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172247

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seasonal staff on zero hour contracts that were extended in October 2014 until March 2015 this week were given four weeks' notice on 12 November 2014 that their contract would be terminated.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	219932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not employ staff on zero hour contracts.<br><br>Border Force uses a seasonal workforce of temporary workers to assist with coverage at peak times, such as summer and Christmas. On 12 November 2014 Home Office recruitment wrote to 191 workers giving four weeks' notice that their current contracts would be ended on 12 December 2014.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/01/2015 16:30:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 37709 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

447777

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	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 end-to-end time was for applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) processed by the Metropolitan Police Force in each year since 2010; and whether her Department makes financial support available for people who are unable to begin work pending a DBS certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	24186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 December 2015, UIN 18936. The DBS regularly publishes performance statistics of police disclosure units against the service level agreements. This can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-5-police-disclosure-unit-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-5-police-disclosure-unit-performance</a></p><p>In the circumstance that an applicant is unable to begin work due to the length of time taken by a police disclosure unit to complete their checks, it would be a matter for the police force in question to consider the provision of a financial redress.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/02/2016 18:08:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

942666

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target time is for the Disclosure and Barring Service to make decisions on DBS checks; and what he average time taken is to process a DBS application.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	164372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The DBS aims to produce 87% of Standard and Enhanced Disclosure certificates within 21 days and 96% within 42 days. For the Basic level check the aim is to produce 90% within 14 days. The current average turnaround time for Standard and Enhanced certificates is just less than 10 days and for</p><p>Basic checks it is just less than four days.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/07/2018 16:38:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

164410

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seasonal staff in the Border Force are employed on zero hour contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	215702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>No seasonal staff in Border Force are employed on zero hours contracts.<br><br>The deployment of seasonal workers has bolstered Border Force capability during forecasted busy periods by assisting the processing of passengers within service level agreement times, and has released permanent staff from the Primary Control Point to carry out important customs activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 215704 question first answered 05/12/2014 16:56:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

164411

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of changes in the number of seasonal staff in the Border Force on (a) queuing times and (b) customs activities.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	215704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>No seasonal staff in Border Force are employed on zero hours contracts.<br><br>The deployment of seasonal workers has bolstered Border Force capability during forecasted busy periods by assisting the processing of passengers within service level agreement times, and has released permanent staff from the Primary Control Point to carry out important customs activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 215702 question first answered 05/12/2014 16:56:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

582426

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Industry Authority: Telecommunications
	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 implications for customer service of changing the operation of the Security Industry Authority contact centre from telephone to email.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	46086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority is moving towards a digital by default licensing system. We are aware that there have been issues during the transition to digital which have resulted in higher than expected volumes of customer contact.</p><p>We are working closely with the Security Industry Authority to ensure customer service issues are addressed; the Security Industry Authority have already increased the number of staff responding to customer queries.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/10/2016 13:05:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

582049

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Industry Authority: Standards
	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 length of time taken was to respond to email enquiries by the Security Industry Authority in each month since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	45918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The average time taken to respond to electronic (e-mail or online) enquiries is unavailable in the format requested prior to July 2016.</p><p>From July 2016, the Security Industry Authority began using a new IT system, which has enabled it to produce a range of metrics. The average time taken to respond to electronic enquiries in July and August was 7 days against their service standard of 10 days.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/09/2016 13:33:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

582050

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Industry Authority: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Security Industry Authority has met its performance target of 80 per cent of applications being processed within 25 days in each month since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	45919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) have an annual performance target to process 80% of applications (including renewals) within 25 working days. The SIA met this annual target in the 2015/16 financial year. Performance for 2016/17 to date is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage processed in 25 working days</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/09/2016 13:34:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

582051

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Industry Authority: Standards
	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 time taken was to process applications and renewals by the Security Industry Authority in each month since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	45916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The average time taken to process 80% of applications (including renewals) within 25 working days is unavailable in the format requested.</p><p>The Security Industry Authority's (SIA’s) new IT system (introduced in July 2016) enables more detailed performance analysis. The system shows that the average number of days for processing applications (including renewals) was 38 days in July and 30 days in August.</p><p>Once fully embedded, the SIA expect that the processing time for applications will be quicker than under the old system.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/09/2016 13:33:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

582052

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	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, what provisions the Security Industry Authority (SIA) has in place to compensate individuals who have lost their job as a result of delays of problems in SIA licence applications or renewals.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	45917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Applicants for Security Industry Authority licences who have been unable to work while waiting for their licence to be renewed, and who request reimbursement for loss of earnings, can contact the Security Industry Authority to provide evidence of the loss suffered. Payment of compensation will then be considered, based on the evidence provided and a review of all the circumstances of the application.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/09/2016 13:37:45 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 11770 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden