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759389

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Official Engagements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a list of her official engagements since the commencement of the current Parliament when the constituency's hon. Member was (a) invited and (b) not invited.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	9848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes details of meetings with external organisations on a quarterly basis on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-january-to-march-2017.</p><p> </p><p>My office notifies Members when I am attending an official event in their constituency, in accordance with paragraph 10.9 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 14/09/2017 13:04:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

759126

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of the reasons for the deportation of EU nationals in (1) the first quarter of 2016, and (2) the first quarter of this year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL1495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/09/2017 15:39:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

759148

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Europe
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) the International Committee of the Red Cross, and (2) the Inter-Agency Standing Committee of the UN have been consulted about unaccompanied refugee children in Europe; if so, with what result; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK is working collaboratively with EU Member States, NGO’s and International organisations, including British Red Cross, UNHCR and Unicef to indentify and transfer eligible children and ensuring the timely and efficient operation of the Dublin Regulation. Last month, the British Red Cross met with UK officials in Greece to discuss the operation of the Dublin process. In addition our secondees in Italy and Greece also work with Member States and relevant partners to provide advice and support on the process for transferring eligible children under section 67 in the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/09/2017 13:46:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

759149

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been reunited with family members in the UK under Article 8.2 of the Dublin Regulation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. 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/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including those transferred under the Dublin Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/09/2017 15:58:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

759150

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 24 July (HL980), how many grants of discretionary leave to remain have been made to persons unable to leave the country through no fault of their own and where there is no prospect of enforced removal, in (1) the current year, and (2) each of the two previous years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>Whilst there is provision to grant discretionary leave to remain where someone has been unable to leave through no fault of their own and there is no prospect of enforced removal, we do not grant such discretionary leave for the sole reason that removal cannot be enforced.</p><p> </p><p>Those who have no right to remain in the UK are expected to leave voluntarily and should take all reasonable steps to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The overall numbers of discretionary leave grants are published on the Immigration Statistics webpage and the most recent release is available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>The breakdown for years 2014-2016 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>TOTAL</strong> <strong>APPLICATIONS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>TOTAL</strong> <strong>INITIAL DECISIONS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>GRANTS OF</strong> <strong>DISCRETIONARY LEAVE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30,747</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,895</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>114</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,733</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,662</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>227</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,033</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,782</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>200</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/09/2017 15:55:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

759388

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been classified as having no recourse to public funds in (a) Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency, (b) Hull City Council area and (c) the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	9894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish this data in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/09/2017 14:54:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

759395

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has received from representatives of churches and other faith groups on time limits for immigration detention; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Representations have been received from the Convenor (Church and Society) of the Church of Scotland which, amongst other things, called for the introduction of a time limit on immigration detention.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:43:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759387

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Behavioural Insights Team
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what services her Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 2014 the Home Office have worked with the Behavioural Insights Team on a number of policy evaluations across the department.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 19/09/2017 11:40:04 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759394

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the potential use of cryptocurrencies for criminal purposes; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	10018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>In the National Strategic Assessment published by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in 2017, the NCA assessed that cryptocurrencies will remain an enabler for online criminality because of their accessibility, perceived anonymity, speed of cross-border payments and irreversible payment mechanism. <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/807-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2017/file" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/807-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2017/file</a></p><p> </p><p>The UK’s first National Risk Assessment (NRA) of money laundering was published on 15 October 2015. It identified the threats and vulnerabilities faced in this area, and assessed that such currencies posed a low risk for money laundering.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-risk-assessment-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-risk-assessment-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently updating the NRA, which will provide an updated view of the money laundering risk posed by cryptocurrencies. The NRA will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/10/2017 09:17:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

759390

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2017 to Question 4201, what the reasons are for the delay in the publication of the independent review into deaths and serious incidents in police custody.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	9832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government-commissioned Independent Review into Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody is a thorough and detailed work and the findings and recommendations are being carefully considered by Government, ahead of its publication.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/09/2017 14:48:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed