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423741

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Trafficking and Kidnap Unit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding was allocated to the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit of the Metropolitan Police Service in (1) 2012–13, (2) 2013–14, and (3) 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL3005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes modern slavery very seriously and the Modern Slavery Strategy sets out our approach to improving the law enforcement response. We expect individual forces to allocate adequate resources to tackling serious crime including modern slavery, within the overall level of funding available to them. However, decisions about the specific level of funding and staffing for specific units within the Metropolitan Police, such as the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit, are matters for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3006 question first answered 02/11/2015 17:40:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

423742

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Trafficking and Kidnap Unit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many permanent members of staff are employed within the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit of the Metropolitan Police Service, and what staffing changes are envisaged in the next year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL3006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes modern slavery very seriously and the Modern Slavery Strategy sets out our approach to improving the law enforcement response. We expect individual forces to allocate adequate resources to tackling serious crime including modern slavery, within the overall level of funding available to them. However, decisions about the specific level of funding and staffing for specific units within the Metropolitan Police, such as the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit, are matters for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3005 question first answered 02/11/2015 17:40:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

423752

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cycling: Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of breaches of traffic laws and regulations by bicyclists in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL3016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the number of breaches of traffic laws and regulations by bicyclists in each of the last five years. This information is not held centrally. It is important that cyclists follow the rules of the Highway Code. It is an operational matter for local Chief Officers to enforce the law.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/11/2015 14:53:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

423500

registered interest
date	23/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 19 October (HL2532), which specific elements of European law require the right to challenge an adverse asylum decision via an effective remedy; and whether the nature of such a remedy is prescribed.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL2964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Article 39 of the Asylum Procedures Directive requires that EU member states must provide an effective remedy before a Court or Tribunal in respect of a decision taken on a person’s asylum application.</p><p>The nature of the remedy is not prescribed beyond requiring it to be before a Court or Tribunal.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/11/2015 14:44:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

423148

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current level of immigration into the United Kingdom across the land border with the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. Routine immigration controls are not conducted on the land border between the UK and Republic of Ireland. However, the Government takes protecting our border security very seriously, and there is a high level of collaboration on work with Ireland to strengthen the Common Travel Area’s external border.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 29/10/2015 17:12:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

423156

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what extent the proposed new police forces funding formula is weighted to reflect the importance of (1) historic crime levels, (2) historic clear-up levels, and (3) preventative and educative work; and in what ways it reflects policy relating to the maintenance of a network of neighbourhood policing.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Our proposed funding model is based on a set of four indicators which correlate well with long term patterns of crime. The indicators cover population, population characteristics and environmental characteristics. They are used as proxies for police demand and are based on objective, robust and reliable data that can be compared across all force areas.</p><p>Decisions about the size and composition of the police workforce are an operational matter for chief officers, working with their Police and Crime Commissioner.</p><p>We continue to strongly support neighbourhood policing, and are committed to the principle that tackling local crime and anti-social behaviour should be a priority for the whole force - not just neighbourhood policing teams – working collaboratively with other local agencies, businesses and residents to respond to the problems they face.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/11/2015 16:09:06 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

423170

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Iraq
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the welfare of Iraqi Christians fleeing that country; and how many have been granted refugee status in the United Kingdom in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Our country information and guidance recognises that, in general, religious minorities including Christians, are particularly vulnerable and are likely to be at risk of persecution in parts of Iraq. Each claim is considered on its individual merits, taking into account up to date country information.</p><p>In the 5 years since 2010, we have granted refugee status to 20 Iraqi’s with a claimed Christian religion however we are unable to confirm that the reason for the grant of status was on the basis of their Christianity.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong></strong> <strong>Religion</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Granted in Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian - Coptic/Orthodox</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 29/10/2015 17:15:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

422791

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Eritrea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will revise the country guidance for Eritrea so that asylum applicants from that country are favourably considered for protection as refugees, in the light of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights on Eritrea and other reports of human rights abuses in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>We have updated our country information and guidance on Eritrea. This takes into account the UN Commission of Inquiry’s report as well other sources reporting on the human rights situation. The revised documents, covering illegal exit and national service, were published on 9 September and are available on the Gov.uk website. They recognise that there are human rights challenges in Eritrea – particularly around the national service programme – but, as with all asylum applications, stress the need to consider each claim on its individual merits.</p><p>All EU Member States have a responsibility to respect the principle of non-refoulement. We are confident that our European partners understand and apply this, whether to Eritrea or anywhere else. We are in regular discussions with our EU counterparts – individually and via the European Asylum Support Office – to discuss various aspects of asylum policy and practice.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2839 question first answered 02/11/2015 15:54:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

422792

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Eritrea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to call upon all European Union member states to uphold the principle of non-refoulement for refugees from Eritrea.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>We have updated our country information and guidance on Eritrea. This takes into account the UN Commission of Inquiry’s report as well other sources reporting on the human rights situation. The revised documents, covering illegal exit and national service, were published on 9 September and are available on the Gov.uk website. They recognise that there are human rights challenges in Eritrea – particularly around the national service programme – but, as with all asylum applications, stress the need to consider each claim on its individual merits.</p><p>All EU Member States have a responsibility to respect the principle of non-refoulement. We are confident that our European partners understand and apply this, whether to Eritrea or anywhere else. We are in regular discussions with our EU counterparts – individually and via the European Asylum Support Office – to discuss various aspects of asylum policy and practice.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2838 question first answered 02/11/2015 15:54:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

422802

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Biometrics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the review of the framework within which police forces use and retain custody images is yet complete; if so, what advice has been circulated to police forces as a result; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL2849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The review has not yet been completed. It is important that the issues identified by the review are properly tested with operational decision makers, so as to appropriately balance the protection of personal data and privacy with the public protection benefits and the operational need.</p><p>Due to the complexity of the operational and legal issues raised in the evidence gathering stage and the number of important stakeholders, this work is yet to be completed.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/11/2015 15:57:47 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven