Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

517216

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of forced marriage the police investigated in England as that offence in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	36317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice will not be tolerated in the UK.</p><p>The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) (a joint FCO and Home Office Unit) leads the Government's forced marriage policy, outreach and casework. It carries out a range of awareness raising work, including a comprehensive programme of outreach, new e-learning for professionals, and the launch of short film aimed at deterring potential perpetrators. For the financial years 2014-16, the Home Office has allocated £200,000 to the FMU.</p><p>Statistics on the number of cases of forced marriage investigated by the police are not collected centrally. The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) most recent violence against women and girls report shows that the volume of referrals from the police to the CPS with a forced marriage element is going up: from 67 in 2013-14, to 82 in 2014-15. In addition, to date over 1,000 Forced Marriage Protection Orders have been issued to prevent marriages from taking place and to assist in repatriating victims.</p><p>We are encouraged by the first conviction secured in June last year, but there is still work to be done. We want to see more victims having the confidence to come forward and being identified by the police. As part of the wider work to improve the police response to so-called ‘honour’ based violence, we will continue to work with the partners to review the implementation of the new legislation and lead efforts to tackle this barbaric crime.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 36318 36352 question first answered 10/05/2016 12:18:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

754790

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Bangladesh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriage visa applications from Bangladeshi nationals her Department received in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016; and how many of those applications were (i) accepted, (ii) rejected and (iii) rejected for failing to meet the income threshold requirement in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	6647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of Family: Partner applications, and the number of cases resolved (i.e. decisions, of which how many were granted or refused), is published quarterly. This is avalable at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a></p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately identify applications made or decided under the previous or new rules. Not all of the family route statistics from 9 July 2012 onwards relate to the new Immigration Rules. Further details are provided in the ‘Family’ section of the User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 6648 6649 6650 6651 6652 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:12:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

754781

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriage visa applications from Indian nationals her Department received in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016; and how many of those were (i) accepted, (ii) rejected and (iii) rejected for failing to meet the income threshold requirement in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	6648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of Family: Partner applications, and the number of cases resolved (i.e. decisions, of which how many were granted or refused), is published quarterly. This is avalable at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a></p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately identify applications made or decided under the previous or new rules. Not all of the family route statistics from 9 July 2012 onwards relate to the new Immigration Rules. Further details are provided in the ‘Family’ section of the User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 6647 6649 6650 6651 6652 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:12:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

754782

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Pakistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriage visa applications from Pakistani nationals her Department received in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016; and how many of those were (i) accepted, (ii) rejected and (iii) rejected for failing to meet the income threshold requirement in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	6649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of Family: Partner applications, and the number of cases resolved (i.e. decisions, of which how many were granted or refused), is published quarterly. This is avalable at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a></p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately identify applications made or decided under the previous or new rules. Not all of the family route statistics from 9 July 2012 onwards relate to the new Immigration Rules. Further details are provided in the ‘Family’ section of the User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 6647 6648 6650 6651 6652 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:12:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

518274

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Pakistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications from Pakistan for applicants wishing to visit the UK were (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	36870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The number of visitor visa applications received, granted and refused from Pakistani nationals for the years 2012 to 2015 is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Entry clearance visitor visa applications and resolutions (grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Pakistani nationals</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resolved</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>of which</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Granted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn or lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>85,500</p></td><td><p>87,172</p></td><td><p>54,768</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>32,115</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>85,749</p></td><td><p>88,901</p></td><td><p>61,578</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>27,102</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>87,541</p></td><td><p>89,709</p></td><td><p>57,117</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>32,332</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>90,066</p></td><td><p>90,414</p></td><td><p>44,989</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>45,222</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Source:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Immigration Statistics October - December 2015, Home Office, tables vi_01_q, and corresponding datasets.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Notes.</strong> Some applications made in a particular year may be resolved (granted, refused, withdrawn or lapsed) in a subsequent year. For this reason the grant and refusal rates are calculated as proportions of the total resolved cases in each year, not the total applications.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 10:23:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

636250

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Pakistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visit visa applications from Pakistan for applicants wishing to visit the UK were (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	52752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 12 May 2016 by the Rt. hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire), UIN 36870.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/11/2016 17:17:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

636251

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation her Department paid due to errors made on applications for (a) indefinite leave to remain, (b) limited leave to remain, (c) marriage visas and (d) visit visas in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	52753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not available, except at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/11/2016 16:36:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

517222

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on raising the profile of forced marriage as a criminal offence in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	36318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice will not be tolerated in the UK.</p><p>The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) (a joint FCO and Home Office Unit) leads the Government's forced marriage policy, outreach and casework. It carries out a range of awareness raising work, including a comprehensive programme of outreach, new e-learning for professionals, and the launch of short film aimed at deterring potential perpetrators. For the financial years 2014-16, the Home Office has allocated £200,000 to the FMU.</p><p>Statistics on the number of cases of forced marriage investigated by the police are not collected centrally. The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) most recent violence against women and girls report shows that the volume of referrals from the police to the CPS with a forced marriage element is going up: from 67 in 2013-14, to 82 in 2014-15. In addition, to date over 1,000 Forced Marriage Protection Orders have been issued to prevent marriages from taking place and to assist in repatriating victims.</p><p>We are encouraged by the first conviction secured in June last year, but there is still work to be done. We want to see more victims having the confidence to come forward and being identified by the police. As part of the wider work to improve the police response to so-called ‘honour’ based violence, we will continue to work with the partners to review the implementation of the new legislation and lead efforts to tackle this barbaric crime.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 36317 36352 question first answered 10/05/2016 12:18:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

754834

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compensation payments her Department has made at the request of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	6445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data in the format requested. This data is not held centrally and to obtain it would therefore exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2017 08:08:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

662996

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how much compensation has been paid as a result of the mis-administration of applications for indefinite leave to remain in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	58590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the information is not centrally recorded and to provide you with this information would exceed the cost limit, at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/01/2017 17:42:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah