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101168

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Identity Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will bring forward proposals to introduce self-financing photo identity cards on a voluntary basis to establish citizenship status.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	212066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer my Rt. Hon. Friend to the answer given to him by the then Minister for Immigration, my Hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Mark Harper), on 28 January 2014, Official Report, columns 480-481W. This Government has no plans to introduce an identity card system for British Citizens. The Biometric Residence Permit is issued to non-EEA nationals staying in the UK for more than six months. These provide evidence of the holders’ immigration status in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/11/2014 15:49:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93617

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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, on what date exit checks at the UK border will be used to identify migrants who have overstayed their leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing exit checks by April 2015. Under the last Government, exit checks were suspended and nothing was done to identify illegal overstayers.<br><br>We are currently developing and testing a new Departure Lists system which will enable us to confirm departure and improve our ability to identify those who have overstayed having arrived after 1st April 2015 .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 16:30:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 22522 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93619

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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, what recent progress she has made on the introduction of exit checks at UK borders.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing exit checks by April 2015. Under the last Government, exit checks were suspended and nothing was done to identify illegal overstayers.<br><br>We are currently developing and testing a new Departure Lists system which will enable us to confirm departure and improve our ability to identify those who have overstayed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 16:23:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93620

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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, on what date exit checks at the UK border will enable an analysis of overstayers by nationality, visa type and sponsor.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to introducing exit checks by April 2015. Under the last Government, exit checks were suspended and nothing was done to identify illegal overstayers.<br><br>We are currently developing and testing a new Departure Lists system which will enable us to confirm departure and improve our ability to identify those who have overstayed by nationality, visa type and sponsor, having arrived after 1st April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 16:25:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93305

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	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 many Tier 2 general visas have been (a) made available and (b) issued since the introduction of a cap on those visas in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>An annual limit on the number of Tier 2 (General) authorisations has been in force since 6 April 2011 and applies to Certificates of Sponsorship issued to non-EEA nationals seeking admission to the UK for the purpose of employment.</p><p><br>This annual limit has stood at 20,700 in each year since 6 April 2011 and is released on a monthly basis. The number of Certificates of Sponsorship made <br>available each month to Tier 2 sponsors under this limit has, since May 2014, been published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship</a>.<br><br>The number of visas issued to holders of a Tier 2 (General) Certificate of Sponsorship since 2010 is as follows in the Table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 17:42:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 210469 Table vi 16.10.14.docx title Visas issued
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93306

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	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 many Tier 2 general visas have been (a) made available and (b) issued in each of the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The total number of Tier 2 (general) entry clearance visas that can potentially be made available to possible applicants, via sponsors, is limited to 20,700 per year.</p><p>In the last quarter for which numbers are available (2014 Q2 April to June) there were 3,299 entry clearance visas granted in this category to applicants overseas (main applicants). Quarterly figures for 2014 Q3 (July to September) will be published on the Home Office website on 27 November as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, which are available from the Library of the House and 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> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 17:45:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93309

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants were (a) granted refugee status, (b) granted Humanitarian Protection or Discretionary Leave and (c) refused asylum, Humanitarian Protection or Discretionary Leave at initial decision in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 cohorts of asylum applicants; how many appeals against those decisions were lodged in each of those years; and of those appeals how many were (A) allowed and (B) dismissed.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Published figures on initial decisions for main asylum applicants, including grants of asylum, Humanitarian Protection and Discretionary Leave, and refusals, are available in Table as_01 of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. <br><br>Figures relate to decisions made in the given year, rather than for a cohort of applicants.<br><br>Published figures on the number of asylum appeal applications and determinations, including appeals allowed and appeals dismissed, are available in Table as_14 (Asylum data table Volume 1) of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. 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>.</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 14:10:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93311

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	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, what progress has been made towards introducing universal exit checks at UK borders.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing exit checks by April 2015. Under the last Government, exit checks were suspended and nothing was done to identify illegal overstayers.<br><br>We are currently developing and testing a new Departure Lists system which will enable us to confirm departure and improve our ability to identify those who have overstayed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 16:28:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93324

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	Migrant Workers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of operation of the cap on recruitment of non-EU workers.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The annual limit, together with other reforms the Government has made since 2010, is helping to deliver an immigration system which works in the national interest: welcoming migrant workers who will contribute to economic growth, while reducing numbers to a more sustainable level and eliminating abuse.<br><br>The limit was last formally reviewed in 2012 by the Migration Advisory Committee, who recommended no change to its level. The Government has <br>committed to maintaining the limit at 20,700 places per year for at least the remainder of this parliament, to provide businesses with a period of policy stability.<br><br>The limit is working effectively and we continue to monitor its operation. Non-EU net migration was 218,000 in September 2010. We have cut it to 162,000 – down 56,000 under this Government. At the same time, the limit has not prevented businesses recruiting people with the skills they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/10/2014 14:20:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

48847

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) amount her Department spent and (b) fee income it has received in connection with (i) the asylum system, (ii) immigration control at home and abroad and (iii) enforcement in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not have this information broken down on the financial <br>system in line with the question. The published accounts for the former UK <br>Border Agency break down relevant income and expenditure information since 2009 <br>and also in the Home Office Report and Accounts for 2012-13. These can be found <br>at: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?official_document_status=command_and_<br>act_papers</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8152 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching