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175220

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how much the Commissioners have spent on the Employment Tribunal action by the Reverend Mark Sharpe against the Bishop of Worcester and the Worcester Diocesan Board of Finance.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	221769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p><strong><em>Owing to ongoing legal proceedings, the Church Commissioners are unable to comment on this case at present.</em></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 27/01/2015 10:42:56 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

457085

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	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 plans her Department has made to consult stakeholders in advance on the (a) designation of reception zones and (b) determination of the criteria to be included in any order designating such zones in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	29429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Home Office appointed COMPASS contractors as providers of housing for asylum seekers with the ability to procure and supply housing in a manner that meets UK housing law. The COMPASS suppliers are required to consult local government formally to ensure relevant housing licensing requirements are met. UKVI officials have engaged with local government, through Strategic Migration Partnerships to devise suitable consultation protocols so that both parties are able to consider the most suitable locations for initial accommodation. In the circumstance that contingency options are deployed, the COMPASS provider is required to inform local dispersal authorities of the intended short term use of properties in their area, as initial accommodation facilities for asylum seekers, including in hotels.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/03/2016 14:18:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347677

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on training for (a) staff and (b) detainees in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 539 543 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347678

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported (a) incidents, (b) assaults and (c) serious assaults there were on staff in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 539 542 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347674

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres: Scotland
	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 left the employment of immigration centres in Scotland in each year since 2006; and for what reasons those people have left that employment.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 542 543 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347675

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: 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 people have been detained in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006; and what the capacity of such centres was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel House in Strathaven, Lanarkshire is the sole immigration removal centre (IRC) located in Scotland.</p><p>The table below shows the number of people entering detention solely under Immigration Act powers at Dungavel House IRC from 2009 to 2014:</p><p>Year Detainees</p><p>2009 1,661</p><p>2010 1,432</p><p>2011 1,481</p><p>2012 1,431</p><p>2013 1,626</p><p>2014 1,297</p><p>Some detainees may be recorded more than once if, for example, the person has been detained on more than one occasion in the time period shown, such as a person who has left detention, but has subsequently been re-detained. Information on people entering detention prior to 2009 is unavailable.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release. Data relating to people entering detention are available in tables dt_01 and dt_01_q in Immigration Statistics: January – March 2015 on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release and which will be placed in the Library of the House. Occupancy statistics were not collected by the Home Office before 2009 and figures prior to this are unavailable.</p><p>The following table shows the capacity of Dungavel House IRC from 2006 to 2015:</p><p>Year Capacity</p><p>2006 188</p><p>2007 188</p><p>2008 188</p><p>2009 190</p><p>2010 217</p><p>2011 217</p><p>2012 217</p><p>2013 217</p><p>2014 249</p><p>2015 249</p><p>The information provided in relation to capacity is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/06/2015 10:11:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347676

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: 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 detainees in immigration removal centres in Scotland have taken their own life since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel House is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. There have been no self inflicted deaths at the centre since 2006.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

457079

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) when, (b) where and (c) for how long the powers under section 101 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to designate reception zones have been used to date; and how many asylum seekers designated under section 95 of that Act have been so supported.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	29539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 introduced the policy of national dispersal, designed to share the impact of asylum seekers across the whole of the UK. Asylum seekers are housed across the UK under voluntary agreements between national government and local authorities that have been in place since 2000. The powers under Section 101 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 have not been used to date.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/03/2016 16:26:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391551

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who he plans will be exempt from the removal of automatic entitlement to housing benefit for people aged 18 to 21.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	8004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>To prevent young people slipping straight into a life on benefits, from April 2017 the Government will remove the automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in Universal Credit from 18-21 year olds who are out of work. This will ensure young people in the benefits system face the same choices as young people who work and who may not be able to afford to leave home.</p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that vulnerable young people who are in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it. Government will consider the impact in line with our legal obligations as part of that process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:55:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

42628

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the future use of the Post Office Card Account.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	191494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Post Office card account (POca) contract expires in March 2015 with the possibility of a 2 year extension beyond that date. </p><p>The POca is a very simple account designed for the receipt of pensions and legacy benefits. It cannot be used for the payment of wages/salaries and does not offer transactional services such as direct debits so will not be suitable for the majority of working age claimants eligible for Universal Credit. </p><p>No decision has been made on the future of the POca but discussions are currently taking place between DWP, Post Office Ltd and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to consider the future needs of customers beyond 2015 and any announcement on this matter will be made in due course.</p><p>Ministers and Officials have also met with relevant stakeholders, including the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters to discuss POca related issues. </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 191493 191495 question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray