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1082360

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/03/2019
	date	05/03/2019
	date tabled	05/03/2019
	ddp created	05/03/2019 21:21:17
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	05/03/2019 21:33:22 11/03/2019 16:50:02
	hansard heading	Abduction: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	228591
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/03/2019 16:18:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the ability of UK police to deal with child abduction cases.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 228591
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	228591
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the safety and security of UK and EU citizens. Our intention remains to establish a comprehensive and legally binding agreement on internal security which would enable continuing cooperation based on EU measures.</p><p>However, we are preparing for all eventualities. In a no-deal scenario, UK law enforcement agencies will use well-established alternative mechanisms to co-operate with partners on a police-to-police basis. This will include use of the INTERPOL secure network and pre-existing bi-lateral channels to facilitate police cooperation on child abduction cases.</p>
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1079612

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/03/2019
	date	01/03/2019
	date tabled	01/03/2019
	ddp created	01/03/2019 17:35:46
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	01/03/2019 17:45:09 14/03/2019 17:22:02
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14154
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/03/2019 16:50:56
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the future EU workers visa scheme will allow farmers to employ seasonal workers on part-year contracts for consecutive years.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14154
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14154
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have published an ambitious White Paper, setting out proposals for our future skills-based immigration system, including a new Temporary Worker route, open to all skill levels, to ensure UK businesses and employers have the staff they need, including seasonal workers.</p><p>Following a cooling off period, previous holders of a temporary short-term work visa will be eligible to apply for another temporary work visa to come to the UK.</p>
	creator	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1086685

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/03/2019
	date	11/03/2019
	date tabled	11/03/2019
	ddp created	11/03/2019 23:19:14
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	11/03/2019 23:32:38 19/03/2019 14:48:02
	hansard heading	Airguns
	house id	1
	identifier	230648
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/03/2019 14:16:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to publish its response to the review into air weapons which was launched on 10 October 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 230648
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	230648
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government fully understands the interest that Members of Parliament and others have in the outcomes of the Home Office review of the regulation of air weapons. It remains our intention to set these out as soon as we can.</p>
	creator	533 label Biography information for David Hanson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1078983

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/03/2019
	date	27/02/2019
	date tabled	27/02/2019
	ddp created	27/02/2019 21:44:38
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	28/02/2019 21:15:10 13/03/2019 15:26:02
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14104
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/03/2019 14:54:44
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-UK Commonwealth nationals serving in the UK armed forces have (1) applied for their families to settle with them in the UK in each of the last ten years, and (2) been refused such permission.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14104
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14104
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested from centrally collated statistical databases as we do not hold data on sponsors. This information could only be obtained by a manual case by case review to collate the data which would be disproportionately expensive.</p>
	creator	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

1078985

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/03/2019
	date	27/02/2019
	date tabled	27/02/2019
	ddp created	27/02/2019 21:44:40
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	27/02/2019 21:46:25 13/03/2019 15:37:02
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14105
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/03/2019 15:05:25
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the criteria by which applications for the families of non-UK Commonwealth nationals serving in the UK armed forces to settle in the UK are decided.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14105
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14105
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Family members of any member of the UK Armed Forces, regardless of the nationality of the service person, can apply for settlement in the UK under the Immigration Rules contained in Appendix Armed Forces.</p><p>The eligibility criteria for family members of members of the Forces are set out in full online in Appendix Armed Forces:<br>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-armed-forces</p><p>This makes clear that to be eligible for settlement in the UK requires the following criteria to be met. Partners of members of the Forces must have completed a period of 60 months limited leave under Appendix Armed Forces – sometimes called the “probationary period”. Partners and over-18 children must demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the English language and knowledge about life in the UK. Their sponsor in the Forces must meet the appropriate minimum income thresholds to sponsor a partner or children, and the applicant must not fall for refusal on suitability grounds.</p>
	creator	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

1064583

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/03/2019
	date	20/02/2019
	date tabled	20/02/2019
	ddp created	20/02/2019 22:26:04
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 19:15:20 06/03/2019 17:41:02
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13902
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/03/2019 17:09:06
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many private companies run government-supported accommodation for asylum seekers.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13902
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13902
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>UKVI currently discharges their statutory duty to provide destitute asylum seeker accommodation and transport via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers: G4S in the North East, Yorkshire &amp; Humberside and the Midlands; Serco in the North West, Scotland and Northern Ireland and Clearsprings Ready Homes in London, the South and Wales.</p>
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1064584

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/03/2019
	date	20/02/2019
	date tabled	20/02/2019
	ddp created	20/02/2019 22:26:17
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 19:15:22 06/03/2019 17:59:02
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13903
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/03/2019 17:27:46
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers live in government-supported accommodation which has been deemed substandard.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13903
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13903
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Home Office has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place to ensure that the required performance standards expected of all providers, as defined in the contracts, are met. Home Office inspections have found that accommodation generally meets the required standards and where defects are identified they are resolved within the timescales set out in the contract. Where Providers have failed to meet these contractual service standards sanctions have been imposed.</p>
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1064785

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/03/2019
	date	21/02/2019
	date tabled	21/02/2019
	ddp created	21/02/2019 18:40:59
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 18:45:25 07/03/2019 17:35:02
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13949
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/03/2019 17:03:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many contracts they hold with G4S to provide government-supported accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13949
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13949
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>G4S are currently contracted to provide asylum seeker accommodation and transport to service users accommodated in the North East, Yorkshire &amp; Humberside and the Midlands. This contract will end in September 2019.</p>
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1064786

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/03/2019
	date	21/02/2019
	date tabled	21/02/2019
	ddp created	21/02/2019 18:41:00
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 18:45:27 07/03/2019 17:59:02
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13950
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/03/2019 17:27:01
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is overcrowding in government-supported accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13950
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13950
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>To ensure overcrowding does not happen accommodation providers must comply with national and local housing regulations including those regarding room sharing. The accommodation contracts set out who may share a room, which includes allowing room sharing for couples, unrelated adults of the same sex and related children depending on their genders and ages.</p><p>Providers are contractually required to take account of any particular circumstances and vulnerability of those that they accommodate and an assessment is made on a case-by-case basis depending on the specific needs of the individual. All of our properties are inspected by the providers on a monthly basis, in addition to regular inspections carried out by Home Office officials. Where there are licensing requirements, local authorities also conduct inspections. <br>The statement of requirements showing the requirements for accommodation sizes and room sharing can be found at https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503107/</p>
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1082435

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/03/2019
	date	05/03/2019
	date tabled	05/03/2019
	ddp created	05/03/2019 21:53:59
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	05/03/2019 21:56:54 19/03/2019 16:53:04
	hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT+ People
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14272
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/03/2019 16:21:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people claimed asylum in the last 12 months on the grounds of their (1) sexual orientation, and (2) gender identity; and of those, how many cases were (a) granted, (b) refused, (c) granted on appeal, and (d) refused on appeal.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14272
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14272
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Home Office remains committed to publishing information on the number of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation.</p><p>On 29 November 2018, the Home Office published experimental statistics on Asylum claims made on the basis of sexual orientation, covering the period 2015 to 2017.</p><p>These experimental statistics provide data on asylum claims from 2015-2017, by year of application, initial decision, appeal receipt, or appeal decision</p><p>The experimental statistics can be found at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018-data-tables</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>SOC_00: Applications, initial decisions, and appeals for main applicants, for whom sexual orientation formed a basis of their claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,768 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,212 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,936 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Initial decisions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,584 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,845 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,887 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which:</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Grants</em></p></td><td><p><em>620 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 497 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 423 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Refusals</em></p></td><td><p><em>964 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 1,348 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 1,464 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>857 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,103 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,306 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals determined</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>515 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 916 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,477 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which:</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Allowed</em></p></td><td><p><em>167 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 341 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 487 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Dismissed</em></p></td><td><p><em>324 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 553 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 951 </em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These are the latest data available, and the next planned update to these statistics is in August 2019.</p><p>Data published in this release relate to the number of asylum claims made where sexual orientation formed part of the basis of the claim. The data does not represent the number of asylum claimants who define themselves as LGB. Having an identifier that an asylum case is based on sexual orientation does not indicate that a claimant has any particular sexuality or that sexual orientation is the reason for any grant or refusal of asylum. It also does not signify whether that aspect of the claim has been accepted. Sexual orientation as a basis of claim could be due to imputed assertions or association rather than a defining characteristic of the claimant.</p><p>The Home Office do not record data on asylum claims based on gender identity or expression. The option to record this data remains under review. Historically the number of gender identity-based asylum claims has been low.</p><p>The Home Office is developing dedicated policy guidance for caseworkers considering gender identity and expression (including intersex) issues raised as the basis of an asylum claim.</p>
	creator	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven