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62098

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	DNA: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for information held on the National DNA Database were received by her Department from other countries in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	200768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The first category relates to searches carried out against the National DNA <br />Database (NDNAD) of DNA profiles from outstanding serious crimes or for the <br />identification of an unknown deceased person believed to be a UK national.<br />The below figures are for requested searches undertaken on the basis of a <br />direct request from the National Crime Agency (NCA) formerly Serious Organised<br />Crime Agency (SOCA), with the report as to the outcome of each profile<br />search being issued directly to the United Kingdom National Central Bureau <br />for Interpol (UK NCB).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Number of searched profile responses provided to NCA/SOCA<sup>[1][2][3]</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009/10*</td><td>377[4]</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>548</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>469</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>443</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>409<del class="ministerial">4</del></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">*Data are not available for the period Oct 2009 – Jan 2010.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second category includes requests for the DNA profile held for a subject on <br />the NDNAD, where fingerprints have been provided to the country that the <br />individual currently resides in. Again this is information provided to NCA/ <br />SOCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Number of requests for subject profiles release to NCA/SOCA<sup>123</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>138<del class="ministerial">4</del></td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>85</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">[1] The data have been extracted from logs produced by NDNAD (validated as the only source of this information) by the application of the specified criteria (requests directly received from NCA/SOCA). The data were extracted by the manual filtering of Excel Spreadsheets.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">[2] The UK NCB is not currently able to provide data on the number of requests received from other countries so these data relate solely to information supplied by the National DNA Database Delivery Unit (NDU).</td></tr><tr><td>[3] The data were extracted on 17th June.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>[4] These figures have been verified on a 1:1 comparison basis.</p><p>The third category relates to database management information. This provides <br />the number of subject and crime scene DNA profile records held on the database <br />and the number of match reports generated. Countries which do not have a DNA <br />database use this information to demonstrate the success of the UK Database to <br />support their case for legislation in their own country for a DNA database.</p><p>Requestors are directed to the most recent published statistics on the Home <br />Office NDNAD website, at: <br />https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-dna-database-statistics <br />thus no figures are kept for the numbers of such requests.</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 16:04:09 question first ministerially corrected 04/09/2014 13:52:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 10428 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

61397

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) new passports and (b) passport renewals there have been in the last year; and what the annual change in such figures has been.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	200217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During the period between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014, Her Majesty's Passport Office <br />received <del class="ministerial">1,446,983</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,425,885</ins> first time passport applications and <del class="ministerial">4,528,751</del> <ins class="ministerial">4,461,343</ins> passport <br />renewal applications.<br /><br />This compares with 1,346,246 first time applications and 4,036,267 passport <br />renewal applications during the period between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2014 14:03:02 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2014 14:35:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8681 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

58547

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport (a) applications and (b) renewal applications were received by the Passport Office in each (i) month and (ii) year of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	199406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table provides the requested information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2014 16:15:43 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2014 15:04:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ-199406 Katy Clark table[1].doc title Applications for passports and renewals V2 previous answer version 6842 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ-199406 Katy Clark table.doc title Applications for passports and renewals
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

62822

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for how long records are retained from the electronic scanning of passports of persons (1) arriving in, and (2) departing from, the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is longstanding policy not to disclose details of records which may be held in relation to arrivals in and departures from the United Kingdom, as to do so would not be in the interests of border and national security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/07/2014 12:04:56 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

64105

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how frequently the performance of members of the UK Border Force is reviewed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All Border Force staff have a minimum of three performance discussions a year: objective setting, mid-year and end-of-year reviews. Managers are strongly advised that these formal, mandatory meetings are supported by regular informal performance discussions throughout the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/07/2014 16:15:56 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

