Tag: David T. C. Davies

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.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether British Transport Police officers based in Wales will continue to be accountable to his Department after the devolution of the rail franchise to the Welsh Assembly.

Paul Maynard

The British Transport Police Authority, which oversees the British Transport Police, includes a member who has knowledge of the interests of persons in Wales and who is appointed following consultation with the National Assembly for Wales. There are no plans to change these accountability arrangements insofar as they relate to policing of the railways in Wales.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he plans to amend the draft Wales Bill to enable the National Assembly for Wales to vary income tax without a referendum.

Stephen Crabb

At Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, my Rt hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Government will remove the need for a referendum to introduce the Welsh Rates of Income Tax. This will be done in the Wales Bill, which will be introduced into Parliament in the New Year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum seekers who have been found to have fraudulently claimed to be under the age of 18 in each of the last 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

Whilst we do hold information on the results of these assessments and whether they were found to be under the age of 18 the way corresponding data is held means that to obtain the data could only be achieved at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-10-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has used the Tempro 7 system to make revised calculations of traffic flows on the proposed M4 relief road.

Mr John Hayes

The assessment of the M4 relief road around Newport is being considered by the Welsh Government.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2015-12-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2015 to Question 17668, if he will collect information on how much has been spent from the public purse on providing legal aid for asylum seekers who wish to purse immigration appeals.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The information is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers claiming to be under the age of 18 have been charged with a criminal offence in the last year; and what proportion of such asylum seekers were subsequently found to have fraudulently claimed to be under the age of 18.

James Brokenshire

The Home Office does not maintain a central record of the requested information and could only provide it at disproportionate cost.