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registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote freedom of religion and belief as part of (1) their Counter-Extremism Strategy, and (2) the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL81
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>This Government works to protect and promote pluralistic values – including freedom of religion and belief - through its Counter-Extremism Strategy. Faith communities are crucial to tackling hatred and intolerance. Through our ‘Building a Stronger Britain Together’ programme we are supporting partners across the country to challenge extremism – including faith groups.</p><p>Protecting freedom of religion and belief is also central to the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism and cuts across two of the four pillars of the UN Global CT Strategy: addressing the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism, and ensuring respect for human rights for all and the rule of law as the fundamental basis for the fight against terrorism.</p><p>The new Commission for Countering Extremism will also support our faith communities in stamping out extremism and promoting our fundamental values.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/06/2017 15:27:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

717772

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: North Korea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of North Korean nationals who have entered UK territories in the last five years, other than those accredited as diplomatic staff working for the DPRK Embassy in London.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>North Korean nationals must have a visa to travel to the UK. Information on North Korean nationals who have entered the UK is published in the Home Office’s ‘Immigration Statistics, October - December 2016’, visa data tables volume 1, table v_05, available via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2016/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2016/list-of-tables#visas</a></p><p>These data shows the number of entry clearance visas issued to North Korean nationals since 2005.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/04/2017 13:34:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Entry visas 1 - vi - 05 table.xlsx title Oct-Dec 2016 - Visa Data Tables vol 1 table v_05
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

717209

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Balkans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the joint report from the International Rescue Committee and 11 other organisations, <i>Out of Sight, Exploited and Alone</i>, concerning unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) in the Balkans, and its principal concerns of (1) insufficient and unreliable data or information management on UASC within the region, (2) a lack of options for safe accommodation and comprehensive services for UASC in line with each child’s best interests, (3) a lack of access to legal pathways, (4) a lack of cross-border case management to improve continuity of care and protection, and (5) exposure to exploitation, violence and trafficking, including as a result of smuggling and violent pushbacks.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in Europe lies with the State in which they are present. We are committed to making sure that the Dublin III process works effectively to ensure that vulnerable asylum-seeking children receive the protection and support they need and are reunited as soon as possible with any close family members in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We regularly engage with the Governments in the Western Balkans region on migration and provide additional support to EU Member States hosting large numbers of unaccompanied children to promote their welfare. The UK has established a £10 million Refugee Children’s Fund to support the needs of vulnerable children arriving in Europe and prioritises the needs of unaccompanied and separated children travelling through Greece and the Balkans. Support includes specialised shelters which offer 24 hour care, including psychosocial support, educational activities and legal assistance.</p><p>Since October 2015, we have provided more than £17.2 million in humanitarian assistance for refugees and migrants in the Balkans. This has provided life-saving assistance (shelter, water and sanitation, hot and cold food, medical care and protection) for the most vulnerable migrants and refugees; as well as enhanced data for better migration management and support for durable solutions.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has allocated £8 million to a new Women and Girls Protection Fund which will protect girl and women refugees in Greece and the Balkans by providing shelters as a safe alternative to camp environments and strengthening national counter-trafficking mechanisms.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/04/2017 15:51:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

717213

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: North Korea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, what steps they are taking to ensure that North Korean nationals who enter UK territories are not involved in any unlawful activities.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>All citizens of North Korea require a visa to visit the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Applicants are assessed against the requirements of the Immigration Rules and will be refused where we are not satisfied that they meet these requirements. The biographic and biometric data supplied with visa applications is checked against Home Office databases to identify subjects of interest or persons who are not admissible to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We carry out 100% checks on passengers arriving on scheduled services at the border in order to identify any criminal, security and immigration concerns. Where we believe someone poses a risk, Border Force officers can — and do — refuse them entry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/04/2017 15:38:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

714306

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 23 March (HL6077), whether they will prepare and publish a draft bill with a view to its introduction as soon as agreement on the rights of EU citizens to remain in the UK has been reached.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Securing the status of EU nationals in the UK, and UK citizens in the EU, is one of the Government’s twelve key objectives for exit and we are looking to reach agreement on this point as early as possible once formal negotiations begin.</p><p>We will publish further information on this issue in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/03/2017 15:19:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

713089

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the <i>Report on an unannounced inspection of Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre</i> by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, published on 21 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government takes the welfare of detainees extremely seriously and has carefully considered the HM Chief Inspector of Prison’s (HMCIP) report on Morton Hall immigration removal centre. The service improvement plan will be published on the HMCIP website shortly.</p><p> </p><p>We will closely monitor progress towards implementing these recommendations. Stephen Shaw CBE has been invited to carry out a short review later this year to assess progress against his previous review into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6210 question first answered 03/04/2017 10:46:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

713090

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the findings of the <i>Report on an unannounced inspection of Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre</i> by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, published on 21 March, in particular that (1) too many detainees were held for prolonged periods, (2) the average length of detention was high, (3) children were detained for long periods of time due to failures in age assessment processes, (4) in one case, an incorrect Home Office age assessment led to the detention of a child for 36 days before social services confirmed that the boy was 16 years old, (5) the adults at risk policy was not yet widely understood, (6) there had been a three-fold increase in incidents of self-harm since the previous inspection, (7) the causes of self-harm had not been sufficiently analysed and there was no strategy to reduce it, and (8) four detainees had narrowly escaped fatal or serious injuries as a result of self-harm during the previous year.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government takes the welfare of detainees extremely seriously and has carefully considered the HM Chief Inspector of Prison’s (HMCIP) report on Morton Hall immigration removal centre. The service improvement plan will be published on the HMCIP website shortly.</p><p> </p><p>We will closely monitor progress towards implementing these recommendations. Stephen Shaw CBE has been invited to carry out a short review later this year to assess progress against his previous review into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6209 question first answered 03/04/2017 10:46:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

711189

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce a bill guaranteeing the right of EU nationals who were legally resident in the UK at the time of the EU referendum to remain in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Securing the status of EU nationals in the UK, and UK citizens in the EU, is one of the Government’s twelve key objectives for exit and we are looking to reach agreement on this point as early as possible once formal negotiations begin.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2017 12:34:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

709112

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 February (HL Deb cols 1860–1861) about unaccompanied child refugees, what is their response to the report by the British Red Cross <i>Can’t Stay, Can’t Go</i> concerning refused asylum seekers who cannot be returned.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>We are reviewing the report and its findings, but our position remains that individuals who have been found not to need protection and have exhausted all legal avenues in the UK are expected to take steps to leave the UK as soon as possible. If they do not, we will seek to enforce their removal.</p><p> </p><p>The Immigration Act 2016 (‘the Act’) includes measures to remove incentives for migrants to remain in the UK where they have no lawful basis for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>However, failed asylum seekers, including failed asylum seeking families may be eligible for ongoing support while there is a genuine obstacle to their departure. As now, what constitutes a genuine obstacle is expected to include non-receipt of a travel document or a medical reason why they cannot travel. We would to continue to expect failed asylum seekers to demonstrate they are taking all reasonable steps to leave the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We want to support those who genuinely need our protection, but also send out a very clear message to those who seek to use the system to gain an unfair immigration advantage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/03/2017 15:26:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

709113

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 February (HL Deb cols 1860–1861) about unaccompanied child refugees, what is their response to the report by Refugee Action <i>Locked out of learning</i>: <i>A snapshot of ESOL provision in England</i> concerning the waiting times to access English language classes faced by refugees.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The government supports English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) as part of its wider strategy to improve adult literacy in England, support integration and break down barriers to employment. As soon as adults are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection they become eligible for skills funding – including for ESOL courses - through a provider’s adult education budget. In addition to the existing funding, an additional £3 million was distributed to colleges and other providers that deliver to learners in the areas identified by the government as having the greatest ESOL need. All of the geographical areas cited by <em>Refugee Action</em> in its report have received additional funding in December 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/03/2017 15:27:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool