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1149845

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce violent hate crime towards disabled people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are taking determined action to tackle knife crime and other serious violence, including by preventing children and young people from gaining access to knives in the first place. It is already illegal to sell knives and certain articles with blade or point to anyone under 18 in England and Wales, whether face to face or online, and the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 will further strengthen the law by stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after being bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product will not be delivered to a person under 18. Through the Offensive Weapons Act, we will also introduce new Knife Crime Prevention Orders which will give the police an important new tool to help them to work with both young people and adults at risk of being drawn into knife crime to steer them away from serious violence.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">It is vital that the police have the resources and tools they need to tackle knife crime, including possession of knives on our streets. This is why we have increased police funding by more than £1 billion this year, including council tax and the £100 million Serious Violence Fund. Through the Serious Violence Fund we have provided £63.4 million to the 18 police forces worst affected by serious violence to pay for surge operational activity, and £1.6 million to help improve the quality of data on serious violence, particularly knife crime, to support planning and operations. In addition, £35million of the Serious Violence Fund is being invested in Violence Reductions Units which will form a key component of our action to build capacity in local areas to tackle the root causes of serious violence.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have also launched a national campaign to begin to recruit 20,000 new police officers over the next three years, and we are making it easier for the police to use their important stop and search powers which is a vital tool in tackling knife possession on our streets and in our local communities.In addition, we continue to encourage all police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The latest phase of the operation took place from 17 to 22 September and included targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps, and surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins. The operation also includes test purchase operations to identify those retailers who flout the law and sell knives to under 18s. Through our dedicated Prosecution Fund we are supporting Trading Standards to prosecute rogue retailers who repeatedly fail test purchases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We are also addressing the root causes of serious violence by investing over £220 million in early intervention projects, and as announced in the Queen’s Speech, we are bringing forward a new Bill to introduce a new legal duty on public bodies to work together to prevent and tackle serious violence.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Any form of hate crime is completely unacceptable, and this Government takes hate crime very seriously.That is why the Government published the Hate Crime Action Plan in 2016, and refreshed it in October 2018.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Action Plan includes a number of commitments that address all forms of hate crime. These include a review of hate crime legislation by the Law Commission which commenced earlier this year, a public awareness campaign that included specific examples of disability hate crime to make it clear that it is unacceptable. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Additionally, the Action Plan includes specific plans to tackle disability hate crime, including increased engagement with disability stakeholders, hosting two ministerial roundtables with disability groups and social media companies to help tackle online abuse of disabled people, and providing funding for community projects that directly tackle disability hate crime.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/10/2019 17:23:01 question first ministerially corrected 29/10/2019 17:24:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 2221 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1149946

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why organisations that received Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) support through the UK Responsible Authority are not covered by the funding guarantee announced on 12 September in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and what consideration has been given to making alternative funding available to charities at risk of losing their AMIF funding.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The family Immigration Rules set out the requirements to be met to allow any adult dependant relative of a British citizen to come to the UK. The applicant must be outside the UK and in most cases, the sponsor will be in the UK.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The adult dependent relative rules, together with the policy on exceptional circumstances, ensure that leave can be granted for those who demonstrate that, as a result of age, illness or disability, there is a level of long-term personal care required that can only be provided in the UK by their British relative who is here, or who is intending to return here with their dependant relative.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office will provide the necessary funding for projects under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for the lifetime of their projects, even if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. </ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/10/2019 17:57:39 question first ministerially corrected 30/10/2019 18:35:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 2873 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1149952

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Hong Kong
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in responding to the request of ex-Hong Kong servicemen for British citizenship for service to the Crown, following their meeting with the Home Office on 30 November 2018 and their supply, in early 2019, of the information requested by the Home Office.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The family Immigration Rules set out the requirements to be met to allow any adult dependant relative of a British citizen to come to the UK. The applicant must be outside the UK and in most cases, the sponsor will be in the UK.The adult dependent relative rules, together with the policy on exceptional circumstances, ensure that leave can be granted for those who demonstrate that, as a result of age, illness or disability, there is a level of long-term personal care required that can only be provided in the UK by their British relative who is here, or who is intending to return here with their dependant relative.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the British Nationality Selection Scheme, that was introduced in 1990 and ran until 1 July 1997, a limited number of Hong Kong Military Service Corps personnel who were settled in Hong Kong could apply to register as a British citizen.We are giving careful consideration to representations made on behalf of those former Hong Kong Military Service Corps personnel who were unable to obtain citizenship through the selection scheme.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/10/2019 17:45:01 question first ministerially corrected 30/10/2019 18:49:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 2854 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1181769

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Right of Abode: British National (Overseas)
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter from Lord Goldsmith to the Home Secretary on 14 February which stated that the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration does not prevent the extension of full right of abode in the UK to those in Hong Kong who own a British National (Overseas) passport; and what response they intend to make to the reported request in that letter that "false statements" about the nature of his advice in relation to the rights of British National (Overseas) passports should be "retracted and not repeated".
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/03/2020 17:44:44 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2020 17:58:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 12691 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1184991

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2020
	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 how many offers to receive vulnerable unaccompanied children who are currently in Europe have been received in (1) 2019, and (2) 2020, by the Home Office from (a) local authorities, (b) care and fostering agencies, and (c) private individuals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office works closely with local authorities and third sector partners in order to identify suitable placements for unaccompanied children for transfer to the UK from Europe under our existing obligations.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government remains fully committed to relocating the specified number of 480 unaccompanied children to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (the Dubs Amendment) as soon as possible. We will publish a full data set on the transfers once we have fulfilled this commitment.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016. Since then we have been making further progress with Greece and the other participating states, to transfer more eligible children to move closer to achieving this commitment</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office works closely with local authorities and third sector partners in order to identify suitable placements for unaccompanied children for transfer to the UK from Europe under our existing obligations. The Home Office also has regular engagement with a range of third sector partners.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government remains fully committed to relocating the specified number of 480 unaccompanied children to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (the Dubs Amendment) as soon as possible. We will publish a full data set on the transfers once we have fulfilled this commitment.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016. Since then we have been making further progress with Greece and the other participating states, to transfer more eligible children to move closer to achieving this commitment</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/03/2020 14:23:54 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2020 13:24:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 15260 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1193869

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Free Movement of People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the assistance provided for workers from outside the UK with horticultural duties during the COVID-19 pandemic, what consideration they have given to reversing their advice on restrictions of the freedom of movement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL4061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We welcome the contribution which seasonal workers from outside the UK are making to the UK agricultural sector. Such workers will not have to enter into quarantine on arrival in the UK but we will expect them, and their employers, to take sensible measures to prevent any spread of disease and for the migrants to remain on the farms where they are working.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Arrangements have been made to allow seasonal workers to commence employment while in self-isolation following their arrival in the UK. They and their employers are expected to take adequate measures to prevent any spread of disease and for the migrants concerned to remain on the farm where they are working and away from others on it throughout the period of self-isolation. Arrangements have also been made to extend the visas of those horticultural workers whose visas who have been unable to leave the UK due to the disruption to international travel caused by Covid-19.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/06/2020 14:01:25 question first ministerially corrected 05/06/2020 11:56:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 25534 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1203499

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what the application process and fees, including a possible NHS health surcharge, will be for British National (Overseas) status holders from Hong Kong and their dependants if they wish to apply for an extension of their leave for a further 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL5699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Graduate route will be introduced in the summer of 2021. Information on the route was provided in the factsheet published in October 2019 https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2019/10/14/fact-sheet-graduate-immigration-route/.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Further details of the route will be published shortly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.The Home Office is working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/06/2020 16:17:55 question first ministerially corrected 29/06/2020 16:47:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 32922 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1219455

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Report on short scrutiny visits to Immigration removal centres by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, published on 12 May, why nine detainees were released from the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre without a confirmed address to go to during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL6319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We do not comment on individual cases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to support provided to foreign nationals released from detention during the current pandemic I refer the Right Honourable Lord to my answer of 27 May 2020 which can be found at:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=HL4210</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We do not comment on individual cases.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> With regard to support provided to foreign nationals released from detention during the current pandemic I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 27 May 2020 which can be found at:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=HL4210</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2020 16:39:15 question first ministerially corrected 15/07/2020 15:24:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 37282 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1227714

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration into family reunion was delivered; and when they plan to publish it.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL7163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Secretary is considering the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on Family Reunion Applications and it will be laid in Parliament as soon as possible.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">ICIBI reports can only be laid before Parliament when both houses are sitting.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on Family Reunion Applications was received on 7 January 2020. The report was laid before Parliament on Thursday 8 October 2020. </ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/08/2020 10:05:25 question first ministerially corrected 12/10/2020 11:58:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 42350 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1230861

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 5 August (HL7163), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, when the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration into family reunion was delivered; and what plans they have for publication of the report before the end of September.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL7671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Secretary is considering the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on Family Reunion Applications. The report will be laid before Parliament as soon as possible.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on Family Reunion Applications was received on 7 January 2020. The report was laid before Parliament on Thursday 8 October 2020. </ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/09/2020 13:19:30 question first ministerially corrected 12/10/2020 12:00:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 46781 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett