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76640

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date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Interpreters: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Afghan interpreters granted visas to relocate to the United Kingdom will have the right to work without restriction.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Those arriving in the UK under the ex gratia scheme for Afghan locally engaged civilians, including interpreters, will have full entitlement to access <br>employment.<br><br>A package of advice and assistance including how to access benefits and services will be available to those arriving in the UK under the ex gratia scheme for locally engaged staff. This will be delivered by the local authorities (or their partners) participating in the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL983 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:42:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

76641

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Interpreters: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will be responsible for providing the Afghan interpreters granted visas to relocate to the United Kingdom with information on and assistance with access to any social, welfare or housing benefits and services to which they are entitled.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Those arriving in the UK under the ex gratia scheme for Afghan locally engaged civilians, including interpreters, will have full entitlement to access <br>employment.<br><br>A package of advice and assistance including how to access benefits and services will be available to those arriving in the UK under the ex gratia scheme for locally engaged staff. This will be delivered by the local authorities (or their partners) participating in the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL982 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:42:01 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

76646

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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 what they are doing to support harm reduction and support services to improve conditions for sex workers on the street.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to tackling the harm and exploitation that can be associated with prostitution, and believe that people who want to leave prostitution should be given every opportunity to find routes out.<br><br>Local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond to issues around prostitution in their area. We have supported them by reviewing effective practice in terms of policing, exiting, minimising harm, holistic support and general multi agency working. The review is available on the GOV.uk website. The Home Office has also supported the establishment of a National ‘Ugly Mugs’ Scheme to help protect people involved in prostitution from violent and abusive individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 21/07/2014 15:47:46 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

76835

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to UK Visas and Immigration Directorate on responding to hon. Members' representations on visit visa cases.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance is available to all staff involved in responding to correspondence from hon. Members. This guidance explains when it is appropriate for staff to contact the business unit dealing with the case. <br><br>Additionally, the Home Office have issued an Information Fact Sheet – ‘Family Visit Visa Information Fact Sheet for Members of Parliament acting on behalf of their constituents’ to hon. Members. The Information Fact Sheet is available on the Home Office MP website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:57:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9728 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76836

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Ilford South will receive a reply from the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration to the urgent representations he made on behalf of his constituents Mr and Mrs Mehta on 16 June 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A Home Office official responded to the hon. Member on 10 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:29:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9730 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76840

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons hon. Members' recent representations to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration were not referred to the post for a review; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	204978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Officials within UK Visas and Immigration review all representations to the Director General and where appropriate they will liaise with the overseas post to request a review of the decision. The case that the Hon. Member recently raised has been referred to post for review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:26:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9731 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

76847

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
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 ensure that staff of her Department alleviate distress suffered by families who are subject to questioning at border control because the children have different surnames to their parents.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Border Force has a duty under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and <br>Immigration Act 2009 to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. All <br>Border Force officers undergo mandatory training and have guidance to enable <br>them to fulfil this important duty in an appropriate manner. Checks are <br>conducted on passengers arriving in the UK in accordance with the Border Force <br>Operating Mandate. <br><br>Where a child is encountered at the border, and it is not immediately apparent <br>that the accompanying adult is their parent or guardian, Border Force officers <br>will ask questions to satisfy themselves as to the child’s welfare and to <br>discharge their statutory duty. This will be done as quickly and as sensitively <br>as possible to avoid unnecessary delay and distress to the passenger and their <br>accompanying family.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:52:16 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9737 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76851

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Ukraine
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 review the availability of language test centres in Ukraine in response to the current security situation in parts of that country.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Mark Lazarowicz
uin	204792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Cambridge English are operating nine language test centres across Ukraine. The Home Office is working with Cambridge English to monitor access to these test centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/07/2014 14:10:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1411 label Biography information for Mark Lazarowicz