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	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Act 2014
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to commence each section of the Immigration Act 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	199249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The provisions of the Immigration Act will come into force on a phased basis beginning in July 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/06/2014 14:14:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 346 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

62334

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: 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 people have been resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme since its launch; and how many people are expected to arrive in the UK under that scheme by December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	200675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To date 50 Syrians have arrived in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. <br><br>The scheme is based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis, and envisage that several hundred people will be helped over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/06/2014 13:47:01 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4333 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

62345

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Compass Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that accommodation provided by the COMPASS contracts meets the Decent Homes Standards.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	201006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is a statutory requirement that social housing meets the Decent Homes <br>Standard as defined in the Housing Act 2004.<br><br>All COMPASS contracts incorporate the requirements of the Decent Home Standards <br>for social housing as part of the contractual performance management <br>arrangements and are robustly monitored through three key performance <br>indicators which relate specifically to property standards. <br><br>Providers are required to inspect all properties on a monthly basis or at the <br>point when a service user first occupies the property. In addition, the Home <br>Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who also closely monitor <br>property standards as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.<br><br>Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 15:59:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4334 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

62346

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Compass Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that asylum seekers in COMPASS accommodation are able to register complaints quickly and easily.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	201007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The COMPASS contracts lay down requirements for the management of enquiries and <br>complaints received in respect of accommodation services provided to asylum <br>seekers.<br><br>COMPASS providers have a complaints service in place through which the asylum <br>seeker, their representative, the voluntary sector or local authorities can <br>raise concerns or issues direct. Providers also provide asylum seekers with a <br>detailed briefing on how they can raise a complaint as part of the move in <br>process. Asylum seekers can raise a complaint in a confidential way, and with <br>the assistance of an interpreter when required.<br><br>The complaints process is subject to performance management under the Key <br>Performance Indicators regime. Providers are required to report their <br>performance in terms of dealing with complaints on a monthly basis. In <br>addition, the Home Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who <br>also closely monitor complaints made to providers or made direct to the Home <br>Office as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.<br><br>Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 16:00:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4335 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert