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65328

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what system is in place to regularly review the number of Syrian resettlement places in the UK as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme in order to ensure the scheme is responsive to need.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	203565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We launched the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme to help particularly <br>vulnerable displaced Syrians, for whom resettlement to the UK is the only <br>option. In particular, the programme prioritises survivors of torture and <br>violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We are <br>working closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) <br>in the region to identify the exceptional cases whose needs are so profound <br>that they need to be resettled to a country like the UK. The scheme is <br>therefore based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. <br>However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis, and envisage <br>that several hundred people will be helped over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:35:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

65347

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether requests from Syria for visitor visas are dealt with on merit on a case-by-case basis; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	203626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All visa applications made by Syrian nationals are considered on a case by case <br>basis, on their merits, in accordance with the immigration rules.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/07/2014 10:17:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

65349

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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, what plans her Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The government's digital strategy details the approach we will take to evolve <br>our service provision. Where the Home Office receives high volumes of <br>correspondence from MPs, such as on immigration matters, we work proactively with <br>MPs and their caseworkers to provide them with the most efficient and <br>convenient service and encourage increasing use of emails and telephones as <br>channels of communication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2014 14:29:11 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65510

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Married People
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 effect of the minimum income threshold requirement on pensioners who wish to sponsor their partner's visa to settle in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Mr Shaun Woodward
uin	203685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The minimum income threshold for sponsoring a partner under the family <br>Immigration Rules aims to prevent burdens on the taxpayer and promote <br>integration. It is appropriate that the requirement to meet the income threshold <br>should not be affected by the age of the sponsor. The income threshold rules make <br>provision for the counting of a wide range of both employment and non-employment<br>income, including pensions, and of cash savings. They also exempt the applicant from <br>the income threshold requirement where the sponsor is in receipt of a specified <br>disability-related benefit or carer's allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 13:54:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	98 label Biography information for Mr Shaun Woodward

65512

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Somalia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have (a) been deported and (b) voluntarily returned to Somalia in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the number of asylum cases removed or departing <br>voluntarily from the UK to Somalia in each of the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><strong>Asylum removals and voluntary departures to Somalia, April 2013 to March 2014 (1)(2)(3)(P)</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td><strong>Total asylum enforced removals</strong></td><td><strong>Total asylum voluntary departures</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Apr-13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May-13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jun-13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jul-13</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Aug-13</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Sep-13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Oct-13</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Nov-13</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Dec-13</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jan-14</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Feb-14</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Mar-14</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>5</strong></td><td><strong>5</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(1) Destination as recorded on source database; all nationals returned to Somalia.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(2) Removals are recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(3) Recorded on the system as having claimed asylum at some point.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">(P) Provisional figures.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible within these figures to say at what stage in the asylum <br>process individuals have reached at the time of their removal, including <br>whether their claim has failed at that point, as those departing voluntarily <br>can do so at any stage without necessarily notifying the Home Office. The <br>figures therefore include all asylum cases removed or departing voluntarily to <br>Somalia, including those both awaiting a decision and those that have been <br>refused asylum.<br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of <br>persons removed or departing voluntarily from the UK within Immigration <br>Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures are readily available <br>in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: January – March 2014, from the <br>GOV.UK website: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br>stics-quarterly-release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 13:53:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65513

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department makes reasonable adjustments to require the needs of individuals with learning difficulties who want to apply for citizenship but are unable to pass the Life in the UK test.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There is discretion within the British Nationality Act 1981 to waive the <br>knowledge of language and life in the UK requirement for a naturalisation <br>application if, because of a person's age, physical or mental condition, it <br>would be unreasonable to expect them to meet it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:01:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8407 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65520

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been sent back from the UK to their country of origin in each calendar year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	203741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the total number of persons removed or departed <br>voluntarily from the UK to their country of origin in each year since 2010. The <br>information provided is a subset of the total number of persons removed or <br>departed voluntarily from the UK as others may be removed or depart voluntarily <br>to a country that is different to their country of origin.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><strong>Number of persons removals or voluntary departured from the UK to their country of origin, 2010 to 2013 (1)(2)</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td><strong>Total enforced removals</strong></td><td><strong>Total non-asylum refused entry at port and subsequently departed</strong></td><td><strong>Total voluntary departures</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Jan-Apr 2010</td><td>4,098</td><td>2,857</td><td>7,718</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May - Dec 2010</td><td>8,691</td><td>5,139</td><td>14,049</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total 2010</td><td><strong>12,789</strong></td><td><strong>7,996</strong></td><td><strong>21,767</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><strong>12,997</strong></td><td><strong>6,250</strong></td><td><strong>20,622</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012(P)</td><td><strong>13,096</strong></td><td><strong>5,760</strong></td><td><strong>22,272</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013(P)</td><td><strong>11,577</strong></td><td><strong>6,252</strong></td><td><strong>28,130</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) Destination as recorded on source database; all nationals returned to their country of origin.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(2) Removals are recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">(P) Provisional figures.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of <br>persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration <br>Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures are readily available <br>in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: January – March 2014, from the <br>GOV.UK website: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati<br>stics-quarterly-release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:00:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8381 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

65523

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been returned for the UK to the last safe country they left under the Dublin II Regulation in each calendar year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	203740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Dublin Regulation is helpful in ensuring that asylum seekers who <br>are the responsibility of another participating Member State can be transferred <br>from the UK to that member state. <br><br>The information requested is shown in the following table. To note, the data <br>provided is for the entirety of 2010, rather than from May 2010 onwards.<br><br>The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are <br>therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been <br>quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People Transferred</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>954</p></td><td><p>756</p></td><td><p>757</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:47:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8384 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

65524

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
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 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W, on human trafficking, whether the Salvation Army shares with her Department information on the town and shelter in which each victim is placed and whether the victim has a conclusive grounds decision.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	203854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the whereabouts of adult victims, once they exit <br>Government-funded support services, is not routinely held.<br><br>Although there is no requirement under the UK's European Convention against <br>Trafficking obligations to support a victim once they have exited the service, <br>the Government is looking into ways to provide post-exit support to victims <br>which will enable continuous engagement with them, with the purpose of ensuring <br>their well-being and successful integration into mainstream society or <br>re-integration into their home country. This proposal is being considered as <br>part of the review of the National Referral Mechanism and the retender of the <br>Government-funded support service.<br><br>Should the Home Office request information, including on the town and shelter <br>in which each victim is place and whether the victim has a conclusive grounds <br>decision, The Salvation Army is obliged to share it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 13:20:25 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8393 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

65526

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
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 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W, on human trafficking, how her Department gathers information to ensure that victims are safe once they have left the support service, if the town in which they have been placed is withheld on safety grounds.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	203853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the whereabouts of adult victims, once they exit <br>Government-funded support services, is not routinely held.<br><br>Although there is no requirement under the UK's European Convention against <br>Trafficking obligations to support a victim once they have exited the service, <br>the Government is looking into ways to provide post-exit support to victims <br>which will enable continuous engagement with them, with the purpose of ensuring <br>their well-being and successful integration into mainstream society or <br>re-integration into their home country. This proposal is being considered as <br>part of the review of the National Referral Mechanism and the retender of the <br>Government-funded support service.<br><br>Should the Home Office request information, including on the town and shelter <br>in which each victim is place and whether the victim has a conclusive grounds <br>decision, The Salvation Army is obliged to share it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 13:19:14 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow