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685379

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to conduct discussions with the French and Belgian authorities about the continued hosting of UK Border Force officials in those countries following Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL5283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The bilateral agreements underpinning the juxtaposed controls are not directly affected by Britain’s membership of the EU. We are committed to working together with France and Belgium to protect our shared border and to maintain the juxtaposed controls arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The French Government has repeatedly made it clear that removing the juxtaposed controls would not be in the interests of France. We continue to work closely with both French and Belgium authorities on measures to further bolster ports in northern France and Belgium. This includes not only physical security measures and technological improvements but also wider work to tackle criminal gangs involved in people trafficking.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 16:48:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

683984

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islamic State
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 January (HL Deb, col 553) in which she agreed with remarks attributed to the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury that it is not helpful to claim that ISIS has nothing to do with Islam, but then asserted that Daesh has nothing to do with Islam, what is their position.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL5216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Daesh claim their actions in the name of Islam, but this is a twisted interpretation of a faith which holds justice, tolerance and inclusion among its core values.</p><p> </p><p>Daesh is self-evidently unrepresentative of the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims globally, and it is precisely because Daesh claims to be acting in the name of Islam that the numerous and vocal denunciations of the group by Muslims and Islamic organisations have resonated so powerfully. We must not tarnish the overwhelmingly peaceful majority with the virulent, sick ideology of a twisted few.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 13:59:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

679305

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Bureaucracy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent representations they have received on the amount of time spent by police officers on paperwork each year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL5020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has received no recent representations on this subject.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 13:58:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

680939

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 25 January (HL Deb, col 665–6), what assessment they have made of whether refugee children who have been reported as having gone missing are likely to have become victims of human trafficking and exploitation; and what measures they and their European partners have taken to protect such children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied minors to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance. Many have been reunited with family members already in the UK, while others are being cared for by local authorities across the UK.</p><p>The primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in Europe lies with the State in which they are present. The Government has established a £10 million Refugee Children Fund for Europe to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe. We have also created a Child Trafficking Protection Fund of up to £3m, which seeks to fund work at a local, regional or national level, adding value to the existing provisions for child victims of modern slavery, including trafficking. The fund will help victim support and recovery, which might include specialist care to trafficked children. It will also reduce vulnerability to exploitation, for example by tackling the problem of trafficked children going missing after identification in the UK, and possibly being re-trafficked.</p><p>My honourable Friend, Robert Goodwill’s joint Written Ministerial Statement with Edward Timpson on 1 November committed the Government to publishing a strategy for the safeguarding of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children in England; and the children who have been identified for transfer from Europe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 14:07:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

681806

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the strategy for safeguarding unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children announced on 1 November 2016 will include financial support to local authorities which undertake safeguarding assessments as part of the procedures for family reunification under the Dublin III Regulation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Funding from the Controlling Migration Fund has been made available to local authorities that conducted family assessments during the Calais camp clearance as part of the procedures for family reunification under the Dublin III Regulation. The wider review of the funding provided to local authorities for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking children will consider the costs to local authorities from conducting family assessments for future family reunification cases.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 14:01:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

685326

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: North Korea
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether children born to one North Korean parent in the People’s Republic of China who have not acquired citizenship of either the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, or the People’s Republic of China, are treated as South Korean citizens by HM Government.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>We would consider each case on its individual merits, looking at the case-specific evidence, the law and possibly make enquiries to determine whether they have any entitlement to citizenship. <br> <br> However, the starting point is that the Constitution of Republic of Korea (South Korea) stipulates that all North Koreans are citizens of the Republic of Korea</p><p><br> Article 1 of the Republic of Korea Nationality Act provides that a person, whose father or mother was a citizen of South Korea at the time of the person’s birth, is a citizen of South Korea.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 16:48:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

682665

	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	Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review
	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, Mr Robert Goodwill on 19 January (59369), what is the timetable for the follow-up review of progress against key actions contained in the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons (Cm 9186), published in January 2016; and what resources, including staff resources, will be made available to Stephen Shaw QC to carry out the review.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The follow up to the review by Stephen Shaw CBE into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons will take place in late 2017. Mr Shaw will be invited to assess the implementation of all his review recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The timings and resources for the follow up review are to be agreed with Mr Shaw.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5170 question first answered 09/02/2017 14:04:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

682666

	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	Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review
	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, Mr Robert Goodwill on 19 January (59369), against which key actions from the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons (Cm 9186), published in January 2016, will Stephen Shaw QC be asked to assess progress, and whether he will have any say in which key actions are included in his remit.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The follow up to the review by Stephen Shaw CBE into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons will take place in late 2017. Mr Shaw will be invited to assess the implementation of all his review recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The timings and resources for the follow up review are to be agreed with Mr Shaw.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5169 question first answered 09/02/2017 14:04:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

682654

	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: Uganda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many LGBT asylum seekers from Uganda have been held in UK detention centres in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL5158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Code of Practice for Official Statistics has established common standards to ensure a coherent and trustworthy service to the user of statistics.</p><p><br> Home Office officials are continuing to review and assess information on the number of people claiming asylum where sexual orientation may form the basis of the claim, in order to ensure that any statistics produced meet the principles on both assured methodology and quality (ensuring statistical methods are consistent with scientific principles) and governing user needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5159 HL5160 HL5161 question first answered 09/02/2017 14:00:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

682655

	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: Uganda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average length of detention of LGBT people seeking asylum from Uganda in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL5159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Code of Practice for Official Statistics has established common standards to ensure a coherent and trustworthy service to the user of statistics.</p><p><br> Home Office officials are continuing to review and assess information on the number of people claiming asylum where sexual orientation may form the basis of the claim, in order to ensure that any statistics produced meet the principles on both assured methodology and quality (ensuring statistical methods are consistent with scientific principles) and governing user needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5158 HL5160 HL5161 question first answered 09/02/2017 14:00:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker