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582547

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees were threatened with the Kingfisher Isolation Unit as a result of peaceful protest activities in conjunction with the demonstration outside Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre on 10 September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	46156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>Kingfisher Unit at Yarl’s Wood is managed by Serco, the service provider, in accordance with Rules 40 (removal from association) and 42 (temporary confinement) of the Detention Centre Rules 2001. Detainees may only be separated from others for reasons of safety, either their own or for others, for security reasons or when an individual is being refractory or violent. There is no provision in the Rules for separation to be used as punishment.</p><p>Provisional management information from Serco shows that no detainees were re-located to Kingfisher Unit on either 10 or 11 September. There is no record of any complaints having been made by detainees alleging that they have been threatened with placement on Kingfisher Unit in connection with the demonstration on 10 September.</p><p>Detainee Custody Officers must not threaten detainees in order to manage their behaviour but may advise detainees that they may be separated if their behaviour is judged to risk compromising the safety and security of the centre, themselves or others.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 46157 question first answered 22/09/2016 16:13:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

582548

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre detainees were held in the Kingfisher Isolation Unit on the weekend of 10 September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	46157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>Kingfisher Unit at Yarl’s Wood is managed by Serco, the service provider, in accordance with Rules 40 (removal from association) and 42 (temporary confinement) of the Detention Centre Rules 2001. Detainees may only be separated from others for reasons of safety, either their own or for others, for security reasons or when an individual is being refractory or violent. There is no provision in the Rules for separation to be used as punishment.</p><p>Provisional management information from Serco shows that no detainees were re-located to Kingfisher Unit on either 10 or 11 September. There is no record of any complaints having been made by detainees alleging that they have been threatened with placement on Kingfisher Unit in connection with the demonstration on 10 September.</p><p>Detainee Custody Officers must not threaten detainees in order to manage their behaviour but may advise detainees that they may be separated if their behaviour is judged to risk compromising the safety and security of the centre, themselves or others.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 46156 question first answered 22/09/2016 16:13:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

582550

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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 recent discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on the implementation of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	46189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>Officials from the UK Government’s Resettlement Programme are in regular dialogue with the devolved administrations in relation to the delivery of the Syrian Vulnerable Person’s Resettlement scheme.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/09/2016 16:03:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

582555

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have children who are British citizens.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	46133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data in the form requested.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/09/2016 15:27:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

582567

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for cases handled by the Complex Casework Directorate.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	46203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested on average processing time for cases handled by Complex Casework is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/09/2016 16:05:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

582659

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are planning to take to honour the British soldiers who fought in Musa Qala in Afghanistan in the autumn of 2006.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>Service in Afghanistan is recognised by the Operational Service Medal. All those who deployed to Afghanistan will have been eligible to receive the medal if they met the qualifying criteria. There is a long-standing rule that decisions taken with regards to medallic recognition should not be revisited once five years have passed since the conclusion of a military operation. The 'five year' rule has been looked at by the Committee on the Grants of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) on a number of occasions, and on each occasion it has concluded that the rule is sound and should not be changed.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 22/09/2016 13:03:32 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

581645

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of visa applications involving the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, and Imperial College London, were successful in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
uin	HL1783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>Visa refusal rate data is produced for internal use only and is not intended for publication.</p><p>The data requested provides sensitive information about sponsors’ compliance with their immigration requirements and by extension how likely they are to retain their sponsor licence. As this information could potentially impact their reputation and ability to attract international students, and therefore their commercial viability, we are unable to provide the information requested on the basis of commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/09/2016 13:33:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

581646

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which were the top 10 universities for successfully processed visa applications for each of the past three years; and what were the percentages of applications successfully processed for each.
tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
uin	HL1784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>Visa refusal rate data is produced for internal use only and is not intended for publication.</p><p>The data requested provides sensitive information about sponsors’ compliance with their immigration requirements and by extension how likely they are to retain their sponsor licence. As this information could potentially impact their reputation and ability to attract international students, and therefore their commercial viability, we are unable to provide the information requested on the basis of commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/09/2016 13:33:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

581648

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations took place with the Scottish Government in advance of the announcement of the pilot study on post-study work visas in July.
tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
uin	HL1785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>We have been in correspondence with the Scottish Government concerning the Tier 4 visa pilot. There is no pilot study currently being conducted into post-study work visas.</p><p>The Tier 4 visa pilot is part of the Home Office’s continued efforts to ensure that the UK maintains an excellent offer to attract the brightest and best to study at our world-leading institutions. The pilot is deliberately narrow in scope, with the institutions selected on the basis of their consistently low level of visa refusals. Its main aim is to test the benefits of a differentiated approach within Tier 4, whilst ensuring any changes do not undermine the robust application of immigration requirements.</p><p>The pilot helps simplify the visa application process for international students looking to study on a Masters’ course, in the UK, of 13 months or less. Whilst it will also help to support students who wish to switch into a work route by extending the leave period following the end of their study to up to six months, it does not make any changes to the Tier 2 visa route and is not a return to the post-study work visa route.</p><p>The four selected institutions were consulted regarding its implementation. Should the pilot be successful, the Home Office will consult key stakeholders about its possible expansion.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/09/2016 12:57:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

581649

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from the Scottish Government since July concerning the new pilot study on post-study work visas.
tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
uin	HL1786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>We have been in contact with the Scottish Government concerning the Tier 4 visa pilot. There is no pilot study currently being conducted into post-study work visas.</p><p>The Tier 4 visa pilot is part of the Home Office’s continued efforts to ensure that the UK maintains an excellent offer to attract the brightest and best to study at our world-leading institutions. The pilot is deliberately narrow in scope, with the institutions selected on the basis of their consistently low level of visa refusals. Its main aim is to test the benefits of a differentiated approach within Tier 4, whilst ensuring any changes do not undermine the robust application of immigration requirements.</p><p>The pilot helps simplify the visa application process for international students looking to study on a Masters’ course, in the UK, of 13 months or less. Whilst it will also help to support students who wish to switch into a work route by extending the leave period following the end of their study to up to six months, it does not make any changes to the Tier 2 visa route and is not a return to the post-study work visa route.</p><p>The four selected institutions were consulted regarding its implementation. Should the pilot be successful, the Home Office will consult key stakeholders about its possible expansion.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/09/2016 12:49:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale