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61309

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
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 applied to the UK Embassy in Dublin for British Passports between 2011 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Home Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2014 13:16:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1292 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

61310

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Belfast
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will urgently increase the number of personnel working in the Belfast Passport Office.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office is identifying staff who could be temporarily redeployed to <br>work with HM Passport Office during this very busy period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2014 13:16:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1284 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

61338

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to speed up claims by asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	200219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Claims for asylum are increasing. In 2013 the number of asylum applications <br>within the EU was the highest it has been since 2002. The UK has experienced an increase <br>of 30% between 2010 and 2013 – with an 8% increase between 2012 and 2013 alone.<br><br>We are committed to resolving these quickly, while continuing to improve <br>the quality of our decision making, and we are making changes to our processes <br>and management to make sure we do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2014 11:26:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

61356

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Newport
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 saved for the Exchequer by closing the Passport Office in Newport.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	200286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office has not closed its office in Newport. There is <br>an office in Newport providing counter fast track and premium services, <br>interviews for first time adult applicants and the Customer Contact Centre.<br><br>During 2011-12 as part of a wider operations restructuring, postal passport <br>application processing ceased in Newport and the office was relocated. It is <br>estimated that this reduced operational costs by around £2.6 million per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2014 13:37:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1293 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

61357

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the recently employed additional staff in passport offices are estimated to cost.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	200287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office have been training and redeploying staff from <br>other duties within the Agency, from other parts of the wider Home Office, and <br>in the case of one individual another Government department, to meet the <br>exceptional levels of passport demand. There will be some additional costs <br>relating to staff where they will be temporarily working away from their normal <br>workplace and where overtime is worked by staff from other parts of the <br>Department. At this time it is not possible to put a reliable estimate on <br>these additional costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2014 14:11:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 1295 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

61373

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council has spent per head of population in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	200247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Arts Council England (ACE) makes its funding decisions independently of Government and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE:</p><p> </p><p>Value of ACE awards to applicants resident in ASHFIELD Constituency 2009 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Decision Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Awards</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Per-Capita*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£9,706</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£9,712</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£13,500</p></td><td><p>£0.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* based on Mid-2011 population estimate (ONS) 101,914.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, ACE made two other awards totalling £3.8m from which Ashfield can benefit</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2014 11:04:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 1530 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

61378

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department did not provide an ICT hosting environment for Capita on time for the Recruiting Partnering Project.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	200298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A number of factors contributed to the problems experienced with the Information Communication Technology hosting environment provided for Capita. I refer the hon. Member to the Secretary of State for Defence's (Philip Hammond) response to an Urgent Question from the hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) on 14 January 2014 (Official Report, column 715).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 14:59:39 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 200298.doc title Hansard Extract 14 January 2014 previous answer version 3504 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

61380

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military or civilian personnel in his Department of what rank or grade have been reprimanded for failing to deliver an ICT hosting environment for Capita as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	200299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No personnel have been reprimanded in connection with the delivery of the Recruiting Partnering Project.<br><br>An ICT hosting platform is being provided for Capita.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 14:31:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 3505 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

61381

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate (a) the savings generated by each branch of the armed forces having separate recruiting programmes and (b) the annual cost of each such programme.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	200295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Each branch of the Armed Forces has a distinctive brand that needs to be marketed separately in order to attract the best candidates. <br><br>Capturing the cost of recruiting across the Armed Forces is a complex and resource-intensive task. For financial year (FY) 2010-11, when both the recruitment budget and recruitment targets were below normal levels, these calculations were not carried out. The costs of recruiting programmes for FYs 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are set out in the following table. The cost of recruiting in FY 2013-14 will be available in early 2015.<br><br></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Financial Year</strong></td><td><strong>Royal Navy (£)</strong></td><td><strong>Army (£)</strong></td><td><strong>RAF (£)</strong></td><td><strong>Total (£)</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009-10</td><td>41,475,281</td><td>138,743,300</td><td>51,298,179</td><td>231,516,760</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>32,017,364</td><td>134,595,989</td><td>38,702,993</td><td>205,316,346</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>33,228,059</td><td>122,756,649</td><td>35,430,723</td><td>191,415,431</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As reductions have been made to force levels recruitment levels have been adjusted but not stopped as the Services are required to keep recruiting to maintain the right skills.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 15:43:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 3509 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

61382

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse to date is of the Recruiting and Partnering Project.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	200320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The cost of the Recruiting &amp; Partnering Project to date (for the three years from March 2011-2014) is around £300 million. This figure includes the costs of the service provider, CAPITA and costs to the Ministry of Defence such as military and civilian manpower, Information Communication Technology provision and infrastructure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 14:32:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 3507 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson