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914936

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which company or Government facility prints biometric residence permits for his Department.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	148812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) personalise the Biometric Residence Permits on behalf of the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/06/2018 17:45:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

911268

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of police officers was in England and Wales by rank for the latest date for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each Police Force Area in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p><p>Detailed data on the number of officers by rank is collected and published on an annual basis only. The latest data available, covering the situation as at 31 March 2017, can be found in Table_H2 of the data tables accompanying the main release, and can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629865/police-workforce-tabs-jul17.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629865/police-workforce-tabs-jul17.ods</a></p><p>The next release of ‘Police workforce’ statistics is due to be published on 19th July, and will represent the picture as at 31 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/06/2018 15:43:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

910305

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on (a) chartered and (b) commercial flights to (i) remove and (ii) deport people from the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the total costs of public expense removals in 2015/16 and 2016/17 which includes; charter flight costs, scheduled flights ticketing costs, ticket contract management costs and other administrative costs (including the costs of cancelled flights). These costs also cover the ticketing costs for overseas security escorts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scheduled </strong><strong>Flights</strong> <strong>(£</strong><strong> million) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Charter Flight</strong><strong>s</strong> <strong>(£</strong><strong> million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net Total </strong> <strong>(£</strong><strong> Million )</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016 </strong></p></td><td><p>£17.3</p></td><td><p>£9.1</p></td><td><p>£26.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>£17.0</p></td><td><p>£8.6</p></td><td><p>£25.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>By precedent, we do not release data for 2017-18 until the Home Office accounts have been finalised, audited by the National Audit Office, and laid before Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:35:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

910306

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many chartered flights were used to (a) deport and (b) remove people from the UK by destination in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of returns by charter flights. This data is not available broken down by “removed” and “deported”.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of charter flights</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Returns</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria and Ghana</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1711</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of charter flights</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Returns</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria and Ghana</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total :</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1599</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of charter flights</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Returns</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria and Ghana</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria only</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France, Switzerland and Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France, Austria and Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France and Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total :</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1565</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Home Office charter flights to a number of European countries. This is to transfer asylum seekers whose claims have been considered in line with the Dublin Regulation, or who are beneficiaries of international protection in another safe EU Member State.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:37:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

910307

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Caribbean
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers an (b) officials have instructed the cancellation of (i) chartered flights and (ii) commercially purchased tickets to (A) remove and (B) deport individuals from the UK to any Caribbean country in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department took a number of additional steps in the context of its response to Windrush issues to provide added levels of assurance on its enforcement activity including the deferral of some returns flights to the Caribbean.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:38:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

910308

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Caribbean
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) flights were chartered and (b) commercial seats were booked to (i) remove and (ii) deport people from the UK to Caribbean countries in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows tickets on commercial airlines purchased in the 12 months in the year ending March 2018, to facilitate the return of illegal migrants to all Caribbean countries. There were no charter flights operated to Caribbean countries in that 12 month period.</p><p>The data also includes all tickets purchased and includes multiple tickets for in-direct flights.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Bookings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 17</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 17</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 17</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul 17</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 17</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep 17</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 17</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 17</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 17</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 18</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 18</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 18</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:39:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

910309

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on access to (a) internet, (b) email, (c) social media, (d) landline telephone, (e) mobile telephone and (f) Skype for detainees at UK immigration detention centres.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The statutory Detention Centre Rules 2001, published Operating Standards for immigration removal centres (IRCs) and published Detention Services Orders set out the requirements for availability and access to telephones, the internet and email.</p><p>Detention Services Order 08/2012 sets out the Home Office’s policy on detainees’ possession of mobile phones in IRCs. Detainees are able to retain their own mobile telephones throughout their detention, provided their handset has no recording facility and/or access to the internet. Where a detainee’s handset does not comply with these restrictions they are provided with a suitable handset by the immigration removal centre supplier so that they may maintain contact with friends, family and other means of support.</p><p>The provision of internet access in immigration removal centres helps detainees to remain in contact with family, friends and legal representatives and to prepare for removal.</p><p>Detention Services Order 04/2016 provides guidance on access to the internet. It is a contractual requirement that all immigration removal centres provide detainees with reasonable and regulated access to the internet and IT facilities. The Home Office is undertaking an initial scoping exercise on the use of Skype for detainee contact with families abroad.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2018 16:42:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

909036

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for the issuing a biometric permit by immigration status.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	146255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>The information requested is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by examination of thousands of cases.</p><p>However, published information on the number of applications for leave to remain in all categories, as well as data on UK Visa and Immigration performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/05/2018 14:59:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

904205

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
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 passports were wrongly issued and subsequently cancelled or suspended in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	143781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office is unable to provide data on how many passports were wrongly issued and subsequently either cancelled or superseded in the last year. This information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/05/2018 12:15:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

904209

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ports: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional (a) Border Force personnel and (b) customs officials the Government plans to assign to Welsh ports of entry in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019 and (iii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	143782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>Border Force is working closely with other Government Departments on the detailed logistical and operational planning for managing all the impacts of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, on and at the border.</p><p>Border Force actively monitors workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand and will continue to do so throughout negotiations and as the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/05/2018 12:11:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty