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61755

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary questions tabled to her Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Seven questions did not receive a substantive reply by the time of prorogation 2014.</p><p>The tabling date for these questions, are listed below:</p><p>09 April - 2014</p><p>08 May - 2014</p><p>26 March - 2014</p><p>24 March - 2014</p><p>02 May - 2014</p><p>02 May - 2014</p><p>09 May - 2014</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/06/2014 16:48:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61764

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of redundancy payments for special advisers in her Department has been since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Ian Swales
uin	200472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>No redundancy payments have been made to special advisers in the Home Office since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/06/2014 15:35:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales

61312

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
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 statement in Vodafone's 2013-14 Sustainability Report, that Section 19 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 prohibits disclosing the existence of any requirement to provide assistance in relation to a warrant, whether her Department issued guidance to that effect.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	200249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The statutory Interception of Communications Code of Practice, which was approved by Parliament and came into force on 1 July 2002, provides advice on safeguards for intercept material.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 12:28:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 1311 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

61316

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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, what the meaning is of the phrase responder hub as used in a communication from her Department to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton; and if she will instruct her staff to use clearer and more comprehensible English in their communications with hon. Members and the public.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	200201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Visas and Immigration teams which lead on responding to correspondence from Members of Parliament, are geographically grouped into eight offices at the following sites; Croydon, Westminster, Cardiff, Solihull, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Glasgow. Each office is described as a 'responder hub' because it may deal with correspondence from outside the immediate geographical area. <br><br>Officials are reviewing how teams are described externally in response to feedback from customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/06/2014 16:58:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

61350

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
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 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 364W, on entry clearances, what options the policy and operational teams in her Department are considering to best accommodate a clearance programme once the appeal against the judgment of Mr Justice Blake on 5 July 2013 on the Government's visa income threshold is published.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	200282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>We will study the Court of Appeal judgment in MM and Others closely when this is handed down. We will then decide and announce how we will deal with those applications placed on hold pending the conclusion of the litigation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 12:26:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 1319 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

61398

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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, column 462W, on private investigation, on what date she expects the new statutory licensing requirement to come into force.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Garnier
uin	200171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>We expect the new statutory licensing regime for those conducting the activity of private investigations to come into force in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 12:24:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier

61444

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether officials of her Department have (a) met the Attorney General of Nigeria since January 2012, (b) had any conversations about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI with (i) the Attorney General of Nigeria and (ii) any other senior official of the Nigerian government and (c) received any requests for mutual legal assistance regarding the OPL 245 case.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public <br>and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations and individuals are <br>passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Cabinet Office website which is available here: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a> <br><br>The Metropolitan Police Proceeds of Corruption Unit is investigating complaints made about the case of oil block OPL-245 in Nigeria. As this is an ongoing <br>investigation we cannot comment further on this. We can neither confirm nor deny whether there have been discussions with the Attorney General of Nigeria, <br>or any other senior Nigerian government official regarding any specific criminal investigation or proceedings.<br><br>It is the usual policy neither to confirm nor deny the existence, content or status of any individual mutual legal assistance request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 12:28:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

61455

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in introducing universal exit checks; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	200301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reintroducing exit checks. By April 2015, comprehensive exit checks will apply on scheduled and commercial air, sea and rail routes. <br><br>We have recently introduced new powers in the Immigration Act 2014 to support embarkation checks at the border, and we continue to work with carriers and port operators to explore the least burdensome way of delivering the exit checks commitment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/06/2014 15:38:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

60936

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As part of procurement tender exercises for commercial contracts, the Home Department asks for evidence of bidders Equality and/or Equality and Diversity Statement or Policy. Statements or policies are evaluated to ensure that organisations have satisfactory procedures in place that comply and provide evidence of their commitment.<br><br>When considering a bid for a Grant, it is not currently part of the Home Department's process to consider the diversity policies and records of businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/06/2014 15:36:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60937

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets her Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Tables provided in Annex 1 for representation from March 2013 – March 2014<br><br>In conjunction with Cabinet Office, the Department has agreed specific targets <br>to improve representation rates. The position in the last year is as follows: <br><br>• Three female employees have been appointed at Director General level becoming <br>members of the Home Office Executive Management Board. The position generally <br>was that 34.39% of staff at Senior Civil Service (SCS) were female compared <br>with the target of 38%. At Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 43.93% of staff <br>were female compared with the target of 45%.<br><br>• 6.21% of staff with a disability were at SCS level compared to a target <br>of 3% and at Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 5.99 % staff had a <br>disability compared with the target of 6%.<br><br>• 10.56% of staff at Grades 6 and 7 were from a minority ethnic background <br>compared to a target of 10%. 4.52% of staff at SCS level were from a minority <br>ethnic background compared with the target of 6%. <br><br>• 5.66% of staff at SCS were lesbian, gay or bisexual compared to the target of <br>5.0%. At Grades 6 and 7 the position was that 3.4% of staff were lesbian, gay <br>or bisexual compared with the target of 5.0%. <br><br>The position is encouraging but the Department is committed to finding further <br>progress in all aspects of diversity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/06/2014 15:19:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Annex 1 ( 2014-06-11 HO DE Target Data 2013 2014 (PQ).xls title Increasing diversity
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson