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751969

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken over the past 12 months for assessing, and reaching decisions on, applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:02 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:17:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6012 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751968

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken over the past 12 months for issuing decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:02 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:16:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6011 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751967

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nationality: British Overseas Territories
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government to what timescale they aim to issue decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 subsistence only support.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:01 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:14:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6010 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751966

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Railway Line: Hillingdon
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government to what timescale they aim to issue decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:01 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 14:36:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6009 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751172

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many people have dual British-Iranian citizenship; and of those, how many are resident in (1) the UK, (2) Iran, and (3) elsewhere.
	tabling member printed	Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
	uin	HL769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of British nationals with dual nationality is not held.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4576 label Biography information for Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

751132

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what modelling they have undertaken to forecast the number of applications for permanent status and consequent (1) rejections, (2) appeals, and (3) deportations, that will result from their offer to enable EU citizens who are resident in the UK to remain in the UK following Brexit; how many additional staff they estimate will be required to manage those applications; whether they intend to publish their model or forecast; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>On Monday 26 June, the UK published the paper ‘The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the UK’. Formal negotiations with our EU partners on the shape and nature of the immigration regime that will apply after the UK leaves the EU will soon be underway. The Home Office currently processes several million immigration decisions each year and will ensure that the necessary resources are provided to process applications for the new residence status outlined by the Government. The Home Office has a well-developed process for modelling operational demand that will be used as appropriate to support internal capacity planning.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:55:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

750554

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 5 July (HL 50), how many inspections of houses or flats offering short–term accommodation to paying guests were carried out by each fire and rescue authority in each year since 2010; and how many of those inspections were found to be (1) satisfactory and (2) unsatisfactory.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally collect information on the number of inspections of houses or flats offering short-term accommodation to paying guests carried out by each fire and rescue authority. Information on the number of inspections of houses or flats offering short-term accommodation to paying guests is the responsibility of individual FRSs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 16:08:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

749958

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Jackie Umuhoza
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve recognition among criminal justice professionals of the difference between stalking and harassment; and whether they are planning to introduce stalking protection orders.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Stalking and harassment are devastating crimes which can destroy the lives of victims.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012, we have strengthened the law by creating specific stalking offences and raising the maximum sentences for both stalking and harassment from 5 to 10 years. Support for victims requires more than prosecution after the fact - that is why, following a public consultation, we are introducing a new civil stalking protection order. Primary legislation is required to introduce the order and will be taken forward as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service’s Joint Inspectorate report into stalking and harassment found significant failings in the police and CPS response.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Secretary will shortly be holding a meeting with police and CPS leads to ensure coordinated and robust action is taken to respond to the Inspectorate’s findings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 12:18:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

749930

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rugby: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government when the Migration Advisory Committee is due to present its review of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office intends shortly to commission the Migration Advisory Committee to look at the UK labour market and our reliance on EU migrant labour across sectors, including agriculture.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 12:18:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

749248

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Location
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government when the use of waist restraint belts was prohibited for pregnant women; and why.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Published Home Office policy on use of force on pregnant women states that it may, if necessary be used only for the prevention of harm either to the pregnant woman or to other persons. It must not be used for reasons of non-compliance by the woman in question. Any action taken must be justified, appropriate and proportionate. Following the introduction of the bespoke Home Office Manual for Escorting Safely (HOMES) restraint system from June 2014 for escort detainee custody officers, operational guidance was implemented in August 2014. The latest guidance is at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-restraints-for-escorted-moves.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 16:25:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name DSO_07-2016_Use_of_Restraints.pdf title DSO - HO Manual for Escorting Safely
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern