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442701

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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 many passports were processed by each Passport Office in the UK between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	20953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer to the attached table which provides by calendar year the volume of passports issued by each passport office in the UK from 2010 to 2015.</p><p>The number of passports issued by the Newport office dropped in 2012 and 2013 because it ceased to process postal applications during this time. Newport then restarted postal passport production in 2014.</p><p>The number of passports issued by the Glasgow office dropped in 2011 because it also ceased to process postal applications during this time. However, Glasgow continued to utilise counter staff to process a small number of postal applications through the subsequent years.</p><br /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/01/2016 16:13:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table 20953.xlsx title Volume of passports issued previous answer version 38033 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

438701

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in the number of passport applications waiting for more than two months to be processed between 1 July 2013 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	20338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>Due to the way that data on passport applications is captured, it is not possible to show the proportion of applications taking over two months to process. However, the numbers and proportions of straightforward properly completed passport applications taking over 20 days are represented in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Processed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than &amp; equal to 20 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% more than &amp; equal 20 days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013- July 2014</p></td><td><p>3,896,735</p></td><td><p>197,110</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014-July 2015</p></td><td><p>4,448,436</p></td><td><p>91,101</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Overall</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 8,345,171 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 288,211 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" rowspan="8"><p><strong>Days are working days and exclude bank holidays</strong> Straightforward cases are those that do not involve a complex nationality decision and where the customer has provided a complete application with all required documentary evidence Non-straightforward applications are not included in the figures above.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/01/2016 15:55:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

433835

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: British Embassy Dublin
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 applied for British passports through the passport section of the British embassy in Dublin in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	18581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office Belfast commenced the repatriation of application processing for customers residing in the Republic of Ireland on 20th January 2014 and the decommissioning of passport processing at the British Embassy in Dublin was completed by 31st March 2014. Therefore, no applications for British passports will have been dealt with or issued by the British Embassy Dublin after 31 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/12/2015 16:32:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

427767

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Republic of Ireland
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 hold discussions with the government of the Irish Republic on the number of refugees likely to be settled in the Irish Republic who would be eligible to subsequently move to the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	16056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to hold discussions with the government of the Irish Republic on the number of refugees who would be eligible to subsequently move to the UK. Those recognised as refugees in the Republic of Ireland require a visa under the Immigration Rules to enter the UK.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/11/2015 16:59:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 29877 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

421439

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Visitors: China
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 costs and difficulties faced by Chinese visitors and tourists wishing to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	11823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomes Chinese visitors and tourists, and our visa service is one of the most flexible and comprehensive on offer in China. We have 12 visa application centres in China, more than any other country, and provide a range of services and fast-tracking options to improve customer choice and experience. We continue to enhance this offer and in recent months have introduced the UK-Belgian Visitor Service, which has streamlined the UK and Schengen visa application processes, and expanded our on demand mobile visa service, to make it easier for Chinese nationals to apply. On 20 October the Prime Minister announced further improvements for Chinese visitors, including piloting the extension of standard visitor visas from six months to two years multiple entry, and plans to introduce a new ten year multi-entry visit visa at the same price. Our mobile visa on demand service will also be further extended to an additional 50 cities. Demand continues to grow, and in the year ending June 2015, the UK issued 377,427 visit visas to Chinese nationals – a 19% increase on the previous year. The UK processes 99% of applications in China within the 15 working service standard, with an average processing time of less than seven days, and 95% of Chinese applicants are successful.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/10/2015 17:07:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 24149 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

389864

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
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 non-EU students who will be affected each year by recently announced restrictions on college visas for entering the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	7133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Immigration Rules changes laid before the House on 13 July do not prevent non-EU students from entering the UK to study at colleges. They prevent new students at publicly funded colleges from working, bringing their work rights into line with those at private colleges, and reduce the length of time that college students can spend studying further education courses. They also affect college students’ ability to extend their Tier 4 visa or switch to another visa route whilst in the UK, unless they are at an embedded college with a formal, direct link to a university.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/07/2015 13:06:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 15889 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

223336

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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, what representations the Government has received on the practices of UK Services and Support Ltd in relation to charges for passport applications; and what steps have been taken in response to those representations.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	225157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Passport Office (HMPO) received 6 complaints during the period 2014 to 2015 relating to the passport services offered on the website provided by UK Services and Support Limited. HMPO, in conjunction with the Cabinet Office Digital Service, is working with the Office of Fair Trading, the Advertising Standards Authority, search engine providers and various trading standard bodies to curtail the activities of websites that advertise their services in a way which may be misleading to the public. HMPO has specifically worked with <br>Google for sponsored adverts from third party websites to be taken down and not to appear above the natural search results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:11:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 46955 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

178578

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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 many people applied for British passports through the passport section of the British Embassy in Dublin between 2011 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	223780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Home Office. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office were responsible for deciding overseas passport applications prior to 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/02/2015 15:59:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

174765

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland
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 were apprehended when illegally entering the UK in Northern Ireland at the border with the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	221443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. Immigration Enforcement and Border Force conduct intelligence-led operations within Northern Ireland to identify and take action against individuals who are seeking to or have entered the UK from the Republic of <br>Ireland without the necessary leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/01/2015 14:06:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

174766

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to increase surveillance and resources in Northern Ireland to prevent people from illegally entering the UK from the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	221444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Immigration Enforcement and Border Force, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other UK police forces all work together to counter the risk of illegal entry to the UK through the Republic of Ireland. The Home Office conduct regular intelligence led operations to detect those individualswho abuse the provisions of the Common Travel Area by entering the UK illegally through the Republic of Ireland. The frequency and level of such operations is kept under review to provide a suitable response to this risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/01/2015 14:50:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell