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535272

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to investigate reports that asylum seekers have been mistreated and housed in substandard accommodation in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	42425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office contract compliance teams regularly check supplier performance, including investigating complaints and incident reporting.</p><p>We have worked closely with our COMPASS Providers, including Serco, to improve property standards and over the lifetime of the contract, quality standards have increased.</p><p>Where a contractor is found to be falling short of these standards, we work with them to ensure issues are quickly addressed. When they are not we can and do impose sanctions.</p><p>Where there are allegations of asylum seekers being mistreated or their accommodation being substandard, I would encourage anyone to notify the Home Office so we can investigate and resolve any issues.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2016 15:56:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

535278

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will collect regularly statistics on the (a) number of and (b) reasons for exceptional family reunion cases relating to children where indefinite leave to remain is granted at her discretion outside of the rules.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	42404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the specific information in the format requested. The questions cover a number of different casework operations and the information is not recorded centrally in a way which can be reported on directly.</p><p>To obtain the information would involve examining individual case records and would incur disproportionate cost. We do not currently plan to change the data that is centrally recorded and published on this category of applications.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 42276 42277 question first answered 14/07/2016 15:22:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

535280

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will collect data on the reasons given for refusal of family reunion applications involving children and young people aged over 18 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	42276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the specific information in the format requested. The questions cover a number of different casework operations and the information is not recorded centrally in a way which can be reported on directly.</p><p>To obtain the information would involve examining individual case records and would incur disproportionate cost. We do not currently plan to change the data that is centrally recorded and published on this category of applications.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 42277 42404 question first answered 14/07/2016 15:22:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

535281

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which exceptional circumstances applied to each grant of family reunion made outside the rules during the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	42277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the specific information in the format requested. The questions cover a number of different casework operations and the information is not recorded centrally in a way which can be reported on directly.</p><p>To obtain the information would involve examining individual case records and would incur disproportionate cost. We do not currently plan to change the data that is centrally recorded and published on this category of applications.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 42276 42404 question first answered 14/07/2016 15:22:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

535282

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to staff working at border controls in UK airports on questions which can and cannot be asked to passengers arriving in the UK with EU passports.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	42307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Anyone seeking entry or admission to the UK must on arrival establish their nationality and identity, as well as comply with other checks under the Border Force Operating Mandate.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/07/2016 15:19:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

533876

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make representations to the relevant French authorities to ensure that humanitarian convoys destined for Calais refugee camps are not impeded.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	42257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The decision to allow entry to France is a matter for the French authorities.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2016 15:14:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

533878

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy that women detained at Yarl's Wood are handcuffed when attending hospital.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	42243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Home Office policy remains that there should be a presumption against using handcuffs to escort detainees for medical visits. The decision to use handcuffs is made on the basis of an individual risk assessment, and we monitor the use of restraint by custody officers closely to ensure that the use of restraint is reasonable, necessary and proportionate.</p><p>Management information shows that from May 2015 to May 2016 there have been 31 incidents when a woman has been handcuffed when attending hospital from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Incidents of handcuff use</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics:</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 42244 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:53:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

533879

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents there have been of women detained at Yarl's Wood being handcuffed while attending hospital.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	42244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Home Office policy remains that there should be a presumption against using handcuffs to escort detainees for medical visits. The decision to use handcuffs is made on the basis of an individual risk assessment, and we monitor the use of restraint by custody officers closely to ensure that the use of restraint is reasonable, necessary and proportionate.</p><p>Management information shows that from May 2015 to May 2016 there have been 31 incidents when a woman has been handcuffed when attending hospital from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Incidents of handcuff use</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics:</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 42243 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:53:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

533614

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the report by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on the handling of family reunion applications.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	42187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The final report on the handling of family reunion applications has not yet been sent to the Home Office by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.</p><p>Arrangements for publication will be considered once the final report has been received</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2016 13:44:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

533615

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurance her Department plans to give EU nationals living in the UK and working in the voluntary sector on their right to remain in the UK after the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	42139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that there will be no immediate changes in the circumstances of European nationals and their family members entering or currently residing in the UK.</p><p>The Government wants to be able to guarantee the legal status of EU nationals who are living in the UK, and we are confident that we will be able to do this. But we must also win the same rights for British nationals living in European countries, and it will be an early negotiating objective for the Government to achieve those things together.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/07/2016 14:05:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon