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419133

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to the use of family reunions to facilitate resettlement within the Government's Syrian refugee programme.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	10458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>We recognise that families may be separated because of the nature of conflict and persecution and the speed and manner in which those seeking asylum often flee their country of origin. Our refugee family reunion policy allows immediate family members of a person in the UK with refugee leave or humanitarian protection status - that is a spouse or partner and children under the age of 18, who formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country of origin - to reunite with them in the UK.</p><p>The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme was launched in January 2014 and is the first resettlement programme run by the UK to target support for refugees specifically on the basis of their vulnerability. On 7 September 2015, the Prime Minister announced a significant extension of the scheme, in recognition of the worsening crisis. We intend to resettle 20,000 refugees from Syria’s neighbouring countries over the lifetime of this Parliament.</p><p>The scheme is helping those in the greatest need who cannot be supported effectively in the region by giving them protection and support in the UK. The current criteria for acceptance under the scheme will be expanded to ensure more of those in the greatest need are resettled, together with their family members, in the UK. Where possible, the Government working with UNHCR, aims to resettle all close family members and dependents together.</p><p>Those resettled under the Syrian VPR scheme are eligible to act as sponsors under the family reunion provisions. This means that if their immediate family members are still abroad, and they meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules, they will be issued with a visa and the family will be able to reunite in the UK. Any family members who are already in the UK are also eligible to apply under the family reunion provisions.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/10/2015 14:13:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

419134

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many transit visas her Department has issued to Syrian refugees since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	10516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>In Q2 2015 (April to June – the latest period for which figures are available) no transit visas have been issued to Syrian refugees.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2015 14:04:10 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

391857

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees granted asylum in the UK were studying in the UK at the time their asylum application was made in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	8239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as to produce an accurate number would require a manual review of records matched between different Home Office data systems, which would only be achievable at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The UK has a proud tradition of providing protection to those who need it most. Between 2011 and March this year, we granted asylum or other forms of leave to over 4,200 Syrian nationals and dependants.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:44:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

385046

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from each country have been accepted by the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	3737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Refugee status is conferred following a grant of asylum. An asylum seeker only becomes a refugee once asylum has been granted. Not all asylum seekers are deemed to be refugees and not all refugees claim asylum. The Home Office publishes annual and quarterly statistics on grants of asylum, humanitarian protection, discretionary leave and other grants at initial decision, to main applicants and dependants. The information, broken down by year of application and nationality is available on Table as_02 of the latest release ‘Immigration Statistics, January – March 2015’.</p><p>[Link to table as_02 below]</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427906/asylum1-q1-2015-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427906/asylum1-q1-2015-tabs.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/06/2015 14:37:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172908

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment criteria are used for the Syrian vulnerable persons relocation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme is designed to complement our humanitarian aid efforts and is based on need. The scheme is designed to help particularly vulnerable individuals displaced by the Syrian crisis who cannot be supported effectively in the region, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We are working closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict and UNHCR are best placed to ensure that the corresponding referrals are responsive to need. <br><br>Given the serious vulnerability of the beneficiaries, our priority is to ensure that the support and accommodation they need is in place before they arrive in the UK. We are working closely with UNHCR, the International Organisation for Migration and local authority services to achieve this as soon as practically possible as the circumstances of each particular case allow. In view of this we do not apply a standard target time for relocation and we do not collect corresponding data on individual cases. We said that we would relocate several hundred people over three years and we are on course to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 220306 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:42:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172910

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken has been to process a Syrian refugee through the Syrian vulnerable persons relocation scheme up to their relocation in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme is designed to complement our humanitarian aid efforts and is based on need. The scheme is designed to help particularly vulnerable individuals displaced by the Syrian crisis who cannot be supported effectively in the region, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We are working closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict and UNHCR are best placed to ensure that the corresponding referrals are responsive to need. <br><br>Given the serious vulnerability of the beneficiaries, our priority is to ensure that the support and accommodation they need is in place before they arrive in the UK. We are working closely with UNHCR, the International Organisation for Migration and local authority services to achieve this as soon as practically possible as the circumstances of each particular case allow. In view of this we do not apply a standard target time for relocation and we do not collect corresponding data on individual cases. We said that we would relocate several hundred people over three years and we are on course to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 220264 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:42:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

49114

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 10 April 2014, Official Report, columns 352-3W, on asylum: children, if she will publish a breakdown by constituency of the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	197188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Figures for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children by parliamentary constituency <br>are not collected by the Home Office. <br><br>The Home Office publishes aggregate statistics on asylum applications from <br>unaccompanied asylum seeking children in tables as_08 and as_08_q (Asylum data <br>tables Volume 2) of Immigration Statistics. Figures based on revised counting <br>rules appear in the latest release Immigration Statistics October to December <br>2013 which is available from<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-dec<br>ember-2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

46304

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 drivers who received driving convictions undertook (a) one, (b ) two, (c) three and (d) four or more speed awareness courses in (i) 2010 to 2014 and (ii) 2005 to 2009.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	194625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally. A motorist is prohibited from taking <br>more than one speed awareness course under the national scheme within a 3 years <br>period from the date of the offence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4849 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

46312

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 drivers who received driving convictions during the two year probationary licence period undertook (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more speed awareness courses in (i) 2010 to 2014 and (ii) 2005 to 2009.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	194623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally. A motorist is prohibited from taking <br>more than one speed awareness course under the national scheme within a 3 years <br>period from the date of the offence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4847 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

45811

registered interest
date	28/03/2014
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 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010, in each force area.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	194304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of drivers that opted for a National Driver Offender Retraining <br>Scheme (NDORS) speed awareness course rather than accept penalty points on <br>their driving licence in 2010 is 447,833, in 2011 is 772,180, in 2012 is 926,155 and <br>in 2013 is 953,464. These reflect the latest updated figures.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the figures by police force area for the number of <br>drivers that opted for a speed awareness course.</p><p> </p><p>The offer of a speed awareness course is at the discretion of the police. To be <br>deemed eligible there must be no excessive speed or other offences committed at <br>the same time. Information on previous motoring convictions is not taken into <br>account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>NDORS Police Force Area </strong></td><td><strong>2010</strong></td><td><strong>2011</strong></td><td><strong>2012</strong></td><td><strong>2013</strong></td></tr><tr><td>AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>267</td><td>38,244</td><td>36,064</td></tr><tr><td>BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE</td><td>6,707</td><td>11,440</td><td>15,370</td><td>12,075</td></tr><tr><td>CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>17,691</td><td>17,301</td><td>16,974</td><td>9,148</td></tr><tr><td>CHESHIRE</td><td>6,066</td><td>15,198</td><td>16,702</td><td>14,490</td></tr><tr><td>CITY OF LONDON POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>153</td></tr><tr><td>CLEVELAND POLICE</td><td>8,278</td><td>12,147</td><td>10,282</td><td>7,198</td></tr><tr><td>CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY</td><td>11,967</td><td>18,436</td><td>19,878</td><td>20,218</td></tr><tr><td>DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>5,657</td><td>9,275</td><td>14,385</td><td>12,666</td></tr><tr><td>DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY</td><td>8,720</td><td>13,516</td><td>17,959</td><td>16,608</td></tr><tr><td>DORSET POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>DURHAM CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>1,436</td><td>4,517</td><td>4,267</td></tr><tr><td>DYFED-POWYS POLICE</td><td>100</td><td>1,158</td><td>1,229</td><td>1,870</td></tr><tr><td>ESSEX POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>8,113</td><td>21,957</td><td>22,605</td></tr><tr><td>GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>937</td><td>2,317</td><td>4,573</td><td>5,445</td></tr><tr><td>GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE</td><td>39,959</td><td>45,639</td><td>49,463</td><td>45,064</td></tr><tr><td>GWENT POLICE</td><td>1</td><td>39</td><td>34</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>36,986</td></tr><tr><td>HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>8,128</td><td>14,802</td><td>23,700</td><td>20,216</td></tr><tr><td>HUMBERSIDE POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>15,499</td><td>29,791</td></tr><tr><td>KENT COUNTY POLICE</td><td>3,430</td><td>23,787</td><td>31,790</td><td>27,446</td></tr><tr><td>LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>13,082</td><td>24,949</td><td>22,491</td><td>27,287</td></tr><tr><td>LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>14,262</td><td>16,055</td><td>17,381</td><td>16,292</td></tr><tr><td>LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE</td><td>4,054</td><td>18,083</td><td>25,595</td><td>19,223</td></tr><tr><td>MERSEYSIDE POLICE</td><td>10,923</td><td>15,683</td><td>17,964</td><td>20,022</td></tr><tr><td>METROPOLITAN POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>9,034</td><td>31,818</td></tr><tr><td>NORFOLK CONSTABULARY</td><td>11,665</td><td>16,054</td><td>17,054</td><td>23,527</td></tr><tr><td>NORTH WALES POLICE</td><td>16,843</td><td>15,141</td><td>16,069</td><td>17,711</td></tr><tr><td>NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>3,332</td><td>6,768</td><td>9,855</td><td>18,049</td></tr><tr><td>NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE</td><td>6,671</td><td>14,944</td><td>11,444</td><td>12,520</td></tr><tr><td>NORTHUMBRIA POLICE</td><td>28,452</td><td>28,195</td><td>39,707</td><td>40,892</td></tr><tr><td>NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE</td><td>15,615</td><td>21,728</td><td>24,217</td><td>25,060</td></tr><tr><td>POLICE SERVICE NORTHERN IRELAND</td><td>9,294</td><td>19,582</td><td>27,020</td><td>27,320</td></tr><tr><td>SCOTLAND</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>SOUTH WALES POLICE</td><td>29,587</td><td>58,025</td><td>55,573</td><td>51,182</td></tr><tr><td>SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>14,453</td><td>35,040</td><td>27,698</td><td>28,035</td></tr><tr><td>STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE</td><td>16,040</td><td>21,205</td><td>25,354</td><td>27,987</td></tr><tr><td>SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY</td><td>15,507</td><td>27,019</td><td>20,122</td><td>22,461</td></tr><tr><td>SURREY POLICE</td><td>4,604</td><td>17,845</td><td>25,349</td><td>23,107</td></tr><tr><td>SUSSEX POLICE</td><td>6,194</td><td>28,589</td><td>33,425</td><td>22,328</td></tr><tr><td>THAMES VALLEY POLICE</td><td>48,859</td><td>73,625</td><td>87,199</td><td>78,593</td></tr><tr><td>WARWICKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>3,584</td><td>6,577</td><td>6,350</td><td>17,482</td></tr><tr><td>WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY</td><td>31,347</td><td>44,094</td><td>41,416</td><td>34,277</td></tr><tr><td>WEST MIDLANDS POLICE</td><td>2,879</td><td>21,033</td><td>20,603</td><td>14,551</td></tr><tr><td>WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>22,945</td><td>47,075</td><td>42,679</td><td>31,424</td></tr><tr><td>WILTSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total:</strong></td><td><strong>447,833</strong></td><td><strong>772,180</strong></td><td><strong>926,155</strong></td><td><strong>953,464</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4005 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh