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753963

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2017
	date	19/07/2017
	date tabled	19/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp created	19/07/2017 22:26:15 19/07/2017 22:26:15
	ddp modified	19/07/2017 22:26:15 01/08/2017 15:05:04
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1109
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	01/08/2017 14:33:32
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, with reference to paragraph 31 of their White Paper Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June, whether EU citizens in the UK and their family members, in particular children of EU citizens eligible for settled status, will be able to apply for settled status as a family unit or whether each member of the family will be required to make a separate application for settled status.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL1109
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1109
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It is intended to make the application process for the new settled status as streamlined and user-friendly as possible. Further details will be published in due course.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1274608

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2021
	date	07/01/2021
	date tabled	07/01/2021
	ddp created	07/01/2021 20:51:40
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	07/01/2021 20:56:57 18/01/2021 16:36:06
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Home Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11906
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/01/2021 16:05:06
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current risk to the Home Office of a cyber attack; and (2) whether adequate resources are in place to respond to that risk.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL11906
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11906
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Like all major government departments, the Home Office assesses threat from a range of different threat actors. The department uses this information to inform its risk assessments and action plans, both operational and tactical. Risk assessments are updated periodically and whenever a change in the perceived threat is noted.</p><p>The Home Office utilises a tiered system of risk assessment covering tactical (system level), operational (business level) and strategic (departmental level) cyber security risks. The Executive Committee has direct visibility of the Department’s strategic cyber security risk and mitigation plans.</p><p>The Home Office deploys a range of controls designed to provide defence in depth for our systems, which are modelled against the advice provided by the National Cyber Security Centre and the Government’s Minimum Cyber Security Standard. The status of these controls is under continual review by the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, which routinely works with delivery teams to ensure that controls are practical, applicable and effective.</p><p>Robust cyber security capability requires continued funding and the availability of suitably qualified and experienced personnel. The Office of the Chief Information Security Officer is resourced for the requirements identified for FY 2021-22, balancing the need for investment against cost effectiveness for the tax payer.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1036992

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2019
	date	07/01/2019
	date tabled	07/01/2019
	ddp created	07/01/2019 22:00:30
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	07/01/2019 22:08:24 21/01/2019 17:49:05
	hansard heading	Overseas Visitors: Visas
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12634
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/01/2019 17:17:25
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is normal practice to request biometric procedures to be conducted before final approval for permission to enter the UK on a visitor's visa; and if so, whether they plan to consider approving such applications before an appointment to collect biometric data is made.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12634
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12634
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government uses biographic and biometric information to conduct iden-tity and suitability checks on visa applicants before deciding whether to issue an applicant with a visa. If we did not complete these checks before approv-ing a visa application, we risk granting entry clearance to individuals who have an adverse immigration history and exposing the UK to harm from criminals who seek to come to the UK.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

757375

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/09/2017
	date	05/09/2017
	date tabled	05/09/2017
	ddp created	05/09/2017 22:09:03
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	05/09/2017 22:21:08 18/09/2017 14:26:02
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1360
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/09/2017 13:54:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether biometric and fingerprint data taken from a visa applicant's application to enter the UK are deleted from any database if that applicant is subsequently refused entry; and if not, for what specific purpose the data are retained.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL1360
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1360
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Fingerprints taken from visa applicants are normally retained for up to ten years regardless of whether the application was successful, as set out in regulations made under the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.</p><p>This enables the Secretary of State to identify easily those who make further applications for visas to come to the UK, preventing immigration abuse and those who are a risk of high harm from entering the country.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1059239

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 22:06:20
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	20/02/2019 23:45:09 25/02/2019 17:29:04
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13623
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 16:57:53
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under which circumstances, if any, they intervene to block requests for assets to be remitted to foreign government organisations either from the UK or British overseas territories.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13623
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13623
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Under proceeds of crime legislation, asset sharing and repatriation is ultimately the Government’s decision following the recovery of assets/money under a court order it is a matter of how to then dispose of those recovered moneys. In confiscation cases, the UN Convention Against Corruption requires a full return to victim States and the EU Framework Decision on confiscation orders requires a 50% share in cases in excess of 10,000 Euros.</p><p>There are other bilateral and multilateral international agreements that encourage the sharing of recovered assets. The UK does not require an international agreement to share or repatriate assets and does so on request on an ad hoc basis. The presumption is that 50% is shared with the requesting country. There are few cases so far, but none have been refused.</p><p><br>The Government does not intervene with similar cases involving the Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1064625

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/03/2019
	date	20/02/2019
	date tabled	20/02/2019
	ddp created	20/02/2019 22:30:18
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	20/02/2019 22:43:36 06/03/2019 17:31:03
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13944
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/03/2019 16:59:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a policy in place for whether any nation takes precedence over another when determining when someone with dual nationality is to be deprived of citizenship.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13944
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13944
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is no policy for prioritising nationality when deciding whether to deprive an individual with dual nationality of their British citizenship.</p><p>When making a decision to deprive an individual of British citizenship, the law requires that such a decision may not be made if it would make the individual stateless. This is compatible with the UK’s international obligations under the UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Government cannot comment on the use of deprivation by other countries.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1064626

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/03/2019
	date	20/02/2019
	date tabled	20/02/2019
	ddp created	20/02/2019 22:30:19
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	20/02/2019 22:43:38 06/03/2019 17:31:02
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13945
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/03/2019 16:59:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is ever their policy to make an individual stateless by depriving them of their citizenship; what assessment they have made of the impact on an individual with dual nationality of being deprived of their citizenship of both countries; whether they provide guidance to officials for such a scenario; and if so, what is that guidance.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13945
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13945
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is no policy for prioritising nationality when deciding whether to deprive an individual with dual nationality of their British citizenship.</p><p>When making a decision to deprive an individual of British citizenship, the law requires that such a decision may not be made if it would make the individual stateless. This is compatible with the UK’s international obligations under the UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Government cannot comment on the use of deprivation by other countries.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1301605

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/03/2021
	date	10/03/2021
	date tabled	10/03/2021
	ddp created	10/03/2021 22:51:39
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	10/03/2021 22:57:13 24/03/2021 17:59:06
	hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Visas
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14118
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/03/2021 17:27:48
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that visa applications from COP26 attendees are dealt with efficiently.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL14118
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14118
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Home Office is working closely with Cabinet Office, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other government departments on preparations for welcoming participants to COP 26.</p><p>The Home Office has provided the UNFCCC with information on the visa application process and will be supplying event specific guidance in the upcoming months.</p><p>Arrangements are in progress to ensure entry clearance staff will be able to cross reference applications with the UNFCCC to confirm invitations of those registered to attend the event along with an escalation process.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1131917

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/06/2019
	date	12/06/2019
	date tabled	12/06/2019
	ddp created	12/06/2019 21:00:09
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	12/06/2019 21:06:53 26/06/2019 14:46:03
	hansard heading	Surveillance: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16335
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/06/2019 14:14:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the use of drones on increasing the effectiveness of countering terrorism, piracy, kidnappings and other offences combatted by surveillance technologies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16335
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16335
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Decisions to use drones and in which circumstances are operational matters for the Police and other law enforcement agencies.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1134348

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/07/2019
	date	24/06/2019
	date tabled	24/06/2019
	ddp created	24/06/2019 20:05:57
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	24/06/2019 20:16:26 08/07/2019 14:45:02
	hansard heading	Home Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16633
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/07/2019 14:13:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reassess the working structure of the Home Office.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16633
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16633
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has no such plans. Nonetheless, in common with all large organisations, the Home Office makes marginal adjustments to its structures routinely.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley