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804277

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gun Sports: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from people with disabilities who participate in recreational shooting to her Department's consultation on prohibiting .50 calibre and VZ58MARS firearms.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	118478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation on new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons closed on 9 December 2017. We received a number of responses in relation to disabilities and the use of firearms. We are considering the responses received and the Government will publish a response to the consultation in early 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/12/2017 15:35:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

804283

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's timetable is for implementing the recommendations of the Human Trafficking Foundation's Trafficking Survivor Care Standards, published in June 2015, for shelters caring for victims of modern day slavery in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	118492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The recent announcements on National Referral Mechanism (NRM) reform indicate the Government’s commitment to markedly improve the identification of, and support provided to, victims of modern slavery. This includes the adoption of the Human Trafficking Foundation’s Trafficking Survivor Care Standards as a minimum standard of victim support in all future contracts providing support to adult victims of modern slavery.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with key stakeholders to ensure the standards reflect current best practice and to look at options for monitoring compliance. These will then be incorporated into the retendering of the Victim Care Contract in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/12/2017 16:09:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

804318

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income has been generated from visa and immigration applications and appeals in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on visa and immigration income is published annually in The Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. Refer to links below for the last 10 years figures.</p><p><strong>FY2016/17 - page 117</strong>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2015/16 - page 134</strong>:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2014/15 – page 126</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2013/14 – page 111</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2012/13 – page 133</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2011/12 – page 136</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2010/11 – page 115-116</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2009/10 – page 70-71</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247694/0193.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247694/0193.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2008/09 – page 58-59</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/250601/0466.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/250601/0466.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2007/08 – page 58-59</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/231192/0868.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/231192/0868.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/12/2017 16:09:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

804320

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of citizenship applications her Department has refused in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Information is published on the number and proportion of decisions to refuse British citizenship in the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, July – September 2017, Citizenship table cz_01 available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#citizenship</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/12/2017 16:10:26 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

804322

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of permanent residence documents have been refused in each of the last 10 years; and what income was generated from those applications in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of decisions and refusals in each of the last 10 years relating to requests for documents certifying permanent residence (EEA nationals) and for permanent residence cards (non-EEA family members) is published in Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, July – September 2017, EEA table ee_02 available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number and percentage of refusals.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Issue and refusal of permanent residence documentation to EEA nationals and non-EEA family members</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Documents certifying permanent residence and permanent residence cards - <br> issued</p></td><td><p>Documents certifying permanent residence and permanent residence cards - <br> refused</p></td><td><p>Documents certifying permanent residence and permanent residence cards - invalid application</p></td><td><p>Refusals as a proportion of total issues and refusals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>7,641</p></td><td><p>1,455</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>4,080</p></td><td><p>1,095</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>11,441</p></td><td><p>1,809</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>20,306</p></td><td><p>4,116</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>21,159</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p>5,222</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15,259</p></td><td><p>2,437</p></td><td><p>9,568</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>22,479</p></td><td><p>13,204</p></td><td><p>2,393</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19,749</p></td><td><p>6,935</p></td><td><p>3,022</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>18,064</p></td><td><p>5,984</p></td><td><p>3,223</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>65,068</p></td><td><p>19,064</p></td><td><p>7,727</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Home Office, Migration Border Analysis.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Immigration Statistics July to September 2017, table ee_02.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Invalid applications are those rejected prior to substantive consideration.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Z – Not applicable.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on immigration income is published annually in The Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. Refer to links below for the last 10 years figures.</p><p><strong>FY2016/17 - page 117</strong>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2015/16 - page 134</strong>:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2014/15 – page 126</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2013/14 – page 111</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2012/13 – page 133</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2011/12 – page 136</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2010/11 – page 115-116</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2009/10 – page 70-71</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247694/0193.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247694/0193.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2008/09 – page 58-59</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/250601/0466.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/250601/0466.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2007/08 – page 58-59</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/231192/0868.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/231192/0868.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/12/2017 16:12:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

804323

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent residence requests by non-UK EU citizens have been refused in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number decisions to refuse requests made by EU nationals in each of the last 10 years for documents certifying permanent residence is published in Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, July – September 2017, EEA table ee_02 available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Issue and refusal of permanent residence documentation to EU nationals</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Documents certifying permanent residence - <br> issued</p></td><td><p>Documents certifying permanent residence - <br> refused</p></td><td><p>Documents certifying permanent residence - invalid application</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>5,312</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>z</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>6,692</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>Z</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>5,433</p></td><td><p>877</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>3,944</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,758</p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>6,042</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>9,449</p></td><td><p>1,538</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>11,688</p></td><td><p>727</p></td><td><p>3,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>8,534</p></td><td><p>1,061</p></td><td><p>6,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14,481</p></td><td><p>9,311</p></td><td><p>1,849</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9,744</p></td><td><p>3,516</p></td><td><p>1,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>9,537</p></td><td><p>2,649</p></td><td><p>1,645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>53,150</p></td><td><p>13,228</p></td><td><p>6,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Home Office, Migration Border Analysis.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Immigration Statistics July to September 2017, table ee_02.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Invalid applications are those rejected prior to substantive consideration.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Z – Not applicable.</p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/12/2017 16:14:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

804384

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were on immigration bail absconded in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) to date in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	118558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information you have requested in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 118556 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:13:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

804385

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who absconded after being granted immigration bail were subsequently located in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) to date in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	118556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information you have requested in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 118558 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:13:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

804387

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were held in immigration detention on 1 December 2017; and in which centres those people were being held.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	118552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Data on people held in immigration detention, broken down by place of detention, are published as at the last day of each quarter. Figures for 31 December 2017 will be released on 22 February 2018. The latest published figures for 30 September 2017 may be found in table dt_12_q of the detention tables in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics, July to September 2017’, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662536/detention-jul-sep-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662536/detention-jul-sep-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/12/2017 16:10:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

804389

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force officials were employed by UK Visas and Immigration on 1 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	118548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly reviews its capacity plans and resources and redeploys staff where necessary to help meet and maintain service standards for individual services or routes.</p><p> </p><p>However to provide the number of officials usually employed full time by Border Force who were working for UK Visas and Immigration as at 1<sup>st</sup> December 2017 would require a manual check through resourcing databases, and would encounter disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/12/2017 16:10:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz