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100008

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review the azure payment card for asylum seekers as a result of the new report by the British Red Cross on the humanitarian cost of the card.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Azure card is issued to destitute failed asylum seekers who require support because they are temporarily unable to leave the United Kingdom and can be used at most of the main supermarket chains to purchase food and other essential items. The performance of the card is kept under regular review and the views of reputable partners such as the Red Cross are carefully considered but the Government is satisfied that it is an effective way of ensuring the individuals are able to meet their essential living needs and not left destitute.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/10/2014 12:15:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

100012

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum claimants are left without any state support, on reaching the age of 18.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>There is no reason why any asylum seekers should be left without support on reaching the age of 18. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children are looked after by local authorities and most will continue to be supported in this way after the age of 18 under leaving care legislation while they remain in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Any asylum seeker that does not have an entitlement to leaving care support would be eligible to support from the Home Office under the provisions of section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 if they were destitute.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/10/2014 12:40:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

42665

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 10 March (WA 348), whether they will now answer the question.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL5934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As I stated to the House on 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 846, and <br />repeated in my reply to the noble lord, Lord Vinson on 10 March (WA 348), the <br />Government remains committed ‘to holding another vote on the final package of <br />measures that we will apply to rejoin'.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

42945

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the passports of everyone arriving in and leaving the United Kingdom are properly checked.
	tabling member printed	Lord Swinfen
	uin	HL6010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Border Force is, through its Operating Mandate, required to undertake checks on the passports of all passengers who enter the United Kingdom at the Primary Control Points. Border Force undertakes electronic checks on most outbound passengers and physically checks passports on a strictly targeted basis. The Government and the Civil Aviation Authority work closely with air carriers in the UK to ensure that proper checks are in place. The Government is further committed to introducing exit checks on all modes by 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	2235 label Biography information for Lord Swinfen

43595

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to release any papers under the 30-year rule relating to the murder of Hilda Murrell on 21 March 1984 in Shropshire.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL6088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Any files held by the Government on the case will be considered for release <br />within the requirements and timescales set out in the Public Records Act.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

43620

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the countries of origin of the refugees accepted by the United Kingdom through the United Nations Gateway Protection Programme in (1) 2012, and (2) 2013.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	uin	HL6113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The countries of origin of refugees resettled through the Gateway Protection <br />Programme are as follows:<br /><br />2012 – Bhutan, Democratic Republic of Congo. Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia, <br />Sudan.<br /><br />2013 – Bhutan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia, <br />Sudan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

44161

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what visa arrangements are made to allow academics from non-European Union countries who are invited to lecture or take part in research on a short-term basis to enter the United Kingdom; and whether those arrangements apply to their immediate family members.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL6117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Academics can use the academic visitor route to carry out unpaid research for <br />up to 12 months provided they are on sabbatical leave from their overseas <br />academic institution. Academics can also speak at conferences provided it is a <br />not for profit venture. <br /><br />Academics can use the permitted paid engagement visitor route to give paid <br />lectures for up to 1 month. They must be invited by a UK Higher Education <br />Institution or a UK research or arts based organisation. <br /><br />Family members can apply as general visitors, or child visitors in the case <br />of children under 18 years, to accompany the main visitor to the UK. They <br />would be allowed to stay in the UK for up to 6 months, or 12 months where they are <br />accompanying an academic visitor.<br /><br />Academics who are employed to carry out paid research in the UK can do so under <br />the Tier 5 Government Authorised Exchange route for up to 24 months. They must <br />be sponsored by a UK Higher Education Institution. Their dependents can stay <br />with them and have the right to work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

44163

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications have been received by United Kingdom entry clearance posts for adult dependant settlement visas from 31 July 2012, to the latest convenient date; and how many such visas were granted over the same period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
	uin	HL6119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on entry clearance applications for adult dependent <br />relative settlement visas is not available and could only be obtained at <br />disproportionate cost by the examination of a significant number of individual <br />case records. <br /><br />The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visa <br />applications and resolutions (issued, refused, withdrawn and lapsed) by <br />category in table be_01_q (Before Entry tables volume 2) within the <br />‘Immigration Statistics' release. A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration <br />Statistics September – December 2013' is available from the Library of the <br />House and from: <br />https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br />stics-quarterly-release.<br /><br />Within the table be_01_q , data relating to adult dependent relatives of a <br />British Citizen in the UK or a settled person in the UK are included in the <br />category ‘Family: Other (for immediate settlement)' but cannot be identified <br />separately.<br /><br />The Home Office is reviewing the collection of data relating to adult dependent <br />relative settlement visas. Data are being developed and, subject to resolving <br />any data quality/recording issues, it is planned to begin publishing data <br />specifically relating to adult dependent relative settlement visas later this <br />year.<br /><br />A manual review of the available management information to identify adult <br />dependent relative applications granted in the period from 1 November 2012 to <br />30 September 2013 indicates that 34 settlement visas were issued in that period <br />to an adult dependent relative under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. This <br />information is provisional and subject to change. Corresponding information on <br />applications is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

44165

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the findings of the review of the National Referral Mechanism; and how civil society groups are being involved in that review.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL6121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>An announcement on the review of the National Referral Mechanism will be made <br />shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

44166

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the timeline will be for giving consideration to the forthcoming report of the Joint Committee on the draft Modern Slavery Bill; and what further consultation will take place before the bill is introduced into Parliament.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL6122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect the Modern Slavery Bill to be introduced to Parliament early in the <br />fourth session, subject to other Parliamentary business. </p><p>We will of course give the Joint Committee's report full and careful <br />consideration when it is published, and will continue to consult with <br />stakeholders as we consider the Committee's recommendations prior to <br />introduction of the Bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans