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1682797

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date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the automatic algorithmic verification of passport photographs uploaded for online passport applications, to ensure that ethnic diversity does not lead to the rejection of photographs which comply with requirements, for example on the ground that eyes are closed when the photograph clearly shows that the eyes are open.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL1679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>When applying for a passport online, the photo submitted is subject to an initial check to determine if automated passport office systems would assess that the photo meets the internationally agreed standards for passports.</p><p>Where a photo is assessed as not meeting the required standards, it does not routinely mean it is rejected. Customers may override the outcome of this check and submit the photo as part of their application. On receipt of the application, the image will then be assessed by a human to determine whether it is suitable for passport purposes.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 31/01/2024 12:39:13 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1682803

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bibby Stockholm: General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many days is a GP on site on the Bibby Stockholm each week; and whether they have plans to review this level of provision.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
uin	HL1685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The medical facility on the barge is staffed 5 days a week to provide an onsite primary healthcare service with which the asylum seekers will register; this means individuals will not need to register with a local GP practice. The medical team has previous experience of working with asylum seekers.</p><p>This team provides care to the asylum seekers either on the vessel itself between the hours of 9am-5pm, or remotely (including outside of these hours).</p><p>Medical provision includes:</p><ul><li>a qualified senior health professional, such as an advanced nurse practitioner or a paramedic on site 5 days per week - 9am-5pm</li><li>a GP onsite (one day per week) 9am-5pm</li><li>remote access to GP consultations when onsite care is unavailable or needs additional support</li><li>access to translation services is in place and this has been shared with local services</li><li>any prescribed medicines will be transported to the vessel for the asylum seekers</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 30/01/2024 17:17:01 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4922 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

1682804

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	MOD Wethersfield: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 11 December 2023 (HL597), how often is the doctor at the onsite primary healthcare available to hold in-person consultations for residents.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
uin	HL1686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The site has on-site primary healthcare delivered by a local healthcare provider during working hours Monday to Friday. The medical centre is open for 12 hours on arrival days.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare provision on site is designed to be comprehensive and minimise any impact on local services. It is analogous to a conventional GP’s surgery with additional, bespoke, health screening capability.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 31/01/2024 12:39:48 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4922 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

1682810

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Jamie Bryson
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to launching an independent review into the investigation, expenditure and private prosecution of Mr Jamie Bryson in the light of the ruling by District Judge Amanda Brady to terminate the case.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL1692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>As the regulator of the private security industry, the Security Industry Authority (‘the Authority’) can bring private prosecutions for criminal offences contained within the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (‘the Act’). Section 22 of the Act makes it an offence for anyone knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement to the Authority, in connection with the exercise of its functions.</p><p>Concerning the prosecution of Mr Jamie Bryson, the invoices received for the proceedings from 2019 to date (encompassing both the prosecution, and also responding to judicial review proceedings) total £106,992.00.</p><p>The final costs incurred cannot be updated at this time, as not all legal invoices have yet been received by the SIA for payment. The costs will be incorporated within the SIA’s existing budget. This is funded from licence fees, and not from funding allocated by the Treasury.</p><p>As legal proceedings continue, the Government cannot provide further comment, or the additional information sought within question HL1692.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1643 question first answered 30/01/2024 17:06:10 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1682811

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what data or survey information the Department for Transport holds on (1) pedal cyclists breaching road traffic regulations, and (2) near misses or injuries caused by cyclists to pedestrians.
tabling member printed	Lord Hogan-Howe
uin	HL1693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on Fixed Penalty Notices and other outcomes for motoring offences as part of the “Police Powers and Procedures: Other PACE powers” statistical bulletin. The most recent data, for 2021, are available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118166/fixed-penalty-notices-and-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-and-procedures-year-ending-31-december-2021.ods</p><p>The Home Office collects data through a national fixed penalty processing system (PentiP), which includes some information on offences of pedal cyclists breaching road traffic collections. However, these data are not routinely published within the motoring offences statistics and are therefore not quality assured. Additionally, data are not collected on whether there were near misses or injuries sustained during an incident.</p><p>The Home Office has also been informed by the Department for Transport that they do not hold data regarding either part of the question.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 01/02/2024 11:47:52 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name fixed-penalty-notices-and-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-and-procedures-year-ending-31-december-2021 (2).xlsx title fixed penalty notices and other motoring offences
tabling member	4693 label Biography information for Lord Hogan-Howe

1682819

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that all those seeking to make an asylum claim have a safe and clear route to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights. Since 2015, we have offered over half a million people a safe and legal route to the UK. With the scale of disruption and the lamentable situations that too many people find themselves in across the globe, we will never be able to provide a route for all or that meets every eventuality.</p><p> </p><p>Through the cap on safe and legal routes, we are seeking to get a better idea on the capacity of local authorities to resettle refugees. By setting the cap, based on the actual capacity of the UK, we can continue to welcome people to the UK in a sustainable way and put the UK’s resettlement model on a stable and predictable footing. The consultation with local authorities is now closed. The final figure will be agreed to by Parliament. Parliament will have an opportunity to debate and vote on the cap before it comes into force.</p><p> </p><p>It is only by bearing down on illegal migration, and through reverting to more sustainable management of our safe and legal routes through the cap, that we can continue to focus on helping people directly from regions of conflict and instability. We believe our resettlement schemes are the best way to provide much needed support for those who need it.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 31/01/2024 17:01:57 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682820

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy to stop all dangerous channel crossings.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Illegal Migration Act, which this Government has enacted, is an important part of our response to illegal migration. The Act marks a vital step forward to stopping dangerous, unnecessary, and illegal journeys to the UK by removing the incentives for people to take these routes in the first place.</p><p>The UK and French governments are committed to working together to stop small boat crossings of the English Channel, and in March 2023 the Prime Minister and President Macron agreed an ambitious new, multi-year, deal that will see us intensify our cooperation with the French government to prevent small boat crossings, with the aim of improving the interception rate and drastically reducing the number of crossings year-on-year. This new agreement is seeing more French personnel being deployed, supported by cutting-edge surveillance technologies and equipment; a new Zonal Coordination Centre has been established, responsible for the coordination and deployment of all relevant French law enforcement, supported by the UK and including permanently embedded British officers, and more work being done to disrupt organised crime gangs through improved intelligence sharing.</p><p>In 2023, our cooperation with France prevented over 26,000 individual crossings by small boat to the UK. Since the Joint Intelligence Cell was set up in July 2020, we have dismantled 82 organised criminal gangs responsible for people smuggling of small boats migrants.</p><p>We have developed a comprehensive illegal migration strategy to stop the boats and we are focused on delivering it; this has already seen a reduction in small boat crossings by a third in 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 30/01/2024 17:15:13 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682821

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for preventing the deportation of individuals, brought to the UK as children, when they turn 18.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Individuals who entered the UK under the age of 18 and committed an offence after turning 18 are considered for deportation in line with legislation. Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>The Government is determined to do everything possible to protect the public and remove foreign criminals from the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 30/01/2024 17:13:57 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682822

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the efficacy of the Home Office.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The efficacy of the Home Office is regularly assured through a number of accountability mechanisms. These include Home Office questions and the Home Affairs Select Committee in Parliament.</p><p>The annual report and accounts provide a financial and narrative summary of the activities of the Department.</p><p>They are published yearly on gov.uk, offering a review of the Home Office's vision and priorities for the year, and are subject to review by the National Audit Office. The latest one to be published covers 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 01/02/2024 11:44:50 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682823

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commit to reducing the waiting period for all initial asylum decisions to one year or less.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Asylum casework operations are now prioritising processing asylum claims submitted on or after the 28<sup>th</sup> June 2022 with the aim of concluding these as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 31/01/2024 14:30:44 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno