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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/92990/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>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><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td> <\/td><td colspan=\"5\"><strong>Entry clearance visas granted by nationality: Study (Tier 4 and pre-PBS equivalent)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td>(main applicants)<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td><strong>Country of nationality<\/strong><\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>China<\/td><td>62,010<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>United States<\/td><td>13,853<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>India<\/td><td>12,690<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Nigeria<\/td><td>10,753<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Hong Kong<\/td><td>9,644<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Malaysia<\/td><td>8,987<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Thailand<\/td><td>4,863<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Saudi Arabia<\/td><td>4,835<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Russia<\/td><td>4,555<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>Pakistan<\/td><td>4,299<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td>Other nationalities<\/td><td>63,119<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>199,608<\/strong><\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td colspan=\"4\"><em>Source: Table vi_06_q, Visas Volume 3, &quot;Immigration Statistics, April - June 2014&quot;.<\/em><\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td colspan=\"4\"><em>Notes: The figures shown exclude dependants and student visitors. Other nationalities are<\/em><\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p><em>broken down further in the published table.<\/em><\/p><p> <\/p><\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><br><\/p><p>The latest Home Office immigration statistics, including those for entry clearance visas for Tier 4 and pre-PBS equivalents for all individual <br>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><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Answers to Questions 40890, on 15 February 2011 and 43770, on 8 March 2011, how many overseas students from each country were granted visas in 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/61776", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/61776/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar <br>month.<br><br>The data as of 31 December in each year were as follows.<br><br>31 December 2010: 3,700 full-time equivalents<br>31 December 2011: 3,286 full-time equivalents<br>31 December 2012: 3,164 full-time equivalents<br>31 December 2013: 3,333 full-time equivalents<br><br><br>These figures are for permanent civil servants employed by HMPO, including part <br>year appointments and permanent members of staff employed on contracts for nine <br>months of the year. This excludes staff on secondment or loan, and agency and <br>temporary staff - with these staff included, the March 2014 figure is 3,444.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by HM Passport Office on 1 January (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people employed by HM Passport Office were specifically tasked with processing passport applications on 1 January, (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/61778", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/61778/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar <br>month.<br>The table below shows the number of Her Majesty's Passport Office full-time <br>equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.<br>(a) On 31 December 2013: 2,457<br>(b) On 31 January 2014: 2,515<br>(c) On 28 February 2014: 2,559<br>(d) On 31 March 2014: 2,593<br>(e) On 30 April 2014: 2,611<br>(f) On 31 May 2014: 2,629<br><br>Please note, Her Majesty'sPassport Office records migrated to the Department's <br>strategic record system during this period and are subject to enhanced validation <br>checks. Several months in this time series have a variance of +/- 2 FTE.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people employed by  HM Passport Office were specifically tasked with processing passport applications on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February, (c) 1 March, (d) 1 April, (e) 1 May and (f) 1 June 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/61779/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar <br>month.<br>Her Majesty's Passport Office has employed the following numbers of full-time <br>equivalents <br>(FTEs).<br>(a) On 31 December 2013: 3,333<br>(b) On 31 January 2014: 3,390<br>(c) On 28 February 2014: 3,434<br>(d) On 31 March 2014: 3,469<br>(e) On 30 April 2014: 3,489<br>(f) On 31 May 2014: 3,506<br><br>In order to ensure that the data is reported on a consistent basis, figures for <br>April and May figures include 196 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) corporate services<br>staff that transferred to the Home Office on 1 April 2014. This was part of a restructure <br>of the Home Office Corporate Services function. <br><br>Figures are for permanent civil servants employed by Her Majesty's Passport <br>Office, including Part Year Appointments and permanent members of staff <br>employed on contracts for 9 months of the year. This excludes staff on secondment<br>or loan, and agency and temporary staff \u2013 with these staff included, the March 2014<br>figure is 3,444.<br><br>Please note, Her Majesty's Passport Office records migrated to the Department\u2019s <br>strategic record system during this period and are subject to enhanced validation <br>checks. Several months in this time series have a variance of +/- 2 FTE.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by HM Passport Office on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February, (c) 1 March, (d) 1 April, (e) 1 May and (f) 1 June 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/58054/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 1<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>561<\/p><\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>934<\/p><\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>1,741<\/p><\/td><td><p>28<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>1,891<\/p><\/td><td><p>28<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2135<\/p><\/td><td><p>25<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 2<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>984<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>6909<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/58055/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 1<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>561<\/p><\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>934<\/p><\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>1,741<\/p><\/td><td><p>28<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>1,891<\/p><\/td><td><p>28<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2135<\/p><\/td><td><p>25<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 2<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>984<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>6909<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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