Linked Data API

parliament number

question first answered

27/10/2014 12:15:07

question text

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review the azure payment card for asylum seekers as a result of the new report by the British Red Cross on the humanitarian cost of the card.

session

2014/15

session number

tabling member printed

Lord Roberts of Llandudno

title

House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2223

type

uin

HL2223

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p>The Azure card is issued to destitute failed asylum seekers who require support because they are temporarily unable to leave the United Kingdom and can be used at most of the main supermarket chains to purchase food and other essential items. The performance of the card is kept under regular review and the views of reputable partners such as the Red Cross are carefully considered but the Government is satisfied that it is an effective way of ensuring the individuals are able to meet their essential living needs and not left destitute.</p>

creator

3691

	label	Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

publisher

tabling member

3691

	label	Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

100010

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

03/11/2014

date

20/10/2014

date tabled

20/10/2014

ddp created

21/10/2014 08:42:23

ddp modified

06/02/2015 19:13:22

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Home Office

answering dept sort name

Home Office

hansard heading

Asylum: Appeals

house id

identifier

HL2225

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

05/11/2014 14:33:12

question text

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Home Office asylum decisions were appealed against in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013; and what percentage of those appeals were successful.

session

2014/15

session number

tabling member printed

Lord Roberts of Llandudno

title

House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2225

type

uin

HL2225

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p>The annual number of asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful for 2005 and 2008 are shown in the table attached.</p><p>Data for asylum applications, asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful for 2011 and 2013 is available in published data and can be found in the links listed in the bullets below:</p><p>• Data for asylum applications can be found in table ‘as 01’ of the ‘Asylum data tables immigration statistics April to June 2014 volume 1’ is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables</a>.</p><p>• Data for asylum appeals lodged and % of appeals allowed is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>The volumes listed in the table and links above are not necessarily the same cohort of cases. As a result we are unable to provide data on the percentage of asylum applications in the years requested that resulted in an appeal.</p><p><strong>Table showing asylum appeals lodged and percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2005<strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong><strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asylum Appeals lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals determined by the IAA/AIT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,611</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,057</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% Asylum appeals allowed (of those determined)<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Appeals were dealt with by the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) until April 2005, by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) from Apr 2005 to Feb 2010, and since then by the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber.</p><p>[2] 2005 lodgement figures exclude appeals dismissed at the Preliminary Issue stage (out of time or invalid). HMCTS now include this category of appeal in Official Statistics data, from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007.</p><p>[3] The 2005 asylum appeals lodged figure may not match figures previously in the public domain due to differing dates of extraction from the case management database. See link to archive <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http:/www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/</a></p><p>[4] "determined" means decided by a judge and excludes withdrawn appeals.</p><p> </p>

creator

3691

	label	Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

publisher

tabling member

3691

	label	Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

100011

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

03/11/2014

date

20/10/2014

date tabled

20/10/2014

ddp created

21/10/2014 08:42:23

ddp modified

06/02/2015 19:13:23

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Home Office

answering dept sort name

Home Office

hansard heading

Asylum: Appeals

house id

identifier

HL2226

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

05/11/2014 14:33:12

question text

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Home Office asylum decisions were appealed against in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013; and what percentage of the total applications that represents.

session

2014/15

session number

tabling member printed

Lord Roberts of Llandudno

title

House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2226

type

uin

HL2226

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p>The annual number of asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful for 2005 and 2008 are shown in the table attached.</p><p>Data for asylum applications, asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful for 2011 and 2013 is available in published data and can be found in the links listed in the bullets below:</p><p>• Data for asylum applications can be found in table ‘as 01’ of the ‘Asylum data tables immigration statistics April to June 2014 volume 1’ is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables</a>.</p><p>• Data for asylum appeals lodged and % of appeals allowed is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>The volumes listed in the table and links above are not necessarily the same cohort of cases. As a result we are unable to provide data on the percentage of asylum applications in the years requested that resulted in an appeal.</p><p><strong>Table showing asylum appeals lodged and percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2005<strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong><strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asylum Appeals lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals determined by the IAA/AIT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,611</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,057</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% Asylum appeals allowed (of those determined)<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Appeals were dealt with by the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) until April 2005, by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) from Apr 2005 to Feb 2010, and since then by the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber.</p><p>[2] 2005 lodgement figures exclude appeals dismissed at the Preliminary Issue stage (out of time or invalid). HMCTS now include this category of appeal in Official Statistics data, from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007.</p><p>[3] The 2005 asylum appeals lodged figure may not match figures previously in the public domain due to differing dates of extraction from the case management database. See link to archive <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http:/www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/</a></p><p>[4] "determined" means decided by a judge and excludes withdrawn appeals.</p><p> </p>

creator

3691

	label	Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

publisher

tabling member

3691

	label	Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

76607

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

22/07/2014

date

08/07/2014

date tabled

08/07/2014

ddp created

08/07/2014 22:43:38

ddp modified

02/09/2015 14:13:16

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Home Office

answering dept sort name

Home Office

hansard heading

Migrant Workers: Conditions of Employment

house id

identifier

HL951

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

23/07/2014 13:09:00

question text

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent report by the Migration Advisory Committee about the effectiveness of employment rules, what plans they have to review and, if necessary, amend those laws.

session

2014/15

session number

tabling member printed

Lord Taylor of Warwick

title

House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL951

type

uin

HL951

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p>This report shows why we need an immigration system that is fair to British citizens and legitimate migrants and tough on those who abuse the system and flout the law. We are working across government to ensure the immigration system works in the national interest and will use the findings of this report, including those in respect of labour market regulation, to inform our approach. The Government has already taken action to increase the maximum penalty for National Minimum Wage underpayment from £5,000 to £20,000 per employer, and will now introduce primary legislation so that the penalty can be applied on a per worker basis, substantially increasing the penalty employers have to pay. The Government will also consult on banning ‘overseas only’ recruitment practices by employment agencies to ensure that UK natives have the opportunity to apply for all jobs based here.</p>

creator

1796

	label	Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

publisher

tabling member

1796

	label	Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

79528

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

06/08/2014

date

23/07/2014

date tabled

23/07/2014

ddp created

23/07/2014 22:52:57

ddp modified

17/12/2015 16:58:13

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Home Office

answering dept sort name

Home Office

hansard heading

Statutory Instruments

house id

identifier

HL1426

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

30/07/2014 11:18:51

question text

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Home Office have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.

session

2014/15

session number

tabling member printed

Lord Goodlad

title

House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1426

type

uin

HL1426

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p>The Home Office has laid 51 statutory instruments so far this calendar year. Five of these (10%) corrected errors in a previous instrument. Not all "errors" in a statutory instrument are drafting errors. Some instruments are withdrawn due to factual errors or changes in policy.The Home Office Legal Adviser's Branch has in place a "three pairs of eyes" check on all statutory instruments made by the Department. The policy instructions must be cleared by a Senior Civil Service official in the instructing unit. Instruments are then drafted by the responsible lawyer and are checked and cleared by the Senior Civil Service team leader. Instruments are then finally cleared by one of two senior lawyers with specialist drafting skills before they are laid. These processes were enhanced and improved in April this year. The quality of statutory instrument drafting is also being discussed within the wider Treasury Solicitor’s Department with a view to identifying ways of improving quality through, for example, more rigorous monitoring, better training and more flexible use of experienced and skilled drafters.</p><p> </p>

creator

670

	label	Biography information for Lord Goodlad

publisher

tabling member

670

	label	Biography information for Lord Goodlad

79552

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

06/08/2014

date

23/07/2014

date tabled

23/07/2014

ddp created

23/07/2014 22:53:02

ddp modified

07/10/2015 14:50:55

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Home Office

answering dept sort name

Home Office

hansard heading

Girls: Exploitation

house id

identifier

HL1450

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

22/09/2014 11:13:54

question text

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many girls under the age of 18 have been the victim of gang-related sexual violence since 2010, broken down by police force areas in England and Wales.

session

2014/15

session number

tabling member printed

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

title

House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1450

type

uin

HL1450

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p>The Home Office does not hold this information. <br><br>There is currently little hard data on the number of women and girls involved in gang violence. However, we know that women and girls who come into contact with street gangs are at greater risk of violence, particularly sexual violence.<br><br>The Government report on ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence’ (November 2011) recognised the importance of tackling gang-related violence on girls, and refers to research by Race on the Agenda (2010:11) which exposed the significant harm that girls associated with gangs can experience. Further research has been undertaken by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and Bedfordshire University. This was set out in their Interim Report (2012): "I thought I was the only one. The only one in the world" and the Final Report (2013): If only someone had listened".<br><br>Steps taken to protect girls from becoming involved in gang-related crime are set out in the ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence Report: One Year On’ (November 2012) and ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence Annual Report 2013’ (December 2013) documents.<br><br>This includes dedicated funding of £1.2m over three years (April 2012 to March 2015) to improve services for girls under 18 at risk, or victims of, sexual violence and exploitation by gangs.<br><br>The reports are available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p>

creator

4303

	label	Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

publisher

tabling member

4303

	label	Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

38104

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

13/02/2014

date

11/02/2014

date tabled

11/02/2014

ddp created

11/02/2014 22:10:28

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:52:50

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

187705

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

10/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported by the Border Agency since May 2010 have subsequently been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Delyn

tabling member printed

Mr David Hanson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 187705

type

uin

187705

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally and would only be available at <br>disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p>

creator

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

publisher

tabling member

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

38302

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

13/02/2014

date

11/02/2014

date tabled

11/02/2014

ddp created

11/02/2014 22:22:02

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:54:54

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

187807

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

10/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to investigate the English language test results of students who completed English language tests organised by ETS in each of the last three years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Delyn

tabling member printed

Mr David Hanson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 187807

type

uin

187807

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p> </p><p>The Home Office has suspended acceptance of all ETS tests taken and used in the <br>UK whist the scope of the issue is ascertained and to determine the number of people who <br>have taken a test and been involved in fraud. We have specialist teams in place <br>to undertake this analysis. <br><br>We are looking at all current and past applications. Anyone who is found to <br>have used or is currently trying to use evidence that they obtained dishonestly <br>can expect to have their leave curtailed and be removed from the UK or have any <br>outstanding application refused and leave the UK. We will also seek criminal <br>prosecution where appropriate and use all of the measures that we have <br>available. <br><br>Our reforms have curbed abuse by closing bogus colleges, making the application <br>process more rigorous and imposing more rules on colleges to improve course <br>quality. However, as the recent BBC Panorama programme highlighted, much more <br>needs to be done. <br>The Government will take all necessary steps, but our approach also requires <br>the education sector, particularly private or further education colleges and <br>those providing secure English language testing, to take on their <br>responsibility to tackle abuse.</p><p> </p>

creator

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

publisher

tabling member

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

38759

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/02/2014

date

12/02/2014

date tabled

12/02/2014

ddp created

12/02/2014 23:01:11

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:58:21

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188048

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the income provided to the Educational Testing Service for English language tests by (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) her Department in each of the last three years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Delyn

tabling member printed

Mr David Hanson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188048

type

uin

188048

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p> </p><p>On 6th February 2014 ETS were instructed to suspend all English language <br>testing in the UK for immigration purposes and from the same date all <br>immigration applications made in the UK that are supported by an ETS test <br>certificate have been placed on hold. On 5th April the licence ETS held to <br>conduct English language testing for immigration purposes expired and it has <br>not been renewed. A criminal investigation, which began before the BBC Panorama <br>programme aired allegations with respect to ETS testing conducted in the UK, <br>remains ongoing.</p><p> </p>

creator

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

publisher

tabling member

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

38760

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/02/2014

date

12/02/2014

date tabled

12/02/2014

ddp created

12/02/2014 23:01:11

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:58:22

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188047

legislature

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the proposed (a) terms of reference, (b) method and (c) timescale of her Department's investigation into language tests organised by the Educational Testing Service.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Delyn

tabling member printed

Mr David Hanson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188047

type

uin

188047

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer

	answer text	<p> </p><p>On 6th February 2014 ETS were instructed to suspend all English language <br>testing in the UK for immigration purposes and from the same date all <br>immigration applications made in the UK that are supported by an ETS test <br>certificate have been placed on hold. On 5th April the licence ETS held to <br>conduct English language testing for immigration purposes expired and it has <br>not been renewed. A criminal investigation, which began before the BBC Panorama <br>programme aired allegations with respect to ETS testing conducted in the UK, <br>remains ongoing.</p><p> </p>

creator

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

publisher