament on 24 June, analysis from the American<br>arm of Educational Testing Service (ETS) for a number of their UK test centres has identified<br>more than 29,000 invalid results and more than 19,000 questionable results.<br>The analyses from other ETS test centres in the UK are still to be received and it is, <br>therefore, likely that the true totals will be higher. <br><br>These people took tests in the UK and had therefore previously entered the UK. <br>As I stated, a significant proportion of students who have been <br>caught cheating came to this country through a student visa system created <br>before this Government reformed the English requirements in 2011.<br><br>Significant numbers of these people will have used these certificates in <br>support of applications to temporarily extend their stay in the UK for study, <br>work or other purposes. As I indicated, the House will be updated <br>periodically on numbers relating to this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/07/2014 13:10:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

65516

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: 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 estimate she has made of the costs of identifying and removing student visa applicants who entered the country illegally as a result of fraudulent language testing.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	203631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Analysis by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) is on-going and it is not <br>possible to provide further data, including costs data, at present. As I stated to <br>the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regular updates <br>on progress with work to remove these students and on further information we <br>receive from ETS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/07/2014 13:11:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

65517

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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, what performance indicators for the renewal of existing passports were met by each passport office administrative centre in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	203716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) does not log performance data at this level. <br>Performance is monitored at a national level as HMPO distributes work <br>across the UK estate to manage variation in local levels of passport demand. <br>The cost of identyifing the information in the format requested would be disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 14:35:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8356 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

65519

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to inform people whose entry clearance applications are on hold because of investigation into their Test of English for International Communication qualifications about (a) the fact that this is the case and (b) any action they can take to continue their entry clearance applications.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	203778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All applications made by those in the UK using an Educational Testing Service <br>(ETS) certificate have been placed on hold since February. Overseas visa <br>applicants seeking entry clearance who are reliant on an ETS test certificate <br>are not on hold but subject to interview by UK Visa and Immigration staff. <br>In addition, information was placed on GOV.UK in April and has been updated <br>since. This can be found at:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-appr<br>oved-english-language-tests</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/07/2014 13:08:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

65521

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which countries her Department is investigating the Test of English for International Communication language test certificates from Educational Testing Service and the individuals who have provided them as part of the evidence in their visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	203776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The American arm of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) has so far identified <br>more than 29,000 invalid results and more than 19,000 questionable English<br>language test results from a number of ETS test centres operating in the UK in 2012 and <br>2013. Investigations are focused on ETS test centres in the UK, where there is <br>clear evidence of fraudulent activity ETS have also examined results from some<br>of their overseas test centres, but they have so far not found widespread abuse in <br>those locations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/07/2014 13:09:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

65522

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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 steps she is taking to ensure that the Government regulates commercial companies providing evidence required in immigration applications and that such companies are not open to corruption.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	203777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office has appointed an external auditor, Moore Stephens LLP, to <br>provide assurance of the enhanced processes it has introduced for the Secure English <br>Language Test providers, as well as of the controls built into Home Office <br>contractual and licence arrangements related to testing services upon which <br>immigration, citizenship or other entitlements rely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/07/2014 13:09:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

65525

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have applied for entry clearance as (a) students and (b) family members of settled people including evidence of their knowledge of the English language through a Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) certificate obtained through Educational Testing Service and whose applications are on hold while their right to hold that qualification is tested.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	203775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Analysis by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and Home Office officials is <br>on-going and it is not possible to provide further data at present. As I stated <br>to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regular updates on further <br>information we receive from ETS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/07/2014 13:11:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

65527

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
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 for a UK passport have paid an upgrade fee to fast-track their application after having submitted that application at a passport office at each such office and in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Mr Shaun Woodward
uin	203852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is not collected in the format requested and the cost of <br>collecting the information would be disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 14:53:43 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	98 label Biography information for Mr Shaun Woodward