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391813

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Conclusions of the European Council of 25 and 26 June 2015 paragraph 4(e), whether the UK is legally bound by the agreement to participate in resettling 20,000 displaced persons.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	8358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The European Commission proposal on resettlement is in the form of a Recommendation and is therefore not legally binding on Member States.</p><p>Her Majesty's Government has been very clear that resettlement of refugees is a matter for national governments, not the EU. We will not participate in any EU proposals for mandatory resettlement. But we will continue to decide and run our own national schemes as part of our wider asylum and migration policy and the EU proposals on resettlement explicitly recognise this. We expect to resettle up to 2,200 refugees over the next two years under our existing national schemes.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:47:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

391854

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for permanent leave to remain from people who have had discretionary leave to remain status (a) in each age group and (b) with each level of educational qualification for at least 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	8258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Since 2005 the proportion of applications that have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain who have previously had Discretionary Leave status broken down by age group is as follows: Age 0 to 6 - 520 Age 7 to 18 – 3,160 Age 19 to 30 – 15,300 Age 31 to 40 – 16,340 Age 41 to 50 – 8,640 Age 51 to 60 – 2,815 Age 61 and over – 1,865</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data to show the proportion of applications that have Indefinite Leave to Remain who have also had Discretionary Leave status, based on their educational qualifications.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 16:26:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

391857

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees granted asylum in the UK were studying in the UK at the time their asylum application was made in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	8239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as to produce an accurate number would require a manual review of records matched between different Home Office data systems, which would only be achievable at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The UK has a proud tradition of providing protection to those who need it most. Between 2011 and March this year, we granted asylum or other forms of leave to over 4,200 Syrian nationals and dependants.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:44:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

391859

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Scotland
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 any plans to reintroduce tier 1 post-study work visas for students completing their studies at Scottish universities.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	8346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government closed Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) in April 2012 and has no plans to reintroduce the route for any international graduates, including those who have studied at Scottish universities.</p><p>We closed the Tier 1 (Post Study Work) route because too many individuals in the route were unemployed or in low-skilled work, and too many were using the student route merely as a means to work in the UK, without any intention of study, which does not help hard-working people or our educational institutions.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:37:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

391860

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Visas
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 any plans to open the tier 3 category of visas to new applicants.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	8345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has no plans to open Tier 3 of the Points Based System.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:46:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

391861

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of UK nationals who have crossed into Syria from the Turkish border and have since returned to the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Figures on how many UK nationals have crossed into Syria from the Turkish border and returned to the UK in the last 12 months are not available.</p><p>However, we are aware of around 700 people from the UK who are of concern to the Police and Security Services and who are thought to have travelled to the region since the start of the conflict. We estimate that around half of those have returned.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:42:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

391495

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 granted temporary asylum as children have been denied permanent asylum upon applying as an adult in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	8066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>When a child passes the age of 18 and their Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) leave expires, they are no longer considered to be a UASC and are therefore required to take steps to return voluntarily or seek further leave to remain. If the individual does not seek to regularise their stay through further applications or leave is not granted they may be removed in accordance with the Immigration Rules and published Home Office policy should they fail to leave voluntarily.</p><p>The table below provides the number of individuals refused further leave in each of the last 10 years where they had been previously granted UASC leave.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year of Further Leave Application</td><td>No of FL Refusals</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>156</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>483</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>870</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>871</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>631</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>505</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>374</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 16:08:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

391499

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the post office network and (b) educational establishments on the management of biometric residence permits at the start of the academic year 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	7950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office has worked with Post Office Limited and the education sector to review the proposed branch collection network ahead of the 2015-16 academic year. Particular concerns have been to identify ‘hotspots’, and to identify universities which are relatively remote from their nearest collection branch.</p><p>The Home Office has offered the largest universities the option of having BRPs delivered to them, rather than requiring each student to attend a Post Office branch to collect in person. Universities operating this process must have appropriate security arrangements in place for bulk storage of BRPs and only use approved staff to perform the identity verification activity that would have been performed in branch by Post Office staff.</p><p>The Home Office has also reviewed with the Post Office and the school sector the best approach for child students, who require a responsible adult to supervise their collection at the Post Office. As a result, we have introduced a Third Party Standing Authority process which allows named school staff to collect BRP on behalf of their students, significantly reducing the administrative burden on the school and removing the need to transport pupils to and from the Post Office branch.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 16:15:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

391512

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the explanatory note on the Asylum Support (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015, on what basis it was concluded that those Regulations would have no impact on the voluntary sector.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	7908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who are destitute are provided with accommodation and a cash allowance to cover their essential living needs. The level of the allowance is kept under regular review. The most recent review showed that the asylum support payments provided to larger household groups comfortably exceeded what is necessary to meet essential living needs. Despite the planned reduction in the rate, the payments are still sufficient to meet those needs. There should therefore be no impact on the voluntary sector.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:43:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald