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45586

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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, how much her Department has spent on legal fees in immigration cases when she has been (a) the defendant and (b) the appellant, in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	194153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office cannot report separately on expenditure on legal fees in <br>immigration cases where the Secretary of State has been either defendant or <br>appellant because it does not record data in the format required for such an <br>analysis. The only way to answer this question would be to review all payments <br>of litigation expenditure manually which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

45589

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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, how many deportations of foreign national offenders there were in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	194087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the total number of foreign national offenders removed <br>in each year from 2010 to 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><strong>Removals of foreign national offenders, 2010 to 2013</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number of foreign national offenders removed</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>5,342</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>4,649</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>4,765</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>4,667</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 colspan="6">Source: Table rv_07_q, Removals and voluntary departures Data Tables Volume 2,</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><em>Immigration Statistics: October - December 2013</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Deportations are a specific subset of removals which are enforced either <br>following a criminal conviction or when it is judged that a person's removal <br>from the UK is conducive to the public good. The deportation order prohibits <br>the person returning to the UK until such time as it may be revoked. Most <br>foreign national offenders are removed via deportation or the Home Office <br>enforces their departure to ensure they leave the UK.<br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of <br>persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration <br>Statistics. Quarterly data on removals of foreign national offenders is <br>available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: October – December <br>2013, table rv_07_q, from the Library of the House and from the Home Office <br>Science website at:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-dec<br>ember-2013</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

45690

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	194224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) on 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 721W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

45311

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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, how many maximum fines have been levied under the Immigration (Employment of Adults, Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2008 in each year since it was enacted.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The maximum penalty of £10,000 has been levied with regards to 22 employers. <br>The breakdown of employers levied with the maximum penalty for each financial <br>year is shown in the following table.<br><br>Please note the figures are for penalties levied against employers at the <br>initial decision stage and may relate to more than one worker. A penalty may be <br>reduced for a number of reasons, including if it was a first visit to the <br>business; if the employer co-operated with the visit; or if the employer can <br>provide evidence that a partial check has been undertaken. We propose to <br>tighten and clarify the use of mitigating factors in the calculation of civil <br>penalties with an increased focus on employer co-operation with the Home <br>office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Table of maximum penalties levied</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Number of civil penalties levied at Maximum Penalty of £10,000</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>28/02/2008 to 31/03/2009</td><td>0</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>01/04/2009 to 31/03/2010</td><td>8</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>01/04/2010 to 31/03/2011</td><td>6</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>01/04/2011 to 31/03/2012</td><td>5</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>01/04/2012 to 31/03/2013</td><td>2</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>01/04/2013 to 31/03/2014</td><td>1</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total:</strong></td><td>22</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

45313

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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, how many deportation orders were issued to foreign national offenders in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I will write to the Rt. hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

45315

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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 measures her Department has introduced in the last year to reduce the number of businesses employing illegal immigrants.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	193823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Employers have a duty to ensure that their employees have the right to work in the UK, and this duty has been underpinned by a civil penalty scheme since 2008. The government is taking measures to ensure a tougher response to employers who use illegal labour, whilst simplifying arrangements for legitimate businesses to conduct right to work checks.</p><p>To deter employers from using illegal workers, the Home Office is doubling the maximum penalty to £20,000. The government is also using the current Immigration Bill to make it easier to enforce unpaid civil penalties in the civil courts. In addition, with the creation of the new Immigration Enforcement Directorate last year, there has been a forty seven per cent increase in illegal working enforcement operations and a corresponding increase in civil penalties imposed: with 1862 penalties served in 2013/14 (to the end of February) compared to 1270 in 2012/13. We are also ensuring greater collaboration across government to increase our ‘enforcement reach' and the range of sanctions that can be brought to bear against rogue employers who exploit illegal workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

45098

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
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 plans the Government has to publish reports on the review of the balance of competences relating to EU migration; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	193695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Free movement of persons is a complex area with a number of different issues to <br>examine, and this deserves to be done thoroughly. We will publish this report <br>once it is completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 3802 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

45101

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
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, if she will place in the Library a record of the regions and sub-regions within the UK subject to the highest number of refusals of people seeking a visa to study in institutions in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	193529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the numbers of Tier 4 visas <br>refused for study at institutions, by regions and sub-regions, within the UK in <br>the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45103

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
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, how many unaccompanied migrant children have been forcibly removed to another country in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	193591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No unaccompanied child under the age of 18 can be forcibly removed from the UK <br>unless adequate care and reception arrangements are in place in their country <br>of origin. The difficulty of setting up suitable reception arrangements has <br>meant that, with the exception of transfers to other European Union countries <br>under the *Dublin Regulations, the Home Office does not routinely enforce the <br>return of unaccompanied children to any country. The majority of unaccompanied <br>children whose asylum claims are rejected are granted temporary leave which is <br>reviewed when they reach 17½ years of age. We believe that the vast majority of <br>enforced returns of unaccompanied children undertaken between 2006 and 2010 <br>were transfers under the Dublin Regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1:</strong><strong> Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children removals 2009 to 2013</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date of Removal</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘Migrant children' have been interpreted as unaccompanied asylum seeking <br>children (UASC) in answering this question.<br><br>* The Dublin Regulation EC No. 343/2003 is a binding measure of European <br>Community law to determine which State should be responsible for examining an <br>application for asylum made within the EU territory.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 3800 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

45104

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
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, how many asylum applicants receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 have been receiving support for more than (a) two years, (b) four years and (c) six years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	193593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Data specific to your request can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Band Cases</p><p> </p><p>Up to two years 2008</p><p>More than two years 822</p><p>More than four years 473</p><p>More than six years 212</p><p> </p><p>Total 3515</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather