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420278

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of its performance in ensuring the accuracy of the electoral register during the 2015 General Election.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	10872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not maintain the electoral registers, which is the statutory duty of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and their teams. The Electoral Commission issues guidance to EROs about how to deliver both well run elections and public awareness campaigns to make sure voters are aware of when and how to register to vote. The Commission also runs its own public awareness campaigns to remind people to register to vote and to support the activity of EROs. During its campaign before the 2015 General Election there were 1,561,093 additions to the electoral registers, as detailed in its <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/190941/May-2015-polls-public-awareness-activity-report.pdf" target="_blank">campaign evaluation report</a>.</p><p>In June 2015 the Electoral Commission published its assessment of the progress with transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER). An updated version of this assessment was recently laid in the House Library amending a small number of typographical errors found in background figures, none of which affected the findings of the assessment or the Commission’s advice.</p><p>The Commission’s June IER assessment did not include an estimate of levels of accuracy and completeness of the registers. The Commission’s last report on this was published in 2014. The June report did note, however, that activities such as the introduction of IER and the introduction of online registration are likely to have had a positive impact on accuracy and completeness. However, it was also clear that others will have had a negative effect, such as the lack of comprehensive household canvassing activity in 2014.</p><p>The Electoral Commission has made clear that it does not support the Government’s decision to bring forward the end of the transition to IER to 1 December 2015 and has noted instead that this should remain as 1 December 2016, as Parliament originally decided. However, should Parliament approve the Government’s order to bring forward the end of the transition, the Commission will continue to monitor the state of the registers and will collect further data from EROs focusing on the 2015 canvass and the December 2015 register.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 15/10/2015 10:09:48 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

436297

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether victims of crime are informed when foreign prisoners are (a) deported and (b) expected to be released.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	19162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>A victim may contact the Home Office directly or make a request via their Victim Liaison Officer (VLO) for information on the progress of a foreign prisoner’s deportation. When a request is received the Home Office will respond to the victim or their VLO on whether deportation is being pursued or has been enforced.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/12/2015 17:24:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

453308

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the possibility of establishing third party agreements to enable the deportation of foreign nationals who refuse or who cannot safely be returned to their country of origin to return to a neighbouring country.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	27388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Discussions continue to take place between a number of Government departments on a regular basis on how we tackle illegal migration, including solutions to enable the return of foreign nationals.</p><p>Each asylum case is considered on its individual merits. Where it is accepted that an individual would face persecution in their country of origin or it would be otherwise unsafe for them to return, some form of protection would normally be granted in the UK. If protection is not granted, then whether or not removal can be enforced, we expect failed asylum seekers to return home.</p><p>Generally, there are no countries to which, as a matter of immigration policy, we cannot remove. However there may be some countries where at any one time it is difficult logistically to undertake enforced removals.</p><p>We are in discussions with EU partners on how to take forward proposals to return those who travel through safe third countries back to those areas they transited through, or to establish zones of protection to which failed asylum seekers could be returned when return to their country of origin is not possible.</p><p>The UK also participates in a number of EU readmission agreements, some of which include clauses for returning third country nationals.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/03/2016 16:23:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

453305

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of cases in which asylum claims are refused on the basis that the claimant is not judged to have a sufficient case but the claimant cannot be deported because their home country is deemed to be unsafe.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	27393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>We carefully consider all asylum claims on their individual merits and provide protection for those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations. No one who is at risk of serious harm in their country is expected to return there, but we do expect those who do not need our protection to return home voluntarily.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/02/2016 16:11:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

349560

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that letting agents are able to verify the immigration status of tenants who are subletters.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	1903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The system of right to rent checks which we introduced through the Immigration Act 2014 enables a landlord to delegate the responsibility for conducting a check on a tenant’s status to a lettings agent, together with any associated liability for a penalty. Where a tenant sublets the accommodation to another person, the legislation provides that the tenant is responsible for conducting a right to rent check, and liable for any penalty for not doing so, unless it has been agreed by both parties that the check will be performed by the landlord or an agent. Full guidance for lettings agents on how to carry out checks is available online (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice</a>), and through a free telephone helpline.</p><p>The first phase of the scheme is in operation in Birmingham, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton and is currently being evaluated before it is extended to the rest of the country.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:50:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

436296

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	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 (a) supervise foreign prisoners and (b) contact the relevant foreign justice ministries when such prisoners are deported.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	19161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not supervise foreign prisoners once they have been deported from the UK or routinely advise foreign governments when a returnee is a Foreign National Offender. However, we have negotiated arrangements with three countries, to date, to share limited criminality information in advance of deportation.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/12/2015 17:23:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

454243

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that failed asylum claimants who have spoken out against the government of their country of origin are not deported in such a way as to draw the case to the attention of immigration officials in the destination country.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	27893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>We carefully consider all asylum claims on their individual merits and provide protection for those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). This includes an assessment about whether a person who has spoken out against their government is likely to be at risk of persecution or serious harm on return.</p><p>We do not provide any information relating to an asylum claim to the government of a claimant’s country of origin. No one who is at risk of serious harm in their country is expected to return there, but we do expect those who do not need our protection to return home voluntarily.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 27894 question first answered 01/03/2016 16:35:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

164406

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Married People
	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 is taking to ensure that British nationals living abroad are aware of visa requirements for foreign national spouses when they return to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	215650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The visa requirements for the foreign national spouses of British Citizens returning to the UK are set out on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/family-visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/family-visas</a><br><br>Information on the location, opening times and contact details of UK visa application centres is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/find-a-visa-application-centre" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/find-a-visa-application-centre</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/11/2014 16:12:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

446838

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is made for victims of crimes committed by foreign prisoners to access information about the progress of their deportation.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	23716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>A victim may contact the Home Office directly or make a request via their Victim Liaison Officer (VLO) for information on the progress of a foreign prisoner’s deportation. The Home Office will inform the victim or their VLO on whether deportation is being pursued or has been enforced.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/01/2016 16:00:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 41099 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

416777

	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	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what period of time is classed as temporary for the purposes of applying the immigration health surcharge to non-European Economic Area migrants.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	8844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The immigration health surcharge is paid by non-EEA nationals who apply to come to the UK to work, study or join family for a time-limited period of more than 6 months. It is also paid by non-EEA nationals who are already in the UK and apply to extend their stay for a time-limited period. Some exemptions apply, for example migrants making an application for asylum.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/09/2015 13:53:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie