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date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
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answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an EEA national residing in the UK who wished to bring a non-EU spouse into the country would, under the draft Decision by the European Council published on 2 February, have to meet the requirements for salary, and the spouse the conditions for language, as are required of a British citizen and set out under part 8 of the UK Immigration Rules.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL5974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>This is still a matter for negotiation. The European Commission has proposed bringing forward a legislative proposal to reverse the Metock judgment and prevent non-EU nationals from acquiring free movement rights simply by marrying an EU national. Instead, they will be subject to the domestic immigration controls of the first Member State they enter. In the UK, this means that they will need to meet language and income requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2016 09:55:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

451109

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date	08/02/2016
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 what assessment they have made of whether, were the UK to leave the EU, they would be obliged to consider the case of an applicant for asylum who was known to have arrived directly from a safe country; and if so, as a result of which treaty or instrument.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL5975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong>EU negotiations are ongoing and the UK is engaging with European partners to reach a positive outcome.</p><p>The Government firmly supports the well-established principle that those seeking international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, a principle reflected within the Dublin Regulation.</p><p>We are cooperating fully with the EU Commission’s review of the Dublin Regulation and will continue to make the case that its long – established principles should continue to be the basis for any future regulation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/02/2016 15:44:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

443553

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date	11/01/2016
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 asylum applications have been made in each of the last five years by applicants who entered the UK on a student visa; what were the nationalities of each applicant; how many of those applications were refused, and how many unsuccessful applicants were subsequently removed.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Over the last five years there have been 15,470 cases of individuals who have entered on a student visa and subsequently also went on to claim asylum. Details by year and nationality are below.</p><p>Unfortunately the way corresponding data is held on asylum outcome means that to obtain the numbers of cases that were granted, refused and removed could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Visa Nationality</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Asylum Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benin</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burma (Myanmar)</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central African Republic</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of Congo</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equatorial Guinea</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eritrea</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HONG KONG</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>1269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ivory Coast</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldives</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mali</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MEXICO</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>1313</p></td><td><p>1471</p></td><td><p>1265</p></td><td><p>4486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Palestinian Authority</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russian Federation</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SINGAPORE</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH KOREA</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH SUDAN</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>744</p></td><td><p>1137</p></td><td><p>1171</p></td><td><p>715</p></td><td><p>3997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent &amp; the Grenadines</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkmenistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yugoslavia</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>781</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1901</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4695</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3743</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15470</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: The figures quoted have been derived from internal management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 26/01/2016 13:04:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Table - PQ HL4837.doc title Table - PQ HL4837
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registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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 applicants claimed asylum only on discovery in each of the last 10 years; how many of those applicants were granted asylum; and how many of those unsuccessful applicants were removed successfully.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>Over the last 10 years there have been 83,912 asylum claims made by individuals encountered by local Immigration and Enforcement Staff and the outcome of these cases is detailed below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Of Claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant Asylum</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant Other</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No Decision</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>1,636</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>713</p></td><td><p>5,222</p></td><td><p>938</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p>743</p></td><td><p>5,525</p></td><td><p>1,244</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>8,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,136</p></td><td><p>1,102</p></td><td><p>6,010</p></td><td><p>2,438</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10,693</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>695</p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>5,236</p></td><td><p>2,360</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>965</p></td><td><p>491</p></td><td><p>4,796</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,427</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>4,597</p></td><td><p>1,476</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,618</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td><td><p>2,011</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>9,154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,464</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>5,697</p></td><td><p>1,983</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>10,524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,416</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>4,570</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>11,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 13,892 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,388 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 48,489 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 15,530 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 613 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 83,912 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: The figures quoted have been derived from internal management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.</p><p>The table below details the 23,264 cases that have been successfully removed from this group of cases.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of Claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2,461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2,665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 23,264 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: The figures quoted have been derived from internal management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/01/2016 17:58:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

439511

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the EU directives on asylum into which they have opted, and what are those from which they have opted out.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>Between 1999 and 2005, several measures harmonising common minimum standards for asylum were adopted. The six measures were the Dublin II Regulation, the EURODAC Regulation, the Temporary Protection Directive, the Reception Conditions Directive, the Qualification Directive and the Asylum Procedures Directive. The UK opted into all of these Directives.</p><p>The Reception Conditions Directive, the Qualifications Directive and the Asylum Procedures Directives were later revised but the UK did not opt into the revised versions and remains bound by the original Directives.</p><p>The Dublin II Regulation and EURODAC Regulation were also revised and the UK opted into the revised versions.</p><p>The Temporary Protection Directive has not been revised and the UK remains bound by the original Directive.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/01/2016 15:46:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

426054

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the minimum salary required of a Tier 2 (General) visa applicant in order to be allocated a Certificate of Sponsorship in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL3327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The minimum salary threshold for Tier 2 (General) rises annually in line with UK wage inflation. It was £20,300 from 2013/14, £20,500 in 2014/15 and £20,800 in 2015/16. Additionally, for a Certificate of Sponsorship to be allocated, the employer (the sponsor) must be paying the appropriate salary rate for the occupation in question. These rates are set out in Appendix J of the Immigration Rules: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-j-codes-of-practice-for-skilled-work.</p><p>Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship are subject to an annual limit and are allocated to sponsoring employers each month. The limit was undersubscribed until June 2015 and so all valid applications for Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship were granted, where the salary was at least equal to the minimum thresholds above.</p><p>If the limit is oversubscribed, as it has been since June, applications for Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship are prioritised using a points table. Points are awarded for shortage occupations, PhD-level occupations, and salary. The minimum salaries for successful applications since June are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Month</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Minimum salary for successful applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shortage occupations</p></td><td><p>PhD-level occupations</p></td><td><p>Other occupations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£46,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£32,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£24,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£27,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£20,800</p></td><td><p>£22,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/11/2015 16:56:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

425250

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Iraq
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 22 October (HL2920), how many Iraqis have been granted refugee status in the United Kingdom in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL3176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of Iraqi nationals (main applicants and dependants) granted asylum or another form of protection in the UK, in each year since 2010 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>Number of Iraqi nationals granted asylum or another form of protection in the UK (for main applicants and dependants), based on initial decisions<sup>1</sup> </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Total grants<sup>2 </sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>169</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>113</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>95</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>109</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>208</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(1) Initial decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period and exclude the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(2) Total grants include grants of Asylum, Humanitarian Protection, Discretionary Leave, grants under family and private life rules, Leave Outside the Rules and UASC leave</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/11/2015 16:03:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Number of Iraqi nationals granted asylum or another form of protection.xlsx title Number of Iraqi nationals
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

423500

registered interest
date	23/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 19 October (HL2532), which specific elements of European law require the right to challenge an adverse asylum decision via an effective remedy; and whether the nature of such a remedy is prescribed.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL2964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Article 39 of the Asylum Procedures Directive requires that EU member states must provide an effective remedy before a Court or Tribunal in respect of a decision taken on a person’s asylum application.</p><p>The nature of the remedy is not prescribed beyond requiring it to be before a Court or Tribunal.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/11/2015 14:44:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

420557

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the United Kingdom is bound by European Union or international law to provide an opportunity for appeal to those whose asylum applications are rejected at first hearing.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL2532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>European law requires that a person whose claim for asylum is refused by the Secretary of State should have the right to challenge that decision via an effective remedy. In the UK that remedy is provided by either an appeal right or judicial review depending on the circumstances. There is no specific requirement, either in European or international law, to provide asylum applicants with an onward right of appeal if the rejection of their asylum claim is upheld at a first hearing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/10/2015 16:24:55 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

418786

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Germany
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 14 July (HL1075), whether a non-EU citizen in possession of (1) a temporary, and (2) a permanent, residence permit issued by the government of Germany may enter the United Kingdom without a visa.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL2221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>A non-EU citizen who holds a valid, genuine residence card issued under Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC, or a permanent residence card issued under Article 20, may enter the UK without a visa only where they are joining or accompanying their EU national family member to the UK. This applies only to Article 10 and 20 residence cards, which are issued to family members of EU nationals who are exercising free movement rights in a Member State other than that of which they are a national. Residence documentation issued by another Member State on any other basis under their domestic legislation does not exempt the holder from the requirement to hold a visa to enter the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2015 15:24:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington