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1003586

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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, with reference to (a) the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund and (b) other sources of funding available to his Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop and implement new guidance on the conduct of asylum interviews, and how the effectiveness of that guidance is being monitored and evaluated; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	189650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it and this Government is committed to delivering a fair and humane asylum system.</p><p>We recognise that asylum interviews are a vital part of the asylum process, ensuring that decision makers have available all relevant evidence so that they can make an informed decision. To that end, we have published detailed Home Office policy guidance setting out how caseworkers are expected to conduct asylum interviews, which was developed in collaboration with external partners, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We are currently reviewing this policy and intend to publish a revised version by the end of the year.</p><p>We systematically assess the quality of asylum decisions against a detailed audit framework drawn up in consultation with external partners, including the UNHCR, which includes checks on compliance with existing asylum policies and relevant case law.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2018 16:29:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

988845

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the medical research sector will be able to recruit talented overseas professions through the immigration system that will be introduced after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	180160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government will publish a White Paper setting out its plans for the future immigration system later this autumn. We have always been clear that we want decisions about the future immigration system to be based on evidence and we will carefully consider the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations in its recent report before setting out our plans .</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 180161 question first answered 22/10/2018 16:21:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

988848

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to assess the skills of prospective migrants using measures other than their expected salary in reforms to the UK's immigration system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	180161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government will publish a White Paper setting out its plans for the future immigration system later this autumn. We have always been clear that we want decisions about the future immigration system to be based on evidence and we will carefully consider the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations in its recent report before setting out our plans .</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 180160 question first answered 22/10/2018 16:21:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

793086

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	HM Passport Office: Edinburgh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the Passport Office in Edinburgh; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	114871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Due to an over-capacity for passport interviews, Her Majesty’s Passport Office will be closing some offices that only offer this element of the passport service.</p><p> </p><p>Less than three per cent of UK passport applicants will be interviewed as part of the application process each year. These office closures will ensure that passport fee payers are not subsidising excess offices.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/12/2017 11:37:55 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

747762

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications made in Scotland were (a) rejected as a result of the income threshold regulations and (b) granted an appeal in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	2422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but the information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 06/07/2017 15:29:36 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

747063

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is in place for individual constituents to bring alleged cases of war crimes to the attention of the war crimes unit and the relevant authorities.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	2281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of war crimes is an operational matter for the police. Any decision to investigate or prosecute is the responsibility of the police in consultation with Crown Prosecution Service. In particular, the War Crimes Team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) has national responsibility within England and Wales for the investigation of such offences, including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture; it is their responsibility, accordingly, to determine the recourses necessary to carry out this function.</p><p> </p><p>Referrals from the public can be made directly to the War Crimes Team at the following email address:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="mailto:SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk" target="_blank">SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidelines on this referral process can be found on the Crown Prosecution Service’s website:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html</a></p><p> </p><p>As policing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the responsibility for investigations into alleged war crime offences, and the referral system, is an operational matter for Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, respectively.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2283 question first answered 06/07/2017 12:01:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

747064

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to enable people to bring allegations of war crimes to the attention of the appropriate authorities.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	2283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of war crimes is an operational matter for the police. Any decision to investigate or prosecute is the responsibility of the police in consultation with Crown Prosecution Service. In particular, the War Crimes Team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) has national responsibility within England and Wales for the investigation of such offences, including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture; it is their responsibility, accordingly, to determine the recourses necessary to carry out this function.</p><p> </p><p>Referrals from the public can be made directly to the War Crimes Team at the following email address:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="mailto:SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk" target="_blank">SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidelines on this referral process can be found on the Crown Prosecution Service’s website:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html</a></p><p> </p><p>As policing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the responsibility for investigations into alleged war crime offences, and the referral system, is an operational matter for Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, respectively.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2281 question first answered 06/07/2017 12:01:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

732864

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the capacity of the War Crimes Unit and the Home Office to (a) receive and (b) act on complaints from members of the public on alleged war crimes.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	1294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of war crimes is an operational matter for the police. Any decision to investigate or prosecute is the responsibility of the police in consultation with Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p>In particular, the War Crimes Team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) has national responsibility for the investigation of such offences, including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture; it is their responsibility, accordingly, to determine the recourses necessary to carry out this function.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/07/2017 13:05:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

683059

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 Twelfth Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Asylum Accommodation, HC 637, what plans the Government has to include the number of asylum seekers in temporary accommodation in its future quarterly statistical releases.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	62690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider the Twelfth Report of the Home Affairs Committee and respond due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 62661 62691 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:42:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

683060

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
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 Twelfth Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Asylum Accommodation, HC 637, whether the Government plans to publish the outcome of its assessment of the equality impacts of the Compass contracts.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	62691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider the Twelfth Report of the Home Affairs Committee and respond due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 62661 62690 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:42:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray