Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier one visas the Home Office issued in (a) 2018, (b) 2017, (c) 2016, (d) 2015 and (e) 2014.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Information on Tier 1 entry clearance visa applications and outcomes (grant-ed, refused, withdrawn, lapsed) is published on a quarterly basis in the Home Office’s ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at:
Corresponding data for Q4 (October to December) 2018 is planned to be published on 28 February 2019.
Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money her Department has raised from the sale of (a) assets, (b) land and (c) buildings in each year since 2010.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The information is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. The value of disposals by asset class for the financial years requested can be obtained from Note 6 - Property, Plant and Equipment and Note 7 - Intangible Assets. The proceeds from disposal can be obtained from the Statement of Cash Flows on the pages listed below:
FY2016/17 – page 100:
FY2015/16 - page 118:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf
FY2014/15 – page 101:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf
FY2013/14 – page 89:
FY2012/13 – page 100
FY2011/12 – page 106
FY2010/11 – page 95
Figures for 2017-18 will be available once the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts are audited by the National Audit Office, and laid before Parliament.
Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle smuggling and trafficking at British ports.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Border Force works closely with other law enforcement agencies, including the National Crime Agency and Police, to combat suspected human trafficking and people smuggling and to target and disrupt those who would attempt to smuggle prohibited and restricted goods such as firearms and illegal drugs in to the UK.