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174267

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 300 United Kingdom citizens who have returned from Syria have been (1) investigated for criminal acts, and (2) charged with terrorism-related offences or other criminal acts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of individuals currently under investigation for criminal acts is a matter for the police and as such, the Government can not comment on current investigations. Numbers of individuals suspected of involvement in acts of terrorism or criminal matters, arrested and then formally charged with terrorism-related offences or other criminal offences is recorded and collated in the Home Office Quarterly Statistical Bulletin (last published 04 December 2014)</p><p>(<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2014</a> ).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/01/2015 16:15:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name police-powers-terror-q2-2014snr.pdf title Quarterly Statistical Bulletin - 4/12/14
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

92768

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Compass Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the conclusions and recommendations of the 54th report of 2013–14 of the Public Accounts Committee: <i>COMPASS: Provision of asylum accommodation</i>.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL2004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has responded to the 54th report of 2013-14 of the Public Accounts Committee: COMPASS: Provision of Asylum Accommodation by way of a Treasury Minute published on 19 June 2014. The response was published by Command under number: 8871. The responses to the six recommendations are shown on pages one to three of the attached document. The response is also available on the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/treasury-minutes-june-2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 12:31:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Treasury Minute 54 - Asylum Accomodation.docx title Treasury Minute
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

164498

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the number and cost, in both absolute terms and as a percentage of the total departmental workforce, of non-payroll staff in the Home Office for each of the last 18 months for which data are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL3091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The number and cost of non-payroll staff in the Home Office in absolute terms and as a percentage of the total workforce for each of the last 18 months are set out in Table 1 and Table 2 below.</p><p>Over the period the number of non payroll staff each month has varied between 2,175 and 2,850 and their cost between £3.2m and £13m.</p><p>As a percentage of total workforce, the number of non payroll staff has varied between 7.7% and 9.5% and their cost between 3.6% and 11.5%.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="13"><strong>Table 1 - Home Office Headcount Full Time Equivalent for April 2013 to October 2014</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>HC FTE</strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Headcount Marker</strong></td><td><strong>Apr-13</strong></td><td><strong>May-13</strong></td><td><strong>Jun-13</strong></td><td><strong>Jul-13</strong></td><td><strong>Aug-13</strong></td><td><strong>Sep-13</strong></td><td><strong>Oct-13</strong></td><td><strong>Nov-13</strong></td><td><strong>Dec-13</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non Payroll</td><td>2,175.48</td><td>2,331.61</td><td>2,439.47</td><td>2,268.09</td><td>2,473.57</td><td>2,371.27</td><td>2,563.46</td><td>2,603.63</td><td>2,705.11</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Departmental Total</strong></td><td><strong>28,250.39</strong></td><td><strong>28,443.71</strong></td><td><strong>28,590.66</strong></td><td><strong>28,852.87</strong></td><td><strong>29,073.54</strong></td><td><strong>29,008.95</strong></td><td><strong>29,263.92</strong></td><td><strong>29,329.86</strong></td><td><strong>29,451.95</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non Payroll % of total workforce</td><td>7.7%</td><td>8.2%</td><td>8.5%</td><td>7.9%</td><td>8.5%</td><td>8.2%</td><td>8.8%</td><td>8.9%</td><td>9.2%</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>HC FTE</strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Headcount Marker</strong></td><td><strong>Jan-14</strong></td><td><strong>Feb-14</strong></td><td><strong>Mar-14</strong></td><td><strong>Apr-14</strong></td><td><strong>May-14</strong></td><td><strong>Jun-14</strong></td><td><strong>Jul-14</strong></td><td><strong>Aug-14</strong></td><td><strong>Sep-14</strong></td><td><strong>Oct-14</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non Payroll</td><td>2,743.15</td><td>2,825.95</td><td>2,832.39</td><td>2,850.05</td><td>2,715.64</td><td>2,792.27</td><td>2,759.52</td><td>2,844.01</td><td>2,815.21</td><td>2,649.04</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Departmental Total</strong></td><td><strong>29,402.04</strong></td><td><strong>29,675.40</strong></td><td><strong>29,879.41</strong></td><td><strong>30,028.32</strong></td><td><strong>30,052.15</strong></td><td><strong>30,346.49</strong></td><td><strong>30,609.09</strong></td><td><strong>30,829.62</strong></td><td><strong>31,269.43</strong></td><td><strong>31,252.67</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non Payroll % of total workforce</td><td>9.3%</td><td>9.5%</td><td>9.5%</td><td>9.5%</td><td>9.0%</td><td>9.2%</td><td>9.0%</td><td>9.2%</td><td>9.0%</td><td>8.5%</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><strong>Data Source:</strong> Data View - the Home Office’s single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><strong>Period Covered:</strong> 1st April 2013 to 31st October 2014.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><strong>Extraction Date:</strong> 1st day of each following month.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><strong>Organisational Coverage:</strong> Figures include core Home Office (including Border Force, UK Visas &amp; Immigration and Immigration Enforcement) and the Executive Agencies; Her Majesty's Passport Office and the National Fraud Authority</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><strong>nEmployee Coverage:</strong> Departmental total is based on headcount FTE of all paid, unpaid civil servants and non civil servants who were current on the last day of each month. Non payroll data are non civil servants which includes Agency, Contractor non paid and Incoming Secondment Unpaid (Non OGD)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><strong>Table 2 - Cost of payroll and non-payroll staff April 2013 to October 2014</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></td><td><strong>Apr-13</strong></td><td><strong>May-13</strong></td><td><strong>Jun-13</strong></td><td><strong>Jul-13</strong></td><td><strong>Aug-13</strong></td><td><strong>Sep-13</strong></td><td><strong>Oct-13</strong></td><td><strong>Nov-13</strong></td><td><strong>Dec-13</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Payroll staff</td><td>88.2</td><td>87.9</td><td>87.6</td><td>87.7</td><td>88.1</td><td>87.5</td><td>87.3</td><td>127.7</td><td>89.2</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non-payroll staff</td><td>4.2</td><td>3.3</td><td>5.9</td><td>6.7</td><td>3.6</td><td>5.7</td><td>5.3</td><td>6.8</td><td>8.2</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td><td>92.4</td><td>91.2</td><td>93.5</td><td>94.4</td><td>91.6</td><td>93.2</td><td>92.7</td><td>134.6</td><td>97.4</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non-payroll % of total cost</td><td>4.5%</td><td>3.6%</td><td>6.3%</td><td>7.1%</td><td>3.9%</td><td>6.1%</td><td>5.8%</td><td>5.1%</td><td>8.4%</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></td><td><strong>Jan-14</strong></td><td><strong>Feb-14</strong></td><td><strong>Mar-14</strong></td><td><strong>Apr-14</strong></td><td><strong>May-14</strong></td><td><strong>Jun-14</strong></td><td><strong>Jul-14</strong></td><td><strong>Aug-14</strong></td><td><strong>Sep-14</strong></td><td><strong>Oct-14</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Payroll staff</td><td>89.7</td><td>89.9</td><td>99.9</td><td>94.4</td><td>90.4</td><td>93.0</td><td>96.8</td><td>96.6</td><td>96.9</td><td>95.3</td></tr><tr><td>Non-payroll staff</td><td>7.6</td><td>9.3</td><td>13.0</td><td>6.2</td><td>6.1</td><td>6.5</td><td>7.3</td><td>6.1</td><td>5.5</td><td>8.2</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td><td>97.3</td><td>99.2</td><td>112.9</td><td>100.6</td><td>96.5</td><td>99.5</td><td>104.2</td><td>102.8</td><td>102.4</td><td>103.5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-payroll % of total cost</td><td>7.8%</td><td>9.4%</td><td>11.5%</td><td>6.2%</td><td>6.3%</td><td>6.5%</td><td>7.0%</td><td>6.0%</td><td>5.4%</td><td>7.9%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Data Source:</strong> Data View - the Home Office’s single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Period Covered:</strong> 1st April 2013 to 31st October 2014.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Extraction Date:</strong> 1st of each following month.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Organisational Coverage:</strong> Figures include core Home Office (including Border Force, UK Visas &amp; Immigration and Immigration Enforcement) and the Executive Agencies; Her Majesty's Passport Office and the National Fraud Authority</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Employee Coverage:</strong> Payroll staff data is based on cost of all paid and unpaid civil servants, who were current on the last day of each month. <br>Non-payroll staff costs are based on contingent labour and consultants/consultancy and does not include Incoming Secondments (Non OGD).</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2014 14:36:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Tables 1 and 2 V2.xls title Tables 1&2
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

170058

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will update the table in the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 10 January 2012 (HL14312) showing how many members of Home Office staff have been convicted of criminal offences in connection with their official activities in each of the last five years, showing in each case the name of the offender, the date of conviction and the sentence received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL3693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>Since June 2013, there have been three additional cases of members of Home Office staff that have been convicted of criminal offences in connection with their official activities. The nature of the offences are in the table provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/12/2014 14:54:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Table v1.doc title Table 1
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

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

100010

	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: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Home Office asylum decisions were appealed against in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013; and what percentage of those appeals were successful.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The annual number of asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful for 2005 and 2008 are shown in the table attached.</p><p>Data for asylum applications, asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful for 2011 and 2013 is available in published data and can be found in the links listed in the bullets below:</p><p>• Data for asylum applications can be found in table ‘as 01’ of the ‘Asylum data tables immigration statistics April to June 2014 volume 1’ is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables</a>.</p><p>• Data for asylum appeals lodged and % of appeals allowed is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>The volumes listed in the table and links above are not necessarily the same cohort of cases. As a result we are unable to provide data on the percentage of asylum applications in the years requested that resulted in an appeal.</p><p><strong>Table showing asylum appeals lodged and percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2005<strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong><strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asylum Appeals lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals determined by the IAA/AIT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,611</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,057</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% Asylum appeals allowed (of those determined)<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Appeals were dealt with by the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) until April 2005, by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) from Apr 2005 to Feb 2010, and since then by the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber.</p><p>[2] 2005 lodgement figures exclude appeals dismissed at the Preliminary Issue stage (out of time or invalid). HMCTS now include this category of appeal in Official Statistics data, from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007.</p><p>[3] The 2005 asylum appeals lodged figure may not match figures previously in the public domain due to differing dates of extraction from the case management database. See link to archive <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http:/www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/</a></p><p>[4] &quot;determined&quot; means decided by a judge and excludes withdrawn appeals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2226 question first answered 05/11/2014 14:33:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

100011

	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: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Home Office asylum decisions were appealed against in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013; and what percentage of the total applications that represents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The annual number of asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful for 2005 and 2008 are shown in the table attached.</p><p>Data for asylum applications, asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful for 2011 and 2013 is available in published data and can be found in the links listed in the bullets below:</p><p>• Data for asylum applications can be found in table ‘as 01’ of the ‘Asylum data tables immigration statistics April to June 2014 volume 1’ is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables</a>.</p><p>• Data for asylum appeals lodged and % of appeals allowed is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>The volumes listed in the table and links above are not necessarily the same cohort of cases. As a result we are unable to provide data on the percentage of asylum applications in the years requested that resulted in an appeal.</p><p><strong>Table showing asylum appeals lodged and percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2005<strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong><strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asylum Appeals lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals determined by the IAA/AIT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,611</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,057</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% Asylum appeals allowed (of those determined)<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Appeals were dealt with by the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) until April 2005, by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) from Apr 2005 to Feb 2010, and since then by the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber.</p><p>[2] 2005 lodgement figures exclude appeals dismissed at the Preliminary Issue stage (out of time or invalid). HMCTS now include this category of appeal in Official Statistics data, from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007.</p><p>[3] The 2005 asylum appeals lodged figure may not match figures previously in the public domain due to differing dates of extraction from the case management database. See link to archive <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http:/www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/</a></p><p>[4] &quot;determined&quot; means decided by a judge and excludes withdrawn appeals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2225 question first answered 05/11/2014 14:33:12 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

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	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: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what access young asylum seekers have to health provision, once they reach the age of 18.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>They have access to NHS services free of charge while their asylum claims are under consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 16:19:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

100054

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the event of the United Kingdom not opting back into the provisions of the European Arrest Warrant, which member states still have on their statute books the legislation necessary to revert to the Council of Europe Convention on Extradition 1957.
	tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
	uin	HL2260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>All EU member states have ratified the 1957 Council of Europe Convention on Extradition (ECE). Consequently, they will all have legislation that allows them to operate the ECE with other ECE signatories who do not use the Arrest Warrant. However, a number of EU member states have subsequently passed specific legislation to implement the Arrest Warrant and would need to pass new domestic legislation in order to allow them to operate the ECE with the UK. In some cases, this could be a lengthy process. For example, we believe that it would take the Netherlands at least a year to pass the necessary legislation and during this time they would not be able to issue extradition requests to the UK, or respond to UK extradition requests. Effectively, this would make both countries a safe haven for each others’ criminals.<br><br>Under the 1957 European Convention on Extradition, 22 Member States may also refuse to extradite its own nationals which means that some people may never face justice. In non-European Arrest Warrant cases, the following EU Member States have an absolute bar on extraditing their own nationals to the UK:<br><br>Austria<br>Belgium<br>Czech Republic<br>Finland <br>France<br>Germany<br>Greece<br>Latvia<br>Luxembourg<br>Slovakia<br>Slovenia<br>Spain<br>Sweden<br><br>A further nine have made declarations to the 1957 European Convention on Extradition to the effect that they will not extradite their own nationals:<br><br>Bulgaria<br>Croatia<br>Cyprus<br>Estonia<br>Hungary<br>Lithuania<br>Poland<br>Portugal<br>Romania</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/11/2014 12:19:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood