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57848

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date	04/06/2014
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, what proportion of passport applications have been dealt with within the target timescale in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	198919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:18:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 67 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57849

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Kilmarnock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for passports have been made by residents in Kilmarnock and Loudoun in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	198916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:16:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 66 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57850

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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, what the target time is for dealing with passport applications.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	198915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:19:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 65 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57910

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of housing benefit claimants were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	198959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The available information is in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Housing Benefit recipients by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Caseload (thousands)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>In employment</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Not in employment</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Proportion in employment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits</p></td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>527</p></td><td><p>2,067</p></td><td><p>1,944</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>702</p></td><td><p>2,142</p></td><td><p>1,953</p></td><td><p>4,797</p></td><td><p>14.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>835</p></td><td><p>2,174</p></td><td><p>1,925</p></td><td><p>4,934</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td><p>2,227</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>5,041</p></td><td><p>18.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td><td><p>2,192</p></td><td><p>1,811</p></td><td><p>5,022</p></td><td><p>20.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Average Housing Benefit award by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>£ per week</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>In employment</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Not in employment</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits</p></td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>76.54</p></td><td><p>92.01</p></td><td><p>71.62</p></td><td><p>81.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>84.68</p></td><td><p>94.06</p></td><td><p>73.54</p></td><td><p>84.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>86.92</p></td><td><p>96.08</p></td><td><p>76.64</p></td><td><p>87.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>87.75</p></td><td><p>97.55</p></td><td><p>80.19</p></td><td><p>89.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>89.51</p></td><td><p>95.87</p></td><td><p>82.64</p></td><td><p>89.87</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 3: Housing Benefit Outturn expenditure by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>£ million, real terms (2014/15 prices)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>In employment</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Not in employment</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits</p></td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,591</p></td><td><p>11,208</p></td><td><p>8,275</p></td><td><p>22,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3,438</p></td><td><p>11,460</p></td><td><p>8,161</p></td><td><p>23,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>4,092</p></td><td><p>11,667</p></td><td><p>8,257</p></td><td><p>24,016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4,558</p></td><td><p>11,965</p></td><td><p>8,335</p></td><td><p>24,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4,958</p></td><td><p>11,383</p></td><td><p>8,122</p></td><td><p>24,462</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) and local authority subsidy returns</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the increase in the Housing Benefit caseload in employment is driven by a number of factors, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The overall increase in the number of households renting, whether or not in receipt of Housing Benefit</li><li>Recession-related impacts such as previously unemployed HB claimants moving into work and losing eligibility to passported benefits but continuing to claim HB, where as a consequence of the complexity of the benefit system it is possible that in some cases these households may not have made a claim for HB had they not had a spell on out-of-work benefits. A key feature of Universal Credit is its smoothing of this type of transition.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested for those who are self-employed is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on numbers in employment do not include those Housing Benefit recipients whose claim is passported: that is those receiving Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit). This is unlikely to have a significant impact on the trends shown in the tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>In employment expenditure is based on instances where either the claimant or their partner has recorded earnings (which could be part-time or full-time) including pensioners, estimated using administrative data from Local Authority systems.</li></ol><ol start="2" type="1"><li>A small number of claimants on passported benefits who receive Housing Benefit may also be working, or have a working partner. These claimants are not identified in the data.</li><li>“Out of work benefits” refer to Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance and income-based Employment Support Allowance.</li><li>Annual expenditure is calculated using quarterly averages of claimant numbers and claim amounts, aligned to out-turn expenditure from local authority subsidy returns.</li><li>Total out-turn expenditure for 2013/14 an estimate, based on SHBE data and the 2012/13 out-turn expenditure; this is subject to revision as local authority subsidy returns are made.</li><li>Expenditure figures may differ from previous published figures due to a change in methodology and data sources.</li><li>Housing Benefit caseload and average weekly amounts information can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></li></ol> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 198955 198960 question first answered 26/06/2014 15:03:23 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb previous answer version 261 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

