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577429

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	World War II: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on providing compensation to people whose parents were mistreated whilst interned in Britain during the Second World War.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	45463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide an answer to this question as to do so would exceed the cost limit. This is not part of the Home Office current policy portfolio and will require in-depth archive research by officials to provide an accurate and comprehensive response, diverting resources from current and existing priorities.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/10/2016 15:19:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

577574

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 information her Department holds on the geographical distribution by parliamentary constituency of unaccompanied minors who have applied for asylum in the UK in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office holds information as to the relevant local authority, responsible adult and social worker for each individual unaccompanied asylum seeking child and we remain in contact with these parties whilst considering the child’s asylum claim. This information is not collated and does not form part of our published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2016 16:07:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

577575

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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 17 August 2016 to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration on visitor visas, constituent case references GWF041254009 and GWF 041254061.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>A response to your letter of 17 August 2016 has been sent today.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 15:25:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

576874

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: 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 she has made of the number of people to be resettled through the Vulnerable Persons Relocation programme in each of the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>We intend to resettle up to 20,000 Syrians in need of protection during this Parliament. We will continue to work closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify appropriate cases, prioritising the most vulnerable. The numbers resettled in a particular period will depend on a range of factors including the flow of referrals from UNHCR in the field and the availability of suitable accommodation and care packages in the UK. We continue to work closely with local authorities to manage the arrival of the Syrian refugees in to the resettlement places they have pledged. We will manage the flows based on need and in support of the wellbeing of the people and communities involved, rather than rushing to meet arbitrary targets. However, we are clear that we want to help as many people as we can as quickly as possible.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. Latest statistics published on 25 August confirmed that a total of a total of 2,898 Syrians have been resettled under the scheme since it began, 2,646 of these arriving since 1 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 45183 question first answered 13/09/2016 14:36:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

576875

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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 steps she is taking to speed up the process of family reunification for unaccompanied refugee children in Europe.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	45175
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 unaccompa-nied 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 14:36:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

576876

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
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 have been resettled through the Vulnerable Persons Relocation programme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>We intend to resettle up to 20,000 Syrians in need of protection during this Parliament. We will continue to work closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify appropriate cases, prioritising the most vulnerable. The numbers resettled in a particular period will depend on a range of factors including the flow of referrals from UNHCR in the field and the availability of suitable accommodation and care packages in the UK. We continue to work closely with local authorities to manage the arrival of the Syrian refugees in to the resettlement places they have pledged. We will manage the flows based on need and in support of the wellbeing of the people and communities involved, rather than rushing to meet arbitrary targets. However, we are clear that we want to help as many people as we can as quickly as possible.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. Latest statistics published on 25 August confirmed that a total of a total of 2,898 Syrians have been resettled under the scheme since it began, 2,646 of these arriving since 1 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 45184 question first answered 13/09/2016 14:36:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

576881

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made by (a) EEA nationals for registration certificates and (b) EEA family members and extended family members for residence cards in each month since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	45158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Data on the total number of EEA related applications made by people in the UK is published on a quarterly basis as part of the Migration Transparency Data release. The latest published figures (Q2 2016) can be found in the table ‘Temporary and permanent migration data’. See tab InC-01a. This data can be accessed via the link below.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2016</p><p>With regards to the online processing of EEA applications, UK Visas &amp; Immigration is undertaking a programme of transformation of which digitisation is a core part. UKVI is working towards digitising all application routes from existing methods of applying by paper for applicants from within and outside of the UK. The intention is to enable customers to apply online across the services and immigration routes in a straight-forward and customer-focused way.</p><p>The online application service Access UK first launched for visit visa customers in China in June 2014, and has subsequently been rolled out to 180 countries globally for overseas visit routes in more than 15 languages. For those already in the UK, Access UK has launched for customers applying for tier 2 (work) and tier 4 (study) extensions and is preparing for further services to go online. UKVI is currently trialling the online service for some EEA applicants. As the programme matures we expect benefits to security, customer service and efficiencies to be identified and realised.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 45159 question first answered 13/09/2016 12:13:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 11026 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

576882

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of processing applications for registration certificates and residence cards through an online system; and if she will estimate the potential savings in administration costs to the public purse of such a system.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	45159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Data on the total number of EEA related applications made by people in the UK is published on a quarterly basis as part of the Migration Transparency Data release. The latest published figures (Q2 2016) can be found in the table ‘Temporary and permanent migration data’. See tab InC-01a. This data can be accessed via the link below.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2016</p><p>With regards to the online processing of EEA applications, UK Visas &amp; Immigration is undertaking a programme of transformation of which digitisation is a core part. UKVI is working towards digitising all application routes from existing methods of applying by paper for applicants from within and outside of the UK. The intention is to enable customers to apply online across the services and immigration routes in a straight-forward and customer-focused way.</p><p>The online application service Access UK first launched for visit visa customers in China in June 2014, and has subsequently been rolled out to 180 countries globally for overseas visit routes in more than 15 languages. For those already in the UK, Access UK has launched for customers applying for tier 2 (work) and tier 4 (study) extensions and is preparing for further services to go online. UKVI is currently trialling the online service for some EEA applicants. As the programme matures we expect benefits to security, customer service and efficiencies to be identified and realised.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 45158 question first answered 13/09/2016 12:13:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

576883

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the granting of visas to Syrian passport holders to enter the UK on a short term basis.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	45123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>It is not Home Office policy to refuse an application for a visa on the basis of an applicant’s nationality. All visa applications are considered on their merits, in accordance with the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 45126 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:19:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

576885

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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 to immediately reject visa applications based on the applicant's nationality.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	45126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>It is not Home Office policy to refuse an application for a visa on the basis of an applicant’s nationality. All visa applications are considered on their merits, in accordance with the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 45123 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:19:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows