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57785

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what use in formulating policy her Department has made of the National Wellbeing Index introduced by the Office for National Statistics since the introduction of that Index in 2011; and what policies her Department has introduced to improve national wellbeing as defined in that Index since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is measuring National Wellbeing, not <br>as an index but through a framework of 41 indicators which capture social <br>progress around important aspects of life for individuals, communities and the <br>nation. The statistics are experimental and as such we should not expect to <br>have examples of major policies that have been heavily influenced by the <br>wellbeing data at this stage. However there is much work going on across <br>government which is detailed in the evidence provided to the Environmental <br>Audit Committee for its Inquiry into Wellbeing. This can be found at: <br>http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/envir<br>onmental-audit-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/well-being/</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/06/2014 12:41:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57863

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 7 April 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	198700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Department has no record of receiving the correspondence referred to <br>in this Parliamentary Question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/06/2014 12:40:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

57882

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has given to local authorities about churches and same sex marriage.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Guidance on how to certify a building for religious worship and register for <br>the solemnization of marriages was issued on 18 February 2014 by the General <br>Register Office and is available at: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/281332<br>/D0550_F78L.pdf<br><br>The guidance sets out the different options that are available for places of <br>worship and registration for the solemnisation of marriage. Registration of <br>individual places of worship takes place through local registration services <br>attached to local authorities and they are expected to adhere to the guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2014 11:29:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57939

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Driving Offences: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of car insurance fraud have been reported in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	198880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Department.</p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 198879 199252 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:15:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

57940

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Driving Offences: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of car insurance fraud in Yorkshire and the Humber have been reported in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	198879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Department.</p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 198880 199252 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:15:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

57992

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases against her Department funded by legal aid public interest lawyers represented clients in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Mr Michael McCann
uin	198665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not keep a central record of which cases brought against <br>it are legally aided, or of the law firms that represent litigants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 198661 question first answered 09/06/2014 10:15:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3963 label Biography information for Mr Michael McCann

57993

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases funded by legal aid taken against her Department where public interest lawyers have represented clients were won by her Department each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Mr Michael McCann
uin	198661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not keep a central record of which cases brought against <br>it are legally aided, or of the law firms that represent litigants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 198665 question first answered 09/06/2014 10:15:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3963 label Biography information for Mr Michael McCann

58054

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage of Convenience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages were reported to the Home Office as suspicious or sham in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	199064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 15:56:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 79 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

58094

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any UK citizens would involuntarily lose resident citizenship as a result of Scottish independence.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	Eric Joyce
uin	198712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the event of a vote for independence, decisions about UK citizenship would <br>rest with the UK Government; the basis for entitlement to Scottish citizenship <br>would be for the government of an independent Scottish state to decide.<br><br>The UK has historically been tolerant of plural nationalities, and therefore it <br>is likely that it would be possible for an individual to hold both British and <br>Scottish citizenship. However, under current rules British citizens living <br>outside the UK cannot pass their British nationality on more than one <br>generation. So, the children of British citizens living in an independent <br>Scotland would be British citizens, but their children and subsequent <br>generations would not be.<br><br>The government of the continuing UK would also need to consider whether all <br>British citizens living in Scotland could retain their British citizenship upon <br>independence. This cannot be guaranteed and could be dependent on any residence <br>requirements or proof of affinity to the continuing UK. It is not possible to <br>predict now what the decision of a future government of the continuing UK might <br>be in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2014 11:31:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	603 label Biography information for Eric Joyce

58100

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Private Investigators
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 the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, 462W, on private investigation, whether she plans to consult upon the terms and conditions of licences for private investigators prior to their implementation under the new statutory licensing requirement.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Garnier
uin	198722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) - the regulator of the private security <br>industry - will engage with the private investigations sector on the development <br>of licensing criteria and conditions prior to the implementation of the new <br>licensing regime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/06/2014 10:16:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier