To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Torbay of 1st October regarding Dr Charl Malherbe and his application for residency on 9th September.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Torbay of 1st October regarding Dr Charl Malherbe and his application for residency on 9th September.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce a new hardback UK passport incorporating the existing pages of national identification.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce a new hardback UK passport incorporating the existing pages of national identification.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date exceptional leave to remain was withdrawn, and when he expects a final decision to be taken, in the case of Sayyad Ali Ghamety Boland.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date exceptional leave to remain was withdrawn, and when he expects a final decision to be taken, in the case of Sayyad Ali Ghamety Boland.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on when the Glasgow Airport Immigration Service will be re-opened to the public.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on when the Glasgow Airport Immigration Service will be re-opened to the public.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of applications for political asylum in the United Kingdom for each month from January 1997 to November 1999. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of applications for political asylum in the United Kingdom for each month from January 1997 to November 1999. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consult the public to establish whether there is demand for a hardback UK passport. - Inc fact that there are no plans to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consult the public to establish whether there is demand for a hardback UK passport. - Inc fact that there are no plans to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the cost of re-introducing an optional hardback UK passport. - Inc figures and fact that there are no plans to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the cost of re-introducing an optional hardback UK passport. - Inc figures and fact that there are no plans to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each of the last three years who would otherwise have qualified as refugees have been excluded from protection and refused asylum on the grounds that they have committed acts sufficiently serious to render them as not...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each of the last three years who would otherwise have qualified as refugees have been excluded from protection and refused asylum on the grounds that they have committed acts sufficiently serious to render them as not...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the entitlement of residents of St Kitts to British citizenship.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the entitlement of residents of St Kitts to British citizenship.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many immigration and asylum appeal hearings in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 his Department did not present its case. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many immigration and asylum appeal hearings in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 his Department did not present its case. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Kosovar refugees are curently in the UK; and, of those, how many (a) are seeking and (b) have been granted asylum. - Includes figures for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and for Kosovars through UN High Commission for Refugees...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Kosovar refugees are curently in the UK; and, of those, how many (a) are seeking and (b) have been granted asylum. - Includes figures for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and for Kosovars through UN High Commission for Refugees...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records are kept of those persons who apply for political asylum and have their cases rejected; and how many such persons remain in the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records are kept of those persons who apply for political asylum and have their cases rejected; and how many such persons remain in the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have applied for political asylum in the United Kingdom in each of the five most recent 12 month periods; how many of those applicants in each year have had their request rejected; and how many have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have applied for political asylum in the United Kingdom in each of the five most recent 12 month periods; how many of those applicants in each year have had their request rejected; and how many have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisation within his Department has the responsibility for arranging the deportation of asylum seekers whose applications are rejected; and what assessment has been made of the manner in which these responsibilities are undertaken. - Includes figures and ref to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisation within his Department has the responsibility for arranging the deportation of asylum seekers whose applications are rejected; and what assessment has been made of the manner in which these responsibilities are undertaken. - Includes figures and ref to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reasons underlie the length of time taken by his Department to consider the urgent request to a Minister for permission to visit the UK in the case of the Sengunes family. - Inc fact that interim reply was sent...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reasons underlie the length of time taken by his Department to consider the urgent request to a Minister for permission to visit the UK in the case of the Sengunes family. - Inc fact that interim reply was sent...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library details of the performance of the Integrated Casework Directorate against its four key performance indicators for each week since those performance indicators were first applied. - Inc ref to chart placed in Library...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library details of the performance of the Integrated Casework Directorate against its four key performance indicators for each week since those performance indicators were first applied. - Inc ref to chart placed in Library...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Eccles will receive a reply from the Immigration and Nationality Directorate Board to his letter of 6th July, reference number 915495/99.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Eccles will receive a reply from the Immigration and Nationality Directorate Board to his letter of 6th July, reference number 915495/99.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate how many people claiming political asylum arrived in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many people were (a) accepted and (b) rejected for political asylum in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate how many people claiming political asylum arrived in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many people were (a) accepted and (b) rejected for political asylum in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letters to him dated 9th August, 16th September and 14th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Briken Qinami.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letters to him dated 9th August, 16th September and 14th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Briken Qinami.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when planning permission was obtained for the proposed detention centre at Oakington; what conditions were attached to the permission by the planning authority; and which of those conditions his Department does not intend to accept.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when planning permission was obtained for the proposed detention centre at Oakington; what conditions were attached to the permission by the planning authority; and which of those conditions his Department does not intend to accept.