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637166

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students detained under section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act (1999) had their visas revoked as a result of investigations into the Test of English for International Communication operations of Educational Testing Services.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	53164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold this information in a format that allows us to provide the information by the provision of the Immigration Rules under which people were present in the UK. To answer this question would require individual analysis of all ETS related case files.</p><p>We continue to release information as part of our Transparency Data and more than 1,400 people were served removal notices in connection with ETS (including those whose leave was revoked) and were detained.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/11/2016 17:50:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

637169

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 23 August 2016, reference ZA3542.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	53023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>A response to the hon. Member's letter of 23 August 2016 was issued on 16 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/11/2016 13:30:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

636177

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the potential financial benefits to universities involved in the introduction of the Tier 4 visa pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	52798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Tier 4 visa pilot scheme is designed to test the benefits of a differentiated approach within Tier 4, whilst ensuring any changes do not undermine the robust application of immigration requirements. No estimate has been made of financial benefits to the participating institutions. The results of the pilot will be carefully monitored to determine whether the scheme should be rolled out more widely. We will carefully monitor any impacts and liaise with stakeholders before any further steps are taken.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/11/2016 17:27:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

636232

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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 discussions Ministers of her Department have had with Leicestershire County Council on the level of central government grant funding required per unaccompanied asylum seeking child to fully cover all costs incurred by that council since the inception of the unaccompanied asylum seeking children scheme.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	52857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a fairer distribution of caring responsibilities across the country in a way that protects the best interests of all children and provides appropriate funding to local authorities for the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. We have consulted widely and extensively with local authorities across the UK in order to assess their spending and capacity to care for additional unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. In light of information provided by local authorities, in July the Home Office significantly increased the national rates of funding to local authorities taking responsibility for unaccompanied asylum seeking children and have offered additional funding to bolster regional structures for the National Transfer Scheme. We will keep these arrangements under review, and we encourage all local authorities, including Leicestershire, to continue to work through their respective Regional Strategic Migration Partnerships on participation in the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 52858 question first answered 22/11/2016 11:56:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

636233

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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 discussions Ministers of her Department have had with Leicestershire County Council on its participation in the unaccompanied asylum seeking children scheme since that council announced its intention to withdraw from that scheme in October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	52858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a fairer distribution of caring responsibilities across the country in a way that protects the best interests of all children and provides appropriate funding to local authorities for the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. We have consulted widely and extensively with local authorities across the UK in order to assess their spending and capacity to care for additional unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. In light of information provided by local authorities, in July the Home Office significantly increased the national rates of funding to local authorities taking responsibility for unaccompanied asylum seeking children and have offered additional funding to bolster regional structures for the National Transfer Scheme. We will keep these arrangements under review, and we encourage all local authorities, including Leicestershire, to continue to work through their respective Regional Strategic Migration Partnerships on participation in the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 52857 question first answered 22/11/2016 11:56:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

636234

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2016 to Question 34251, how many decisions on international protection her Department made from 1 April 2016 to 30 September 2016 with further submissions lodged under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules in respect of (a) grants on protection grounds, (b) grants on non-protection grounds, (c) decisions to treat as a fresh claim and then refused, (d) further submissions refused, (e) further submissions rejected as not in correct format or (f) further submissions withdrawn before any decision made.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	52829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office releases national statistics on immigration as part of the transparency agenda. Information on asylum claims lodged and the number of outstanding cases forms part of information already released by the Home Office:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016/asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016/asylum</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/03/2017 15:47:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

636236

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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 decisions her Department has taken on extending compass asylum accommodation contracts; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	52872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Officials are continuing to carefully consider the extension of the existing contracts in accordance with their terms. I will write to the Honourable Member when a decision has been made.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/11/2016 19:26:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

636237

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Interpreters: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals living in the UK who worked as interpreters in Afghanistan for UK forces have had their asylum application rejected by her Department in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	52873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/11/2016 19:27:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

636240

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
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 Answer of 11 November 2016 to Question 50781, on asylum: young people, for what reasons the planned trial of the use of voluntary dental x-rays did not go ahead in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	52848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The planned trial did not go ahead in 2012 because the Chief Scientist expressed concerns about the scientific basis of the trial.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/11/2016 17:06:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

636241

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral statement on Calais of 24 October 2016, Official Report, columns 64-5, if she will take steps to put in place a new joint agreement with France on tackling (a) people trafficking and (b) violence against refugees in the areas to which refugees have been dispersed since the closure of the Calais camp.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	52849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Whilst the protection of people in France remains a matter for the French authorities, the UK is working closely with the French Government to tackle the people smuggling gangs who may seek to bring people illegally to the UK. In August 2015, the then Home Secretary signed a joint declaration on sharing intelligence and bolstering security to tackle organised immigration crime with her French counterpart. Since then, our two countries have worked ever closer to coordinate our law enforcement response to organised immigration crime. More widely, the UK has established the Organised Immigration Taskforce to exploit opportunities at source, in transit countries and in Europe to identify and tackle organised crime groups.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/11/2016 11:53:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson