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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many residential raids for immigration purposes were carried out between midnight and 8 am in the last 12 months; in how many of those cases children were expected to be present; and in how many of those cases one...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many residential raids for immigration purposes were carried out between midnight and 8 am in the last 12 months; in how many of those cases children were expected to be present; and in how many of those cases one...
[holding answer 21 January 2014]: The number of residential visits for the period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 was 4,958. The number of children expected at these visits was 166.
Residential visits data relates to the number of addresses targeted not the number of individuals expected at these visits. Number of residential visits is where the time of the visit is recorded as being between 0.00 and 08.00. A child is defined as anyone under 18 at the time of the visit. Data on the number of parent or guardian of the children expected to be present that were subsequently removed cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal entrants have been detained at ports of entry to the UK through the use of sniffer dogs in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal entrants have been detained at ports of entry to the UK through the use of sniffer dogs in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
This data is not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many named illegal migrants are currently listed on the e-Borders database.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many named illegal migrants are currently listed on the e-Borders database.
[holding answer 16 January 2014]: The Semaphore system, which is delivered by the Border Systems Programme, does not hold a list of names of illegal migrants; it checks passenger information against Home Office databases. Advance passenger information provided by carriers is processed by Semaphore to identify known persons of interest.
Second reading. Motion and Bill, by leave, withdrawn.
Second reading. Motion and Bill, by leave, withdrawn.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the role of (a) existing and (b) new airport infrastructure in combating illegal immigration by reducing the risk of landside transfers; and what recent representations she has made to the Airports Commission on this...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the role of (a) existing and (b) new airport infrastructure in combating illegal immigration by reducing the risk of landside transfers; and what recent representations she has made to the Airports Commission on this...
The Home Office works closely with operators in the design of control arrangements at airports, including those for transfer passengers.
Immigration arrangements for transfer passengers are kept under review in light of changing risks. The Department has made no representations to the Airports Commission on this matter.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish and place in the Library her Department's evaluation of the advertising campaign using the phrase 'go home or face arrest'.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish and place in the Library her Department's evaluation of the advertising campaign using the phrase 'go home or face arrest'.
The evaluation of this pilot campaign has been published and placed in the House Library. It can be accessed at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/operation-vaken-evaluation-report
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many named individuals are currently listed in the Home Office immigration database for illegal migrants.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many named individuals are currently listed in the Home Office immigration database for illegal migrants.
The Home Office does not have a specific database for illegal migrants.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who were in the UK illegally have (a) been subject to enforced departure from the UK and (b) left the UK voluntarily in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who were in the UK illegally have (a) been subject to enforced departure from the UK and (b) left the UK voluntarily in each of the last three years.
The following table provides the total number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK in each of the last three years.
| Removals
and voluntary departures, 2010 to
20121 | |||
| 2010 | 2011 | 20122 | |
| Total
enforced
removals | 14,854 | 15,063 | 14,647 |
| Total
refused entry at port and subsequently
departed | 18,276 | 15,700 | 13,789 |
| Total
voluntary
departures | 27,114 | 26,419 | 29,663 |
| Assisted
voluntary
returns | 4,541 | 3,120 | 3,706 |
| Notified
voluntary
departures | 5,996 | 7,587 | 6,749 |
| Other
confirmed voluntary
departures | 16,577 | 15,712 | 19,208 |
| 1
Removals are recorded on the system as at the dates on which the
data extracts were taken. 2 Provisional figures. |
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration Statistics.
The data on removals and voluntary departures are readily available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: July to September 2013, from the gov.uk website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Data for 2013 will be available from 27 February 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal entrants have been detained at ports of entry to the UK on more than one occasion through the use of sniffer dogs in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal entrants have been detained at ports of entry to the UK on more than one occasion through the use of sniffer dogs in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Border Force does not record statistical information for illegal entrants detained on more than one occasion through the use of sniffer dogs.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many businesses in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire have been fined for employing illegal foreign national workers in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many businesses in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire have been fined for employing illegal foreign national workers in each of the last five years.
The information requested has been provided. The figures are based on the number of civil penalties served at visited business addresses.
| Penalties
issued in Cannock Chase
constituency | Penalties
issued in Staffordshire (excluding Cannock
Chase) | |
| 2009 | 3 | 35 |
| 2010 | 0 | 33 |
| 2011 | 1 | 17 |
| 2012 | 1 | 12 |
| 2013
(up to 31
October) | 2 | 8 |
| Note: The figures provided are sourced from a Home Office management information system which is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols and is subject to change due to internal data quality checking. Figures provided from this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated as provisional. |
Please note the figures are for penalties issued at the initial decision stage which may be reduced, cancelled, increased or reissued at the objection or appeal stage.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 531W, on immigration offences, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for each of those immigration offences in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 531W, on immigration offences, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for each of those immigration offences in the last year for which figures are available.
[holding answer 9 December 2013]: The information cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal entrants to the UK have been detected by sniffer dogs in the (a) port of Calais, (b) port of Dunkirk and (c) Channel Tunnel in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal entrants to the UK have been detected by sniffer dogs in the (a) port of Calais, (b) port of Dunkirk and (c) Channel Tunnel in each of the last three years.
[holding answer 12 December 2013]: To ensure the integrity and security of the UK border Her Majesty's Government cannot comment on port specific statistics.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the number of illegal migrants currently in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the number of illegal migrants currently in the UK.
[holding answer 9 December 2013]: Government estimates on the number of illegal migrants currently in the UK are not available. Given the clandestine nature of illegal migrants, any estimation is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around any estimates.
How many random enquiries on immigration status have been made in public places in each of the last six months.
How many random enquiries on immigration status have been made in public places in each of the last six months.
None.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of trends in the number of people arrested for immigration offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of trends in the number of people arrested for immigration offences.
Arrests for immigration offences have been increasing since 2010. Trends in arrests do change, mainly related to the types of enforcement activity, rather than identifying specific problems. The rise in arrests reflects the Home Office's intent to use intelligence effectively, taking robust action to target criminals profiting from illegal migration.
None.
None.
How many random enquiries on immigration status have been made in public places in each of the last six months.
I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we do not conduct random operations; we conduct intelligence-led operations, as did the previous Government, and they are very successful. The street operations we have conducted this year have led to the arrest of almost a third of those encountered. They are very successful in enforcing our immigration laws. We do not stop people at random; we are not empowered to do so by law and even if we were, we would not do so as a matter of policy. We stop people when we think there is intelligence to indicate that they are breaking our immigration laws, and I make no apology for that.
I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we do not conduct random operations; we conduct intelligence-led operations, as did the previous Government, and they are very successful. The street operations we have conducted this year have led to the arrest of almost a third of those encountered. They are very successful in enforcing our immigration laws. We do not stop people at random; we are not empowered to do so by law and even if we were, we would not do so as a matter of policy. We stop people when we think there is intelligence to indicate that they are breaking our immigration laws, and I make no apology for that.
That is a surprising answer, because a number of us have witnessed immigration officers at Metropolitan line and other tube stations around London stopping people and asking them for their immigration status. Will the Minister assure me that no immigration officer would ever stop anyone randomly in a public place, ask them for identity documents and then call in the police to assist them with their inquiries, when there
is no requirement to carry identity cards at any time in this country? Indeed, such identity cards do not even exist.
I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s opening remarks.
I do not have the figures to hand, because I was not aware that he intended to ask that question. I will look at the issue in detail and write to him, but on the common travel area in general, my right hon. Friend the Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims signed an agreement with the Irish Justice Minister in, I think, December 2011. We are taking steps with the Irish Republic to strengthen the common travel area to make sure that our borders continue to get more secure.
I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s opening remarks.
I do not have the figures to hand, because I was not aware that he intended to ask that question. I will look at the issue in detail and write to him, but on the common travel area in general, my right hon. Friend the Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims signed an agreement with the Irish Justice Minister in, I think, December 2011. We are taking steps with the Irish Republic to strengthen the common travel area to make sure that our borders continue to get more secure.
I thank the Minister and his staff for the support they gave recently to a constituent of mine to clarify a situation and smooth over the problems.
The number of illegals being identified by the police at the ferry terminals in my area—which is part of the common travel area—has fallen only slightly. Is the Minister able to tell the House the number of people in that category who are stopped but who are not properly processed and who simply disappear?
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum applicants have remained in the UK in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum applicants have remained in the UK in each of the last three years.
We do not hold this information in the format requested. Failed asylum applicants do not always inform the Home Office prior to leaving the United Kingdom and so it is not possible to quantify the number that have left the UK without being removed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal migrants to the UK were found entering the country on freight in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal migrants to the UK were found entering the country on freight in each year since 2010.
The breakdown of information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the number of illegal immigrants currently in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the number of illegal immigrants currently in the UK.
[holding answer 8 November 2013]: It is not possible to accurately quantify the number of immigration offenders in the UK as by their very nature
those that deliberately evade immigration control to enter and stay in the country illegally are not officially recorded until they come to light and are arrested.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further steps she is taking to reduce numbers of illegal immigrants.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further steps she is taking to reduce numbers of illegal immigrants.
Over the last three years we have reformed all major routes of entry to the UK for non-EEA migrants. We have also radically extended the use of visa interviews to separate out the genuine applicants from those trying to abuse the system and are on target to meet our goal of 100,000 interviews by April 2014, starting with the highest risk countries.
At the border we are investing in new technology and resources to improve our response to attempts to enter the UK illegally. We have abolished the UK Border Agency and replaced it with two new operational commands sitting within the Home Office and reporting to Ministers. Of these, Immigration Enforcement has law enforcement at its heart and is focused on getting tough on those who break our immigration laws.
The coalition programme for Government included a commitment to reintroduce exit checks and we will do this by 2015. This will improve our ability to identify those who have failed to comply with conditions of their leave to enter or remain in the UK.
We are also taking action in the Immigration Bill to make it increasingly difficult for illegal migrants to remain in the UK, including by denying access to private rented accommodation, financial services and driving licences. We are strengthening the enforcement of unpaid civil penalties owed by employers of illegal migrant workers. We will also make further changes to the civil penalties regulations in 2014 to double the maximum penalty to £20,000 for employing an illegal worker.
The Immigration Bill also includes power to remove illegal migrants without the. need for a separate immigration decision, as well as speeding up and simplifying the appeal process reducing the categories under which they can appeal from 17 to four. The Bill also takes action to end the abuse of European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 (the right to respect for private and family life). It sets out clearly what the public interest requires and ensures that courts considering Article 8 in immigration cases will give proper weight to Parliament's view of the public interest.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average fine currently imposed on rogue businesses employing illegal immigrants is; and how many rogue businesses have been subject to a maximum penalty fine in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average fine currently imposed on rogue businesses employing illegal immigrants is; and how many rogue businesses have been subject to a maximum penalty fine in each of the last three years.
[holding answer 23 October 2013]: Between 29 February 2008 and 30 September 2013 the average value of a civil penalty served on an employer was £9,123.
The information relating to businesses subject to a maximum penalty in each of the last three years is in the following table:
| Number
of businesses receiving a maximum penalty of £10,000 per illegal
worker | |
| 2010-11 | 3 |
| 2011-12 | 3 |
| 2012-13 | 5 |
| 2013
YTD | 2 |
The maximum civil penalty per illegal worker is £10,000. The size of the civil penalty depends on the type of eligibility checks that the employer has made on its workers, the number of times the Home Office has issued a warning or imposed a civil penalty on the employer, and the extent to which the employer has co-operated with us.
The figures are based on civil penalties served to employers within the UK for employing illegal migrant workers under section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, at the initial stage of the civil penalty process.
Following receipt of a civil penalty, employers have the right to submit grounds of objection against the imposition of the penalty within 28 days and lodge an appeal against the penalty decision to a county court. Therefore penalties may subsequently be reduced, cancelled or re-issued at the objection and appeal stages.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were involved in her Department's immigration status checks in Stratford; and what the cost to the public purse was.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were involved in her Department's immigration status checks in Stratford; and what the cost to the public purse was.
Six immigration officers were deployed for two hours on the operation and no overtime was incurred.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) telephone calls to 0207 9786399 and (b) texts of “home” to 78070 were (i) received and (ii) resulted in a removal following the recent 'go home or face arrest' advertising campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) telephone calls to 0207 9786399 and (b) texts of “home” to 78070 were (i) received and (ii) resulted in a removal following the recent 'go home or face arrest' advertising campaign.
The pilot has had a great deal of interest. The effect of the pilot, including the number of individuals who contacted the Home Office and departed the UK, is the subject of an evaluation which will be published in due course.
The Immigration Bill will require private landlords to make some simple, straightforward checks so that illegal migrants do not have access to private housing. Existing legislation already makes it clear that illegal migrants do not have access to social housing.
The Immigration Bill will require private landlords to make some simple, straightforward checks so that illegal migrants do not have access to private housing. Existing legislation already makes it clear that illegal migrants do not have access to social housing.
What steps she is taking to reduce illegal immigrants' access to housing.
If employers make available tied accommodation —meaning it is tied to their employment—they will not have to make further checks, because, as employers, they already have to check someone’s right to work in the United Kingdom, and we do not want to overburden them with bureaucracy.
If employers make available tied accommodation —meaning it is tied to their employment—they will not have to make further checks, because, as employers, they already have to check someone’s right to work in the United Kingdom, and we do not want to overburden them with bureaucracy.
Farmers in my constituency offer temporary housing to the seasonal agricultural workers who pick the delicious crops we grow in West Worcestershire. Will it be the farmers or the gangmasters who are required to verify their immigration status?
We will be doing the first stage of that in the Immigration Bill by ensuring that people who come here as temporary migrants make a fair contribution to the NHS before they can have access to it. The Secretary of State for Health will also introduce separate measures to ensure that hospitals become more effective at charging people who have no right to free access to health care paid for by our taxpayers.
We will be doing the first stage of that in the Immigration Bill by ensuring that people who come here as temporary migrants make a fair contribution to the NHS before they can have access to it. The Secretary of State for Health will also introduce separate measures to ensure that hospitals become more effective at charging people who have no right to free access to health care paid for by our taxpayers.
I congratulate and thank the Home Secretary for the excellent measures in last week’s Immigration Bill, which is strongly welcomed by my constituents. Have Ministers seen the recent report stating that the NHS is currently losing £2 billion a year on health care to non-UK residents who should not be here? May I encourage the Home Office, with other Departments, to do everything possible to continue the good work to clamp down on illegal citizens taking public services from our citizens?
What steps she is taking to reduce illegal immigrants' access to housing.
What steps she is taking to reduce illegal immigrants' access to housing.
The Immigration Bill will require private landlords to make some simple, straightforward checks so that illegal migrants do not have access to private housing. Existing legislation already makes it clear that illegal migrants do not have access to social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish the responses received by her Department to the consultation on tackling illegal immigration in privately rented accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish the responses received by her Department to the consultation on tackling illegal immigration in privately rented accommodation.
[holding answer 18 October 2013]: A response to the consultation was published on 10 October 2013. It is available for downloading on the Government's website:
www.gov.uk
with a range of other documentation relating to the introduction of the Immigration Bill on the same day. The response summarises the responses received to the consultation, but does not entail publishing the many hundreds of responses received.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to increase the collection of fines from employers of illegal migrant workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to increase the collection of fines from employers of illegal migrant workers.
[holding answer 15 October 2013]: The Immigration Bill, introduced to Parliament on 10 October, proposes some specific steps to make it easier to enforce the recovery of unpaid civil penalty debts in the civil courts.
In the meantime, our officials are active members of a cross Government effort looking at driving down the levels of unpaid debt and so have some initiatives in train to drive up levels of payment in advance of the enactment of new legislation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she made of the potential impact on community cohesion ahead of her Department's immigration status checks in Stratford.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she made of the potential impact on community cohesion ahead of her Department's immigration status checks in Stratford.
British Transport police were the lead agency and as such are responsible for a community impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what risk assessment was undertaken before her Department instigated immigration status checks in Stratford.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what risk assessment was undertaken before her Department instigated immigration status checks in Stratford.
British Transport police were the lead agency and as such are responsible for the completion of a risk assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what additional measures have been put in place by the EU to tackle illegal immigration from Libya since the fall of the Gadaffi regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what additional measures have been put in place by the EU to tackle illegal immigration from Libya since the fall of the Gadaffi regime.
I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Department.
The political instability and poor security situation in Libya have made it extremely challenging to put in place additional measures to tackle the problem of illegal immigration transiting its territory. Nonetheless, the EU has taken steps to improve cooperation with Libya on migration issues since the fall of the Gadaffi regime, with some success.
In 2012, Libya signed an agreement in principle with the EU authorising European Border Surveillance (EUROSUR) to act on its borders. EUROSUR is an external border surveillance system for the Schengen area, which is planned to become operational in December.
Furthermore, on 19 September 2013, it was announced that an agreement had been reached between the European Commission, southern EU member states and Libya to launch the Seahorse Mediterraneo project. The project envisages the establishment of a satellite-based communication network among the countries involved and the delivery of training to those working in the field of border management in Libya.
It is very clear that cooperation with Libya is vital if tragedies like the one seen in Lampedusa on 3 October are to be prevented. It is hoped that an improvement in the political and security circumstances in Libya will enable increased cooperation, and the implementation of further measures to prevent migrants from embarking on perilous journeys from Libya to the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, column 335W, on asylum, how many immigrants claimed asylum following detection and being served papers as immigration offenders in each year for which figures are available; how many of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, column 335W, on asylum, how many immigrants claimed asylum following detection and being served papers as immigration offenders in each year for which figures are available; how many of...
In answering this question we have interpreted illegal immigrants as individuals who have been served papers as immigration offenders, prior to claiming asylum.
The information requested is shown in the following table:
| Table
1: Identified illegal immigrants, 1 January 2008 to 30 June
2013 | ||||||
| Year
of asylum
claim | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Claimed
asylum following
detection | 17,024 | 13,368 | 9,821 | 10,679 | 10,477 | 5,200 |
| Granted | 4,703 | 3,259 | 2,520 | 3,602 | 3,499 | 1,483 |
| Refused | 9,747 | 7,830 | 6,103 | 5,590 | 4,678 | 2,068 |
| Other | 2,497 | 2,169 | 1,141 | 1,113 | 956 | 378 |
| Removed | 4,431 | 3,607 | 2,589 | 2,170 | 1,574 | 667 |
| Notes: 1. All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. 2. Figures relate to main applicants only. 3. All data relates to individuals served papers as immigration offenders, who subsequently claimed asylum between 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2013. 4. Grants relate to individuals granted asylum or a form of leave eg Humanitarian Protection and Discretionary Leave at first decision. 5. Refusals relate to individuals refused at first decision. 6. Other outcomes relate to asylum applications that have not been granted or refused eg unconcluded, and withdrawn. 7. Removals relate to asylum claims made in the specified years. However, actual removals-may have occurred in year of asylum claim or a subsequent year. |
Sitting adjourned without question put.
Sitting adjourned without question put.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who contacted her Department as a result of the pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, ‘go home or face arrest', were (a) identified as illegal immigrants, (b) deported and (c) left the country voluntarily.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who contacted her Department as a result of the pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, ‘go home or face arrest', were (a) identified as illegal immigrants, (b) deported and (c) left the country voluntarily.
[holding answer 10 September 2013]: The pilot has elicited a great deal of interest. It is being evaluated at present, including the number of individuals who contacted the Home Office and departed the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she took to inform hon. Members in advance of her Department's recent immigration status checks in their constituencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she took to inform hon. Members in advance of her Department's recent immigration status checks in their constituencies.
Immigration checks such as these have been standard practice since 2008, including under the last Labour Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria were used by her Department when deciding who to stop when undertaking immigration status checks in Stratford.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria were used by her Department when deciding who to stop when undertaking immigration status checks in Stratford.
Immigration Officers did not perform any stops during the operation. British Transport Police colleagues would refer persons they stopped whom they suspected were subject to Immigration Control for Immigration-Officers to conduct checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the cost effectiveness of her Department's recent immigration status checks in Stratford.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the cost effectiveness of her Department's recent immigration status checks in Stratford.
The timing of the operation was between 0800 to 1000 hrs during which two arrests for immigration offences were made with limited impact on the department's resources.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department's recent decision to allocate resources to immigration status checks in Stratford resulted in delay in processing casework in other areas of her Department's work.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department's recent decision to allocate resources to immigration status checks in Stratford resulted in delay in processing casework in other areas of her Department's work.
This Operation did not require casework resources. As a result, there was no impact on processing casework in other areas of the Department's work.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with employers on the minimum wage and illegal immigration.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with employers on the minimum wage and illegal immigration.
On 9 July a consultation was published on measures to reform the civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal migrant working. Officials are currently engaging with employers on the proposals.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), has responsibility for policy and legislation in
relation to the national minimum wage and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforces this on behalf of BIS. Home Office Immigration Enforcement works closely with HMRC and other Government Departments and agencies, to ensure a comprehensive and effective response to employer breaches of workplace compliance requirements, including the employment of illegal migrant workers and breach of the national minimum wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of illegal immigrants in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of illegal immigrants in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
Government estimates on the illegal migrant population at local or national level are not available. Given the clandestine nature of illegal migrants, any estimation is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around any estimates.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have overstayed their visa in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have overstayed their visa in each of the last three years.
The requested figures on the number of people who have overstayed their visa in each of the last three years are not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration enforcement raids were carried out in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration enforcement raids were carried out in each year since 2008.
The information requested is shown in the following table:
| Enforcement
visits | |
| 2008 | 14,711 |
| 2009 | 11,642 |
| 2010 | 14,309 |
| 2011 | 14,203 |
| 2012 | 14,200 |
| 2013
(Q1) | 3,840 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were made after raids by immigration enforcement officers in each year since 2008; and for what reasons each such complaint was made.
[165032]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were made after raids by immigration enforcement officers in each year since 2008; and for what reasons each such complaint was made.
[165032]
[holding answer 12 July 2013]: Information relating to complaints that are made after raids by Immigration Enforcement officers is not centrally recorded. This information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the restaurants raided in 2012 by enforcement officers primarily sold (a) Indian, (b) Italian, (c) Chinese, (d) British and (e) other food.
[165055]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the restaurants raided in 2012 by enforcement officers primarily sold (a) Indian, (b) Italian, (c) Chinese, (d) British and (e) other food.
[165055]
[holding answer 12 July 2013]: Records indicate that between January and December 2012, the Home Office carried out 2,659 enforcement visits to premises identified as restaurants.
The Home Office does not collate information centrally on the type of restaurant visited, nor the type of food sold at the premises.
Note:
All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal workers were (a) identified, (b) arrested, (c) charged and (d) deported as a result of enforcement raids on restaurants in each year since 2008.
[165084]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal workers were (a) identified, (b) arrested, (c) charged and (d) deported as a result of enforcement raids on restaurants in each year since 2008.
[165084]
The Home Office carries out enforcement visits to a variety of premises for the purpose of tackling illegal working. Data concerning the number of individuals found in the course of such enforcement visits is given in the following table in respect of premises identified as restaurants. The table shows the number of individuals encountered and arrested in the course of such visits. The table also shows the number of these individuals who are recorded as having subsequently left the UK.
For immigration purposes the number of individuals who have been charged is synonymous with the number of individuals arrested since the service of papers for immigration offences normally takes place during the course of an individual's arrest.
| Number
of individuals
encountered | Number
of individuals
arrested | Individuals
subsequently
removed | |
| 2008 | 6,637 | 2,079 | 662 |
| 2009 | 5,462 | 1,701 | 540 |
| 2010 | 7,112 | 2,051 | 733 |
| 2011 | 6,953 | 2,051 | 881 |
| 2012 | 6,907 | 2,351 | 932 |
| (Q1)
2013 | 2,180 | 651 | 225 |
| Note: All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the current size of the Migration Refusal Pool is.
[164524]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the current size of the Migration Refusal Pool is.
[164524]
Figures on the current size of the Migration Refusal Pool were supplied to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 10 July 2013, in a letter from Mr David Wood, interim director general for immigration enforcement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the non-compliance notifications received in Q4 2012 were followed up with further action within that quarter.
[164527]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the non-compliance notifications received in Q4 2012 were followed up with further action within that quarter.
[164527]
During Q4 2012, we received 6,610 tier 2 and 5 notifications and 28,962 tier 4 notifications; we provided this information previously to the Home Affairs Select Committee.
We take follow-up action where we identify non-compliance, but the data on the follow-up action is held on multiple IT systems; as a result, we cannot track the outcomes of notifications we received in a specific time period as requested except at a disproportionate cost.