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967442

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	White Helmets: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether members of the White Helmets and their families evacuated from Syria vis Israel have arrived in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL9939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Together with international partners, the UK is working to resettle members of the White Helmets and their families. Any resettlement to the UK will be in line with the established UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) process for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Our prime concern for those coming to the UK under our resettlement schemes is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and support their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.</p><p>Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9940 HL9941 question first answered 13/09/2018 12:51:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

967443

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	White Helmets: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government where in the UK members of the White Helmets group evacuated from Syria via Israel (1) have been, and (2) will be settled.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL9940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Together with international partners, the UK is working to resettle members of the White Helmets and their families. Any resettlement to the UK will be in line with the established UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) process for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Our prime concern for those coming to the UK under our resettlement schemes is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and support their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.</p><p>Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9939 HL9941 question first answered 13/09/2018 12:51:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

967444

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	White Helmets: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the White Helmets group and their families evacuated from Syria via Israel are now in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL9941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Together with international partners, the UK is working to resettle members of the White Helmets and their families. Any resettlement to the UK will be in line with the established UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) process for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Our prime concern for those coming to the UK under our resettlement schemes is their safety and protection as they arrive in this country. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and support their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available.</p><p>Notwithstanding this the Home Office is committed to publishing data on arrivals in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL9939 HL9940 question first answered 13/09/2018 12:51:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

967445

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will issue new guidance following the case of PK(Ghana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 98.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL9942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the judgment in PK(Ghana) officials were instructed to temporarily defer most decisions on whether to grant discretionary leave to remain to trafficking victims. This was to enable new guidance to be prepared that would take account of the findings of the Court.</p><p>Grants of discretionary leave continued to be made if it was found that a grant was necessary to enable a trafficking victim to seek compensation through the courts or to assist the police with a criminal investigation or prosecution. Victims also continued to be granted leave if they qualified for refugee status or under other provisions in the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The new guidance was published on 8 August 2018 and normal decision making has therefore resumed. The guidance is available on the GOV.UK web-pages at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732594/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v1.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732594/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v1.0ext.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:36:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v2.pdf title dl - for victims of Modern Slavery
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

967447

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Attorney General’s Office policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL9944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Minsters. There is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office does not develop its own policy nor has responsibility for any Government policies. As such the department has not had to consider the guidance but would do so if appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/09/2018 11:14:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

967465

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in the UK had one or both parents placed in immigration detention in each calendar year since 2010; what were the ages of those children; for what period were they separated from one or both parents; and if such records are not kept, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL9959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 12:50:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

967480

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, and (2) refugees of all ages, with close family members in the UK have so far been identified by UK immigration liaison officers sent to France, Italy and Greece; and how many have reached the UK as a result.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL9973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The role of the UK liaison officers is to facilitate good working co-operation between EU Member States, including Italy, France and Greece, on asylum and immigration matters with the UK. Liaison officers are not involved in identifying children under Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, as it is a matter for our partner states to refer children who meet the criteria and where it is in their best interests to transfer to the UK. Liaison officers are not involved in the identification of applicants with qualifying family members either as this is also a matter for the competent national authorities of Dublin states.</p><p>On 30 November, the Government published data on the numbers of children transferred to the UK from the Calais camp clearance under both the Dublin III Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. The data can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfers-of-children-to-the-uk-from-the-calais-operation-november-2017</p><p>On 22 February 2018, the Home Office published data on the number of transfers into the UK from other Dublin states. The relevant statistics can be found at as_22_q, asylum volume 5 at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables. 2018 Dublin data will be published in February 2019.</p><p>We remain fully committed to delivering our commitment to transfer the specified number of 480 children under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and are working very closely with participating States, to deliver the scheme in line with their national laws. Over 220 children are already in the UK and transfers are ongoing. We will not provide a running commentary on numbers and will publish the details once all children are in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name as_22-q - Asylum Vol 5.xlsx title Table - as_22-q Asylum Vol 5 2 file name Table - Transfers of Children to UK from the Calais Op Nov 2017.xlsx title Table - Transfers of Children to the UK-Calais op[ question first answered 13/09/2018 13:39:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

967501

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sri Lanka
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Sri Lankans (1) applied for asylum, and (2) had applications approved in each year since 2008, broken down by ethnicity.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL9991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and initial decisions, broken down by nationality, in table as_01_q (volume 1 of the asylum tables) in the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> publication. The latest figures, up until June 2018, are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018</a></p><p>Data on ethnicity are not available.</p><p>Table 1: Asylum applications, initial decision, and grants on asylum applications from Sri Lankan nationals, 2008 to June 2018</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total applications </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total initial decisions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total grants </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>1,251</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>1,357</p></td><td><p>1,612</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,756</p></td><td><p>1,604</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,744</p></td><td><p>1,384</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1,811</p></td><td><p>1,287</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1,292</p></td><td><p>1,217</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>961</p></td><td><p>1,537</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>731</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>645</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018 (Jan-Jun)</strong></p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Grants include grants of asylum, discretionary leave, humanitarian protection, and grants under family and private life rules.</p><p>2. Decisions made in a given year does not necessarily relate to the number of applications in the same year. Applications are based on the date of application and decisions are based on the date of initial decision.</p><p>3. Data include main applicants only.</p><p>4. Data for 2018 include 6 months of data only (Jan-Jun). This is the latest period that is publically available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:39:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name HL991 Lord Naseby Annex A.xlsx title Table as_01_q (Vol 1 - Asylum Table)
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

967503

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Sri Lanka
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals were granted in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL9992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Unfortunately, the Department does not record this information in such a way as to allow us to report on the estimated number of immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity and this data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 11:16:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

967504

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Christopher Allen
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they have taken to ensure that the South Sudanese authorities conducted a satisfactory investigation in relation to the killing of the British citizen, Christopher Allen, in August 2017.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL9993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>​US consular services contacted the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for advice regarding Christopher Allen’s death in South Sudan, a dual US/UK national. Consular assistance was provided by the US consular services in Sudan and the USA, following the decision by the family to repatriate Mr Allen to the USA.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL9994 HL9995 question first answered 12/09/2018 15:44:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover