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The Home Office and the security and intelligence agencies work closely with international counterparts to tackle threats to the UK. In doing so, full account of our domestic and international legal obligations is taken.<\/p>

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The total number of communications data items processed by the Home Office each year since the enactment of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 is set out in the table below.<\/p>

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Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Number of requests processed<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2002<\/p><\/td>

53<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2003<\/p><\/td>

751<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004<\/p><\/td>

360<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005<\/p><\/td>

1373<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006<\/p><\/td>

1078<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007<\/p><\/td>

1220<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008<\/p><\/td>

1028<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009 (Apr-Dec only)<\/p><\/td>

796<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010<\/p><\/td>

2813<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011<\/p><\/td>

4032<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/p><\/td>

5020<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/p><\/td>

6056<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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The operational directorates of the Home Office obtain communications data for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime as part of immigration and border functions as well as in anti-corruption investigations. In addition, it obtains the data in the interests of public safety and to prevent the escape of lawfully detained persons from the immigration detention estate.

The figures for 2000 to 2008 represent the total number of communications data applications per year, rather than those that were
approved, resulting in requests for communications data being made. Some of these applications were ultimately withdrawn, rejected by the designated person or cancelled before the data was acquired from the service provider. Figures for 2009 are only available for April to December of that year.

Figures from 2010 to 2013 represent the number of communications data items that were applied for, authorised and obtained from service providers.<\/p>

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The available information relates to entry clearance visas granted in Tier 4 and pre-Points Based System (PBS) equivalents and is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics. The information is given in the table below.<\/p>

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<\/td>Entry clearance visas granted by nationality: Study (Tier 4 and pre-PBS equivalent)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>(main applicants)<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Country of nationality<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>China<\/td>62,010<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>United States<\/td>13,853<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>India<\/td>12,690<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Nigeria<\/td>10,753<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Hong Kong<\/td>9,644<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Malaysia<\/td>8,987<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Thailand<\/td>4,863<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Saudi Arabia<\/td>4,835<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Russia<\/td>4,555<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Pakistan<\/td>4,299<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Other nationalities<\/td>63,119<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Total<\/strong><\/td>199,608<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Source: Table vi_06_q, Visas Volume 3, "Immigration Statistics, April - June 2014".<\/em><\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Notes: The figures shown exclude dependants and student visitors. Other nationalities are<\/em><\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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broken down further in the published table.<\/em><\/p>

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The latest Home Office immigration statistics, including those for entry clearance visas for Tier 4 and pre-PBS equivalents for all individual
nationalities, are published in the release Immigration Statistics April \u2013 June 2014, table vi_06_q_s (Visas Volume 3), which is available from the Library of the House and on the Department\u2019s website at:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release<\/p>

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Consultancy expenditure incurred by the Home Department and its agencies is
published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, copies of
which are held in the House library. The figures from each year's report are
shown in the table below.<\/p>

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The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month.

The data as of 31 December in each year were as follows.

31 December 2010: 3,700 full-time equivalents
31 December 2011: 3,286 full-time equivalents
31 December 2012: 3,164 full-time equivalents
31 December 2013: 3,333 full-time equivalents


These figures are for permanent civil servants employed by HMPO, including part
year appointments and permanent members of staff employed on contracts for nine
months of the year. This excludes staff on secondment or loan, and agency and
temporary staff - with these staff included, the March 2014 figure is 3,444.<\/p>

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The table below shows the number of Her Majesty's Passport Office full-time
equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.

The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month. We have therefore provided the data as of 31 December of each year.

(a) 2011: 2,360
(b) 2012: 2,265
(c) 2013: 2,457

Due to the limitations of the HR management system used prior to December 2010,
it is not possible to provide reliable management information below top level
for any periods prior to that date.<\/p>

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The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month.
The table below shows the number of Her Majesty's Passport Office full-time
equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.
(a) On 31 December 2013: 2,457
(b) On 31 January 2014: 2,515
(c) On 28 February 2014: 2,559
(d) On 31 March 2014: 2,593
(e) On 30 April 2014: 2,611
(f) On 31 May 2014: 2,629

Please note, Her Majesty'sPassport Office records migrated to the Department's
strategic record system during this period and are subject to enhanced validation
checks. Several months in this time series have a variance of +/- 2 FTE.<\/p>

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The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month.
Her Majesty's Passport Office has employed the following numbers of full-time
equivalents
(FTEs).
(a) On 31 December 2013: 3,333
(b) On 31 January 2014: 3,390
(c) On 28 February 2014: 3,434
(d) On 31 March 2014: 3,469
(e) On 30 April 2014: 3,489
(f) On 31 May 2014: 3,506

In order to ensure that the data is reported on a consistent basis, figures for
April and May figures include 196 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) corporate services
staff that transferred to the Home Office on 1 April 2014. This was part of a restructure
of the Home Office Corporate Services function.

Figures are for permanent civil servants employed by Her Majesty's Passport
Office, including Part Year Appointments and permanent members of staff
employed on contracts for 9 months of the year. This excludes staff on secondment
or loan, and agency and temporary staff \u2013 with these staff included, the March 2014
figure is 3,444.

Please note, Her Majesty's Passport Office records migrated to the Department\u2019s
strategic record system during this period and are subject to enhanced validation
checks. Several months in this time series have a variance of +/- 2 FTE.<\/p>

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Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on
registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have
reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham
being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the
number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex
marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating
to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.



The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from
the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we
have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set
out in Table 2.
These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham
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Number of section 24/24A reports <\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Of which refer civil partnerships<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

561<\/p><\/td>

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2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

934<\/p><\/td>

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2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,741<\/p><\/td>

28<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,891<\/p><\/td>

28<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2135<\/p><\/td>

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Table 2<\/p>

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Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012 (from 30 September)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

984<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

6909<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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