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480673

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Voluntary Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on jobseeker's allowance claimants taking up volunteer work of the requirement for them to spend 35 hours each week searching for work; and whether that assessment was conducted prior to implementation of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	31780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>There is no requirement for Jobseekers Allowance claimants to undertake 35 hours of job search a week. Claimants must however be actively seeking work in each week of their claim. This means they are expected to do all that they reasonably can to give them the best prospects of securing employment.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the benefits that volunteering can offer in enhancing a claimant’s prospects of finding suitable employment. Time spent volunteering may therefore be taken into account when considering whether a person has taken all appropriate steps to actively seek work each week.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/03/2016 14:11:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506773

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many allegations of fraudulent benefit claims have been reported by members of the public in each year since 2010; and by what means such allegations were reported.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 32921 question first answered 18/04/2016 14:21:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506774

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many allegations of fraudulent benefit claims made by members of the public led to (a) benefits being stopped and (b) prosecutions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 32920 question first answered 18/04/2016 14:21:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506635

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of immigration appeals have been successful in each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Published statistics detailing the total number of appeals disposed of by the tribunals, and the percentage of these which have been allowed and dismissed by the First-tier Tribunal from 2007/08 and the Upper Tribunal from 2010/11, can be viewed on the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-and-gender-recognition-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-and-gender-recognition-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/04/2016 12:05:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506633

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to (a) shorten the immigration appeals process and (b) reduce the number of immigration appeals.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Immigration appeals are determined by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) which are administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS).</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS works with the Home Office and others to monitor and continuously improve appeal processes and timeliness.</p><p> </p><p>The Immigration Act 2014 simplified the appeals system, reducing the number of decisions that can be appealed. For the quarter October to December 2015, 18,368 appeals were received – a 29% reduction when compared with the same quarter in 2014.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/04/2016 12:01:15 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

510133

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of British nationals with Syrian spouses still residing in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	33401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We have made no estimate of the number of British citizens with a Syrian spouse or partner residing in Syria. In 2015, 88 settlement visas were granted to the Syrian spouse or partner of a British citizen or person settled in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 16:34:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506636

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Assisted Voluntary Return Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of the assisted voluntary return scheme was in each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Up until January 1st 2016 the Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) scheme has been outsourced but is now part of the Home Office Voluntary Return Service (VRS).</p><p>The cost of the outsourced scheme in the years 2006 to 2015 is set out below. Data for 2004 to 2006 is incomplete and has therefore been omitted.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-7</p></td><td><p>22.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-8</p></td><td><p>21.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>10.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>20.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>17.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>8.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>10.86</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 15:55:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

510132

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision exists for the Syrian spouses of British nationals to come to the UK to join their families.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	33400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>There are several refugee schemes in operation under which a Syrian national may be able to qualify to come to the UK, including the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and Mandate - which resettles those recognised as refugees and judged to be in need of resettlement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and who have a close family member in the UK who is willing to support them.</p><p>In addition, a Syrian national can apply to join their British citizen spouse or partner in the UK under the Family Immigration Rules. If the requirements of the rules are not met, the entry clearance officer will consider whether there are exceptional or compassionate circumstances which may warrant a grant of entry clearance outside the rules.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 16:38:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

510129

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of people removed from the UK under (a) the assisted voluntary return scheme and (b) enforced removals.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	33339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office works across government and beyond to reduce the size of the illegal population by ensuring that there is a consequence for every individual and organisation that is benefiting from immigration abuse. That includes ensuring that people who have no right to be here leave the UK, voluntarily or through an enforced return.</p><p>The support available under the assisted voluntary return scheme is now integrated into the Home Office Voluntary Returns Service where a range of help and support is available to those here illegally who are seeking to return.</p><p>Creating the single service as a clear point of contact for those seeking to return, working with key voluntary sector stakeholders, local authorities, increasing the work we do directly with community and faith groups and improving our understanding of the best ways to reach out to those here illegally - are all key parts of the work the Home Office is doing to help people return home.</p><p>Encouraging voluntary returns allows us to focus our detention and enforcement resource on criminal cases and those that represent the biggest threat. Where someone refuses to leave the UK voluntarily we will take steps to enforce their swift removal and prevent them returning for up to 10 years.</p><p>In terms of enforced removals the 2014 Immigration Act reformed the deportation process. More than 3,200 foreign national offenders have been removed under the new deport first, appeal later powers since they came into force in July 2014, with many more going through the system.</p><p>We are also using biometrics to match identities and speed up the process of gaining emergency travel documents.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/04/2016 17:13:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506634

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Judicial Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many judicial reviews against her Department have (a) been initiated and (b) were successful since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	32996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>No central records are kept of (i) the number of judicial reviews initiated against the department since 2010; (ii) the cost of defending such challenges; or (iii) the number of such challenges which have been successful. It would incur disproportionate cost to try to acquire this information.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 33213 question first answered 13/04/2016 16:09:18 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie