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914935

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, how many biometric residence permits were issued in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	148811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested regarding the total number of BRPs issued over the last three years is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>However, the total number of grants of leave, by type of application, are available in published information at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/06/2018 11:32:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

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

914937

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	Windrush Generation: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the issuing of biometric residence permits for Windrush cases has been prioritised by his Department over other cases in the last two months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	148813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is processing Windrush cases, and the issuing of the associated Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) once a decision has been made, as a priority.</p><p>This is being successfully managed to provide Windrush individuals with the documents they need as soon as possible, without impacting on the performance of wider BRP production.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 12:50:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

914938

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	Windrush Generation: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits have been issued for Windrush cases in the last two months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	148814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>As at 03 June, the Home Office had confirmed the status of 1,425 applicants and either issued Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) or arranged for BRPs to be issued.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 12:49:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

914939

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	Home Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the total cost of travel claims for staff redeployed from their normal location of work as part of the Windrush taskforce in each of the last two months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	148815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not recorded in a format that can be broken down to the level of detail requested.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 12:51:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

914940

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	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 (a) deportation and (b) removal flights were chartered by his Department to (i) Jamaica, (ii) India, (iii) Pakistan, (iv) Bangladesh, (v) China and (vi) Nigeria in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	148816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of charter flights by country of destination between December 2017 and May 2018. These individual charter flight returns operations consisted of both deportation cases and of those being removed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>February 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Charter operated to Nigeria and Ghana.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/06/2018 10:45:06 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