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171643

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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 14 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Taher Ivasue.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	219439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>A reply was sent on 19 December 2014.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:59:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

171186

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a constituent of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish, Mr Edward Francis Temple Inglis, of Dukinfield, Greater Manchester (Home Office reference: J1960269), will have his citizenship application of 16 June 2014 decided upon.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	219269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I wrote to the hon. Member separately on this individual case on 19 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 12:00:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

171298

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements can be made for removing suspected criminals to the UK to stand trial in the absence of an extradition treaty between the UK and the host country.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	219188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK may make an extradition request to a country with which it does not have an extradition treaty for a person who is accused or convicted of an offence in the UK.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:36:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

170742

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has given to the UK Border Agency on (a) the maximum distance that asylum seekers can be asked to travel when reporting to police stations and (b) other aspects of the interpretation of that requirement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	219013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>There is no maximum distance set on the distance individuals can be asked to travel to report to either a Home Office reporting centre or a police station. <br><br>Current Home Office guidance states that an individual will not normally be required to travel more than 25 miles to report (Reporting – Standards of Operational Practice).<br><br>Any asylum seeker living outside of the three mile radius of their reporting location who receives Asylum Support under Section 95 or Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act of 1999 is eligible to apply for assistance with <br>travel expenses. <br><br>Initially, reporting location is determined on the basis of the postcode of an individual’s proposed address. Further consideration may then be given to the reporting location should the individual raise exceptional circumstances which <br>makes travelling difficult, for example medical issues or pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 12:01:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

170743

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants were granted British citizenship who had previously absconded from immigration detention in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	218985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on how many individuals who were granted British citizenship who had previously absconded from immigration detentions is not aggregated in national reporting systems. This information could only be obtained by a <br>disproportionately expensive manual case by case search to collate the data.<br><br>However where a person has previously absconded from immigration detention they would not normally be granted citizenship as the good character requirement would not be satisfied.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 12:04:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint

170744

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
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 successfully applied for UK citizenship in each of the last five years; how many applications for citizenship in that time have been rejected; and how many people's applications for citizenship are pending.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Turner
uin	218986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The published National Statistics of British citizenship grants and refusals, 2009 to 2013, are given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>British Citizenship grants and refusals, United Kingdom, 2009 to 2013</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Decisions taken to grant</td><td>Decisions taken to refuse or withdraw</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>203,789</td><td>10,251</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>195,046</td><td>7,974</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>177,785</td><td>6,884</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>194,209</td><td>6,878</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>207,989</td><td>7,269</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Source: Home Office, Migration Statistics</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Immigration Statistics July to September 2014</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Tables cz_01</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>The latest Home Office immigration statistics, including grants and refusals of British citizenship, 2000 to 2013, are published in the release Immigration Statistics July – September 2014, table cz_01 (Citizenship tables), which is <br>available from the Library of the House and on the Department’s website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a> <br><br>As at 30 September 2014, a total of 40,620 applications for British citizenship were awaiting despatch, either work in progress or outstanding not input.<br><br>The latest UK Visas and Immigration management information, including cases that are work in progress or outstanding not input, are published in the release Transparency data, Temporary and permanent migration data: November <br>2014, table InC4 which is available on the Department’s website at: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 12:07:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1426 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Turner

170747

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Internal Security Fund
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 has plans to set up an alternative to the EU Internal Security fund to facilitate cross-border crime prevention for the period 2014-20.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	219054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is still considering its position in regard to the policing element of the Internal Security Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 12:04:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

170752

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is that the Home Office Visas and Immigration section is taking to respond to decisions taken by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in the last 12 months; and in how many cases a response is outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	218892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested covers a broad range of case types and is not held centrally for in country cases. It could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. For international appeals the average time for allowed appeals to be <br>implemented from October 2013 to September 2014 was 45 calendar days. Information relating to how many international appeals remain outstanding could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.<br><br>The Home Office has 14 calendar days to consider whether to appeal an allowed First-tier or Upper Tribunal decision (although this can be longer in some Upper Tribunal decisions where the last avenue to appeal is direct to the Court <br>of Appeal) for in country cases and 28 calendar days for out of country cases. The relevant unit responsible for implementation will be notified once a decision has been made not to appeal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 12:00:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

170759

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Christmas Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from her Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	218998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and other Home Office Ministers send electronic Christmas cards to a range of individuals and organisations involved in cutting crime, reducing immigration and preventing terrorism. <br><br>I wish the Hon. Member a Merry Christmas too.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/12/2014 15:35:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

170464

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many and what proportion of candidates took their English language tests online in each country in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	218716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Secure English language tests for visa purposes require attendance in person at an invigilated test centre. As such there are no online tests that can be taken from home.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:57:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady