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90861

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date	05/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional security measures and at what additional cost are being installed at the UK-French border at Calais.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	208389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2014 answer text <p>Security of the UK border is our priority. Basing UK controls in France enables Border Force to stop illegal migrants before they reach our shores. <br><br>Since 2010, this Government has invested millions in strengthening the security of our border in Calais and other key ports. We have bolstered physical security in Calais, upgraded technology and equipment and increased joint intelligence work with the French.<br><br>The Home Secretary and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve set out a number of commitments in a joint declaration on 20 September to tackle problems at the port of Calais, including £12 million from the UK Government towards bolstering security and infrastructure. <br><br>Their declaration also reaffirms their commitment to closer working by UK and French law enforcement agencies to target organised crime gangs behind people trafficking and smuggling.<br><br>Recent improvements include a total of £5.6 million to improve security at Calais and other ports in Northern France, helping to protect the UK border.<br><br>We have invested £2 million to detect people hiding in lorries by upgrading vehicle scanning equipment with the latest technology; and have increased the number of sniffer dogs stationed at Calais and other ports.<br><br>We are further strengthening physical security by investing nearly £400,000 in thermo-detection security cameras and enhanced secure perimeter fencing around the Calais port and the Channel Tunnel at Coquelles. <br><br>Further to the £12 million we have committed, earlier this year the Home Office also agreed to provide £3 million for a range of security measures across the ports in Northern France. We are pressing the Calais Chamber of Commerce to allow those measures to be implemented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/10/2014 15:03:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

90862

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Channel Tunnel
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 Eurotunnel Group representatives to discuss illegal immigration into the UK through the Channel Tunnel.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	208442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private <br>sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 17:25:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

90866

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any teachers have been arrested in connection with Operation Trojan Horse.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This is an operational matter for the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/09/2014 15:58:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90727

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
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 (a) the French government, (b) local government in Calais and (c) ferry operators regarding illegal immigrants at Calais since 1 August 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	208169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private <br>sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 17:18:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

90728

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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 passports that her Department has returned to applicants in the last year have gone missing; and if she will estimate the annual cost to her Department of returning passports to applicants by (a) second-class post, (b) first-class post and (c) recorded delivery.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	208231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2014 answer text <p>Since Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) starting collecting this data in February 2014, 62 cases of passports wrongly delivered or packages damaged on delivery have been reported and investigated by HMPO and this has resulted in passports being cancelled. Subject to the outcome of the investigation, a new passport is issued to the passport holder. This is 0.0017% of the total passports issued for this period. <br><br>New passports are sent to customers by secure courier in the UK and overseas, any expired passports submitted with applications are returned to customers in the UK using second class post and overseas by secure courier which the customer pays for. In the 2013-14 financial year securely delivering new passports in the UK cost £17 million, overseas the cost was £6.25 million. <br>It is not possible to identify separately the cost of returning expired passports to customers in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/09/2014 15:05:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

90732

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees have been granted asylum in the UK since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Between April 2011 and June 2014, 2,959 Syrians and their dependants were granted asylum in the UK at initial decision. <br><br>In the same period, 74 Syrians and their dependants were granted Humanitarian Protection/ Discretionary Leave and Other grants (grants under family and private life rules). In addition, 50 Syrian nationals have beengranted Humanitarian Protection under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since it began in April 2014.<br><br>The Home Office publishes statistics on grants of asylum, humanitarian protection/discretionary leave/other grants at initial decision to main applicants and dependants in Tables as_02 and as_02_q (Asylum data tables Volume 1 and Volume 2) within the Immigration Statistics release. Table as.19 (Asylum data table Volume 4) shows refugees (and others) resettled in the UK under different schemes.<br><br>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April – June 2014 is available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a> and is available from the Library of the House.<br><br>Refugee status is conferred following a grant of asylum. Not all asylum seekers are deemed to be refugees and not all refugees claim asylum.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/09/2014 15:35:02 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90734

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
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 is taking with regards to supporters of Islamic State in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As the Prime Minister made clear in his statement on 1 September, Official Report, Column 23, the Government has ‘taken a wide range of measures, including stopping suspects from travelling to the region by seizing passports, barring foreign nationals from re-entering the United Kingdom, legislating so that we can prosecute people for terrorist activity, even where that activity takes place overseas, and bringing forward emergency legislation, for instance to safeguard our use of communications data.’<br><br>He also announced that the Government will bring forward legislation to strengthen powers in specific areas, including disrupting suspects from travelling and dealing decisively with those <br>already here who pose a risk. Details of that legislation will be brought forward at the earliest opportunity.<br><br>A wide range of offences already exists on the statute books, including in the Terrorism Acts 2000 and 2006, under which individuals can be prosecuted if there is evidence they have <br>committed terrorism offences by supporting ISIL. In particular, where there is evidence that individuals are planning, promoting, funding, facilitating or participating in terrorist activities the police and Crown Prosecution Service will seek to prosecute them. Each case is considered individually. If the police refer a case to the Crown Prosecution Service, they consider whether there is sufficient evidence of any offence, and if so, whether it is in the public interest to prosecute.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/09/2014 16:02:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90735

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the name and job title was of the official who signed the European arrest warrant for the parents of Ashya King.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	208309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>No Home Office or other Government official was involved in signing a European Arrest Warrant for the parents of Ashya King. A European Arrest Warrant is issued by a judge, on application by a constable or appropriate person, in this case, the Crown Prosecution Service. <br><br>The Home Office does not hold information on what expenditure has been incurred by UK police forces in the search for the parents of Ashya King. <br><br>Any costs incurred are a matter for the individual forces involved.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 17:19:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

90736

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure has been incurred by UK police forces in the search for the parents of Ashya King; and how these costs will be met.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	208310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>No Home Office or other Government official was involved in signing a European Arrest Warrant for the parents of Ashya King. A European Arrest Warrant is issued by a judge, on application by a constable or appropriate person, in this case, the Crown Prosecution Service. <br><br>The Home Office does not hold information on what expenditure has been incurred by UK police forces in the search for the parents of Ashya King. <br><br>Any costs incurred are a matter for the individual forces involved.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 17:20:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

90737

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
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 statement by the Prime Minister of 1 September 2014, Official Report, column 24, on EU Council Security and Middle East, and with reference to the oral evidence of Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, to the Committee of Public Accounts of 9 October 2013, HC 663-i, whether data protection legislation in any EU country continues to prevent the disclosure of advance passenger information to the UK.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	208363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Some carriers are unable to collect and provide advance passenger information due to concerns that this would be incompatible with EU free movement and data protection legislation. However, we already receive a very substantial amount of such information on European routes, and intend to continue to increase this.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 17:12:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay