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These figures are based on management information. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols, is subject to change and should be treated as provisional. These figures have been rounded to the nearest five.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have been returned to the UK under the Dublin II Agreement in each year since it came into force. [180256]
Mr. Byrne: A total of approximately 1,165 asylum seekers have been returned to the UK from other EU countries under Dublin provisions since 2004. The Dublin II regulation was introduced on 1 September 2003 and replaced the Dublin convention. The statistics, as follows, include returns under both the Dublin convention and regulation as we are unable to provide figures on the Dublin regulation alone. Returns information from September to December 2003 is unavailable. A yearly breakdown is as follows:
| Number | |
These figures are based on management information. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols, is subject to change and should be treated as provisional. These figures have been rounded to the nearest five.
Asylum: Social Security Benefits
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were in receipt of asylum support in each year since 1 January 2004, broken down by nationality; and how many in receipt of such support had been refused asylum. [180675]
Mr. Byrne: The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of support broken down by nationality are published annually in the Asylum Statistics United Kingdom bulletins. The latest bulletin for 2006 and historic publications are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at:
Information on decision outcomes relating specifically to supported asylum seekers is not available and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
Campsfield House Detention Centre: Costs
Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was to public funds of responding to the break-out from Campfield House Detention Centre in August 2007. [180113]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 22 January 2008]: Any costs incurred by the Border and Immigration Agency as a result of the disturbance in Campsfield House in August 2007 are reclaimed from the contractors through a joint insurance arrangement.
Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to complete the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking. [179564]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 17 January 2008]: The Government are determined to prioritise the effort to tackle the misery of human trafficking. That is why we intend to ratify the Convention before the end of this year, subject to achieving necessary changes to domestic legislation in all parts of the UK.
Crime: Romania
Mr. Mark Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) Romanian and (b) Bulgarian nationals have been arrested by Metropolitan Police officers since January 2007. [168006]
Mr. McNulty: The arrests collection undertaken by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform provides data only on persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) broken down by age group, gender, ethnicity, police force area and main offence group. The nationality of the arrestee does not form part of this collection.
Crimes of Violence
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases of actual bodily harm police cautions were used in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such cases were first offences. [176117]
Mr. McNulty: Data showing the number of offenders cautioned, proceeded against and found guilty of actual bodily harm offences in England and Wales from 2002 to 2006 have been provided by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and are given in the following table.
Information is not available on the number of these cases which were first offences.
Departmental Pay
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department and its agencies spent on end-of-year bonus payments in each of the last five years. [171531]
Mr. Byrne: End of year bonus payments for staff in Home Office headquarters, the Border and Immigration Agency, and for senior civil servants across the Home Office are linked to performance appraisals. The following table provides the amount paid in end of year bonuses to these staff in the last four years:
| Amount paid (£) | |
Figures for 2006-07 are subject to some change as data are not yet complete.
Staff in the Identity and Passport Service receive end of year corporate bonuses, and change agent bonuses. As the corporate bonuses were only introduced in 2003-04 the following table provides information for the last four years only:
| Amount paid (£) | |
Staff in the Criminal Records Bureau do not receive end of year bonuses.
Data are not available from the Prison Service, who were formally an agency of the Home Office prior to transferring to the Ministry of Justice, as obtaining these data is possible only at disproportionate cost.
Entry Clearances
Mr. Clappison:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many dependants have entered the UK with foreign nationals obtaining a grant of an after-entry application to (a) vary leave,
(b) vary leave for permit-free employment and (c) vary leave for business in each year since 1997; [177387]
(2) how many holders of student visas of each nationality have been granted an extension of their entry visa on (a) two occasions and (b) three or more occasions in each year since 2001; [177396]
(3) how many foreign nationals granted an after entry application (a) to vary leave, (b) to vary leave for permit-free employment and (c) to vary leave for business had obtained (i) a previous extension of leave and (ii) two or more previous extensions of leave in the last year for which figures are available; [177475]
(4) how many (a) applications and (b) refusals there were of applications for after entry variation of leave for (i) permit-free employment and (ii) business in each year since 1997; [177476]
(5) how many grants of after entry applications to vary leave for business were made in (a) each year since 1997 and (b) each quarter since 1 January 2004; what the percentage change in grants made was between each such period; and how many foreign nationals of each nationality obtained such a grant in each year since January 2004; [177477]
(6) how many grants of after entry applications to vary leave for permit-free employment were made in (a) each year since 1997 and (b) each quarter since 1 January 2004; what the percentage change in grants made was between each such period; and how many such grants were made (i) in each category and (ii) for foreign nationals of each nationality in each of the last three years for which such figures are available. [177478]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested could be obtained only by the detailed examination of individual case records at disproportionate cost.
Entry Clearances: Health Professions
Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether overseas doctors and international medical graduates are eligible for highly skilled migrant status; and whether there is any restriction on numbers by category of medical specialty; [181168]
(2) what joint Home Office and Department of Health groups have responsibility for planning highly skilled migrant programme numbers in relation to service and training needs. [181169]
Mr. Byrne: Migrants may come to the UK or extend their leave here under the highly skilled migrant programme, subject to gaining sufficient points against four objective criteria (qualifications, previous earnings, age and UK experience) and meeting any other requirements for that category in the immigration rules. There is no restriction on numbers by category of medical speciality. National health service workforce planning is a matter for the Department of Health.
Entry Clearances: Pakistan
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many spouses from Pakistan left the marital home before being granted indefinite leave to remain and were allowed to stay in the UK as a result of an administrative decision by her Department in each year since 2000. [179774]
Mr. Byrne: The requested information is not readily available and could be obtained only by examining individual case files at a disproportionate cost.
The number of Pakistani spouses who left the marital home and were subsequently recorded as being granted indefinite leave to remain on the basis of domestic violence since 2003 is shown in the table.
This information has not been quality assured and is not a national statistic. It should be treated as provisional management information and may be subject to change. Data have been rounded to the nearest five.
| Number of cases | |
Entry Clearances: Students
Mr. Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether those applying to extend their student visa are asked whether they have previously had their visa extended. [180588]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 21 January 2008]: When a student applies for an extension to their student visa the application form requires the student to provide details of their previous studies if the student has previously been granted permission to study in the United Kingdom. Their application is supported by their passport or travel document which will include their previous visa extension.
Mr. Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what checks are made on whether students whose visas are extended for further academic study attend their new courses. [180589]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 21 January 2008]: One of the provisions of the student rules is that a student needs to provide evidence of enrolment from an institution on the Register of Education and Training Providers before an extension may be granted.
If a student fails to attend, the institution must provide details to the Border and Immigration Agency on demand.
When a student applies for an extension to their leave, the application form requires the institution to provide written confirmation of the student’s attendance.
Under the proposed new Points Based System, there will be a mandatory requirement on institutions to report non-attendance of their students. This will be supported by sanctions on the institutions and may include removal from the sponsorship register for failure to meet this requirement.
Mr. Lilley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many student visa extensions were granted for students (a) to pursue a full-time recognised degree course, (b) to pursue a weekday daytime course involving a minimum of 15 hours per week, (c) to attend a full-time course of study at an
independent fee paying school, (d) to re-sit an examination, (e) to write up a thesis, (f) to follow a nursing training course at a recognised nursing educational establishment, (g) as a sabbatical officer and (h) for another purpose in 2006. [180590]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 21 January 2008]: The information in the form requested could be obtained by the detailed examination of individual case records only at disproportionate cost.
However, statistics on decisions on applications for an extension of leave to remain are published in chapter 4 of the Command Paper ‘Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2006’. This publication may be obtained from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website:
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