Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been of investigations into sexual offences in (a) North Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The cost of investigating specific offences is not held centrally.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers employed in Wrexham constituency for frontline duties in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Home Office does not collect police workforce information at the requested
level. The deployment of available resources is a matter for chief officers
locally, working with their Police and Crime Commissioner.
At the overall police force area level, according to the definitions set out by
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, North Wales Police plan to have
1428 police officers working in frontline roles by March 2015. This represents
95 % of the total police officer workforce compared to 92%
(1,458 officers) in
March 2010.
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has made clear there is no simple
link between officer numbers and crime levels. This is supported by the
reduction in crime of more than one fifth under this Government, according to
the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from Syria have been settled in the UK in each of the last 24 months; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Officials have regularly met representatives of the Refugee Council to discuss the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme. The last meeting was held on 25 September and was also attended by partners from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
I am pleased to confirm that Karen Pierce, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, UK Mission to the UN and Other International Organisations, Geneva will represent the UK at the UNHCR Global Resettlement Pledging Conference on 9 December 2014.
You have asked for details on how many refugees from Syria have been settled in the UK over the last 24 months. These figures are broken down by month in the table below.
| Syrian nationals granted asylum, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave1 | |||||
| Grants of asylum | Grants of Humanitarian Protection | Grants of Discretionary Leave | Other forms of grant | Total grants | |
| 2012 | |||||
| July | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 |
| August | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| September | 111 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| October | 131 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
| November | 131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| December | 90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| 2013 | |||||
| January | 167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
| February | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| March | 134 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 136 |
| April | 102 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 |
| May | 125 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| June | 112 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 |
| July | 115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| August | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| September | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| October | 168 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
| November | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| December | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2014 | |||||
| January | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| February | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| March | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| April | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| May | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 |
| June | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| 1. Figures include dependants | |||||
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will represent the UK in the UN High Commissioner for Refugees meeting on resettling Syria's refugees in December 2014.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Officials have regularly met representatives of the Refugee Council to discuss the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme. The last meeting was held on 25 September and was also attended by partners from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
I am pleased to confirm that Karen Pierce, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, UK Mission to the UN and Other International Organisations, Geneva will represent the UK at the UNHCR Global Resettlement Pledging Conference on 9 December 2014.
You have asked for details on how many refugees from Syria have been settled in the UK over the last 24 months. These figures are broken down by month in the table below.
| Syrian nationals granted asylum, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave1 | |||||
| Grants of asylum | Grants of Humanitarian Protection | Grants of Discretionary Leave | Other forms of grant | Total grants | |
| 2012 | |||||
| July | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 |
| August | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| September | 111 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| October | 131 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
| November | 131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| December | 90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| 2013 | |||||
| January | 167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
| February | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| March | 134 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 136 |
| April | 102 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 |
| May | 125 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| June | 112 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 |
| July | 115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| August | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| September | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| October | 168 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
| November | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| December | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2014 | |||||
| January | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| February | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| March | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| April | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| May | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 |
| June | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| 1. Figures include dependants | |||||
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Refugee Council to discuss the number of Syrian refugees that have been settled in the UK.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Officials have regularly met representatives of the Refugee Council to discuss the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme. The last meeting was held on 25 September and was also attended by partners from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
I am pleased to confirm that Karen Pierce, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, UK Mission to the UN and Other International Organisations, Geneva will represent the UK at the UNHCR Global Resettlement Pledging Conference on 9 December 2014.
You have asked for details on how many refugees from Syria have been settled in the UK over the last 24 months. These figures are broken down by month in the table below.
| Syrian nationals granted asylum, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave1 | |||||
| Grants of asylum | Grants of Humanitarian Protection | Grants of Discretionary Leave | Other forms of grant | Total grants | |
| 2012 | |||||
| July | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 |
| August | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| September | 111 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| October | 131 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
| November | 131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| December | 90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| 2013 | |||||
| January | 167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
| February | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| March | 134 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 136 |
| April | 102 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 |
| May | 125 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| June | 112 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 |
| July | 115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| August | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| September | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| October | 168 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
| November | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| December | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2014 | |||||
| January | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| February | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| March | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| April | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| May | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 |
| June | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| 1. Figures include dependants | |||||
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students of have been deported from UK universities and colleges as a result of investigations into Educational Testing Service since February 2014.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS.
The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014
As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300
individuals and removed over 90.
We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually.
As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the
regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the country of origin was of each student deported as a result of the BBC Panorama investigation broadcast in February 2014; and to which country was each such student returned.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS.
The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014
As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300
individuals and removed over 90.
We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually.
As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the
regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students of each institution have been deported from UK universities and colleges as a result of Educational Testing Service investigations in each month since February 2014.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS.
The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014
As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300
individuals and removed over 90.
We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually.
As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the
regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution the National Crime Agency international liaison officers have made to a cohesive international approach to cyber-crime.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The NCA has a network of around 140 International Liaison Officers (ILOs) which covers over 100 countries. The National Crime Agency's ILOs are available to provide support to all the Agency's investigations, including those for cyber crime led by the National Cyber Crime Unit. The National Cyber Crime Unit has a strong working relationship with international partners. Over the past year the National Cyber Crime Unit has led the UK response in a number of global operations targeting malware.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of business awareness of cyber-crime; and what information her Department holds on financial loss resulting from cyber-attacks.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Government makes no specific assessment of business awareness of Cyber Crime. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills conducts an annual Information Security Breaches Survey which gathers a range of data from businesses. In the 2014 survey 79% of respondents said that company management placed a high or very high priority on security. 68% of large organisations and 54% of small businesses provide ongoing security awareness training to their staff.
Estimating the costs of cyber crime is challenging. The UK cyber security strategy noted "a truly robust estimate will probably never be established, but it is clear the costs are high and rising". Research used in the strategy suggested that costs to UK could be in the order of £27 billion per year. The Home Office has been focussing on improving and expanding the data on the prevalence of different types of cyber crime in order to develop more informed estimates of cost of cyber crime. The Home Office has set up a new external working group to improve those estimates.