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65034

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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, what the total cost to the public purse of (a) officials' time and (b) legal fees was of defending Refugee Action vs the Home Department, case number CO/8523/2013.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	203417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information relating to officials' time is not available because the time spent <br>on individual cases is not broken down or recorded. Legal costs to date are <br>£109,076.74.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:25:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

64805

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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 refugees have been recognised under each eligibility criterion in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	203051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office is unable to provide information with regards to eligibility <br>criterion; this information is not readily accessible.<br><br>The data below refers to asylum claims lodged in the UK. These figures refer to <br>main applicants and therefore do not include dependents.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total grants </strong></p></td><td><p>Grants of asylum</p></td><td><p>Grants of HP</p></td><td><p>Grants of DL</p></td><td><p>Other grants</p></td><td><p>Appeals allowed</p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,742</strong></p></td><td><p>4,188</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>3,712</p></td><td><p><strong>10,454</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,195</strong></p></td><td><p>3,488</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>1,616</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>4,029</p></td><td><p><strong>9,224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,649</strong></p></td><td><p>4,312</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>1,256</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>2,779</p></td><td><p><strong>8,428</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,059</strong></p></td><td><p>5,135</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>2,208</p></td><td><p><strong>8,267</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,542</strong></p></td><td><p>5,734</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>2,079</p></td><td><p><strong>8,621</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:15:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

64366

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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, with reference to the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Inspection of the UK Border Agency's handling of legacy asylum and migration cases, published in November 2012, what steps have been taken in response to recommendation 1 of that report.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	202745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Older Live Cases Unit routinely and regularly matches asylum and migration <br>legacy cases against the Police National Computer (PNC) and Warnings Index (WI) <br>records, until the point at which cases are finally concluded. The checks are <br>undertaken on a rolling three monthly basis. Results are recorded on a bespoke <br>database which informs the decision making process within the Older Live Cases <br>Unit.<br><br>Compliance with the recommendation was acknowledged by the Independent Chief <br>Inspector of Borders and Immigration in his report, An investigation into the <br>progress made on legacy asylum and migration cases January – March 2013, <br>published in June 2013, where he stated, &quot;security checks had been completed <br>in each of the cases we sampled (144), indicating that the Agency had <br>implemented our earlier recommendation to routinely and regularly <br>match legacy cases against the PNC and WI until finally concluded.&quot;</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2014 14:23:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

61771

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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, If she will ensure that all asylum interviews are routinely audio and video recorded.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	200379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office is required to allow claimants, with some exceptions, to have their asylum interviews electronically recorded on request. The request to record the interview is at the discretion of the claimant. The invitation to interview letter advises eligible claimants to inform the asylum office if they wish the interview to be recorded, and to provide a minimum of 24 hours notice of their request to avoid a delay on the day. For those in detention, at least three days notice must be provided. We recognise that digitally recording asylum interviews has the potential to bring benefits to both asylum seekers and to the Home Office and we are currently exploring this as an option for the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 15:55:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

61338

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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, what steps she is taking to speed up claims by asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	200219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Claims for asylum are increasing. In 2013 the number of asylum applications <br>within the EU was the highest it has been since 2002. The UK has experienced an increase <br>of 30% between 2010 and 2013 – with an 8% increase between 2012 and 2013 alone.<br><br>We are committed to resolving these quickly, while continuing to improve <br>the quality of our decision making, and we are making changes to our processes <br>and management to make sure we do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2014 11:26:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord