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634139

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
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, which port of entry to the UK had the longest average waiting times for UK citizens in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	52502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>I am sorry but this information is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/12/2016 17:30:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

634141

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
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 introduce a right to appeal from the UK for international students alleged to have fraudulently obtained English language test certificates.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	52522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Following the changes introduced by the Immigration Act 2014 there is only a right of appeal where fundamental rights are engaged - where a protection claim is refused, where protection status is revoked or where a human rights claim is refused. There is also a right of appeal against decisions under the EEA Regulations and there is an appeal right against a decision to deprive someone of citizenship. For Tier 4 students, this came into effect for applications made on or after 20 October 2014.</p><p>For applications made prior to 20 October 2014, where the person had leave to remain in the UK and at the time of the decision to refuse would have no leave left, the right of appeal was exercised from within the UK. Where the decision appealed against was a removal decision, and human rights had not been raised, that right was exercised from overseas; the Court of Appeal has consistently upheld that the availability of an out of country appeal in respect of a relevant decision in an ETS case is an adequate remedy.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/11/2016 16:44:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

634153

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
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 much her Department has spent on advertising the Collective Passport Service in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	52674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Passport Office has not spent any money specifically advertising the Collective (group) passports service over the last 10 years. Guidance for applying for this service can be found on www.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/11/2016 16:28:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

634154

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders
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 copy of the UK's Border Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	52699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office’s Single Departmental Plan 2015 to 2020, first published in 2015 and updated in February 2016, sets out the department’s strategic objectives for this Parliament including on securing the border, and how the department is fulfilling the commitments made. The plan is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020/single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020)</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/11/2016 17:58:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

634158

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
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 seekers there are in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	52690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly figures on the number of asylum seekers housed in dispersed accommodation by local authority in the Immigration Statistics release, in table as_16q in volume 4 of the Asylum data tables.</p><p>These figures do not include those asylum seekers who do not receive Home Office support and who either accommodate themselves or stay with family and friends.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/11/2016 16:35:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

631895

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 47644, tabled on 10 October 2016 by the hon. Member for Romford; and for what reasons it has not been answered in nearly a month.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	52435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The answer to PQ 47644 was issued on 9 November, I apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in providing a response.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 15:41:57 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

631898

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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) student visitor visas and (b) visitor visas for academics were (i) applied for and (ii) turned down in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	52372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Information on applications for, and refusals of, short term study (previously referred to as 'student visitor') visas and for total visitor visas (which include academics using visitor visas) is published in table vi_01_q (Visa data tables volume 1) in 'Immigration Statistics, April-June 2016', available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016/list-of-tables#visas</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/11/2016 18:41:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

631901

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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, how many unaccompanied children have been accepted by each (a) region of England, (b) nation of the UK and (c) local authority in each of the last six years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	52490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Annual Figures on the number of claims for asylum from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC), including by country of nationality, are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April to June 2016, is available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-stat" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-stat</a></p><p>A regional breakdown is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Government is committed to ensuring that there is a more equitable distribution of UASC across the country and that no one authority has to care for more UASC than they are able to.</p><p>That is why we introduced the voluntary National Transfer Scheme and have consulted with every region in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on their capacity. In order to continue the success of the voluntary scheme more local authorities will need to participate and offer places for unaccompanied children from councils which are caring for disproportionately high numbers.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/11/2016 17:33:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

631905

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to extend the scope of the scheme for transferring responsibility for relevant children under section 73 of the Immigration Act 2016 to include Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	52360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>We are consulting the Devolved Administrations on the extension of the transfer provisions in the Immigration Act 2016 to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We will confirm our plans in light of that consultation.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/11/2016 17:32:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

631908

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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, how many people from (a) EU and EEA countries and (b) non-EEA countries have submitted applications for permanent UK residency since the UK voted to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	52363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Statistics of decisions and grants of Documents Certifying Permanent Residence issued to EEA nationals and Permanent Residence cards issued to non EEA nationals are published quarterly in table ee_02_q of Immigration Statistics.</p><p>The most recent edition is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea</a></p><p>The next set of Immigration Statistics covering the period July to September 2016 will be published on the 1 December.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/11/2016 17:34:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson