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753957

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the repeating of an answer to an Urgent Question by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 July, whether they plan to increase (1) the number of families with vulnerable children to be resettled in the UK from the Middle East under the Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme; and (2) the number of vulnerable unaccompanied refugee children already in Europe with existing close relatives in the UK whom they will resettle in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS), we will resettle up to 3,000 vulnerable children and their families up to the year 2020. The figures for the VCRS will be published in the usual way, and will feature in future releases of the Home Office’s immigration quarterly statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Dublin Regulation establishes which EU Member State has responsibility for assessing an individual’s asylum claim. Under Article 8 of the Regulation, another EU Member State can raise a Take Charge Request where a child has a family member legally present in the UK and where transfer to the UK is in the child’s best interests. For transfers under Article 8.2 there is the additional requirement that the relative – a grandparent or adult aunt or uncle – is able to take care of the child. We will transfer children where a Take Charge Request is raised and who meet these requirements to the UK for their asylum claim to be assessed here. This is an ongoing commitment and no number is associated with it.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:17:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

753292

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will grant discretionary leave to remain to persons who should move from the UK but are unable to do so through no fault of their own.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Those who have no right to remain in the UK are expected to leave voluntarily and should take all reasonable steps to do so. If they do not leave voluntarily we will seek to enforce their removal. There is provision to grant discretionary leave to remain where someone has been unable to leave through no fault of their own and there is no prospect of enforced removal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:16:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

753295

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government which family tracing services they are using to assist UK residents to find their missing relatives and dependants.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Requests for assistance with family tracing from UK residents are directed to the British Red Cross which provides a family tracing service to restore family links between family members separated as a result of war and conflict, natural or man-made disasters, or migration. All asylum seekers are also notified of this service when they claim asylum. In addition, when it is deemed to be in a child’s best interests, the UK government endeavours to trace the families of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:14:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

753298

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority for 2017–18; how many staff it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many staff it employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) for 2017/18 is published in the Supply Estimates and comprises £6,090,000 Resource and £680,000 Capital.</p><p> </p><p>The GLAA expects to employ an average of 107 full time equivalent staff during 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The average number of full time equivalent staff employed by the GLAA and its predecessor, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, in each of the last five years is set out in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Average Full Time Equivalent Staff by financial year</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:13:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

753322

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, since the refreshed approach to the Home Office's ending gang and youth violence programme was announced in January 2016, how levels of gang and serious youth violence, including knife crime, have changed.
tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Violent crime recorded by the police, including knife crime has been increasing since 2014. Most of the recorded increase is thought to be due to improvements in police recording of crime following a critical HMIC report in 2014. However, some recent increases in knife crime in some areas of the country are thought to be real increases. The Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation programme launched in January 2016 has built on the work of the previous Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme. It has had a particular focus on tacking county lines and the associated abuse and violence. This includes a programme of local reviews to build resilience in areas to gang related violence and exploitation. We have just announced an extended programme of reviews and support for 2017/18.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:15:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

753326

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many citizens of other countries have been given British citizenship in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL1014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of grants of British citizenship is published in Citizenship table cz_01 in the Home Office’s ‘Immigration Statistics, January - March 2016’, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615149/citizenship-jan-mar-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615149/citizenship-jan-mar-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>The information is summarised is this table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>British citizenship grants, 2007 to 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Grant Decisions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>164,637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>129,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>203,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>195,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>177,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>194,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>208,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>125,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>118,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>149,421</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:16:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

753518

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to prevent female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	5863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls. Our work to end this practice is an integral part of the cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy, which is backed by increased funding of £100m.</p><p>We have significantly strengthened the law, including introducing a new offence of failing to protect a girl from FGM, lifelong anonymity for victims, and a mandatory reporting duty requiring specified professionals to report known cases in under 18s to the police. We have also introduced FGM Protection Orders to protect women and girls at the earliest opportunity - since their introduction in July 2015, over 100 orders have been made.</p><p> </p><p>To help raise awareness amongst frontline professionals, in April 2016 we published multi-agency guidance on FGM, which is now statutory, and we have developed free e-learning which has been completed by over 100,000 individuals to date. In addition, the Home Office’s FGM Unit is carrying out awareness raising outreach across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Significant work is also under way to improve the response from health and social care professionals. The Department of Health, in partnership with the NHS, is leading a £4m national FGM Prevention Programme, and as part of the Department for Education’s £200m Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme a range of projects have been funded. DfE have also invested £375,000 to raise awareness amongst school staff and pupils.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/07/2017 16:13:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

753527

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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, how many people who absconded from ports of entry after being stopped by Border Force officers were subsequently recovered in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	5756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Due to the way in which absconder data is recorded, it is not currently feasible to make an informed estimate of the number of people who have absconded from ports of entry after being stopped by Border Force, or who were subsequently recovered.</p><p> </p><p>To establish this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/07/2017 13:23:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

753537

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Undocumented Migrants
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 absconded from ports of entry after being stopped by Border Force officers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	5750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Due to the way in which absconder data is recorded, it is not currently feasible to make an informed estimate of the number of people who have absconded from ports of entry after being stopped by Border Force, or who were subsequently recovered.</p><p> </p><p>To establish this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/07/2017 13:25:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

753542

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed through the Belfast Passport Office between 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	5646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office processed a total of 10,275 applications from residents in the Republic of Ireland from our Belfast office between 31 of March 2016 and 31 of March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/07/2017 13:12:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell