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810056

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has set aside by (a) division, (b) inspectorate, (c) non-ministerial government department and (d) non-departmental public body for contingencies relating to the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	120522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We have agreed with HM Treasury additional funding of £60m to support Brexit planning and implementation work in 2017/18. Future year’s requirements are still under discussion with HMT and announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 17:26:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

810733

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether immigration detention centres receive extra funding for their involvement in routine processing of asylum claims.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	121078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Asylum Intake &amp; Casework are responsible for considering asylum claims and are responsible for considering claims from those in detention through the Detained Asylum Casework (DAC) process. This is separate from the work of the Immigration Removal Centres. The Government believes that the process provides claimants with the necessary time and opportunity to enable their applications to be justly decided. The DAC unit is adequately resourced and funded to do this work and all DAC claimants are entitled to free legal representation through the Duty scheme operated by the Legal Aid Authority.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 17:22:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

816868

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals, both adults and children, have been refused citizenship in each year between 2010 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	121295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The available published information on the total number of decisions to refuse applications for British citizenship is published in Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, July – September 2017, Citizenship tables cz_01 and cz_01_q available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#citizenship</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 12:31:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

816869

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals have been refused the right to remain in each year between 2010 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	121296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>An EU national’s right to remain in the UK is not dependent upon a grant of leave to remain from the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD). The Free Movement of Persons Directive (2004/38/EC) allows EU nationals to reside freely in the UK whilst they satisfy the conditions laid down in the Treaty. EU nationals are not granted leave to remain in the UK. The number of EU nationals refused the right to remain between 2010 and 2017 is therefore nil.</p><p>The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 defines how an EU national can be considered to be a qualified person. A qualified person, is a person considered to satisfy the conditions laid down in the Treaty.</p><p>EU nationals may apply to the SSHD for confirmation of their status as a qualified person.</p><p>A Registration Certificate confirms that an EU national has demonstrated that they are currently a qualified person.</p><p>A Document Certifying Permanent Residence confirms that an EU national has resided in the UK as a qualified person, for a continuous period of 5 years.</p><p>Statistics on outcomes of applications for Registration Certificates and Documents Certifying Permanent Residence for European Union (EU) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics. These include data for certificates/documents issued, refusals and applications deemed invalid and hence rejected. The most recent edition (Immigration Statistics July to September 2017) is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 12:34:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

816916

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse of applications for immigration after all costs to the Department are covered in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	121343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We have not calculated this on anything other than a financial year basis. This information on income vs full cost is published each year in the HO annual report and accounts (see 3.2 on page 90 in the link below).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 12:33:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

816925

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions to cease asylum support were made in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	121352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications for asylum support, and on those asylum seekers who are currently in receipt of support in the Immigration Statistics Quarterly Reports. The current information is correct as to September 2017. <br>This information can be accessed via: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum</a><br>The Home Office does not publish data on the number of decisions made to cease support.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 12:32:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

816926

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents were accommodated in each asylum reception centre in the UK at the end of 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	121353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered. If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed<br>Quarterly data, correct as to September 2017, regarding the number of residents in initial accommodation is included in the published statistics, which can be found on data table volume 4 at;<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum</a><br>The Home Office does not publish data for each separate initial accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 12:36:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

816927

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants were granted permission to work in the UK in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	121354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK unless their claim has been outstanding for at least 12 months through no fault of their own. Those who are granted permission to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which can be found in the Immigration Rules Appendix K: shortage occupation list (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list</a>)</p><p>The data requested on the number of asylum seekers granted permission to work is only held on paper case files or within the notes sections of the Home Office's databases. Therefore the number of asylum seekers granted permission to work who are employed in other Government Departments is not aggregated on a national level nor is it held in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 121355 question first answered 15/01/2018 12:30:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

816928

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants granted permission to work were employed in Government Departments in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	121355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK unless their claim has been outstanding for at least 12 months through no fault of their own. Those who are granted permission to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which can be found in the Immigration Rules Appendix K: shortage occupation list (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list</a>)</p><p>The data requested on the number of asylum seekers granted permission to work is only held on paper case files or within the notes sections of the Home Office's databases. Therefore the number of asylum seekers granted permission to work who are employed in other Government Departments is not aggregated on a national level nor is it held in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 121354 question first answered 15/01/2018 12:30:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

818801

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: DNA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to reinstate Government funding for DNA testing when it is required for asylum applications.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	121565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Asylum claimants and their dependants are not required to provide DNA evidence to support an asylum claim lodged in the UK.</p><p>Those applying for refugee family reunion are not required to provide DNA evidence to prove their family relationship and can rely on other evidence to support their application. Our guidance on considering family reunion applications highlights the challenges that applicants may face in obtaining documents to support their application and makes clear the types of evidence that can be provided. This is available on Gov.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-reunion-instruction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-reunion-instruction</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 17:30:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire