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1692243

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what use, if any, has been made of the power in section 66 of the Immigration Act 2014 to deprive naturalised citizens of their British citizenship even when the consequence is to render them stateless; and what assessment they have made of the utility of that power.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL2788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The power to deprive an individual of British citizenship under section 40(4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981 has not been used since its introduction in July 2014. Following the first statutory review of the power, which was published in April 2016, a further review will be undertaken within 12 months of the power first being used.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 12/03/2024 15:20:17 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1611037

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel Requirements: Pupils
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to deliver on their commitment in the UK–France Joint Leaders’ Declaration of 10 March to ease the travel of school groups to the UK by making changes to documentary requirements for schoolchildren on organised trips from France.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL7096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>At the summit in Paris on 10 March 2023 the UK committed to ease the travel of school groups to the UK by making changes to documentary requirements for schoolchildren on organised trips from France.</p><p>We are currently working through the details of implementation and more information, including timescales, will be provided in due course.</p><p>This agreement with France will help to strengthen and maintain educational and cultural links with our closest continental neighbour. We will keep the position under review and ensure that we continue to operate our border in the UK's best interests.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 02/05/2023 16:32:53 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1401594

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a Modern Slavery Risk Register to aid UK companies and individuals to avoid investment in organisations abroad which are alleged to have facilitated modern slavery.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL5215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>At present there are no plans to introduce a Modern Slavery Risk Register. However, on 24 March 2021, the Government announced a review of the 2014 Modern Slavery Strategy. The review will consider all aspects of the 2014 strategy and the Government’s response, including our approach to supply chains.</p><p>In the meantime, to further enhance transparency, the Government launched an online GOV.UK registry for modern slavery statements. This service enables investors, consumers, NGOs and others to scrutinise the effectiveness of the actions being taken and monitor progress across sectors over time. Since launch, over 6,900 statements have been submitted covering over 23,000 organisations on a voluntary basis. In future, it will be mandatory for in scope organisations to submit their statement to the registry, as part of the planned changes to strengthen section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2022 14:26:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1400108

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were deprived of their citizenship under section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 for each year from 2010 to 2018, broken down by (1) the grounds upon which those deprivation orders were made, (2) whether or not the individual had previously been granted refugee status, discretionary leave or humanitarian protection in the UK, (3) whether or not the individual was under the age of 18, and (4) whether the individual was in the UK at the time of the deprivation.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL5076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Figures for numbers of conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. Four reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020 which provide the number of deprivation of citizenship orders made up until the end of 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Individuals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><br> </em>Figures are provided on an annual basis and we do not break those figures down further into sub-categories.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/01/2022 17:24:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1400109

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when information relating to the use of deprivation of citizenship orders under section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, and (3) 2021, will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL5077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Figures for numbers of conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. Four reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020 which provide the number of deprivation of citizenship orders made up until the end of 2018.</p><p>A further publication which includes the more recent data is due to be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/01/2022 17:27:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1400110

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 October 2020 (HL8400), how many orders have been made under section 40(4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981, depriving a person of citizenship in circumstances where that person is rendered stateless; and when the next review of that power under section 40B of the British Nationality Act will be commissioned.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL5078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The power to deprive an individual of British citizenship under section 40(4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981 has not been used since its introduction in July 2014. As circumstances have not changed since the first statutory review of the power was published in April 2016, a further review of the power will be undertaken within 12 months of the power first being used.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/03/2022 16:12:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1400111

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many appeals against deprivation of citizenship orders under section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 have been made in each of the last five years; and how many of those appeals were upheld.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL5079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Figures for numbers of conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act (BNA 1981), have been published as part of the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. Four reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020 which provide the number of deprivation of citizenship orders made up until the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are provided on an annual basis and we do not break those figures down further into sub-categories. However, data on the number of people who appealed against a deprivation of British citizenship decision under both Section 40(2) and 40(3) of the BNA 1981 has been published. The table shows a breakdown by year of appeals lodged between 05/03/2011 and 31/12/2018 against deprivation decisions and orders.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of people who lodged an appeal</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>252</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following notes should be considered when viewing this data:</p><p> </p><ol><li>These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated.</li><li>Data extracted on 17/05/2021.</li><li>Date relates to the number of people who lodged an appeal between 05/03/2011 and 31/12/2018 against a decision made on a deprivation case.</li><li>Data relates to main applicants only.</li></ol><p> </p><p>A number of the appeals in relation to deprivations under Section 40(2) of the BNA 1981 are ongoing. Therefore, we are unable to provide a partial figure of upheld appeals whilst litigation is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/01/2022 17:23:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1400112

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people in each of the last five years who would have been deprived of their citizenship if there had been no requirement to give prior notification.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL5080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Prior to the recent High Court decision in the case of D4, the relevant regulations governing service of notice in deprivation cases, provided adequately for a variety of situations, meaning that there had been no cases where the notification requirement had prevented deprivation action from taking place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/01/2022 17:19:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1400113

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Home Office on 27 January 2021 (UIN 139991), what assessment they have made of the protected characteristics of those deprived of citizenship; and what plans they have, if any, to collect and publish the data on this.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL5081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>In order for deprivation on ‘conducive to the public good’ grounds to be a consideration, the starting point is an individual’s conduct, that the individual is a terrorist or an extremist, or involved in espionage, war crimes, serious organised crime or similarly dangerous activities, in order to meet the ‘conducive to the public good’ test.</p><p>Figures for numbers of conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. Four reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020.</p><p>Figures are provided on an annual basis and we do not break those figures down further into sub-categories.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/01/2022 17:17:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1237298

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards arranging for the report into citizenship removal resulting in statelessness over the three-year period to 29 July 2018 that is required by section 40B of the British Nationality Act 1981.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL8400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The report required by Section 40B of the British Nationality Act 1981 relates to the Secretary of State’s use of the power to deprive an individual of British citizenship under section 40A(4A), which to date has not been used.</p><p>The next review of the power will be commissioned once a suitable person has been identified to undertake the review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/10/2020 16:36:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich