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77184

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the UK Border Agency were assigned to implementing the tackling tobacco smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and how many such staff were engaged in (i) detection, (ii) intelligence gathering and analysis, (iii) investigations and (iv) the provision of legal advice.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	205202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Border Agency (UKBA) was responsible for customs functions until March 2012. <br>Detection and intelligence work on illegal commodities, including illegal <br>tobacco, is now carried out by Border Force, in partnership with Civil Service <br>and law enforcement colleagues.<br>As operations undertaken by UKBA and Border Force targeted a range of <br>commodities, the numbers of staff working specifically on the tobacco strategy <br>are not available. To release more general information about the numbers of <br>staff involved in such operations would jeopardise the effectiveness of our <br>current customs activities. Border Security must be our prime consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 13:24:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77188

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of salaries for staff allocated to the tackling tobacco smuggling strategy for those staff (a) engaged in detection, (b) engaged in investigations, (c) working on intelligence matters and (d) in total in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	205204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Details of staffing resources deployed to specifically deal with tobacco <br>smuggling were not kept, so we are unable to provide information as to the <br>salary costs.<br>In order to ensure the effectiveness of our current operations and maintain <br>border security, Border Force is unable to provide information on the numbers <br>of staff involved in any current or historical operations. Border Security must <br>be our prime consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 13:21:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

76837

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many journeys Ministers of her Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	204940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:20:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

66129

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality and gender of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army was in June 2014 in which (a) region and (b) county each of the suspected victims was found; which agency referred each person to the Scheme; in which town the shelter was to which they were placed for the relevant period; and what contact it had with each victim after they exit the shelter to ensure they are not re-trafficked.
tabling member constituency	Croydon South
tabling member printed	Sir Richard Ottaway
uin	204181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In June 2014, there were 97 referrals to the Government-funded support service <br>for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales administered by the <br>Salvation Army, of which 59 were female victims, 37 were male victims and 1 was <br>a transgender victim. In the interests of victim safety only the region in <br>which the victim was encountered is provided, and not the county, parliamentary <br>constituency or details of the specific shelters at which victims are <br>supported. The scope of the victim care contract does not extend (a) beyond the <br>date on which a victim exits government funded support or (b) to the safety and <br>protection of victims post the recovery and reflection period. The Salvation <br>Army therefore does not routinely maintain contact with victims outside the <br>scope of the victim care contract. <br><br>Details are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 13:07:49 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ204181 Data Table.doc title Data -victims of human trafficking
tabling member	157 label Biography information for Sir Richard Ottaway

66130

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth Games 2014
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 has taken to ensure that people who visit Scotland to participate in or watch the Commonwealth Games in 2014 are not able to remain in the country illegally after the Games have finished.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The rigorous Accreditation Process applied to those participating in the <br>Commonwealth Games which contributed to the success of our Olympic Games in <br>2012 have also been central to our preparations for Glasgow 2014.<br><br>Comprehensive records checks on all Commonwealth Games participants and Games <br>Family Members are conducted before they are cleared to enter the UK. We have <br>also introduced arrangements to confirm that people given Commonwealth Games <br>clearance have left the UK within their permitted time limits.<br><br>People who visit Scotland to watch the Commonwealth Games are treated as <br>visitors to the United Kingdom and as such the normal Immigration Rules apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:31:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9282 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

66131

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	London Marathon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have entered the UK in each of the last five years to participate in the London marathons and who remain in the country illegally; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of the number of individuals who entered the UK <br>specifically to compete in the London marathon and have overstayed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:32:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9284 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

66132

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Paralympic Games 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who came to the UK to participate in the 2012 Paralympic Games who remain in the country illegally; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No estimate was made of those who overstayed in the UK after entering to <br>compete in the Paralympic Games.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:32:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9283 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

66134

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in her Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Unlike special advisers who became senior officials under the last government, <br>there has been no appointment to the Home Office since 2010 of a senior civil <br>servant who was previously a political appointee within the Department. <br><br>The Department does not routinely hold the information asked in (b) therefore <br>in order to ascertain how many senior civil servants appointed since 2010 were <br>previously employed by a political party would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 15:27:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

65895

registered interest
date	04/07/2014
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, what the cost to the Exchequer has been of the asylum and immigration system once fee income has been deducted in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	204069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given on 30 June 2014 , Official <br>Report, column 375W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:35:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9056 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

65732

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of (a) the number of immigrants in the UK without legitimate immigration status and (b) the three most common countries from which such people originate.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	203931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Government estimates on the number of illegal migrants currently in the UK are <br>not available. Given the clandestine nature of illegal migrants, any <br>estimation is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty <br>around any estimates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:37:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8939 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone