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62823

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether British passport holders wanted by the police have their details routinely reported to Border Force.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK holds a watchlist of adverse information and intelligence drawn from a variety of sources, including the police. The system is used by Home Office staff for the purposes of national security and the detection and prevention of crime. It is longstanding policy not to discuss either the specific data held on the watchlist, the source of the data or how it is used as to do so would be counterproductive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 23/06/2014 12:59:29 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

62666

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Community Support Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	201195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table contains the requested data for police community support <br>officers in:<br>(a) Coventry Basic Command Unit, from 31 March 2009 to 31 March 2011. Figures <br>at basic command unit level ceased to be collected from then to reduce the <br>administratvie burden on the police.<br>(b) figures for Coventry North East constituency are not collected by the Home <br>Office.<br>(c) (d) the West Midlands police force, the West Midlands region and England, <br>from 31 March 2009 to 30 September 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 23/06/2014 11:35:52 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name PQ 201195 - table.xlsx title How many police Community support
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

62683

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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, how many family visas were granted (a) in each year since 2011 and (b) in the current year up to the latest available quarter for which figures are available; and what the (i) category of family visa and (ii) UK nation of residence of the sponsor of each such visa was.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	201341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The available information requested is given in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><em>Family entry clearance visas issued, by category.</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Visa Category</strong></td><td><strong>2011</strong></td><td><strong>2012</strong></td><td><strong>2013</strong></td><td><strong>Q1 2014 (Jan-Mar)</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Family: Partner</td><td>33,496</td><td>30,411</td><td>23,557</td><td>6,825</td></tr><tr><td>Family: Child</td><td>97</td><td>85</td><td>73</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Family: Other</td><td>4,306</td><td>3,710</td><td>4,233</td><td>1,591</td></tr><tr><td>Family: Partner (for immediate settlement)</td><td>1,336</td><td>1,097</td><td>1,084</td><td>176</td></tr><tr><td>Family: Child (for immediate settlement)</td><td>4,596</td><td>4,001</td><td>3,844</td><td>726</td></tr><tr><td>Family: Other (for immediate settlement)</td><td>1,892</td><td>1,588</td><td>899</td><td>296</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>45,723</strong></td><td><strong>40,892</strong></td><td><strong>33,690</strong></td><td><strong>9,630</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><em>Source: Immigration Statistics, January-March 2014, Before Entry Volume 2, table be_01_q</em></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visa grants <br>by category in table be_01_q (Before Entry tables volume 2) within the <br>‘Immigration Statistics' release. The numbers are broken down by nationality in <br>table be_06_q_f (Before Entry tables volume 4). It is not possible to <br>separately identify those granted visas under the old family rules and those <br>granted visas under new family rules implemented on 9 July 2012.<br><br>A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration Statistics January - March 2014' is <br>available from the Library of the House and from: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br>stics-quarterly-release. <br><br>The figures provided relate to family members issued visas in the family <br>immigration route. Statistics on the dependants of migrants issued visas in <br>other routes, such as the Points Based System, can be found within the <br>published data at the above link.<br><br>The information requested in part (ii) on the UK nation of residence of the <br>sponsor of each of the family visas of interest is not readily available and <br>could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Furthermore, not all sponsors <br>are based in the UK and not all individuals granted a visa in the family route <br>have a sponsor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2014 11:27:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

62684

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Driving Offences: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles were seized by the police as a result of being driven without insurance in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	201324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold this information.</p><p>The police have the power under the Road Traffic Act (1988) to seize vehicles <br>driven without insurance. Enforcement of vehicle seizures is an operational matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 23/06/2014 11:34:13 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

62342

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	Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who within her Department authorised the passing of information about forthcoming proscription orders to The Sun newspaper; and whether that authorisation was agreed by a Minister or special adviser in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	201134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>No Minister or Special Adviser at the Home Office authorised the release of information about the forthcoming proscription to The Sun newspaper.</p><p> </p><p>I have written in response to the point of order reiterating that we take Parliamentary business very seriously and always seek to follow Mr Speaker's preference that the House is informed first of the Home Secretary's intention to proscribe terrorist groups. This was our intent on this occasion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/06/2014 11:28:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

62085

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests in the UK have resulted from Operation Rescue; how many charges were brought following those arrests; how many open investigations remain from those identified; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	200938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Operation Rescue was an investigation into a website that promoted the distribution of Indecent Images of Children. From 2007 to 2011, 240 intelligence packages were disseminated by the SOCA affiliated Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre (CEOP) to Police Forces across the UK. <br><br>At the end of the intelligence dissemination phase of the operation in 2011 CEOP had been notified of 121 arrests; of these 33 individuals were convicted and 7 cautioned. <br><br>Further information regarding charges, convictions and open investigations is handled at a local level by the relevant police force and is not recorded centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 19/06/2014 15:24:41 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

62089

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the National Farmers' union on the details of the injunction relating to protestor activities around the badger culls scheduled to take place in Gloucestershire and Somerset in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	200838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office officials have had discussions with officials from the Department <br>for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Farmers' Union <br>about the use of civil injunctions, in the context of a broader engagement with <br>both organisations, on the badger culling activity for 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 23/06/2014 11:33:06 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

62095

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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
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 arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration, of 1 May 2014 on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M5845/14.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	200805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Director General responsible for Immigration Enforcement, responded to the hon. Member on 17 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/06/2014 15:39:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

61552

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	Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with their European partners with regard to listing Israeli settler groups such as Hilltop Youth as terrorist groups, following the United States State Department's description of recent settler acts of violence as terrorist incidents.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.<br><br>A decision to proscribe an organisation must be based on a belief that it is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Terrorism Act 2000, and it must be proportionate. <br><br>The list of proscribed terrorist organisations can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/301777/ProscribedOrganisationsApril14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/301777/ProscribedOrganisationsApril14.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 23/06/2014 12:58:55 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

61754

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	Animal Experiments
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 potential benefit of introducing a compulsory retirement programme for animals used in laboratories and scientific experiments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	200559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>European Directive 2010/63/EU which was implemented in the UK and other Member States on 1 January 2013 provides Member States with discretion to allow re-homing schemes. It also requires that where Member States have allowed re-homing, they will also ensure that a re-homing scheme is in place that ensures the socialisation of the animal. <br><br>The Directive permits Member States to go beyond the requirements of the Directive, on the basis of animal welfare, only where the provisions were already in place in November 2010. The Directive does not provide legal grounds on which the UK can impose such a mandatory obligation of re-homing as part of licensing. <br><br>The UK legislation allows re-homing. The requirements are provided for in licence conditions and by virtue of section 17A of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. <br><br>On our acceptance of certain reassurances, relating to section 17A of the 1986 Act, authority may be given to re-home animals being held at an establishment. This applies to those animals that were bred or held for supply for use in regulated procedures, were intended for use in regulated procedures, or have been used in regulated procedures and are being kept alive under the care of the Named Veterinary Surgeon. This authority would relate to individually identified animals and records would be held at the establishment to confirm that such animals had been re-homed.<br><br>Consideration is normally given to the release of animals from the controls of the Act if there is no scientific requirement for them to be humanely killed at the end of the procedures. Some animals are not released if veterinary advice indicates that they may not remain in good health, or that their temperament would not be suited to such an environment.<br><br>Comprehensive guidance on setting free and re-homing is given in section 5.21 in the Guidance on the Operation of the 1986 Act. The Home Office intends to provide further advice about the re-homing of laboratory animals from licensed establishments where there are provisions in the legislation. Animals which have been born into, and lived all their lives under, laboratory conditions may not be able to adapt to a different lifestyle and may be very distressed by such change. There must be provision for careful individual assessment as well as a structured socialisation programme to ensure that re-homing is in the best interests of the individual animal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 16/06/2014 16:23:09 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch