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438705

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Wigan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with Serco on the housing of asylum seekers in Wigan.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	20183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Home Office officials monitor and conduct regular daily discussions with all COMPASS providers about management and execution of the contract, including the short-term use of contingency accommodation arrangements such as those employed by Serco in Wigan.</p><p>Home Office officials have been very clear with its providers that all measures to increase procurement of suitable accommodation must be taken to ensure that accommodation consistently matches demand.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 13:56:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

438693

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	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 unaccompanied children seeking asylum have been referred by her Department to the Refugee Council Children's Section for advice in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	20212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children are referred to the Refugee Council’s panel of advisers.</p><p>Age-assessments of unaccompanied asylum seeking children are conducted by local authorities. The guidance to local authority practitioners states that most assessments should be completed within 28 days, however the timescale for assessment should be responsive to the needs of the child or young person. The Home Office does not collect statistics on how many and what proportion are carried out within this timescale.</p><p>Statistics on the number of age disputes raised and resolved for asylum applicants for each quarter from January 2010 to September 2015 are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476915/asylum3-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>The Home Office does not keep a record of the number of appeals against age assessments conducted by local authorities.</p><p>Home Office policy is not to return unaccompanied asylum seeking children whose claim has been refused unless there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in place. Statistics on the number of children removed from the UK in 2014 are available on Gov.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476919/removals1-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>However, these statistics include all nationalities and non-asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20253 20254 20256 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:06:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438696

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	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 have been age assessed while in detention in each of the last 12 months; and how such assessments were carried out by immigration officers.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	20255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The number of individuals who have been age assessed while in detention is not held centrally. Age assessments are carried out by the relevant local authority.</p><p>Individuals whose age is disputed will only be considered for detention where:</p><p>• there is credible and clear documentary evidence that they are 18 years of age or over</p><p>• a full &quot;Merton-compliant&quot; age assessment by a local authority has been carried out and is available stating that they are 18 years of age or over</p><p>• their physical appearance/demeanour very strongly suggests that they are significantly over 18 years of age and no other credible evidence exists to the contrary.</p><p>Otherwise individuals are treated as children until a full age assessment has been conducted by a local authority and all available evidence has been duly considered. This includes victims or potential victims of human trafficking and the Modern Slavery Act 2015 places a presumption about age on a statutory footing when arrangements to assist a potential victim are being carried out.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 12:04:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438697

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	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 and what proportion of age assessments for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have been completed within the new timetable for upon local authorities in each month since March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	20253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children are referred to the Refugee Council’s panel of advisers.</p><p>Age-assessments of unaccompanied asylum seeking children are conducted by local authorities. The guidance to local authority practitioners states that most assessments should be completed within 28 days, however the timescale for assessment should be responsive to the needs of the child or young person. The Home Office does not collect statistics on how many and what proportion are carried out within this timescale.</p><p>Statistics on the number of age disputes raised and resolved for asylum applicants for each quarter from January 2010 to September 2015 are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476915/asylum3-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>The Home Office does not keep a record of the number of appeals against age assessments conducted by local authorities.</p><p>Home Office policy is not to return unaccompanied asylum seeking children whose claim has been refused unless there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in place. Statistics on the number of children removed from the UK in 2014 are available on Gov.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476919/removals1-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>However, these statistics include all nationalities and non-asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20212 20254 20256 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:06:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438700

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	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, what the rate of appeal was against age-assessments for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in each month since March 2010; and what proportion of such appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	20254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children are referred to the Refugee Council’s panel of advisers.</p><p>Age-assessments of unaccompanied asylum seeking children are conducted by local authorities. The guidance to local authority practitioners states that most assessments should be completed within 28 days, however the timescale for assessment should be responsive to the needs of the child or young person. The Home Office does not collect statistics on how many and what proportion are carried out within this timescale.</p><p>Statistics on the number of age disputes raised and resolved for asylum applicants for each quarter from January 2010 to September 2015 are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476915/asylum3-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>The Home Office does not keep a record of the number of appeals against age assessments conducted by local authorities.</p><p>Home Office policy is not to return unaccompanied asylum seeking children whose claim has been refused unless there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in place. Statistics on the number of children removed from the UK in 2014 are available on Gov.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476919/removals1-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>However, these statistics include all nationalities and non-asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20212 20253 20256 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:06:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438702

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Albania
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Albania have been returned to that country in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	20256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children are referred to the Refugee Council’s panel of advisers.</p><p>Age-assessments of unaccompanied asylum seeking children are conducted by local authorities. The guidance to local authority practitioners states that most assessments should be completed within 28 days, however the timescale for assessment should be responsive to the needs of the child or young person. The Home Office does not collect statistics on how many and what proportion are carried out within this timescale.</p><p>Statistics on the number of age disputes raised and resolved for asylum applicants for each quarter from January 2010 to September 2015 are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476915/asylum3-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>The Home Office does not keep a record of the number of appeals against age assessments conducted by local authorities.</p><p>Home Office policy is not to return unaccompanied asylum seeking children whose claim has been refused unless there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in place. Statistics on the number of children removed from the UK in 2014 are available on Gov.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476919/removals1-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>However, these statistics include all nationalities and non-asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20212 20253 20254 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:06:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438711

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral contribution of 16 November 2015, Official Report, column 365, if she will bring forward proposals on a national database of communication for refugees.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	20176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>On 7 September the Prime Minister announced that 20,000 Syrian refugees would be resettled during this Parliament, and that he wanted 1,000 to arrive before Christmas. We have now achieved this, and are working closely with a range of partners to put in place the plans and structures to further expand the Syrian Vulnerable Persons scheme.</p><p>It is currently up to individuals to determine how to maintain contact with other refugees in the UK; however, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) does link family groups so we can seek to allocate them to the same local authority. We also try and place them close to any family members already residing in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/12/2015 15:21:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

438701

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in the number of passport applications waiting for more than two months to be processed between 1 July 2013 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	20338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>Due to the way that data on passport applications is captured, it is not possible to show the proportion of applications taking over two months to process. However, the numbers and proportions of straightforward properly completed passport applications taking over 20 days are represented in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Processed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than &amp; equal to 20 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% more than &amp; equal 20 days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013- July 2014</p></td><td><p>3,896,735</p></td><td><p>197,110</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014-July 2015</p></td><td><p>4,448,436</p></td><td><p>91,101</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Overall</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 8,345,171 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 288,211 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" rowspan="8"><p><strong>Days are working days and exclude bank holidays</strong> Straightforward cases are those that do not involve a complex nationality decision and where the customer has provided a complete application with all required documentary evidence Non-straightforward applications are not included in the figures above.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/01/2016 15:55:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

438715

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons applicants who reside in Liverpool, Wavertree constituency who have outstanding asylum claims are no longer given a timeframe for completion of that application.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	20194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>Asylum Operations has existing processes that ensure claimants and legal representatives have contact details should they wish to discuss case progression. In addition, all claimants and representatives are kept informed should an initial decision on their asylum claim be delayed beyond 6 months with this correspondence outlining the reason for delay and providing an approximate timescale as to when a decision can be expected.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/12/2015 13:35:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

438691

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many removals from the UK under the Dublin Regulation there were in each year since 2005; and what information the Government holds on the number of such removals from other EU countries in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	20287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of people transferred under the Dublin Convention and the later Dublin II and Dublin III Regulations, is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Year of Return</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1890</p></td><td><p>1670</p></td><td><p>1170</p></td><td><p>1280</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>1150</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>11760</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The UK Government does not centrally hold the number of Dublin removals from other EU countries as the data is collected by Eurostat and is available at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database</a></p><p>The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.</p><p>This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/03/2016 12:06:43 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37439 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds