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993812

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have had their applications for British citizenship denied because they failed the good character test in each of the last five years for which information is available.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The available published information on the total number of decisions to refuse applications for British citizenship where the applicant is found to be not of good character for applicants of all ages are published in Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2018, Citizenship tables cz_09 (Refusals of citizenship by reason) available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for the last 5 calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Refusals of British citizenship by reason</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reason for refusal</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incomplete applications</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parent not a British citizen</p></td><td><p>553</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>749</p></td><td><p>931</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not of good character</p></td><td><p>2,295</p></td><td><p>1,095</p></td><td><p>4,524</p></td><td><p>5,525</p></td><td><p>3,119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delay in replying to enquiries from UKVI</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>1,234</p></td><td><p>1,254</p></td><td><p>1,698</p></td><td><p>1,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Residence</p></td><td><p>2,264</p></td><td><p>1,224</p></td><td><p>2,825</p></td><td><p>2,632</p></td><td><p>1,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oath not taken in time</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insufficient Knowledge of English and KOL</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>531</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total refusals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,820</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,646</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,714</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British already</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>496</p></td><td><p>598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total refused or withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,083</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,308</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,432</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rejected applications</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>1,852</p></td><td><p>838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Home Office, Migration Border Analysis.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Immigration Statistics year to June 2018 - subset of table cz_09.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2018 13:09:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

993845

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Employers' Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided in the current financial year to police forces in England and Wales to meet the cost of employer contributions for national insurance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We have provided a comprehensive funding settlement that enables police forces to carry out their important work and meet their financial obligations, including national insurance contributions.</p><p>In 2018/19 we increased total investment in the police system by over £460m. This includes £280m in force funding from increases in Council Tax precept income.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2018 12:25:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

993846

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding has been allocated to the Home Office by way of Brexit transition finance; and how much of this has been allocated to policing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The allocation from HMT for the preparation work required in 2018-19 was published in Hansard <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-13/debates/18031349000006/SpringStatement" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-13/debates/18031349000006/SpringStatement</a></p><p>No resource from the EU Exit allocation has been allocated to policing</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2018 13:08:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Spring Statement ~ March 2018.pdf title Spring Statement - March 2018
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

993847

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Holyhead Port
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional staff the Border Force has allocated to cope with any expected additional workload at the port of Holyhead following Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>As we prepare to leave the EU, it is vital that we continue to ensure opera-tional resilience at the border.</p><p>Border Force has recruited a Readiness Task Force to provide operational resilience to the frontline and allow existing staff to undertake EU exit re-lated training. The c.300 multi-disciplinary Border Force officers will be fully deployed by the end of the year.</p><p>An additional c.600 Border Force officers are being recruited in 2018/19 to respond to the new requirements it will face as a result of EU Exit and to provide resilience at key locations.</p><p>Border Force will always ensure it has the necessary resources to keep the border secure and will respond flexibly to emerging requirements through ongoing assessments of operational needs</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 31/10/2018 12:42:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

994352

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gambling: Mental Illness
	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 23 October (HL10469), why the Home Office does not hold information on the percentage of police call-outs attributable to mental health problems connected with gambling-related harm; whether this information is collected by anyone else; and if not, what consideration they have given to collecting this information in the future.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office annually reviews the data it collects from police forces under the Annual Data Requirement. We need to ensure we have the right data to inform national policies and better understand the picture from the frontline, but we need to balance this against overburdening the police with added bureaucracy.</p><p>The police do have a role in responding to people in mental health crisis and that remains the case irrespective of whether the crisis is related to gambling, substance abuse or something entirely different. There will be difficulties for the police in identifying mental health problem connected to gambling-related harm, which means it will be problematic to collect data on the number of call outs from the police forces in a consistent and reliable way.</p><p>However, we continue to work with the police and health colleagues to ensure that those in mental health crisis receive the support that they require.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2018 12:26:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

994354

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brexit: Demonstrations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Metropolitan Police provided them with an estimate of how many people attended the “People’s Vote” march in London on 21 October; and if so, what was that estimate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The management of demonstrations is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10999 question first answered 05/11/2018 12:26:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

994355

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brexit: Demonstrations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Metropolitan Police about the resources required to provide police protection to the anti-Brexit protests in Old Palace Yard.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The management of demonstrations is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10998 question first answered 05/11/2018 12:26:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

994712

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Camps: Greek Islands
	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 23 October (HL10488), what improvements have been made to living conditions in refugee camps in the Greek Aegean islands, in particular the Moria Camp, as a result of the provision of exports from the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Greek Government is responsible for running the camps on the Aegean islands and for the humanitarian response. UK support in Greece is part of a wider EU effort in coordination with the EU Commission and other EU Member States.</p><p>UK expert staff are seconded to the EU Commission office in Athens to support its efforts in working with Greece to improve living and security conditions for migrants in the camps on the island hotspots.</p><p>On the running of the camps, UK experts advise on the implementation of camp operating procedures through working with the relevant Greek authorities to deliver a safe, secure, healthy and clean environment for the camp population. They also provide recommendations and reports on security and safety related issues including: evacuation plans, emergency exits and staff security.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2018 13:10:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

994714

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Livestock: Theft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent of farm animal theft.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p><br>The Home Office’s Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) asks businesses about their experience of crime in the last 12 months.</p><p>Figures on crime experienced by business premises within the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector have been published in the latest ‘Crime against businesses’ publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2017-commercial-victimisation-survey-data-tables." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2017-commercial-victimisation-survey-data-tables.</a></p><p>This includes estimates of theft and specifically of livestock theft but not on the theft of farm equipment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2018 13:56:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

994716

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agricultural Machinery: Theft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent of farm equipment theft.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office’s Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) asks businesses about their experience of crime in the last 12 months.</p><p>Figures on crime experienced by business premises within the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector have been published in the latest ‘Crime against businesses’ publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2017-commercial-victimisation-survey-data-tables." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2017-commercial-victimisation-survey-data-tables.</a></p><p>This includes estimates of theft and specifically of livestock theft but not on the theft of farm equipment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2018 13:57:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name crime-against-businesses-headline-2017-tables.xlsx title Crime Against Businesses findings from 2017
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley