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45348

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was, by prison, on 19 March 2014; how many prisoners each prison was built for; and how many foreign national prisoners there are in each prison, by country.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	194014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Individual prison population and capacity information is published monthly on the Ministry of justice website at:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>This data is produced on the last working Friday of each month and therefore the information published is from the last working Friday in February (28<sup>th</sup>) and not on 19 March as requested.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table identifies the number of declared foreign national offenders in each prison, by nationality, as at 31 December 2013. This is in line with the latest published figures.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible error(s) with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All Foreign National Offenders sentenced to custody are referred to the Home Office for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing the FNO population is a top priority for this Government. We are working hard to reduce the flow of FNOs into our prison system and increase the number of FNOs removed from the UK through Prisoner Transfer Agreements (PTAs); the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) and Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS).</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 194014.XLS title Table 1
	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

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

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

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

58054

	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	Marriage of Convenience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages were reported to the Home Office as suspicious or sham in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</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> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 15:56:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 79 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

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	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	Marriage of Convenience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages reported as suspicious or sham were (a) same sex marriages, (b) heterosexual marriages and (c) civil partnerships in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</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> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</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 18/06/2014 16:02:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 80 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