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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Sri Lankans (1) applied for asylum, and (2) had applications approved in each year since 2008, broken down by ethnicity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals were granted in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1251", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Naseby"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/897101", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/897101/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>All EU member states are bound by EU Procurement Directives, and companies within the member states would have the opportunity to bid for the work as and when the government puts it out to tender.<\/p><p>If the service is available from a state owned company, then an exemption to running a tender with private companies applies. There is no state owned UK passport company, and therefore this exemption does not apply. It is not for the UK Government to comment on whether France, Germany, Italy or Spain has opted to apply for such an exemption.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 12 April (HL6775) stating that \"all opportunities to supply passports or their components for EU governments must comply with the EU Procurement Directives\", whether (1) France, (2) Germany, (3) Italy, and (4) Spain, are exempt from those directives.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1251", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Naseby"}
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      ], "uin" : "HL7525"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/897102", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/897102/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The contract for passport design, manufacture and personalisation services was signed between the Home Office and Gemalto UK Ltd on 18 April 2018.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-05-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Passports"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the contract to appoint Gemalto to provide the new passport has been signed; and if not, when they anticipate that it will be signed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1251", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Naseby"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/897103", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/897103/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We do not agree with any suggestion that the new passport contract will generate a net loss.<\/p><p>The new passport contract is worth approximately £260 million. This is considerably lower than the current contract that was valued at £400 million when it was awarded in 2009.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-05-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Passports"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, in relation to the new passport contract, whether the estimated figures supplied by Lord Naseby to the Prime Minister's Office, demonstrating a net loss of approximately £36 million rather than a saving of £120 million, were considered or evaluated.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1251", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Naseby"}
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      ], "uin" : "HL7527"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/897104/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There is no requirement for large scale procurements to assess tax revenue impacts, other than to ensure bidders are tax compliant.<\/p><p>The new contract for design, manufacture and personalisation of the UK passport is worth approximately £260 million. This will deliver significant savings to passport customers and the UK tax payer when compared to the £400 million contract that was awarded in 2009.<\/p><p>The incumbent will continue to provide these passport services for at least another 18 months, and have publicly stated that they will bid for other work to help protect jobs after the current passport contract ends. Gemalto has also stated it expects to create up to 70 jobs in the UK across two locations.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, in relation to the new passport contract, when the original statement of the £120 million saving was made; and whether that figure included the anticipated adverse impact arising from the loss of UK taxes and increased costs from probable unemployment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1251", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Naseby"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874601", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874601/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Encryption technology used in the UK passport is owned by Her Majesty\u2019s Government, and is not the responsibility of the passport manufacturer.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, in relation to the new passport contract, what discussions the Home Office held with GCHQ on ensuring that Gemalto chips are protected from the risk of being reprogrammed with a Trojan virus.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1251", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Naseby"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Naseby"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874602", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions were held with the team of British export envoys concerning the new passport contract in respect of the likely impact on their role in promoting UK companies of issuing that contract to a French company in preference to a UK company.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1251", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Naseby"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/867253/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and initial decisions, broken down by nationality, in the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics<\/em> publication. The latest figures, up until 2017, are available at the following link:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017<\/a><\/p><p>Table as_01 (asylum tables, vol. 1) contains the number of asylum applications, from main applicants, and initial decisions each year, broken down by nationality.<\/p><p>Data in table as_01 relate to initial decisions only. The number of \u2018successful\u2019 applications will increase when taking into account those granted after appeal. Table as_06 shows the number of decisions in a given year that have led to an appeal, by appeal outcome. Data in this table are not directly comparable over time as more recent years will have a high number of cases where a final decision has not yet been made.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Country of nationality<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong> Total <\/strong> <strong>applications <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong> Total initial decisions <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong> Total grants <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong> Percentage granted <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>988<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>936<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>124<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>13%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,473<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>874<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>206<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>24%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,115<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,251<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>190<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>15%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,357<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,612<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>228<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>14%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,756<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,604<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>323<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>20%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,744<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,384<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>333<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>24%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,811<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,287<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>262<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>20%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,292<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,217<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>157<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>13%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>961<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,537<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>179<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>12%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>845<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>731<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>44<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>6%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>Sri Lanka<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>687<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>649<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>49<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>8%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><ol><li>Grants include grants of asylum, discretionary leave, humanitarian protection, and grants under family and private life rules.<\/li><\/ol><p>2. Decisions made in a given year does not necessarily relate to the number of applications in the same year. Applications are based on the date of application and decisions are based on the date of initial decision.<\/p>"}
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