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1716637

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Confiscation Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports that the City of London Police have seized 140 illegal e-bikes and e-scooters, whether they plan to direct or encourage all police forces to confiscate e-bikes which have been configured to exceed the 15.5 miles per hour limit.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Decisions on e-bike seizure is an operational matter for Chief Officers who will decide how to deploy available resources, taking into account any specific local problems and demands.</p><p>The Government will continue to support the police to ensure they have the tools needed to enforce road traffic legislation, including those relating to offences involving e-scooters.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 22/05/2024 16:27:46 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1716679

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following their press release on 1 May stating that individuals are to be detained for removal to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, how many such individuals they anticipate will be granted immigration bail in the interim.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>As all detention decisions are particular to the individual concerned it would be inappropriate to predict the extent of any related future activity.</p><p>The government has repeatedly stated that it will not be providing a running commentary on the removals process.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/05/2024 15:55:08 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1715950

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Misconduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce a policy that, where police officers have been dismissed for gross misconduct, consideration will be given as to whether their police pension should be forfeited.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL4400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>A police officer’s pension can only be forfeited by a local policing body in certain circumstances, where they have been convicted of a criminal offence committed in connection with their service. This is not unique to policing and exists in other public sector pension schemes.</p><p><br> The Government has no plans to amend this policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/05/2024 16:52:16 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

1715959

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers with children have been made homeless on achieving refugee status in the past 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered. Following the service of an asylum decision, an individual continues to be an asylum seeker for the purpose of asylum support until the end of the relevant prescribed period set out in legislation. This period is 28 calendar days from when an individual is notified of a decision to accept their asylum claim and grant them leave and we have no plans to extend this period. Whilst our legislative power is clear, we do in practice already extend support beyond this. Our current process means that individuals can remain on asylum support for at least 28 days after they have been issued a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), which means that individuals have longer than 28 days to make arrangements to move on before their asylum support ends. It is important that individuals initiate plans to move on from asylum support as soon as they are served their asylum decision in order to maximise the time they have to make move on arrangements.</p><p>We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation.  This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing.  Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them. Individuals can contact Migrant Help in three ways:</p><ul><li>The freephone line 0808 8010 503. This is available 24/7/365</li><li>Webchat through the website at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.migranthelpuk.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMichael.Drake2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C804acf5932c34f18ba4a08dc73fd9e05%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638512780313290297%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0%2BGCv7ZAj6bN7fGpMMtQuYiaCoIpWvRGnwYqIBUwm24%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.migranthelpuk.org</a>.</li><li>Raise an Issue via an online enquiry form, again at <a href="https://www.migranthelpuk.org" target="_blank">https://www.migranthelpuk.org</a>.</li></ul><p>We continue to identify and make efficiencies in supporting newly recognised refugees during the move on period and to mitigate the risk of homelessness. We are fully committed to working with partners in doing this. We have already worked closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures.  We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL4413 question first answered 21/05/2024 14:55:13 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1715960

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers with at least one disabled child who have achieved refugee status have been made homeless on achieving that status in the past 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered. Following the service of an asylum decision, an individual continues to be an asylum seeker for the purpose of asylum support until the end of the relevant prescribed period set out in legislation. This period is 28 calendar days from when an individual is notified of a decision to accept their asylum claim and grant them leave and we have no plans to extend this period. Whilst our legislative power is clear, we do in practice already extend support beyond this. Our current process means that individuals can remain on asylum support for at least 28 days after they have been issued a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), which means that individuals have longer than 28 days to make arrangements to move on before their asylum support ends. It is important that individuals initiate plans to move on from asylum support as soon as they are served their asylum decision in order to maximise the time they have to make move on arrangements.</p><p>We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation.  This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing.  Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them. Individuals can contact Migrant Help in three ways:</p><ul><li>The freephone line 0808 8010 503. This is available 24/7/365</li><li>Webchat through the website at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.migranthelpuk.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMichael.Drake2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C804acf5932c34f18ba4a08dc73fd9e05%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638512780313290297%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0%2BGCv7ZAj6bN7fGpMMtQuYiaCoIpWvRGnwYqIBUwm24%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.migranthelpuk.org</a>.</li><li>Raise an Issue via an online enquiry form, again at <a href="https://www.migranthelpuk.org" target="_blank">https://www.migranthelpuk.org</a>.</li></ul><p>We continue to identify and make efficiencies in supporting newly recognised refugees during the move on period and to mitigate the risk of homelessness. We are fully committed to working with partners in doing this. We have already worked closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures.  We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL4412 question first answered 21/05/2024 14:55:13 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1715961

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many refugee families which include teenage children of both sexes being forced to share a single hotel room.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data relating to numbers of teenage children of both sexes and room-sharing; families generally manage their own sleeping arrangements, post-allocation of beds and rooms.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL4415 question first answered 21/05/2024 13:45:53 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1715962

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the psychological impact on refugee families of (1) overcrowding, and (2) the placement of teenage children of both sexes in a single hotel room.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data relating to numbers of teenage children of both sexes and room-sharing; families generally manage their own sleeping arrangements, post-allocation of beds and rooms.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL4414 question first answered 21/05/2024 13:45:53 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1715972

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the care system, care employers, and immigrant care workers of the loss of employers’ visa sponsorship licences; and what advice they give to care workers whose employers have lost their visa sponsorship licence and cannot, therefore, sponsor the renewal of their visa.
tabling member printed	Lord Sahota
uin	HL4426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Any decision to revoke a sponsor’s licence will only be done in circumstances where a sponsor has failed to meet the obligations and duties of being a sponsor such as ensuring workers are being paid the correct salary and given guaranteed work. Even then, this will only be where other action, such as an action plan to improve processes and compliance, would not be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Displaced migrant workers are able to seek alternative employment providing they have a job offer from a Home Office approved sponsor and make a new application.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/05/2024 13:45:39 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4963 label Biography information for Lord Sahota

1715980

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports and Visas: Germany and Italy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will consider adopting a similar approach to visa and passport arrangements with Italy and Germany as they have with France.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>At the Leaders’ Summit in Paris on 10 March 2023, as part of an overall agreement on migration reached with France, 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. This agreement is specific to France.</p><p>We would consider negotiating similar arrangements with other countries if they approached us in the same context.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/05/2024 13:42:57 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1715692

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take, if any, to assist migrants newly arrived from France to move to the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>We will not be taking any steps to help migrants arriving from France move to the Republic of Ireland. However, we are clear that the Rwanda policy is an important part of the deterrent, breaking the model of the people smuggling gangs.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 20/05/2024 10:33:03 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra