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384718

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for Harrow West's letters of 23 March 2015 and 14 May 2015 on Ms Dubla of Harrow.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	3528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office replied to the letter of the 23 March from the Hon Member on 7 May. Your MP Account Manager has supplied a further copy of this reply to your office and confirmed that there is no longer a requirement to reply to the letter of the 14 May.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2015 15:50:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

387298

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff worked in HM Passport Office processing applications for first passports for UK children born overseas in May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	5453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office deploys its workforce flexibly across different types of work in order to manage performance against service standards. As individual staff process several different types of application it is not possible to provide a breakdown of how many work solely on first time applications for children born overseas.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:48:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 11683 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

387299

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first passports have been issued to British children born overseas in each of the last three years; what the average length of time was to process applications from each overseas country in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	5451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of first time passports issued to children overseas and average processing times are set out in the table below.</p><p>Due to the way management information was captured previously it is not possible to provide comparative data for the number of passports issued to children overseas before January 2014 or a breakdown of processing times by country prior to January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/07/2015 09:50:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 5451 Gareth Thomas Processing Times 1st time child overseas apps v1.2(1).xlsx title First time passports issued to children previous answer version 11682 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

417316

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers are deployed in the Third Country Unit; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	9115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>On 8 September 2015, the headcount of the number of people deployed in the Third Country Unit was 69, with a full time equivalent of 61.06</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/09/2015 14:06:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

417319

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been removed to a third country under the terms of the Dublin Convention in each month of 2014 and 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	9116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information requested is shown in the following table:</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jan-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Feb-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Apr-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>May-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jun-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jul-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Aug-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Sep-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Oct-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Nov-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Dec-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jan-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Feb-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Apr-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>May-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jun-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>88</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>67</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>80</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>57</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>57</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>55</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>51</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>41</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>71</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>74</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>64</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>40</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>49</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>67</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>71</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>59</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>36</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>71</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1098</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">These figures are based on management information and are only valid for the date of the report (8/09/2015). This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The following table shows the information requested, as indicated by our records:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jan-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Feb-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Apr-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>May-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jun-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jul-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Aug-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sep-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Oct-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Nov-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Dec-14</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jan-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Feb-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Apr-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>May-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jun-15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Figures are rounded to the nearest 10; are based on the latest management information so are subject to change; and have not been quality assured under national statistics protocols.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">These figures include people who have claimed asylum in the UK (main applicants), who applied on or after 01 October 2006.</ins></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/09/2015 15:09:55 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 12:51:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 21102 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

416400

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with their EU counterparts on the use of the Dublin Convention to remove asylum seekers to the country in which they were first encountered; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	9083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/09/2015 11:24:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

439429

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Harrow West, sent on 25 November 2015, about the immigration applications of Ms Raize Khan, Miss Radia Khan and Miss Aneela Khan; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	20593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office replied to the hon. Member on 18 December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 14:15:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

443458

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Kuwait
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she estimates her Department's investigations into applications for family reunion from Kuwaiti Bidoon people will be concluded; how many such application are outstanding in that category; when the earliest such application under that category that remains outstanding was submitted; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	21679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration is aware of around 380 outstanding applications for Family Reunion from individuals claiming to be the dependent of someone granted refugee status in the UK as a Kuwaiti Bidoon. The oldest application in this cohort where a decision has not yet been taken was submitted on 11 March 2014.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration is committed to concluding these applications as soon as possible. They are complex and require detailed investigation, including consultation with international partners.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/01/2016 17:36:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 38633 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

446383

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	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 illegal immigrants in residence in each constituent region and nation of the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	23254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Government estimates on the number of illegal migrants currently living in the UK by constituent region and nation are not available.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/01/2016 15:41:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 40819 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

454874

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many lorries were (a) routinely searched and (b) searched for illegal immigrants at English ports in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	28262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>Border Force operates a multi-layered search regime using a range of interventions to screen all freight vehicles entering the UK through the juxtaposed ports.</p><p>This includes the use of specialist technologies such as Passive Millimetre Wave Imaging devices, heartbeat monitors and carbon dioxide detectors as well as physical searches by sniffer dogs, Border Force staff and specialist search contractors.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/02/2016 15:59:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas