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794591

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confirmed victims of human trafficking have been granted discretionary leave to remain in each of the last three years?
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	115564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific information you have requested is not currently published.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the total number of people granted discretionary leave for all reasons can be found online at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 115568 question first answered 27/11/2017 14:33:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

794595

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average period is for which discretionary leave to remain has been granted to survivors of human trafficking in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	115568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific information you have requested is not currently published.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the total number of people granted discretionary leave for all reasons can be found online at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 115564 question first answered 27/11/2017 14:33:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

794001

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence of the Minister for Immigration to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 21 November 2017, HC 421, what definition of indefinite her Department uses in relation to immigration detention.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	115090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>As I explained in my evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 21 November 2017 it is not possible to detain people indefinitely for immigration reasons.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/11/2017 14:32:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

792965

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people considered to have participated in acts classified as international crimes have been granted (a) discretionary and (b) indefinite leave to remain in the UK in each of the last seven years and what information her Department holds on those people.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	114750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Where there are serious reasons for considering that an individual has committed a war crime, crime against humanity or genocide bringing them within the scope of Article 1F or Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention, they are not eligible for discretionary leave or indefinite leave. If they cannot be removed from the UK due to a human rights barrier, they may be granted a limited period of leave to remain under the Restricted Leave policy. The Restricted Leave policy is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/575522/Restricted-leave-v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/575522/Restricted-leave-v2.pdf</a>.</p><p>We are unable to publish details specific to international crimes as the numbers are so small that this could lead to individuals being identified publicly, in breach of our Data Protection Act obligations.</p><p>For the purposes of the Refugee Convention, detailed definitions of war crimes and crimes against humanity are contained in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the International Criminal Court (Rome) Statute which has been incorporated into UK law by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Act 2001. This is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/17/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/17/contents</a>.</p><p>Guidance on applying this in asylum cases is set out for decision makers in the Home Office policy instruction on Exclusion (Article 1F) and Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-instruction-exclusion-article-1f-of-the-refugee-convention" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-instruction-exclusion-article-1f-of-the-refugee-convention</a>.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 114751 114752 question first answered 27/11/2017 09:57:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

792966

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Offenders
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 Answer 16 November 2017 to Question 112540 on Immigration, if she will publish the criteria used by her Department to determine whether an applicant for discretionary or indefinite leave to remain has committed an international crime.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	114751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Where there are serious reasons for considering that an individual has committed a war crime, crime against humanity or genocide bringing them within the scope of Article 1F or Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention, they are not eligible for discretionary leave or indefinite leave. If they cannot be removed from the UK due to a human rights barrier, they may be granted a limited period of leave to remain under the Restricted Leave policy. The Restricted Leave policy is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/575522/Restricted-leave-v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/575522/Restricted-leave-v2.pdf</a>.</p><p>We are unable to publish details specific to international crimes as the numbers are so small that this could lead to individuals being identified publicly, in breach of our Data Protection Act obligations.</p><p>For the purposes of the Refugee Convention, detailed definitions of war crimes and crimes against humanity are contained in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the International Criminal Court (Rome) Statute which has been incorporated into UK law by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Act 2001. This is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/17/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/17/contents</a>.</p><p>Guidance on applying this in asylum cases is set out for decision makers in the Home Office policy instruction on Exclusion (Article 1F) and Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-instruction-exclusion-article-1f-of-the-refugee-convention" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-instruction-exclusion-article-1f-of-the-refugee-convention</a>.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 114750 114752 question first answered 27/11/2017 09:57:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

792967

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Offenders
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 Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 112540 on Immigration, what categories of crime other than crimes against humanity are used by her Department to assess an applicant's participation in an international crime.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	114752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Where there are serious reasons for considering that an individual has committed a war crime, crime against humanity or genocide bringing them within the scope of Article 1F or Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention, they are not eligible for discretionary leave or indefinite leave. If they cannot be removed from the UK due to a human rights barrier, they may be granted a limited period of leave to remain under the Restricted Leave policy. The Restricted Leave policy is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/575522/Restricted-leave-v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/575522/Restricted-leave-v2.pdf</a>.</p><p>We are unable to publish details specific to international crimes as the numbers are so small that this could lead to individuals being identified publicly, in breach of our Data Protection Act obligations.</p><p>For the purposes of the Refugee Convention, detailed definitions of war crimes and crimes against humanity are contained in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the International Criminal Court (Rome) Statute which has been incorporated into UK law by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Act 2001. This is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/17/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/17/contents</a>.</p><p>Guidance on applying this in asylum cases is set out for decision makers in the Home Office policy instruction on Exclusion (Article 1F) and Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-instruction-exclusion-article-1f-of-the-refugee-convention" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-instruction-exclusion-article-1f-of-the-refugee-convention</a>.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 114750 114751 question first answered 27/11/2017 09:57:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

792979

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress UK Visas & Immigration has made on clearing the backlog of applications for spouse visas as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made in taking decisions on applications affected by the MM Lebanon Supreme Court ruling and there remain very few applications awaiting assessment.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:30:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792980

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is for applicants waiting for decisions on spouse visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792981

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the average wait time is for immigration applicants using the priority service.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792985

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for leave to remain status in each category were submitted in 2016; and how many were resolved within six months.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	114770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Published information on the number of applications for leave to remain in all categories, as well as data on UK Visa and Immigration performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, and the proportion of those cases classified as non-straightforward, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where an application is defined as non-straightforward due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 114771 question first answered 27/11/2017 09:58:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar