Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications for asylum seekers housed in Greater Manchester have been refused in each year since 2010.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Data on the place of residence at the time of initial decision could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The latest version of the asylum transparency agenda can be found at: Asylum transparency data: August 2016 - Publications - GOV.UK
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which files and documents she reviewed before making her decision not to proceed with an inquiry into the events at Orgreave in 1984.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Secretary’s decision not to establish an inquiry or independent review into the events at Orgreave Coking Plant was based on a number of factors, including consideration of the key purposes of an inquiry and whether these were met in the case of Orgreave.
As part of this consideration, the Home Secretary reviewed a range of relevant documentation.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 23143, when the Border Force's budget for 2016-17 will be agreed.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Spending Review announcement set the overall budget for the Home Office. Officials are providing advice to the Home Secretary on individual allocations and spending commitments.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people had their passports checked on exiting the UK at (a) Dover and (b) all UK airports, seaports and ferry ports in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
Embarkation controls were abolished in two phases in 1994 and 1998, as the paper-based checks were deemed outdated and checks were not carried out on all modes of transport. Consequently the Home Office does not hold the data requested.
Since April 2015 exit data has been collected by carriers from all scheduled international commercial services departing the UK from air and sea ports and from international rail stations, except those services not within the scope. Departure data is collected by carriers and port operators and transmitted to Home Office systems, where work takes place to match it to arrival data, visa conditions and other information as appropriate.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their passports checked on entry to the UK at (a) Dover and (b) all UK airports, seaports and ferry ports in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
The total number of passengers that underwent passport checks at all UK airports, seaports and ferry ports is set out in the table below. Figures for 2015 cover January to September only as data for October to December is not yet available.
Year | No of passengers' passports checked | |||
2013 | 111.4 million | |||
2014 | 117.0 million | |||
2015 | 96.0 million | |||
(NB. 2015 covers January –September only: October - December is not yet available). | ||||
Passengers that enter the UK through the port of Dover undergo passport checks in advance of their boarding a ferry at the UK’s juxtaposed controls at Calais and Dunkirk; this data is not held centrally.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff there were in the UK Border Force and its predecessor in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14, (f) 2014-15 and (g) 2015-16; and what the UK Border Force's planned total staff complement is for 2016-17.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
The Border Force workforce is drawn from two precursor organisations: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Immigration Service. Border Force was established in its current form in March 2012 and since that time the workforce has ranged from approximately 7800 – 8100 in full-time equivalents.
The detailed breakdown requested is as follows (all figures are full-time equivalents):
March 2010 4506 – UKBA
4639 – HMRC (transferred to UKBA 1st April 2010)
March 2011 8269 – UKBA
March 2012 7846 – Border Force
March 2013 8123 – Border Force
March 2014 8044 – Border Force
March 2015 8153 – Border Force
Workforce numbers for FY16/17 have not yet been finalised.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for the UK Border Force and its predecessor in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14, (f) 2014-15 and (g) 2015-16; and what the UK Border Force's planned budget is for 2016-17.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
Border Force Resource net budget since 2009/10 (Source: BF Records)
Border Force’s planned budget for 2016/17 is still being agreed as part of the Home Office’s internal planning discussions.
| Year | Total BF (£m) | BF Operations & Change (£m) | Shared Services (£m) | |
| 2015/16 | 497 | 438 | 59 | |
| 2014/15 | 523 | 464 | 59.2 | |
| 2013/14 | 509 | 466 | 43 | |
| 2012/13 | 617 | 481 | 136 | |
| 2011/12 | 447 | 447 | n/a | |
| 2010/11 | 477 | 477 | n/a | |
| 2009/10 | 494 | 494 | n/a | |
Notes 1. In 2012/13, Shared Services Depreciation was delegated to Border Force.
2. From 2013/14, Shared Services was delegated to Border Force. This included IT, Property, Shared Business Service and Depreciation.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force staff employed in ports were redeployed to airports in 2015.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific deployment numbers. Border Force deploys mobile response team resources across the regions to combat both daily and seasonal pressures.
Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to lay before Parliament an Order removing the International Sikh Youth Federation from the list of proscribed organisations.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
I intend to lay an order to deproscribe the group at the earliest practical opportunity, subject to Parliamentary availability and agreement.