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431749

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of foreign nationals convicted of a crime in the UK were deported to their country of origin in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	17388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) who have been convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to a period of imprisonment and subsequently referred to Immigration Enforcement for consideration of removal action.</p><p>Whilst we aim to deport foreign national offenders at the earliest opportunity not all of those referred to the Home Office will meet the deportation threshold, some may later be confirmed as British or exempt from Immigration Control and some will be successful at appeal. Removal may also be delayed as some offenders will repeatedly refuse to comply with the deportation and documentation process, deliberately seek to flout the system to disrupt our efforts to deport them or attempt to lodge multiple appeals. Factors such as these can lead to deportation being delayed.</p><p>In May 2013, a new system was introduced for recording and monitoring all FNO referrals, even where an offender did not meet the deportation threshold. Prior to this, referrals of those who did not meet deportation criteria were not routed through a central system so this data was not centrally recorded. The introduction of this system therefore shows an increase in the referral numbers from 2012/13 onwards.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of referrals to Immigration Enforcement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of removals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>6,452</p></td><td><p>5,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>7,326</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,874</p></td><td><p>4,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>10,786</p></td><td><p>5,118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>10,461</p></td><td><p>5,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 (to Sept 2015)</p></td><td><p>5,262</p></td><td><p>2,855</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The National Offender Management Service operate on a nationality self declaration basis, which means that not all those referred for action will be in scope for removal. Some offenders may later be confirmed as British nationals or exempt from immigration control.</p><p>The removals shown are not a representative proportion of those referred in the same period. Those referred will not always be removable in the same year due to sentence length. The removals data will include those who have been referred prior to the period shown in the table.</p><p>Please note that figures prior to the 2011/12 financial year precede the implementation of a later reporting application and as such were not subject to the same level of data assurance for data recorded after 2011/12.</p><br /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/12/2015 17:40:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

431761

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timetable she plans to set for ratification of the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	17189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The previous Government signed the Istanbul Convention in June 2012. We will only commit to ratification when we are absolutely satisfied that we comply with all articles. The UK already complies with the vast majority of the articles but primary legislation is required to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provision set out in Article 44 of the Convention. We are liaising with the devolved administrations about ratification, including the further legislative steps required.</p><p>We will continue to lead efforts to tackle violence against women and girls. End Female Genital Mutilation and combat early and forced marriage, both at home and abroad.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/11/2015 17:39:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 32344 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

431681

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Europe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in other European countries on the imposition of tighter border controls across Europe and the effective screening of Syrian refugees for connections to ISIS.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	17331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Effective management of European external borders is vital as part of a comprehensive response to the migrant situation and the UK continues to engage with European partners on measures to improve the security of borders and to identify those who may a pose a threat to our countries.</p><p>As set out in the response to PQ11691 answered on 19th October 2015, security is taken extremely seriously in cases referred to us for resettlement. We work closely with the UNHCR who have their own robust identification processes in place. When Syrian cases are referred by the UNHCR for our consideration under the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement scheme they are screened and considered by the Home Office for suitability for entry to the UK: we retain the right to reject individuals on security, war crimes or other grounds. For reasons of national security, we cannot provide further on the details of the screening process itself.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2015 13:57:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

431744

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	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 has taken and plans to take to ensure that out of city areas are adequately defended and protected from a repetition of the recent attacks in Paris.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	17386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Since the attacks in Mumbai in 2008 the Home Office has worked with the Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health and the police and security and intelligence agencies to develop a strong, police-led capability to deal with large-scale firearms attacks in the UK. We have also improved joint working between the emergency services to deal with the particular challenges of this type of incident so that specialist joint police, ambulance and fire teams are now in place in key areas across England (including London), with equivalents in Scotland and Wales. Firearms police are trained to respond to a marauding firearms attack and fire and ambulance teams are trained and equipped to manage casualties in higher risk environments. Under the Spending Review, the Government has also committed to protecting police spending in real terms and to further strengthen police firearms resource to protect citizens from terrorism. New funding is also available to the security and intelligence agencies to provide for an additional 1,900 officers to better respond to the threat we face from international terrorism, cyber-attacks and other global risks.</p><p>We are reviewing our response to firearms attacks of the type seen in Paris, to see if there is anything we can learn.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/12/2015 15:22:07 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

431750

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	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 bring forward proposals to introduce stricter UK border controls similar to those introduced by the French government following the recent Paris attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	17335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK is not part of the Schengen border-free arrangements that France and other European counterparts take part in. We have always and will continue to operate our borders securely and enforce our immigration laws. This includes carrying out full checks on all arriving passengers in order to identify any criminal, security and immigration concerns. Following the tragic events on Friday 13 November in Paris, Border Force has intensified checks on people, goods and vehicles entering the UK from the near continent and elsewhere, undertaking additional and targeted security checks against passengers and vehicles travelling to France via both maritime and rail ports and a number of airports across the country. We will be maintaining increased levels of security at our borders and people will see an increased presence of police and Border Force at all ports.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2015 14:51:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

431752

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	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 were charged with drink-driving in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	17327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The below table provides the published figures on the number of people who were charged with drink driving in each of the last three years.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving with alcohol in the blood above the prescribed limit</p></td><td><p>45,841</p></td><td><p>41,798</p></td><td><p>38,866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences related to drink- or drug-driving</p></td><td><p>7,915</p></td><td><p>9,421</p></td><td><p>9,421</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This and other data on, for example, the number of prosecutions for drink driving offences is published by the Ministry of Justice and can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/12/2015 16:37:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

431753

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
	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 proportion of crimes committed under the influence of alcohol in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	17326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2015 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales from 2013/14 shows that in around half (53%, 704,000 offences) of all violent incidents the victim believed the perpetrator to be under the influence of alcohol. While the volume of incidents has fallen, the proportion of violent incidents that were ‘alcohol-related’ has remained relatively steady over the last ten years.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/11/2015 14:36:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

431621

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bank Services: Cybersecurity
	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 take steps to improve the security of mobile devices that are used to access internet banking.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	17232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Through the National Cyber Security Programme, the Government committed £860 million in the last Parliament to increase the cyber security of the UK. This has included a range of work with industry to increase their cyber resilience. For example, the Cyber Essentials scheme sets out the basic technical controls organisations should have in place to protect against common cyber attacks. As the Chancellor also announced on 17 November, spending on the UK’s cyber security programmes will be almost doubled over the next five years, with £1.9 billion funding. Although Government is making a significant investment, partnership between the public and private sector is crucial to making the UK one of the safest places to do business online. By identifying and closing down vulnerabilities in their systems and processes, the private sector can make it much more difficult for criminals to operate. That is why we are working closely with the private sector to drive up standards. In the coming months we will also publish, in collaboration with industry, information to help the public better understand key cyber security principles of devices to help them to make more informed decisions. This work will be a part of the Government’s Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, which I intend to Publish next year.</p><p>At the same time, through our Cyber Streetwise campaign, we are helping to inform the public of simple security measures, such as installing security software, which in themselves can protect them and their devices against fraud.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/12/2015 16:46:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

431754

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brittany Ferries: Game
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Brittany Ferries on the carriage of game birds on their ships.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	17252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/11/2015 13:39:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

431757

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the introduction of a 10 year firearms licence.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	17251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office has received representations from one organisation on the introduction of a 10 year firearms licence.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/12/2015 16:47:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon