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348425

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to reimburse local authorities for the costs falling to them in caring for children from families with no recourse to public funds as they attempt to regulate their immigration status, in the light of the report by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society <i>Safeguarding Children From Destitution</i>; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We work closely with local authorities to ensure that immigration decisions in cases receiving local authority support are made as quickly as possible. The No Recourse to Public Funds Connect database provides an expedited route into the Home Office for local authorities on individual cases, so that these can be dealt with as quickly as possible. Where migrants granted leave to remain on family grounds show that they are destitute or that there are exceptional circumstances, they are given recourse to public funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 15:30:27 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

348432

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assets Border Force uses at present to maintain surveillance of United Kingdom territorial seas and adjacent waters; and what plans they have, if any, to change this in the light of the deployment of two Border Force cutters in the Mediterranean.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We do not comment on specific operational matters for reasons of national security. A variety of assets ensure the integrity of UK waters, and we continue to ensure that Border Force is able to make use of cutting-edge technology and good intelligence in its important work.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 13:34:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

347889

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the report by the British Election Study, <i>Financial Literacy and Attitudes Towards Immigration</i>, that found that few people understand immigrants' role in the economic recovery of the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has made no such assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:18:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

347893

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: North Korea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Immigration, James Brokenshire, on 26 March (HC228701), and in the light of the ongoing practice of the United Kingdom of deporting North Korean asylum seekers to South Korea, what assessment they have made of the statement by the government of South Korea in a letter to the Secretary of State in 2010, cited in the judgment of the Upper Tribunal in <i>GP and others (South Korean Citizenship) North Korean CG </i>[2014] UKUT 391(IAC) that North Korean refugees must "desire to live in the Republic of Korea" before they can be considered South Korean nationals or be offered protection and settlement support.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The July 2010 letter written by the South Korean Embassy in London to the Home Office was fully considered by the Upper Tribunal in the case of GP and others.</p><p>In paragraph 104 of its determination the Upper Tribunal noted firstly that the subsequent United Kingdom-South Korea Readmission Agreement entered into between the two countries on 10 December 2011 provides a mechanism for the issue of travel documents which is not dependent on the genuineness of the individual’s wish to live in South Korea; and secondly, the question of refugee status is an objective test which requires the person to demonstrate that they have cooperated by seeking to establish whether they can avail themselves of protection from another State of which they may be a citizen.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:22:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347919

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airbus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether any of the alleged industrial espionage in relation to Airbus by the United States and German intelligence services took place in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>It is the long-standing policy of successive Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:17:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

347923

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Children
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 2 March (HL5145), why draft revised guidance on obtaining passports for donor-conceived children has not yet been circulated; and when it will be.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Drafting of the guidance will be completed shortly and consultation with interested parties will commence at the end of June 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 13:34:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

347611

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Graduates: Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Graduate Entrepreneur visas were granted in each of the last two years; and what are those results broken down by the higher education institutions sponsoring the visas.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Kinnoull
uin	HL155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information in the table below relates to all Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visas granted.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Entry Clearance Applications</td><td>In Country Applications</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>13</td><td>215</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>175</td><td>385</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>44</td><td>160</td></tr></tbody></table><p>To obtain the breakdown of the Higher Education Institutions sponsoring the visas would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 15:28:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4354 label Biography information for The Earl of Kinnoull

347617

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2015
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to re-lay the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2015, which have been revoked.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The matter is under consideration.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:19:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

347625

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that girls are not taken abroad for the purposes of forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in tackling forced marriage, and the Government is committed to ensuring that girls are not taken abroad for the purposes of forced marriage. That is why, during the previous Parliament, the Home Secretary made forced marriage a criminal offence, which included taking extra-territorial jurisdiction for forced marriage offences.</p><p>We recognise that strengthening the law is only part of the solution. The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit is leading efforts to combat this unacceptable activity both at home and abroad. Measures include providing support and advice to professionals and victims through a public helpline, with the Unit assisting in 1,267 cases in 2014. We are providing further direct support to professionals, including schools and the Crown Prosecution Service, through an extensive outreach and training programme and the publication of statutory multi-agency guidance in July 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL170 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:35:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

347626

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures are in place to ensure that girls at risk of being taken abroad for the purpose of forced marriage are identified and assessed by professionals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in tackling forced marriage, and the Government is committed to ensuring that girls are not taken abroad for the purposes of forced marriage. That is why, during the previous Parliament, the Home Secretary made forced marriage a criminal offence, which included taking extra-territorial jurisdiction for forced marriage offences.</p><p>We recognise that strengthening the law is only part of the solution. The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit is leading efforts to combat this unacceptable activity both at home and abroad. Measures include providing support and advice to professionals and victims through a public helpline, with the Unit assisting in 1,267 cases in 2014. We are providing further direct support to professionals, including schools and the Crown Prosecution Service, through an extensive outreach and training programme and the publication of statutory multi-agency guidance in July 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL169 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:35:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox