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  • Mr David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mr David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Hanson on 2014-03-24.

    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.

    James Brokenshire

    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.

    In order to align this answer with the method used for collating the data- "Information received from the public" has been interpreted as allegations and "deportation" has been referred to as removals.

    Week

    Arrests

    Prosecutions

    Removals

    Week 01

    15

    –

    10

    Week 02

    75

    –

    30

    Week 03

    35

    –

    15

    Week 04

    65

    –

    20

    Week 05

    60

    –

    20

    Week 06

    55

    –

    20

    Week 07

    75

    –

    30

    Week 08

    65

    –

    20

    Week 09

    60

    –

    25

    Week 10

    60

    –

    25

    Week 11

    75

    –

    25

    Week 12

    75

    –

    30

    Week 13

    45

    –

    20

    Week 14

    55

    *

    30

    Week 15

    55

    –

    30

    Week 16

    80

    –

    40

    Week 17

    90

    –

    55

    Week 18

    120

    *

    55

    Week 19

    145

    75

    Week 20

    95

    –

    50

    Week 21

    80

    *

    40

    Week 22

    85

    *

    35

    Week 23

    85

    5

    40

    Week 24

    90

    –

    45

    Week 25

    115

    –

    50

    Week 26

    215

    5

    95

    Week 27

    120

    –

    50

    Week 28

    155

    *

    65

    Week 29

    145

    –

    60

    Week 30

    100

    –

    35

    Week 31

    120

    *

    30

    Week 32

    80

    –

    20

    Week 33

    125

    –

    40

    Week 34

    85

    –

    25

    Week 35

    80

    –

    25

    Week 36

    90

    –

    25

    Week 37

    75

    –

    20

    Week 38

    75

    –

    20

    Week 39

    90

    –

    30

    Week 40

    75

    –

    20

    Week 41

    95

    –

    35

    Week 42

    80

    –

    15

    Week 43

    105

    –

    35

    Week 44

    55

    –

    20

    Week 45

    125

    –

    30

    Week 46

    120

    –

    20

    Week 47

    100

    –

    20

    Week 48

    95

    –

    5

    Week 49

    75

    –

    5

    Week 50

    95

    –

    5

    Week 51

    85

    –

    *

    Week 52

    20

    –

    –

    Week 53

    10

    –

    –

    Grand Total

    4,535

    15

    1,585

    The number of prosecutions and removals refers directly to the allegations received in that week, but may not have taken place within that timeframe.

  • Mr David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mr David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Hanson on 2014-03-24.

    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.

    James Brokenshire

    Complaints made by, or on behalf of, detainees are managed in accordance with
    Detention Services Order 3/2011. All allegations of serious misconduct are
    referred to the Home Office Professional Standards Unit (PSU) for
    investigation. These include allegations made against staff who work in the
    detention estate or who are engaged in escorting work.

    Data on the number of complaints referred to the PSU is not recorded. Only data
    of those complaints where PSU have agreed to investigate are recorded. The
    number investigated relating to the use of control and restraint during
    enforced removal is detailed below.

    2010 – 42
    2011 – 30
    2012 – 39
    2013 – 19

    These figures are based on management information, which is subject to change,
    and does not form part of our publicised statistics.

  • Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-03-24.

    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.

    Norman Baker

    Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international
    partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private
    sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of
    these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are
    subsequently published on the Gov.uk website:
    http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office

  • Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were placed in local authority care in each of the last 10 years.

    James Brokenshire

    Figures for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASCs) placed in Local Authority care are not available from published statistics.

    In 2012 and 2013 there were 1,125 and 1,174 applications received from UASCs, excluding dependants.

    Figures on a comparable basis are not available for previous years.

    The Home Office publishes statistics on asylum applications from UASCs in tables as_08 and as_08_q (Asylum data tables Volume 2) of the release Immigration Statistics available from:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2013

    This release is available from the Library of the House.

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  • Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children there were in the UK in each of the last 10 years.

    James Brokenshire

    Figures for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASCs) placed in Local Authority care are not available from published statistics.

    In 2012 and 2013 there were 1,125 and 1,174 applications received from UASCs, excluding dependants.

    Figures on a comparable basis are not available for previous years.

    The Home Office publishes statistics on asylum applications from UASCs in tables as_08 and as_08_q (Asylum data tables Volume 2) of the release Immigration Statistics available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2013

    This release is available from the Library of the House.

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  • Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2014-03-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking on the decision to allow the sale and consumption of alcohol in a motorway service area.

    Norman Baker

    The Licensing Act 2003 bans the sale of alcohol at certain motorway service areas but this ban does not extend to all of them. At motorway service areas which are not covered by the Act, the grant of premise licences for the sale of alcohol in any particular case is at present a matter for the local licensing authority.

    The Government included motorway service areas as part of the public consultation on the Alcohol Strategy in 2012/13. The Government’s response to this consultation was published in July 2013 and stated that this issue would be considered further, and it is under active consideration.

  • Mr David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mr David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Hanson on 2014-03-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid for the use of Interpol’s SLTD database in each year since 2010.

    Karen Bradley

    The Home Office accounting systems does not identify separate expenditure on the Interpol’s SLTD database. The information cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.

  • Mr Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mr Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Dominic Raab on 2014-03-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 604W, on EU Justice and Home Affairs, with which countries the EU as a legal personality has concluded co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.

    Karen Bradley

    I refer my Hon. Friend to the response given by the Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington) on 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 70W. In addition, JHA agreements have also been concluded with Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-03-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on sheep rustling.

    Norman Baker

    The Home Office talks to a wide range of partners about rural crime and theft
    of particular commodities. However, we have not recently received any formal
    representations about sheep rustling.

  • Huw Irranca-Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Huw Irranca-Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Huw Irranca-Davies on 2014-03-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether changes in the number of puppies and dogs imported from EU member states since January 2012 are consistent with AHLVA risk assessment in 2010.

    George Eustice

    The quantitative risk assessment carried out prior to harmonisation with the EU pet travel rules in 2012 took into account, amongst other things, a number of variables including increases in the number of pets entering the UK. The risk assessment was published in 2011 and is available here:

    http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/rabies/documents/se0535-rabies-qra.pdf

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