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418063

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of providing support to Syrian refugees relocated to the UK in each of the last four years; and what the number of such refugees resettled was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	9680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Syrian Vulnerable Persons' Relocation scheme was launched in January 2014 and is the first resettlement programme in the UK to target support for refugees specifically on the basis of their vulnerability. It is helping those in the greatest need, including people requiring urgent medical treatment, survivors of violence and torture, and women and children at risk.</p><p>Since the first arrivals in March 2014, 216 individuals have been resettled in the United Kingdom. Statistics on arrivals under the scheme are published through our official statistics at quarterly intervals and include numbers to the year ending June 2015. These will be available from: <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><p>Up to the end of August 2015, the Home Office’s expenditure on the Vulnerable Persons’ Relocation Scheme has been £1.13m.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/09/2015 15:46:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

417705

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees the Government expects to receive under the expanded Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	9413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>We intend to resettle up to 20,000 Syrians in need of protection during this Parliament. We will continue to work closely with the UNHCR to identify appropriate cases, prioritising the most vulnerable. As the expanded scheme is based on need and reliant on the UNHCR and other partners to deliver, it is not possible or appropriate to set any sort of annual target, but we are clear that we want to help as many people as we can as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 9418 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:47:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

417698

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of refugees that the Government expects to receive under the expanded Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme before the end of this calendar year.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	9418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>We intend to resettle up to 20,000 Syrians in need of protection during this Parliament. We will continue to work closely with the UNHCR to identify appropriate cases, prioritising the most vulnerable. As the expanded scheme is based on need and reliant on the UNHCR and other partners to deliver, it is not possible or appropriate to set any sort of annual target, but we are clear that we want to help as many people as we can as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 9413 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:47:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

418466

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: 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 practical support EU member states, which have recently received the highest numbers of refugees, have requested from the UK; and what such support the Government has provided.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	9971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>In the last three years the UK has provided over 1,000 working days to support missions coordinated by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to other Member States under pressure. This is more than any other EU Member State. In addition, we continue to fund via the UNHCR asylum expertise to the Greek asylum system and support a programme of assisted voluntary return of illegal migrants.</p><p>We also support the European Commission’s proposals for 'Hot Spot' screening centres. These centres will help ensure that migrants are registered and fingerprinted at pressure points on the EU external border and that refugees are identified and protected quickly, while those with no need of protection can be returned immediately. We are discussing with EASO and Frontex how best we can contribute.</p><p>We have created a multi-agency 90-strong team from the National Crime Agency (NCA), Border Force, Immigration Enforcement and the CPS to fight the criminal gangs that are exploiting vulnerable people and are working closely with Europol to strengthen its operation to tackle organised crime groups involved in smuggling people across sea and land routes. We are focusing on tracking vessels in the Mediterranean and bringing together intelligence from EU and Europol partners to target these criminals.</p><p>We continue to support Frontex operations in the Mediterranean by providing debriefing and nationality screening experts to Operations Triton and Poseidon. The UK has an outstanding offer of additional debriefing and nationality screening experts which was made to Frontex during August. We are currently awaiting directions from Frontex as to where this resource may best be utilised.</p><p>The UK is excluded from the Frontex Regulation on Schengen-building grounds. Therefore our officers participate in Frontex joint operations and other activities with the agreement of the Management Board on a case-by-case basis in an observational/advisory role.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/09/2015 15:15:48 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

417359

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	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 provide administrative assistance to EU member states receiving the highest numbers of Syrian refugees to help them to process asylum claims.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has been very clear that will offer practical assistance to Member states under pressure, both bi-laterally and through the European Asylum Support Office (EASO). We believe it is important to help build asylum and border security capacity and capability in other countries so that they are better able to deal with increased demands on their national systems.</p><p>We have already provided more resource – over 1,000 working days - to support missions coordinated by EASO to other Member States, such as Italy and Greece, than any other Member State. We continue to provide bi-lateral support to the Greek asylum system and on assisted voluntary return of illegal migrants.</p><p>We also support the European Commission’s proposals for Hot Spots that will help ensure that migrants are registered and fingerprinted and that refugees are identified and protected quickly, while those with no need of protection can be returned immediately. We will continue to provide resource and expertise to Member States under pressure as and when required.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/09/2015 15:19:39 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

418958

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government made (a) before and (b) after 7 July 2005 of the likely security costs for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government first announced the funding package for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in March 2007 [HCDebs dated 15 March 2007- Hansard Column 450]. This included a preliminary estimate of £600 million for policing and wider security tasks. In addition, £238 million was set aside as contingency.</p><p>The final cost of policing and wider security for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was £423 million and the final cost of venue security was £429 million. [WMS dated 16 July 2013- Hansard Column 71ws].</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/09/2015 11:12:39 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

418718

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	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 recent estimate she has made of the number of victims of trafficking who were detained in immigration detention since (a) January 2015 and (b) June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	10189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>Individuals who have been identified as victims of trafficking by the competent authorities are normally considered suitable for detention in only very exceptional circumstances, which include cases where there is a risk of public harm. This data is not collected centrally and accurate figures are not available.</p><p>Once a person is detained their continued detention remains under review by the Home Office at least at monthly intervals, and earlier in response to any change of circumstances that might have a material effect on their detention.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/09/2015 11:17:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

416757

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations bid for money under the female genital mutilation (FGM) Community Engagement Initiative 2014; which organisations were successful in their bids and how much they received as a result; what assessment she has made of how successful each project was in terms of (a) raising awareness about socio-cultural, ethnic-legal, sexual health and clinical implications, (b) strengthening the voice of communities speaking out against FGM and (c) creating new opportunities to talk about FGM.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	8564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a crime. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls.</p><p>In 2014/15, the Home Office provided over £100,000 to community organisations through the FGM Community Engagement Initiative. The fund was open to organisations across the UK to bid for up to £10,000 to carry out community work to raise awareness of FGM.</p><p>The 12 projects included work to build the confidence of women and communities to speak out against FGM and raise awareness of the potential health, social and cultural implications.</p><p>The evaluations show that nearly 6,000 people were engaged in a variety of activities designed to raise awareness about FGM and strengthen the voices of communities. Feedback from participants demonstrated increased awareness of the context, manifestation and harm caused by FGM. A list of the organisations funded is provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Amount (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa Advocacy Foundation</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All FM</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAWSO (Black Association of Women Step Out)</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FORWARD (Foundation for Women’s Health Research and Development)</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integrate Bristol</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Katherine Low Settlement</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester BME Network</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manor Garden Welfare Trust</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NESTAC (New Step for African Community)</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Safe Hands for Mothers</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Springfield Community Flat</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/09/2015 11:26:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

418953

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Naturalisation: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has received from naturalisation fees in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	10294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not separately record naturalisation income. These figures cannot be obtained, except at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2015 12:55:06 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

419137

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether refugees offered a home in Britain will be vetted before entry.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	10533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The operation of the UK’s resettlement schemes, including the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Scheme, involves the UNHCR submitting potential cases for our consideration. The cases are then screened and considered by the Home Office for suitability for entry to the UK: we retain the right to reject individuals on security, war crimes or other grounds.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2015 13:56:57 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock