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348540

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals: British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU citizens from each EU member state have taken British citizenship in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	1171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is given in the table below. The latest Home Office immigration statistics, on grants of British citizenship by previous nationality, are published in Immigration Statistics January to March 2015, table cz_06 (Citizenship tables), which is available from the Department’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>A copy will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/06/2015 11:53:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 1171 Table.xlsx title Grants of British citizenship
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

348541

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals: British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the qualifying requirements are for an EU citizen to take British citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	1172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>EU nationals who wish to become British citizens must apply for naturalisation under the British Nationality Act 1981. They are required to meet the same requirements as all other foreign nationals. This includes requirements to have sufficient knowledge of language and life in the United Kingdom -as measured by the &quot;Life in the UK&quot; test which we reformed in the last Parliament- and be of good character. The residential requirements are based on a period of lawful residence in the United Kingdom: 3 years for spouses and civil partners of British citizens and 5 years for others, without excess absences. A person must also be free of immigration time restrictions in the UK, and must have been free of those restrictions for at least 12 months before applying if not the spouse or civil partner of a British citizen. An EEA national becomes free of immigration time restrictions after five years' residence in the United Kingdom in accordance with EEA Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/06/2015 11:52:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

348630

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Families
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 Prime Minister's press release of August 2014, what steps she is taking to assess the impact of her Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>As part of the policy development process Home Office officials are expected to consider the published Family Test guidance when assessing the impacts of the Department’s policies. The Family Test is actively being considered for a number of Home Office policies currently in development. The guidance can be found here -</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/06/2015 11:54:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348319

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
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 determination of 15 May 2015 of the Pensions Ombudsman with respect to the complaint by Mr W Milne against the Government Actuary's Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that other members of relevant pension schemes in the Police Service receive compensation awards consistent with that determination; and when she anticipates those awards will be made.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government accepts the Ombudsman’s determination in full and recognises that there are other individuals, including retired police officers, who are affected by the principles set out in this determination. The Government is working with pension administrators to identify affected individuals and ensure that appropriate payments are made as quickly as possible. This will take time, with thousands of historic records to consider. Those affected will receive updates through their pensions administrators.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/06/2015 11:52:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

347889

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the report by the British Election Study, <i>Financial Literacy and Attitudes Towards Immigration</i>, that found that few people understand immigrants' role in the economic recovery of the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has made no such assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:18:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

347893

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: North Korea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Immigration, James Brokenshire, on 26 March (HC228701), and in the light of the ongoing practice of the United Kingdom of deporting North Korean asylum seekers to South Korea, what assessment they have made of the statement by the government of South Korea in a letter to the Secretary of State in 2010, cited in the judgment of the Upper Tribunal in <i>GP and others (South Korean Citizenship) North Korean CG </i>[2014] UKUT 391(IAC) that North Korean refugees must "desire to live in the Republic of Korea" before they can be considered South Korean nationals or be offered protection and settlement support.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The July 2010 letter written by the South Korean Embassy in London to the Home Office was fully considered by the Upper Tribunal in the case of GP and others.</p><p>In paragraph 104 of its determination the Upper Tribunal noted firstly that the subsequent United Kingdom-South Korea Readmission Agreement entered into between the two countries on 10 December 2011 provides a mechanism for the issue of travel documents which is not dependent on the genuineness of the individual’s wish to live in South Korea; and secondly, the question of refugee status is an objective test which requires the person to demonstrate that they have cooperated by seeking to establish whether they can avail themselves of protection from another State of which they may be a citizen.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:22:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347919

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airbus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether any of the alleged industrial espionage in relation to Airbus by the United States and German intelligence services took place in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>It is the long-standing policy of successive Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:17:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

347984

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis
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 have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for the possession of skunk cannabis in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of people arrested for the possession of skunk cannabis. The Ministry of Justice does not hold data centrally on the number of prosecutions for the possession of skunk cannabis. Data are collected on prosecutions for possession of cannabis, but these data cannot be broken down to specify types of cannabis.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/06/2015 15:00:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

348087

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) health bodies, (b) youth organisations, (c) local government and (d) the devolved administration on legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), the Government’s independent body of expert drug advisers, has carried out a series of assessments on new psychoactive substances (NPS). In its 2011 report ‘Consideration of the Novel Psychoactive Substances (‘Legal Highs’)’, the ACMD assessed the available evidence on the harms of all NPS. Since then, the ACMD has produced several reports on groups of NPS as well as specific substances. This body of advice has informed Government action and led to the banning of over 500 NPS. All ACMD reports and Government responses are available on GOV.UK. The Government commissioned an Expert Panel to look at ways to tackle NPS and to further enhance our response last year. On 28 May, the Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill in the House of Lords, which provides for a blanket ban on the supply of psychoactive substances. The Bill defines the term psychoactive substance as any substance which is capable of producing a psychoactive effect in a person who consumes it, and is not an exempted substance. Exempted substances include medicines and caffeine. A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person’s central nervous system, it affects the person’s mental functioning or emotional state. We have worked with a range of partners, including with the devolved administrations, as well as other government departments and their agencies over the last few years as we developed our response to NPS. We will continue to do so in order to ensure that the Psychoactive Substances Bill is effectively implemented and enforced.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 720 795 question first answered 04/06/2015 14:51:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

348088

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research her Department has undertaken to ascertain the safety of legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), the Government’s independent body of expert drug advisers, has carried out a series of assessments on new psychoactive substances (NPS). In its 2011 report ‘Consideration of the Novel Psychoactive Substances (‘Legal Highs’)’, the ACMD assessed the available evidence on the harms of all NPS. Since then, the ACMD has produced several reports on groups of NPS as well as specific substances. This body of advice has informed Government action and led to the banning of over 500 NPS. All ACMD reports and Government responses are available on GOV.UK. The Government commissioned an Expert Panel to look at ways to tackle NPS and to further enhance our response last year. On 28 May, the Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill in the House of Lords, which provides for a blanket ban on the supply of psychoactive substances. The Bill defines the term psychoactive substance as any substance which is capable of producing a psychoactive effect in a person who consumes it, and is not an exempted substance. Exempted substances include medicines and caffeine. A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person’s central nervous system, it affects the person’s mental functioning or emotional state. We have worked with a range of partners, including with the devolved administrations, as well as other government departments and their agencies over the last few years as we developed our response to NPS. We will continue to do so in order to ensure that the Psychoactive Substances Bill is effectively implemented and enforced.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 719 795 question first answered 04/06/2015 14:51:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees