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759149

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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 how many children have been reunited with family members in the UK under Article 8.2 of the Dublin Regulation.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including those transferred under the Dublin Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/09/2017 15:58:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

756791

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been transferred to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation since January 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	8318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The Dublin Regulation allows unaccompanied children who have claimed asylum in another Member State to be transferred here to have their asylum claim assessed if they have a qualifying family member legally present in the UK and transfer would be in their best interests. In order for the Dublin Regulation to apply, an unaccompanied child must first claim asylum in the Member State in which they are located and that Member State must issue a Take Charge Request to the UK.</p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe. This data will be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on transfers under the Dublin Regulation are already available here:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report</a></p><p> </p><p>Asylum statistics are published quarterly in the Home Office Immigration Statistics release, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/09/2017 16:17:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

756792

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of children is who were transferred under the Dublin III Regulation in 2016 by nature of the relative they were reunited with.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	8317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including those transferred under the Dublin Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/09/2017 16:16:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

749673

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Home Office of 29 June 2017, HL 783, column 551, whether local authorities with capacity to care for a greater number of unaccompanied children than that set out under the provisions of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and the Written Ministerial Statement made on 26 April 2017, HCWS 619, will be able to apply to do so.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	3686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government welcomes all offers from local authorities with capacity to look after unaccompanied asylum seeking children. We will continue to utilise these offers to fulfil all of our existing commitments, including ensuring a more equal allocation of unaccompanied children across the country through the National Transfer Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/07/2017 08:27:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

749451

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have been transferred under section 69 of the Immigration Act 2016 in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	3378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Transfer Scheme was launched on 1 July 2016 and has been working to ensure a fairer allocation of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) across the UK. A significant number of local authorities have participated in the scheme and enabled the transfer of children away from local authorities with a disproportionate number of UASC in their care.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/07/2017 16:07:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

722135

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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	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 ensure that children who have family in the UK who were affected by the Dunkirk refugee camp fire are reunited with their families as soon as possible.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	71058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>We are in ongoing dialogue with the French authorities regarding the incident at the Dunkirk camp. The primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in Europe lies with the State in which they are present. We are committed to making sure that the Dublin III Regulation works effectively to ensure that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are reunited as soon as possible with any close family members in the UK, as set out in the Regulation.</p><p>Under the Dublin III Regulation, an unaccompanied child must first claim asylum in the EU Member State in which they are present, and that Member State must then raise a take charge request with the UK Government. It is therefore vital that children remaining in France who have close family in the UK engage with the French authorities to make an asylum claim and enable the process to start.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/04/2017 13:39:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

720625

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial assistance is provided for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to travel to their screening interview.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	70797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seeking children can arrive or be encountered in the UK in a variety of ways. The full policy and guidance for processing such claims is set out in the Processing Children’s Asylum Claims instruction which is published:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537010/Processing-children_s-asylum-claims-v1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537010/Processing-children_s-asylum-claims-v1.pdf</a></p><p>When an asylum seeking child is encountered they will undergo a welfare interview in order to record their basic information and identify any immediate welfare concerns. Those unaccompanied children who are unable to travel to the Asylum Intake Unit in Croydon are able to register their claim and undergo a welfare interview at the nearest available Home Office location. It is not possible to determine how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children have had welfare interviews in different locations without an examination of individual records which could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In July 2016 the Government significantly increased the funding it provides to local authorities who look after UASC. Local authorities now receive £41,610 per annum year for each unaccompanied asylum-seeking child aged under 16 and £33,215 per annum for unaccompanied asylum-seeking child aged 16 and 17. This represents a 20% and 28% increase in funding respectively.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 70792 70796 question first answered 24/04/2017 14:03:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

720626

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children who arrived in the UK under the Dublin III Regulation in 2016 were assessed under section 17 of the Children Act 1989.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	70798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government takes its responsibilities towards children extremely seriously and works with Local Authorities to ensure all necessary checks are undertaken to ensure any child’s safety, including those children who are transferred to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation. It is for the local authority to determine what assessments to undertake based on the circumstances of individual children and families, the Home Office does not hold data on the number of children that were transferred to the UK under the Dublin Regulation who have been assessed under section 17 of the Children Act 1989.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/04/2017 11:39:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

720629

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to allow unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to be screened as close to their home in the UK as possible.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	70796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seeking children can arrive or be encountered in the UK in a variety of ways. The full policy and guidance for processing such claims is set out in the Processing Children’s Asylum Claims instruction which is published:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537010/Processing-children_s-asylum-claims-v1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537010/Processing-children_s-asylum-claims-v1.pdf</a></p><p>When an asylum seeking child is encountered they will undergo a welfare interview in order to record their basic information and identify any immediate welfare concerns. Those unaccompanied children who are unable to travel to the Asylum Intake Unit in Croydon are able to register their claim and undergo a welfare interview at the nearest available Home Office location. It is not possible to determine how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children have had welfare interviews in different locations without an examination of individual records which could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In July 2016 the Government significantly increased the funding it provides to local authorities who look after UASC. Local authorities now receive £41,610 per annum year for each unaccompanied asylum-seeking child aged under 16 and £33,215 per annum for unaccompanied asylum-seeking child aged 16 and 17. This represents a 20% and 28% increase in funding respectively.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 70792 70797 question first answered 24/04/2017 14:03:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

720631

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children were screened in (a) Croydon and (b) Salford in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	70792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seeking children can arrive or be encountered in the UK in a variety of ways. The full policy and guidance for processing such claims is set out in the Processing Children’s Asylum Claims instruction which is published:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537010/Processing-children_s-asylum-claims-v1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537010/Processing-children_s-asylum-claims-v1.pdf</a></p><p>When an asylum seeking child is encountered they will undergo a welfare interview in order to record their basic information and identify any immediate welfare concerns. Those unaccompanied children who are unable to travel to the Asylum Intake Unit in Croydon are able to register their claim and undergo a welfare interview at the nearest available Home Office location. It is not possible to determine how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children have had welfare interviews in different locations without an examination of individual records which could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In July 2016 the Government significantly increased the funding it provides to local authorities who look after UASC. Local authorities now receive £41,610 per annum year for each unaccompanied asylum-seeking child aged under 16 and £33,215 per annum for unaccompanied asylum-seeking child aged 16 and 17. This represents a 20% and 28% increase in funding respectively.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 70796 70797 question first answered 24/04/2017 14:03:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy