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805179

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action she is taking to increase the number of suspicious activity reports filed from Trust and Companies Service Providers?
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is leading the process of reforming the SARs regime in partnership with the National Crime Agency, wider law enforcement, Government and the reporting sectors. This reform programme will drive up engagement with the reporting sectors, including Trust or Company Service Providers, to improve SAR reporting.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 19/12/2017 12:13:35 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

805234

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Lost Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of the loss of passports or other personal documents sent to the Department in support of visa applications were recorded in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/12/2017 17:32:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

805237

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the fees charged to applicants is attributed to the cost of processing the application for each available type of visa.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes a comprehensive list of all Border, Immigration and Citizenship application fees and unit costs, the details of which can be found via the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/12/2017 17:31:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

805445

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question HL3576, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen families.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has a comprehensive range of policies and measures to strengthen families. These include:Ability to marry and forced marriage prevention policies that directly support healthy couple formation, facilitating civil ceremonies beyond register offices, marriages in accordance with religious beliefs, same sex marriage, data sharing on marriage services, and protection against coercion.</p><p>Birth and marriage registration policies that directly support co-parenting, facilitating both parents being able to acknowledge parental responsibility in a range of scenarios, and which allow children to know both their parents.</p><p>Birth legislation and policy that supports the inclusion of fathers’ details in all birth registrations, as far as practicable. Immigration family policy that helps avoid family breakdown by allowing non-EEA partners, children, parents and adult dependents to join or remain in the UK with a British citizen or person settled in the UK.</p><p>Domestic abuse policy that indirectly helps reduce family breakdown, supporting victims and their families who have suffered abuse, and ensuring perpetrators are dealt with effectively. Until 2020, the Government is providing £100 million of dedicated funding for tackling violence against women and girls, and the number of domestic abuse victims across the country has been steadily falling.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/06/2018 15:29:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

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

804321

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, how much income has been generated from citizenship applications and appeals in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Prior to FY2014/15 citizenship income were grouped under ‘Settlement and Nationality’. They were not reported separately. Figures from FY14/15 are listed below:<br>• FY2016/17 £136.6m Income<br>• FY2015/16 £127m Income<br>• FY2014/15 £93m Income</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 17:10:53 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