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681233

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner transfer agreements were negotiated in 2015 and 2016; and with which countries those agreements were made.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>In 2015 and 2016 prisoner transfer arrangements were negotiated with Iraq, Ghana, and Taiwan. The Agreements with Iraq and with Ghana are subject to ratification and are not yet in force.</p><p> </p><p>The absence of a prisoner transfer agreement does not prevent the removal of an individual. Those who have no right to remain here will be deported and removed from the UK. Where possible, the UK will seek to remove Foreign National Offenders held in custody through the Early Removal Scheme or seek their deportation at the completion of the prison sentence.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National Offenders removed from our prisons, whether they are removed through Prisoner Transfer Agreement or the Early Removal Scheme. Last year we removed the highest number of offenders since records began with a total of 5,810 offenders removed from prisons, immigration removal centres and the community.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/02/2017 14:08:41 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681235

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for a case to be determined from the time appeal papers arrive at the First Tier Tribunal office to determination of that appeal in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested in not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 07/02/2017 12:56:22 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681238

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she last observed proceedings at a First-tier Immigration Tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has visited HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service operational venues in Central London, Norwich, Maidstone and Bristol. She plans to continue her programme of visits over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 15/02/2017 13:51:26 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681350

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Judges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent immigration judges have been practising in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of Immigration and Asylum Chamber judges in post, on 1 April, 2012-2016 are shown in the table below. HMCTS does not collect data on a full-time equivalent basis.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>First-tier Tribunal</p></td><td><p>Upper Tribunal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>242 fee-paid 77 salaried</p></td><td><p>35 fee-paid 42 salaried</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>286 fee-paid 91 salaried</p></td><td><p>24 fee-paid 42 salaried</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>315 fee-paid 111 salaried</p></td><td><p>30 fee-paid 41 salaried</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>320 fee-paid 128 salaried</p></td><td><p>34 fee-paid 43 salaried</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>347 fee-paid 132 salaried</p></td><td><p>40 fee-paid 42 salaried</p></td></tr><tr><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></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do everything we can to avoid unnecessary delay in the Immigration &amp; Asylum Tribunal and we have provided an additional 4,950 tribunal sitting days for this financial year to ensure current caseloads do not increase. We are keeping performance under close review and are confident there is sufficient capacity to deal with the number of appeals we expect to receive.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 07/02/2017 17:59:47 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681351

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders from Iraq have been transferred to prisons in Iraq from the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and Iraq signed a prisoner transfer agreement on 8 October 2015. It is not yet in force. The Agreement will enter into force once the Iraqi Government has completed its ratification procedures and has notified the British Government of this in accordance with the requirements of the Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>As the Agreement is not yet in force no prisoners have been transferred from the UK to prisons in Iraq. Where possible, the UK will seek to remove Foreign National Offenders held in custody through the Early Removal Scheme or seek their deportation at the completion of their prison sentences.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National Offenders removed from our prisons, whether they are removed through Prisoner transfer Agreements or the Early Removal Scheme. In 2015/16 we removed the highest number of offenders since records began with a total of 5,810 offenders removed from prisons, immigration removal centres and the community.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 62021 question first answered 03/02/2017 14:13:02 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681353

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders from Jamaica have been transferred to prisons in Jamaica from the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom does not have prisoner transfer arrangements with these countries.</p><p>The absence of a prisoner transfer agreement does not prevent the removal of an individual from the UK, and for those Foreign National Offenders who have no right to remain here we will look to deport and remove through other mechanisms. Where possible the UK will seek to remove Foreign National Offenders held in custody through the Early Removal Scheme or seek their deportation at the completion of their prison sentence.</p><p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National Offenders who are removed from our prisoners, whether they are removed through Prisoner Transfer Agreements or the Early Removal Scheme. In 2015/16 we removed the highest number of offenders since records began with a total of 5,810 Foreign National Offenders removed from prisons, immigration removal centres and the community.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 61912 61919 61944 61947 62020 62022 62025 62026 62027 62033 question first answered 03/02/2017 14:08:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz