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536173

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
	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 8 June 2016 to Question 39223, what criteria officials of her Department have to follow to fulfil the aim of processing refugee integration loan applications as quickly as possible.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	42587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The rules setting out eligibility for integration loans are set out in the Integration loans for Refugees and Other Regulations 2007. All the factors set out in these Regulations are considered for each application received for an integration loan.</p><p>We do not intend to set a target time for processing loans less than the 28 day support period given to those granted refugee status. However processes are reviewed on a regular basis and the department aims to respond to all applications as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 42664 question first answered 20/07/2016 14:11:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

536316

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set a target time for processing an application for a refugee integration loan that is less than the 28-day asylum support period that is terminated after refugee status has been granted.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	42664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The rules setting out eligibility for integration loans are set out in the Integration loans for Refugees and Other Regulations 2007. All the factors set out in these Regulations are considered for each application received for an integration loan.</p><p>We do not intend to set a target time for processing loans less than the 28 day support period given to those granted refugee status. However processes are reviewed on a regular basis and the department aims to respond to all applications as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 42587 question first answered 20/07/2016 14:11:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

536295

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow people who have recently been granted refugee status and have not yet received a refugee integration loan to remain in asylum accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	42662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>We are working towards achieving more integrated communities and creating the conditions for everyone to live and work successfully alongside each other.</p><p>Those who are granted refugee status are given access to the labour market, mainstream benefits and housing assistance from their local authority. There are therefore no plans to allow refugees to stay in asylum support accommodation.</p><p>The Home Office offers integration loans to recognised refugees. The loan is designed to help refugees integrate into UK society by offering financial support towards housing costs, employment and training.</p><p>The Home Office also funds strategic migration partnerships which provide coordination and support services for those organisations working with migrants and refugees in local communities.</p><p>Earlier this year the Government announced that £20 million of additional funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses would be introduced in October 2016. This funding will reach the most isolated communities in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 42666 42667 42727 question first answered 18/07/2016 09:15:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

522660

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) mean, (b) maximum and (c) median value was of refugee integration loans in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	39222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Mean value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£482</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>This is taken from local records and not from officially published statistics</em> <em>and it is therefore provisional and subject to change. It has not been assured under Office for National Statistics standards.</em></p><p>For the above years, the maximum loan amount has been varied between £500 and £400. The current maximum amount payable is £500. It is not possible to provide a median value given the large volume of loans paid.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/06/2016 16:39:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 2498 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

522661

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for a refugee integration loan have been (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	39221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>No. Applications received</p></td><td><p>No. Applications paid</p></td><td><p>Total value of loans</p></td><td><p>Mean value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2552</p></td><td><p>1766</p></td><td><p>£814,551</p></td><td><p>£461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2125</p></td><td><p>1451</p></td><td><p>£553,685</p></td><td><p>£382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2205</p></td><td><p>1506</p></td><td><p>£619,330</p></td><td><p>£388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2534</p></td><td><p>1457</p></td><td><p>£704,409</p></td><td><p>£483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>3971</p></td><td><p>2525</p></td><td><p>£1,216,095</p></td><td><p>£482</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>This is taken from local records and not from officially published statistics</em> <em>and it is therefore provisional and subject to change. It has not been assured under Office for National Statistics standards</em></p><p>We do not hold official statistics or local management information on the number of applications refused but the difference between the number of loans applications made and those paid is indicative of the number of applications that were not granted a loan either because the applicant was not eligible to receive a loan, did not demonstrate a need for a loan, or did not provide the required information to consider their loan application.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/06/2016 16:36:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 2495 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

522662

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) mean, (b) maximum and (c) median length of time has been for a decision to be made on an application for a refugee integration loan in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	39223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>There is no information held on decision making times over the last five years. It is the departments aim to respond to all applications as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/06/2016 16:32:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 2499 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire