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1147437

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Omar Barghouti
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason there was a delay in Omar Barghouti being informed of the approval of his visa to travel to the UK from the Occupied Palestinian Territories in September 2019 after that visa was approved.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	292826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on individual cases.</p><p>Our service standard is to decide straightforward applications within 15 working days, although more complex cases take longer.</p><p>We routinely contact customers once it becomes apparent that we may not be able to resolve their application within the service standard.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 15:49:25 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

944649

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Eritrea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the yearly variation in the number of applications granted for refugee status from refugees from Eritrea in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	166057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes its international responsibilities seriously and grants protection to those who qualify. In assessing claims decision makers must still consider the individual facts and merits of a particular case aswell as the objective country information.</p><p>The table below is taken from published statistics and shows that the grant rate in 2015 and 2016 fell. This was due to a change to the Country Guidance advice over that time.</p><p> </p><p><br>Year Claims Decisions Grants Grant Rate<br>2013 1387 960 787 82%<br>2014 3233 2463 2155 87%<br>2015 3695 3191 1531 48%<br>2016 2230 1838 1237 67%<br>2017 1093 1415 1145 80%</p><p><br>The full set of published statistics can be found at www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018-data-tables</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/07/2018 13:58:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

917432

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Football: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK police officers will be in Russia for the 2018 World Cup to provide advice, assistance and protection to UK citizens.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	149907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>A UK policing delegation will travel to Russia, at the host country’s request, to provide assistance to host police. The size of the UK policing delegation has been specified by the Russian authorities. We do not disclose the number for operational reasons.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/06/2018 15:48:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

860686

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) birth and (b) adoptive children with parents who are British citizens have been denied entry to the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	132043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested.</p><p>Refusal data is published in the Home Office transparency data <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/03/2018 18:09:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

850844

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) lesbian, (b) gay, (c) bisexual and (d) transgender asylum seekers have been granted refugee status in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	130069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>While the information relating to sexual orientation and gender identification of foreign nationals who are granted refugee status is not routinely recorded, the Home Office remains committed to publishing information on the number of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation.</p><p>While the Department does not hold pre-July 2015 data in a reportable format and does not currently break down the data into the separate lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender categories, experimental data on asylum claims lodged on the basis of sexual orientation, including the number of claimants who were granted asylum, between 1 July 2015 and 31 March 2017 is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/asylum-claims-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/asylum-claims-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:10:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

850846

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arts: Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) musicians and (b) artists have been refused entry into the UK due to them being deemed not conducive to the public good.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	130070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/03/2018 19:22:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

851186

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the French Government on unaccompanied children in Calais vulnerable to (a) human trafficking and (b) modern slavery; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	130268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK and France regularly discuss unaccompanied asylum seeking children and their vulnerabilities, including the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking at both official and ministerial level.</p><p>The UK and France signed a Treaty on 19 January at the UK-France summit, which agreed a ‘whole of route’ joint package of co-operation on migration, aimed at further strengthening our shared border and reducing the number of illegal migrants at northern French ports, as well as reducing illegal migration and tackling modern slavery and human trafficking.</p><p>As part of the Treaty, we announced a number of specific measures in respect of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. This includes the allocation of a £3.6 million development fund, as part of the UK’s overall £45.5m funding commitment, to identify projects which support claims through the Dublin process and ensure that those with no prospect of transferring to the UK are informed of their options.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/03/2018 17:46:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

850134

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of family reunification on (a) the wellbeing and (b) integration of child refugees living in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	129702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Family reunion for refugees in the UK is a very important issue and one which we must approach with sensitivity and compassion. The Government’s policy objective is to support the principle of family unity by bringing together pre-flight families separated by conflict or oppression.</p><p>We are currently discussing our approach to family reunion with non-governmental organisations, and as part of that we are reviewing existing research on the wellbeing and integration of refugees living in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/03/2018 15:19:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden