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1010403

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	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 is the longest period spent in immigration detention by a detainee who left an Immigration Removal Centre between June 2017 and October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	192941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office publish data on the number of people leaving detention by year and quarter, broken down by length of detention. The latest data is available in tables dt_06 and dt_06_q of the immigration statistics, year ending June 2018: Detention tables.</p><p>Figures for July to September 2018 will be released on 29 November 2018 in Immigration statistics, year ending September 2018, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/02/2019 18:23:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1054372

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they collect data on the faith identity of people currently held in immigration detention; and if so, what those data are.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL13421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government respects the rights of detainees to practise their religious faith. The provision of religious services in immigration removal centres (IRC) is through the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the Operating Standards for IRCs, and the relevant sections of the contracts and service level agreements relating to religious affairs.</p><p>Under Rule 21 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001, if detainees on admission to an IRC wish to declare that they belong to a particular religion, that information must be recorded. This information is recorded by the IRC service providers on their own internal detainee management systems and is used to inform the religious provision available at the IRC.</p><p>IRCs are equipped with mosques and multi faith rooms for detainees to use for prayer, study and reflection. Communal prayers are available in all centres as well as facilities for prayer in the detainees’ rooms such as access to prayer mats. Each IRC is required to have a manager of religious affairs whose duties include: establishing a multi-faith team; arranging for ministers of religion to conduct religious services for detainees; and arranging for ministers of religion to visit detainees of their religion soon after their reception into the IRC and as often as they reasonably can thereafter. Each IRC is also required to publish a calendar of religious festivals and observances so that recognition is given to those events and those concerned are able to observe them. Engagement with faith groups is undertaken at a local level by the IRC religious affairs manager.</p><p>The religious needs of detainees held at short-term holding facilities must be catered for so far as practicable but, given the limited nature of the facilities at such sites and short durations of stay, there would not be organised services or ministers of religion present.</p><p>All IRCs have a number of appointed religious chaplains in place. Management information shows that there were 11 new religious chaplain appointments made at IRCs between 2014 and 2018. Of these 11 appointments, 2 were made in 2014 (Gatwick IRCs and Morton Hall), 4 in 2015 (1 at Gatwick IRCs, 1 at Yarl’s Wood IRC and 2 at Morton Hall), 2 in 2016 (Gatwick IRCs and Morton Hall), 2 in 2017 (Gatwick IRCs and Heathrow IRCs) and 1 in 2018 (at Gatwick IRCs). This is provisional management information that is subject to change.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL13422 HL13424 HL13425 question first answered 18/02/2019 14:14:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1054375

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people currently held in immigration detention are claiming asylum on the grounds of religious persecution.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL13423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The basis of a person’s asylum claim is recorded on their individual Home Office file, but not in a way that can be easily aggregated. Therefore, we cannot provide figures on how many people are currently held in immigra-tion detention, claiming asylum on the grounds of religious persecution.</p><p><br>As such, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost because it would require a manual search through individual records.</p><p><br>Information on people entering detention in 2018 can be found in tab dt_01_q of the ‘Detention data tables immigration statistics year ending September 2018’:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018-data-tables</a></p><p><br>Information on the number of asylum claims, subsequent grants of asylum and humanitarian protection, irrespective of whether the individual was de-tained, (as at year ending September 2018) can be found in tab as_02¬_q at Volume 2 of the quarterly Immigration statistics release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018-data-tables</a></p><p><br>Information on people entering detention in 2018 can be found in tab dt_01_q of the ‘Detention data tables immigration statistics year ending September 2018’:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018-data-tables</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/02/2019 14:02:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1057094

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2019 to Question 212416 on Immigrants: Detainees, whether total resource costs of running the detention centres includes (a) health services within detention and (b) escorting services to and from detention.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	218833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The costs include all welfare provision but exclude Healthcare provision costs in England. Health Care services are provided by NHS England under a different agreement. The costs do not include the costs of the escorting contract which covers escorting to and from removal centres, the cost of escorting for removals and other supporting activities.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/02/2019 16:37:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1058860

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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, how many immigration detainees currently in detention have been detained for more than 28 days.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	219500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of people in detention, at the end of each quarter, by length of detention is available in table dt_11_q of the detention tables in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending September 2018’, available from Gov.uk:</p><p><br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758249/detention-sep-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758249/detention-sep-2018-tables.ods </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/02/2019 14:36:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1063988

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2019 to Question 218833 on Immigrants: Detainees, what the cost was of the escorting contract for immigration detainees in the last 12 months for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	223185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office contract for the provision of escorting services for immigration detainees as provided by Tascor E&amp;D Services Ltd until 30th April 2018, and by Mitie Care and Custody Ltd from 1st May 2018.</p><p>The operating costs of these contracts is commercially confidential and public disclosure would prejudice the commercial interests of the Home Office and its suppliers. However, the Home Office publishes payments in excess of £25K on its website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-spending" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-spending</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/02/2019 17:22:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1087116

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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 he has made of the proportion of migrant detainees who were trafficked to the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	231363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office record the number of all individuals referred to the Na-tional Referral Mechanism (NRM) and this information is published Quarterly by the National Crime Agency. This information does not distinguish between those detained under immigration powers and those living in the community. The reason for this is two-fold, firstly because the NRM referral is not an immigration route by which individuals should regularise their stay in the United Kingdom and, secondly, because a person’s status in immigration detention is not permanent and can change.</p><p>Data taken from the NRM would not accurately reflect the numbers of those who had been trafficked into the UK, as a number only get exploited once they have arrived, and their journey to the UK can be entirely unconnected to the trafficking. Further a number may be victims of trafficking, but it relates to events in a third country and is not necessarily connected to their reasons for coming to the UK.</p><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 19/03/2019 17:09:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1087186

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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, if he will publish the time taken for each Emergency Travel Document application to be secured for a person in immigration detention for each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	231563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Home Office continues to work closely with diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom and representatives of receiving countries for the timely issuing of travel documentation to support the return of their nationals</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/03/2019 12:51:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1091271

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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 steps he is taking to minimise the length of time migrants are kept in detention.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	234093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s strategic approach to detention recognises that the deprivation of liberty for immigration purposes is a significant use of state power, with life changing implications for those involved. Detention is only used when it is necessary and where we have a realistic prospect of removal in a reasonable timescale. At any one point, 95% of those liable to be detained are managed in the community, with the vast majority of those who are detained under immigration powers spending only short periods in detention.</p><p>The latest published statistics also show that in the year ending December 2018, there was a 30% reduction in the number of individuals detained when compared with a year earlier. This demonstrates our commitment to detaining only when it is necessary.</p><p>A series of detention safeguards have been introduced since 2016, with more support and focus for those considered potentially vulnerable. Included within these safeguards are the Detention Gatekeeper to make detention decisions independent of caseworkers. Case Progression Panels which review the appropriateness of detention, case progression and adherence to the various detention policies of those detained for 3 months and at 3 month intervals thereafter; Detention and Case Progression Reviews to ensure case progression remains at the forefront of ongoing detention decisions; Automatic Bail referrals at four months detention providing an independent consideration of detention by the Judiciary; and the introduction of the Adults at Risk policy in September 2016.</p><p>We are currently exploring additional detention safeguards, including further alternatives to detention; conducting a two month automatic bail referral pilot and the introduction of external independence to Case Progression Panels for those who have spent 6 months or more in detention.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/03/2019 16:47:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1092108

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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, how many children have been detained with their parents under immigration powers in the last 12 months; and how many of those children were British citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	234713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office publish data on the number of children leaving detention by year and quarter. This shows 63 children leaving detention of which 22 were removed from the UK between January and December 2018 and confirms no children were British. (Found in the Detention Data Tables, dt_09 and dt_08 respectively).</p><p>The latest available data are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending December 2018’ at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018-data-tables</a></p><p>Between August 2017 and July 2018, 478 families were returned from pre-departure accommodation. (Found in the Immigration Enforcement Data, PDA_01).</p><p>This can be seen in the transparency data published on 28 February 2019:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 234711 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:51:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green