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791016

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to verify the TOEIC system for visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Education Testing System (ETS) TOEIC test was admitted to the list of approved test providers following a project to produce a new list of English language test providers. The project was launched on 9 December 2010 and ran until 31 January 2011. The criteria for inclusion on the list was published on the UK Border Agency website on 9 December 2010, and is available on the National Archives at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110413094211/http:/www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/esol-providers/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110413094211/http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/esol-providers/</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:57:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

791017

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) internal investigations, (b) court fees and (c) deportation in cases involving TOEIC students.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is unavailable because Home Office data systems are unable to disaggregate costs in line with the categories in the question.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:56:42 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

791030

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have had their claims certified in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of certified refusals for applications made by Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in tables as_09 and as_09_q of immigration statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:55:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

791031

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children who have had their claim certified have subsequently been removed from the UK in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of certified refusals for applications made by Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in tables as_09 and as_09_q of immigration statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>However, the number of those who are refused and certified, who are then removed from the UK is not recorded in a reportable format. Statistics on general asylum and non-asylum removals are available in table 02 of Immigration Statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:55:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

789915

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of police staff who will be working in the new online hate-crime hub in 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>It is initially planned for the national online hate crime hub to be staffed by four specialist police officers and staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/11/2017 17:27:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

790115

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of immigration applications made via the premium service at UK Visas and Immigration have been completed within the service standard time in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>UKVI transparency data provides details of how the Premium Service Centres perform against that service standard.</p><p> </p><p>Links to the most recent available quarterly data are provided here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2016</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-may-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-may-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The data in table InC07 is the closest match to the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:57:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

790122

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of UK Visas and Immigration enquiries received from hon. Members have been answered within (a) four, (b) eight and (c) 10 weeks in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on the timeliness of responses to hon. Members is published by UK Visas and Immigration as part of the quarterly transparency data. The most recent data can be found here -</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>UKVI does not publish data in the four, eight and ten week format requested.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:56:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

790123

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
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 adequacy of the timeliness of responses by UK Visas and Immigration to hon. Members' enquiries.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>UKVI has seen an unprecedented increase in the levels of enquiries from Hon Members since July, leading to a decline in timeliness of some responses. UKVI has deployed further resource to meet intake and assist in returning to previous levels of service.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:55:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

790124

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of immigration applications have been completed within the service standard limit in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Published data on UKVI’s performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, including the proportion of cases classified as non-straightforward, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where an application is defined as non-straightforward due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:59:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

790126

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
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 impact of cheap, super-strength alcohol on levels of crime and antisocial behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	113328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The association between the consumption of cheap, super-strength beers and ciders and anti-social behaviour and low level crime is well known. The Government has set out its approach to reducing alcohol-related crime and disorder in the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published in 2016.</p><p>Alcohol-related violent incidents, as measured by the Crime Survey for England and Wales, has fallen from 901,000 in 2009/10 to 491,000 in 2015/16; the proportion of people reporting drunk or rowdy behaviour as a problem in their neighbourhood has also fallen, from 24% in 2009/10 to 16% in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:36:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead