Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1058704

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether the UK’s obligations under Articles 12 and 13 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking and Article 11 of Directive 2011/36/EU can be met for potential victims of trafficking who are detained in immigration detention centres.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	219465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The necessary assistance and support, including medical treatment, information and interpretation services are available in immigration removal centres to fulfil the UK’s obligations under Articles 12 and 13 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking and Article 11 of Directive 2011/36/EU. However, under current Government policy, potential victims of modern slavery identified in detention will be referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and will be released following a positive reasonable grounds decision, unless there are public order considerations to justify their detention.</p><p><br>Those who receive a positive conclusive grounds decision to the effect that they are a victim of modern slavery under the NRM, but who have no leave to remain in the UK, may be detained in order to effect their removal. However, they will be regarded as vulnerable in the terms of the Home Office’s adults at risk in immigration detention policy (AAR). This means that such individuals will be detained, or their detention continued, only when the evidence of their vulnerability is outweighed by the immigration considerations in their particular case, including likely date of removal, compliance with immigration law and public protection.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219466 question first answered 19/02/2019 15:15:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1058705

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people who have been identified as potential victims of human trafficking or modern slavery during immigration detention and who have then received reasonable conclusive grounds under the National Referral Mechanism are released on receipt of that grounds decision.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	219466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The necessary assistance and support, including medical treatment, information and interpretation services are available in immigration removal centres to fulfil the UK’s obligations under Articles 12 and 13 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking and Article 11 of Directive 2011/36/EU. However, under current Government policy, potential victims of modern slavery identified in detention will be referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and will be released following a positive reasonable grounds decision, unless there are public order considerations to justify their detention.</p><p><br>Those who receive a positive conclusive grounds decision to the effect that they are a victim of modern slavery under the NRM, but who have no leave to remain in the UK, may be detained in order to effect their removal. However, they will be regarded as vulnerable in the terms of the Home Office’s adults at risk in immigration detention policy (AAR). This means that such individuals will be detained, or their detention continued, only when the evidence of their vulnerability is outweighed by the immigration considerations in their particular case, including likely date of removal, compliance with immigration law and public protection.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219465 question first answered 19/02/2019 15:15:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1058709

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what gender awareness training staff at the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) have undertaken in relation to their inspections of workplaces; and whether the GLAA has a gender awareness strategy in place for those inspections.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	219469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The GLAA informs me that it ensures its inspection staff have been trained to adopt a victim centred approach to determine whether exploitation has occurred, and to treat each identified victim according to their needs.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/02/2019 14:35:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1058784

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what oversight his Department has on the content included in Life in the United Kingdom: A guide for new residents.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	219337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office manages the Life in the United Kingdom contract and approves the content of each publication.</p><p><br>The Department is reviewing the content of the handbook to ensure it re-flects modern society and British values – including the diversity of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/02/2019 15:13:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1058785

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the people listed in the next edition of Life in the United Kingdom: A guide for new residents reflect the diversity of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	219338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office manages the Life in the United Kingdom contract and approves the content of each publication.</p><p>The Department is reviewing the content of the handbook to ensure it reflects modern society and British values including the diversity of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/02/2019 17:01:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1058860

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detainees currently in detention have been detained for more than 28 days.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	219500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of people in detention, at the end of each quarter, by length of detention is available in table dt_11_q of the detention tables in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending September 2018’, available from Gov.uk:</p><p><br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758249/detention-sep-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758249/detention-sep-2018-tables.ods </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/02/2019 14:36:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1058939

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on complaints against Serco as a provider of asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	219484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The asylum accommodation contracts are self reporting and therefore have their own complaints resolution process. Service users who have a complaint are encouraged to inform their providers who will work directly with them to resolve it. Each provider holds their own complaints data. If a complaint has not been rectified satisfactorily then this can be escalated to UKVI.</p><p><br>We do not routinely publish data on complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/02/2019 14:39:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1058957

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to respond to recommendations made in the Lift the Ban report entitled Why people seeking asylum should have the right to work; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	219339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s policy on right to work for those seeking asylum is consistent with EU law and permits asylum seekers to work, in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, if they have been waiting for a decision on their claim for 12 months or more and the delay is through no fault of their own.</p><p>During the Meaningful Vote debate on 5 December, the Home Secretary stated that although there are no current plans to change the current policy, it is an area he wished to review, and work on this is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/02/2019 14:37:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1059008

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers and Warehouses: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will include HGV Drivers and Qualified Warehouse Personnel in the UK Shortage Occupation List; and if will he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	219346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee is currently undertaking a Government-commissioned review on the full composition of the Shortage Occupation List. That report is expected to be published in the Spring. It is right that the Government awaits the MAC’s conclusions on this review before making any changes to the List.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/02/2019 15:17:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning