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579495

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date	09/09/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports the Government has received on the operations of Daesh in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	45829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>We assess that there is a risk that terrorist groups such as Daesh-Yemen, as well as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) may take advantage of the continued instability in Yemen. Countering such terrorist threats remains a priority for Her Majesty's Government. We continue to work with regional and international partners to understand, assess and counter the terrorist threat from Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/09/2016 12:19:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

579497

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support an end to the conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	45830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Peace talks remain the top priority. The UK continues to strongly support the work of UN Special Envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and his tireless efforts in working with all parties to bring about peace in Yemen. We deeply regret the failure of the parties to reach an agreement in Kuwait and urge them to find the compromises that will end the current conflict. The secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) hosted the Foreign Ministers of the US, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in London on 19 July to discuss the situation in Yemen, including the deteriorating humanitarian and economic situation and to encourage commitment from the Yemeni parties to the political process. I represented the UK at a subsequent meeting in Jeddah on 25 August. It is critical that all parties to the conflict renew their commitment to the Cessation of Hostilities for the sake of the people of Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/09/2016 12:20:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

532533

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have been living in the community for (a) less than six months, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one and two years, (d) between two and three years, (e) between three and four years, (f) between four and five years and (g) over five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Our records indicate that as of March 2016, there were 5,895 foreign national offenders awaiting deportation. Please see following table with the number of foreign national offenders living in the community as at March 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) living in the community by length of time since release, March 2016</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Time since release</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total FNOs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 6 months</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between 6 months and one year</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between one and two years</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between two and three years</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between three and four years</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between four and five years</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over five years</p></td><td><p>1,792</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>No UK conviction or sentence </em> <em>end date not recorded<strong> </strong></em></p></td><td><p>914</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total March 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,895</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(1) The figures quoted have been derived from management information from the Home Office databases and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(2) A Foreign National Offender (FNO) is defined as an individual with a criminal case on the Home Office's Case Information Database (CID) and may include individuals with asylum cases.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(3) Figures relate to those FNOs who have completed their custodial sentence and are subject to deportation action living in the community.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(4) Figures relate to a snapshot of cases as of March 2016.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(5) Details of restrictions may not be routinely available from the Case Information Database at the time of reporting for FNOs. This includes those FNOs with overseas convictions identified by increased use of intelligence (e.g. from the Association of Chief Police Officers Records Office, ACRO) where there has not been any custodial detention within the UK. The consequence of this is that these cases cannot be counted within the different length of time since release categories and are then recorded in the column labelled Data Quality.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/07/2016 12:22:11 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

532534

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visas have been granted in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Partner entry clearance visas granted </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Family: Partner </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Family: Partner<br>(for immediate<br>settlement) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>44,499</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>38,242</p></td><td><p>1,314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>38,414</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>33,496</p></td><td><p>1,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>30,411</p></td><td><p>1,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>23,481</p></td><td><p>1,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>26,352</p></td><td><p>592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>28,947</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Home Office, Migration Statistics (MBA)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Immigration Statistics, January - March 2016, table vi_01_q, Visas Volume 1.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2016-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2016-data-tables</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The published statistics do not distinguish between applications decided under the family Immigration Rules in force before and from 9 July 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/07/2016 09:10:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

532536

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visas were revoked in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The number of spousal visas that were curtailed in each of the last eight years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number Curtailed</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>942</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>886</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" rowspan="16"><p>Please note that this data is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics. It is based on the casetypes and outcomes defined by yourselves below, any curtailments recorded in a different way will not be picked up. This needs to be made clear in the answer. Data Run as below - Casetypes used (defined by the business) - Curtailment Consideration - Other and Curtailment Consideration - Spouse/Partner only<br>Outcome - Curtailed<br>Cases despatched between 01-01-2006 and 31-12-2015<br>Data based on the report used to produce Transparency data<br>Data produced based on criteria set by the business. Any curtailments recorded in another way are not included within this data. “Curtailment Consideration – Other” includes Leave Outside The Rules on Family Grounds.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/07/2016 13:10:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

532537

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many revoked spousal visas have led to the deportation of the spouse concerned in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of individuals returned who had previously had a spousal visa curtailed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of individuals returned who had previously had a spousal visa curtailed, 2008-2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total returns</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><p>Notes: Individuals with a spousal visa curtailment from 2006 provided for PQ 41641 have been used. Please see the caveats associated with that response for details of the data included.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>The dates in the table are those when the individual returned, not when their spousal visa had been curtailed (which are outlined in PQ 41641).</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Returns figures are based on data used in Published Returns figures from Migration Statistics and include both enforced and voluntary returns.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Returns have been matched to the nearest Curtailment. Individuals with more than one curtailment have been counted only once.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/07/2016 09:11:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

532538

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sham Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of immigration marriage fraud have led to (a) an investigation and (b) a subsequent deportation in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cases referred</p></td><td><p>Total Investigations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Prior to 2014 the records were not held centrally. The decrease in the number of referrals to the Home Office can be aligned to the introduction of the Immigration Act 2014. This legislation extends the notification period for those seeking to marry up to 70 days and provides time for the Home Office to investigate whether the marriage is sham. The effect of this is that those marriages deemed to be sham can be prevented from taking place. It would be a disproportionate cost to disaggregate information on the number of criminal investigations for this offence from all of those prosecuted who were subsequently deported.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/07/2016 11:02:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

532539

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bigamy: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been made for bigamy or polygamy without consent in each of the last eight years; and how many such prosecutions led to a subsequent revoking of immigration status and deportation.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences relating to bigamy, in England &amp; Wales, from 2008 to 2015 (the latest available) can be viewed in the attached table provided by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences relating to bigamy, England &amp; Wales, 2008-2015<sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td>Offence</td><td>Outcome</td><td>2008<sup>(4)</sup></td><td>2009</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td><td>2015</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2600</td><td>Bigamy</td><td>Proceeded against</td><td>19</td><td>17</td><td>31</td><td>12</td><td>15</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="11">(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="11">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="11">(3) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(4) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQC 41644</td></tr></tbody></table><p>MoJ are unable to differentiate between proceedings against British citizens and foreign nationals. Without knowing details of foreign nationals prosecuted, Home Office are not able to state where immigration status has been revoked or curtailed on the grounds of bigamy or polygamy (without consent) and subsequent deportation or removal.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2016 14:00:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

532540

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Coastal Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vessels believed to have been attempting to enter the UK have Border Force officials intercepted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Specific details on numbers or locations of suspected illegal maritime arrivals are not disclosed for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/07/2016 14:07:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

531475

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Photographs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken (a) to improve cyber security and (b) prevent hacking as part of proposals for members of the public to submit identification photographs for official documents to HM Passport Office using their own digital services.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HM Passport Office) digital passport service has been designed with both security and customer choice in mind and the department continues to put public protection at the heart of all new services offered. HM Passport Office is continuously evaluating new technologies and measures that will improve both security and customer service.</p><p>Digital photographs, submitted as part of the new digital passport service, are required to meet the exacting standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.</p><p>Photos are checked for compliance both through the system when uploaded and subsequently through the manual examination process.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/07/2016 16:23:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz