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1109723

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: West Africa
	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 9 October 2018 to Question 174681 on Deportation: West Africa, how many of the 60 people on board the charter flight bound for Nigeria and Ghana on 28 March 2017 which was prevented by protesters from leaving Stansted airport have been granted the right to remain in the UK; how many of those granted leave to remain were referred under the National Referral Mechanism for the identification of victims of trafficking; how many people have contacted the Windrush taskforce; and of those granted leave to remain, on what basis was that immigration status granted.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	241011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>Of the 60 people due to be removed on that flight, four have been granted the right to remain in the UK.</p><p>Any individual who believes they are protected under the provisions of the 1971 Immigration Act is able to contact the Windrush Taskforce, which will help to identify their current status. None of the individuals have contacted the Taskforce.</p><p>Of the four people who have been granted the right to remain in the UK, two have been issued a residence card as a non-EEA national family member confirming a right to reside in accordance with EEA Treaty rights, one has been granted leave to remain on Human Rights grounds, and the other has been granted leave to remain following a conclusive grounds decision under the National Referral Mechanism for the identification of victims of trafficking.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/04/2019 13:42:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1109833

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign national offenders have successfully appealed a deportation order under Article (a) 3, (b) 6 and (c) 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Dominic Raab
	uin	241028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on how many and what proportion of foreign national offenders have successfully appealed a deportation order under Article (a) 3, (b) 6 and (c) 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in each year since 2010 is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Data on deportation appeal outcomes is published by HM Courts and Tribunals Service on a quarterly basis. A link to the latest published statistics is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018.</a> The data in table FIA_3 of the Main Tables (October to December 2018) is the closest match to the requested information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/04/2019 09:09:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

1109841

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that people are aware of how much time they need to have left on their passports in order to travel to the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	241034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has a duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise on the steps they may need to take to prepare for EU Exit.</p><p><br>Alongside business as usual operational communications, HM Passport Office (HMPO), working with Home Office, is part of the Cabinet Office-led Public Information Campaign to help achieve this. This includes campaign activity focused on passport renewal and EU citizens’ rights. This campaign includes print, out of home and TV advertising.</p><p><br>On 8th January 2019 a separate passport marketing campaign launched as part of the wider cross-government EU Exit Public Information Campaign. The passport-specific activity, via social media and digital advertising, encourages customers who are planning to travel to Europe post-EU Exit to check the validity of their passport using the online checker. To date 2.3 million users have checked their passport validity.</p><p><br>To support this marketing activity, HMPO has been working with other government departments and stakeholders from across the travel industry, asking them to share messages on their own customer channels. This work included the distribution of a toolkit including promotional materials in October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/04/2019 09:25:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1109842

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Croydon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in (a) Croydon North constituency and (b) the London borough of Croydon are designated as having no recourse to public funds.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	241042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The no recourse to public funds (NRPF) condition is applied to the leave of most migrants in the UK as a legitimate means of maintaining and protecting our economic resources.</p><p>In those cases where leave has been, or is being, granted for family or private life reasons the NRPF condition can be lifted on application to the Home Office if that is necessary to meet the welfare needs of children. In addition, immigration legislation specifically provides for children to remain eligible for support from a local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989, and an assessment of welfare needs will be part of providing that support.</p><p>Information about NRPF is held on individual case files for applications, which do not indicate whether an individual is part of the UK’s resident population. Wider population data, such as that requested in relation to the London Borough of Croydon, and that requested for all households nationally, is not held by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 241043 241044 question first answered 09/04/2019 09:28:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1109843

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Children
	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 the effect on the well-being of children of their parents being subject to no recourse to public funds.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	241043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The no recourse to public funds (NRPF) condition is applied to the leave of most migrants in the UK as a legitimate means of maintaining and protecting our economic resources.</p><p>In those cases where leave has been, or is being, granted for family or private life reasons the NRPF condition can be lifted on application to the Home Office if that is necessary to meet the welfare needs of children. In addition, immigration legislation specifically provides for children to remain eligible for support from a local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989, and an assessment of welfare needs will be part of providing that support.</p><p>Information about NRPF is held on individual case files for applications, which do not indicate whether an individual is part of the UK’s resident population. Wider population data, such as that requested in relation to the London Borough of Croydon, and that requested for all households nationally, is not held by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 241042 241044 question first answered 09/04/2019 09:28:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1109845

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the guidance is on time left on passports for travel to the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	241036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Our guidance relating to the changes to the rules for travel to Europe is in the event that the UK leaves the European Union without a deal. If the UK leaves the EU with no deal we advise that:</p><p><br>1. You should have at least 6 months left on your passport from your date of arrival. This applies to adult and child passports</p><p>2. If you renewed a passport before it expired, up to 9 extra months may have been added to your new passport’s expiry date. Any extra months on your passport over 10 years may not count towards the 6 months that should be remaining for travel to most countries in Europe.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/04/2019 09:13:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1109850

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	EU Citizenship: Northern Ireland
	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 ensure that Irish citizens born in Northern Ireland are able to continue to exercise their EU rights after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of those steps with the identity rights guaranteed to Irish citizens by the Belfast Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	240974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Upholding the Belfast Agreement and its successors in all their parts, including the Agreement's citizenship and identity provisions, has been central to the Government’s approach to the Exit negotiations. The Withdrawal Agreement with the EU recognises that the people of Northern Ireland who are Irish – and thus EU – citizens will continue to have access to rights, opportunities and benefits that come with EU citizenship. We are committed to working with our EU partners to put in place arrangements that will allow Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland to enjoy the EU rights available to them.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/04/2019 16:11:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1109851

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Republic of Ireland
	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 protect the rights of frontier workers who are citizens of EU countries but who are not Irish or UK citizens, who live in Ireland but travel to work in Northern Ireland each day; and if he will publish guidance on their rights in the event the UK leaves the EU (a) with a deal and (b) without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	240975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Whether the UK leaves the EU with or without a deal, the UK has committed to protect the position of EEA citizens (including Swiss citizens) who, at the specified date, work in the UK but live in another country (‘frontier workers’). This includes EEA citizens who live in Ireland and work in Northern Ireland.</p><p><br>The draft Withdrawal Agreement with the EU protects the rights of those who are frontier workers at the end of the implementation period, for as long as they continue to be frontier workers in the host state. After the end of the implementation period, they will be subject to a requirement to obtain a document to evidence their right to enter and work in the UK as a frontier worker, in line with Article 26 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p><br>If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, we will protect the position of those who are frontier workers at exit date. Until free movement is ended by the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, they will be able to enter the UK as now. Once free movement ends, they will be able to obtain a separate UK immigration status which will allow them to continue frontier working in the UK after exit.</p><p><br>Further information about how frontier workers can apply for a frontier worker document in a deal scenario, or for frontier worker status in a no-deal scenario, will be published in due course.</p><p><br>In either a deal or no-deal scenario, frontier workers may be resident in the UK for sufficient periods during their work here to be eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme if they wish to do so. However, they are not required to do so, as they will be able to apply for a frontier worker document or status if they wish to continue working in the UK but living in another country</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/04/2019 16:10:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1109854

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	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 facilitate refugee family reunion for unaccompanied child refugees.
	tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
	tabling member printed	Robert Neill
	uin	241005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>There is currently no provision in the Immigration Rules for children with refugee status in the UK to sponsor family members to join them. Allowing children to sponsor parents would 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 met by remaining with their families, claiming asylum in the first safe country they reach and relying on resettlement schemes to travel safely.</p><p>To help them care for unaccompanied asylum seeking children, the Government provides local authorities with £41,000 per year for those under 16 and £33,000 per year for 16 and 17 year olds. The Home Office is currently reviewing funding arrangements. This is looking at a whole range of issues relating to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in care, not just funding, so it is right that they take time to look at this complex issue properly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 241006 question first answered 09/04/2019 12:46:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

1109856

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the cost to local authorities of unaccompanied refugee children being unable to sponsor their parents to join them under part 11 of UK immigration rules.
	tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
	tabling member printed	Robert Neill
	uin	241006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>There is currently no provision in the Immigration Rules for children with refugee status in the UK to sponsor family members to join them. Allowing children to sponsor parents would 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 met by remaining with their families, claiming asylum in the first safe country they reach and relying on resettlement schemes to travel safely.</p><p>To help them care for unaccompanied asylum seeking children, the Government provides local authorities with £41,000 per year for those under 16 and £33,000 per year for 16 and 17 year olds. The Home Office is currently reviewing funding arrangements. This is looking at a whole range of issues relating to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in care, not just funding, so it is right that they take time to look at this complex issue properly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 241005 question first answered 09/04/2019 12:46:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill