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747446

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many Iraqi refugees they have resettled since 2014 under (1) the Vulnerable Children's Resettlement Scheme (VCRS), and (2) other global resettlement schemes such as Gateway and Mandate.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	uin	HL410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The Government has committed to resettling to the UK up to 3,000 individuals under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS). Data on the number of people who have been resettled under this scheme will be published in future releases of the Home Office’s immigration quarterly statistics. Latest statistics published on 25 May confirmed that a total of 360 Iraqis have been resettled to the UK under the Gateway scheme, and 18 under the Mandate scheme, during the period 1 January 2014 until 31 March 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2017 12:14:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

748835

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of the shooting of cats by airguns were reported to the police in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016; and how many of those incidents related to fatal shootings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office holds information on the number of offences recorded by the police that involved an air gun. The shooting of cats by an air gun cannot be separately identified within this information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2017 13:58:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

748871

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how much lower the EU net migration figure would have been for each of the last five years if EU nationals had been removed from the UK under Article 14(4)(b) of Directive 2004/38 through applying terms of that article in as strict a manner as allowed for under that directive.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
	uin	HL534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not hold specific data on the number of EU nationals who may not be exercising Treaty rights as a jobseeker at any one time. Therefore the Government has not tried to predict the impact on migration figures in line with the hypothetical scenario described.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2017 13:59:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

747335

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Corrosive Substances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent acid attacks on Muslims in England and what advice they have provided to the police in relation to these attacks.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
	uin	HL316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Attacks on people involving acids or other corrosives are a serious matter that can result in huge distress and life changing injuries. We are working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead to better understand the nature and scale of these crimes. On 4 July we hosted a joint event bringing together a range of partners including police, retailers, health professionals, relevant departments and agencies to agree what further action can be taken to prevent these kinds of attacks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2017 13:48:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

747377

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the numerical strength of the Border Force in Northern Ireland; and whether they have plans to increase that strength in the near future.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government has ensured that sufficient resources are available to ensure the security of the border is not compromised. Security of the border cannot be measured by numbers of staff. Border Force uses a sophisticated combination of experienced officers, intelligence, data, technology and partnership working. Border Force resources within Northern Ireland are reviewed on a regular basis as part of the wider Border Force business planning process which is led by the Director General of Border Force.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2017 13:48:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

750225

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and which detention centres she has visited since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	4082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and Home Office Ministers conduct visits, and host meetings, on the whole spectrum of Home Office business regularly. It is our policy not to provide details of such visits.</p><p> </p><p>Information on ministers’ meetings is released quarterly as part of Government transparency and accountability data and is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-january-to-march-2017" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-january-to-march-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 15:11:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

750229

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for settlement visas for spouses were refused in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	4071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on family settlement visas is published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics, the latest of which are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a>. The data shows that there were 10,958 settlement visa refusals for spouses in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 15:18:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

750232

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts put out to tender by her Department have been (a) cancelled and (b) re-tendered in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	4006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The information to provide a response to this PQ is not stored centrally, nor is it available from available information sources.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/07/2017 15:40:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

750228

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
	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 are currently employed at UK Visas and Immigration.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	4070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon. Member to my answer to his previous question 2780 which notes this information is published quarterly on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 14:55:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

750221

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Married People
	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 were removed from the UK as a result of representations made by their spouse in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	4072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The data required to answer the question can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Home Office publish the number of returns by type, in tables rt_01 and rt_01q of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. The latest statistics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#returns" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/list-of-tables#returns</a>”</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 15:16:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz