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532379

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many unaccompanied minors seeking asylum have been successfully transferred to the UK in each month since the introduction of Dublin III in January 2013, and from which countries those transfers were made.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Data on cases progressed under the Dublin III Regulation is recorded on the main immigration database. However, this data is not held in a way that allows it to be reported on automatically and is therefore not currently available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/07/2016 13:41:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

533456

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Railway Line: Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many independent child trafficking advocates will be needed to fulfil the requirements under section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL1039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>As the Minister for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime set out on 28 June::</p><p>https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-06-28/debates/16062854000001/IndependentAdvocatesForTraffickedChildren</p><p>The Government is committed to commencing section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act and developing the accompanying secondary legislation and statutory guidance. As part of the commencement process, we will work with interested parties, including Non-Governmental Organisations to determine the scale of the service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/07/2016 12:18:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract - Independent Advocates for Trafficked Children.doc title Read out of debate - Hansard
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

533457

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when and how local authority chief executives have been informed about their statutory duty to notify information about suspected victims of slavery or human trafficking under section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL1040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>On 7 November, the day that s52 of the Act came into Force, the Government issued full guidance on GOV.UK. A circular providing information to all bodies subject to the duty, including local authority Chief Executives, was sent the next day. Further communications to raise awareness of the Duty to Notify are planned this summer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/07/2016 11:29:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

533911

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Territorial Waters: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are investigating the use of University Royal Naval Unit craft and the Maritime Volunteer Service to increase the number of platforms available for security of UK territorial seas.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL1092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Border Force and its partner organisations are well prepared to counter attempts by migrants to use small boats to circumvent border security and enter the UK illegally. A number of counter-measures have been put in place to detect and deter this activity, including the coordination of maritime security assets, so that maximum coverage at sea is delivered that ensures assets are in the right place at the right time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/07/2016 16:20:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

533912

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Territorial Waters: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the National Maritime Intelligence Centre has any command and control authority over assets available for security of UK territorial seas.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL1093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) facilitates information exchange between government departments and agencies. Command and control of assets is administered by the respective organisations that are represented in the NMIC.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/07/2016 16:21:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

535122

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Territorial Waters: Security
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 June (HL325), how government departments and agencies decide who should take executive action to prosecute a series of contacts of interest.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL1118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Each of the Government departments and agencies represented at the National Maritime Information Centre has a specific remit and depending on what the nature of the operational scenario in question is, the department or agency with the legislatively proscribed lead responsibility for investigating activity of that kind will take the necessary action. Other departments and agencies will provide support to the lead department or agency as required.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/07/2016 10:54:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

535596

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many immigration offenders, excluding failed asylum seekers and foreign national offenders, have been removed in each of the last five years for which figures are available, and how many of those first arrived in the UK on a student visa.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL1143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration Statistics on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p>The information requested regarding Foreign National Offenders and total returns is available in the tables attached.</p><p>The Home Office is unable to provide data as requested for those who first arrived in the UK on a student visa as this would involve cross checking databases and incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table 1.xls title Table 1 - PQ HL1143 2 file name Table 2.xls title Table 2 - PQ HL1143 question first answered 27/07/2016 12:49:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

535597

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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 Labour
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers will be transposed into UK law.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL1144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK already fulfils the obligations set out in the Directive and these are broadly reflected in our domestic laws.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/07/2016 12:46:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

535599

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to improve the quality of initial interviews and decisions in asylum cases in order to reduce the need for appeals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office carefully considers all asylum claims on their individual merits and grants protection for those who genuinely need it, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights. In every asylum case the particular circumstances of the individual is considered in light of published country information.</p><p>All asylum decision-makers receive extensive training on how to consider asylum claims and are expected to follow published Home Office policy guidance. The 5-week Foundation Training Programme (FTP) for new decision makers trains staff on all aspects of the asylum decision making process. All decision makers are currently receiving credibility training. This course trains decision makers on how to assess the evidential value of their interview questions, the various reasons why someone may not come across as credible in an asylum interview and discusses issues such as speculation and implausibility. Asylum decision-makers carefully assess the protection needs of each asylum claimant following an interview by assessing all available evidence provided by the claimant in light of published country information and policy guidance. The Home Office systematically assesses the quality of asylum decisions against a detailed quality audit framework drawn up and agreed with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.</p><p>We expect asylum claimants to disclose all relevant evidence to support their claim at the earliest opportunity so that we can properly consider their claim. We aim to reduce the appeal rate by analysing the reasons why appeals are allowed and using this to further improve guidance and training. We are committed to continuous improvement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/07/2016 15:45:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

535600

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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 what action they are taking to enable child refugees and migrants who are now in France but who have close relatives in the UK to make take-charge requests.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>As stated in Written Answer HL649 on 27 June under the UK-France Joint Declaration of 20 August 2015 the UK and France have committed to ensur-ing that provisions of the Dublin III Regulation are used efficiently and effectively. To assist the handling of such cases, the two Governments have established a permanent official contact group, agreed single points of contact within respective Dublin Units and a UK asylum expert was seconded to the French administration earlier this year to facilitate the improvement of all stages of the process.</p><p>We continue to work closely so that both the UK and France can fulfil our re-spective obligations under the Dublin Regulation to family members, including unaccompanied children, who qualify for transfer to the UK under the Regula-tion’s family unity provisions.</p><p>The UK and France are running regular joint communication campaigns in northern France which inform unaccompanied children and others of their right to claim asylum in France and the family reunion process. Whilst the management of migrants in Calais is the responsibility of the French Govern-ment, the UK recognises that vulnerable people in the camps are at risk from exploitation and trafficking. This is why the UK Government funds a project, run by a French NGO, to identify and direct vulnerable people to protection, support and advice within France.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1150 question first answered 26/07/2016 15:43:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton