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44784

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the (a) Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa route and (b) Tier 1 (Investor) visa route on economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	193286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) advises the Government on economic issues relating to migration.<br><br>On 1 July 2013 the MAC published a &quot;Report on the economic and labour market impacts of tier 1 entrepreneur and investor migrants to the UK&quot; which it had commissioned from the Migration Observatory. The report made a number of findings, although it concluded that it was too early to make a full assessment of the economic contribution of the two routes without further research. The report is available on the gov.uk website at:<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-and-labour-market-impacts-tier-1-entrepreneur-and-investor-migrants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-and-labour-market-impacts-tier-1-entrepreneur-and-investor-migrants</a><br><br>More recently, on 25 February 2014 the MAC published its own report, &quot;Tier 1 (Investor) route: investment thresholds and economic benefits&quot; in response to a Government commission. The MAC concluded that the direct investment required by the route is of little or no benefit, but there is some benefit from indirect spending by investors and their families in the UK (although this is difficult to quantify). The report is available on the gov.uk website at:<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-investment-limits-and-economic-benefits-of-the-tier-1-investor-route-feb-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-investment-limits-and-economic-benefits-of-the-tier-1-investor-route-feb-2014</a><br><br>The Government keeps all routes under review and is currently considering its response to the MAC's report on the Tier 1 (Investor) route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

44789

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the retail sector about measures that could be taken by shops selling alcohol to reduce the incidence of binge-drinking.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international <br>partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private <br>sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of <br>these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are <br>subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <br>http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

44790

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 misconduct complaints related to the use of control and restraint during enforced removal were referred to the Professional Standards Unit in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Complaints made by, or on behalf of, detainees are managed in accordance with <br>Detention Services Order 3/2011. All allegations of serious misconduct are <br>referred to the Home Office Professional Standards Unit (PSU) for <br>investigation. These include allegations made against staff who work in the <br>detention estate or who are engaged in escorting work.<br><br>Data on the number of complaints referred to the PSU is not recorded. Only data <br>of those complaints where PSU have agreed to investigate are recorded. The <br>number investigated relating to the use of control and restraint during <br>enforced removal is detailed below.<br><br>2010 – 42 <br>2011 – 30<br>2012 – 39<br>2013 – 19 <br><br>These figures are based on management information, which is subject to change, <br>and does not form part of our publicised statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

44791

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for immigration offences as a result of information received from the public in each week in 2013; and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) deportation.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table outlines the number of arrests made for immigration offences as a result of allegations received from the public in each week in 2013 and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) removal.<br><br>In order to align this answer with the method used for collating the data- &quot;Information received from the public&quot; has been interpreted as allegations and &quot;deportation&quot; has been referred to as removals.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Arrests</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Removals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 01</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 02</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 03</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 04</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 05</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 06</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 07</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 08</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 09</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 11</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 12</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 13</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 14</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 15</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 16</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 17</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 18</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 19</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td> </td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 20</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 21</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 22</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 23</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 24</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 25</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 26</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 27</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 28</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 29</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 30</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 31</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 32</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 33</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 34</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 35</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 36</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 37</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 38</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 39</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 40</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 41</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 42</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 43</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 44</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 45</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 46</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 47</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 48</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 49</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 50</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 51</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 52</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Week 53</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>4,535</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>1,585</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of prosecutions and removals refers directly to the allegations received in that week, but may not have taken place within that timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

44792

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Refugee Council, When Maternity Doesn't Matter, what steps her Department has taken to reform the dispersal policy of the former UK Border Agency.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	193461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The report covers procedures for accommodating pregnant asylum seekers who are destitute. The Home Office has been consulting about changes to these procedures and is considering some detailed suggestions by the Refugee Council and Maternity Action. Once that is completed we will move towards finalising and publishing revised guidance on the procedures.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

44793

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was between a deportation order being made on a foreign national offender and their deportation in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The average length of time between a deportation order being made on a foreign <br>national offender and their deportation in each year since 2010 is as follows: <br>143 days in 2010, 148 days in 2011, 174 days in 2012 and 187 days in 2013. <br><br>The increase in average time taken is driven mainly by serving more deportation <br>orders earlier in the process, sometimes up to 27 months before sentence end <br>date, to enable removal to take place as early as possible within the Early <br>Removal Scheme (ERS) period. The by-product of starting the deportation process <br>earlier is that we have to wait longer to enforce a person's removal, which <br>artificially inflates the view on the average time taken to deport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

44794

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed removals of foreign national offenders there were in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	193474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>I will write to the Rt. hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

44795

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many fire alarms have sounded in Portcullis House in the last 12 months; on how many of these occasions the London Fire Brigade arrived to attend a fire; and on how many of these occasions the London Fire Brigade discovered a fire.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	193305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>There have been three fire alarms resulting in evacuations from Portcullis House in the last 12 months. One of these alarms, on 24<sup>th </sup>March 2014, led to the attendance of the London Fire Brigade. On this occasion the alarm was triggered by a heat detector following the overheating of a grill in the Lower Ground Kitchens as well as the triggering of a manual call point. No fire was discovered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

44812

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2013, Official Report, column 772W, on Judicial Review, what further assessment has been made of the reasons for the increase in the number of applications for judicial review.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	193293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The use of judicial review more than tripled between 2000 and 2013, from around 4,300 applications to around 15,700. The increase has been driven mainly by immigration and asylum cases but civil judicial reviews have increased by around 27% over the same period, from 1,745 in 2000 to 2,210 in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 only around 1,400 of 7,600 applications considered for permission, including at an oral renewal, were granted permission to proceed to a final hearing. Between 1 October 2012 and 31 December 2013 around 30% of judicial reviews which reached the permission stage or oral renewal were found to be totally without merit.</p><p> </p><p>The governemnt is determined to improve the judicial review process. The rationale for the Government's reforms is set out in ‘Judicial review: further proposals for reform – the Government response' (<a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review</a>). The Government is determined to improve the judicial review process so that it is not open to abuse and arguable cases can proceed quickly to final resolution.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that judicial review is, and will remain, an important means to ensure the actions of Government and other bodies are lawful.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

44813

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons Worksop Courthouse is planned to close.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	193281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to close the courthouse at Worksop. A consultation is currently underway on potential changes to listing arrangements at Worksop Magistrates' Court. The consultation commenced on 19 March 2014 and closes on 30 April 2014 and all responses will be taken into account before any decision is made.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann