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1042088

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) which countries they consider to be “low risk” in the context of provision for low skilled workers set out in paragraphs 25–31 of their White Paper on the UK's future skill-based immigration system (Cm 9722), and (2) whether such low skilled workers will be permitted to return to the UK to work after their one year “cooling off” period and, if so, for how long.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL12832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>(1) To determine low-risk countries as set out in the UK’s Future Skills-Based Immigration System White Paper, the Home Office will consider a range of relevant factors such as returns’ agreements, reciprocal mobility agreements, co-operation on border security and prosperity. These measures will be reviewed regularly and further information will be provided in due course.</p><p>(2) Following a 12-month cooling off period, previous holders of a temporary short-term work visa will be eligible to apply for another temporary work visa to come to the UK for as long as the scheme remains in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/01/2019 16:23:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1007923

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Legislation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, what legislation from the Home Office has been passed into law since 1 June 2010 but is still waiting to be brought into force.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL11532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>2010/2012 Session<br>Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 – law in force except:<br>• s.121 (not yet in force)<br>• s.150 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 10 (partially in force)</p><p>Protection of Freedoms Act 2012– law in force except:<br>• s.4 (partially in force)<br>• s.19 (partially in force)<br>• s.39 (partially in force)<br>• s.40 (partially in force)<br>• s.41 (partially in force)<br>• s.43–46 (partially in force)<br>• s.46 (partially in force)<br>• s.53 (not yet in force)<br>• s.72 (partially in force)<br>• s.73-74 (not yet in force)<br>• s.75-76 (partially in force)<br>• s.78 (partially in force)<br>• s.115 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 1 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 3 (not yet in force)<br>• Schedule 7 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 9 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 10 (partially in force)</p><p>2012/2013 Session<br>Crime &amp; Courts Act 2013 – law in force except:<br>• s.15 (partially in force)<br>• s.17 (partially in force)<br>• s.20 (partially in force)<br>• s.26 (partially in force)<br>• s.34-40 (not yet in force)<br>• s.41 (partially in force)<br>• s.42 (partially in force)<br>• s.44 (partially in force)<br>• s.49 (partially in force)<br>• s.50 (partially in force)<br>• s.55 (partially in force)<br>• s.56 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 8 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 13 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 15 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 16 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 20 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 23 (not yet in force)</p><p>2013/2014 Session<br>Anti-social Behaviour, Crime &amp; Policing Act 2014 – law in force except:<br>• s.131 (partially in force)<br>• s.133 (partially in force)<br>• s.168 (not yet in force)<br>• s.181 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 11 (partially in force)</p><p>Immigration Act 2014 – law in force except:<br>• s.20-31 (partially in force)<br>• s.54 (partially in force)<br>• s.73 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 3 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 9 (partially in force)</p><p>2014/2015 Session<br>Serious Crime Act 2015 – law in force except:<br>• s.15 (not yet in force)<br>• s.24-36 (partially in force)<br>• s.85 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 4 (partially in force)</p><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 – law in force except:<br>• s.48 (partially in force)<br>• s.50 (not yet in force)<br>• s.57 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 2 (partially in force)</p><p>2015/16 Session<br>Immigration Act 2016 - law in force except:<br>• s.42 (not yet in force)<br>• s.43 (partially in force)<br>• s.44 (not yet in force)<br>• s.68 (not yet in force)<br>• s.74 (not yet in force)<br>• Schedule 10 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 11 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 12 (not yet in force)<br>• Schedule 13 (not yet in force)</p><p>2016/17 Session<br>Investigatory Powers Act 2016 - law in force except:<br>• s.2 (partially in force)<br>• s.11-12 (not yet in force)<br>• s.14 (not yet in force)<br>• s.61 (partially in force)<br>• s.62-86 (not yet in force)<br>• s.102 (partially in force)<br>• s.106-107 (not yet in force)<br>• s.108 (partially in force)<br>• s.111 (partially in force)<br>• s.115 (partially in force)<br>• s.117 (partially in force)<br>• s.123-124 (not yet in force)<br>• s.125 (partially in force)<br>• s.128 (partially in force)<br>• s.129 (partially in force)<br>• s.229 (partially in force)<br>• s.231 (partially in force)<br>• s.242 (not yet in force)<br>• s.243 (partially in force)<br>• s.248 (partially in force)<br>• s.270 (partially in force)<br>• s.271 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 2 (not yet in force)<br>• Schedules 4-6 (not yet in force)<br>• Schedule 8 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 9 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 10 (partially in force)</p><p>Policing and Crime Act 2017 – law in force except:<br>• S.9 (partially in force)<br>• s.11 (partially in force)<br>• s.13-24 (partially in force)<br>• s.28 (partially in force)<br>• s.29 (partially in force)<br>• s.31 (partially in force)<br>• s.34 (partially in force)<br>• s.46-48 (partially in force)<br>• s.51 (partially in force)<br>• s.126 (partially in force)<br>• s.132 (partially in force)<br>• s.142 (partially in force)<br>• s.159-161 (partially in force)<br>• s.166 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 2 (partially in force)<br>• Schedules 4-7 (partially in force)<br>• Schedules 13-14 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 18 (partially in force)</p><p>Criminal Finances Act 2017 – law in force except:<br>• s.11 (partially in force)<br>• s.22 (partially in force)<br>• s.23 (partially in force)<br>• s.25 (partially in force)<br>• s.27 (partially in force)<br>• s.31 (partially in force)<br>• s.32 (partially in force)<br>• s.34 (partially in force)<br>• s.36 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 1 (partially in force)<br>• Schedule 5 (partially in force)</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2018 16:26:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1046882

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	211857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>720 employees have declared themselves as Sikh. Recorded as a religious group.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/02/2019 13:44:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1016223

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of women in immigration detention.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	196775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>95% of individuals liable for removal at any one time are managed within the community through immigration bail and regular reporting, rather than within an immigration removal centre. Alternatives to detention are not, of course, alternatives to case resolution, and our objective is to achieve better outcomes for migrants, meaning quicker resolution of their case whether the result is a grant of leave or the migrant’s departure (preferably voluntary) from the UK.</p><p>The Home Secretary said - in his statement to parliament on 24 July introducing Stephen Shaw’s follow up report on immigration detention - that he had asked the Home Office to do more to explore alternatives to detention with faith groups, with non-governmental organisations and within communities. Working with UNHCR, a pilot scheme is being developed that will manage a number of women in the community who would otherwise be detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, meaning that rather than receiving support and care in an immigration removal centre, the women in question will get a programme of support and care in the community.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/12/2018 11:26:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1027305

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	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 statement of 13 December 2018 on Police Funding Settlement, Official Report, column 431, for what reason the resource provided to cover unexpected increases in the contribution to public sector pensions will match the £165m identified by police chiefs as being the liability in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	202836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p><br /><del class="ministerial">The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These figures present a picture of the workforce as at the 31 March and as at 30 September each year. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical publication, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Data on the number of officers per 100,000 of the resident population, by police force area, are published on an annual basis. The latest available data on the number of police officers per 100,000 of the population can be found in Table_H4 of the data tables accompanying the main release, the latest of which can be accessed here:</del><br /><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Data on the number of police officers are collected at Police Force Area level only, and cannot be broken at local authority level.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold information on response times of the police.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In his Budget, the Chancellor committed to providing funding for the police in 2019/20 to cover additional pensions costs beyond the £165m which was expected at Budget 2016. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The pensions grant announced at the settlement covers the additional pension costs above £165m for the police officer scheme, and the additional pension costs above £11m for police staff. This reflects revised costings following technical changes to how the actuarial estimate of the increase in costs for officers is assessed. Total expected cost pressures arising from the valuations are now £302m for the police officer scheme and £27m for police staff.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is enabling an overall increase in funding of up to £970m in police funding including precept and national priorities. This pensions funding, taken together with the additional grant funding and local precept, provides sufficient means for the police to meet cost increases, while continuing to recruit and invest in the capabilities they need.</ins></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial">Cost pressures, including pensions, beyond 2019/20 will be considered as part of the next Spending Review where decisions on longer term police funding will be made in the round.</ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 16:00:34 question first ministerially corrected 04/01/2019 10:46:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 93551 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1050229

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Government's settled status app is only available on Android platforms; and whether he plans to make that app available for other platforms.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	213386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p><br>EU citizens make a huge contribution to our economy and society, and we want them to stay. The EU Settlement Scheme enables them to do so. The application process is short and user-friendly, and it will be accessible on any smartphone, tablet or computer using internet browsers.</p><p>The ‘EU Exit: Identity Document Check’ app – which allows applicants to prove their identity remotely, without sending in their passport or national identity card – is currently available only on Android devices. Applicants can, if they wish, use a family member or friend’s Android device to access the app, and complete the rest of the process on their own device.</p><p>Additionally, we currently have 13 locations where applicants can have their ID document scanned, if they choose to do so. Once the scheme is fully open, by 30 March 2019, there will be over 50 locations across the UK where applicants can have their identity document scanned. Applicants will also be able to post identity documents to the Home Office to be checked and re-turned quickly.</p><p>The Home Office and Apple continue to engage to see if we can provide the equivalent service for those with Apple devices.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 31/01/2019 16:10:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1050218

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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, for what reason his Department will accept identity documents only scanned electronically for the purposes of applying to the EU settlement scheme via Android devices.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	213412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p><br>EU citizens make a huge contribution to our economy and society, and we want them to stay. The EU Settlement Scheme enables them to do so. The application process is short and user-friendly, and it will be accessible on any smartphone, tablet or computer using internet browsers.</p><p>The ‘EU Exit: Identity Document Check’ app – which allows applicants to prove their identity remotely, without sending in their passport or national identity card – is currently available only on Android devices. Applicants can, if they wish, use a family member or friend’s Android device to access the app, and complete the rest of the process on their own device.</p><p>Additionally, we currently have 13 locations where applicants can have their ID document scanned, if they choose to do so. Once the scheme is fully open, by 30 March 2019, there will be over 50 locations across the UK where applicants can have their identity document scanned. Applicants will also be able to post identity documents to the Home Office to be checked and returned quickly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 31/01/2019 16:09:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1024733

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2018 to Question 196680 on Human trafficking: victim support schemes, whether there will be a public consultation on any future decisions on subsistence rates paid to people supported through the Victim Care Contract.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	202032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p><br>Government is committed to ensuring that potential victims of modern slavery receive the right amount of financial and material support to meet their needs during their reflection and recovery period.</p><p>There are no current plans to do a public consultation on the future subsistence rates.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/12/2018 17:29:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1047661

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	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, how many people from (a) EU countries (b) Asia (c) North America were granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	212346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p><br>Information on grants of settlement (Indefinite leave to remain) to non-EEA nationals and issues of documents recognising initial and permanent resident rights to EU citizens (and their non-EU family members) to the year ending September 2018, are published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Settlement and EEA tables, latest edition of which can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018</a></p><p>Information regarding EU citizens and their non-EU family members issued settled status during the two Private Beta phases of the EU Settlement Scheme is available at:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772139/EU_Settlement_Scheme_Private_Beta_2_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772139/EU_Settlement_Scheme_Private_Beta_2_Report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/02/2019 13:17:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1039024

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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, what the average duration of the asylum procedure at first instance is in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	207236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p><br>Information regarding the average duration of the asylum procedure is not recorded and held in a reportable format.</p><p>However, the information relating to the percentage of initial asylum decisions made within the published service standard can be found on table Asy_10 of the Asylum Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2019 16:44:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald