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1537955

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken steps to plan for the impact on its work of a potential increase in numbers of people seeking asylum in the UK because of the effect of climate change in their countries of origin.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	75900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK recognises the need to better understand the complex links between migration, climate change and environmental degradation to inform our policy and action. Where relevant, all Government departments include climate change impact as part of their policy development and analysis.</p><p>Initial analysis suggests that climate extremes and environmental degradation are often amplifiers of other principal migration drivers.</p><p>Climate change is not covered in the Refugee Convention as grounds for a well-founded fear of persecution and we do not have any plans to broaden this definition. We recognise however, that climate change will increasingly become a significant factor in driving migration. For those who do not qualify for refugee status, we consider whether they are at risk of serious harm and are in need of protection on humanitarian grounds. This ensures that we do not remove anyone who faces persecution or serious harm on return to their country of origin. If protection is not required, we consider if there are any family or private life reasons, medical reasons or other exceptional circumstances that would warrant a grant of leave.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 15:50:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1538214

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	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, what assessment she made of the (a) financial and (b) social challenges of redistributing potentially thousands of illegal immigrants in different regions of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	75905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not accommodate illegal migrants, but does have a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 15:52:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1651149

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2023
	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 Court of Appeal's decision of 29 June 2023 on the UK’s migration and economic development partnership with Rwanda, whether she has taken recent steps to consider alternative options for housing people arriving in the UK who have crossed the English Channel in small boats.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	192995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>While we are disappointed with the Court of Appeal’s ruling in relation to deficiencies in Rwanda’s asylum system that risk returning people inappropriately when they have a need for protection, we have been granted permission to appeal this judgement to the Supreme Court.</p><p>We continue to bring forward alternative accommodation options to reduce hotel use. We are standing up alternative accommodation sites including the sites of Scampton and Wethersfield.</p><p>In addition, the government is also seeking to use vessels to provide accommodation in line with the approach taken by countries like the Netherlands.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/07/2023 14:41:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1651146

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to facilitate family reunions for asylum seekers who are sent to Rwanda.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	192993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Everyone considered for relocation to Rwanda will be screened and have access to legal advice. Decisions will be taken on a case-by-case basis and nobody will be removed if it is unsafe for them.</p><p>We will thoroughly consider the circumstances of cases involving families with children according to our policy, statutory and international obligations. A full equality impact assessment has been published on gov.uk.</p><p>Individuals with family in the UK may still be relocated to Rwanda subject to a detailed consideration of their Article 8 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p>For those with family links in the UK who want to be considered for entry to the UK, they should seek to do so via safe and legal routes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/07/2023 15:20:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

422690

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will prioritise Christian, Shia Muslim and Yazidi refugees, who have been targeted by ISIL, when considering asylum cases.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	12505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>All asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with the UK’s obligations under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the European Convention on Human Rights.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/10/2015 14:20:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

747076

	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	Crime: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage cross-police force collaboration to tackle rural crime.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	2318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Collaboration is a key tool in helping the police become more responsive, more efficient and more effective at tackling crime. Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables now have a statutory duty to consider and review collaboration agreements with other forces. The Government, through the police transformation fund, has also invested in collaborative projects as well as funding to champion a better understanding of crime in rural areas.</p><p>The election of Police and Crime Commissioners has given communities, including those in rural areas, a strong voice in determining how police resources are allocated to tackle the crimes that matter most to them.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/07/2017 16:31:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

686190

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Tier 4 visa applications was processed within 15 working days in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	63536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on the processing of Tier 4 applications within 15 working days (the latest of which were published on 1 December 2016). Reports covering the last 12 months can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search?q=international+operations+transparency+data&amp;show_organisations_filter=true" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search?q=international+operations+transparency+data&amp;show_organisations_filter=true</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/04/2017 12:33:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

686181

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Exclusion Orders
	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 barred from entering the UK for having engaged in unacceptable behaviour in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	63395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of Unacceptable Behaviour exclusions is published in the Contest counter-terrorism strategy annual report.</p><p>The figures for 2013, 2014 and 2015 are as follows:</p><p>2013 – 14</p><p>2014 – 15</p><p>2015 – 16</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/02/2017 14:34:32 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1658211

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle child trafficking.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	197736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>This Government is clear that targeting, grooming and the exploitation of children who are often the most vulnerable in our society is deplorable and is committed to tackling it. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 gives law enforcement agencies the tools to tackle modern slavery, including potential maximum sentences of life imprisonment for perpetrators and specific support and protection for victims, including children. £17.8 million of dedicated funding has been provided to the police since 2016, helping to improve the police’s ability to identify victims and to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators and we are investing up to £145 million over three years to tackle drugs supply and county lines activity. The Prevention Programme in England and Wales also delivers tailored interventions, based on police intelligence, to improve multi-agency collaboration in prevention of all exploitation types and help identify hot spot locations, priority areas and specific threats in each region.</p><p> </p><p>The identification of a child who is a potential victim of modern slavery, or is at risk of being a victim, should always trigger the agreed local child protection procedures to ensure the child’s safety and welfare, and to enable the police to gather evidence about abusers and coercers. In addition to this statutory support, the Government has rolled out Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs) who provide an additional source of advice and support for potentially trafficked children, irrespective of nationality, and is piloting their impact with sites covering two thirds of all local authorities across England and nationally in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/09/2023 13:53:47 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1316221

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2021
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has investigated the cause of the error whereby British citizens have incorrectly received letters urging them to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme; and whether the relevant databases have been updated to prevent that error from occurring again.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government is using every possible channel to encourage everyone who is eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to apply.</p><p>The Home Office is currently working with HMRC and DWP to encourage EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who receive benefits to apply to the EUSS if they have yet to do so. Letters are being sent out to encourage recipients to apply to the EUSS to protect their existing rights in the UK before the deadline of 30 June 2021.</p><p>In trying to reach as many people as possible, there may be a small number of instances where these letters are sent to recipients who are naturalised as a British citizen. The letter may also be received by a small number of individuals who have already applied to the EUSS, for example because they applied after the initial exercise with DWP or HMRC was completed, but before the letter was sent out. The letter makes clear anyone who is a British citizen or already has EUSS status does not need to take any action.</p><p>As of 30 April 2021, 4.9m grants of EUSS status have been made. The Home Office urges anyone eligible for the EUSS to apply before the 30 June deadline to ensure their rights are protected following the end of the grace period.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/05/2021 15:57:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy