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The data in this table are based on Management Information and as such has not been quality assured. It is provisional and subject to change.
Identity Cards
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Identity and Passport Service has received in application fees for identity cards from applicants in (a) the UK, (b) the North West and (c) Greater Manchester. [3276]
Damian Green: The Identity and Passport Service received total income of £196,000 from the issue of identity cards in the financial year 2009-10. It is not possible to provide information relating to particular constituencies or regions for identity card applications.
Immigration: Appeals
Richard Harrington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of (a) first and (b) second tier immigration appeals were allowed in each year since 2005. [3272]
Damian Green: The following figures provide the proportions of immigration appeals both including and excluding asylum.
Between April 2005 and February 2010, the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) operated a single tier system; a First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) did not exist, so it has been assumed that:
'first tier' refers to appeals determined by immigration adjudicators/judges; and
'second tier' refers to appeals to the Tribunal/Reconsideration Hearings.
(a) The proportions of immigration appeals determined by immigration adjudicators/judges for 2005 to 2008 that were allowed are as follows:
These data are available on page 88 of the "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2008" available from:
Data for 2009 are due to be published on 26 August 2010.
(b) The proportion of appeals to the Tribunal/Reconsideration Hearings for 2005 to 2008 that were allowed are as follows:
| Number of appellants (except January to March 2005, number of persons bringing the onward appeal) | |||
| Total appeals to the tribunal/reconsideration hearings determined | Allowed | Allowed as percentage of determined | |
| (1) Provisional figures. Note: Data rounded to the nearest 5. Source: Data for January 2005 to September 2006: Business Plan March 2008; April 2005 to December 2008: Tribunal Service, Draft AIT Business Plan April 2009 | |||
These data have not previously been published. They have been taken from the Draft AIT Business Plan April 2009 to be consistent with the data provided for part (a).
Police: Chauffeur-driven Cars
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many chief constables have chauffeur-driven cars; and at what total cost to the public purse. [2201]
Nick Herbert: This information is not held centrally. Arrangements as to cars and drivers are matters for individual police authorities and chief constables to decide.
Police: Elections
Mr Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the merits of a cap on election expenses for candidates for posts as directly-elected police commissioners. [3609]
Nick Herbert: The Government have made no decisions yet on this issue. Electoral arrangements for directly elected individuals will be considered as the Government prepare for the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill this autumn.
Mr Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the merits of different methods of election of directly-elected police commissioners. [3611]
Nick Herbert: The Government have made no decisions yet on this issue. Electoral arrangements for directly elected individuals will be considered as the Government prepare for the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill this autumn.
Police: Finance
Mr Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on the effects of a council tax freeze on police precepts. [3610]
Nick Herbert: It is agreed Government policy that council tax will be frozen for at least one year, and we will seek to freeze it for a further year, in partnership with local authorities. A further announcement will follow in due course.
Public Expenditure: Wales
Jonathan Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement of 24 May 2010 and pursuant to the answer of 7 June 2010, Official Report, column 69W, on public expenditure: Wales, if she will provide details of her Department's non-devolved public expenditure savings that will be incurred in Wales, including an estimate of the financial savings. [2937]
Nick Herbert [holding answer 17 June 2010]: The Home Office made a contribution of £367 million to the £6 billion in-year public expenditure savings announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 24 May. These savings were focused on the back office and lower-value spend. The majority of these reductions were made to the cost of the Home Office and its agencies but there was also some impact on the police, which should be met by efficiency savings and savings found from within discretionary non-frontline spend. We are confident that forces can manage these reductions whilst leaving the front-line of policing strong and secure.
Police funding for 2010-11 has been reduced by a total of £135 million of which £125 million was composed of reductions to the core police grant and police capital grant. The details for Welsh forces are set out as follows. This information was laid before the House in a written ministerial statement on 27 May 2010, Official Report, columns 12-16WS. This reduction is equivalent to less than 1% expected total police spending this year.
| £ million | ||||
| 2010-11 Home Office police grant as agreed Feb ruary 2010 | Amended 2010-11 Home Office police grant | Capital grant as notified January 2010 | Amended 2010-11 capital grant | |
The remaining £10 million of the £135 million relates to a reduction in policing counter-terrorism grants spread across England and Wales. This reduction was applied to forces in both England and Wales on the advice of ACPO (TAM) and agreed by the Home Office. The specific allocation of these grants is not put into the public domain for reasons of national security.
No other reductions have been made to Home Office budgets in 2010-11 which would have a specific impact on Wales.
Sexual Offences: Registration
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government plans to take in response to the Supreme Court's judgement on R (on the application of F (by his litigation friend F)) and Thompson (FC) (Respondents) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant); and if she will make a statement. [3414]
James Brokenshire: We are considering the Supreme Court's judgment carefully before deciding on the most appropriate action. In the meantime, registered sex offenders will still have to comply with the notification requirements as they currently stand.
UK Border Agency
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases were raised with the UK Border Agency by each hon. Member between May 2005 and May 2010. [3270]
Damian Green: The UK Border Agency only has central records of inquiries from hon. Members that are made in writing to Ministers or direct to the agency's MPs' liaison unit; e-mails to the central MPs inquiry e-mail address and phone calls to the MPs' inquiry line. These records date back to the start of 2007 so information on the number of inquiries made between May 2005 and December 2006 are not available.
The table placed in the House Library shows the number of inquiries made by hon. Members each year from 2007 to 31 May 2010. The number of written inquiries includes letters written to Ministers, direct to the UK Border Agency as well as e-mails received by the agency.
The data have been manually reconciled from correspondence and telephone inquiry management systems.
War Crimes: Universal Jurisdiction
Jonathan Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the applicability of universal jurisdiction to representatives of foreign governments accused of war crimes travelling to the UK; and what steps the Government plans to take on the matter. [3052]
Damian Green: The Home Secretary has not received representations on this matter, which is the responsibility of the Justice Secretary.
The purpose of asserting universal jurisdiction, as we have done in relation to war crimes under the Geneva Conventions Act and a few other offences of exceptional gravity, is to ensure that there is no impunity for those accused of such crimes. But it is important that universal jurisdiction cases should be taken only on the basis of solid evidence that is likely to lead to a successful prosecution, and the Government are considering how to secure that outcome.
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