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428480

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of Palestinians is who have applied for visit visas for the UK in each month since November 2013; and how many such applications were successful for each of those months.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	16338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Data on entry clearance visas is produced quarterly. The information is provided for Q4 2013 onwards in the attachedtable.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/11/2015 15:53:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Copy of table 16338.xlsx title Entry clearance visit visas
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

426594

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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 Syrian refugees selected for resettlement from UN camps to the UK had previously been selected for resettlement in the US.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	15042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees in the lifetime of this Parliament. The Prime Minister has said that we want to see 1,000 Syrian refugees brought to the UK by Christmas. We use the established UNHCR process for identifying and resettling refugees and have been working closely with them to achieve a significant uplift in the scheme.</p><p>The UK collaborates closely with the major countries involved in resettlement, notably the US, Australia and Canada. In the expansion of the UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme we have worked with the US Government to take 500 people from the UNHCR’s pool of registered refugees that might otherwise have been passed to the US for consideration. No refugee actually selected for resettlement in the US has been passed to the UK; and all refugees being resettled in the UK have opted for this route.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/11/2015 16:17:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 28826 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

426595

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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 Syrian refugees from each UN camp she expects to be resettled in the UK in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	15043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has said that we want to see 1,000 Syrian refugees brought to the UK by Christmas. The Government is working closely with local authorities, international delivery partners and the voluntary sector, putting in place the plans and structures to deliver this and ensuring the system is scaled up in a way that protects the interests of all concerned. Details on numbers will be published in the regular quarterly immigration statistics.</p><p>The UNHCR identifies and proposes Syrian refugees for the VPR scheme from among the whole of the registered refugee population in the region, over 4 million people. This includes people in formal refugee camps, informal settlements and host communities. Therefore, not all of those coming to the UK for resettlement will be coming from UN camps.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 13/11/2015 14:58:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 28828 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

422997

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Worker Registration Scheme
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 have taken place and (b) penalty notices have been issued under paragraphs (i) 13 and (ii) 12 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006 in each year since those regulations entered into force.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	12752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions under Regulations 12 and 13 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006, in each of the years the regulations were in force, 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, is shown in Table 1. The data in the table has been provided by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and is not held by the Home Office. MoJ Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales.</p><p>The Regulations only allowed for employees to be served with a Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) under Regulation 13. The sanction against employers under Regulation 12 was prosecution through the Courts. The Home Office does not hold Management Information for this period which would explain why the prosecution numbers are low. Management information in Table 2 shows the number of FPNs notified to the Home Office as having been served in each of the financial years the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006 were in force.</p><p>The Home Office has no record of any Fixed Penalty Notices being issued to Croatian nationals working in breach of the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013. The Home Office has not issued any civil penalties to employers in respect of breaches of the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 12753 question first answered 10/11/2015 17:49:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table 1-2 PQs 12752 & 12753.doc title Employees served with a Fixed Penalty Notice previous answer version 25715 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

422998

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Croatia
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 have taken place and (b) penalty notices have been issued under paragraphs (i) 15 and (ii) 16 of the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013 in each year since those regulations entered into force.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	12753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions under Regulations 12 and 13 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006, in each of the years the regulations were in force, 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, is shown in Table 1. The data in the table has been provided by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and is not held by the Home Office. MoJ Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales.</p><p>The Regulations only allowed for employees to be served with a Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) under Regulation 13. The sanction against employers under Regulation 12 was prosecution through the Courts. The Home Office does not hold Management Information for this period which would explain why the prosecution numbers are low. Management information in Table 2 shows the number of FPNs notified to the Home Office as having been served in each of the financial years the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006 were in force.</p><p>The Home Office has no record of any Fixed Penalty Notices being issued to Croatian nationals working in breach of the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013. The Home Office has not issued any civil penalties to employers in respect of breaches of the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 12752 question first answered 10/11/2015 17:49:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table 1-2 PQs 12752 & 12753.doc title Employees served with a Fixed Penalty Notice previous answer version 25716 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

416728

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average daily cost is of detaining an individual at Dungavel detention centre.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	8826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide details of the cost of a specific Immigration Removal Centre as the information is commercially sensitive, and if it were released, could compromise the Government’s ability to continue to drive down costs on behalf of the taxpayer. Nationally, the average cost per day to hold an individual in immigration detention was £91.61 in the year ending June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 8640 question first answered 18/09/2015 15:59:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

416729

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre: Detainees
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 of each nationality are detained at Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre,
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	8752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people detained at Dungavel House immigration removal centre by nationality, as at 30 June 2015, the latest date for which figures are available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">People in detention by country of nationality as at 30 June 2015</td></tr><tr><td>Country of nationality</td><td>Dungavel IRC</td></tr><tr><td>Afghanistan</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Albania</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Algeria</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>China</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Egypt</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Eritrea</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Estonia</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Former Yugoslavia</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Gambia, The</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Ghana</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Hong Kong</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Iran</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Iraq</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Israel</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Kuwait</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Latvia</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Lebanon</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Lithuania</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Nepal</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Nigeria</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Poland</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Romania</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Somalia</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>South Africa</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Sudan</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Syria</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Thailand</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Uganda</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Ukraine</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Vietnam</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>190</td></tr><tr><td>z = Not applicable.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>IRC = Immigration Removal Centre</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release. Data relating to people in detention are available in tables dt_11_q to dt_13_q in Immigration Statistics: April – June 2015 on the GOV.UK website:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/09/2015 14:10:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

416730

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre: Detainees
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 of each nationality detained at Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre have been detained at that centre for more than (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	8753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people detained at Dungavel House immigration removal centre by nationality, by length of detention, as at 30 June 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">People in detention as at 30 June 2015, at Dungavel IRC, by length of detention, by nationality</td></tr><tr><td>Country of nationality</td><td>3 months to less than 6 months</td><td>6 months to less than 12 months</td><td>12 months and over</td></tr><tr><td>Afghanistan</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Algeria</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>China</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Estonia</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Hong Kong</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Kuwait</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Lebanon</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Nigeria</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Poland</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Uganda</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Vietnam</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>20</td><td>8</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">IRC = Immigration Removal Centre</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release. Data relating to people in detention are available in tables dt_11_q to dt_13_q in Immigration Statistics: April – June 2015 on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/09/2015 14:08:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

416731

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre: Staff
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 employed at Dungavel detention centre; and what the (a) roles and (b) grades are of those staff.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	8748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>Staff at Dungavel immigration removal centre are employed by both GEO and the Home Office. Details of numbers of staff cannot be provided for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/09/2015 14:06:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

416732

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average daily cost is of detaining a person at Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	8640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide details of the cost of a specific Immigration Removal Centre as the information is commercially sensitive, and if it were released, could compromise the Government’s ability to continue to drive down costs on behalf of the taxpayer. Nationally, the average cost per day to hold an individual in immigration detention was £91.61 in the year ending June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 8826 question first answered 18/09/2015 15:59:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald