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1035021

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	to ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled, Right treatment right time, published by Rethink Mental Illness, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the conclusion that the average waiting time of assessment by patients with severe mental illness is 14 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	205224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the average waiting time of assessment for patients with severe mental illness is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>The waiting time standard for people with first episode psychosis is for 60% to start treatment in an Early Intervention in Psychosis service within two weeks of referral. In 2017/18 this standard was exceeded, with 76.2% of people accessing services within two weeks in November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/01/2019 14:44:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1029547

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what information his Department holds on the nationality of people affect by the imposition of Unexplained Wealth Orders.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	204625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Three UWOs have been applied for, and all granted, since the UWO power came into force in January. The UWOs concern two assets under one investigation in relation to an Azerbaijan national.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/01/2019 17:17:49 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1029421

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UN Global compact on migration, what plans the UK has to take in additional migrants in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	204587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is a legally non-binding document that respects the sovereignty of all countries to manage their own borders and to implement migration policies which respond to their national context. The UK is not legally bound to any new commitments.</p><p>Migration to the UK is influenced by various factors, including the UK’s visa regimes with third countries, as well as the free movement of EEA nationals, which will end once we leave the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 15:45:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1029545

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: 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 Court of Appeal judgment on firefighters' pensions of 20 December 2018, what his Department's total legal costs were in that case; what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs of implementing that judgment; and how those potential costs are planned to be defrayed between central and local government.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	204379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is seeking permission to appeal the judgment, so no estimate has been made of the potential costs of implementing the judgment nor any determination on how such costs might impact central and local government. To date the legal costs are in the region of £334,000.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/01/2019 15:43:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1038506

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Sudan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which areas of Sudan representatives of his Department visited as part of the ongoing country guidance case into the risk of return for failed asylum seekers in Darfur and the Nuba Mountains.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	206729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Officials from the Home Office undertook a fact finding mission to Khartoum only between 10 and 17 August 2018 to obtain information about the treatment of non-Arab Darfuris in particular and returnees more generally.</p><p>Background to the mission and its findings are set out in a report published in November 2018, which is available on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sudan-country-policy-and-information-notes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sudan-country-policy-and-information-notes</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 206728 question first answered 14/01/2019 15:19:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1029379

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Commonwealth countries residents (a) need a visa and (b) do not need a visa to visit the UK for tourism purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	204602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>A list of countries and territories whose citizens and nationals need a visa prior to travel to the UK as visitors can be found in Appendix 2 to Appendix V of the Immigration Rules - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules.</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:30:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1038486

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there was any interruption for users of the portal for making Immigration Health Surcharge payments in the two working days prior to the Surcharge increase
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	206876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In common with any other IT system, from time to time there are planned off-line periods for routine maintenance.</p><p>During these periods a banner informing customers that the system was down for planned maintenance.</p><p>We do not comment on specific operational matters regarding our IT services.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:57:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1029578

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	204431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>It remains UK Government policy to have a managed withdrawal from the EU. Funding from HMT has been allocated to support both deal and no deal planning. No written ministerial direction has been sought in respect of this expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:14:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1029310

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to ensure visa-free travel between the UK and the EU for (a) tourism and (b) temporary business activities in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	204554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>For EU citizens of the current EU Member States, travelling to the UK as visitors (as tourists, on business trips, or to see friends and family), we do not intend to impose a visit visa regime. The EU have announced that the UK will be on the non-visa required list, even in the event of a no deal.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:31:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1038414

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Post Offices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to remove the Post Office's role in undertaking the Passport Check and Send service.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	206866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to remove the Post Office's role in undertaking the Passport Check &amp; Send service. The service has just been expanded to provide a digital version of Check &amp; Send to customers, and the agreement with Post Office Ltd is in the process of being extended by a further two years until 31 August 2022</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 15:22:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1029324

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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, whether his Department has carried out an equality impact assessment on the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	204506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, the Government has had due regard to the impacts of the EU Settlement Scheme on those who share a protected characteristic.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:28:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1029502

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour
	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 protect people from antisocial behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police and local authorities with a range of flexible powers that they can use to tackle and prevent anti-social behaviour. To support local agencies decide when and how to use these powers, the Home Office refreshed its statutory guidance for frontline practitioners on the use of the statutory powers in December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/01/2019 16:25:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029469

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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 ensure that survivors of trafficking and modern slavery are not held in immigration detention.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	204473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Victims of human trafficking or modern slavery are regarded as vulnerable in the terms of the Home Office’s adults at risk in immigration detention policy. This means that such individuals will be detained for the purpose of removal from the UK, or their detention continued, only when the evidence of their vulnerability is outweighed by the immigration considerations likely date of removal, compliance with immigration law and public protection in their particular case.</p><p>Additionally, in cases in which it has been found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an individual may be a victim of trafficking or modern slavery, the appropriateness of their being detained, or of their detention continuing, is governed by the Home Office’s modern slavery policy. This means that such individuals will not be detained, unless there are public order considerations that justify their detention.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:13:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1035259

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Protest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to put in place protections for medical researchers conducting medical testing on animals.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	205202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>This country has a proud history of allowing free speech, but the right to peaceful protest does not extend to harassment or threatening behaviour. The police have a range of powers to deal with any such acts.</p><p>These include under the Public Order Act 1986, chief officers may impose conditions on assemblies to prevent serious public disorder, serious damage to property, serious disruption to the life of the community or when the purpose is to intimidate others to compel them not to do an act that they have a right to do.</p><p>The police also have dispersal powers (in public places) under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 includes criminal offences that protect individuals, who are conducting lawful activities, from harassment by protestors.</p><p>How these powers are deployed and the tactics used to manage protests are operational matters for the police.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 205201 question first answered 14/01/2019 15:47:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1035258

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Protest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to put in place protections against (a) vegan and vegetarian and (b) other activists for people employed in the meat industry.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	205201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>This country has a proud history of allowing free speech, but the right to peaceful protest does not extend to harassment or threatening behaviour. The police have a range of powers to deal with any such acts.</p><p>These include under the Public Order Act 1986, chief officers may impose conditions on assemblies to prevent serious public disorder, serious damage to property, serious disruption to the life of the community or when the purpose is to intimidate others to compel them not to do an act that they have a right to do.</p><p>The police also have dispersal powers (in public places) under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 includes criminal offences that protect individuals, who are conducting lawful activities, from harassment by protestors.</p><p>How these powers are deployed and the tactics used to manage protests are operational matters for the police.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 205202 question first answered 14/01/2019 15:47:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029491

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of refugees who have entered the UK in each of the last five years were male.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Refugee status is conferred following a grant of asylum. An asylum seeker may only become a refugee once asylum has been granted. Not all asylum seekers are deemed to be refugees and not all refugees claim asylum.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data, in its quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release, on the number of asylum seekers granted refugee status, by sex (table as_05 Asylum, volume 2).</p><p>The latest data cover the calendar year 2017, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758195/asylum2-sep-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758195/asylum2-sep-2018-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:07:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029501

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of refugees resettled in the UK identify as (a) Christian, (b) Jewish, (c) Hindu, (d) Islamic, (e) Sikh and (f) Buddhist.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In resettlement, the UK works according to the humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality which means that we do not take into consideration the ethno-religious origins of people requiring assistance as we resettle solely on the basis of needs, identified by UNHCR through their established submission categories.</p><p>We believe that one way to protect the privacy of those being resettled and ensure their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available. We therefore do not publish a religious and ethnic breakdown of those who have been resettled</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:10:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1038477

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	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 proportion of immigration detainees who are (a) foreign national offenders, (b) foreign national offenders subject to deportation under the UK Borders Act 2007 and (c) other detainees were held in immigration detention for (i) 28 days or fewer, (ii) over 28 days but less than four months, (iii) over four months but less than 12 months and (iv) over 12 months in each year since 2015 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	206717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office publishes the number of Foreign National Offenders currently detained. The data can be found in the quarterly Immigration Enforcement Transparency Data:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018</a></p><p>The Home Office also publishes data on immigration detention, including the length of detention of those leaving detention (table dt_06_q) and the length of detention of those in detention at the end of each quarter (table dt_11_q). The data can be found in the detention tables in the latest Immigration Statistics, year ending September 2018, quarterly release.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 15:28:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name Detention - Sept 2018 - Tables.xlsx title Detention Tables - Sept 2018
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

1029495

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: 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 proportion of EU workers arriving in the UK would not have qualified for a highly-skilled work permit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Illustrative analysis set out in the ‘<em>The UK’s future skills-based immigration system</em>’ estimates applying a RQF3+ skills threshold and £30,000 salary threshold (though there will be discussions with businesses and employers on the appropriate threshold) could reduce annual inflows of EEA long-term workers by around 80 per cent.</p><p>This analysis does not consider how firms and workers could potentially change behaviour in response to changes, or impacts from proposals other than applying a RQF3+ skills threshold and £30,000 salary threshold.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:05:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1035167

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of people who were notified of the outcome of (a) an appeal, (b) an application and (c) a judicial review while being held in an immigration detention centre in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	205335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The specific information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Immigration detention is used as a last resort, sparingly and for enforced return where the person concerned has no right to remain in the United Kingdom. Each case is assessed by Home Office officials in line with published detention policy and there must be a realistic prospect of removal within a reasonable timescale.</p><p>It would be rare for detention to occur when there is any outstanding appeal, application or Judicial Review. Those who are detained could be notified of the outcome of an appeal, application, or Judicial Review; but this would be those applications, appeals or Judicial Reviews that are raised or lodged from within detention.</p><p>Transparency data in relation to immigration detention from November 2011 can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 205334 question first answered 14/01/2019 15:54:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1035165

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of people detained by UK Visas and Immigration who had an outstanding (a) appeal, (b) application and (c) judicial review in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	205334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The specific information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Immigration detention is used as a last resort, sparingly and for enforced return where the person concerned has no right to remain in the United Kingdom. Each case is assessed by Home Office officials in line with published detention policy and there must be a realistic prospect of removal within a reasonable timescale.</p><p>It would be rare for detention to occur when there is any outstanding appeal, application or Judicial Review. Those who are detained could be notified of the outcome of an appeal, application, or Judicial Review; but this would be those applications, appeals or Judicial Reviews that are raised or lodged from within detention.</p><p>Transparency data in relation to immigration detention from November 2011 can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 205335 question first answered 14/01/2019 15:54:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1029498

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Undocumented 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 illegal immigrants that have committed crimes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Any estimate of the exact size of the illegal population is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around it. Similarly this applies to any estimate of the size of the illegal population committing crimes not least because not all crimes committed come to the attention of the authorities or lead to arrests; convictions; or removal action.</p><p>Exit checks were introduced in April 2015 and are, over time, providing more detailed insights into the behaviour of migrants and how they comply with the restrictions placed upon their length of stay in the UK. Instead of producing inaccurate numbers, the Government is focused on making it harder for people to live in the UK illegally.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:08:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029494

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented 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 illegal immigrants residing in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Any estimate of the exact size of the illegal population is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around it.</p><p>Exit checks were introduced in April 2015 and are, over time, providing more detailed insights into the behaviour of migrants and how they comply with the restrictions placed upon their length of stay in the UK. Instead of producing inaccurate numbers, the Government is focused on making it harder for people to live in the UK illegally.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:27:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029496

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers
	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 effect of low-skilled migration on the economy in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made but the independent Migration Advisory Committee report ‘<em>EEA migration in the UK: Final report</em>’ concluded “the benefits for existing residents of high-skilled migration seem clear. The evidence is less clear on whether low-skilled migration (perhaps those in the bottom 25 per cent of the earnings distribution) has had costs or been broadly neutral”.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:03:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1035350

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	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 additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	205318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>It was reported at Home Affairs Select Committee on 13<sup>th</sup> November that approximately 4,100 posts would be needed for EU Exit. These are being sourced through a combination of recruitment and internal redeployment.</p><p>In general it does not make sense to draw a hard distinction between what is needed for ‘deal’ compared with ‘no deal’ as much of the capacity requirement is similar. Moreover we would expect to meet most of our additional requirements for ‘no deal’ through redeployment – reprioritising staff away from other activities. There is a specific requirement for additional no deal resourcing in HM Passport Office of around 330 full-time equivalent which we are expecting to meet through temporary staff.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:00:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029492

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative estimate he has made of the levels of crime committed by British citizens and non-British citizens in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on police recorded crime these are published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The latest Crime figures, for the year ending June 2018, can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a></p><p>However, the Home Office does not receive information on the citizenship of suspects.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/01/2019 15:44:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029470

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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 assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the increase of the number of women from China held in immigration detention from 28 at the end of Q3 2017 to 52 at the end of Q3 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	204474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Levels of nationalities within immigration removal centres are dependent on migration flows, migrant activities and enforcement operations. Levels fluctuate throughout the year across all nationalities.</p><p>The Home Office work collaboratively with High Commissions and Embassies to obtain travel documents for the return of those who have no lawful basis to remain in the United Kingdom. This can involve identity and nationality interview schemes and these can occur in immigration removal centres.</p><p>The number of Chinese nationals detained increases when detained interview schemes are scheduled.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:26:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1029323

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	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 23 October 2018 to Question 179213 on Asylum: Children, how many of the of the unaccompanied children who were granted asylum in the UK in 2017 made applications for refugee family reunion outside of the immigration rules; and how many of those applications were granted by (a) the Home Office and (b) an immigration judge.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	204505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There is currently no provision in the Immigration Rules for Unaccompanied children who were granted asylum in the UK to sponsor family members to make applications for family reunion outside of the immigration rules.</p><p>Allowing children to sponsor family members could create further incentives for more children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family and risk hazardous journeys to the UK to sponsor relatives. This plays into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and goes against our safeguarding responsibilities.</p><p>The Government believes the best interests of children are reflected in remaining with their families, claiming asylum in the first safe country they reach that is the fastest route to safety and relying on resettlement schemes to travel safely.</p><p>Available information relates to refugee family reunion applications received in total, from each nationality and how many were accepted in 2018 is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables</a></p><p>All those issued a family reunion visa are granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, not asylum. The family reunion application process does not require an assessment of the applicant’s international protection needs. It is the family member in the UK that is required to have been granted refugee status or Humanitarian Protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:16:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1038505

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Sudan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates representatives from his Department visited Sudan as part of the ongoing country guidance case into the risk of return for failed asylum seekers in Darfur and the Nuba Mountains.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	206728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Officials from the Home Office undertook a fact finding mission to Khartoum only between 10 and 17 August 2018 to obtain information about the treatment of non-Arab Darfuris in particular and returnees more generally.</p><p>Background to the mission and its findings are set out in a report published in November 2018, which is available on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sudan-country-policy-and-information-notes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sudan-country-policy-and-information-notes</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 206729 question first answered 14/01/2019 15:19:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1035015

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Politicians: Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effect of visa refusals for foreign parliamentarians on bilateral relations with those countries.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK engages with bilateral partners on a wide range of issues including any concerns which they may raise.</p><p>Foreign government Ministers visiting the UK on official visits are exempt from immigration control (including the visa requirement). In addition, all diplomats posted to the UK are exempt from the visa requirement.</p><p>Applications from Parliamentarians for visit visas are assessed against the published Immigration Rules (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules</a>)</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 15:49:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1029344

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: 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 staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Home Office publish monthly workforce management information on gov.uk - links provided below.</p><p>2010 to 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-and-salaries-series" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-and-salaries-series</a></p><p>January to October 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2018</a></p><p>Figures for November 2018 and June 2016 are provided in the table 1 attached.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/01/2019 16:21:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins attachment 1 file name Table-1.xlsx title Table 1 - Figs Nov 2018-June 2016
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1035111

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Politicians: Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentarians from overseas countries have had to (a) cancel and (b) delay travel to the UK as a result of (i) visa refusals, (ii) visa cancellations, and (iii) delays in the issuing of a visa in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested.</p><p>The available information relates to total entry clearance visas refused, published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a> .</p><p>Information published in the Migration Transparency data indicates that the vast majority of straightforward cases are processed within Service standards (see table Visa_01, at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a> )</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:02:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1029408

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many infrastructure contracts overseen by his Department have been let with the stipulation that a Project Bank Account must be applied in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	204615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>No infrastructure contracts have been let with the stipulation that a Project Bank Account must be applied for the time period requested.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/01/2019 16:39:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1029499

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first generation immigrants have been convicted of committing crimes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:09:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1035013

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fadia Kiwan and Intisar al-Jabouri
	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 visas of (a) Intisar al-Jabouri, member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, and (b) Dr Fadia Kiwan, Director General of the Arab Women Organization, were delayed in advance of their attendance at an event in Parliament on the 5 December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases. All applications for a visa to travel to the UK are considered on their individual merits, in accordance with the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 15:52:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1037260

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Demonstrations: Greater London
	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 Metropolitan Police Service discontinued its practice of estimating and publishing objective assessments of the number of people attending large demonstrations in London; when that practice was discontinued; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	uin	205783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The management of demonstrations is an operational matter for the police, as is the decision on whether to publish estimated numbers attending protests.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/01/2019 15:21:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1035144

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Sutton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to roll-out universal credit managed migration in Sutton as a pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	205073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is currently working with key stakeholders to determine the approach to a managed migration pilot. We will be starting with very small numbers initially, and as a result will be able to track and support claimants through the process effectively to ensure that those moving onto Universal Credit do so easily and successfully.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/01/2019 18:02:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1038382

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to bring forward separate proposed regulations to cover the migration of claimants of legacy benefits to universal credit for (a) the 10,000 claimants to be migrated from July 2019 and (b) the remaining claimants to be migrated from 2020; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government will now seek powers for a pilot for managed migration and has replaced the regulations laid before the House on 5 November 2018, with two separate Statutory Instruments.</p><p>There is a new provision within one of these Statutory Instruments which will mean that we will only move 10,000 onto Universal Credit as part of managed migration. In this way the Government is legislating for ‘piloting powers’ rather than the migration of all claimants. This is in line with suggestions from both the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and the Work and Pensions Select Committee. We will report on our findings from the pilot before bringing forward legislation to extend managed migration.</p><p>The pilot will begin - as planned - from July 2019 and does not affect the timeline for delivering Universal Credit, which will be completed in 2023.</p><p>Written statement HCWS1243, laid on 11 January 2019, confirms this: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-01-11/HCWS1243/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-01-11/HCWS1243/.</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/01/2019 18:13:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1038492

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people claiming personal independence payment who at the point of the original decision scored points by satisfying descriptor b under Activity 9 (engaging with other people face to face) who have (a) anxiety and depressive disorders - mixed, (b) depressive disorder, (c) schizophrenia, (d) bipolar affective disorder (Hypomania/Mania), (e) personality disorder, (f) post traumatic stress disorder, (g) psychotic disorders/other/type not known, (h) alcohol misuse, (i) anxiety disorders/other/type not known, (j) generalised anxiety disorder, (k) agoraphobia, (l) schizoaffective disorder, (m) obsessive compulsive disorder, (n) cognitive disorders/other/type not known, (o) mood disorders/other/type not known, (p) drug misuse, (q) panic disorder, (r) anorexia nervosa, (s) cognitive disorder due to stroke, (t) phobia-social, (u) psychiatric disorders of childhood/other/type not known, (v) eating disorders not otherwise specified, (w) conduct disorder (including oppositional defiant disorder), (x) bulimia nervosa, (y) stress reaction disorders/other/type not known, (z) dissociative disorders/other/type not known, (aa) body dysmorphic disorder, (ab) phobia specific, (ac) somatoform disorders/other/type not known and (ad) conversion disorder (hysteria).
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/01/2019 15:21:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1035341

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the additional staff required by her Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	205309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues undertaking planning for all EU exit scenarios, as is prudent. The Department continues to work closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union to ensure consistency of plans across government. Members of staff across the Department provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give a figure for the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continually reviews workforce plans, priorities and changing needs, which includes identification and cessation of non-priority work where appropriate. We have accelerated our plans, and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU exit implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery across the whole of government.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes its workforce management information each month. These details can be found at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information#2010-to-march-2014-" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information#2010-to-march-2014-</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/01/2019 17:59:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1035251

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Christmas Bonus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the financial saving to the public purse as a result of removing the Christmas £10 bonus from universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	205411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate. As outlined in the answer to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2018-12-18/HL12406/" target="_blank">HL12406</a> on 7 January 2019, the income-related working age benefits that Universal Credit replaces were not treated as a qualifying benefit for Christmas Bonuses and therefore the payment of Universal Credit does not directly produce entitlement to a Christmas Bonus.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/01/2019 18:00:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1038531

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Independent Case Examiner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2019 to Question 204482 on Independent Case Examiner, what the reasons were for the complaints that were closed for other reasons in December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	206815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Independent Case Examiner’s Office (ICE) closed 2,521 cases in December 2018 for other reasons as detailed in the response to PQ 204482. The specific categories were:</p><p> </p><p>2,514 cases were closed following a High Court decision to grant permission for a Judicial Review of the Department’s handling of the change to women’s State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>5 cases were withdrawn as the need for the complaint was removed.</p><p> </p><p>1 case was withdrawn following the complainant’s satisfaction with action taken by the</p><p> </p><p>1 case was withdrawn due to the complainant’s failure to respond to ICE enquiries.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/01/2019 14:28:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1038521

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have been affected by the erroneous payment of employment and support allowance and jobseekers allowance in December 2018 and January 2019; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	206812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Over the New Year period, some JSA and ESA claimants who expected to receive payments fortnightly, actually received two individual weekly payments, rather than a single fortnightly payment. All claimants received the correct amount of benefit and no payments were late (the first part of these ‘split’ payments were paid early).</p><p> </p><p>In total there were 798,211 ESA claimants and 51,977 JSA claimants who received these ‘split’ payments (England, Scotland and Wales). The NI figures were 47,751 ESA and 3,059 JSA.</p><p> </p><p>Operational colleagues were notified how best to support claimants and we also provided a link to key information on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/01/2019 16:44:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1037097

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Budgeting Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many budgeting loans were issued in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	205871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In the period January to December 2018, there were 1,177,200 awards of Budgeting Loans in Great Britain. This figure does not include awards made after review, reconsideration or appeal following an initially unsuccessful application, and is rounded to the nearest 100</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/01/2019 13:17:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1038536

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Brexit: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the Ministers Quarterly Transparency Return July to September 2018, published on 19 December 2018, if he will publish the names of the (a) the attendees of the expert panel on 17 October 2018 to discuss EU exit issues, and (b) the outcomes of that meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	206759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>My Department’s Quarterly Transparency Return for July to September 2018 recorded in error a meeting of my EU Expert Panel on 17 October. The meeting took place on 17 September and this has now been corrected.</p><p> </p><p>The September meeting enabled me to engage directly with key stakeholders in Wales on the progress of EU exit work and to hear their views. We discussed a wide range of EU exit matters including the government’s white papers and technical notices.</p><p> </p><p>The meeting was attended by representatives from the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p>Farmers Union of Wales</p><p>National Farmers Union Cymru</p><p>South and Mid Wales Chamber of Commerce</p><p>Snowdonia Enterprise Zone</p><p>Wales Council for Voluntary Action</p><p>Country Landowners Association Cymru</p><p>Confederation of British Industry (Wales)</p><p>Welsh Local Government Association</p><p>Wales Environment Link</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/01/2019 11:25:16 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1038387

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department plans to tender to private contractors any work relating to prepartions for leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	206858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 14/01/2019 11:35:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1035194

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Gatwick Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Ministers of his Department visited Gatwick Airport during December 2018; and on what dates.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	205180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Nusrat Ghani, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and Baroness Sugg Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport performed a joint visit to Gatwick airport on 7 December 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/01/2019 12:16:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

1037212

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the ships used by (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries to carry out the public contracts his Department recently awarded for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services from UK ports will be entirely crewed with UK Ratings.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	205907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>All companies operating in the United Kingdom must comply with all applicable employment law. Crewing arrangements are a matter for operators.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 205894 205895 205896 205897 205908 205909 205912 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:22:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1037218

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the ships to be used by (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries to deliver the contracts awarded to those companies for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services from UK ports will be linked to existing collective bargaining agreements with trade unions.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	205909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>All companies operating in the United Kingdom must comply with all applicable employment law. Crewing arrangements are a matter for operators.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 205894 205895 205896 205897 205907 205908 205912 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:22:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1035207

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed 16 and 17 year old railcard will be valid on services provided by open access operators.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	205390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The 16-17 railcard will offer savings of 50 per cent on all rail journeys run by franchised train operating companies managed by the Department for Transport. We will announce further details in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/01/2019 10:12:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran