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681806

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the strategy for safeguarding unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children announced on 1 November 2016 will include financial support to local authorities which undertake safeguarding assessments as part of the procedures for family reunification under the Dublin III Regulation.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Funding from the Controlling Migration Fund has been made available to local authorities that conducted family assessments during the Calais camp clearance as part of the procedures for family reunification under the Dublin III Regulation. The wider review of the funding provided to local authorities for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking children will consider the costs to local authorities from conducting family assessments for future family reunification cases.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 14:01:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

681809

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to monitor the performance of contractors providing accommodation for asylum seekers.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seeker accommodation is provided through a suite of private providers. The performance of these providers is monitored via the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) regime, details of which are set out in their contracts and cover the provision of the whole service. These are monitored formally, on a monthly basis, at Contract Management meetings between the providers and representatives of UK Visas and Immigration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/02/2017 14:58:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

681822

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why publication of the new drugs strategy, which was expected to be in March 2016, has been delayed.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL5135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>We are currently developing the new Drug Strategy, working across government and with key partners. The new strategy will be published soon.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/02/2017 16:28:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

681823

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	State Visits: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost to the UK of providing security for the visit of the US President to the UK; and which department or agency will be meeting those costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Policing is a devolved matter, and as such the level of policing required and costs incurred for specific events is a matter for the relevant Chief Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner. Police and Crime Commissioners can make an application for a Special Grant if they face significant and exceptional costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/02/2017 12:00:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

681832

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether former higher education students who are EU nationals who apply for permanent residence in the UK are required to have held comprehensive private health insurance during the time during which they were in higher education; and if so, whether students from EU countries are notified of the existence of such a requirement when, or before, they begin their courses of study.
tabling member printed	Lord Beith
uin	HL5145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2017 answer text <p>EU citizens and their family members have the right to enter, live and acquire permanent residence in other Member States when certain conditions are met, as set out in EU law. This includes a requirement to hold comprehensive sickness insurance where they have been exercising their Treaty rights as students and later rely on such periods to qualify for permanent residence.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the conditions for exercising Treaty rights as a student has always been publicly available to EU nationals. This can currently be found from page 21 onwards of the guidance on ‘qualified persons’ available on the UKGOV website via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons</a></p><p>The guidance is also attached to this answer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/02/2017 15:00:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name EEA-qualified-persons-v4_0EXT.pdf title EEA Qualified Persons
tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

682374

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents involving off-road motorcycles have been recorded by police forces in (a) Liverpool, (b) Merseyside and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	62403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Individual forces in Liverpool, Merseyside and England record incidents involving off-road motorcycles. This Information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/02/2017 16:20:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

682375

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Industry Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role her Department and its agencies play in the oversight of the operation by the Security Industry Authority of its complaints procedures; what regulatory role she plays in connection with that authority; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	62413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is an Executive Non-Departmental Body (NDPB) of the Home Office. The SIA is operationally independent.</p><p>The SIA is accountable for its own complaints procedures and ensuring that these operate effectively. As with other NDPBs, the Home Secretary appoints the Chair and non-executive members of the SIA Board, and the Department ensures the SIA is subject to regular and ongoing oversight in relation to its performance.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2017 14:42:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

682376

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Industry Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what duty the Security Industry Authority has to provide complainants with the details of any investigations, outcomes or actions relating to the complaints they have made.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	62407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is not under a legal duty to provide complainants with details of any investigations, outcomes or actions relating to the complaints they have made, nor to disclose details of actions taken as a result of an investigation into alleged criminality by licence holders.</p><p> </p><p>Where prosecutions are completed, the outcomes, which are a matter of public record, are published on the SIA website: <a href="http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62408 question first answered 03/02/2017 10:27:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

682377

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Industry Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Security Industry Authority is required to disclose details of actions taken as a result of an investigation into alleged criminality by licence holders.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	62408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is not under a legal duty to provide complainants with details of any investigations, outcomes or actions relating to the complaints they have made, nor to disclose details of actions taken as a result of an investigation into alleged criminality by licence holders.</p><p> </p><p>Where prosecutions are completed, the outcomes, which are a matter of public record, are published on the SIA website: <a href="http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62407 question first answered 03/02/2017 10:27:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

682378

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to (a) ensure that the initial discussions on asylum applications are correct and (b) reduce the number of asylum decisions overturned at appeal.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	62574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim before a decision is taken, even where that information may be sensitive or difficult to disclose.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to improve the quality of decision-making to ensure that we properly consider all the evidence provided and get decisions right the first time. UK Visas and Immigration has an internal audit process, consisting of reviews by senior case workers and independent auditors, which assesses whether Home Office policy has been followed.</p><p> </p><p>An allowed appeal is not in itself an indication that our decision was incorrect at the time it was made though we aim to reduce the allowed appeal rate by analysing the reasons why appeals are allowed and using this to further improve guidance and training.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/02/2017 14:03:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray