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61309

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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 people applied to the UK Embassy in Dublin for British Passports between 2011 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Home Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2014 13:16:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1292 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

61310

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Belfast
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 urgently increase the number of personnel working in the Belfast Passport Office.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office is identifying staff who could be temporarily redeployed to <br>work with HM Passport Office during this very busy period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2014 13:16:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1284 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

61312

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement in Vodafone's 2013-14 Sustainability Report, that Section 19 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 prohibits disclosing the existence of any requirement to provide assistance in relation to a warrant, whether her Department issued guidance to that effect.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	200249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The statutory Interception of Communications Code of Practice, which was approved by Parliament and came into force on 1 July 2002, provides advice on safeguards for intercept material.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 12:28:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 1311 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

61316

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the meaning is of the phrase responder hub as used in a communication from her Department to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton; and if she will instruct her staff to use clearer and more comprehensible English in their communications with hon. Members and the public.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	200201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Visas and Immigration teams which lead on responding to correspondence from Members of Parliament, are geographically grouped into eight offices at the following sites; Croydon, Westminster, Cardiff, Solihull, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Glasgow. Each office is described as a 'responder hub' because it may deal with correspondence from outside the immediate geographical area. <br><br>Officials are reviewing how teams are described externally in response to feedback from customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/06/2014 16:58:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

61321

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cats have been used in experiments in Britain in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	200318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table contains information on the number of cats used in procedures undertaken between 2008 and 2012.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><strong>Table 1 Number of cats used in scientific procedures in Great Britain between 2008 and 2012</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Procedures</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>176</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>172</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>152</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>153</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>202</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Source: Home Office</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 18/06/2014 12:20:10 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

61322

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason scientific experiments on cats are permitted.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	200319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>Cats, along with some other species, are given special protection by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and may only be used if no other species is suitable or it is not practicable to obtain animals of any other species that are suitable for the purposes of the relevant programme of work. It is my objective to minimise the use of cats as far as possible.<br><br>Cats are primarily used in the development of veterinary medicines and techniques, and in neurological research. Much of the veterinary research is for the benefit of cats, for example in developing vaccines for feline diseases and improved diets for cats.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 18/06/2014 12:18:24 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

61338

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
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 speed up claims by asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	200219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Claims for asylum are increasing. In 2013 the number of asylum applications <br>within the EU was the highest it has been since 2002. The UK has experienced an increase <br>of 30% between 2010 and 2013 – with an 8% increase between 2012 and 2013 alone.<br><br>We are committed to resolving these quickly, while continuing to improve <br>the quality of our decision making, and we are making changes to our processes <br>and management to make sure we do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2014 11:26:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

61350

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 364W, on entry clearances, what options the policy and operational teams in her Department are considering to best accommodate a clearance programme once the appeal against the judgment of Mr Justice Blake on 5 July 2013 on the Government's visa income threshold is published.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	200282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>We will study the Court of Appeal judgment in MM and Others closely when this is handed down. We will then decide and announce how we will deal with those applications placed on hold pending the conclusion of the litigation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 12:26:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 1319 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

61356

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Newport
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 saved for the Exchequer by closing the Passport Office in Newport.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	200286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office has not closed its office in Newport. There is <br>an office in Newport providing counter fast track and premium services, <br>interviews for first time adult applicants and the Customer Contact Centre.<br><br>During 2011-12 as part of a wider operations restructuring, postal passport <br>application processing ceased in Newport and the office was relocated. It is <br>estimated that this reduced operational costs by around £2.6 million per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 13:37:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1293 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

61357

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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 much the recently employed additional staff in passport offices are estimated to cost.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	200287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office have been training and redeploying staff from <br>other duties within the Agency, from other parts of the wider Home Office, and <br>in the case of one individual another Government department, to meet the <br>exceptional levels of passport demand. There will be some additional costs <br>relating to staff where they will be temporarily working away from their normal <br>workplace and where overtime is worked by staff from other parts of the <br>Department. At this time it is not possible to put a reliable estimate on <br>these additional costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2014 14:11:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1295 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David