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45812

registered interest
date	28/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers within the two-year probationary period who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010 (a) in total and (b) by police force area.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	194305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The number of drivers that opted for a National Driver Offender Retraining <br>Scheme (NDORS) speed awareness course rather than accept penalty points on <br>their driving licence in 2010 is 447,833, in 2011 is 772,180, in 2012 is 926,155 and <br>in 2013 is 953,464. These reflect the latest updated figures.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the figures by police force area for the number of <br>drivers that opted for a speed awareness course.</p><p> </p><p>The offer of a speed awareness course is at the discretion of the police. To be <br>deemed eligible there must be no excessive speed or other offences committed at <br>the same time. Information on previous motoring convictions is not taken into <br>account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>NDORS Police Force Area </strong></td><td><strong>2010</strong></td><td><strong>2011</strong></td><td><strong>2012</strong></td><td><strong>2013</strong></td></tr><tr><td>AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>267</td><td>38,244</td><td>36,064</td></tr><tr><td>BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE</td><td>6,707</td><td>11,440</td><td>15,370</td><td>12,075</td></tr><tr><td>CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>17,691</td><td>17,301</td><td>16,974</td><td>9,148</td></tr><tr><td>CHESHIRE</td><td>6,066</td><td>15,198</td><td>16,702</td><td>14,490</td></tr><tr><td>CITY OF LONDON POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>153</td></tr><tr><td>CLEVELAND POLICE</td><td>8,278</td><td>12,147</td><td>10,282</td><td>7,198</td></tr><tr><td>CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY</td><td>11,967</td><td>18,436</td><td>19,878</td><td>20,218</td></tr><tr><td>DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>5,657</td><td>9,275</td><td>14,385</td><td>12,666</td></tr><tr><td>DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY</td><td>8,720</td><td>13,516</td><td>17,959</td><td>16,608</td></tr><tr><td>DORSET POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>DURHAM CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>1,436</td><td>4,517</td><td>4,267</td></tr><tr><td>DYFED-POWYS POLICE</td><td>100</td><td>1,158</td><td>1,229</td><td>1,870</td></tr><tr><td>ESSEX POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>8,113</td><td>21,957</td><td>22,605</td></tr><tr><td>GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>937</td><td>2,317</td><td>4,573</td><td>5,445</td></tr><tr><td>GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE</td><td>39,959</td><td>45,639</td><td>49,463</td><td>45,064</td></tr><tr><td>GWENT POLICE</td><td>1</td><td>39</td><td>34</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>36,986</td></tr><tr><td>HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>8,128</td><td>14,802</td><td>23,700</td><td>20,216</td></tr><tr><td>HUMBERSIDE POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>15,499</td><td>29,791</td></tr><tr><td>KENT COUNTY POLICE</td><td>3,430</td><td>23,787</td><td>31,790</td><td>27,446</td></tr><tr><td>LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>13,082</td><td>24,949</td><td>22,491</td><td>27,287</td></tr><tr><td>LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>14,262</td><td>16,055</td><td>17,381</td><td>16,292</td></tr><tr><td>LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE</td><td>4,054</td><td>18,083</td><td>25,595</td><td>19,223</td></tr><tr><td>MERSEYSIDE POLICE</td><td>10,923</td><td>15,683</td><td>17,964</td><td>20,022</td></tr><tr><td>METROPOLITAN POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>9,034</td><td>31,818</td></tr><tr><td>NORFOLK CONSTABULARY</td><td>11,665</td><td>16,054</td><td>17,054</td><td>23,527</td></tr><tr><td>NORTH WALES POLICE</td><td>16,843</td><td>15,141</td><td>16,069</td><td>17,711</td></tr><tr><td>NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>3,332</td><td>6,768</td><td>9,855</td><td>18,049</td></tr><tr><td>NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE</td><td>6,671</td><td>14,944</td><td>11,444</td><td>12,520</td></tr><tr><td>NORTHUMBRIA POLICE</td><td>28,452</td><td>28,195</td><td>39,707</td><td>40,892</td></tr><tr><td>NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE</td><td>15,615</td><td>21,728</td><td>24,217</td><td>25,060</td></tr><tr><td>POLICE SERVICE NORTHERN IRELAND</td><td>9,294</td><td>19,582</td><td>27,020</td><td>27,320</td></tr><tr><td>SCOTLAND</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>SOUTH WALES POLICE</td><td>29,587</td><td>58,025</td><td>55,573</td><td>51,182</td></tr><tr><td>SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>14,453</td><td>35,040</td><td>27,698</td><td>28,035</td></tr><tr><td>STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE</td><td>16,040</td><td>21,205</td><td>25,354</td><td>27,987</td></tr><tr><td>SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY</td><td>15,507</td><td>27,019</td><td>20,122</td><td>22,461</td></tr><tr><td>SURREY POLICE</td><td>4,604</td><td>17,845</td><td>25,349</td><td>23,107</td></tr><tr><td>SUSSEX POLICE</td><td>6,194</td><td>28,589</td><td>33,425</td><td>22,328</td></tr><tr><td>THAMES VALLEY POLICE</td><td>48,859</td><td>73,625</td><td>87,199</td><td>78,593</td></tr><tr><td>WARWICKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>3,584</td><td>6,577</td><td>6,350</td><td>17,482</td></tr><tr><td>WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY</td><td>31,347</td><td>44,094</td><td>41,416</td><td>34,277</td></tr><tr><td>WEST MIDLANDS POLICE</td><td>2,879</td><td>21,033</td><td>20,603</td><td>14,551</td></tr><tr><td>WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>22,945</td><td>47,075</td><td>42,679</td><td>31,424</td></tr><tr><td>WILTSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total:</strong></td><td><strong>447,833</strong></td><td><strong>772,180</strong></td><td><strong>926,155</strong></td><td><strong>953,464</strong></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4006 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

45586

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 has spent on legal fees in immigration cases when she has been (a) the defendant and (b) the appellant, in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	194153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office cannot report separately on expenditure on legal fees in <br>immigration cases where the Secretary of State has been either defendant or <br>appellant because it does not record data in the format required for such an <br>analysis. The only way to answer this question would be to review all payments <br>of litigation expenditure manually which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

45589

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations of foreign national offenders there were in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	194087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the total number of foreign national offenders removed <br>in each year from 2010 to 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><strong>Removals of foreign national offenders, 2010 to 2013</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number of foreign national offenders removed</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>5,342</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>4,649</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>4,765</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>4,667</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Source: Table rv_07_q, Removals and voluntary departures Data Tables Volume 2,</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><em>Immigration Statistics: October - December 2013</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Deportations are a specific subset of removals which are enforced either <br>following a criminal conviction or when it is judged that a person's removal <br>from the UK is conducive to the public good. The deportation order prohibits <br>the person returning to the UK until such time as it may be revoked. Most <br>foreign national offenders are removed via deportation or the Home Office <br>enforces their departure to ensure they leave the UK.<br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of <br>persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration <br>Statistics. Quarterly data on removals of foreign national offenders is <br>available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: October – December <br>2013, table rv_07_q, from the Library of the House and from the Home Office <br>Science website at:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-dec<br>ember-2013</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

45590

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 238W, on driving: licensing, what proportion of new drivers obtaining driving convictions were offered speed awareness courses in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	194127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 27th March 2014, Official Report, <br>column 372W.</p><p><br>The number of drivers who opted for a speed awareness course rather than <br>accept penalty points on their driving licence in 2010 is 447,724, 2011 is <br>772,430, 2012 is 926,101 and 2013 is 953,428. The offer of a speed awareness <br>course is at the discretion of the police. To be deemed eligible there must be <br>no excessive speed or other offences committed at the same time. Information on <br>previous motoring convictions is not taken into account.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

45591

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 review the current requirements for seizing property or cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to bring those requirements into line with the new powers of HM Revenue and Customs to seize money from an individual's bank account without a warrant.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government's Serious and Organised Crime Strategy clearly sets out our <br>plans to attack criminal finances by making it harder to move, hide and use the <br>proceeds of crime. These include measures to enable assets to be frozen more <br>quickly and earlier in investigations, reduce the time that courts give <br>offenders to pay confiscation orders, and make it easier for magistrates to <br>confiscate cash held in bank accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45687

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 is taking to work with police forces across the country to protect children from online sexual exploitation.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	194269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to preventing online child abuse. Details of the Government plans to strengthen the protection of children from online sexual exploitation were published last summer in the Action Plan of the National Group to tackle Sexual Violence Against Children and Vulnerable People. Copies will be placed in the House Library and can be found at the following link;<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/230443<br>/Sexual_Violence_against_Children_and_Vulnerable_People.pdf<br><br>The Child Exploitation Online Protection Command of the National Crime Agency (NCA-CEOP) is the UK's national law enforcement agency committed to preventing and tackling the sexual abuse of children both online and offline. In 2012/13, NCA-CEOP safeguarded and protected 790 children, an increase of 85% on the previous year. <br><br>The NCA-CEOP Command works closely with all 43 police forces in England and Wales, Police Scotland and PSNI.<br><br>In January 2013, the police created a National Child Sexual Exploitation Action Plan which sought to improve the police response to all forms of CSE both online and offline. Each force has now completed a benchmarking exercise, allowing them to understand and improve their capability to deal with CSE. <br><br>HMIC are close to completing an inspection into the policing of online sexual exploitation and should be publishing their findings in the near future. This will help us identify best practice and also where the service needs to improve to deal with the proliferation of indecent images on the internet and grooming.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

45690

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	194224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) on 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 721W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

45460

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	194042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has already undertaken a review of its check-off union <br>subscription provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

45461

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion she has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on transitional arrangements to cover the potential gap between the UK Government opting out of EU justice measures and negotiating its re-entry into specific measures.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	194026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is clear that there is no need for there to be an operational gap after 1 December, and is negotiating on that basis. Other Member States support the UK position and are keen for this process to be concluded as swiftly as possible to provide certainty for all involved. <br><br>The Government has engaged with the Devolved Administrations throughout this process at Ministerial and official level. The Immigration and Security Minister (James Brokenshire) visited Edinburgh last year, where he met the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill, representatives from the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland and the Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC. I plan to visit Edinburgh to discuss this matter further later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 194027 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

45462

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 effect on Scotland's justice system of the UK Government opting out of EU justice measures and then negotiating its re-entry into specific measures.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	194027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is clear that there is no need for there to be an operational gap after 1 December, and is negotiating on that basis. Other Member States support the UK position and are keen for this process to be concluded as swiftly as possible to provide certainty for all involved. <br><br>The Government has engaged with the Devolved Administrations throughout this process at Ministerial and official level. The Immigration and Security Minister (James Brokenshire) visited Edinburgh last year, where he met the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill, representatives from the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland and the Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC. I plan to visit Edinburgh to discuss this matter further later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 194026 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart