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49322

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total yearly salary of each grade of the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate senior staff was on 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table shows the total yearly salary for each senior civil <br>service grade in UK Visa and Immigration Directorate as at 1 April 2014. These <br>are presented in £5,000 bands in line with our commitment to publish <br>departmental salary information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Grade</strong></td><td><strong>Salary band (£)</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Directors</td><td>755,000-759,999</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Directors</td><td>420,000-424,999</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Director General</td><td>132,000-134,999</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8357 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49323

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home 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 people were employed by the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate on 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of people (paid and unpaid civil servants as well as agency and <br>contractors substituting as civil servants) employed by UK Visas and <br>Immigration on 31st March 2014 was 7,107 (6,598.67 Full Time Equivalent).<br><br>In line with Office for National statistics guidelines, all government <br>departments are required to report their official statistics relating to <br>numbers of employees using calendar month end dates. This answer has therefore <br>been provided using information as at 31st March 2014 rather than 1st April <br>2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8356 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49324

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget is allocated to the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Visa &amp; Immigration Directorate Budget 2014/5<br><br>Resource Administration £13.6 million<br>Resource Programme £744.3 million<br>Income Programme £1,022.6 million<br>Capital £6.0 million<br><br>Source: Home Office Main Estimates published on 29th April 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8355 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

49011

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the emails sent by his Department to schools on 3 April 2014 setting out guidance on keeping children safe have not been opened by the recipient to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	197110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>On 3 April the Department for Education published updated statutory guidance on safeguarding, ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education'. On the same day, we emailed all headteachers a letter from the Secretary of State drawing their attention to the guidance. We will be publishing this on the website in due course.</p><p>The letter was emailed to 31,660 addressees in 25,035 schools. As of 30 April, 13,285 (43.1%) recipients had opened the email, and 9,402 (30.5%) recipients had clicked through to the guidance on safeguarding.</p><p>Other records show that the guidance has been seen by a greater number of people. Between 3 and 29 April the web page hosting the guidance received 65,729 page views. The Department also published 5 tweets in support of the publication. These achieved a total reach of 639,315, and the embedded links were clicked 755 times.</p><p>The guidance will also be highlighted in the summer term 2014 schools' email and Need to Know timelines that will be sent to all schools in May. Schools can also access relevant information through social media, and messages from the Education Funding Agency and the National College for Teaching and Leadership. The Department also sends regular emails to all local authorities.</p><p>Officials have also promoted the guidance through various stakeholder groups that work with the Department, including the Headteacher Reference Groups and the Education Forum; members of the latter include chairs of local safeguarding children boards. And they have written to head and teacher unions who met Ministers in January to discuss female genital mutilation and broader safeguarding issues.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

48596

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home 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 travel document applications arising from each country were being processed as of 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table gives a breakdown, by nationality, of outstanding <br>applications for a Home Office Travel Document.<br><br>To align with protocol on publishing statistics, the list represents the <br>position at 31 December 2013. However, most of the cases shown as outstanding have <br>been concluded since that date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nationality</p></td><td><p>No. Of Cases</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua &amp; Barbuda</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bhutan</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chad</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic People's Republic of Korea</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Eritrea</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea-Bissau</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Haiti</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo Resident - UN Issued Travel Document</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait Bidoun</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldives</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Officially Stateless</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Palestinian Authority</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Refugee - Article 1 of the 1951 Convention</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Refugee - Other</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Serbia</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Russian Federation</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Stateless Person (Article 1 of 1954 Convention)</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent &amp; the Grenadines</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria Arab Republic</p></td><td><p>587</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish controlled area of Cyprus</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkmenistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United Rep of Tanzania</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>8,731</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </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 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8001 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

48597

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home 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 travel documents were (a) applied for and (b) issued in each year since 1 January 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>2009 <br>22,672 <br>14,183<br><br>2010 <br>26,652 <br>15,095<br><br>2011 <br>23,722 <br>16,791<br><br>2012 <br>20,667 <br>8,139<br><br>2013 <br>22,567 <br>12,811<br><br>Totals <br>116,280 <br>67,019<br><br>To provide context to the figures, it should be noted that a policy change was <br>implemented in February 2012 requiring all travel document applicants to have <br>or simultaneously apply for a Biometric Residence Permit to confirm status. <br>This subsequently resulted in a doubling of processing times. However, the <br>backlog of applications was cleared in February this year and the Home Office's <br>Travel Document Section has since returned to agreed service levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 7997 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

48299

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home 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 people have arrived in the UK under the Syrian refugee programme.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To date 24 Syrians have arrived in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons <br>Relocation scheme, with the first group arriving at the end of March and a <br>further group in April. We will not be releasing any further details; such as <br>where they are travelling from, their specific vulnerabilities, or where they <br>will be placed.<br><br>The scheme is based on need, rather than being designed to meet a quota. <br>However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis, and envisage <br>that several hundred people will be helped over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

45164

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts have been given to Airwave; and what the (a) value and (b) duration is of each such contract.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	194011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2011, as part of the Government's transparency programme, details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

45316

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home 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 contracts with her Department are held by Airwave; what the value is of each such contract; and when each such contract is due for renewal.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	194012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Department has 57 contracts with Airwave Solutions Limited. The total <br>whole-life value of all the contracts is estimated at £4.18 billion (the cost <br>may vary, depending on usage). All contracts commenced between 21 September 2001 and <br>31 December 2005 and are due for expiry between 21September 2016 to 31December 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

45317

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 about the use of water cannon in London.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	194013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A number of representations have been received recently about the use of water <br>cannon in London. <br><br>The Home Secretary has also now received the formal request to authorise water <br>cannon for use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this <br>request and will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant <br>information in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz