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711164

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what aid the UK has provided to Yemen in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID Yemen’s bilateral funding for Yemen over the last five years is as follows:</p><ul><li>2016/17: £112 million</li><li>2015/16: £89.6 million</li><li>2014/15: £65.9 million</li><li>2013/14: £84.1 million</li><li>2012/13: £59.1 million</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/03/2017 16:17:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

672293

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much financial aid they have sent to assist those affected by the civil war in Syria in each of the years (1) 2012, (2) 2013, (3) 2014, (4) 2015, and (5) 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Since February 2012 DFID has provided almost £1.5 billion in humanitarian support to those affected by the conflict in Syria. This support has helped millions of people inside Syria, and Syrian refugees and their host communities in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. A breakdown of expenditure by calendar year is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£48.7m</p></td><td><p>£280.4m</p></td><td><p>£277m</p></td><td><p>£340.5m</p></td><td><p>£549.9m</p></td><td><p>£1,496.5m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, through the cross government Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, DFID has provided £45.7 million (financial years 2012/13 to 2015/16) to support local governance and basic services such as education, water, and electricity in Syria and the region.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/01/2017 17:08:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

671911

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what humanitarian aid is being sent to the Syrian villages of Wadi Barada following the bombing and attacks by heavy artillery, rocket bombardment and gun and sniper fire in early January.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK is supporting the UN and its partners to provide blankets, sleeping bags and other emergency assistance to those displaced by the fighting in Wadi Barada. The UN are being prevented from delivering support into Wadi Barada itself by the Regime and its allied militia. The UN has called on all sides to allow safe and unimpeded humanitarian access. Once safe access is secured, our humanitarian partners’ priorities will be to respond to food and water shortages and serious medical cases.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/01/2017 17:16:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

657413

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much aid the UK has given to Greece to help accommodate and care for refugees from Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID has provided £27 million in humanitarian assistance to help tackle the refugee and migrant crisis in Greece since October 2015. This has provided life-saving assistance, according to need, to refugees and migrants from Syria and other countries. The support includes accommodation, food, water and hygiene kits.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2016 12:49:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

458825

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what mechanisms are in place to ensure that take charge requests relating to the transfer of asylum claims from French to British authorities under the Dublin Regulations are processed quickly and efficiently.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK-France Joint Declaration of 20 August 2015 committed the two governments to establishing a permanent official contact group focussed on ensuring that the provisions of the Dublin III Regulation are used efficiently and effectively, including the provisions on family unity.</p><p>As a result a Home Office official has recently been seconded to the Interior Ministry’s Dublin Unit in Paris in part to assist with the identification of potential requests for the UK to take charge of an asylum seeking child in France and to bring them into the Dublin Regulation procedure without delay.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/03/2016 14:30:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

458826

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define the "best interests of the child" under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Consistent with Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we define the “best interests of the child” as those factors which contribute to a child’s well-being and which are to be considered in light of the evidence as a primary consideration alongside other factors in making immigration decisions and carrying out immigration functions.</p><p>These include, but are not limited to, taking account of the child’s health, age and maturity, and the child’s family and social relationships. We remain committed to giving due consideration to the Articles in the Convention when developing policy and legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/03/2016 13:11:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

458828

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in immigration cases, who decides whether a case is "exceptional".
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The decision as to whether a case is “exceptional”, according to the type of application and the circumstances of the case, will be made by an Immigration Officer, an Entry Clearance Officer, an official acting on behalf of the Secretary of State or a Minister.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/03/2016 14:31:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

458829

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the rationale behind their decision to appeal the judgment in <i>R (on the application of ZAT and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Article 8 ECHR - Dublin Regulation - interface - proportionality) IJR</i> [2016] UKUT 00061 (IAC).
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department’s (SSHD) rationale for appealing the judgment is that the Tribunal erred in law in making its decision. The Tribunal accepted that the issues in dispute in the case should be considered by the Court of Appeal and so granted the SSHD permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal on 29th January 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/03/2016 14:31:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

455955

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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 what qualifications are required for Immigration Officers who decide the success or failure of asylum applications.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not employ Immigration Officers to assess asylum claims. Staff employed to make asylum decisions are either Executive Officers or Higher Executive Officers with a minimum educational requirement of 2 GCE A Level passes A-C and 5 GCSE passes including Mathematics and English.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/03/2016 17:28:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

455956

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many initial asylum application decisions have been overturned on appeal in the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>Figures on asylum appeal determinations are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release. The following table gives annual figures for asylum appeals that were allowed, from 2011 to 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Asylum appeals allowed, from 2011 to 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Appeals Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,779</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,208</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,078</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,758</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,234</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Source: Table as_14, volume 4 of Asylum data tables, <em>Immigration Statistics</em> October to December 2015, Home Office</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/03/2016 17:28:28 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno