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1005896

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 101 calls have been (a) unanswered and (b) abandoned in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	190569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect this data. The handling of 101 calls is an operational matter for the police, including response times and performance targets. It is for elected Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables to decide how best to manage their communications and response to the public.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 190570 question first answered 15/11/2018 16:40:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1005897

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is that a caller to the 101 number has waited for their call to be answered in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	190570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect this data. The handling of 101 calls is an operational matter for the police, including response times and performance targets. It is for elected Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables to decide how best to manage their communications and response to the public.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 190569 question first answered 15/11/2018 16:40:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1000292

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department taking to ensure that the agri-food sector is able to access non-UK seasonal workers after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	187350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Darlington on 22 October, UIN 180695.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/11/2018 17:27:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

991186

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance his Department has (a) requested and (b) received from the European Counter-Terrorism Centre on apprehending foreign fighters.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	181625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government values the role of Europol in helping law enforcement agencies coordinate investigations into serious and organised cross border crime and terrorism. That includes the European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) which was set up in 2016 as an operations centre and hub of expertise for EU Member States at Europol. Since September 2017 the UK has embedded UK Police Officers within the ECTC and works closely with our European partners through the centre.</p><p>Information exchange between UK authorities and Europol is well-established and takes place on a daily and routine basis on a wide range of criminal activity. This includes information sharing to tackle the threat of terrorism and cooperation continues to assist UK efforts to tackle cross-border terrorist activity impacting on the UK.</p><p>We cannot comment specifically on the assistance that the Department has requested and received from the ECTC as this is operationally sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/11/2018 17:46:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1003586

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to (a) the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund and (b) other sources of funding available to his Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop and implement new guidance on the conduct of asylum interviews, and how the effectiveness of that guidance is being monitored and evaluated; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	189650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it and this Government is committed to delivering a fair and humane asylum system.</p><p>We recognise that asylum interviews are a vital part of the asylum process, ensuring that decision makers have available all relevant evidence so that they can make an informed decision. To that end, we have published detailed Home Office policy guidance setting out how caseworkers are expected to conduct asylum interviews, which was developed in collaboration with external partners, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We are currently reviewing this policy and intend to publish a revised version by the end of the year.</p><p>We systematically assess the quality of asylum decisions against a detailed audit framework drawn up in consultation with external partners, including the UNHCR, which includes checks on compliance with existing asylum policies and relevant case law.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2018 16:29:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1005686

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 total number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area in England, Scotland and Wales through the asylum dispersal programme in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	190457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly figures on the number of asylum seek-ers housed in dispersed accommodation, including under Section 95, by lo-cal authority in the Immigration Statistics release, in table as_16q and 17q in volume 4 of the Asylum data tables. These are available at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p>This does not include those asylum seekers who are accommodated with friends and family, and who are not in receipt of support.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/11/2018 16:23:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1006151

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	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 ensure that minors residing in Calais that have family in the UK are able to access family reunification procedures.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	190963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The primary responsibly for children in France lies with the French authorities. It is important that any children present in Calais claim asylum or otherwise engage with French authorities.</p><p>Under the EU Dublin Regulation the UK will accept all requests for transfer of an unaccompanied child’s asylum claims with qualifying family in the UK and where transfer is in the child’s best interests. In order to enter this process, a child must first claim asylum in the Member State in which they are present, and that State must request that the UK takes charge of their asylum claim.</p><p>As part of the Sandhurst Treaty, signed between the UK and France on 18 January 2018, we agreed a comprehensive package to support unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. This includes a £3.6 million development fund to support eligible children through the Dublin process and ensures that those without any prospect for transferring to the UK are informed of their options. We have also agreed shorter timescales for acceptance and transfer under the Dublin process and a UK asylum liaison officer has been deployed to France to support this process.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/11/2018 15:17:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1002486

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 October (HL10690), why they deport failed asylum seekers to Somalia, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which they have advised are too dangerous for "all travel" by British citizens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL11327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>As Lord Ahmad explained in his response of 25 October, the FCO’s advice is aimed at British nationals who may be planning to travel to particular countries. In the case of asylum seekers, the Home Office considers whether it would be a breach of our international obligations to require a national of, or a person entitled to reside in, one of those countries to return there.</p><p>We would only seek to return someone if the Home Office and the courts had considered the individual facts of a case and concluded that it would not be a breach of those obligations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/11/2018 11:33:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1006141

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: 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 women are currently being held in immigration detention while their asylum claims are being processed.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	190881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The department currently does not record the information on the criteria as set; the number of women being held in detention while their asylum claims are being processed.</p><p>The number of women who were detained from 2010 Q1 to 2018 Q2 is available in table dt_13_q in the latest release of the ‘Immigration Statistics, ‘Year ending June 2018’, available from the Home Office website at; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018-data-tables</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/11/2018 15:32:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1006142

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 28 of the independent report entitled Welfare in detention of vulnerable persons review: progress report, published on gov.uk in July 2018, what steps his Department is taking in response to the recommendation that it should take steps to identify women claiming asylum who are being held in detention whose cases would be better processed in the community.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	190882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Almost all asylum claims are processed in the community. Individuals who have their claim processed in detention have usually claimed asylum after being detained for removal, are detained for public protection reasons or have previously failed to comply with the UK’s immigration rules. In response to recommendation 10 in Stephen Shaw’s second report, we are considering whether more of those who claim asylum in detention could have their claims processed in the community.</p><p>In addition, the Home Secretary has undertaken to establish a pilot to manage vulnerable women in the community who would otherwise be detained in Yarl’s Wood and we anticipate that the pilot will have a role in addressing recommendation 10 for women who have claimed asylum in detention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/11/2018 15:30:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green