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1007506

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 6 November (HL10945), whether they will now answer the question previously asked, namely 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
	uin	HL11505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Baroness to my previous answer.</p><p>The information which is now available indicates there were a total of 255 refusals of applications for British citizenship on character grounds under Section 41A of the British Nationality Act 1981 for minors and young persons (aged 10 to 18) in the period 2013 to 2017.</p><p>A table giving the breakdown by calendar year is given below</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Refusals of applications from minors for British citizenship on grounds that the applicant was 'Not of good character'</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year of decision</p></td><td><p>Refusals of registration for applicants aged 10 to 18 years under section 41A of the British Nationality Act 1981</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"><p>Source: Home Office Migration Statistics Immigration Statistics year to March 2018. Subset of 'Not of good character' in table cz_09.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Age is calculated as at date of decision.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We consider it appropriate to apply to minors the same criminality thresholds in the good character test that are applied to adults, and there are no current plans to review this.</p><p>10 and over is in line with the age of criminal responsibility.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:33:56 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1010091

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their planned domestic abuse legislation will consider and provide for domestic abuse in communities where men assume that abuse is sanctioned by their faith.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
	uin	HL11538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that domestic abuse is a crime irrespective of whether that abuse is claimed to be sanctioned by faith.</p><p><br>We will be publishing a response to our public consultation on domestic abuse, together with a draft Domestic Abuse Bill, later this Parliamentary session.</p><p>The draft Bill will clearly define the types of behaviours that comprise domestic abuse be they controlling, coercive, threatening or violent and recognise that abuse can encompass psychological, physical, sexual, economic and emotional harms.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:37:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

1010111

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asia Bibi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the family of Asia Bibi that they be granted asylum in the UK.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
	uin	HL11558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister set out on 14 November, the release of Asia Bibi will be very welcome news to her family and to all those who have campaigned in Pakistan and around the world for her release. We welcome the assurances the Government of Pakistan has given on keeping her and her family safe and it is important that all countries seek to uphold the rule of law and afford security and protection for the rights of all citizens irrespective of faith or belief.</p><p>It is a longstanding Government policy not to comment on individual cases. In accordance with our duty of confidentiality, we cannot confirm whether an asylum claim has been received or the outcome of such a request. <br>Departing from this policy may put individuals and their family members in danger.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:41:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

1010113

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Pakistan
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for asylum from Pakistan on grounds of religious persecution they received in the years ending (1) June 2015, (2) June 2016, (3) June 2017, and (4) June 2018; and of those, how many applications were granted in each year.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
	uin	HL11560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim under a Convention reason as set out in the 1951 Refugee Convention.</p><p>The data required to answer the question is not recorded in a way that can be reported on accurately. The Home Office does not electronically record the Convention reason on which an individual claims asylum and so we cannot identify how many asylum claimants, from a specific country, have been granted asylum due to a claim made on the grounds of religious persecution.</p><p>However, the Home Office publishes figures on the outcome of all asylum claims, which can be broken down by nationality, in the Immigration Statistics release. The breakdown is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending </strong></p></td><td><p>Jun-15</p></td><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>Jun-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications from Pakistani nationals</p></td><td><p>2313</p></td><td><p>3000</p></td><td><p>2598</p></td><td><p>2313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants of Pakistani nationals; Including Humanitarian Protection, Discretionary leave, Exceptional Leave and other grants of Leave outside the Rules.</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants of Asylum of Pakistani nationals</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:48:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

1010114

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will include abuse by coercive control in their proposed legislation on domestic abuse.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL11561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The previous Government created a ground-breaking new offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship which came into force in December 2015 to recognise the patterns of manipulation and control that characterise domestic abuse. <br>Since then we have seen 294 successful convictions and the number of prosecutions increased threefold in 2017.</p><p>As part of the Government’s domestic abuse consultation earlier this year, we asked whether further action should be taken to strengthen the offence. We will be publishing a response to the consultation, together with a draft Domestic Abuse Bill, later this Parliamentary session.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:39:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1010115

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 November (HL11239 and HL11240), why Irish citizens born before 1983 with English mothers are treated differently to those with English fathers; and whether they intend to remove this difference.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL11562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>British women were unable to pass on their citizenship to children born outside of the UK until 1983.</p><p>The change was not made retrospective to avoid issues that could arise around dual nationality. A registration provision has been in place since 2003 to allow children of British mothers born before 1983 to register as a British citizen.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:50:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1010119

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Prime Minister to the UN General Assembly in 2017, what assessment they have made of the extent to which the Global Compact for Safe Orderly and Regular Migration reflects UK policies on (1) the right of states to control their borders, (2) the need to distinguish between refugees and economic migrants, and (3) whether refugees should seek asylum in the first safe country they reach.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL11566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is a legally non-binding document which will complement existing legal frameworks and foster stronger international cooperation on migration – which is a shared, global issue.</p><p>Alongside the Global Compact for Refugees, it will support the UK’s 3 Global Migration Principles set out by the Prime Minister at UN General Assembly in 2016, namely: to acknowledge the right of countries to control their borders; to improve how we distinguish between refugees and economic migrants; and to ensure refugees claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.</p><p>The UK welcomes the explicit commitment in the Compact for states to uphold their national sovereignty and continue to set domestic migration policy. We will therefore continue to control our borders and prevent irregular migration to the UK.</p><p>By negotiating separate and distinct Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees we have helped strengthen international recognition of the distinction between the two, which will help ensure support is targeted to those in need and migration is better managed. The Global Compact for Refugees supports the Prime Minister’s principle that refugees should seek asylum in the first safe country they reach by promoting greater support to hosting countries to protect and support refugees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:54:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1015356

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people that have had an application for asylum rejected who have no recourse to public funds in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	196311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Asylum Seekers whose claims and, if appropriate, appeals have been refused are no longer eligible for asylum support and are expected to return home. We offer assistance to those who choose to do so by actively promoting the Home Office Voluntary Return Service. The Home Office continues to provide accommodation and support to those who are temporarily unable to leave the UK because of a practical or legal obstacle through the Section 4 provisions, and to families with children under the age of 18.</p><p>Information about asylum decisions, broken down by Country of Origin, is available in the published statistics here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to#asylum-applications-and-initial-decisions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to#asylum-applications-and-initial-decisions</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 03/12/2018 17:21:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1015407

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	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, what assessment he has made of merits of providing physical documentation to holders of settled status as proof of their legal status.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	196154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is producing a new, simplified digital system for applications for settled status. Their status will be recorded electronically, and the Home Office will have a permanent record of EU citizens and their family members who are living here with settled status.</p><p>Until the end of the implementation period, EU citizens can continue to prove their right to work using their EU passport or national identity card. Third Country National family members of EU citizens will have biometric documentation in addition to an online digital status to enable them to evidence easily their status in the UK.</p><p>After that they will be able to do so via a straightforward online process which will enable them to demonstrate their rights to employers in a secure and streamlined way using real time information provided from Home Office records.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 196155 question first answered 03/12/2018 17:20:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1015408

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	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, what alternative proof of legal status the Government plans to be available to holders of settled status in the event that they lose access to their digital proof.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	196155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is producing a new, simplified digital system for applications for settled status. Their status will be recorded electronically, and the Home Office will have a permanent record of EU citizens and their family members who are living here with settled status.</p><p>Until the end of the implementation period, EU citizens can continue to prove their right to work using their EU passport or national identity card. Third Country National family members of EU citizens will have biometric documentation in addition to an online digital status to enable them to evidence easily their status in the UK.</p><p>After that they will be able to do so via a straightforward online process which will enable them to demonstrate their rights to employers in a secure and streamlined way using real time information provided from Home Office records.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 196154 question first answered 03/12/2018 17:20:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield