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45586

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on legal fees in immigration cases when she has been (a) the defendant and (b) the appellant, in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	194153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office cannot report separately on expenditure on legal fees in <br>immigration cases where the Secretary of State has been either defendant or <br>appellant because it does not record data in the format required for such an <br>analysis. The only way to answer this question would be to review all payments <br>of litigation expenditure manually which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

45590

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 February 2014, Official Report, column 238W, on driving: licensing, what proportion of new drivers obtaining driving convictions were offered speed awareness courses in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	194127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 27th March 2014, Official Report, <br>column 372W.</p><p><br>The number of drivers who opted for a speed awareness course rather than <br>accept penalty points on their driving licence in 2010 is 447,724, 2011 is <br>772,430, 2012 is 926,101 and 2013 is 953,428. The offer of a speed awareness <br>course is at the discretion of the police. To be deemed eligible there must be <br>no excessive speed or other offences committed at the same time. Information on <br>previous motoring convictions is not taken into account.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

45599

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 effect of recent changes to the funding of Greater Manchester Police on crime rates in that region.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	194132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The funding settlement for the police is a challenging one. However, as the <br>vast majority of forces, including Greater Manchester Police are <br>demonstrating, it is manageable. The latest report from Her Majesty's <br>Inspectorate of Constabulary (Policing in Austerity: Rising to the Challenge <br>July 2013) found that crime is falling and the proportion of officers on the <br>front line is increasing. The Government has protected the police from the <br>additional 2014/15 reductions that were announced in the Chancellor's December <br>Autumn Statement, which means the police will face a 3.3% cash reduction in <br>central Government funding (5.75% in real terms) compared to 2013/14. Once <br>future police precept income is taken into account, the reduction in overall <br>funding is even lower.<br><br>In the Greater Manchester Police force areas, recorded crime fell by 7% between <br>September 2012 and September 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

45309

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of employees in her Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	193967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of Home Office employees with each working pattern by (a) Civil <br>Service pay grade is shown in Table 1.<br><br>The proportion of Home Office employees with each working pattern by (b) gender <br>is shown in Table 2.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 193967 - Tables 1 2 v2.xls title Civil Service pay grade Table 1 & 2
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

45314

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 held in immigration removal centres and who refused food or fluids have been transferred to prisons since May 2013.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	193784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p>No persons held in immigration removal centres have been transferred to prisons since May 2013 due to refusal of food or fluids.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

45315

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 introduced in the last year to reduce the number of businesses employing illegal immigrants.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	193823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Employers have a duty to ensure that their employees have the right to work in the UK, and this duty has been underpinned by a civil penalty scheme since 2008. The government is taking measures to ensure a tougher response to employers who use illegal labour, whilst simplifying arrangements for legitimate businesses to conduct right to work checks.</p><p>To deter employers from using illegal workers, the Home Office is doubling the maximum penalty to £20,000. The government is also using the current Immigration Bill to make it easier to enforce unpaid civil penalties in the civil courts. In addition, with the creation of the new Immigration Enforcement Directorate last year, there has been a forty seven per cent increase in illegal working enforcement operations and a corresponding increase in civil penalties imposed: with 1862 penalties served in 2013/14 (to the end of February) compared to 1270 in 2012/13. We are also ensuring greater collaboration across government to increase our ‘enforcement reach' and the range of sanctions that can be brought to bear against rogue employers who exploit illegal workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

45317

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received about the use of water cannon in London.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	194013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A number of representations have been received recently about the use of water <br>cannon in London. <br><br>The Home Secretary has also now received the formal request to authorise water <br>cannon for use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this <br>request and will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant <br>information in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

44942

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assets of criminal origin have been repatriated from the UK to jurisdictions overseas in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	193656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy sets out how the Government intends to <br>improve the tackling of criminal finances both in the UK and overseas. This <br>includes developing asset sharing agreements with other countries in order to <br>improve international co-operation on asset recovery. Although no assets have <br>been repatriated to another country since 2008-09, there are a number of ongoing <br>investigations, particularly as part of the Arab Spring Asset Recovery <br>Taskforce, about which it is not possible to comment further at this stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

45099

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 arrested for breach of a forced marriage protection order in each year since such orders came into force.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	193700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is not collected centrally by the Home Office. <br><br>Powers of arrest for breach of a forced marriage protection order are currently <br>issued by the civil courts. Arrests for civil offences are not covered by the <br>Home Office arrest collection.<br><br>Breach of a forced marriage protection order will become an offence when <br>section 120 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 comes <br>into force in summer 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 3798 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

45100

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reform anti-social behaviour orders; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	193527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government's reforms are contained in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and <br>Policing Act 2014. The Act will introduce two new powers, a civil injunction <br>and the Criminal Behaviour Order, to replace Anti-Social Behaviour Orders. <br>Unlike Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, the new powers will not focus solely on <br>enforcement but can include positive requirements to ensure individuals address <br>the underlying causes of their behaviour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry