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439429

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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 Harrow West, sent on 25 November 2015, about the immigration applications of Ms Raize Khan, Miss Radia Khan and Miss Aneela Khan; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	20593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office replied to the hon. Member on 18 December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 14:15:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

439000

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
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 assessment she has made of the responses to her letter of 24 November 2015 to all local council leaders on the Dispersal of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	20412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>There have been a number of positive responses to the letter of 24 November, including concrete offers of support for Kent through the disperal of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children. We are clear that local authorities with the capacity to support Kent should do so. The Immigration Minister and the Children’s Minister chaired a round table meeting on 15 December with council leaders and directors of children’s services to consider what more can be done , and longer-term options for the dispersal of unaccompanied asylum seeking children. We hope the arrangements will remain voluntary and more local authorities will come forward. However, we have taken a reserve power in the Immigration Bill to underpin the voluntary power and act as a backstop power to mandate dispersal if the voluntary arrangements do not work.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 14:35:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

438693

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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, how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum have been referred by her Department to the Refugee Council Children's Section for advice in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	20212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children are referred to the Refugee Council’s panel of advisers.</p><p>Age-assessments of unaccompanied asylum seeking children are conducted by local authorities. The guidance to local authority practitioners states that most assessments should be completed within 28 days, however the timescale for assessment should be responsive to the needs of the child or young person. The Home Office does not collect statistics on how many and what proportion are carried out within this timescale.</p><p>Statistics on the number of age disputes raised and resolved for asylum applicants for each quarter from January 2010 to September 2015 are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476915/asylum3-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>The Home Office does not keep a record of the number of appeals against age assessments conducted by local authorities.</p><p>Home Office policy is not to return unaccompanied asylum seeking children whose claim has been refused unless there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in place. Statistics on the number of children removed from the UK in 2014 are available on Gov.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476919/removals1-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>However, these statistics include all nationalities and non-asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20253 20254 20256 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:06:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438696

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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, how many children have been age assessed while in detention in each of the last 12 months; and how such assessments were carried out by immigration officers.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	20255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The number of individuals who have been age assessed while in detention is not held centrally. Age assessments are carried out by the relevant local authority.</p><p>Individuals whose age is disputed will only be considered for detention where:</p><p>• there is credible and clear documentary evidence that they are 18 years of age or over</p><p>• a full &quot;Merton-compliant&quot; age assessment by a local authority has been carried out and is available stating that they are 18 years of age or over</p><p>• their physical appearance/demeanour very strongly suggests that they are significantly over 18 years of age and no other credible evidence exists to the contrary.</p><p>Otherwise individuals are treated as children until a full age assessment has been conducted by a local authority and all available evidence has been duly considered. This includes victims or potential victims of human trafficking and the Modern Slavery Act 2015 places a presumption about age on a statutory footing when arrangements to assist a potential victim are being carried out.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 12:04:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438697

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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, how many and what proportion of age assessments for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have been completed within the new timetable for upon local authorities in each month since March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	20253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children are referred to the Refugee Council’s panel of advisers.</p><p>Age-assessments of unaccompanied asylum seeking children are conducted by local authorities. The guidance to local authority practitioners states that most assessments should be completed within 28 days, however the timescale for assessment should be responsive to the needs of the child or young person. The Home Office does not collect statistics on how many and what proportion are carried out within this timescale.</p><p>Statistics on the number of age disputes raised and resolved for asylum applicants for each quarter from January 2010 to September 2015 are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476915/asylum3-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>The Home Office does not keep a record of the number of appeals against age assessments conducted by local authorities.</p><p>Home Office policy is not to return unaccompanied asylum seeking children whose claim has been refused unless there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in place. Statistics on the number of children removed from the UK in 2014 are available on Gov.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476919/removals1-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>However, these statistics include all nationalities and non-asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20212 20254 20256 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:06:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438700

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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 the rate of appeal was against age-assessments for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in each month since March 2010; and what proportion of such appeals were successful.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	20254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children are referred to the Refugee Council’s panel of advisers.</p><p>Age-assessments of unaccompanied asylum seeking children are conducted by local authorities. The guidance to local authority practitioners states that most assessments should be completed within 28 days, however the timescale for assessment should be responsive to the needs of the child or young person. The Home Office does not collect statistics on how many and what proportion are carried out within this timescale.</p><p>Statistics on the number of age disputes raised and resolved for asylum applicants for each quarter from January 2010 to September 2015 are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476915/asylum3-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>The Home Office does not keep a record of the number of appeals against age assessments conducted by local authorities.</p><p>Home Office policy is not to return unaccompanied asylum seeking children whose claim has been refused unless there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in place. Statistics on the number of children removed from the UK in 2014 are available on Gov.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476919/removals1-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>However, these statistics include all nationalities and non-asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20212 20253 20256 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:06:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438702

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Albania have been returned to that country in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	20256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children are referred to the Refugee Council’s panel of advisers.</p><p>Age-assessments of unaccompanied asylum seeking children are conducted by local authorities. The guidance to local authority practitioners states that most assessments should be completed within 28 days, however the timescale for assessment should be responsive to the needs of the child or young person. The Home Office does not collect statistics on how many and what proportion are carried out within this timescale.</p><p>Statistics on the number of age disputes raised and resolved for asylum applicants for each quarter from January 2010 to September 2015 are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476915/asylum3-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>The Home Office does not keep a record of the number of appeals against age assessments conducted by local authorities.</p><p>Home Office policy is not to return unaccompanied asylum seeking children whose claim has been refused unless there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in place. Statistics on the number of children removed from the UK in 2014 are available on Gov.UK at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476919/removals1-q3-2015-tabs.ods</p><p>However, these statistics include all nationalities and non-asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20212 20253 20254 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:06:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

438705

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with Serco on the housing of asylum seekers in Wigan.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	20183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Home Office officials monitor and conduct regular daily discussions with all COMPASS providers about management and execution of the contract, including the short-term use of contingency accommodation arrangements such as those employed by Serco in Wigan.</p><p>Home Office officials have been very clear with its providers that all measures to increase procurement of suitable accommodation must be taken to ensure that accommodation consistently matches demand.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2016 13:56:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

437194

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Right to Rent Scheme for landlords to perform immigration checks on tenants will come into force in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	19590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister made clear in his immigration speech of 21 May that the Government intends to roll out the Right to Rent scheme across the whole of the UK. The roll out is being taken forward in a phased manner. Having started in a part of the West Midlands, the next phase will extend the scheme across the rest of England as of 1 February 2016. The Government intends to roll out the scheme to the rest of the UK thereafter as part of the final phase. In relation to the provisions that relate to the private rented sector in the Immigration Bill 2015-16, the Bill also enables for these provisions to be enacted across Scotland at a later date.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 19568 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:19:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

437198

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bill: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the residential tenancy provisions of the Immigration Bill would come into force in Scotland if enacted.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	19568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister made clear in his immigration speech of 21 May that the Government intends to roll out the Right to Rent scheme across the whole of the UK. The roll out is being taken forward in a phased manner. Having started in a part of the West Midlands, the next phase will extend the scheme across the rest of England as of 1 February 2016. The Government intends to roll out the scheme to the rest of the UK thereafter as part of the final phase. In relation to the provisions that relate to the private rented sector in the Immigration Bill 2015-16, the Bill also enables for these provisions to be enacted across Scotland at a later date.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 19590 question first answered 05/01/2016 14:19:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law