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170234

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Eritrea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether negotiations are taking place with the government of Eritrea about the number of refugees from that country coming to the European Union and, in particular, to the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>There is an ongoing dialogue on migration related issues between representatives of the UK and Eritrean governments, including a recent meeting with my Hon. Friend, the Immigration and Security Minister (James Brokenshire)and the Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh on 27 November in Rome. This took place in the margins of a conference to launch the new European Union - African Union ‘Khartoum Process’.</p><p>The UK is playing an active role in this initiative which is bringing together EU countries and those in the Horn of Africa, including Eritrea, to support dialogue and cooperation to tackle people smuggling and human trafficking in the region. More recently, there has been a visit to Eritrea by a joint delegation of senior Home Office and Foreign Office officials on 9-11 December to discuss a range of migration topics, including the current drivers of irregular migration and ways to mitigate it, asylum and returns, and potential areas for joint co-operation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/01/2015 15:36:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

170263

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people took the Life in the United Kingdom citizenship test in each month from January 2013 until November 2014 inclusive.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Information is not published in this format. However, statistics relating to the number of Life in the UK tests taken are already published quarterly on the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-november-2014</a></p><p>Table LUK1 refers, which provides data up to and including September 2014. Data relating to October and November 2014 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/01/2015 14:40:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

170264

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many complaints were made about the Life in the United Kingdom citizenship test each month from January 2013 until November 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not aggregated in national reporting systems and could only be obtained by a disproportionately expensive manual case by case search to collate the data.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/01/2015 14:53:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

170265

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have taken the Life in the United Kingdom citizenship test for a second time after passing the test previously because they lost the certificate confirming they had passed.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>No statistical information is available showing how many people have re-taken the test for this purpose. It would not be necessary to re-take the test in these circumstances as each test result is transferred to Home Office systems for reference purposes and would therefore be available to the caseworker considering any subsequent application for settlement or citizenship.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/01/2015 14:34:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

170464

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many and what proportion of candidates took their English language tests online in each country in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	218716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Secure English language tests for visa purposes require attendance in person at an invigilated test centre. As such there are no online tests that can be taken from home.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:57:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

170465

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 28 March 2011 to Question 45398, whether it remains the policy of her Department that a ban on the testing of household products on animals will apply to both finished products and ingredients; whether there is now a definition of household products; and when the ban will be implemented.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	218697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>We have made a commitment to ban the testing of household products on animals. Although superficially straightforward, this issue has not been easy to resolve. The key issue is around ingredients. We are currently engaging with <br>stakeholders to develop a solution that is workable, but does not have a chain of unforeseen circumstances. <br><br>Any solution has to be legally viable since we cannot ban testing which may be required under UK or EU law. The solution we develop must not preclude research that is a lawful requirement nor that which has significant benefits to people, the environment or animals. Nor should it drive research overseas.<br><br>There is, at present, no authoritative definition of household products in the United Kingdom or European legislation. Through stakeholder engagement we are seeking to develop an agreed definition.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 18/12/2014 14:51:25 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

170466

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were used for testing (a) finished household products and (b) household product ingredients in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	218698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of animals used in scientific procedures for testing (a) finished household products or (b) household product ingredients. It does however collect data on the number of <br>animals used in procedures undertaken for the testing of substances used in the household, in Great Britain.<br><br>In 2010 there were 24 animals used in procedures for the testing of substances used in the household. In 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 there were no animals used in procedures for the testing of substances used in the household.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 18/12/2014 14:59:50 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

170467

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many cases of fraud or abuse in relation to English language testing have been identified in each country in each of the last five years; and what proportion such cases were of the total number sitting those tests in each country.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	218720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally and the costs of gathering the information would involve disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:50:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

170468

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, what steps her Department takes to ensure that the candidate sitting a test online is the same person who completed the secure online verification process.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	218718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>English language tests for visa purposes require attendance in person at an invigilated test centre. It is incumbent upon Secure English Language Test (SELT) providers to check the identity of individuals sitting their tests. The secure online verification process is the system delivered by the SELT test providers which the Home Office uses to check results relied on in support of an immigration application.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:58:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

170469

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218042, how many concerns regarding fraud or abuse in relation to English language testing were reported to her Department by English language testing providers in each country in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	218719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/01/2015 11:57:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady