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661753

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: 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 failed asylum seekers under the age of 18 were deported in December in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of enforced returns by age is published in table rt_03 (returns data tables) in ‘Immigration Statistics, July - September 2016’, available from the Home Office website at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572380/returns2-q3-2016-tables.ods</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/01/2017 18:09:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

661755

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest period of time a (a) UK or EEA national and (b) non-EU citizen had to wait during December before passing through border checks at (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick, (iii) Manchester, (iv) Stansted and (v) Luton airports was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Heathrow airport is currently the only provider to publish queue statistics on its website:</p><p>http://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force</p><p>There were only five ports which fell below the 95% SLA performance target from 2012. Data before 2012 is not available. Data for December 2016 is not yet available.</p><p>The performance data relates to passenger queuing times – defined as when a passenger / vehicle joins a static body of people / line of vehicles to when they arrive at the UK Border control desk - and as such excludes transaction times for clearance.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/01/2017 13:36:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

661756

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has suspended all processing and admission of migrants formerly at Calais.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We have worked closely with the French authorities to support the clearance of the Calais camp and to transfer children eligible to come to the UK. Since 10 October, we have transferred over 750 children from France. The current phase has been concluded. More children will be transferred from across Europe under the Immigration Act in the coming months, including from France.</p><p>We will continue to meet our obligation under the Dublin Regulation to transfer unaccompanied refugee children to the UK where a family link has been established.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/01/2017 18:11:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

660157

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which (a) EU heads of government, (b) heads of state, (c) members of the EU Commission and (d) leaders of the parliamentary groupings in the European Parliament she has (i) met and (ii) discussed the Government's plans to reduce net migration from the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations and individuals are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Cabinet Office website which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 58063 question first answered 23/12/2016 11:40:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

660161

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to reassure EU nationals currently living in the UK that they will enjoy the same rights of residency and work status that they currently enjoy after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living in the UK, and the only circumstances in which that wouldn’t be possible is if British citizens’ rights in other EU Member States were not protected in return.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/12/2016 10:19:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

660162

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from and what discussions she has had with (a) Ian Wright, director-general of the Food and Drink Federation, (b) Helen Dickinson, chief executive at the British Retail Consortium and (c) others on potential changes to immigration systems or new work visa systems after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations and individuals are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Cabinet Office website which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 58028 question first answered 23/12/2016 11:40:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

660163

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the net financial contribution per annum to the economy from international students; and how that contribution is expected to change in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises that international students make an important contribution during their time here, and they help make our education system one of the best in the world. The UK remains the second most popular destination in the world for international higher education students.</p><p>We continue to be committed to ensuring our top universities can attract the best students from around the world. The latest figures show that visa applications from university students are now 17 per cent higher than they were in 2010 and visa applications to Russell Group universities are 47 per cent higher than in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/12/2016 12:06:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

660164

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
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 has taken to ensure that any refugee children who were recently accommodated at Calais and who were entitled to come to the UK have not been trafficked, become domestic slaves or forced into prostitution.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with local authorities, the Department for Education, the Local Government Association, non-governmental organisations, and other Government departments to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children transferred from France to the UK. The Government recently announced its intention to publish a Safeguarding Strategy which will bring together a number of strands of ongoing work and develop a more holistic, robust and evidence-based strategy to supporting these vulnerable children.</p><p>Children transferred to the UK were assessed on arrival by Home Office officials who are trained to identify indicators of human trafficking and modern slavery. Under the Dublin Regulation, safeguarding checks are conducted ahead of the children being reunited with their relatives.</p><p>The Government takes its responsibilities towards all vulnerable children extremely seriously. That is why when a child goes missing from care, agencies work closely with local authorities and local police forces in order to find them.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/12/2016 14:12:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

657192

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
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 29 November 2016 to Question 52848, whether it was her Department's chief scientific adviser or the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser who expressed concerns about the scientific basis of the trial; and if she will place in the Library or otherwise publish copies of any correspondence outlining those concerns.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	57161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The opinion of the Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Bernard Silverman FRS, was sought on the subject of dental age determination and I have placed a copy of his report in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/01/2017 17:32:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott