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100664
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-10-23
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Overseas Students more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on excluding foreign university students from net immigration targets. more like this
tabling member constituency Windsor more like this
tabling member printed
Adam Afriyie more like this
uin 211742 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-05more like thismore than 2014-11-05
answer text <p>Net migration statistics are produced by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS). In line with the internationally agreed UN definition, these statistics define a migrant as someone changing their normal place of residence for more than a year. This includes students in net migration in the same way as other migrants. Other countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand also include students in their net migration figures. <br><br>Net migration measures the difference between the number of peoplecoming the UK and the number leaving, so if students return home after<br>their studies, their impact on long-term net migration will be minimal. The ONS has recently improved its methodology so that it is possible to<br>better identify students in the emigration flows to give a more accurate measure of the contribution of students to overall net migration.In the last year, 124,000 non-EU students came to Britain to stay for more than 12 months, and the ONS estimates that only 50,000 left the country. <br><br>All migrants who are in the UK for 12 months or more have an impact on our communities, infrastructure and public services. Changing the way we measure migration would not make any difference to our student migration policy. There is no cap on the number of students who can come to the UK, and the county remains open to the brightest and the best.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-11-05T14:46:23.9636243Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-05T14:46:23.9636243Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
1586
label Biography information for Adam Afriyie more like this
100739
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-10-23
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Meat: Smuggling more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to prevent the illegal importation of bushmeat into the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Beverley and Holderness more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Graham Stuart more like this
uin 211776 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-29more like thismore than 2014-10-29
answer text <p>Border Force is responsible for enforcing anti-smuggling controls at points of entry into Great Britain to detect imports of illegal meat and other products of animal origin arriving from outside the European Union. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is responsible for these controls at points of entry into Northern Ireland. <br><br>Border Force seizes animal products that are imported outside the veterinary checks regime under the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 in England and equivalent regulations covering Scotland and Wales. <br><br>Border Force liaises with local authorities when meat is detected arriving from another country within the European Union.<br><br>Border Force operates intelligence led anti-smuggling controls on meat to detect illegal imports carried by arriving passengers, in freight and in postal traffic. Border Force works closely with the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to ensure its targeting is responsive to the latest animal disease risk assessments and changing threats at the border. Most recently Border Force has been involved in the cross government response to the current outbreak of Ebola and has adjusted its targeting of illegal meat to take account of this risk. Border Force also deploys a pool of detector dogs specifically trained to detect illegal meat.<br><br>Border Force treats all meat as potentially hazardous and infected and all seized meat is secured and incinerated strictly in accordance with animal health regulations.<br><br>Meat seized by Border Force will include bushmeat, for which there is no precise definition but is accepted to be the meat of wild animals hunted for food. <br><br>In addition to the enforcement activity carried out at the border, Border Force works closely with the National Crime Agency who can investigate and prosecute serious offenders. Border Force and Defra actively deter the illegal importation of Products of Animal Origin by communicating clearly what the legal requirements are for bringing meat into the UK and why the controls are needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-10-29T13:32:00.1411068Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-29T13:32:00.1411068Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
previous answer version
24614
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire more like this
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
1482
label Biography information for Graham Stuart more like this
100745
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-10-23
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Immigration more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on lowering the minimum income threshold limit required by those wishing to bring family members to the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North more like this
tabling member printed
Joan Walley more like this
uin 211715 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answer text <p>We keep the family Immigration Rules under regular review in light of all feedback on their operation. However, we have no plans to lower the minimum income threshold required to bring family members to the UK under those rules. In its 11 July 2014 judgment in MM and Others the Court of Appeal upheld the lawfulness of the requirement and found that it strikes a fair balance between the interests of those affected and the community in general.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-10-28T14:18:27.0297433Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-28T14:18:27.0297433Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
286
label Biography information for Joan Walley more like this
100818
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-10-23
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading G4S more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether G4S records (a) telephone calls made to it by asylum seekers who have ended the call as they have not been able to explain that they need an interpreter and (b) all other telephone calls received in connection with its contract to deliver accommodation for asylum seekers. more like this
tabling member constituency Redcar more like this
tabling member printed
Ian Swales more like this
uin 211808 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answer text <p>All providers are required under the COMPASS contracts to provide a minimum level of support to asylum seekers accommodated in their properties, this includes briefing the service user in a language that they understand, on how to contact the provider and the Home Office to make complaints.<br><br>G4S does make a record of all telephone calls they receive from asylum applicants accommodated in their property and refers service users to their interpreters where it is clear that an interpreter is required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-10-28T14:19:40.8106604Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-28T14:19:40.8106604Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
4045
label Biography information for Ian Swales more like this
100429
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Members: Correspondence more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration of 22 September 2014 on behalf of a constituent, CTS reference M13587. more like this
tabling member constituency Walsall North more like this
tabling member printed
Mr David Winnick more like this
uin 211458 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-29more like thismore than 2014-10-29
answer text <p>The Secretary of State can confirm that a reply will be despatched to the hon. Member for Walsall North’s letter, CTS ref M13949/14, on 29th October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-10-29T13:32:40.1406552Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-29T13:32:40.1406552Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
previous answer version
24356
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire more like this
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
316
label Biography information for Mr David Winnick more like this
100434
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Undocumented Migrants more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have (a) been deported from the UK and (b) left the UK under the Assisted Voluntary Return of Assisted Migrants scheme have been found to have subsequently returned to the UK in each year from 2005 to 2014. more like this
tabling member constituency Dover more like this
tabling member printed
Charlie Elphicke more like this
uin 211438 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-17more like thismore than 2014-11-17
answer text <blockquote><p>The number of migrants who subsequently returned to the UK in both categories could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p></blockquote> more like this
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-11-17T16:43:00.747Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-17T16:43:00.747Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
3971
label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke more like this
100440
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Immigration Controls more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure on operations by Border Force in 2014-15, including any allocation for the e-Borders arbitration costs. more like this
tabling member constituency North East Cambridgeshire more like this
tabling member printed
Stephen Barclay more like this
uin 211492 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-26more like thismore than 2014-11-26
answer text <p>The most recent estimate of the (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure on operations by Border Force in 2014-15, including any allocation for the e-Borders arbitration costs is:<br>(a) Total Expenditure £459 million<br>(b) Operational Expenditure £399 million<br>The Border Force operational costs do not include an allocation of e-Borders arbitration costs.Please note these figures are part of the current year’s expenditure and so will be subject to audit .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-11-26T15:23:22.24Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-26T15:23:22.24Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
previous answer version
24314
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire more like this
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
4095
label Biography information for Steve Barclay more like this
100443
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Peterborough more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been supported with accommodation under the auspices of the National Asylum Support Service in Peterborough constituency in each quarter since May 2010; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Peterborough more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Stewart Jackson more like this
uin 211499 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-27more like thismore than 2014-10-27
answer text <p>The National Asylum Support Service was disbanded in 2006. Asylum support is now managed through regional asylum teams. <br><br>Support may be provided under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute until their asylum claim is determined. Section 95 support can be provided as both accommodation and subsistence, or accommodation or subsistence only.<br><br>The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of support are available broken down by Local Authority. The following table shows the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support in Peterborough Local Authority as at the end of each quarter since the end of March 2010 to June 2014.<br><br>The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of section 95 support, broken down by Local Authority, are published on a quarterly basis by the Home Office in Table as_16_q of the Immigration Statistics release .The copy of the latest publication (Immigration statistics, April to June 2014 ) is available on the Gov.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-10-27T12:26:31.0937366Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-27T12:26:31.0937366Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
1551
label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough more like this
100445
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Entry Clearances: West Africa more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visa arrangements are being made for citizens of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea whose visas are expiring or expired and whose return flights have been cancelled by the relevant airlines. more like this
tabling member constituency Lewisham, Deptford more like this
tabling member printed
Dame Joan Ruddock more like this
uin 211471 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-05more like thismore than 2014-11-05
answer text <p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that there should not be a general ban on international travel or trade to the countries affected by ebola. This is consistent with the position of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, whose advice for British nationals is that travel for essential reasons should continue. Nationals from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone whose flights have been cancelled but whose visas are expiring or expired are therefore expected to re-arrange their flights and leave the UK at the earliest opportunity. <br><br>However, the Government is monitoring the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
question first answered
less than 2014-11-05T14:41:36.209668Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-05T14:41:36.209668Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
previous answer version
24350
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire more like this
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
190
label Biography information for Dame Joan Ruddock more like this
100446
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Prisoners: Foreign Nationals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners released without consideration of deportation since 2010 have been (a) subsequently convicted of a crime in the UK, (b) sentenced to prison or community sentence in the UK and (c) been deported. more like this
tabling member constituency Delyn more like this
tabling member printed
Mr David Hanson more like this
uin 211423 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-05more like thismore than 2014-11-05
answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire remove filter
grouped question UIN 211424 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-05T14:47:04.8199878Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-05T14:47:04.8199878Z
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
previous answer version
24330
answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup more like this
answering member printed James Brokenshire more like this
answering member
1530
label Biography information for James Brokenshire more like this
tabling member
533
label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint more like this