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39732

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2014
	date	24/02/2014
	date tabled	24/02/2014
	ddp created	25/02/2014 00:20:32
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:08:15
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	189239
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases were awaiting decision for travel documents on 1 February 2014.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189239
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189239
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>We are unable to provide figures specific to asylum cases awaiting travel <br>documents. This information is only held within paper case files, which would <br>mean this question could only be answered through a disproportionately <br>expensive manual case search.</p><p> </p>
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31448

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/01/2014
	date	07/01/2014
	date tabled	07/01/2014
	ddp created	07/01/2014 22:00:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 00:54:48
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	181673
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-UK EEA nationals had dependants eligible to receive child benefit where the dependant is (a) in the UK and (b) outside the UK on 1 January 2014; and how much has been paid in such a fashion in each of the last three years.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 181673
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	181673
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>HMRC are not able to provide the information in the manner requested. HMRC do not record the nationality of the claimant receiving Child Benefit for children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>Published Child Benefit statistics provide annual estimates of the number of families and children claiming. The latest available (August 2012) show that there were 7.92 million families, responsible for 13.77 million children and qualifying young people receiving Child Benefit.</p><p>The main purpose of Child Benefit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, Child Benefit is a family benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC holds information on the number of Child Benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004. As at 31 December 2013, there were 20,400 ongoing Child Benefit awards under the EC Regulation in respect of 34.268 children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>This is a fall of 3,682 (15.3%) awards in respect of 5,903 (14.7%) fewer children since 31 December 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown by member state is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>*We have withheld the number where it is fewer than 5, as there is risk that the information could be attributed to an identifiable person, which would prejudice their right to privacy and would therefore be a breach of Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country of residence of children</p></td><td><p>Number of awards</p></td><td><p>Number of children</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>789</p></td><td><p>1429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>797</p></td><td><p>1091</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>1215</p></td><td><p>1712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>13174</p></td><td><p>22093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>1231</p></td><td><p>2505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>692</p></td><td><p>1232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>1019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>20400</p></td><td><p>34268</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2014 Budget, to prevent EEA migrants claiming benefits they are not entitled to, the Government will increase compliance checks to establish whether EEA migrants meet the entitlement conditions to receive Child Benefit</p><p> </p><p>Under domestic law, in order to claim Child Benefit EEA Migrants must be present in the UK, ordinarily resident and have a right to reside in the UK and their children must live in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The recent changes to migrants' access to benefits announced by the Government sends a strong message that the UK benefit system is not open to abuse, as well as deterring those who may seek residence in the UK primarily to claim benefits.</p><p>Strengthening compliance checks will help prevent EEA migrants from claiming, and continuing to claim, benefits they are not entitled to. Checks will be applied to both new claims and existing awards.</p><p> </p>
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60715

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:03
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:19:25
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Treasury Solicitor's Department
	house id	1
	identifier	199707
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 16:29:21
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers were employed in the Treasury Solicitor's Department in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199707
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199707
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The figures below give the number of lawyers employed in the Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol), as at 31<sup>st</sup> March each year and to date for 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st May 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>910</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>572</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>565</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>464</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>451</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures given are for permanent staff.</p><p>Since 2010 TSol has been engaged on a process of transferring lawyers from other departments to TSol as part of the the Shared Legal Services Programme. Sharing legal services brings considerable benefits including greater flexibility and resiliance, more efficient deployment of legal resources, more opportunities for savings and improved knowledge sharing, which in turn supports consistency of legal advice across Government.</p><p> </p>
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45164

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/03/2014
	date	26/03/2014
	date tabled	26/03/2014
	ddp created	26/03/2014 21:32:21
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:03:41
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	identifier	194011
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts have been given to Airwave; and what the (a) value and (b) duration is of each such contract.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 194011
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194011
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since January 2011, as part of the Government's transparency programme, details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p> </p>
	creator	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

43485

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/03/2014
	date	17/03/2014
	date tabled	17/03/2014
	ddp created	17/03/2014 22:50:32
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:45:09
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	identifier	192416
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much sugar was purchased for No. 10 Downing Street in 2013.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192416
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192416
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>This information is not held.</p><p> </p>
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49011

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2014
	date	29/04/2014
	date tabled	29/04/2014
	ddp created	29/04/2014 20:41:02
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:02:00
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	identifier	197110
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	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.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197110
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197110
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
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58056

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 00:41:39
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:12:05
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health: Business
	house id	1
	identifier	199066
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/06/2014 15:39:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies that have been asked to report on progress relating to the Responsibility Deal have not yet done so.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199066
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199066
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Reports from Responsibility Deal (RD) partners are published on the RD website as they are submitted and processed, which takes place throughout the year. Full details of the 675 partners signed up to the RD, the pledges they have signed up to and their annual updates are available on the RD website at:</p><p> </p><p>https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/partners/</p><p> </p><p>As at 5 June 2014, more than 70% of expected reports had been submitted for the 2013-14 reporting cycle.</p><p> </p><p>Partners new to the RD (signed up after 1 October 2013) and those signed up to new pledges launched during 2013, were not expected to provide an annual update. Other partners signed up to one or more of the majority of collective pledges were asked to provide an annual update.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The RD reporting cycle does not always map with organisations' cycles (for example clearance at board level) and end of fiscal year is a busy period for most partners. Some updates will also be in a ‘draft' status where they are partly completed by partners and not yet submitted. This means there can be delays, and we expect further submissions over the next few months. Partners can also update their submissions in-year, reporting on further progress made.</p><p> </p>
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49324

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2014
	date	30/04/2014
	date tabled	30/04/2014
	ddp created	30/04/2014 22:50:54
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:13:34
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	197262
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget is allocated to the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197262
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197262
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
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49323

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2014
	date	30/04/2014
	date tabled	30/04/2014
	ddp created	30/04/2014 22:50:54
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:13:30
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	197261
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	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.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197261
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197261
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
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49322

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2014
	date	30/04/2014
	date tabled	30/04/2014
	ddp created	30/04/2014 22:50:54
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:13:26
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	identifier	197260
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/05/2014 12:00:00
	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.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197260
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197260
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
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