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100075

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the conclusion of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee that "section 4 is not the solution for people who have been refused but cannot be returned" as stated in their report <i>Asylum</i> (7th Report of session 2013–14, HC 71).
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Azure card is issued to destitute failed asylum seekers accommodated under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 because they are temporarily unable to leave the United Kingdom. The card can be used at most of the main supermarket chains to purchase food and other essential items. The performance of the card is kept under regular review but the Government is satisfied that it is an effective way of ensuring that recipients are able to meet their essential living needs and are not left destitute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government therefore has no plans to abolish the card or change legislation to allow people supported under section 4 to receive cash instead.</p><p> </p><p>The total administrative costs of the card scheme since it was introduced in 2009 are approximately £1,515,000. Estimated administrative costs for the current financial year are £200,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its response to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee report about asylum procedures in December 2013 (cm 8769). A response to the Committee’s views on section 4 support was set out on page 18-19.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2277 HL2278 HL2279 HL2280 question first answered 28/10/2014 15:17:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

100076

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Free Movement of People: Republic of Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role the free movement of people between the United Kingdom and Ireland, however defined, plays in the Anglo-Irish agreement and in the documents which underpin it.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL2282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Free movement of people between the United Kingdom and Ireland within the Common Travel Area has existed since 1923 and therefore predates both the Anglo-Irish Agreement and the subsequent British-Irish Agreement. The free movement of people between the two jurisdictions is not provided for by either Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/10/2014 15:18:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

1002218

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether an Irish citizen born in Ireland with an English mother is entitled to apply for a British passport.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL11239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>To apply for a British passport, a person must first hold a form of British nationality. Irish nationals born after 1949 can generally become British citizens if one of their parents held British citizenship at the time of their birth and was able to pass that status on. Mothers could only pass on British nationality from 1 January 1983.</p><p>Where they do not hold British nationality, Irish nationals with a British citizen parent are able to apply for naturalisation or registration as a British citizen provided they meet the statutory requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL11240 question first answered 16/11/2018 11:31:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1002219

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether an Irish citizen born in Ireland with an English father is entitled to apply for a British passport.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL11240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>To apply for a British passport, a person must first hold a form of British nationality. Irish nationals born after 1949 can generally become British citizens if one of their parents held British citizenship at the time of their birth and was able to pass that status on. Mothers could only pass on British nationality from 1 January 1983.</p><p>Where they do not hold British nationality, Irish nationals with a British citizen parent are able to apply for naturalisation or registration as a British citizen provided they meet the statutory requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL11239 question first answered 16/11/2018 11:31:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1002234

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Expenditure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £3.6 million development fund for claims under the Dublin Regulation and for family reunion has so far been spent; and whether such expenditure has increased and accelerated the approval of cases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL11255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Following the Sandhurst Treaty in January 2018, officials within the French and British Governments have been working collaboratively to understand how the Dublin Development Fund can be used most effectively. Under the terms of the Sandhurst Treaty, an Asylum Liaison Officer has been deployed in Paris to facilitate this cooperation.</p><p>We are confident that the agreed programme of work will improve access to the Dublin process and ensure comprehensive support and accurate information is provided to vulnerable migrants. We are in the process of transferring these funds and will continue to work with the French Government to implement this work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/11/2018 11:31:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1002251

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Independent Child Trafficking Advocates scheme will continue to operate in the early adopter sites of Greater Manchester, Hampshire and Wales beyond 31 January 2019; and if so, what additional funding has been provided in respect of the continuation of the scheme in those areas.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL11272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Child Trafficking Advocates provision will continue to operate in the early adopter sites in Greater Manchester, Hampshire and Wales up until the end of March 2020</p><p>We have invested an additional £2m to expand the ICTA provision into West Midlands, East Midlands and Croydon. This will mean the service will be available in one third of all local authorities by April 2019. <br>Together with our existing and valuable early adopter sites (Greater Manchester, Hampshire, and nationally in Wales), the new sites will help us to test and revise the ICTA service to ensure we have the right model for national roll-out.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/11/2018 17:45:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1002252

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average length of time taken to make (1) a reasonable grounds decision, and (2) a conclusive grounds decision, for a child referred to the National Referral Mechanism as a potential victim of modern slavery.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL11273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p><br>The National Crime Agency (NCA) regularly publishes National Referral Mechanism (NRM) data but does not publish data about the timescales for reaching reasonable grounds or conclusive grounds decisions by either UKVI or the Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Unit in the NCA.</p><p>The NCA does not publish data regarding the age of potential victims when an NRM decision is made, only whether they were an adult or child at the time when the exploitation took place.</p><p>Latest statistics on NRM referrals and decisions are available at the following link: http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics</p><p>Further information is also available in the 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery which was published on 18 October 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/11/2018 17:40:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1002253

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 November (HL10891), whether they will instruct the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate service to collect data on the status of a child's National Referral Mechanism referral at the point the child leaves the service so that the data can be anonymised and analysed.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL11274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service and children who exited support can be found in the Interim Report published by the Home Office in July, and the accompanying data tables on Gov.UK.</p><p>On turning 18, any young person who is awaiting an NRM decision, becomes eligible for support from The Salvation Army through the Victim Care Contract. It is part of the ICTA’s role to ensure they effectively transition children turning 18 into appropriate support upon leaving the ICTA service. This can include services procured through The Salvation Army and a range of locally provided adult services. The transition of children out of the ICTA service, including when a child turns 18, is being examined as part of the next phase of the assessment of the ICTA service in early adopter sites and will form part of the final report, to be published in Spring 2019.</p><p>The Government has also commissioned an Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 which is examining section 48 of the Act, which provides for ICTAs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL11275 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:33:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1002254

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 November (HL10891), (1) how many young people who turn 18 while awaiting a National Referral Mechanism (NRM) decision have been transitioned into services for adult potential victims under the Victim Care Contract provided by the Salvation Army, (2) how many of these young people have entered the adult support services on leaving the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service, and (3) if this information is not currently available, whether they will instruct the ICTA service and the Salvation Army to collect data on the number of young people entering adult support services having been referred to the NRM as a child but still awaiting a decision and specifically the number of referrals made from the ICTA service to the Salvation Army.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL11275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service and children who exited support can be found in the Interim Report published by the Home Office in July, and the accompanying data tables on Gov.UK.</p><p>On turning 18, any young person who is awaiting an NRM decision, becomes eligible for support from The Salvation Army through the Victim Care Contract. It is part of the ICTA’s role to ensure they effectively transition children turning 18 into appropriate support upon leaving the ICTA service. This can include services procured through The Salvation Army and a range of locally provided adult services. The transition of children out of the ICTA service, including when a child turns 18, is being examined as part of the next phase of the assessment of the ICTA service in early adopter sites and will form part of the final report, to be published in Spring 2019.</p><p>The Government has also commissioned an Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 which is examining section 48 of the Act, which provides for ICTAs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL11274 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:33:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

1002255

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 have been made in each year since the passing of the Act; how many victims have received compensation as a result of those reparation orders; and what was the (1) total, and (2) average, amount of those compensation awards.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL11276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>To the end of the calendar year 2017, the latest period of data that is available shows that no slavery, trafficking and reparation orders have been made.</p><p>We are currently using the review of the Modern Slavery Act to assess the effectiveness of these powers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/11/2018 17:49:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich