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524766

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detainees: 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 in England have been detained in immigration removal centres in each year since 2015; how many of those children so detained have been deported; and how many children are still in detention.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	40318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, 133 children left detention, of which: 50 were removed, 81 were granted temporary admission or release and 2 for other reasons. As at 31 December there were no children held in detention.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration Statistics. Information on those leaving detention is available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: January to March 2016, table dt_09 from GOV.UK on the statistics web pages at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/06/2016 13:08:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

524767

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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 from (a) Burma, (b) Afghanistan and (c) Syria are held in immigration removal centres in England.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	40312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2016, the latest published statistics, there were 66 Afghan and 19 Syrian nationals in detention in the UK. There were no Burmese nationals held in detention on the 31 March 2016.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration Statistics. Information on those in detention by nationality is available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: January to March 2016, table dt_13_q from GOV.UK on the statistics web pages at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.</p><p>We are currently not enforcing returns to Syria, although Syrians may be removed to safe third countries, for example where they have been identified as the responsibility of an EU Member State.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2016 14:53:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

524769

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Religious Freedom
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 asylum caseworkers are trained to assess the claims of people who are seeking asylum on the grounds of persecution relating to religion or belief.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	40359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office carefully considers all asylum claims on their individual merits, including claims based on religious persecution. We grant protection to those who genuinely need it in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).</p><p>Published guidance on the interviewing and consideration of asylum claims is regularly reviewed and takes into consideration the views of stakeholders, including religious groups. The current training and support available for asylum caseworkers includes a UNHCR endorsed Foundation Training Programme. This, and follow-on courses, covers all aspects of the asylum interview and decision making process, including the assessment of credibility and country information in religious based claims. Real-life case studies and role-play are used throughout the training programme to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the issues.</p><p>We are currently carefully considering the APPG report and it's recommendations and will provide a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 40369 question first answered 27/06/2016 13:53:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

524770

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Religious Freedom
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 implications to her policies of the findings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief's report entitled, Fleeing Persecution: Asylum Claims in the UK on Religious Freedom Grounds, published in June 2016; and what plans she has to implement the recommendations of that report.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	40369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office carefully considers all asylum claims on their individual merits, including claims based on religious persecution. We grant protection to those who genuinely need it in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).</p><p>Published guidance on the interviewing and consideration of asylum claims is regularly reviewed and takes into consideration the views of stakeholders, including religious groups. The current training and support available for asylum caseworkers includes a UNHCR endorsed Foundation Training Programme. This, and follow-on courses, covers all aspects of the asylum interview and decision making process, including the assessment of credibility and country information in religious based claims. Real-life case studies and role-play are used throughout the training programme to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the issues.</p><p>We are currently carefully considering the APPG report and it's recommendations and will provide a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 40359 question first answered 27/06/2016 13:53:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

524772

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Religious Freedom
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 take steps to improve the training and support caseworkers receive on asylum claims in the UK on grounds of religious persecution.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office carefully considers all asylum claims on their individual merits, including claims based on religious persecution. We grant protection to those who genuinely need it in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).</p><p>Published guidance on the interviewing and consideration of asylum claims is regularly reviewed and takes into consideration the views of stakeholders, including religious groups. The current training and support available for asylum caseworkers includes a UNHCR endorsed Foundation Training Programme. This, and follow-on courses, covers all aspects of the asylum interview and decision making process, including the assessment of credibility and country information in religious based claims. Real-life case studies and role-play are used throughout the training programme to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the issues.</p><p>We are currently carefully considering the APPG report and its recommendations and will provide a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 40386 question first answered 27/06/2016 10:49:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524773

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Religious Freedom
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 make it her policy to implement the recommendations of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, entitled Fleeing Prosecution: Asylum claims in the UK on Religious Freedom Grounds.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office carefully considers all asylum claims on their individual merits, including claims based on religious persecution. We grant protection to those who genuinely need it in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).</p><p>Published guidance on the interviewing and consideration of asylum claims is regularly reviewed and takes into consideration the views of stakeholders, including religious groups. The current training and support available for asylum caseworkers includes a UNHCR endorsed Foundation Training Programme. This, and follow-on courses, covers all aspects of the asylum interview and decision making process, including the assessment of credibility and country information in religious based claims. Real-life case studies and role-play are used throughout the training programme to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the issues.</p><p>We are currently carefully considering the APPG report and its recommendations and will provide a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 40387 question first answered 27/06/2016 10:49:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524775

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members
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 request of the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey for an urgent meeting on behalf of his constituents as requested by that hon. Member on 30 May 2016.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	40406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>I have arranged to meet the Honourable Gentleman.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/06/2016 12:38:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

524472

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on access to higher education for people who have been granted humanitarian protection.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	40213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Home Office officials have been involved in discussions with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to ensure that any conditions relating to access to Higher Education for those granted humanitarian protection satisfy our international obligations.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2016 11:06:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

524272

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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, how many asylum seekers who were granted refugee status were not provided with a (a) biometric residence permit and (b) National Insurance number by her Department before their 28-day asylum support ceased in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	40155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>If an asylum seeker is granted refugee status written confirmation that there are no longer any restrictions on them living and working in the UK is posted to them. A Biometric Residence Permit and National Insurance number is also sent, which can then be used as evidence of their immigration status and in support of any application for benefits.</p><p>Statistics on the number of such cases are not recorded on centrally collated statistical databases and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case records.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/06/2016 14:08:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

524275

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: EU Law
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 provide additional funding for transfer cases related to the Dublin Regulation where further evidence of family links is needed for asylum to be granted.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	40147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Dublin Regulation is the mechanism for determining which EU Member State is responsible for examining an asylum claim, not whether an individual qualifies for asylum. Any request to the UK from another Member State to unite family members under the Dublin Regulation is carefully considered: where someone seeking asylum elsewhere in the EU can demonstrate they have close family members legally in the UK, we will take responsibility for that claim. We make decisions based on all evidence available to us and where it is coherent, verifiable and sufficiently detailed to establish family links.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2016 11:10:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe