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174267

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 300 United Kingdom citizens who have returned from Syria have been (1) investigated for criminal acts, and (2) charged with terrorism-related offences or other criminal acts.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of individuals currently under investigation for criminal acts is a matter for the police and as such, the Government can not comment on current investigations. Numbers of individuals suspected of involvement in acts of terrorism or criminal matters, arrested and then formally charged with terrorism-related offences or other criminal offences is recorded and collated in the Home Office Quarterly Statistical Bulletin (last published 04 December 2014)</p><p>(<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2014</a> ).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/01/2015 16:15:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name police-powers-terror-q2-2014snr.pdf title Quarterly Statistical Bulletin - 4/12/14
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

174268

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, on 14 January (HC Deb, cols 819–71), that the proposals in the Communications Data Bill were essential, whether the reference was to the draft bill as considered by the Joint Committee or to the revised proposals developed by the Home Office after the Committee reported.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>As my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Home Secretary, has made clear, the Government is committed to ensuring that our intelligence and law enforcement agencies have the powers they need to investigate crime, preserve national security and protect the public. These agencies need access to communications data, but capabilities continue to diminish due to rapidly changing technology. Both the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill, which the Noble Lord chaired, and the Intelligence and Security Committee, which looked at this issue in detail, concluded that there was a gap in capabilities which needed to be addressed. The Government indicated at the time that we accepted the recommendations of the Joint Committee and were willing to make the changes necessary to give effect to those recommendations.</p><p>It is vital that this issue is returned to in the next Parliament, when the provisions in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 will sunset, and when Parliament will also be able to consider the findings of the current review into investigatory powers that is being conducted by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/01/2015 14:33:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

174089

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum-seekers are currently in detention, and in which centres; of these, how many are women or part of families; and how many have been detained for (1) more than six months, and (2) more than one year.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL4192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below is a subset of the latest published information for people detained in the detention estate who have claimed asylum at some point as at 30 September 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>People in detention as at 30 September 2014, who had claimed asylum (1), by place of detention, by sex and by length of detention of over 6 months</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td>Male</td><td>Female</td><td>6 months to less than 12 months</td><td>12 months or more</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total </strong></td><td><strong>1,688</strong></td><td><strong>1,527</strong></td><td><strong>161</strong></td><td><strong>152</strong></td><td><strong>53</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Brook House IRC</td><td><strong>149</strong></td><td>149</td><td>0</td><td>17</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Campsfield House IRC</td><td><strong>110</strong></td><td>110</td><td>0</td><td>10</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Colnbrook IRC</td><td><strong>194</strong></td><td>194</td><td>0</td><td>31</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Colnbrook STHF</td><td><strong>2</strong></td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Dover IRC</td><td><strong>139</strong></td><td>139</td><td>0</td><td>17</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Dungavel IRC</td><td><strong>78</strong></td><td>71</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Harmondsworth IRC</td><td><strong>495</strong></td><td>495</td><td>0</td><td>32</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Haslar IRC</td><td><strong>51</strong></td><td>51</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Larne House STHF</td><td><strong>2</strong></td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Morton Hall IRC</td><td><strong>160</strong></td><td>160</td><td>0</td><td>21</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Pennine House STHF</td><td><strong>10</strong></td><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>The Verne IRC</td><td><strong>84</strong></td><td>84</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Tinsley House IRC</td><td><strong>42</strong></td><td>42</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Yarl's Wood IRC</td><td><strong>172</strong></td><td>20</td><td>152</td><td>10</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(1) Asylum detainees: People detained solely under Immigration Act powers who are recorded as having sought asylum at some stage and may under record due to instances of detainees claiming asylum after the data extract date.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>There were no families with children under the age of 18 detained as at 30 September 2014.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release. The data relating to people in detention are available in tables dt_11_q and dt_12_q in Immigration Statistics: July – September 2014 on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p>Published figures on people detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers include those held in short term holding facilities, pre departure accommodation and immigration removal centres. Figures exclude those held in police cells, Prison Service establishments, short term holding rooms at ports and airports (for less than 24 hours), and those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their dependants.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/01/2015 15:38:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

174093

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many public bodies as defined in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill do not meet the provisions of the Prevent duty guidance consultation document, according to each category of public body.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The duty outlined in Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill (‘the Prevent duty’) falls on the specified authorities listed in Schedule 3 to the Bill. The authorities include local government, prisons and probation services, schools, further and higher education institutions, NHS bodies, and the police. The Government does not hold information about the Prevent policies and processes of all the authorities on which the duty would fall. There are many examples of good practice, but involvement in Prevent activity is not consistent across the country. In legislating, the Government’s intention is to spread that good practice, and ensure all apply the duty in a risk-based and proportionate way.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 26/01/2015 15:01:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

174097

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they use for assessing the effectiveness of the Prevent and Channel counter-terrorism programmes; what targets have been set for any aspects of these programmes; and what key performance indicators are in place.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL4200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office assess the effectiveness of the Prevent and Channel programmes through a range of performance mechanisms.</p><p>We have publically reported on a number of performance indicators such as internet removals and projects delivered. For example, since December 2013 over 53,000 pieces of unlawful terrorist-related content which encourages or glorifies acts of terrorism have been removed from the internet. And since 2011, 180 local projects have been delivered in Prevent priority areas, including projects in education, internet safety, and families.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/01/2015 14:31:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

174099

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 17 December 2014 (HL3283), whether they will now state what consideration they have given to introducing or amending legislation to criminalise the purchase of sex in order to protect vulnerable women.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL4202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>With regard to prostitution, the Government focus is on harm minimisation and I refer to my answer of 17 December 2014 to question HL3283 on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/02/2015 12:21:27 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

173581

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the fact that the average United Kingdom graduate starting salary ranges from £18,000 to £24,000, what assessment they have made of the impact of policy that allows international students to stay in the United Kingdom upon the condition that they find a graduate-level job paying £24,000 a year.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that there should be opportunities for the brightest and best international students to undertake skilled work in the UK after their studies. International students who graduate in the UK may switch into skilled work providing they have an offer of graduate-level job from a sponsoring employer, paying at least £20,500 per year or the appropriate salary for the particular occupation, whichever is higher.</p><p>The Government closed the previous Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) route in April 2012. This route granted free access to the UK labour market for two years after graduation in the UK. Too many individuals in the route were unemployed or competing with resident workers for low-skilled jobs, and too many were using the student route merely as a means to work in the UK, without any real intention of study. We also saw a large number of fraudulent applications. This undermined our work routes and damaged the reputation of our education system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/01/2015 15:29:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

173608

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Exclusion Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 6 January (HL3867), whether they will publish the list of non-exhaustive indicators of unacceptable behaviours that could lead to the exclusion of a foreign national from the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL4168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The list of unacceptable behaviours is indicative rather than exhaustive. It covers any non-UK national whether in the UK or abroad who uses any means or medium including:</p><p> </p><p>• writing, producing, publishing or distributing material;</p><p>• public speaking including preaching</p><p>• running a website; or</p><p>• using a position of responsibility such as teacher, community or youth leader</p><p> </p><p>To express views which:</p><p> </p><p>• foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs;</p><p>• seek to provoke others to terrorist acts;</p><p>• foment other serious criminal activity or seek to provoke others to serious criminal acts or;</p><p>• foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the UK</p><p>The list was finalised in August 2005 following a consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/01/2015 15:31:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

173609

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 6 January (HL3868), whether evidence that an individual persistently undertook, permitted or financed illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories triggers consideration as to whether that individual's conduct is not conducive to the public good.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL4169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>All foreign nationals seeking entry to the UK must satisfy either an entry clearance officer overseas, or an immigration officer at the port of arrival, that they fully meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules in the category of entry sought and that, by their own actions, they have not brought themselves within scope of the general grounds for refusal set out in Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The Government takes a range of measures to prevent foreign nationals from coming to, or remaining in, the UK where their presence is not conducive to the public good. An individual may be refused entry to the UK under the Immigration Rules and the Home Secretary also has the power to exclude foreign nationals from the UK. The power to exclude is broad but may include circumstances involving national security, unacceptable behaviour, extremism, international relations or foreign policy, and serious organised crime. These decisions are made according to the individual circumstances of each case taking into a consideration a range of factors.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/01/2015 15:33:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

173528

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Baroness Northover on 13 January, whether they will list by country how many Syrian refugees have been accepted by each of the European Union member states.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The resettlement pledges for all countries including those from European Union member states is listed on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website. The direct link to this page is as follows: <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/52b2febafc5.html" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/52b2febafc5.html</a></p><p>Ninety people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme between the first group of arrivals on 25 March and the end of September 2014. This is the latest publicly available figure, as numbers are released as part of the publication of Home Office official statistics each quarter; the number of arrivals under the scheme up to December 2014 will be published on 26 February.</p><p>Potential beneficiaries of the scheme are identified and referred to us by UNHCR. Given the serious vulnerability of the beneficiaries, our priority is to ensure that the support and accommodation they need is in place before they arrive in the UK. We are working closely with UNHCR, the International Organisation for Migration and local authorities to achieve this as soon as practically possible as the circumstances of each particular case allow. In these circumstances it is not possible to provide information on the number of individuals in any part of the resettlement process at any given time.</p><p>Beneficiaries of the scheme are granted five years’ Humanitarian Protection with all the rights and benefits that go with that status, including access to public funds, access to the labour market and the possibility of family reunion.</p><p>As the scheme is based on vulnerability - including women and children at risk, people with medical needs and survivors of torture and violence - it would not</p><p>be appropriate for us to release specific details of where individuals are being placed, as this risks undermining their privacy and recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4111 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:30:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool