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228941

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the introduction of a 28-day time limit on immigration detention.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	908247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>It is Government policy that there is a presumption in favour of liberty when exercising detention powers under immigration legislation. Parliament voted on introducing a limit on detention of 60 days during the passage of the Immigration Act. This amendment was rejected with a majority of over 300.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/03/2015 18:59:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

228940

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Custody
	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 has taken to protect the welfare of vulnerable people in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
	uin	908248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Last year, I commissioned Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to carry out a review of vulnerable people in custody. Last week’s report was concerning, particularly regarding the use of Taser and restraint.</p><p> </p><p>I have therefore asked HMIC to specifically inspect the use of Taser and restraint. I am also suspending the publication of Taser data after work to review it revealed serious concerns about its accuracy. We need much greater transparency of age, ethnicity and outcome data of Taser incidents</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 23/03/2015 19:01:27 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
	tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

227806

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Reptiles: Import Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of reptiles there were by the Border Force under the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; how many individual animals were so seized in each such year; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	227914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The data requested on the seizures of reptiles by Border Force can be found in the below table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Seizure Year</td><td>Number of Seizures</td><td>Quantity Seized</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>9</td><td>477</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>16</td><td>1232</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/03/2015 10:09:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 51789 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227909

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Inter-Ministerial Group on Violence Against Women and Girls has made on implementing recommendation 11 of the HMIC report Everyone's business: Improving the police response to domestic abuse into policing on domestic violence; and when she expects the further multi-agency inspection referred to in that report to take place.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	227744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Recommendation 11 of the HMIC report relates to a multi-agency inspection on domestic abuse. The Home Secretary wrote to Ministerial colleagues seeking support to multi-agency inspections in January. <br><br>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary will continue to inspect the police response to domestic abuse as part of their annual all-force PEEL (Police Efficiency, Effectiveness and Legitimacy) inspection programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 25/03/2015 11:26:37 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

227900

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from universities on the reduction in the number of English language test centres for international students.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	227977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office is currently meeting delegates from across the English language sector to address their members’ questions about the test centre network, and to confirm that there is no change to the ability of higher education institutions to perform their own assessment of English language for those studying degree level courses and above.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 15:29:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227901

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the reduction in the number of English Language Test Centres on international students studying at UK universities.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	227974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The reduction in the number of test centres offering English language tests for immigration purposes was necessary to ensure control and audit ability following significant abuse identified in early 2014. The Home Office has planned the Secure English Language Test centre network to meet anticipated demand and extensive transitional arrangements have been arranged to coincide with the 2014/15 academic year to minimise the impact on student applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 12:33:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227902

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the reduction in the number of English Language Test Centres for international students on university finances.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	227975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Secure English Language Test centre network has been planned to meet anticipated demand. Overseas, the test centres have been mapped to the Visa Application Centre locations to limit the impact on travel and within the UK, there will be an adequate spread of test centres across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. There are provisions in the contract which allow us to expand the network if there is a capacity or location specific issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 15:28:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227903

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential economic effect of (a) reducing and (b) increasing the number of international students studying at UK universities.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	227976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no limit on the number of genuine international students who can come to study here, and the reforms we have made to tackle abuse have not deterred <br>the brightest and the best from coming to study at our world-class universities. <br><br>Figures show that there has been an increase of 18% in visa applications from university students compared to 2010 and increase of 30% for those wishing to attend a Russell Group university compared to 2010. <br><br>Higher education statistics for the academic year 2013-14 show that there has been strong growth in countries such as Malaysia (+13%) and Hong Kong (+7%). Chinese new entrants have also more than doubled since 2008-09.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 12:29:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227911

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stop and Search: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 16 have been stopped and searched by the police in each year since 2010 in each police force.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	227779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Data on the age of persons stopped and searched by police are not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2015 15:23:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

227897

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Bedford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum legacy cases are outstanding in the MK40, MK41 and MK42 postcode areas.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	227949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the below table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PC Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Persons</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MK40</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MK42</strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MK41</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 12:29:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller