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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

64790

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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, what estimate she has made of the average time between applying for and the issue of passports for residents of (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	203093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office hold data at a UK level and information is not held in the format requested for points (a) to (c) above. <br><br>On point (d), the information is set out in the Performance section of the Annual Report and Accounts presented to Parliament on a financial year basis: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identity-and-passport-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identity-and-passport-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011</a><br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/118751/ips-annual-report-2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/118751/ips-annual-report-2012.pdf</a><br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ips-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ips-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013</a><br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-passport-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-passport-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/09/2014 15:02:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7824 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

64791

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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 renewals for residents in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK have been completed within the three weeks from receipt in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	203095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information is not held in the format requested for (a) to (c). Since <br>January 2014 to the end of June, 93% of straightforward passport renewal <br>applications in the UK were dealt with within 3 weeks and 98% within four weeks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 14:37:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7826 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

64792

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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, what estimate she has made of the the number of passports issued for residents of (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	203094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information is not held in the format requested for (a) to (c) above. <br>Information on the number of passports issued each year in the UK is set out in <br>Her Majesty's Passport Office's Annual Report and Accounts. <br>I refer to the Answer given to the hon. Member on 30 Jun 2014, Official Report, column 381W. <br>Her Majesty's Passport Office have issued over 4 million passports in the year 2014 to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 14:51:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7825 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

65517

	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	HM Passport Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance indicators for the renewal of existing passports were met by each passport office administrative centre in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012, (v) 2013 and (vi) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	203716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) does not log performance data at this level. <br>Performance is monitored at a national level as HMPO distributes work <br>across the UK estate to manage variation in local levels of passport demand. <br>The cost of identyifing the information in the format requested would be disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 14:35:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8356 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

60742

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage Certificates: Mothers
	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 potential cost to her Department of including mothers' names on marriage certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	199697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The marriage certificate is an exact copy of the marriage entry which is in a <br>form prescribed in the Regulation of Marriage Regulations 1986. We are <br>currently considering how the information captured in the marriage entry can be <br>updated to reflect changes since 1986, as well as including the names of <br>mothers; the costs of doing so and the most suitable opportunity for doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 15:35:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 894 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

62332

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Ashfield
	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 applications from residents of Ashfield constituency received more than three weeks ago HM Passport Office are processing.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	201023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Passport Office does not hold the information in the form requested. The <br>cost of providing it from individual applicant data held would be <br>disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 14:01:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4325 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

62333

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Ashfield
	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 applications from residents of Ashfield constituency received in the last three months were not processed by HM Passport Office in three weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	201024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office does not hold the information in the form requested. The <br>cost of providing it from individual applicant data held would be <br>disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 13:38:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4327 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

58477

	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	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent from the public purse on accommodating asylum seekers in (a) hotels and (b) bed and breakfasts, hostels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis in each year since May 2010; and how much was spent in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	199172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Accommodation is provided to asylum applicants through contracts with third party suppliers. Providers are required to provide accommodation that is safe, fit for purpose and correctly equipped in line with the contractual Statement of Requirements agreed between themselves and the Home Office. <br><br>There is no added expense to the Home Office when providers use B&amp;B or hotel accommodation as short term contingency accommodation. Any and all additional costs are borne by the provider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/06/2014 14:44:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 349 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis