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62330

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to reimburse people who have had to pay to upgrade to the premium one-day service to secure a (a) new or (b) renewed passport; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	201055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no plans to reimburse customers who choose to use the four hour <br>premium service.<br><br>On 12 June, the Home Secretary announced in the House of Commons that where <br>people have an urgent need to travel, and their application has been with Her <br>Majesty's Passport Office for longer than the standard processing time of three weeks <br>through no fault of their own, they will be able to upgrade their application <br>without charge. After their application has been through the proper checks, the <br>processing, printing and delivery of the new passport will be fast-tracked for <br>free. To qualify, customers must be booked to travel within the next 7 days. <br>Customers will be asked to provide details – such as flight numbers and the <br>name of the travel company – to confirm their travel plans.<br><br>This policy came into effect immediately after being announced and will be <br>available until further notice. This policy will not be applied <br>retrospectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:37:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4349 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

62331

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the volume of overseas applications for passports has been in each month since her Department assumed responsibility for such applications.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	201025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of overseas passport applications received by Her Majesty's Passport Office each month since it assumed responsibility for such applications.<br><br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of overseas applications received*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2012</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2013</p></td><td><p>1014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2013</p></td><td><p>2401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>2767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>3543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2013</p></td><td><p>4662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013</p></td><td><p>5862</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>7053</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>7216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>11035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>13832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>10881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>12324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>26897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>43327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>40935</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Note: HMPO took responsibility for overseas passports applications in April 2011, commenced the repatriation of the printing of overseas passports in summer 2011, but only commenced repatriating application processing in December 2012 with that repatriation completed in February 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/09/2014 14:48:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4328 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

62332

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of Ashfield constituency received more than three weeks ago HM Passport Office are processing.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	201023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Passport Office does not hold the information in the form requested. The <br>cost of providing it from individual applicant data held would be <br>disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 14:01:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4325 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

62333

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of Ashfield constituency received in the last three months were not processed by HM Passport Office in three weeks.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	201024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office does not hold the information in the form requested. The <br>cost of providing it from individual applicant data held would be <br>disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 13:38:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4327 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

62334

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
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 have been resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since its launch; and how many people are expected to arrive in the UK under that scheme by December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	200675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To date 50 Syrians have arrived in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. <br><br>The scheme is based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis, and envisage that several hundred people will be helped over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/06/2014 13:47:01 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4333 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

62339

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she authorised the UK's classification of (a) Google, (b) Facebook, (c) webmail services and (d) other companies that operate in the UK as external communications.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	201104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>External Communication is defined within the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 and the statutory Interception of Communications Code of Practice which was approved by Parliament and came into force on 1 July 2002. The Government has no present plans to amend the definition of external communication.<br><br>Under RIPA, interception warrants are issued by the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/09/2014 13:25:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4322 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62340

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to change (a) the classification of external communications for the purposes of interception and (b) other aspects of UK surveillance law.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	201105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>External Communication is defined within the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 and the statutory Interception of Communications Code of Practice which was approved by Parliament and came into force on 1 July 2002. The Government has no present plans to amend the definition of external communication.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/08/2014 15:35:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4323 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62343

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Didier Pierre Paulet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the deportation order served on Didier Pierre Paulet on 19 November 2007 pursuant to a recommendation by a Crown Court Judge for deportation has been implemented; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	201127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/06/2014 13:57:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4317 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

62345

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that accommodation provided by the COMPASS contracts meets the Decent Homes Standards.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	201006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is a statutory requirement that social housing meets the Decent Homes <br>Standard as defined in the Housing Act 2004.<br><br>All COMPASS contracts incorporate the requirements of the Decent Home Standards <br>for social housing as part of the contractual performance management <br>arrangements and are robustly monitored through three key performance <br>indicators which relate specifically to property standards. <br><br>Providers are required to inspect all properties on a monthly basis or at the <br>point when a service user first occupies the property. In addition, the Home <br>Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who also closely monitor <br>property standards as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.<br><br>Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 15:59:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4334 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

62346

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that asylum seekers in COMPASS accommodation are able to register complaints quickly and easily.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	201007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The COMPASS contracts lay down requirements for the management of enquiries and <br>complaints received in respect of accommodation services provided to asylum <br>seekers.<br><br>COMPASS providers have a complaints service in place through which the asylum <br>seeker, their representative, the voluntary sector or local authorities can <br>raise concerns or issues direct. Providers also provide asylum seekers with a <br>detailed briefing on how they can raise a complaint as part of the move in <br>process. Asylum seekers can raise a complaint in a confidential way, and with <br>the assistance of an interpreter when required.<br><br>The complaints process is subject to performance management under the Key <br>Performance Indicators regime. Providers are required to report their <br>performance in terms of dealing with complaints on a monthly basis. In <br>addition, the Home Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who <br>also closely monitor complaints made to providers or made direct to the Home <br>Office as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.<br><br>Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 16:00:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4335 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert