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817977

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to tackle county lines exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	903125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We are taking a wide range of actions to tackle county lines and are working together closely across Government, with the police, the National Crime Agency, local authorities and voluntary sector partners. Most recently, in December we implemented the new Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders to enable the police and NCA to close down phone numbers being used for county lines drugs dealing.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/01/2018 16:21:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

818014

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What guidance and support her Department is providing to EU citizens on registering for settled status before the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	903117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>There will be a streamlined and digital process for EU citizens applying for settled status, that minimises the administrative burden and helps to ensure swift and successful applications. My Department is engaging frequently with representatives of EU citizens in the UK, so we can design a system that best addresses their needs. This includes guidance for the new scheme, which is being developed and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/01/2018 16:47:55 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

818015

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support refugees living in different regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	903119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting refugees to integrate and rebuild their lives in the UK. This is why they are given the same access to the labour market and benefits as UK residents, as well as access to English language training. The most vulnerable refugees who arrive under one of our resettlement programmes also receive a comprehensive package of support.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/01/2018 16:49:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

818016

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Direct Selling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to tackle doorstep crime.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	903120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government set up the Joint Fraud Taskforce through which police, banks and trading standards work together to help protect vulnerable people from the fraudulent approaches made by doorstep criminals. The Banking Protocol, which helps bank staff recognise signs of fraud, such as unusually high cash withdrawals, has stopped over £9 million pounds from getting into criminal hands and led to over 100 arrests.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/01/2018 16:50:10 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

818017

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	How many applications for leave to remain are under consideration by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	903121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>At the end of September 2017, at the time of our last published data, 86,219 applications for limited leave to remain were under consideration by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/01/2018 16:52:17 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

810424

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Burma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK visas have been issued to persons living in Myanmar in each visa category since January 2016; and how many they estimate were to (1) Christians, and (2) Muslims.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL4392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/01/2018 17:53:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

810663

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, how many parents have been (a) granted and (b) refused a visa to join their child with either refugee leave or humanitarian protection in the UK in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	121008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The specific information you have requested is not currently published.</p><p>Published statistics on visa applications in the Family category can be found online at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662518/entry-visas1-jul-sep-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662518/entry-visas1-jul-sep-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/01/2018 17:42:00 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

810664

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, how many people seeking family reunion with extended family members in the UK have (a) applied for and (b) been granted asylum in exceptional circumstances in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	121009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not record information in such a way to be able to report on the number of people seeking family reunion with extended family members in the UK and an individual cannot apply to be considered for family reunion under the exceptional circumstance arrangements. Instead, they would apply for Family Reunion under the Immigration Rules but, if they are refused under the Rules, the Home Office would then go on to consider whether there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p>As such, the figures for applications and visas issued under the Rules and under the exceptional circumstances arrangements are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total number of Family Reunion applications – age at the date of application -under 18</p></td><td><p>Total number of Family Reunion applications – age at date of application - over 18</p></td><td><p>Total number of Family Reunion visas issued (‘Family Other’ category)</p></td><td><p>Total number of Family Reunion visas issued under exceptional circumstances arrangements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>3,220</p></td><td><p>4,887</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,811</p></td><td><p>3,701</p></td><td><p>6,098</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (up to 30 September 2017)</p></td><td><p>2,625</p></td><td><p>2,821</p></td><td><p>3,801</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All those issued a family reunion visa are granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, not asylum. The family reunion application process does not require an assessment of the applicant’s international protection needs. It is the family member in the UK that is required to have been granted refugee status or Humanitarian Protection.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/01/2018 17:49:17 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

809995

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 December (HL3919), whether they consider that it is safe to return personnel who have worked as interpreters to Afghanistan; and what criteria they use to determine whether an interpreter “genuinely needs our protection".
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK, including those made by Afghan nationals who have previously worked as interpreters, are carefully considered on their individual merits by assessing all the evidence provided by the claimant against a background of published country information from the FCO and a wide range of recognised and publicly discloseable sources. These include the media and non-governmental sources, such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.</p><p>We recognise that those who worked for international military forces may be at risk of retribution, but a grant of asylum is not automatic and an assessment of the threat depends on the circumstances of the case, including factors such as the location and length of employment and whether the individual can relocate to a safer part of the country to avoid persecution. Views are sought from the FCO and MoD on the likely risk to the individual. There are also two Government schemes to assist former interpreters and other locally engaged civilians in Afghanistan. These schemes provide for a safe and legal route for those former employees who require relocation, avoiding the need for dangerous journeys to the UK.</p><p>Those who are found not to need protection have a right of appeal to the independent courts. Once their appeals rights are exhausted they are expected to leave the UK unless they qualify for leave to remain under another immigration route.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/01/2018 17:54:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

810034

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Biometrics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the police can automatically wipe custody images and facial biometrics at the point when a person is determined to be innocent; and if not, why not, and whether that is based on costs; and what are the costings that have been used to make that judgement.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The police in England and Wales cannot at present automatically wipe facial images at the point when a person is determined to be innocent.</p><p>This is because information about the outcome of a person’s case is held on the Police National Computer (PNC), while images are initially captured on 43 local force custody systems. In most cases, images are also loaded to the Police National Database (PND), hence a person may have multiple images across the 43 local systems and PND. Therefore, automatic deletion based on the PNC record could not be done without upgrading both the local custody systems and PND.</p><p>There is no centrally held information on the cost of such an upgrade.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/01/2018 18:01:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven