Tag: David T. C. Davies

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-02-19.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount of funding the European Court of Auditors has recorded as having been misspent in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Mr David Gauke

The European Court of Auditors prepares an annual audit report on the EU Budget which is published each year in November in relation to the previous EU financial year, running from January to December. This includes an estimated ‘error rate’ in relation to EU budget payments made which were not in compliance with EU regulatory requirements.

The latest audit report available, published in November 2015, relates to the financial year 2014.

The 2014 report can be consulted at the following link:

http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/annualreports-2014/annualreports-2014-EN.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for spouse visas to marry a UK citizen from (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Bangladesh, (d) Nigeria, (e) Australia, (f) New Zealand and (g) Jamaica in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2015-11-05.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid from the public purse in backdated guardian’s allowance to people who have been granted leave in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs does not hold the requested information.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the Austrian government on a person suspected of rape in Linz, Austria, who is now resident in the UK.

Mr David Lidington

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not received any representations from the Austrian government on this alleged case.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported to (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) China, (d) Nigeria, (e) Uganda and (f) Iran in the latest period for which figures are available.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The term ‘deportations’ refers to a legal definition of a specific set of returns. Deportations are a specific subset of returns which are enforced either following a criminal conviction or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. The deportation order prohibits the person returning to the UK until such time as it may be revoked.

Published information on those deported is not separately available. As such, the question has been interpreted as referring to enforced returns. In an enforced return, it has been established that a person has breached UK immigration laws and / or has no valid leave to remain in the UK. They have declined to leave voluntarily and the Home Office enforces their departure from the UK.

Statistics on persons returned from the UK is published in the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics. The latest edition, Immigration Statistics: April to June 2016 is available from GOV.UK on the statistics web pages at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2015-11-05.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who have been granted refugee leave claimed backdated guardian’s allowance in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs do not hold the requested information.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who claim to be under the age of 18 have undergone independent testing to determine their age in each of the last three years.

James Brokenshire

We publish statistics on cases where the claimant’s age has been disputed and a formal age assessment has been carried out. The table below shows the number of cases in each of the last 3 years.

Asylum Claims by Year with a disputed age
Year of Claim	Totals
2012	337
2013	323
2014	318

Data is taken from published statistics

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many government-owned goods vehicle test stations are based in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland.

Andrew Jones

The number of government-owned (freehold) goods vehicle test stations are as follows;

(a) 40 in England (b) 3 in Wales and (c) 12 in Scotland.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on providing legal aid for asylum seekers who wish to pursue immigration appeals in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The Ministry of Justice cannot separately report on legal aid specifically awarded to asylum seekers. This information is not recorded, as it is not relevant to the administration of the legal aid scheme.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were suspected of making fraudulent claims to be under the age of 18 in the last 12 months.

James Brokenshire

We publish statistics where the claimant’s age has been disputed and a formal age assessment has been carried out. In the twelve months to September 2015 there were 590 such cases. Data is taken from published statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum

The results of these assessments and the Home Office’s eventual finding as to age are recorded on the immigration casework database but this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.