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Immigration (Communications)
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) (i) letters and (ii) emails were sent and (b) telephone calls were made by each hon. Member and their staff to (A) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and (B) the Minister for Immigration in the 12 months to 31 October 2006, ranked in descending order of total number of representations made; how many received a substantive reply in each case; and if he will make a statement. [99388]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Immigration (Departmental Employees)
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal immigrants have been discovered to be employed by his Department in each year since 2001; in what capacities they were employed; how many were discovered as part of a criminal investigation; what the nature was of the charges brought against them; how many claimed asylum; how many were deported; how many remain in the country; from which countries they originated; and if he will make a statement. [73952]
Mr. Byrne: The Home Office currently employs over 70,000 people.
Information is not held centrally on the numbers of illegal immigrants discovered to be employed by the Home Department since 2001 and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Immigration (Detainees)
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-criminal prisoners are currently detained under the Immigration Act 1971, broken down by the number of weeks they have been detained following the completion of their sentence. [91073]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 13 September 2006]: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained under immigration legislation powers without a time limit or a requirement for judicial sanction in each of the last five years. [100063]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what bonus payments were made to officials in the Immigration and Nationality Department in each of the last five years. [97196]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 26 October 2006]: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have (a) received disciplinary warnings and (b) been dismissed since 1999, broken down by offence. [73667]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the complaints made against Immigration and Nationality Directorate staff in Lunar House, Croydon since 14 March; and how many of those complaints resulted in (a) an investigation and (b) disciplinary action. [73701]
John Reid: I will write to the right hon. Member with the information requested.
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were made by (a) applicants and (b) colleagues against Immigration and Nationality Directorate staff in (i) Lunar House, Croydon, and (ii) other IND offices in each year since 1997; and how many of those complaints concerned behaviour of a sexual nature in each year. [73702]
John Reid: I will write to the right hon. Member with the information requested.
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employees of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have (a) resigned and (b) been sacked due to allegations of impropriety in each of the last three years. [76193]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to my right hon. Friend with the information requested.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many internal investigations into staff conduct have been carried out by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last five years; and what the outcome was in each case. [88491]
John Reid: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of applicant files were lost by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three years. [93440]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people employed (a) directly and (b) indirectly by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have been (i) dismissed and (ii) disciplined for (A) breaches of conduct, (B) improper behaviour and (C) corruption since 1 May. [97337]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether (a) criminal charges and (b) disciplinary action have been brought against any Immigration and Nationality Directorate staff in relation to claims made by James Dawute. [97439]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether criminal charges have been brought against James Dawute in respect of incidents while he was a chief immigration officer. [97453]
Mr. Byrne: A criminal investigation carried out by the Police and the IND Security and Anti-Corruption Unit is ongoing.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department undertook an investigation into James Dawute's (a) immigration status, (b) appointment and (c) subsequent promotion within the Department. [98389]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Immigration Service
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his oral statement of 25 July 2006, on the Immigration Service, Official Report, columns 735-752, how many failed asylum seekers he expects his Department to deport in each of the next five years. [90524]
John Reid: I will write to right hon. Member with the information requested.
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his oral statement of 25 July 2006, Official Report, columns 735-52, on the Immigration Service, what progress has been made in dealing with the backlog of failed asylum seekers; what his most recent estimate is of the number of failed asylum seekers in the UK; and how many failed asylum seekers have been (a) identified and (b) removed since 25 July. [96081]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who conducted his Department's inquiry into the allegations made by The Observer newspaper relating to the actions of Mr. Dawute; and what the remit was of the inquiry. [98386]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 30 October 2006]: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Mr. Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take into account the actions of the person who exposed the actions of James Dawute when considering the resolution of her immigration or asylum status. [98387]
Mr. Byrne: All asylum and human rights applications are considered by the Home Office on their individual merits, in accordance with our obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights and against the background of the latest available objective country of origin information. Any other application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom will be considered in accordance with the appropriate section of the Immigration Rules.
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have signed memoranda of understanding with the Immigration Service agreeing to hold detainees of the Immigration Service when needed; and how many Immigration Service detainees were held in police cells in each police force in each year since 1997. [100088]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 7 November 2006]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Independent Monitoring Board
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what performance standards govern the work of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB); and if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the IMB. [99326]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested.
Internet Viruses
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many internet worms have (a) affected and (b) damaged (i) Government, (ii) business and (iii) private IT infrastructure since 2000. [97804]
Mr. Byrne: This information is not held centrally.
Irish Nationals (Deportation)
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many Irish nationals are being detained awaiting deportation; [91749]
(2) what discussions his Department has had with the Irish Government concerning Irish nationals who have been deported from this country returning to the UK. [91750]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
IT Projects
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which information technology projects are being undertaken by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies; what the (i) start date, (ii) original planned completion date, (iii) expected completion date, (iv) originally planned costs and (v) estimated costs are of each; and if he will make a statement. [95867]
Mr. Byrne: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) of 18 October 2006, Official Report, column 1302W, on IT projects, what expenditure on identity cards was included in the estimate of £1.84 billion for the project; and what proportion this represented of the total estimated loss of the project. [96942]
John Reid: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Juvenile Offenders
Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many first time juvenile offenders received custodial sentences in each of the last three years. [97348]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is not available.
The most recent figures for all juvenile offenders receiving custodial sentences were published in October 2006 in the “Sentencing Statistics Quarterly Brief, England and Wales, October to December 2005”. The report is available online at:
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/sentq405.pdf
The information can be found in tables 1 and 2.
Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the lowest category of offence is for which a juvenile first time offender can be sentenced to a custodial sentence under the sentencing guidelines; [97349]
(2) what assessment he has made of the extent to which the sentencing guidelines on first time juvenile offenders convicted of (a) affray and (b) actual bodily harm provide sufficient discretion for judges. [97350]
Mr. Sutcliffe: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Leave to Remain
Mr. Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the policy review of the practice of giving two months discretionary leave to remain to any citizen who cannot provide evidence of existing leave to remain at a port of entry to be completed; and if he will make a statement. [100191]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have made representations about their leave to remain rights having been granted a valid work permit since the change of system from unified work permit and stay visa application to separate applications for each; how his officials deal with such enquiries; if he will instruct his officials to take account of potential confusions following the change of system when permission to stay is being considered; and if he will make a statement. [100395]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were given (a) discretionary leave and (b) humanitarian protection to remain in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. [100450]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were granted exceptional leave to remain in each year between 1997 and 2003; and if he will make a statement. [100451]
Mr. Byrne: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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