64127

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens currently live abroad and in which countries.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Courtown
	uin	HL631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The World Bank's ‘Bilateral Estimates of Migrant Stocks in 2010' provides an estimate for the number of British born migrants residing in other countries. <br>According to these estimates, there are approximately 4.7 million British born migrants living abroad.<br>http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1110315015165/T<br>1.Estimates_of_Migrant_Stocks_2010.xls <br><br>The United Nations (UN) Department for Social and Economic Affairs updated this table for 2013. The UN's ‘Trends in International Migrant Stock: Migrants by Destination and Origin' suggests that around 5.0 million British born migrants <br>are residing overseas. <br><a href="http://esa.un.org/unmigration/data/subsheets/UN_MigrantStockByOriginAndDestination_2013T10.xls" target="_blank">http://esa.un.org/unmigration/data/subsheets/UN_MigrantStockByOriginAndDestination_2013T10.xls</a> <br><br>The table below provides the top twenty countries by number of resident UK born migrants according to the World Bank 2010 and UN 2013 datasets.</p><p> </p><p>There are known gaps in the estimates produced by both the World Bank and the UN, so the lists of countries drawn from their respective databases may not be complete and may not be directly comparable (see attached table).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 08/07/2014 12:56:18 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach attachment 1 file name PQ HL631 - Table.docx title HL631 Table
	tabling member	3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown

47392

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens have obtained their nationality by naturalisation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	uin	HL6624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the resident population of the UK by nationality and country of birth is published by Office for National Statistics at: <br>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=International+Migration <br><br>Information on the total number of British citizens who have obtained their nationality by naturalisation or by registration is not available.<br><br>Data is published on the annual number of grants of British citizenship based on naturalisation and registration made in each year from 1962 to 2013 in table cz 03 of Immigration Statistics, available in the library of the House and at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a><br><br>The latest edition of table cz 03 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283703/citizenship-q4-2013-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283703/citizenship-q4-2013-tabs.ods</a><br><br>From 1962 to 2013 there were 2.9 million grants of British citizenship based on naturalisation and 0.9 million grants based on registration. It is not possible to determine from the administrative data how many of the persons granted British citizenship since 1962 have subsequently died or changed citizenship.</p><p /> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL6625 question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

47393

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens have obtained their nationality by registration.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	uin	HL6625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the resident population of the UK by nationality and country of birth is published by Office for National Statistics at: <br>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=International+Migration <br><br>Information on the total number of British citizens who have obtained their nationality by naturalisation or by registration is not available.<br><br>Data is published on the annual number of grants of British citizenship based on naturalisation and registration made in each year from 1962 to 2013 in table cz 03 of Immigration Statistics, available in the library of the House and at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a><br><br>The latest edition of table cz 03 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283703/citizenship-q4-2013-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283703/citizenship-q4-2013-tabs.ods</a><br><br>From 1962 to 2013 there were 2.9 million grants of British citizenship based on naturalisation and 0.9 million grants based on registration. It is not possible to determine from the administrative data how many of the persons granted British citizenship since 1962 have subsequently died or changed citizenship.</p><p /> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL6624 question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

63792

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Community Support Officers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Community Support Officers there are nationally, and how they are distributed across police forces.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures provided show the number of full-time equivalent police community support officers in each police force area, English region and Wales, as at 30 September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Figures as at 31 March 2014 are due to be published on 17 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 30/06/2014 14:13:32 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach attachment 1 file name Table for PQ 576.doc title Table for PQ HL576
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

65233

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum meetings have taken place since April 2013; and whether they will place in the Library of the House the minutes of those meetings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Stakeholder Forum was set up in February 2014 and has met three times. Its pre-cursor, the Joint Strategic Group, was set up in early 2013 and also met three times. The Modern Slavery Stakeholder Forum provides an opportunity for the Home Office to engage with partners, understand what is happening on the front-line, and develop policy collaboratively. Non-Governmental attendees have the opportunity to engage with officials and Ministers, and to influence policy making. <br><br>The minutes of these meetings are made available to all attendees and are public documents available to anyone who requests them. However, it is not considered appropriate to place the minutes of each meeting in Library of the House.<br><br>The invite list for these meetings is subject to regular review and attendance varies depending on the availability of those invited and the topics for discussion. At the last meeting of 10 June 2014, 16 public officials attended which included officials from the Home Office, other government departments, law enforcement agencies and the devolved administrations. 20 representatives of non-governmental organisations were invited of whom 15 attended. Separate meetings are held with private sector representatives.<br><br>No advisors or experts, paid for by public funds, are ordinarily invited to the stakeholder forum meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL759 HL760 HL761 HL762 HL764 question first answered 15/07/2014 14:03:58 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool