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421392

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect on employment in Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust of proposals that Tier 2 visa immigrants from outside the European Economic Area must be earning £35,000 or more to qualify for UK indefinite leave to remain; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	11902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government announced in 2012 that from 6 April 2016 Tier 2 visa holders who apply for settlement in the UK will be required to meet a minimum annual salary requirement of £35,000. PhD level roles and those in shortage will be exempt from the £35,000 threshold. The Home Office published a full impact assessment on the changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012. This included the potential effect on nurses. The impact assessment is available on the gov.uk website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf</a></p><p>Healthcare occupations, including paramedics, radiographers, and doctors working in emergency medicine, are included on the Shortage Occupation List.</p><p>On 15 October, the Home Secretary announced that nurses will be added to the list on a temporary basis, pending a full review by the independent Migration Advisory Committee. As workers are exempt from the settlement pay threshold if they are in a role that is or has been on the shortage occupation list at any time while they have been sponsored to do that role, all nurses currently sponsored in Tier 2 will be exempt from the £35,000 threshold when they apply for settlement. The Home Office has not made any assessment of the impact of the policy specifically on employment in Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/10/2015 11:02:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

421426

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
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 publish the findings of the follow-up audit of reports made under Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Mrs Caroline Spelman
uin	11915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Stephen Shaw CBE, the former Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales, has completed the review into the welfare of vulnerable immigration detainees which the Home Secretary asked him to conduct, and has recently submitted his report to Ministers at the Home Office and Department of Health. His findings are being carefully considered. The report will be published by laying it before Parliament, alongside the Government’s response to the recommendations. The Government intends to publish the Rule 35 audit alongside <ins class="ministerial">publication of</ins> Stephen Shaw’s report.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/10/2015 16:26:07 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2015 11:04:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25141 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

421429

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Moussa Koussa: Extradition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to secure the extradition of Moussa Koussa in connection with IRA/Libyan-sponsored terrorism in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	11997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>It is a matter of long-standing policy and practice that the Government will neither confirm nor deny whether an extradition request has been made or received prior to the arrest of the person concerned pursuant to that request.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2015 17:24:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

421430

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bill: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions Ministers or officials of her Department discussed the Immigration Bill with (a) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and (b) the Justice Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	11998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Discussion with interested parties in Northern Ireland on the content of the Immigration Bill has been ongoing since the summer, and has included correspondence at Ministerial level and meetings and workshops at official level with relevant departments in the Northern Ireland Executive. Discussions are also ongoing with the officials of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Justice Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/10/2015 17:20:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

421440

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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, if she will carry out a review of asylum dispersal areas in the UK with a view to expanding the number of such areas.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	11804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>In accordance with the provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, senior Home Office officials are working closely with providers and local authorities to widen existing dispersal areas.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/10/2015 15:29:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

421126

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that Syrian refugees coming to Britain do not have criminal records or connections to extremist groups.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>We take security extremely seriously in cases referred to us for resettlement, working closely with the UNHCR who have their own robust identification processes in place. When potential cases are submitted by the UNHCR for our consideration they are screened and considered by the Home Office for suitability for entry to the UK: we retain the right to reject individuals on security, war crimes or other grounds. For reasons of national security, we cannot provide further on the details of the screening process itself.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/10/2015 16:06:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

421130

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Stansted Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the ePassport gates at Stansted Airport were fully functional on the evening of Monday 12 October 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	11666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>All fifteen ePassport Gates were open and fully functional at Stansted Airport on the evening of Monday 12 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/10/2015 15:39:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

421131

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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, in which prisons people are currently held solely under immigration powers; and if she will publish this information as part of the quarterly immigration statistics.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	11644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>As of 13th October 2015, the prisons detailed below are holding individuals in England and Wales solely under immigration powers:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Brixton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>Bulingdon</p></td><td><p>Cardiff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>Dovegate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drake Hall</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>Elmley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>Hewell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>Holloway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>Huntercombe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>Lewes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Moorland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mount</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>Parc</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Portland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>Styal</p></td><td><p>Swansea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As of 13th October 2015, the prisons detailed below are holding individuals in Scotland under immigration powers:</p><p>Barlinnie, Cornton Vale, Edinburgh, Low Moss and Polmont.</p><p>The information provided in the table above is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.</p><p>The Home Office do not regularly publish data relating to the location of individuals held in prison solely under immigration powers. While migration statistics are kept under review, there are no immediate plans to include the management information above.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/10/2015 15:35:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

421132

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Stansted Airport
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 days any of the ePassport gates at Stansted Airport were not fully functioning at any point during the months of June, July, August and September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	11672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to make available how many ePassport Gates were not fully functioning at Stansted Airport during the months of June, July, August and September 2015 on account of security considerations.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2015 16:31:45 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

421133

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	London Airports: Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ePassport gates are in operation at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Luton and (d) Stansted airports.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	11671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>ePassport Gates are in operation at many ports across the UK. At present there are (a) thirty five operating across Heathrow, (b) twenty at Gatwick, (c) ten at Luton, and (d) fifteen at Stansted.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2015 16:32:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord