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58248

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date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to support former armed services' personnel to readjust to civilian life by providing (a) low cost mortgages, (b) low interest loans to start a business, (c) payment of tuition fees and living expenses for university or vocational educational and (d) health care bespoke to individual needs.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	199323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce such legislation. As Lord Ashcroft highlighted in his recent review of transition arrangements, the measures we already have in place ensure that the vast majority of Service leavers make a successful transition to civilian life. Amongst many others, these measures include:<br><br>- resettlement and career assistance from the Ministry of Defence funded Career Transition Partnership;<br>- funding for nationally recognised qualifications through Enhanced Learning Credits and;<br>- a range of schemes to help veterans and their families secure appropriate accommodation, detailed in the answer I gave on 28 April 2014, (Official Report, columns 442-443W) to the hon. Member for Windsor (Mr Afriyie).<br><br>Healthcare provided by the National Health Service is already bespoke to individual needs, and reflects the aspirations of the Armed Forces covenant.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/07/2014 13:45:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract HOC 199323.doc title Hansard Extract 28 April 2014 previous answer version 2382 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

58265

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy has been granted in Northern Ireland in the last 20 years by means of Letters Close (Litterae Clausae); and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	199281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 1997, no Letters Patent or Letters Close have been issued in Northern Ireland in relation to the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM). Where the RPM was used in this period by the previous Government, it was effected by means of a Royal Warrant.</p><p>As the Hon Member is aware, my department continues to seek information on the use of the RPM between 1987 and 1997, including through contacts with other parts of Government which might hold relevant information. On the basis of the work carried out on this so far, there is no indication that Letters Patent or Letters Close were issued between 1987 and 1997 in relation to the use of the RPM in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 199279 question first answered 09/07/2014 15:45:58 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

58268

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 762W, on terrorism, if the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy to which she refers was by way of Letters Patent; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	199279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 1997, no Letters Patent or Letters Close have been issued in Northern Ireland in relation to the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM). Where the RPM was used in this period by the previous Government, it was effected by means of a Royal Warrant.</p><p>As the Hon Member is aware, my department continues to seek information on the use of the RPM between 1987 and 1997, including through contacts with other parts of Government which might hold relevant information. On the basis of the work carried out on this so far, there is no indication that Letters Patent or Letters Close were issued between 1987 and 1997 in relation to the use of the RPM in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 199281 question first answered 09/07/2014 15:45:58 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

58269

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the people who are known to have received the Royal Prerogative of Mercy by Letters Patent or under any other authority, in the last 20 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	199280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 1997, no Letters Patent have been issued in Northern Ireland in relation to the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM). Where the RPM was used in this period by the previous Government, it was effected by means of a Royal Warrant.</p><p>As the Hon Member is aware, my department continues to seek information on the use of the RPM between 1987 and 1997, including through contacts with other parts of Government which might hold relevant information.</p><p>As the Hon Member is also aware, the assessment of my department is that to release the names of individuals granted the RPM years ago would not be appropriate, given the time that has passed since the RPM was last used and the potential legal issues this would raise. There are of course means by which names of RPM recipients become public, including in the course of legal proceedings, which is a matter for the courts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 09/07/2014 15:39:26 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

58332

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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, whether HM Passport Office is meeting the 2013-14 performance targets (a) to process 99.5 per cent of straightforward passport applications within 10 working days, (b) where additional information is required from customers to process 93 per cent of applications within 29 working days, (c) to process 99.5 per cent of premium and fast track applications within four hours or seven days and (d) to achieve a customer satisfaction rating of at least 90 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Stuart
uin	199399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In 2013/14 Her Majesty's Passport Office met its performance targets for straightforward <br>passport applications, non-straightforward passport applications and premium <br>and fast-track passport applications. In March 2014, Her Majesty's Passport Office <br>achieved its customer satisfaction target.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 14:54:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

58343

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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 Passport Agency's average process time for applications was in each month since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	199385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the average passport processing times in days for <br>each week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data is not stored in a way that enables us to provide monthly averages.<br><br>We do not hold data on non-straightforward average processing times prior to <br>April 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/08/2014 10:11:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Copy of 199385 David Hanson.fin. table.xls title Passport processing times previous answer version 342 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 Lord Hanson of Flint

58344

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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 longest time is for which a passport application has been waiting to be processed from receipt at the passport office to delivery to applicant for (a) new applications and (b) applications for renewal of passport in the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	199391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In the period to which you refer, the longest waiting time for completion of (a) a new application and (b) for a renewal was both 135 days. In the case of <br>the new application, the applicant failed to provide the required supporting documentation with their application. Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO)<br>made five separate requests, over the next three months for the documentationto be supplied. The applicant finally supplied the documents over four months after the date of the application. HMPO issued the passport eight days afterreceipt of the documentation. In the case of the renewal, an application was made to renew a child’s passport with a change of name. HMPO wrote to the parent on seven occasions seeking additional information concerning parental responsibility and agreement to the change of name. A court order confirmingthe change of name was forwarded by the applicant over four months afterthe date of application. The passport was issued seven days after receipt of the court order.</p><p /> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 12/09/2014 09:25:39 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 343 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 Lord Hanson of Flint

58442

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers: Fines
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 reasons for the reduction in businesses fined for employing illegal immigrants since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 there has been a 13% increase in the number of civil penalties issued to businesses employing illegal migrant workers with 2,149 penalties issued in 2013/14 compared with 1,899 in 2010/11.An assessment of enforcement activity and operating procedures in relation to illegal working visits led to increased deployment and a renewed focus on illegal working in 2013. This resulted in 8,573 illegal working visits in 2013/14 compared with 5,441 in 2012/13. Additionally the target of issuing 2,500 Notices of Potential Liability (NOPL) for a civil penalty was exceeded with 3,562 NOPLs being issued in 2013/14 compared with 1,659 in 2012/13 equating to a 70% increase.We are committed to tackling illegal working and we are increasing our multi-agency operations to step up enforcement action against businesses. Through the Immigration Act and secondary legislations, we are getting tougher with non-compliant employers by increasing the maximum financial penalty from £10,000 to £20,000 per illegal worker; making it easier to enforce payment in the civil courts; and simplifying right-to-work checks for legitimate employers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/08/2014 12:29:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58447

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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 hold an inquiry into trends in the number of deaths of individuals detained in immigration detention.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	199416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Any death in immigration detention is a tragic event and each death is subject <br>to independent investigation, as appropriate, by the police, the Coroner and <br>the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. <br><br>Any recommendations made by the investigating authorities are thoroughly <br>examined to see how they can be used to help prevent further tragedies across <br>the detention estate and action plans are drawn up to monitor their <br>implementation. <br><br>For example, firm written reminders were issued to all suppliers on the <br>requirements of the current Detention Services Order on use of handcuffs, which <br>was followed up by a workshop on their appropriate use and the importance of <br>proper risk assessments. Recommendations relevant to medical care for detainees <br>have been shared with NHS England to inform their commissioning of healthcare <br>services from 1 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 11:37:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 356 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

58485

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of lethal targeting by remotely-piloted air systems on security in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	199351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>UK forces, and the wider ISAF mission, have materially improved the security of Afghanistan since 2001. This allowed the developed Afghan National Security Forces to assume lead security responsibility for their own country from June 2013. As an integral capability of UK forces, Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) are assessed to have made a valuable contribution, both in their surveillance and strike roles, to the improved security situation.<br><br>All UK forces operate in accordance with International Humanitarian Law, following the principles of distinction, humanity, proportionality and military necessity. The UK's clearly defined Rules of Engagement, which cover the use of RPAS, are formulated on this basis.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 30/06/2014 16:35:55 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 1645 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest