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532520

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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 the number of illegal immigrants in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	41697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2016 answer text <p>No such estimates have been made. Any estimation would be extremely difficult with considerable uncertainty around it.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2016 13:17:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 6187 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

532527

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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 assessment she has made of the systems for measuring levels of illegal immigration in other countries; and whether such systems could be applied to the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	41687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office published a report as part of the European Migration Network work programme entitled ‘Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration’ (Toms and Thorpe, 2012) which discusses the various measures available to estimate illegal migration in the UK.</p><p>The report is available from the following link:</p><p>http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/irregular-migration/uk_20120402_practicalmeasuresforreducingirregularmigration_final_en.pdf</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2016 12:31:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

532531

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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 proportion of reports from members of the public on possible illegal immigration have (a) been investigated and (b) resulted in enforcement action in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	41679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>All reports received from the public are individually assessed. Only some of these reports will lead to enforcement action as a significant number will contain insufficient or unusable information.</p><p>Where there is no evidence of an offence or abuse no enforcement action will be taken.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/07/2016 14:16:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 6185 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

523555

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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, whether changes have been made to the way evidence of illegal entry is recorded in response to the recommendations made in the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, An Inspection of General Aviation and General Maritime, published in January 2016, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Border Force fully accepted the recommendations of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration regarding General Aviation and General Maritime and is implementing changes as quickly as practicable. Border Force is working with other government departments and partners to deliver improvement during 2016-2017 and is closely monitoring progress.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 39754 39863 question first answered 14/06/2016 10:38:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

523560

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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 the total cost to her Department was of the van-based advertising campaign advising illegal immigrants to go home, launched in Autumn 2013; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The cost for this campaign (Operation Vaken) has previously been published. I refer the hon member to Parliamentary Question 215728 which I answered on 3 December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2016 11:09:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

523573

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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, how many prosecutions there have been of applicants for asylum who have arrived without documents and concealed their identity to frustrate removal in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of individuals prosecuted for arriving without documents and concealing their identity is 50. The figures are illustrated below.</p><p>1st April 2014 - 31 March 2015 26</p><p>1st April 2015 – 31 March 2016 22</p><p>This information was not held centrally prior to 2014.</p><p>The Home Office works closely with the NCA and other law enforcement agencies, and prosecuting authorities in the UK and abroad, to ensure criminal investigations are robustly progressed in accordance with Criminal Justice standards.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/06/2016 10:04:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

523579

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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 assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the programme managed by Capita to identify and remove overstayers; when the contract with Capita for that programme is due for renewal; whether she plans to make any amendments to the terms of that contract; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Capita was appointed to progress cases in the Migration Refusal Pool (MRP), which consists of those people who have received a negative decision on their cases, but have not left the country. The purpose of these arrangements is to contact manage cases and encourage voluntary departure and compliance. Capita does not remove anyone from the UK.</p><p>Capita’s work on the Migration Refusal Pool has enabled a substantial reduction in the size of the MRP during the lifetime of the contract and has included the assessment of 659,400 cases and the identification of 143,400 departures. More statistics on the contract can be found in the Immigration Enforcement transparency data, available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-may-2016</p><p>The contract was signed in 2012 to run for four years and is due to expire this October.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/06/2016 16:27:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 3268 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

523581

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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, how many prosecutions of people involved in providing transport for illegal immigrants there have been in the each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Individuals prosecuted for smuggling illegal immigrants/stowaways in their vehicles – in the period 2014 to 2016 as set out below:</p><p>2014/2015 - 52</p><p>2015/2016 - 88</p><p>Prior to March 2014, this information was not recorded centrally.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/06/2016 15:08:45 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

523105

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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, how many carrier liability charges were issued to commercial transport firms, airlines, ferry companies and other operators for transporting illegal immigrants into the UK in total by (a) port and (b) firm in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Penalties are issued for inadequately documented arrivals and it would not be known at that stage whether the passenger was an illegal immigrant.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/06/2016 09:48:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 2849 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

446383

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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 estimate she has made of the number of illegal immigrants in residence in each constituent region and nation of the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	23254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Government estimates on the number of illegal migrants currently living in the UK by constituent region and nation are not available.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/01/2016 15:41:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 40819 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