57911

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of the average claim for housing benefit made by those (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	198960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The available information is in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Housing Benefit recipients by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Caseload (thousands)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>In employment</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Not in employment</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Proportion in employment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits</p></td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>527</p></td><td><p>2,067</p></td><td><p>1,944</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>702</p></td><td><p>2,142</p></td><td><p>1,953</p></td><td><p>4,797</p></td><td><p>14.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>835</p></td><td><p>2,174</p></td><td><p>1,925</p></td><td><p>4,934</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td><p>2,227</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>5,041</p></td><td><p>18.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td><td><p>2,192</p></td><td><p>1,811</p></td><td><p>5,022</p></td><td><p>20.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Average Housing Benefit award by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>£ per week</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>In employment</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Not in employment</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits</p></td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>76.54</p></td><td><p>92.01</p></td><td><p>71.62</p></td><td><p>81.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>84.68</p></td><td><p>94.06</p></td><td><p>73.54</p></td><td><p>84.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>86.92</p></td><td><p>96.08</p></td><td><p>76.64</p></td><td><p>87.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>87.75</p></td><td><p>97.55</p></td><td><p>80.19</p></td><td><p>89.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>89.51</p></td><td><p>95.87</p></td><td><p>82.64</p></td><td><p>89.87</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 3: Housing Benefit Outturn expenditure by employment status: Great Britain, 2009/10 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>£ million, real terms (2014/15 prices)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>In employment</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Not in employment</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Receiving means-tested out of work benefits</p></td><td><p>Not receiving means-tested out of work benefits (pensioners and other working age)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,591</p></td><td><p>11,208</p></td><td><p>8,275</p></td><td><p>22,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3,438</p></td><td><p>11,460</p></td><td><p>8,161</p></td><td><p>23,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>4,092</p></td><td><p>11,667</p></td><td><p>8,257</p></td><td><p>24,016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4,558</p></td><td><p>11,965</p></td><td><p>8,335</p></td><td><p>24,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4,958</p></td><td><p>11,383</p></td><td><p>8,122</p></td><td><p>24,462</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) and local authority subsidy returns</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the increase in the Housing Benefit caseload in employment is driven by a number of factors, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The overall increase in the number of households renting, whether or not in receipt of Housing Benefit</li><li>Recession-related impacts such as previously unemployed HB claimants moving into work and losing eligibility to passported benefits but continuing to claim HB, where as a consequence of the complexity of the benefit system it is possible that in some cases these households may not have made a claim for HB had they not had a spell on out-of-work benefits. A key feature of Universal Credit is its smoothing of this type of transition.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested for those who are self-employed is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on numbers in employment do not include those Housing Benefit recipients whose claim is passported: that is those receiving Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit). This is unlikely to have a significant impact on the trends shown in the tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>In employment expenditure is based on instances where either the claimant or their partner has recorded earnings (which could be part-time or full-time) including pensioners, estimated using administrative data from Local Authority systems.</li></ol><ol start="2" type="1"><li>A small number of claimants on passported benefits who receive Housing Benefit may also be working, or have a working partner. These claimants are not identified in the data.</li><li>“Out of work benefits” refer to Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance and income-based Employment Support Allowance.</li><li>Annual expenditure is calculated using quarterly averages of claimant numbers and claim amounts, aligned to out-turn expenditure from local authority subsidy returns.</li><li>Total out-turn expenditure for 2013/14 an estimate, based on SHBE data and the 2012/13 out-turn expenditure; this is subject to revision as local authority subsidy returns are made.</li><li>Expenditure figures may differ from previous published figures due to a change in methodology and data sources.</li><li>Housing Benefit caseload and average weekly amounts information can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></li></ol> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 198955 198959 question first answered 26/06/2014 15:03:23 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb previous answer version 262 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

57926

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who (a) were given a non-custodial sentence and (b) were given their first custodial sentence in each year from 2004 had previously had (i) no criminal convictions, (ii) one criminal conviction, (iii) two criminal convictions, (iv) three criminal convictions, (v) four criminal convictions, (vi) five to 10 criminal convictions, (vii) 11 to 20 criminal convictions, (viii) 21 to 30 criminal convictions, (ix) 31 to 40 criminal convictions, (x) 41 to 50 criminal convictions, (xi) 51 to 75, (xii) 76 to 100 criminal convictions and (xiii) more than 100 criminal convictions.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	199092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010, crime has continued to fall and fewer individuals are entering the criminal justice system for the first time. But we have a persistent hardcore of offenders being recycled round and round the criminal justice system, as these figures bear out.</p><p>This Government is committed to tackling re-offending rates. We have reformed sentences, so that they combine both punishment and requirements that are effective at preventing further offending. We have legislated so that all community orders must now have a punitive element, and, from 2015, every offender leaving prison spends at least 12 months under supervision, where currently around 50,000 are released each year with no statutory support. We are transforming rehabilitation, by bringing together the best of the public, private and voluntary sectors, and only rewarding them when they actually do reduce reoffending.</p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent judiciary, taking account of the circumstances of the case and the maximum penalty for the offence. A court may only impose a community order or a custodial sentence where the offence is imprisonable. The overwhelming majority of repeat offenders have previously received a number of custodial sentences but the large majority of previous convictions identified in the table below resulted in a fine as they were for summary non-motoring offences.</p><p>The number of offenders who were given a non-custodial sentence in each year since 2004, broken down by their number of previous convictions, is given in Table 1. It is important to note that these figures are based only on those offences recorded on the Police National Computer (PNC) by an English or Welsh police force, including the British Transport Police, and include a number of offences for which the maximum sentence available to the court is a fine. It should also be noted that these figures are based on counting the number of separate occasions on which offenders were sentenced in each year and some offenders will therefore be represented several times in the figures.</p><p>Table 2 provides a similar breakdown for those offenders who received their first custodial sentence in each year. Again, the figures are drawn from the PNC and will include a number of offences for which the maximum sentence available to the court is a fine. A large proportion of each offender's criminal history is therefore likely to include some offences for which it is not possible to receive a custodial sentence. Of those offenders who had between 76 and 100 previous convictions between the 12 months ending September 2004 and the 12 months ending September 2013, 84% of the disposals for their previous convictions were fines. This increases to 96% when you look at the offenders who had over 100 previous convictions. It should also be noted that these figures are based on counting the number of separate occasions on which offenders were sentenced in each year and some offenders could therefore be represented several times in the figures.</p><p>The number of offenders who have received at least one previous conviction, or indeed multiple previous convictions, before receiving their first custodial sentence has decreased under this Government.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/07/2014 16:45:37 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name Number of offenders given a non-custodial sentence for an offence, in each year since 2004 for the 12 months ending September by number of previous convictions.xls title Non custodial sentences by previous convictions previous answer version 253 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

57966

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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, what total income was received by the Passport Office in fees for (a) fast track and (b) premium service (i) in 2013 and (b) between 1 January and 31 May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	198904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Table A sets out the requested information in respect of how many telephone <br>calls were received during the requested periods. <br><br>Table B shows income received in fees for premium and fast track services. <br><br>Table C provides information on the number of full time equivalent staff <br>employed by HM passport Office on 31 December for each of the years from 2010 – <br>2013. <br><br>Table D sets out the number of first time passport applications and the number <br>of passport renewals received during each month between January 2013 and May <br>2014.<br><br>In the period between 1 January and 31 May 2014, 31,188 straightforward <br>passport applications processed by Her Majesty's Passport Office were not <br>processed within the 3-week target.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2014 14:06:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ198903.Table.140714.doc title Tables A-D requested information. previous answer version 60 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

57967

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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 passport applications processed by the Passport Office between 1 January and 31 May 2014 which missed the three week target for processing.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	198906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Table A sets out the requested information in respect of how many telephone <br>calls were received during the requested periods. <br><br>Table B shows income received in fees for premium and fast track services. <br><br>Table C provides information on the number of full time equivalent staff <br>employed by HM passport Office on 31 December for each of the years from 2010 – <br>2013. <br><br>Table D sets out the number of first time passport applications and the number <br>of passport renewals received during each month between January 2013 and May <br>2014.<br><br>In the period between 1 January and 31 May 2014, 31,188 straightforward <br>passport applications processed by Her Majesty's Passport Office were not <br>processed within the 3-week target.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2014 14:07:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ198505-198506 table.xlsx title Tables A-D requested information. previous answer version 62 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

57968

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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 telephone calls were received by the Government's passport helpline (a) in each month of 2013 and (b) between 1 January and 31 May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	198903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Table A sets out the requested information in respect of how many telephone <br>calls were received during the requested periods. <br><br>Table B shows income received in fees for premium and fast track services. <br><br>Table C provides information on the number of full time equivalent staff <br>employed by HM passport Office on 31 December for each of the years from 2010 – <br>2013. <br><br>Table D sets out the number of first time passport applications and the number <br>of passport renewals received during each month between January 2013 and May <br>2014.<br><br>In the period between 1 January and 31 May 2014, 31,188 straightforward <br>passport applications processed by Her Majesty's Passport Office were not <br>processed within the 3-week target.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2014 14:06:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ198903.Table.140714.doc title Tables A-D requested information previous answer version 58 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

57969

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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
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) permanent and (b) agency staff were employed by the Passport Office in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	198905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Table A sets out the requested information in respect of how many telephone <br>calls were received during the requested periods. <br><br>Table B shows income received in fees for premium and fast track services. <br><br>Table C provides information on the number of full time equivalent staff <br>employed by HM passport Office on 31 December for each of the years from 2010 – <br>2013. <br><br>Table D sets out the number of first time passport applications and the number <br>of passport renewals received during each month between January 2013 and May <br>2014.<br><br>In the period between 1 January and 31 May 2014, 31,188 straightforward <br>passport applications processed by Her Majesty's Passport Office were not <br>processed within the 3-week target.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2014 14:06:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ198505-198506 table.xlsx title Tables A-D requested information. previous answer version 61 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson