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Home Office Department responsible for providing Firearms Law to Lord West of Spithead
Could you please let me know which Home Office department was responsible for supplying Lord West of Spithead information relating to firearms Offe...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by Mike Eveleigh on 20 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Mike Eveleigh on 20 November 2008.
Performance-related pay
Please could you provide me with a list of all performance-related pay schemes in the public sector bodies for which your department is responsible...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by Susan Davis on 18 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Susan Davis on 18 November 2008.
PowerPoint presentation to ISPs (mobile telephone and internet records)
in the House of Lords, on Monday, November 17th, the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, asked a supplementary question to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary o...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by Michael Bimmler on 18 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Michael Bimmler on 18 November 2008.
National Attendance Management Forum
Please tell me what is, or was, the brief or purpose of the National Attendance Management Forum.
When was the Forum created?
Is it still in ex...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by John McCall on 10 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by John McCall on 10 November 2008.
Guidance for criminal convictions of serving police officers
Dear Sir or Madam
Please provide a copy of the guidelines communicated to UK police forces, which confirm offences which would exclude persons from...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by Lord McDowall on 10 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Lord McDowall on 10 November 2008.
Implementation of allowed asylum appeals.
What proportion do implemented asylum/ immigration appeals make up of the of the cases resolved by the casework resolution directorate's legacy case...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by Bazen Inquai on 8 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Bazen Inquai on 8 November 2008.
Actual ages of police officer retirement by rank
Replies by the Home Secretary to requests in Parliament for data relating to the actual ages on retirement (as opposed to the Compulsory Retirement...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by Alan Elsegood on 6 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Alan Elsegood on 6 November 2008.
Car Theft Index 2007/2008
The Home Office web site has available for download copies of the car theft index report from 2004 to 2006 at the following location:
http://www....
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Gareth Oakley on 4 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Gareth Oakley on 4 November 2008.
Contracst for arranging failed asylum seeker deportation flights
I refer you to the following excerpt from an article in the Independent on 8th October 2007:
"...a Home Office spokesman said the Borders and Immig...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by David Williams on 1 November 2008.
Requested from Home Office by David Williams on 1 November 2008.
decision times for applications made in person
It states at: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ukresidency/waitingtimes/
that for further leave to remain and settlement applications you will deci...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by Mr. Ben Wraith on 30 October 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Mr. Ben Wraith on 30 October 2008.
Driving Offences on Foreign Licences
Will you please advise the number of persons convicted for driving offences that are liable to penalty points or disqualification where such punish...
Awaiting classification.
Requested from Home Office by Norman Oddie on 26 October 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Norman Oddie on 26 October 2008.
research, information and communications unit; staffing, budgets
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, please provide the following information:
a) the current number of full, or part-time, staff w...
Awaiting response.
Requested from Home Office by David Stringer on 24 October 2008.
Requested from Home Office by David Stringer on 24 October 2008.
British Crime Survey Postcode Sector Link
Please could you provide a text file providing the postcode sector for each Area Point Identifier within the Case Identifier in the
SN 5755 British...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by Tony Lovick on 24 October 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Tony Lovick on 24 October 2008.
UK statistics of Australian workers in the UK Social Care Industry
I would be grateful if you could advise me of statistics illustrating the number of Australians - professional and unskilled, currently working in...
Awaiting classification.
Requested from Home Office by Jen MacLaren on 21 October 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Jen MacLaren on 21 October 2008.
Position paper: Stateless British Children of Hong Kong
I refer to the parliamentary question tabled by Lord Avebury, reference number HL6450 that is referred to in House of Lords Hansard 3 July 2006, Col...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by James Gould on 18 October 2008.
Requested from Home Office by James Gould on 18 October 2008.
information handed over to home country authorities by deportation escorts
When failed asylum seekers are deported from the UK, because they refuse to leave voluntarily, they are often escorted back to their home country....
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Requested from Home Office by Chris Smith on 2 October 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Chris Smith on 2 October 2008.
People Granted Humanitarian Protection & Discretionary Leave to Remain
1. How many people were granted a three year Humanitarian Protection between 1 April 2003 and 30 August 2005?
2.How many people were granted discre...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by Habben Hale on 20 September 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Habben Hale on 20 September 2008.
Serious Crime Act 2007 section 71 Code of practice for disclosure of information to prevent fraud
Home Office,
Direct Communications Unit,
2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF,
Switchboard 020 7035 4848 Fax: 020 7035 4745 Textphone: 020 7035 4742,...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Watching Them, Watching Us on 12 September 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Watching Them, Watching Us on 12 September 2008.
Safety assessment following loss of prisoner data
As part of the review into the loss of prisoner data by PA Consulting a safety assessment was undertaken by the Association of Chief Police Officer...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by FishNChipPapers on 11 September 2008.
Requested from Home Office by FishNChipPapers on 11 September 2008.
Marketing budget for ID card scheme
I previously made a request concerning the marketing budget for the ID card scheme (see http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/marketing_budget_for_...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by FishNChipPapers on 7 September 2008.
Requested from Home Office by FishNChipPapers on 7 September 2008.
Section 44 Terrorism Act bureaucratic procedures
According to Section 46(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000, a police officer of the appropriate rank who gives a Section 44 authorisation of stop and sea...
Awaiting classification.
Requested from Home Office by Julian Todd on 5 September 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Julian Todd on 5 September 2008.
Home Office Total Facilities Management
Would you please provide for me under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 information to the following questions.
Ecovertfm provide a Total Facil...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by paul griffiths on 2 September 2008.
Requested from Home Office by paul griffiths on 2 September 2008.
Intercept Modernisation Programme
According to a written answer submitted to the Earl of Northesk on 8 July 2008 by Lord West of Spithead, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Security and...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Becky Hogge on 27 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Becky Hogge on 27 August 2008.
Public Accountability of the IPCC.
Can you please produce to me any guidance, requirements, protocols, procedures or information that relates to how the Home Office ensures full and e...
Awaiting internal review.
Requested from Home Office by Tony on 26 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Tony on 26 August 2008.
PA Consulting Group
I wish to make a requet for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I wish to know the value of the Home Office's contract(s) with...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Stephen Gradwick on 22 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Stephen Gradwick on 22 August 2008.
Dublin 2
I am trying to find figures for
(a) the number of asylum applicants sent from the UK to other EU member states under the Dublin 2 agreement;
(b...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Neil O'Brien on 21 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Neil O'Brien on 21 August 2008.
Funding for Action Against Business Crime
In response to a written question by Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 2nd June 2008, Lord West of Spithead, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Home O...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Christopher Richards on 20 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Christopher Richards on 20 August 2008.
Indefinite Leave to Remain as Husband/Wife
I came to the United Kingdom in 2001, as the wife of a British citizen. Unfortunately, I was not aware that I had to apply for an Indefinite Leave t...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by Shumila on 14 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Shumila on 14 August 2008.
Tier One/HSMP application acceptance percentages
I would like up-to-date (2007 and, where possible, 2008)information regarding the number of applications made and approved under the Tier One/HSMP...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Wendy Hopkinson on 13 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Wendy Hopkinson on 13 August 2008.
Information about Job advertisements
Can you provide the number of job vacancies that were externally advertised by the department broken down between April 07 to April 08 and between...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Gavin Starky on 12 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Gavin Starky on 12 August 2008.
HSMP wait time
I am an Australian, living in UK on a 2 year working holiday visa.
I have submitted my HSMP on June 6th 2008 and been told by my visa representati...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Samara on 7 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Samara on 7 August 2008.
Statistics relating to motor vehicle offences
I would be grateful if you could provide statistics for 2007 relating to the following:
1. Approximately how many cars were driven in the UK using...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by Tom Stevenson on 6 August 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Tom Stevenson on 6 August 2008.
Waiting timecale for ILR application
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DECIDE
Indefinite Leave To Remain APPLICATION?
MY ONE EXCEEDED THE SERVICE STANDARD.
I AM WAITING DECISION 133 WEEKS ALR...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by chris on 31 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by chris on 31 July 2008.
Offenders Index statistics
A publication by the Criminal Records Bureau ‘Employing ex-offenders: A practical guide’ claims that the Home Office Offenders Index shows ‘that on...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by Kaihsu Tai on 30 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Kaihsu Tai on 30 July 2008.
Extradition requests from Sierra Leone
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Please let me know:
1) How many extradition requests have been received from...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Gus Silverman on 28 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Gus Silverman on 28 July 2008.
Case Resolution directorate
May you please provide me with information regarding the granting/refusal of indefinite leave to enter/remain under the Case Resolution Exercise. Ma...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Dylan Powell on 26 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Dylan Powell on 26 July 2008.
Scrapping the Stop and Account Form
On the 7th of February 2008 The Home Secretary announced: "Scrapping the lengthy form used to record Stop and Account. ... This will be initially pi...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Richard Taylor on 25 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Richard Taylor on 25 July 2008.
Rules Governing UK Landing Cards
I am trying to find information on the laws and processes relating to landing cards for visitors arriving into the UK.
It is my understanding tha...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Richard Jackson on 24 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Richard Jackson on 24 July 2008.
Number of extradition to Sierra Leone
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Please let me know how many extradition requests made by Sierra Leone have been...
Waiting clarification.
Requested from Home Office by Gus Silverman on 23 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Gus Silverman on 23 July 2008.
Statistics for mylifemyid.org
Could you please provide firstly any available site statistics for the online survey website mylifemyid.org, run by Virtual Surveys on behalf of the...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Will Arveschoug on 21 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Will Arveschoug on 21 July 2008.
Deportation of EU refugees
Can you tell me how many EU (and EU status) (non British ) refugees have the Home office deported back to EU country of origin where refugee status...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by Ann Brown on 12 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Ann Brown on 12 July 2008.
purpose of mylifemyid.org
Under the freedom of information act could you please send me all documents relevant to the creation of the website found at mylifemyid.org.
This w...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Andrew Smith on 11 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Andrew Smith on 11 July 2008.
My Life My ID.org
Under the Freedom of Information Act could you please send me details of any correspondence that you have had between yourselves and the operators...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by James Snowdome on 11 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by James Snowdome on 11 July 2008.
Report on the outcome of the restriction of the current firearms laws
Has the Home Office commissioned any reports in the last 20 years into the outcome of relaxing the current laws on personal firearms?
In relation t...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by J Rhys on 10 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by J Rhys on 10 July 2008.
Section 44 Terrorism Act areas
According to Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, an authorisation of stop and search powers may be given for a specified area for up to 28 days a...
Rejected.
Requested from Home Office by Julian Todd on 10 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Julian Todd on 10 July 2008.
Cost of mylifemyid.org
Please could you send me:
- A copy of the contract between the Home Office and Virtual Surveys Ltd for the operation of the MyLifeMyID.org consul...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by Harry Metcalfe on 9 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Harry Metcalfe on 9 July 2008.
FOI services bought from Public Partners
Hi,
The Home Office is listed as a client of Public Partners: Advice, Consultancy and Training (P-PACT)
http://www.publicpartners.org/profile/client...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Francis Irving on 9 July 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Francis Irving on 9 July 2008.
Request for Internal Review of I&PS FOI response on Passport Photos
Dear Sir / Madam
I am writing in relation to a FOI request made to the Identity & Passport Service.
Ref: FOICR 9526/08
All correspondence in re...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Alex Skene on 21 June 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Alex Skene on 21 June 2008.
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary Common Purpose
1. Has Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary ever attended a Common Purpose training course?
If so, please list the courses she has attended, their da...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by John Walker on 18 June 2008.
Requested from Home Office by John Walker on 18 June 2008.
Statistics in relation to incidents of 'suspicious' photographers / anti terrorism ad campaign
The recent Metropolitan Police anti terror campaign includes posters/adverts advising the public to report any suspicious photographers or photograp...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by J Earley on 11 June 2008.
Requested from Home Office by J Earley on 11 June 2008.
Details of policy on destitute persons appealing Asylum decision
It concerns me greatly that the Home Office, appear not to recognise persons and their needs, who are described as 'destitute' within the United Ki...
Rejected.
Requested from Home Office by Lord McDowall on 4 June 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Lord McDowall on 4 June 2008.
Traffic to Talk to Frank
Can you please tell me:
1. How many unique visitors came to the talktofrank.com website per month and in total since it launched?
2. How many p...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Tom Steinberg on 29 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Tom Steinberg on 29 May 2008.
Number of people in UK National Criminal Intelligence DNA Database
I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I would like to know about the data in the UK National Criminal Intelligence DNA...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by Irving Washington on 28 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Irving Washington on 28 May 2008.
Qualifying Period (under Work permit and Hsmp)
My request is regarding the current time allowed for absences abroad under HSMP/Work permit.
(a) When ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) was 4 year...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by Reema on 23 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Reema on 23 May 2008.
Requests for information about RIPA 2000 in connection with Targeted Advertising
Lord West of Spithead (Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Home Office) has stated that the Home Office was asked by a number of parties for a view...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by Steve Hankin on 22 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Steve Hankin on 22 May 2008.
Police Investigation Broken Seals of Ballot Boxes in London Elections
It has been reported that several ballot boxes had their seals broken overnight while awaiting counting and held in cardboard boxes with no police g...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by nick chance on 21 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by nick chance on 21 May 2008.
detention figures of asylum seeking children
Could you provide me with the numbers of children detained in immigration detention centres in the UK as on 1.5.2008
Yours faithfully,
Tessa Gray
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Tessa Gray on 20 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Tessa Gray on 20 May 2008.
Current Processing Time For Review application
My request is what is current processing time for review of refused application . There is no procedure on the IND site of Home Office for review...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by syed on 20 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by syed on 20 May 2008.
Evaluation of foreign policy impact on terrorist threat
The Independent reports [1] a Home Office spokesman as insisting that "the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan had no bearing on the level of the secu...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Laurence Rowe on 18 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Laurence Rowe on 18 May 2008.
Common Purpose training, graduates and expenditure
Please provide
1. the names and ranks/grades of all Home Office employees who are Common Purpose "graduates".
2. Please detail total expenditur...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by John Walker on 18 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by John Walker on 18 May 2008.
lastest figures about hsmp processing times
i would like to know the processing timings and percentage of successful or refused cases of HSMP OR TIER1 AND WORK PERMITS. last year.
and how many...
Partially successful.
Requested from Home Office by sajid ali on 17 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by sajid ali on 17 May 2008.
number of cyclists prosecuted for riding on pavements
I would like to know the number of prosecutions (both successful or not) that have been made against cyclists for riding on pavements. I would like...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by Samin Ishtiaq on 15 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Samin Ishtiaq on 15 May 2008.
PC Appeal No70 of 1997: Conspiracy to Defeat Justice
PC Appeal No 70 of 1997
Following the hearing of the above 'appeal' and subsequent investigations by the Metropolitan Police the Home Office were...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by david schiller on 4 May 2008.
Requested from Home Office by david schiller on 4 May 2008.
Temporary staff
How many posts are currently filled by temps / consultants / secondees as a result of an inability to fill a vacancy by means of internal recruitme...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by Ben Thomas on 21 April 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Ben Thomas on 21 April 2008.
Exportation of personal information
With reference to all the current legislation and special certificates in force please tell me how many instances there have been where an individua...
Response overdue.
Requested from Home Office by Mike McNamara on 21 April 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Mike McNamara on 21 April 2008.
3H and 14C Radioactivity Licences held in the UK
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request a list of all relevant institutions in possession of a Radioactivity Licence.
Yours...
Waiting clarification.
Requested from Home Office by LabLogic on 7 April 2008.
Requested from Home Office by LabLogic on 7 April 2008.
Recognized religions in the UK
Could you please provide a list of recognized religions in the United Kingdom. I would also appreciate a clear definition of the term "recognized r...
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by Robyn Urdaibay on 19 March 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Robyn Urdaibay on 19 March 2008.
Crime statistics for 2007 Champions League final in Athens
Could you please provide the following information.
The number of British citizens arrested in Athens, Greece between Sunday 20th May 2007 and F...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Adam Clark on 18 March 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Adam Clark on 18 March 2008.
Marketing budget for ID card scheme
Marketing Week this week reports that the Home Office is seeking a marketing agency to market and promote the National Identity Scheme (http://www....
Information not held.
Requested from Home Office by FishNChipPapers on 14 March 2008.
Requested from Home Office by FishNChipPapers on 14 March 2008.
Identity card scheme expenditure on management consultants
Please could you tell us the total expenditure to date on management consultants in connection with the national identity card scheme and list the...
Awaiting classification.
Requested from Home Office by Cayce Pollard on 26 February 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Cayce Pollard on 26 February 2008.
Parliament protest actions
I have recently read the 31 page consultation document titled: "Managing Protest Around Parliament" detailing a review of sections 132-138 of the S...
Successful.
Requested from Home Office by Julian Todd on 7 January 2008.
Requested from Home Office by Julian Todd on 7 January 2008.

