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791016

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to verify the TOEIC system for visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Education Testing System (ETS) TOEIC test was admitted to the list of approved test providers following a project to produce a new list of English language test providers. The project was launched on 9 December 2010 and ran until 31 January 2011. The criteria for inclusion on the list was published on the UK Border Agency website on 9 December 2010, and is available on the National Archives at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110413094211/http:/www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/esol-providers/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110413094211/http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/esol-providers/</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:57:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

791017

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) internal investigations, (b) court fees and (c) deportation in cases involving TOEIC students.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is unavailable because Home Office data systems are unable to disaggregate costs in line with the categories in the question.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:56:42 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

791030

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have had their claims certified in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of certified refusals for applications made by Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in tables as_09 and as_09_q of immigration statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:55:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

791031

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children who have had their claim certified have subsequently been removed from the UK in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of certified refusals for applications made by Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in tables as_09 and as_09_q of immigration statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>However, the number of those who are refused and certified, who are then removed from the UK is not recorded in a reportable format. Statistics on general asylum and non-asylum removals are available in table 02 of Immigration Statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:55:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

789915

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of police staff who will be working in the new online hate-crime hub in 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>It is initially planned for the national online hate crime hub to be staffed by four specialist police officers and staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/11/2017 17:27:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789961

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Serious Fraud Office has requested beneficial ownership information from each register of beneficial ownership from the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies since 1 July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	113406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The SFO does request information from the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies as well as other overseas partners in relation to its ongoing investigations. However, for operational reasons the SFO does not provide details of such requests as it could prejudice the conduct of those investigations.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/11/2017 11:48:49 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

789968

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111398, on Working Tax Credit: Denton and Reddish, if he will make it his policy to collect information on working tax credits at a constituency level.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on personal tax credits, including those entitled to working tax credits, is produced at constituency level and published in Table 3 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>This includes information on tax credit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/11/2017 11:42:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

790054

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Horticulture: Peat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase the use of peat replacement products for professional and amateur horticulture.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	113240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuing to work with the industry to make the transition to peat alternatives and to overcome the barriers to their use. For example, we are jointly funding research with the industry, which includes commercial scale demonstration trials, to overcome barriers to peat replacement in professional horticulture. We have also worked with the industry to develop a Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media which allows manufacturers and retailers to make informed choices on growing media inputs to amateur/retail products, based on environmental and social impacts. We are continuing to support the industry as they put this scheme into practice.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/11/2017 16:42:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

790115

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
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 immigration applications made via the premium service at UK Visas and Immigration have been completed within the service standard time in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>UKVI transparency data provides details of how the Premium Service Centres perform against that service standard.</p><p> </p><p>Links to the most recent available quarterly data are provided here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2016</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-may-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-may-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The data in table InC07 is the closest match to the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:57:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

790122

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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: Correspondence
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 UK Visas and Immigration enquiries received from hon. Members have been answered within (a) four, (b) eight and (c) 10 weeks in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on the timeliness of responses to hon. Members is published by UK Visas and Immigration as part of the quarterly transparency data. The most recent data can be found here -</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>UKVI does not publish data in the four, eight and ten week format requested.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:56:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft