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810057

	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	Refugees: British Nationality
	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 effect of nationalisation fees on the UK's obligations under Article 32 of the 1954 convention to facilitate the applications for British citizenship for stateless persons.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	120523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>An impact assessment was completed in early 2016 which considered the changes being made as part of the Immigration and Nationality Fees Order (2016), the details of which can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/33/pdfs/ukia_20160033_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/33/pdfs/ukia_20160033_en.pdf</a></p><p>We believe the current policy which requires payment of a fee for all applications for British Citizenship, meets our international obligations.</p><p>Article 32 does not prohibit charging fees to stateless individuals. The current cost of limited and indefinite leave to remain for those who enter the UK on a five-year route to settlement is approximately £4,750. We feel that waiving these fees for stateless individuals up to the point of settlement, but requiring a fee upon becoming a British citizen is fair.</p><p>Taking this approach does not mean that the entitlement to apply for citizenship is lost, but rather deferred, until the fee is affordable. Our current approach allows us to fulfil our convention obligations whilst reducing the burden on the UK taxpayer; therefore striking the right balance for all.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/01/2018 17:46:01 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

818017

	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	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	How many applications for leave to remain are under consideration by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	903121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>At the end of September 2017, at the time of our last published data, 86,219 applications for limited leave to remain were under consideration by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/01/2018 16:52:17 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

754795

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special advisers she employs in her Department (a) in total, (b) who are women and (c) who are from ethnic minority backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	6809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Currently the Home Office has four special advisors. One of which is female and one is from an ethnic minority background.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/09/2017 08:11:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

625101

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Orgreave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to establish a public inquiry into events at Orgreave on 18 June 1984.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	906899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Following the request from the Orgreave Truth &amp; Justice Campaign for an Inquiry or independent review into the events that occurred at Orgreave Coking Plant on 18 June 1984, I have today issued a Written Ministerial Statement setting out my decision. I have concluded that there is no case for either a statutory inquiry or an independent review.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 31/10/2016 16:59:08 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

852583

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the last time was that each Minister in her Department met the Departments Chief Scientific Adviser.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	130579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/03/2018 16:12:12 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

828752

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between October and December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	124392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 30/01/2018 15:58:11 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

829858

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Presidents Club
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any Ministers in her Department attended the Presidents Club Charity Dinner run by the Meller Educational Trust in an official capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	124624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>No Home Office Minister attended the Presidents Club Charity Dinner.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 02/02/2018 14:25:43 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

770907

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Family Planning: Clinics
	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 take steps to strengthen public order legislation to address protests by religious and other groups outside family planning clinics.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	901158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Peaceful protest is a vital part of a democratic society. However, the Government is clear that rights to peaceful protest do not extend to harassment, intimidating behaviour or serious disruption to the community and the law provides protection against such behaviour. The police have a range of powers to manage protests and the use of police powers is an operational matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 16/10/2017 16:32:06 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

625105

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children who are entitled to be resettled in the UK under the Dublin III arrangements have had their applications for take charge requests denied or rejected by the Home Office in the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	906892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Dublin Regulation deals with the transfer of asylum claims for consideration, not resettlement. Our records indicate that, from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016, the UK refused 98 ‘take charge’ requests under Dublin for a minor, generally where we were not satisfied as to the claimed family relationship with a person in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 31/10/2016 16:58:08 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

810664

	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, how many people seeking family reunion with extended family members in the UK have (a) applied for and (b) been granted asylum in exceptional circumstances in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
	uin	121009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not record information in such a way to be able to report on the number of people seeking family reunion with extended family members in the UK and an individual cannot apply to be considered for family reunion under the exceptional circumstance arrangements. Instead, they would apply for Family Reunion under the Immigration Rules but, if they are refused under the Rules, the Home Office would then go on to consider whether there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p>As such, the figures for applications and visas issued under the Rules and under the exceptional circumstances arrangements are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total number of Family Reunion applications – age at the date of application -under 18</p></td><td><p>Total number of Family Reunion applications – age at date of application - over 18</p></td><td><p>Total number of Family Reunion visas issued (‘Family Other’ category)</p></td><td><p>Total number of Family Reunion visas issued under exceptional circumstances arrangements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>3,220</p></td><td><p>4,887</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,811</p></td><td><p>3,701</p></td><td><p>6,098</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (up to 30 September 2017)</p></td><td><p>2,625</p></td><td><p>2,821</p></td><td><p>3,801</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All those issued a family reunion visa are granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, not asylum. The family reunion application process does not require an assessment of the applicant’s international protection needs. It is the family member in the UK that is required to have been granted refugee status or Humanitarian Protection.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/01/2018 17:49:17 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen