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509979

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Horst Kopkow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the security service files in the series KV2/1500 held in the National Archives on SS Sturmbannführer Kriminaldirektor Horst Kopkow are closed; and for what reasons such files are closed.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Mr Keith Simpson
uin	33282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The Security Service's historic files on Horst KOPKOW were made available to the public at The National Archives in March 2004 (reference numbers KV2/1500 and KV2/1501). KOPKOW also appears in a report on a file at The National Archives relating to the Gestapo that was made available in February 2005 (reference number KV3/109). None of the files held in The National Archives on Horst KOPKOW are closed. Any redactions made to these files have been made for reasons of national security. The Government is committed to releasing historical files to the National Archives where it is appropriate to do so.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/04/2016 11:47:35 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes previous answer version 55159 answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	126 label Biography information for Mr Keith Simpson

510118

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EEA family permits were issued overseas in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	33431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The requested information is given in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Entry clearance visa grants: EEA Family Permits</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Granted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>19,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>19,238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>22,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>24,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>30,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Source: <br></strong>Immigration Statistics Oct-Dec 2015, Home Office, tables vi_06_q_o.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas issued outside the UK, including EEA Family permits are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October-December 2015’, Visas volume 3 table vi_06_q_o, latest edition available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015/list-of-tables#visas</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 17:00:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

510119

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	New Businesses: Visas
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 review the financial requirements for tier 1 Entrepreneur visas.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	33391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>In March 2015, the Government commissioned the Independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to assess the economic benefit of the UK’s provisions for non-EEA entrepreneurs. The MAC made a number of recommendations for reform of the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route. On financial requirements they recommended that:</p><p>• the Government consider setting the lower investment threshold in the range of £40,000 to £50,000; and</p><p>• the higher investment threshold of £200,000 should apply to each applicant (currently, two applicants can share the funding i.e. £100,000 each), and that there may be a case for an inflationary uplift.</p><p>The Government is currently considering the MAC’s advice, and will announce its response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 16:43:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

510120

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when those parts of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 which have not come into force are expected to come into force; and what the reason is for the time taken to bring all provisions of that Act into force.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	33406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>We expect to commence the Psychoactive Substances Act in its entirety in the spring. In line with the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, we are in the final stages of putting in place a programme of testing to demonstrate the psychoactivity of a substance prior to commencement of the Act. The timing of commencement has always been subject to consideration of all the activity necessary across the UK for the provisions to come into force</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/04/2016 16:09:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

510123

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the emotional abuse of women.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a new offence of coercive or controlling behaviour in an intimate or family relationship which came into force on 29 December 2015. The offence carries a maximum of 5 years imprisonment. Guidance for professionals on the new offence was issued on 5 December 2015.</p><p>The new offence will mean victims who experience coercive and controlling behaviour that stops short of serious physical violence, but amounts to extreme psychological and emotional abuse, can see their perpetrators brought to justice. Criminalising domestic abuse demonstrates this Government’s commitment to tackling all forms of abuse and improving the protection available to victims.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/04/2016 16:06:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

510124

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to prevent the growing of cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Growing cannabis, whether for personal use or organised supply, is illegal and those who do so can face significant jail sentences.</p><p>The investigation and prevention of illegal cannabis cultivation is an operational matter for the police. The police use proactive operations and seizures to target dealers and the organised gangs behind illegal cannabis farms and promoting cooperation with all partners including the fire service, energy companies and the property sector.</p><p>They are also working to continually improve their knowledge and understanding of the trade through activity-led intelligence gathering.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/04/2016 16:08:25 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

510125

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of her Department resigned in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	33293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The number and proportion of officials who have resigned from the Home Office in each of the last 6 years is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/04/2016 11:05:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Table 33293.xlsx title Home Deparment resignations
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

510126

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legislative provisions there are to prevent the husband of a child bride bringing that bride into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	33256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Under the family Immigration Rules both an applicant for a spouse visa and their sponsor must be aged 18 or over.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/04/2016 14:54:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

510127

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on the prosecution of husbands of child brides resident in the UK, who married that bride outside of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	33257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the UK. The offence relates to where a UK resident or national forces a child into marriage overseas as well as in the UK.</p><p>Our dedicated Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) leads efforts to combat forced marriage both at home and abroad. Where cases involve a minor in the UK, the FMU work with the relevant statutory agencies to provide advice and expertise to ensure that appropriate safeguarding measures are taken. Where a case involves a minor overseas, the FMU work with consular officers overseas and statutory agencies in the UK to ensure safeguarding obligations are fulfilled and appropriate action is taken where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/04/2016 11:02:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

510128

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU citizens were refused entry to the UK on grounds of public security in each calendar year between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	33335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Numbers of non-EEA refusals according to refusal reasons are not held centrally. Overall non-EEA refusal figures between 2004 and December 2015 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015/list-of-tables#admissions</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 16:32:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green