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101556

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contributions the Government made to the Mare Nostrum rescue program before the decision to no longer support it.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	212389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Mare Nostrum is an Italian search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean. The UK has had no involvement in, and made no contributions to, the operation. <br><br>We continue to work with Italy and other EU Member States to address migratory pressures in the Mediterranean, for the sake of law abiding citizens and in the best interests of those tempted to make this dangerous journey. This includes providing support to Frontex, the EU external borders agency, and finding ways to address the causes of illegal migration and organised crime in countries of origin and transit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:54:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25563 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

101585

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2014 to Question 207807, whether a date has been set for commencement of section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	212456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Section 65 of the 2014 Act will insert new registration provisions into the British Nationality Act 1981 for people born to British fathers before 1 July <br>2006. <br><br>As my previous answer explained, the 2014 Act is being implemented in phases to ensure the provisions are brought into force in an orderly and effective manner. We have not yet set a commencement date for Section 65.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:58:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25566 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

101652

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the last European Arrest Warrant was issued by the UK to the Republic of Ireland in relation to an offence or offences related to terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	212487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The most recent Arrest Warrant issued by the UK to Ireland for terrorism-related offences was on 29 August 2013, with the subject surrendered in February 2014. <br><br>There are currently two outstanding Arrest Warrants for terrorism-related offences that were issued by the UK to Ireland.<br><br>The Government of Ireland made clear in a letter dated 4 September 2014 from the Irish Justice Minister to the Home Secretary that should the UK fail to opt in to the package of 35 criminal justice measures on 1 December 2014, there is no guarantee that the Irish courts would preserve the validity of outstanding Arrest Warrants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 212488 question first answered 10/11/2014 15:59:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25732 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

101653

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrants issued by the UK to the Republic of Ireland for terrorism-related offences remain outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	212488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The most recent Arrest Warrant issued by the UK to Ireland for terrorism-related offences was on 29 August 2013, with the subject surrendered in February 2014. <br><br>There are currently two outstanding Arrest Warrants for terrorism-related offences that were issued by the UK to Ireland.<br><br>The Government of Ireland made clear in a letter dated 4 September 2014 from the Irish Justice Minister to the Home Secretary that should the UK fail to opt in to the package of 35 criminal justice measures on 1 December 2014, there is no guarantee that the Irish courts would preserve the validity of outstanding Arrest Warrants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 212487 question first answered 10/11/2014 15:59:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25735 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

101654

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	212478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>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: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>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 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>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. <br><br>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 <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212476 212477 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25719 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101656

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	212477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>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: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>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 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>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. <br><br>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 <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212476 212478 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25715 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101657

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	212476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>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: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>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 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>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. <br><br>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 <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212477 212478 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25571 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101400

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support countries of origin and transit in North Africa to assist them to prevent migrants from attempting dangerous sea crossings to travel to Europe; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	212363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the conclusions on the response to migration pressures in the Mediterranean, unanimously adopted at the JHA Council meeting on 9-10 October under the Italian Presidency, which included proposals to strengthen cooperation with transit countries in North Africa whilst phasing out the currentemergency search and rescue operations carried out by Italy. <br><br>We are supporting EU proposals for enhanced refugee protection in North and East Africa, building on our current support for those seeking <br>protection in the region of Syria. We have joined a steering group for a new EU project in the Horn of Africa which will develop, implement and resource concrete actions to address human trafficking in the region. The UK is also among those Member States offering the greatest numbers of resettlement places for refugees from outside the EU, working closely with UNHCR (over 4,000 between 2008-2013). We recognise that there are some particularly vulnerable Syrian refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region. We have therefore launched our UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. We have also contributed £700 million to the Syria relief effort so far making the UK the second largest bilateral donor after the USA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212357 212361 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:22:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25746 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

101402

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia on the decision to end funding for search and rescue missions for migrants in danger of drowning in the Mediterranean; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	212357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the conclusions on the response to migration pressures in the Mediterranean, unanimously adopted at the JHA Council meeting on 9-10 October under the Italian Presidency, which included proposals to strengthen cooperation with transit countries in North Africa whilst phasing out the currentemergency search and rescue operations carried out by Italy. <br><br>We are supporting EU proposals for enhanced refugee protection in North and East Africa, building on our current support for those seeking <br>protection in the region of Syria. We have joined a steering group for a new EU project in the Horn of Africa which will develop, implement and resource concrete actions to address human trafficking in the region. The UK is also among those Member States offering the greatest numbers of resettlement places for refugees from outside the EU, working closely with UNHCR (over 4,000 between 2008-2013). We recognise that there are some particularly vulnerable Syrian refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region. We have therefore launched our UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. We have also contributed £700 million to the Syria relief effort so far making the UK the second largest bilateral donor after the USA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212361 212363 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:22:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25741 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

101403

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to countries of origin and transit in North Africa to tackle smugglers and criminal gangs who transport migrants across the Mediterranean; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	212361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the conclusions on the response to migration pressures in the Mediterranean, unanimously adopted at the JHA Council meeting on 9-10 October under the Italian Presidency, which included proposals to strengthen cooperation with transit countries in North Africa whilst phasing out the currentemergency search and rescue operations carried out by Italy. <br><br>We are supporting EU proposals for enhanced refugee protection in North and East Africa, building on our current support for those seeking <br>protection in the region of Syria. We have joined a steering group for a new EU project in the Horn of Africa which will develop, implement and resource concrete actions to address human trafficking in the region. The UK is also among those Member States offering the greatest numbers of resettlement places for refugees from outside the EU, working closely with UNHCR (over 4,000 between 2008-2013). We recognise that there are some particularly vulnerable Syrian refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region. We have therefore launched our UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. We have also contributed £700 million to the Syria relief effort so far making the UK the second largest bilateral donor after the USA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212357 212363 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:22:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25745 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas