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577578

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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, what recent steps she has taken to accelerate the family reunification process for unaccompanied children in Europe.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	45379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government began work to implement the ‘Dubs amendment’ immediately after the Immigration Bill gained Royal Assent. Over 30 children who meet the criteria in the Immigration Act have been accepted for transfer since it received Royal Assent in May, the majority of these have already arrived in the UK.</p><p>We continue to work with the French, Greek and Italian authorities and others to speed up existing family reunification processes or implement new processes where necessary for unaccompanied children. We have seconded a UK official to Greece; we have a long-standing secondee working in Italy and will shortly be seconding another official to the French Interior Ministry to support these efforts.</p><p>We have established a dedicated team in the Home Office Dublin Unit to lead on family reunion cases for unaccompanied children. Transfer requests under the Dublin Regulation are now generally processed within 10 days and children transferred within weeks. Over 120 children have been accepted for transfer this year from Europe.</p><p>We also continue to consult local authorities about the transfer unaccompanied refugee children from Europe to the UK, where it is in their best interests</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2016 16:05:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

574150

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UN Refugees and Migrants Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make a commitment at the UN General Assembly meetings on refugees and migrants on 19 and 20 September 2016 to allow more refugees to reach the UK safely and legally.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	44682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce additional pathways for refugees to come to the UK. The UK is already a leading resettlement state, offering a number of safe and legal pathways for refugees. In the year ending June 2016, a total of 3,439 people were resettled in the UK.</p><p>In addition to the 20,000 Syrian refugees and up to 3,000 vulnerable persons from the Middle East and North Africa region that the Government has committed to resettle by 2020, the UK has also committed to relocate unaccompanied refugee children from France, Greece and Italy. Under the family reunion policy we have reunited around 22,000 refugees with their immediate family over the past five years and will continue to do so. The Government supports the principle that those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. This allows vulnerable persons to receive help quickly rather than risking their lives on hazardous journeys into and across Europe or falling victim to criminal gangs who are exploiting the situation. Providing humanitarian aid in the region is the best way to provide much needed support to the majority of those fleeing persecution while working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to resettle the most vulnerable who cannot reasonably remain.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 16:13:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

574151

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migration
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 an assessment of the potential merits of excluding Scotland from the scope of the net migration target.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	44683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Our immigration system is designed to work for the whole of the UK and surveys show that people in Scotland want to see net migration reduced. We have a Scotland-specific Shortage Occupation List to accommodate skills shortages which are specific to Scotland. Applying substantially different immigration rules to different parts of the UK would complicate the immigration system, harming its integrity, and cause confusion for applicants and difficulties for employers who need the flexibility to deploy their staff to other parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2016 15:04:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

574160

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 discussions she has had with people from other EU countries living in the UK since the EU referendum on their right to live in the UK after the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	44680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Government Ministers and officials engage with a wide range of stakeholders.</p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals here. The only circumstances in which that would not be possible are if British citizens’ rights in other EU Member States were not protected in return.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2016 15:01:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

574161

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to improve the provision of asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	44681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We have worked closely with our COMPASS Providers to improve property standards and over the lifetime of the contract quality standards have increased. Where issues with accommodation are discovered we work with our contractors to ensure issues are quickly addressed. When they are not we can and do impose sanctions and seek remedial plans to drive improvement. Through continued engagement with service users and accommodation providers and regular property inspections the Home Office will continue to ensure asylum accommodation is adequate.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 15:26:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

518325

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Wrecks: Hebrides
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will suspend the procurement exercise for the recovery of the FV Louisa pending investigation of the tendering process for that recovery.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	36897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The fishing vessel <em>Louisa</em> sank off the Scottish coast on 9 April 2016. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is seeking to raise the vessel as part of its investigation to establish the causes and circumstances of the accident.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s procurement experts have independently reviewed the processes undertaken by the MAIB in awarding the contract to recover the <em>Louisa</em>. It is clear from that review that the MAIB’s evaluation team followed the process as set out in the tender document and in a fair and transparent manner. I am therefore satisfied that there are no grounds for the procurement process to be suspended.</p><p> </p><p>This sinking resulted in the deaths of three fishermen and the vessel should be recovered as soon as possible to give the investigation team the strongest possibility of understanding the reasons why this tragic accident occurred.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/05/2016 08:14:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

456229

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Maritime and Coastguard Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for consent have been refused by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	28874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has not refused any applications for consent to date in relation to Oil Transfer Licences, and has refused 16 applications for consent, since 2010, in relation to Ship-to-Ship Transfers in the Southwold area.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/03/2016 10:18:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

456230

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Maritime and Coastguard Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for consent have been determined by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	28875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has given consent for five Oil Transfer Licences since 2010 and all remain extant.</p><p> </p><p>The MCA has made determination on 800 formal applications for Ship-to-Ship Transfers in the Southwold area since 1 January 2010. Of these, the MCA gave consent on 686 occasions, some of which were caveated; the MCA has refused 16 and the applicant or their clients have cancelled 98.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/03/2016 10:23:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

456237

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Maritime and Coastguard Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for consent determined by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency have required appropriate assessment of their effect on European wildlife sites since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	28872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Since 2010, when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has determined applications for consent, three Oil Transfer Licence applications have required appropriate assessments to be undertaken in relation to European Sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/03/2016 09:46:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

456238

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Maritime and Coastguard Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for consent determined by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency have required environmental impact assessment since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	28873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Since 2010, when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has determined applications for consent, three Oil Transfer Licence applications have required environmental impact assessments.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/03/2016 09:53:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan