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418466

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what practical support EU member states, which have recently received the highest numbers of refugees, have requested from the UK; and what such support the Government has provided.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	9971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>In the last three years the UK has provided over 1,000 working days to support missions coordinated by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to other Member States under pressure. This is more than any other EU Member State. In addition, we continue to fund via the UNHCR asylum expertise to the Greek asylum system and support a programme of assisted voluntary return of illegal migrants.</p><p>We also support the European Commission’s proposals for 'Hot Spot' screening centres. These centres will help ensure that migrants are registered and fingerprinted at pressure points on the EU external border and that refugees are identified and protected quickly, while those with no need of protection can be returned immediately. We are discussing with EASO and Frontex how best we can contribute.</p><p>We have created a multi-agency 90-strong team from the National Crime Agency (NCA), Border Force, Immigration Enforcement and the CPS to fight the criminal gangs that are exploiting vulnerable people and are working closely with Europol to strengthen its operation to tackle organised crime groups involved in smuggling people across sea and land routes. We are focusing on tracking vessels in the Mediterranean and bringing together intelligence from EU and Europol partners to target these criminals.</p><p>We continue to support Frontex operations in the Mediterranean by providing debriefing and nationality screening experts to Operations Triton and Poseidon. The UK has an outstanding offer of additional debriefing and nationality screening experts which was made to Frontex during August. We are currently awaiting directions from Frontex as to where this resource may best be utilised.</p><p>The UK is excluded from the Frontex Regulation on Schengen-building grounds. Therefore our officers participate in Frontex joint operations and other activities with the agreement of the Management Board on a case-by-case basis in an observational/advisory role.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/09/2015 15:15:48 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

418063

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of providing support to Syrian refugees relocated to the UK in each of the last four years; and what the number of such refugees resettled was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	9680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Syrian Vulnerable Persons' Relocation scheme was launched in January 2014 and is the first resettlement programme in the UK to target support for refugees specifically on the basis of their vulnerability. It is helping those in the greatest need, including people requiring urgent medical treatment, survivors of violence and torture, and women and children at risk.</p><p>Since the first arrivals in March 2014, 216 individuals have been resettled in the United Kingdom. Statistics on arrivals under the scheme are published through our official statistics at quarterly intervals and include numbers to the year ending June 2015. These will be available from: <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>Up to the end of August 2015, the Home Office’s expenditure on the Vulnerable Persons’ Relocation Scheme has been £1.13m.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/09/2015 15:46:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

757483

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Emergencies: Planning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency planning has been conducted by her Department in the event that no deal is reached on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>We are confident that a future partnership between the UK and EU is in the interests of both sides, so we are approaching the exit negotiations anticipating success. We do not want or expect a no deal outcome.</p><p>However, a responsible government should prepare for all potential outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached. This is exactly what we are doing across the whole of Government.</p><p>The Home Office leads on EU Exit planning across a number of justice and home affairs areas, including Immigration and Security and Law Enforcement cooperation. Home Office EU Exit contingency preparations are well underway and will continue as an ongoing process until the EU Exit negotiations are complete.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/09/2017 16:07:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

757491

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency planning has been conducted by her Department on matters of national security in the event that no deal is reached on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>A future partnership between the UK and EU on security and law enforcement issues is in the interests of both sides and we approach negotiations anticipating success. We do not want or expect a no deal outcome. However, a responsible government should prepare for all potential outcomes. That is exactly what we are doing across the whole of Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office leads on EU Exit planning across a number of justice and home affairs areas, including Immigration and Security and Law Enforcement cooperation. Home Office EU Exit contingency planning is well underway, and this will continue as an ongoing process until the EU Exit negotiations are complete.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to national security, Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union sets out that national security remains the sole responsibility of Member States rather than the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 13/09/2017 15:20:55 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

756878

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU legislation within her Department's responsibilities will (a) be incorporated into UK law through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and (b) require to be amended under powers in that Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill [‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’], published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments will be required to make the necessary changes to UK law as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/02/2018 17:42:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

756877

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to table AS 08 Q of the Quarterly Immigration Statistics, January to March 2017, published on 25 May 2017, how many applications for asylum made during Quarter 1 of 2017 were made by unaccompanied children who arrived in the UK (a) under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, (b) through the Dublin III Regulation and (c) by their own initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>On 30 November, the Government published data on the numbers of children transferred to the UK from the Calais camp clearance under both the Dublin III Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. The data can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfers-of-children-to-the-uk-from-the-calais-operation-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfers-of-children-to-the-uk-from-the-calais-operation-november-2017</a>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of those transferred under the Dublin III Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months. Eurostat the EU’s statistics agency regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes a range of data on asylum claims from unaccompanied children which can be found at the following link. This data relates to all unaccompanied children who have claimed asylum in the UK and does not provide a breakdown depending on the child’s method of entry.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/02/2018 17:43:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

391017

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under 16 in asylum-seeking families receive financial support from the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>On 31 March 2015, there were 5,477 children under the age of 16 in asylum-seeking families (i.e. not listed as Appeal Rights Exhausted) in receipt of Section 95 Asylum Support (Accommodation and Subsistence or Subsistence only).</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2015 13:51:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

755927

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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, with reference to paragraph 6 of the Government's policy paper entitled The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, what the definition is of five years continuous residence.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We will publish further detail on the specifics of the new application process for settled status, including detailed eligibility criteria, in due course. As set out in the published joint technical note on citizens’ rights (available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-technical-note-on-the-comparison-of-eu-uk-positions-on-citizens-rights), both the UK and EU position is that the conditions for acquiring settled status should be based on the conditions for acquiring permanent residence as per Article 16 of Directive 2004/38.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/09/2017 16:06:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

755926

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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, with reference to paragraph 6 of the Government's policy paper entitled The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, whether the criteria for whether a person is a qualifying EU citizen will be set out in primary or secondary legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The new settlement scheme will be set out in the UK’s Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/09/2017 17:00:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

755925

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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, with reference to the Government's policy paper entitled The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, whether the application fees for the various status' announced in that policy paper will be set following consultation; and whether EU citizens will be required to pay such fees each time they transition from one status to another status such as from temporary status to settled status.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Fees and charges related to the new settlement scheme are being considered as part of the negotiations. As set out in the published joint technical note on citizens’ rights (available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-technical-note-on-the-comparison-of-eu-uk-positions-on-citizens-rights), both the UK and EU position is that documents should be issued free of charge or for a charge not exceeding that imposed on nationals for issuing of similar documents.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/09/2017 16:05:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake