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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

423848

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Credit Unions
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 promote the use of credit unions in the work of her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	13515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, my hon. Friend the Member for West Worcestershire (Ms Baldwin), on 2 November 2015, UIN 13524.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/11/2015 16:56:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

424850

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Community Engagement Forum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who has been appointed to the Community Engagement Forum; what criteria were used to make those appointments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	14141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>Individuals are not appointed to the Community Engagement Forum. Attendance at the meetings will rotate to allow ministers to hear directly from a wide range of individuals and groups taking a leading role in challenging extremism as well as sharing thier expertise and initiatives on building stronger community relationships.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/11/2015 15:00:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 27571 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

437188

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what the average waiting time was for checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service to be completed and (b) how long on average the Police National Computer search took in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14, (v) 2014-15 and (vi) 2015-16 to date.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	19688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows, for each year from November 2010 to October 2015, both the average end-to-end turnaround time for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificates and the average time to complete the Police National Computer (PNC) stage.</p><p>The PNC stage has been defined as the time spent in DBS between receipt of an application and – in the case of Enhanced Disclosures – its despatch to local police forces; or – in the case of Standard Disclosures – its assembly for return to the applicant. During this period, DBS conducts a search of the Police National Computer, followed by internal checks to ensure both the accuracy and quality of certificates.</p><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average End to End Turnaround (days)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average PNC Stage Turnaround (days)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-10 to Oct-11</p></td><td><p>16.22</p></td><td><p>1.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-11 to Oct-12</p></td><td><p>10.85</p></td><td><p>2.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-12 to Oct-13</p></td><td><p>10.23</p></td><td><p>1.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13 to Oct-14</p></td><td><p>13.63</p></td><td><p>2.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14 to Oct-15</p></td><td><p>14.28</p></td><td><p>2.86</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/12/2015 17:16:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

437189

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serious fraud cases are under investigation by Merseyside Police Force; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	19689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Information about the number of cases under investigation may be obtainable from the individual force.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/12/2015 17:28:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas