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1092462

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 21:44:26
	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	20/03/2019 21:47:27 03/04/2019 16:58:09
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14716
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/04/2019 16:11:18
	question first ministerially corrected	03/04/2019 16:24:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum who have not yet received a decision on their case have been waiting for a decision for (1) over two years, (2) 18 months to two years, (3) one year to 18 months, and (4) six months to one year.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14716
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14716
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not publish this data in the format requested, however we are committed to publishing more detailed figures in future data releases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We are able to provide a breakdown of total applications pending by duration (±6 months), but we can’t separately identify UASC’s in the dataset. The table has been reproduced below:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Pending Duration (Initial Decision)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Main applicants</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Main + dependants</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">More than 6 months</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12,213</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16,555</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Less than 6 months</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15,043</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19,300</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>27,256</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>35,855</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office takes its responsibility for the welfare of children very seriously, including ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in every decision taken in respect of the child. There are stringent statutory and policy safeguards in place in the asylum process for unaccompanied children, in recognition of their additional needs.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are looked after by local authorities who have a statutory duty to ensure that they safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, regardless of their immigration status or nationality. Under these arrangements, children are assessed with regard to their individual needs and provided with access to education, accommodation and health services, as would be provided to any other looked after child in the UK.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not publish this data in the format requested, however we are committed to publishing more detailed figures in future data releases.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are able to provide a breakdown of total applications pending by duration (±6 months), but we can’t separately identify UASC’s in the dataset. The table has been reproduced below:</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Pending Duration (Initial Decision)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Main applicants</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Main + dependants</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">More than 6 months</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12,213</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,555</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Less than 6 months</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15,043</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,300</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>27,256</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>35,855</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">Children and unaccompanied children seeking asylum, like anyone else claiming asylum in the UK, can claim in two ways; either at port of entry or at one of the national intake units.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office takes its responsibility for the welfare of children very seriously, including ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in every decision taken in respect of the child. There are stringent statutory and policy safeguards in place in the asylum process for unaccompanied children, in recognition of their additional needs.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">While in the UK, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are looked after by local authorities who have a statutory duty to ensure that they safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, regardless of their immigration status or nationality. Under these arrangements, children are assessed with regard to their individual needs and provided with access to education, accommodation and health services, as would be provided to any other looked after child in the UK.</ins></p><p> </p>
	creator	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud written parliamentary question 1043774
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1043774

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/02/2019
	date	18/01/2019
	date tabled	18/01/2019
	ddp created	18/01/2019 18:23:46
	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	18/01/2019 18:25:41 01/02/2019 11:07:01
	hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12969
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	01/02/2019 11:06:50
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the next Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner will be appointed; and what has caused the delay in their appointment.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12969
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12969
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to appointing a new Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to carry on this vital work. A recruitment campaign was launched in June 2018 and extended over the summer to allow time to attract the strongest possible field of candidates. The recruitment process is nearing completion and we expect to announce a new appointment shortly.</p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1046326

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/02/2019
	date	22/01/2019
	date tabled	22/01/2019
	ddp created	22/01/2019 21:16:53
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	22/01/2019 21:26:28 31/01/2019 14:31:02
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Internet
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13033
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	31/01/2019 14:30:49
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the government of Zimbabwe has instructed internal providers to disconnect and restrict internet access.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13033
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13033
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are aware that the Zimbabwean government shut down the internet and blocked a number of social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp from 15 January.</p><p>On 17 January, the Minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin MP, summoned the Zimbabwean Ambassador and urged the Zimbabwean government to stop the disproportionate use of force, investigate any alleged human rights violations and restore full access to the internet. On 21 January the Foreign Secretary repeated the call in a public message to President Mnangagwa.</p><p>We welcome the 21 January ruling of the Zimbabwean High Court that overturned the government decision to shut down the internet.</p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1046327

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/02/2019
	date	22/01/2019
	date tabled	22/01/2019
	ddp created	22/01/2019 21:16:55
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	22/01/2019 21:26:30 31/01/2019 14:32:02
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13034
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	31/01/2019 14:31:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Zimbabwe following reports of recent violence; and what plans they have for continued engagement with that government on that issue.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13034
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13034
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin MP, summoned the Zimbabwean Ambassador on 17 January to express our concern at the ongoing situation in Zimbabwe. Minister Baldwin urged Zimbabwe to stop disproportionate use of force by the security forces and investigate any cases of alleged human rights abuses. On 21 January the Foreign Secretary, in a public message to President Mnangagwa, urged him not to turn back the clock and to work with all Zimbabweans in dialogue for a better future.</p><p>We will continue to raise our serious concerns, and push for a thorough investigation, with the Government of Zimbabwe through our Embassy in Harare and Ministerial interventions.</p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1092457

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 21:44:19
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 21:47:17 03/04/2019 12:11:02
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14712
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/04/2019 12:09:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of children who were off-rolled from school rolls between January 2016 and January 2017; and what action they intend to take to prevent schools treating vulnerable students in this way.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14712
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14712
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils’ names deleted from schools’ admissions registers is not held centrally.</p><p>In 2016 the department amended the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, placing a duty on all schools to notify the local authority whenever a pupil’s name is added to or deleted from the admission register and to provide the authority with relevant information. The aim of this change was to protect vulnerable children at risk of harm, exploitation or extremism and going missing from education. Evidence of non-compliance can lead to a school inspection. In addition, local authorities should trace those children and ensure that they receive full-time education.</p><p>The department is in the process of reviewing these regulations and a report setting out the conclusions of that review will be published later this year.</p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1092458

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 21:44:20
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 21:47:20 03/04/2019 12:11:01
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14713
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/04/2019 12:09:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the educational impact on children of removing them from school rolls between January 2016 and January 2017, in particular on those who (1) have special educational need or disabilities, and (2) receive free school meals.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14713
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14713
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils’ names deleted from schools’ admissions registers is not held centrally.</p><p>In 2016 the department amended the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, placing a duty on all schools to notify the local authority whenever a pupil’s name is added to or deleted from the admission register and to provide the authority with relevant information. The aim of this change was to protect vulnerable children at risk of harm, exploitation or extremism and going missing from education. Evidence of non-compliance can lead to a school inspection. In addition, local authorities should trace those children and ensure that they receive full-time education.</p><p>The department is in the process of reviewing these regulations and a report setting out the conclusions of that review will be published later this year.</p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1092459

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 21:44:22
	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	20/03/2019 21:47:23 03/04/2019 16:35:04
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14714
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/04/2019 16:31:53
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are offering to communities outside London, including (1) Inverclyde, (2) Rochdale, (3) Manchester, (4) Boston, and (5) Leicester, to tackle knife-related crime.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14714
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14714
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 9 April 2018, the Government published a new Serious Violence Strategy to take action to address serious violence and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. The Serious Violence Strategy set out the Government’s response to serious violence and it outlines an ambitious programme involving 61 commitments and actions. Since launching the Strategy in April last year, we have made significant progress in delivering on our key commitments including:</p><p><br>• The Early Intervention Youth Fund of £22m, which is already sup-porting 29 projects in England and Wales<br>• Provision of £3.6m for a new National County Lines Co-ordination Centre. The centre was established to tackle violent and exploitative criminal activity associated with county lines and became fully operational in September 2018;<br>• The National County Lines Coordination Centre has co-ordinated two separate weeks of intensive law enforcement action resulting in more than 1000 arrests, over 1300 individuals engaged for safeguarding, and significant seizures of weapons and drugs; <br>• An anti-knife crime Community Fund which provided £1.5 million in 2018/19 to support 68 projects;<br>• The Offensive Weapons Bill to strengthen legislation on firearms, knives and corrosive substances; and<br>• A national knife crime media campaign - #knifefree - to raise awareness of the consequences of knife crime.</p><p><br>On 2 October 2018 the Home Secretary announced further measures to address violent crime:</p><p>• a consultation on new legal duty to underpin a ‘public health’ ap-proach to tackling serious violence this would mean police officers, education partners, local authority and health care professionals will have a new legal duty to take action and prevent violent crime. <br>a new £200 million youth endowment fund- this will be delivered over 10 years and will support interventions with children and young people at risk of involvement in crime and violence. It will focus on those most at risk, such as those displaying signs such as truancy, aggression and involvement in anti-social behaviour; funding interventions to steer children and young people away from becoming serious offenders; and<br>• an Independent Review of Drug Misuse. On 8 February, we appointed Dame Carol Black to lead a major review that will look into the ways in which drugs are fuelling serious violence.</p><p>The approach establishes a new balance between prevention and the rigorous law enforcement activity. It will shift our approach towards steering young people away from crime in the first place and put in place measures to tackle the root causes. We believe that the approach set out in the Strategy, with a greater emphasis on early intervention, will address violent crime and help young people to develop the skills and resilience to live happy and productive lives away from violence but we cannot deliver this alone</p><p>On 13 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Spring Statement that there will be £100 million additional funding in 2019/20 to tackle serious violence, including £80m of new funding from the Treasury. This will allow police to swiftly crack-down on knife crime on the areas of the country and also allow investment in Violence Reduction Units.</p><p>Inverclyde is in Scotland and is therefore covered by the Scottish Government. Through the Early Intervention Youth Fund and the anti-knife crime Community Fund, we have invested in projects in Greater Manchester (including Rochdale) and Leicester. All forces, including Greater Manchester Police, Leicestershire Police and Lincolnshire Police (including Boston) participated earlier this month in Operation Sceptre, the national week of enforcement action against knife crime.</p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1092460

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 21:44:24
	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	20/03/2019 21:47:25 03/04/2019 15:55:05
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14715
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/04/2019 15:50:30
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children transferred to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 have now received section 67 leave to remain since its creation in June 2018.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14715
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14715
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In June 2018 we announced a new route to settlement for those children transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 who do not qualify for international protection.</p><p>Over 220 unaccompanied children have been transferred to the UK under section 67, and transfers of eligible children are ongoing. We will not provide a running commentary on numbers and will publish the details, including the specific form of leave granted, once all children are in the UK.</p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1092463

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/04/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 21:44:28
	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	20/03/2019 21:48:02 03/04/2019 16:31:02
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14717
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/04/2019 16:25:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum who have received a decision on their case in the last 18 months were waiting for a decision for (1) over two years, (2) 18 months to two years, (3) one year to 18 months, and (4) six months to one year.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14717
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14717
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish this data in the format requested, however we are committed to publishing more detailed figures in future data releases.</p><p>We are able to provide a breakdown of total applications pending by duration (±6 months), but we can’t separately identify UASC’s in the dataset. The table has been reproduced below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pending Duration (Initial Decision)</p></td><td><p>Main applicants</p></td><td><p>Main + dependants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than 6 months</p></td><td><p>12,213</p></td><td><p>16,555</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 6 months</p></td><td><p>15,043</p></td><td><p>19,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,256</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,855</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Children and unaccompanied children seeking asylum, like anyone else claiming asylum in the UK, can claim in two ways; either at port of entry or at one of the national intake units.</p><p>The Home Office takes its responsibility for the welfare of children very seriously, including ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in every decision taken in respect of the child. There are stringent statutory and policy safeguards in place in the asylum process for unaccompanied children, in recognition of their additional needs.</p><p>While in the UK, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are looked after by local authorities who have a statutory duty to ensure that they safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, regardless of their immigration status or nationality. Under these arrangements, children are assessed with regard to their individual needs and provided with access to education, accommodation and health services, as would be provided to any other looked after child in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546

1092804

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/04/2019
	date	21/03/2019
	date tabled	21/03/2019
	ddp created	21/03/2019 20:34:41
	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	21/03/2019 20:37:18 04/04/2019 16:35:21
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14755
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/04/2019 16:27:25
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many potential victims of modern slavery referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in 2018 had been through the NRM before.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14755
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14755
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Crime Agency regularly publishes National Referral Mecha-nism (NRM) data but does not publish data on potential victims that have been through the NRM previously. <br>The National Crime Agency published the National Referral Mechanism Statistics Annual Report 2018 on 20th March 2019:</p><p>http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics/1019-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-annual-report-2018</p>
	creator	4546
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4546