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944424

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Emergency Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to give asylum seekers working in emergency services whose leave to remain expires priority status to remain in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK unless their claim has been outstanding for at least 12 months through no fault of their own. The policy is designed to protect the resident labour market so that access to employment is prioritised for British citizens and lawful residents, including those granted refugee status.</p><p>Those who need protection are granted leave with full access to the labour market and mainstream benefits and can apply for settlement after five years. Refugees should apply for settlement before their five years’ leave expires – doing so will enable them to continue to work whilst their settlement application is decided. All settlement applications are considered on their individual merits.</p><p>We have no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/07/2018 12:33:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

944425

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that asylum seekers are able to finish the academic year in school once they have turned 18.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>When asylum seekers reach the age of 18 years, they may continue to study pending a final decision on their application. If the application is refused, consideration will be given to the impact that removal action may have on the welfare and development of the child at their current stage of education, and this will be weighed against the possible effects of delaying removal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/07/2018 12:31:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

944427

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: English Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide asylum seekers arriving in the UK with opportunities to learn English free of charge.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>Not everyone who makes their own way to the UK to seek asylum will be found to be in need of protection and many will have travelled through other safe countries to get to the UK. The Government does not fund English classes for asylum seekers.</p><p>Asylum seekers aged 19 or over become eligible for a 50% contribution to the costs of English language classes through the Adult Education Budget, when they have been legally in the UK for longer than six months and are awaiting a decision on their asylum claim, or have failed in their claim but have been granted support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/07/2018 12:33:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

944429

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: LGBT+ People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will list from which countries they would grant LGBTQ+ applicants refugee status based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL9665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>We are unable to provide a list of countries from which applicants would be granted refugee status based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.</p><p>This is because all claims for international protection are considered in accordance with our international obligations. Individual claims are considered against any relevant caselaw and the background of the latest available country information. This is based on a careful and objective assessment of the situation in a given country using evidence taken from a range of sources including media outlets; local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p><p>Our assessment of the situation for persons seeking asylum based on their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression is set out in the relevant country policy and information notes, which are available on the Gov.uk website. Caseworkers also have access to an on-demand request service, where they can ask for specific research on issues or countries not covered by a country policy and information note.</p><p>However, the country information forms the objective background against which applications are decided. Crucially, decision makers must still consider the individual facts and merits of a particular case to determine whether or not that person qualifies for asylum. The Government takes its international responsibilities seriously and grants protection to those who qualify.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/07/2018 12:32:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

943360

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Minister for Immigration on 16 July (HC Deb, col 11), whether all of the 44 children held in immigration detention, in the last period for which numbers are available, were held with their families immediately prior to return; whether all were held at Tinsley House; and whether any were detained for longer than 72 hours.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL9579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>There were 44 children held in immigration detention between January and December 2017. 11 children were removed from the UK, with five being returned from Gatwick Pre-Departure Accommodation and six from the Family Unit within Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre. All 11 children who were returned were held with their families prior to return for less than 72 hours.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/07/2018 12:31:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

943394

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sayed Alwadaei
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to address the statelessness of Hajer Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, the daughter of Bahraini human rights defender Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei; and whether the Home Office has processed Sayed Alwadaei’s application for Indefinite Leave to Remain.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL9608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases. . Applications received by the Home Office are considered on their own merits in accordance with the Immigration Rules and Home Office policy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/07/2018 12:29:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

942033

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of why the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has referred so few Christians, Yazidis and other Syrian religious minorities for resettlement in the UK; whether any members of those minorities were resettled in the UK in the first quarter of 2018; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
uin	HL9547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>In resettlement, the UK works according to the humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality which means that we do not take into consideration the ethno-religious origins of people requiring assistance as we resettle solely on the basis of needs, identified by UNHCR through their established submission categories.</p><p>We believe that one way to protect the privacy of those being resettled and ensure their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available. We therefore do not believe it is appropriate to publish a religious and ethnic breakdown of those who have been resettled.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/07/2018 12:46:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

942036

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Grenfell Tower Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether visas have been issued to members of families of Grenfell Tower fire victims attending the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that are limited to a period shorter than the expected length of that Inquiry; and, if so why.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL9550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We will do everything we can to support the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry and enable Core Participants to attend. Where attendance at the Inquiry is raised, visas have been issued, including outside of the Immigration Rules, for periods of up to six months.</p><p>The Grenfell relatives’ policy introduced on 11 October 2017, was extended on 26 June to allow family members of victims or survivors with Core Participant status or who are called to give evidence, to extend their stay for further six-month periods. This is to allow relatives to remain at least until the anticipated close of the Inquiry oral evidence sessions.</p><p>Relatives who do not have CP status, or who wish to apply for a longer period of stay, may wish to consider whether they meet the requirements of existing published policies to come to or remain in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/07/2018 12:47:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

942037

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long it takes for an asylum seeker to receive a decision on their application for section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; if successful in their application, how soon they should receive that support; and what is the average time taken (1) to decide an application for section 4 support, and (2) for payment to be made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has a range of measures for processing asylum support applications depending on the nature of the application being made. Access to accommodation and subsistence payments is provided once suitable accommodation is sourced and eligibility confirmed. Currently information on processing times is not recorded in a format suitable for publication and there are no plans to publish such statistics at this time.</p><p>The Home Office is continuing to work with the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum to consider what further information could be made publicly available once the new IT system for asylum support casework has been fully implemented later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/07/2018 12:47:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

940053

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airwave Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 25 June (HL8482), what provisions are in place to ensure that the electric relays of the fibre networks to which Airwave sites are connected would continue to work during a prolonged power outage.
tabling member printed	Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
uin	HL9468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Airwave service was designed to continue to operate in the event of an extended power outage. Extensive audits of the circuits were undertaken during the commissioning of the service to ensure that the network equipment, eg relays, between the exchanges and the base stations were able to operate in the event of a mains electricity failure<em>.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/07/2018 12:46:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom