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857811

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Scotland and Northern Ireland Account Management Team at UK Visas and Immigration have dealt with enquiries from the offices of hon. Members who represent constituencies in England or Wales.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	131712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Data on overall number of written MP enquiries are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p><p>During the last quarter for which data has been published (October –December 2017), Scotland &amp; NI MP AM Team responded to 111 letters and 797 emails from MPs. Of these, none were from MPs in England or Wales.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2018 16:52:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

856901

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on threats of expedited deportation made to asylum seekers and refugees held in immigration detention centres.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	131413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Home Office officials regularly meet a range of stakeholders to discuss matters relating to the asylum and returns issues.</p><p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK will be carefully considered on their individual merits and we will not remove anyone who has a well-founded fear of persecution or who would face serious harm in their country of origin.</p><p>For all detained cases, continual case progression and regular detention reviews ensure that time in detention is minimised. Published guidance makes clear that asylum claims managed in detention should be progressed as quickly as the circumstances of the case allow while ensuring a fair process.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/03/2018 14:38:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

856913

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
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 for (a) adult and (b) child standard passports were made (i) online and (ii) by paper application in each year since 2001.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	131425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Our records indicate the volume of non-priority service standard passport applications received by HMPO for calendar years 2015, 2016 and 2017 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Online</p></td><td><p><strong>Adult</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Child</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,341,274</p></td><td><p>434,143</p></td><td><p><strong>1,775,417</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,515,233</p></td><td><p>464,928</p></td><td><p><strong>1,980,161</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,432,173</p></td><td><p>370,490</p></td><td><p><strong>1,802,663</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paper</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,928,131</p></td><td><p>1,403,365</p></td><td><p><strong>4,331,496</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,760,771</p></td><td><p>1,316,269</p></td><td><p><strong>4,077,040</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,566,281</p></td><td><p>1,315,483</p></td><td><p><strong>3,881,764</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>12,543,863</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,304,678</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,848,541</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that Paper applications include Direct Postal and Post Office applications.</p><p>Data is only available from 2015. We are unable to provide data for the period 2001 to 2014 as requested as it is not available on our system. In order for us to extract the information and have this data categorised as requested would take Her Majesty’s Passport Office over the £850 limit for enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/03/2018 14:44:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

856042

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the resettlement of disabled refugees under the Dubs scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	131208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (‘Dubs Amendment’), the Government has invited referrals of eligible children from France, Greece and Italy. In line with our published policy statement, each child will have an individual Best Interests Determination. It is the responsibility of participating States to refer eligible children. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-statement-section-67-of-the-immigration-act-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-statement-section-67-of-the-immigration-act-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2018 17:51:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

856094

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
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 who were detained in immigration detention centres have been released into the community in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	131260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on people leaving detention, by reason, is available in table dt_06 of the detention tables in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics, October to December 2017’, available from the Home Office website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2018 17:45:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

856095

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been wrongfully detained in immigration detention centres for (a) 1 week, (b) 1 month, (c) 3 months, (d) 6 months and (e) 1 year or more in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	131261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Detention and removal are essential aspects of effective immigration control. The cases of all individuals being considered for immigration detention are routed through the detention gatekeeper. The gatekeeper considers the suitability of the detention of each individual, in line with general detention policy and, when the individuals concerned are regarded as vulnerable, with the adults at risk in immigration detention policy.</p><p>Regular reviews of an individual’s detention are undertaken to ensure that it their detention remains lawful and appropriate. Individuals can apply to Immigration Judges at any time for release on bail, and individuals (other than foreign national offenders) are referred automatically for consideration of bail after four months in detention and thereafter at four monthly intervals. Home Office officials will work with any detainee at any time to end their detention if they decide to leave the UK voluntarily.</p><p>Individuals who believe they have been unlawfully detained can, in addition to the complaints procedure, launch legal proceedings (JR and private law claims). The fact that a court may subsequently rule that an individual has been unlawfully detained does not necessarily mean the original decision was taken in bad faith. In addition, a court's findings may only relate to only certain aspects of the detention.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2018 17:31:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

856096

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims of compensation for wrongful detention were (a) received by the Home Office and (b) successful in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was of the compensation paid by her Department in that same period.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	131262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not record ‘wrongful detention’ as a payment type. It is only unlawful detention compensation which is recorded on the HO finance system. The cost of unlawful detention for FYs 2012/13 onwards are included in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Unlawful Detention Claims Paid</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures for FYs 2013/14 to 2015/16 were provided under previous PQ47658. Figure for FY 2017/18 has not been published as the Home Office Reports and Accounts for the current financial year has not yet been finalised and closed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2018 17:57:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

856111

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 5 February 2018, Official Report, column 1211, when she expects the Migration Advisory Committee to respond to her invitation to provide interim reports on the economic aspects of the UK’s exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	131277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>On 27 July 2017, the Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy. It has been asked to report by September 2018 and I understand that the MAC hope to publish an interim report in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2018 17:41:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

856127

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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
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 detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in 2017 had been (a) detained for (i) 0-3 months, (ii) 3-5 months, (iii) 5-7 months; (iv) 7-9 months, (v) 9-12 months and (vi) 12 months or more, (b) released from detention without removal and (c) removed from the country.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	131293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on the people leaving detention, by length of detention is available in table dt_06 of the detention tables.</p><p>Information on people leaving detention, by reason and place of last detention is available in table dt_07 of the detention tables</p><p>The latest data, published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October to December 2017’, are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/03/2018 14:36:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

856132

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reviews of a person's detention in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have been triggered by Rule 35 reports since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	131298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 sets out the process by which doctors in immigration removal centres must report to the Home Office cases in which they have concerns that:</p><ul><li>a detainee’s health is likely to be injuriously affected by detention (35(1));</li><li>a detainee is suspected of having suicidal intentions (35(2)); or</li><li>a detainee may have been the victim of torture (35(3)).</li></ul><p>On receipt of a Rule 35 report, the Home Office caseworker must review the appropriateness of the detainee’s continued detention in conjunction with consideration of the adults at risk in immigration detention policy.</p><p>As a consequence the number of Rule 35 reports received in any IRC is equivalent to the number of case reviews that have taken place.</p><p>The data is published as part of the Transparency publication under the category ‘Reports made by a medical practitioner under Rule 35 by place of detention’. The data is published every quarter and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/03/2018 18:00:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper