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169867

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) target time taken between the completion of an immigration tribunal and the implementation of that tribunal's decision is.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	218322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested in part (a) covers a broad range of casetypes and is not held centrally for in country cases. It could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. For international appeals the average time for allowed appeals to be implemented from January 2014 to September 2014 was 45 calendar days. <br><br>The Home Office has 14 days to consider whether to appeal an allowed First-tier or Upper Tribunal decision (although this can be longer in some Upper Tribunal decisions where the last avenue to appeal is direct to the Court of Appeal). <br><br>The relevant unit responsible for implementation will be notified once a decision has been made not to appeal. There are currently no set targets in place governing implementation of appeals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/12/2014 17:57:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169872

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres and Prisons: Film
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests from broadcasters her Department has received to film (a) prisons and (b) immigration removal centres in the last five years; and how many such requests have been granted.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	218363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not have responsibility for prisons so requests for filming would be made to the Ministry of Justice.We do not have a central record of how many times broadcasters have requested to film immigration removal centres or how many times those requests have been granted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/12/2014 17:40:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

169874

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times she or Ministers in her Department have met their counterparts in the (a) Welsh Government, (b) Scottish Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive to discuss the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism Bill.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	218352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill is an urgently-needed response to the increased terrorist threat. It therefore relates to the matters of counter-terrorism and national security, which are reserved, non-devolved or excepted matters.<br><br>The Home Office is having ongoing discussions, at both Ministerial and official level, with the Devolved Administrations on the measures within the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill. I have spoken and written to Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive. On Monday 15 December, the Prime Minister chaired the Joint Ministerial Committee, attended by the First Ministers of each Devolved Administration, at which the Bill was discussed.<br><br>Consultation with colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continues, particularly in relation to the measures in Part 5 of the Bill (‘Risk of being drawn into terrorism’).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/12/2014 17:47:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 33967 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

170003

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
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 paragraph 4 of page 1 of her Department's publication, Changes to Family Migration Rules Impact Assessment, published on 12 June 2012, if she will ensure that the Government's review of family migration rules planned for April 2015 takes into account the recommendations of the APPG on Migration's inquiry into family migration.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	218487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>New Family Migration Rules were implemented on 9 July 2012 to prevent burdens on the taxpayer, promote integration and tackle abuse. We have kept those rules under regular review and have made a number of adjustments to them in light of feedback on their operation and impact, including from Parliamentarians, the public, legal representatives and Home Office staff.</p><p>We studied the report of the APPG on Migration’s inquiry into family migration when this was published in June 2013. This ongoing review process will continue in April 2015 and will also take into account the findings of the courts on the new policies. This includes the July 2014 judgment of the Court of Appeal in MM and Others, which upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income threshold under the new Family Migration Rules 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> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/12/2014 17:53:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 33965 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

169547

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what forecast she has made of the number of staff that will be recruited to the Passport Office (a) on permanent contracts, (b) on fixed-term contracts and (c) through agency recruitment between August 2014 and August 2015.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	218153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) is recruiting over 1,100 FTE staff to frontline posts. Over 620 staff are already in post or appointed and the remaining staff will be recruited by around the end of the current financial year. <br><br>The majority of staff are being recruited on two year fixed contracts with an option to convert to permanent positions at the end of that period. Just over 250 staff are employed on fixed term contracts of between three and eleven <br>months and around a further 30 will be recruited on the same terms. In addition, HMPO will be making use of around 170 temporary staff, either on a seasonal basis or by insourcing from existing suppliers. Recruitment agencies <br>have been engaged in the recruitment programme. The recruitment levels are based on forecast demand for 2015 and 2016 and take into account existing staff exiting the organisation or moving on promotion to other than frontline posts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 218151 218152 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:16:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

169548

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Construction: Work Permits
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 appropriateness of the use by the construction industry of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme card as a means of verifying that a construction worker has the right to work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	218123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Guidance is provided for all employers, including construction companies, on how to check documents to prevent illegal working in the UK. This may be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employers-illegal-working-penalties" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/employers-illegal-working-penalties</a>. In <br>certain specified circumstances, where a person has an outstanding immigration application or appeal, an employer may also verify the work entitlement through the Home Office Employer Checking Service. <br><br>The Construction Skills Certification Scheme card is not a permitted document because it does not in of itself demonstrate a right to work, nor is it a secure document. Our intention is to move to a position where non European <br>Economic Area migrants can only demonstrate their right to work by presenting a secure Biometric Residence Permit issued by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 218124 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:26:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

169549

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Construction: Work Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to construction companies on how to verify that a construction worker has the right to work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	218124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Guidance is provided for all employers, including construction companies, on how to check documents to prevent illegal working in the UK. This may be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employers-illegal-working-penalties" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/employers-illegal-working-penalties</a>. In <br>certain specified circumstances, where a person has an outstanding immigration application or appeal, an employer may also verify the work entitlement through the Home Office Employer Checking Service. <br><br>The Construction Skills Certification Scheme card is not a permitted document because it does not in of itself demonstrate a right to work, nor is it a secure document. Our intention is to move to a position where non European <br>Economic Area migrants can only demonstrate their right to work by presenting a secure Biometric Residence Permit issued by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 218123 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:26:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

169552

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for UK visas have been made by applicants in (a) Delhi, (b) Chandigarh, (c) Jalandhar, (d) Mumbai, (e) Pune, (f) Ahmedabad, (g) Chennai, (h) Bangalore, (i) Hyderabad, (j) Cochin, (k) Kolkata and (k) Goa in each year since January 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	218122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of applications for UK Visas in India since 2009 can be found in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>UK Visa application in India since 2009</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ahmedabad</p></td><td><p>50,539</p></td><td><p>31,660</p></td><td><p>28,261</p></td><td><p>24,474</p></td><td><p>24,012</p></td><td><p>21,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangalore</p></td><td><p>32,283</p></td><td><p>37,673</p></td><td><p>38,442</p></td><td><p>37,167</p></td><td><p>39,282</p></td><td><p>35,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chandigarh</p></td><td><p>21,902</p></td><td><p>18,777</p></td><td><p>17,922</p></td><td><p>14,415</p></td><td><p>10,962</p></td><td><p>9,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chennai</p></td><td><p>32,041</p></td><td><p>37,043</p></td><td><p>33,417</p></td><td><p>31,085</p></td><td><p>31,729</p></td><td><p>26,828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cochin</p></td><td><p>17,121</p></td><td><p>17,970</p></td><td><p>14,857</p></td><td><p>12,196</p></td><td><p>12,666</p></td><td><p>10,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goa</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>57</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyderabad</p></td><td><p>26,557</p></td><td><p>24,505</p></td><td><p>20,952</p></td><td><p>19,970</p></td><td><p>20,928</p></td><td><p>17,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jalandhar</p></td><td><p>39,795</p></td><td><p>40,082</p></td><td><p>39,809</p></td><td><p>33,016</p></td><td><p>27,305</p></td><td><p>21,762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kolkata</p></td><td><p>17,354</p></td><td><p>19,235</p></td><td><p>20,457</p></td><td><p>19,262</p></td><td><p>19,823</p></td><td><p>16,702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mumbai</p></td><td><p>79,453</p></td><td><p>80,609</p></td><td><p>74,861</p></td><td><p>69,828</p></td><td><p>74,091</p></td><td><p>66,216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Delhi</p></td><td><p>77,895</p></td><td><p>84,351</p></td><td><p>80,248</p></td><td><p>75,794</p></td><td><p>78,913</p></td><td><p>67,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pune</p></td><td><p>16,922</p></td><td><p>20,625</p></td><td><p>19,712</p></td><td><p>19,766</p></td><td><p>21,367</p></td><td><p>18,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p><strong>411,862</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>412,530</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>388,938</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>356,973</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>361,135</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>312,069</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/12/2014 12:24:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

169553

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were granted to applicants from India in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	218121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The total number of applications submitted in India that were issued in 2013 was 323,575.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/12/2014 12:24:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

169554

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Travel Documents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Emergency Travel Documents wore issued to overseas applicants in each month since June 2012.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	218108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Consular data is published by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is available at: <br><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/consular-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/consular-data</a>. <br>This includes data on the number of emergency travel documents (ETDs) issued to British citizens on a monthly basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/01/2015 14:40:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 33438 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty