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971208

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT+ People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that LGBT people seeking asylum, who have experienced torture and forms of violence that may be difficult to disclose, have access to legal representatives who are allowed time and capacity to obtain the requisite evidence.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL10208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claimants have the opportunity to be legally represented during their asylum claim, and legal aid funding is provided to those who need it.</p><p>In addition, Migrant Help is funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and the Home Office to provide independent advice and guidance to assist those considering seeking asylum and those that have claimed asylum to move through and understand the asylum process. Migrant Help also run an asylum helpline and provide advice in a language that the asylum seeker speaks, that is free and accessible to all asylum seekers. This includes support for claimants who are seeking legal advice.</p><p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information, which covers country specific issues relating to torture, gender based harm, including female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual exploitation, violence in conflict, domestic violence and those subject to violence relating to LGBT persecution. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim before a decision is taken, even where that information may be sensitive or difficult to disclose.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10209 question first answered 13/09/2018 11:16:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

971209

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that women seeking asylum, who have experienced forms of violence which may be difficult to disclose, have access to legal representatives who are allowed the time and capacity to obtain the requisite evidence.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL10209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claimants have the opportunity to be legally represented during their asylum claim, and legal aid funding is provided to those who need it.</p><p>In addition, Migrant Help is funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and the Home Office to provide independent advice and guidance to assist those considering seeking asylum and those that have claimed asylum to move through and understand the asylum process. Migrant Help also run an asylum helpline and provide advice in a language that the asylum seeker speaks, that is free and accessible to all asylum seekers. This includes support for claimants who are seeking legal advice.</p><p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information, which covers country specific issues relating to torture, gender based harm, including female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual exploitation, violence in conflict, domestic violence and those subject to violence relating to LGBT persecution. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim before a decision is taken, even where that information may be sensitive or difficult to disclose.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10208 question first answered 13/09/2018 11:16:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

971221

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Doctors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Home Office has received any representations from the (1) Department of Health and Social Care, or (2) Department for International Development, about extending the number of Tier 5 visas available for the Medical Training Initiative.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL10219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is in regular contact with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for International Development regarding all aspects of the UK immigration system.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 11:15:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

969549

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether in the event of a no-deal Brexit they intend to implement unilaterally the immigration element of the citizens' rights agreement reached with the EU in December 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL10185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Having reached an agreement with the EU on citizens’ rights in December 2017, the Government remains confident that we will reach a wider agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p><p>However, the Prime Minister has been clear that as a responsible Government we continue to prepare for a range of outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached. Further information on the Government’s plans in the event of a no deal scenario will be published in the coming weeks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 11:15:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

969346

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the recently announced scheme to make 2,500 agricultural visas available to non-EU workers will be sufficient to solve the labour shortage in the sector; and what is their long-term strategy to deal with that issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL10176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The seasonal workers pilot is not designed to meet the full labour needs of the horticultural sector. Rather we are seeking to evaluate the immigration system’s ability to assist in alleviating labour shortages during peak production periods. The pilot will inform our long-term thinking in this area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 11:14:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

968768

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Madeleine McCann
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 2 May (HL7044), whether any request had been made by the Metropolitan Police Service to extend the funding for Operation Grange beyond the end of September 2018; and if so, by how much, over what further period, and for what purpose; and what has been the total spent on Operation Grange to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL10052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>To date no request has been received from the Metropolitan Police Service to extend funding for Operation Grange beyond the end of September 2018. The total cost of Operation Grange is, to date, £11.6m.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:31:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

968769

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any funding requests other than Operation Grange have been received from the Metropolitan Police Service in the last year relating to the search for missing children; and if so, how much funding has been made available.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL10053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has not received any other Special Grant requests from the Metropolitan Police Service relating to the search for missing children.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:31:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

968774

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Greater Manchester Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) police officers, and (2) police community support officers, were employed in Greater Manchester in each of the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers, and Police Community Support officers (PCSOs) employed by each Police Force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical publication.</p><p>Data on the number of police officers, police staff and PCSOs in Greater Manchester, as at 31 March each year and going back to March 2007, can be found in the accompanying Open Data Table: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:44:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Open Data Table - Police Workforce.xlsx title Open Data Table - Police Workforce
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

968786

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Home Office policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL10070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office applies the Family Test, if appropriate and proportionate, to new policies and legislation that might have an impact on the family, to ensure strong and stable family relationships are supported, not undermined. The Government's guidance on the family test is available on Gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 12:53:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

968811

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any correlation between the reductions in youth services provision and police numbers and the levels of gun and knife crime in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL10095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>On 9 April 2018, the Government published a new Serious Violence Strategy to take action to address serious violence and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. The strategy outlines an ambitious programme and is based on evidence about the trends and drivers of serious violence and analysis of what works in terms of interventions. Our analysis clearly points to a range of factors driving increases in serious violence including improvements in police recording, but changes in the drugs market is a key driver of recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><p>Our multi agency approach means that the strategy is not solely focused on law enforcement, but depends also on partnerships across a number of sectors such as education, health, social services, housing, youth services, victim services and others. In particular, the strategy stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence and provide young people with the skills and resilience to lead productive lives free from violence.</p><p>The Strategy sets out 61 commitments including:</p><ul><li>A new Early Intervention Youth Fund, this has been doubled from £11 million to £22 million and was launched by the Home Secretary on 30 July.</li><li>A new round of the (anti-knife crime) Community Fund in 2018/19. Due to the number and quality of bids submitted, and as part of the Government’s commitment to early intervention and prevention to tackle serious violence, the funding available has been increased from £1 million to over £1.5 million. We announced the successful 68 bids on 2 August.</li><li>A new £3.6m National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to tackle violent and exploitative criminal activity associated with county lines.</li><li>A new Offensive Weapons Bill to strengthen legislation on firearms, knives and corrosive substances.</li></ul><p>We have also established a Serious Violence Taskforce, chaired by the Home Secretary, to oversee delivery of the strategy and this group has met three times since April.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:33:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley