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964425

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: British National (Overseas)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential economic merits of providing residency rights via express entry to British National Overseas participants of the youth mobility programme.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	169515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme enables nationals from participating countries to work and stay in the UK for up to two years. British Nationals (Overseas) are eligible to apply under these arrangements. The scheme is temporary and therefore does not lead to settlement.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 11:56:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1045492

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend the Youth Mobility Scheme to additional non-EEA countries after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
	uin	210557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We have proposed a UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) as part of our Mobility Framework to ensure that young people can continue to enjoy the social, cultural and educational benefits of living in the EU and the UK.</p><p>We will ensure that our future immigration system continues to support the thriving cultural exchanges that the YMS cultivates.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2019 15:19:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

1135244

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yazidis: Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of level of safety of Yazidis relocating to (a) Mosul, (b) Basra and (c) Baghdad.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	270406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>All asylum and human rights claims from Iraqi nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. This is particularly pertinent when considering whether internal relocation is reasonable for a particular person</p><p>Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and relevant caselaw.</p><p>Our assessment of the situation for Yazidis in Iraq is set out in the religious minorities country policy and information note, available on the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565848/CIG-Iraq-religious-minorities-v1-August-2016.pdf" target="_blank">Gov.uk </a>website.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 03/07/2019 15:44:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1063655

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost per detainee is of detaining someone at Yarlswood immigration removal centre; and how that cost is calculated.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	222642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Costs of individual Removal centres are commercially sensitive. The costs for calculating the average daily cost of a removal centre are as below.</p><p>The costs are derived at by dividing the Total Resource Costs of running Detention Centres (Contracts, staff, Rent, Rates, Utilities and Depreciation) by the average number of bed spaces (currently 3448).</p><p>The average cost to detain an individual in immigration detention is provided on a per day basis. The current daily cost per detainee is £88.29, which corresponds to an annual cost of £32,227 (£88.29 multiplied by 365 days). Data can be found at the link below</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/02/2019 16:18:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

865175

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to restore normal mobile connectivity in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
	uin	133042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Flooding at the site of a mobile telephone mast close to Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre has resulted in intermittent mobile telephone signals affecting three mobile phone network providers. Repairs are underway and normal service is expected to resume shortly.</p><p>In the meantime, arrangements are in place at the centre to ensure that any detainee whose mobile phone service is affected can continue to make landline telephone calls and access other means of communication.</p><p>Detention Services Order 08/2012 sets out the Home Office’s policy on detainees’ possession of mobile phones in immigration removal centres. Detainees are able to retain their own mobile telephones throughout their detention, provided their handset has no recording facility and/or access to the internet. Where a detainee’s handset does not comply with these restrictions they are provided with a suitable handset by the immigration removal centre supplier so that they may maintain contact with friends, family and other means of support.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2018 13:12:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

867153

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the quality of mobile phone coverage at Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	133271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Flooding at the site of a mobile telephone mast close to Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre earlier this month has resulted in intermittent mobile telephone signals affecting three mobile phone network providers. Repairs are underway and normal mobile phone coverage is expected to resume shortly.</p><p>In the meantime, arrangements are in place at the centre to ensure that any detainee whose mobile phone service is affected can continue to make landline telephone calls and access other means of communication.</p><p>Detention Services Order 08/2012 sets out the Home Office’s policy on detainees’ possession of mobile phones in immigration removal centres. Detainees are able to retain their own mobile phones throughout their detention, provided their handset has no recording facility and/or access to the internet. Where a detainee’s handset does not comply with these restrictions they are provided with a suitable handset by the immigration removal centre supplier so that they may maintain contact with friends, family and other means of support.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/03/2018 12:45:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

856127

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	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 detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in 2017 had been (a) detained for (i) 0-3 months, (ii) 3-5 months, (iii) 5-7 months; (iv) 7-9 months, (v) 9-12 months and (vi) 12 months or more, (b) released from detention without removal and (c) removed from the country.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	131293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on the people leaving detention, by length of detention is available in table dt_06 of the detention tables.</p><p>Information on people leaving detention, by reason and place of last detention is available in table dt_07 of the detention tables</p><p>The latest data, published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October to December 2017’, are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/03/2018 14:36:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

856132

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reviews of a person's detention in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have been triggered by Rule 35 reports since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	131298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 sets out the process by which doctors in immigration removal centres must report to the Home Office cases in which they have concerns that:</p><ul><li>a detainee’s health is likely to be injuriously affected by detention (35(1));</li><li>a detainee is suspected of having suicidal intentions (35(2)); or</li><li>a detainee may have been the victim of torture (35(3)).</li></ul><p>On receipt of a Rule 35 report, the Home Office caseworker must review the appropriateness of the detainee’s continued detention in conjunction with consideration of the adults at risk in immigration detention policy.</p><p>As a consequence the number of Rule 35 reports received in any IRC is equivalent to the number of case reviews that have taken place.</p><p>The data is published as part of the Transparency publication under the category ‘Reports made by a medical practitioner under Rule 35 by place of detention’. The data is published every quarter and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2018 18:00:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

856142

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those detained in Yarl's Wood detention centre in the last 12 months (a) had a criminal conviction and (b) were awaiting trial for a criminal offence.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	131308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office routinely publish the total number of foreign nationals detained in Yarl’s Wood IRC. This information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#detention" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#detention</a></p><p>The Home Office routinely publish quarterly figures on the total number of foreign national offenders transferred to immigration detention. Figures for the latest publication can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018</a></p><p>The Ministry of Justice routinely publish the total number of foreign nationals on remand in prison. This information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/03/2018 13:39:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

858518

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Tottenham on 6 March 2018, column 187, Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, for what reason the question on human rights obligations was not answered.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	131773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not consider that the letter issued to individuals in immigration detention who have refused foods or fluids contravened human rights obligations.</p><p>The approach taken in the letter accurately reflects the fact that, in the interests of health and safety, the most appropriate way in which to respond to some cases of refusal to take food or fluids is to prioritise the consideration of the individual’s case including, if appropriate, their removal from detention and the UK, whilst ensuring that the case is processed fairly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/03/2018 18:32:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy