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424624

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students from India were granted a visa to study in Britain in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	13944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>There were 11,699 entry clearance visas granted to Indian nationals for study in 2014. This figure relates to main applicants, and is available in the published entry clearance visa statistics (Immigration Statistics April-June 2015, Home Office, table vi_06_q_s, Tier 4 &amp; pre-PBS equivalent).</p><p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April-June 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/11/2015 17:26:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

424335

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with shooting organisations on the cost of firearm licences.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>There have not been any recent Ministerial discussions with shooting organisations on the cost of firearm licences.</p><p>Following a public consultation on a proposal to increase firearms licensing fees, a new fee structure was introduced in Great Britain on 6 April 2015.</p><p>The Firearms Fees Working Group will be reconvened in the New Year to oversee the first annual review and representative members will be invited to attend.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/10/2015 14:56:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

423741

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Trafficking and Kidnap Unit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding was allocated to the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit of the Metropolitan Police Service in (1) 2012–13, (2) 2013–14, and (3) 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL3005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes modern slavery very seriously and the Modern Slavery Strategy sets out our approach to improving the law enforcement response. We expect individual forces to allocate adequate resources to tackling serious crime including modern slavery, within the overall level of funding available to them. However, decisions about the specific level of funding and staffing for specific units within the Metropolitan Police, such as the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit, are matters for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3006 question first answered 02/11/2015 17:40:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

423742

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Trafficking and Kidnap Unit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many permanent members of staff are employed within the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit of the Metropolitan Police Service, and what staffing changes are envisaged in the next year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL3006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes modern slavery very seriously and the Modern Slavery Strategy sets out our approach to improving the law enforcement response. We expect individual forces to allocate adequate resources to tackling serious crime including modern slavery, within the overall level of funding available to them. However, decisions about the specific level of funding and staffing for specific units within the Metropolitan Police, such as the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit, are matters for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3005 question first answered 02/11/2015 17:40:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

423752

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cycling: Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of breaches of traffic laws and regulations by bicyclists in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL3016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the number of breaches of traffic laws and regulations by bicyclists in each of the last five years. This information is not held centrally. It is important that cyclists follow the rules of the Highway Code. It is an operational matter for local Chief Officers to enforce the law.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/11/2015 14:53:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

423816

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hertfordshire Constabulary: Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Hertfordshire Constabulary's reserves have been subject to CIFPA auditing for the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	13449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Hertfordshire Constabulary’s final 2014/15 Statement of Accounts are published on the force website. The accounts have been independently audited and include the force’s level of reserves for 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/10/2015 17:49:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

423881

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Guards: Complaints
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 extend the Independent Police Complaint Commission's remit to oversee complaints against private security companies performing outsourced policing functions.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	13310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Complaints and Misconduct) (Contrac-tor) Regulations 2015, provides the IPCC with the power to deal with complaints, conduct matters and matters relating to deaths and serious injury (DSI) involving those who have entered into a contract with a local policing body or a chief officer to provide services to a chief officer.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/11/2015 17:28:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

423882

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Guards: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled, Future Regulatory Regime for the Private Security Industry, what steps she is taking to introduce business licensing in that industry.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	13309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the integrity of the private security industry and this includes the possible introduction of business licensing.</p><p>In July. the Government committed to a review (formerly triennial review) of the Security Industry Authority. That review may make further recommendations for legislative change that the Government would want to consider as a composite package.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/11/2015 17:17:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

423500

registered interest
date	23/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 19 October (HL2532), which specific elements of European law require the right to challenge an adverse asylum decision via an effective remedy; and whether the nature of such a remedy is prescribed.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL2964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Article 39 of the Asylum Procedures Directive requires that EU member states must provide an effective remedy before a Court or Tribunal in respect of a decision taken on a person’s asylum application.</p><p>The nature of the remedy is not prescribed beyond requiring it to be before a Court or Tribunal.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/11/2015 14:44:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

423595

registered interest
date	23/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of times a removal direction was issued for people applying to remain in the UK while they were awaiting a court hearing in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	13172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, more generally, under section 78 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, a person may not be removed from, or required to leave, the United Kingdom whilst an in-country appeal is pending, although this does not prevent the giving of a direction for the person’s removal, the making of a deportation order, or the taking of any other interim or preparatory action.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/10/2015 13:44:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland