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223660

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police: Berkshire
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 29 January 2015 to Question 222334, by what date the documents will be placed in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	225379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The IPCC will write to the Hon. Member within the next two weeks to explain that the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) is investigating this matter locally and it would not be appropriate for the IPCC to provide information about the local investigation, hence he will need to write to the MPD to obtain more information. I will place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/03/2015 14:14:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

223661

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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 assessment she has made of the performance of Serco in providing accommodation and transport services for asylum seekers under the Compass contract.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	225410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The COMPASS contracts contain robust provisions to ensure that providers meet the contractual standards relating to the provision of accommodation and transport.<br><br>The Home Office works closely with Serco to continually monitor the compliance processes to ensure that accommodation remains of an acceptable standard. Serco has invested significantly to update its property portfolio and transportation service and now routinely achieves the standards of accommodation and transport required within the contract.<br><br>Serco faced some difficulties in the second half of 2014 which necessitated the use of contingency accommodation. The Home Office continues to work closely with Serco to ensure that they can source sufficient volumes of accommodation to meet the demands of the contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:17:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

223662

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 218892, what average length of time it takes for her Department to grant a visa after a decision is taken not to appeal a decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	225434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested covers a broad range of case types and is not held <br>centrally for in country cases. It could only be obtained at a disproportionate <br>cost. For international appeals the average time for allowed appeals to be <br>implemented from January to December 2014 was 43 calendar days. Since 2006, <br>the average time has been 69 days with a peak of 92 days in 2009.<br><br>The Home Office has 14 calendar days to consider whether to appeal an allowed <br>First-tier or Upper Tribunal decision (although this can be longer in some <br>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 international (out of <br>country) cases. The relevant unit responsible for implementation will be <br>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 03/03/2015 17:44:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 47251 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

223663

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual harm prevention orders and sexual offences prevention orders were issued in each of the last five years; and how many such orders were made after a request from a Chief of Police under section 104(5) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	225480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Sexual harm prevention orders were introduced by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Policing and Crime Act 2014, and will come into force very shortly. <br><br>The Home Office does not collate figures on the number of sexual offences prevention orders imposed by the courts. However, figures for the period from <br>2009 to 2014 are contained in the annual Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements report, published by the Ministry of Justice on the Gov.uk website. The latest report covering the period from April 2013 to March 2014 is available at:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-public-protection-arrangements-mappa-annual-reports-2013-14" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-public-protection-arrangements-mappa-annual-reports-2013-14</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/03/2015 14:19:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

223664

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for human trafficking offences in 2014; and how many such cases involved a victim who was a child.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	225481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Prosecution and conviction data for human trafficking offences for 2014 has not yet been published. The data is expected to be published in May 2015. The data for 2013 is in the table below.The Crown Prosecution Service does not separately record the number of cases where the victim was a child.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/03/2015 14:20:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name 285481 Diana Johnson table of 2013 data.doc title Table 225481
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

223666

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Risk Orders
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 are subject to sexual risk orders in each police force area.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	225478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Sexual risk orders were introduced by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Policing and Crime Act 2014, and will come into force very shortly</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/03/2015 14:14:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

223667

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Meat: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force sniffer dogs operate at (a) Heathrow Airport and (b) other airports and seaports in the UK to detect illegally imported meat.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Roger Williams
uin	225485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Border Force currently has four detector dogs in use at ports and airports in Great Britain trained to detect meat and other animal products illegally imported from non EU countries. This number can fluctuate as dogs are replaced through ill health or retirement and new dogs and handlers are trained.<br><br>The dogs are deployed on a mobile and flexible basis according to risk and where they will have the most impact. They are deployed at key border locations such as Heathrow Airport and can be utilised at any port, airport or other point of entry into Great Britain.<br><br>The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland is responsible for detecting illegal imports of meat and other animal products at ports and airports in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:16:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1394 label Biography information for Roger Williams

223672

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has put in place to track foreign national offenders upon release back into the community since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Davidson
uin	225366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>Tough enforcement is the cornerstone of this Government’s immigration policy. <br>Those who break our laws should be removed from the country at the earliest <br>opportunity, and we will seek to remove any foreign national who <br>receives a custodial sentence for a criminal offence. <br><br>We removed almost 5,100 foreign national offenders in 2013/14 and over 23,000 <br>since 2010. We are removing more offenders straight from prison, which saved <br>the taxpayer £27.5million in the last financial year. This is all despite a 28% <br>increase in appeals.<br><br>We are dealing with offenders who do not want to go home, and in some cases <br>whose home country does not want to take them back. This presents challenges <br>which we are determined to overcome. Chief among the challenges are the legal <br>barriers we face. <br><br>That is why this Government is the first to have a strategy for dealing with <br>foreign national offenders, including overcoming obstacles to their removal. We have <br>also introduced new powers in the Immigration Act (2014) which have cut the number <br>of grounds on which criminals can appeal deportation. More than 500 foreign offenders <br>have already been removed under the new ‘deport now, appeal later’ provisions.<br><br>The majority of foreign national offenders in the community were released by an <br>Immigration Judge, despite our strong opposition. Most offenders are subject to <br>reporting conditions and, where possible, electronic tagging. If a foreign <br>national offender fails to comply with these conditions by absconding, our <br>dedicated national absconder tracing team works with the police, other <br>government agencies and commercial companies to track down, arrest <br>and return absconders to custody. The Home Office is using intelligence <br>and working more closely with partners to maximise the impact of enforcement <br>activity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/03/2015 14:05:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 47250 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	611 label Biography information for Mr Ian Davidson

223724

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to transfer control of the issuing of visitor visas from the Home Office to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to transfer the issuing of visitor visa nor any entry clearance from the Home Office to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/03/2015 15:28:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

223745

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to review the use of Tasers by police officers and in particular their use against children and young people.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL5230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary announced in October 2014 an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force by police officers, to ensure these powers are being used appropriately and in a transparent way. The review will present options for publishing data on how Taser is being used, who it is being used on and what the outcomes are.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/03/2015 15:14:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon