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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 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

58055

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 reported as suspicious or sham were (a) same sex marriages, (b) heterosexual marriages and (c) civil partnerships in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	199065
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>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> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/06/2014 16:02:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 80 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49322

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total yearly salary of each grade of the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate senior staff was on 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table shows the total yearly salary for each senior civil <br>service grade in UK Visa and Immigration Directorate as at 1 April 2014. These <br>are presented in £5,000 bands in line with our commitment to publish <br>departmental salary information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Grade</strong></td><td><strong>Salary band (£)</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Directors</td><td>755,000-759,999</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Directors</td><td>420,000-424,999</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Director General</td><td>132,000-134,999</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8357 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49323

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate on 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of people (paid and unpaid civil servants as well as agency and <br>contractors substituting as civil servants) employed by UK Visas and <br>Immigration on 31st March 2014 was 7,107 (6,598.67 Full Time Equivalent).<br><br>In line with Office for National statistics guidelines, all government <br>departments are required to report their official statistics relating to <br>numbers of employees using calendar month end dates. This answer has therefore <br>been provided using information as at 31st March 2014 rather than 1st April <br>2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8356 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49324

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget is allocated to the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Visa &amp; Immigration Directorate Budget 2014/5<br><br>Resource Administration £13.6 million<br>Resource Programme £744.3 million<br>Income Programme £1,022.6 million<br>Capital £6.0 million<br><br>Source: Home Office Main Estimates published on 29th April 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8355 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

48596

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many travel document applications arising from each country were being processed as of 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table gives a breakdown, by nationality, of outstanding <br>applications for a Home Office Travel Document.<br><br>To align with protocol on publishing statistics, the list represents the <br>position at 31 December 2013. However, most of the cases shown as outstanding have <br>been concluded since that date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nationality</p></td><td><p>No. Of Cases</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua &amp; Barbuda</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bhutan</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chad</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic People's Republic of Korea</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Eritrea</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea-Bissau</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Haiti</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo Resident - UN Issued Travel Document</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait Bidoun</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldives</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Officially Stateless</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Palestinian Authority</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Refugee - Article 1 of the 1951 Convention</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Refugee - Other</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Serbia</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Russian Federation</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Stateless Person (Article 1 of 1954 Convention)</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent &amp; the Grenadines</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria Arab Republic</p></td><td><p>587</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish controlled area of Cyprus</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkmenistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United Rep of Tanzania</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>8,731</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><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 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8001 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

48597

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many travel documents were (a) applied for and (b) issued in each year since 1 January 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>2009 <br>22,672 <br>14,183<br><br>2010 <br>26,652 <br>15,095<br><br>2011 <br>23,722 <br>16,791<br><br>2012 <br>20,667 <br>8,139<br><br>2013 <br>22,567 <br>12,811<br><br>Totals <br>116,280 <br>67,019<br><br>To provide context to the figures, it should be noted that a policy change was <br>implemented in February 2012 requiring all travel document applicants to have <br>or simultaneously apply for a Biometric Residence Permit to confirm status. <br>This subsequently resulted in a doubling of processing times. However, the <br>backlog of applications was cleared in February this year and the Home Office's <br>Travel Document Section has since returned to agreed service levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7997 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz