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347611

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Graduates: Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Graduate Entrepreneur visas were granted in each of the last two years; and what are those results broken down by the higher education institutions sponsoring the visas.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Kinnoull
uin	HL155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information in the table below relates to all Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visas granted.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Entry Clearance Applications</td><td>In Country Applications</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>13</td><td>215</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>175</td><td>385</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>44</td><td>160</td></tr></tbody></table><p>To obtain the breakdown of the Higher Education Institutions sponsoring the visas would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 15:28:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4354 label Biography information for The Earl of Kinnoull

347617

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2015
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to re-lay the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2015, which have been revoked.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The matter is under consideration.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:19:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

347625

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that girls are not taken abroad for the purposes of forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in tackling forced marriage, and the Government is committed to ensuring that girls are not taken abroad for the purposes of forced marriage. That is why, during the previous Parliament, the Home Secretary made forced marriage a criminal offence, which included taking extra-territorial jurisdiction for forced marriage offences.</p><p>We recognise that strengthening the law is only part of the solution. The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit is leading efforts to combat this unacceptable activity both at home and abroad. Measures include providing support and advice to professionals and victims through a public helpline, with the Unit assisting in 1,267 cases in 2014. We are providing further direct support to professionals, including schools and the Crown Prosecution Service, through an extensive outreach and training programme and the publication of statutory multi-agency guidance in July 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL170 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:35:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

347626

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures are in place to ensure that girls at risk of being taken abroad for the purpose of forced marriage are identified and assessed by professionals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in tackling forced marriage, and the Government is committed to ensuring that girls are not taken abroad for the purposes of forced marriage. That is why, during the previous Parliament, the Home Secretary made forced marriage a criminal offence, which included taking extra-territorial jurisdiction for forced marriage offences.</p><p>We recognise that strengthening the law is only part of the solution. The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit is leading efforts to combat this unacceptable activity both at home and abroad. Measures include providing support and advice to professionals and victims through a public helpline, with the Unit assisting in 1,267 cases in 2014. We are providing further direct support to professionals, including schools and the Crown Prosecution Service, through an extensive outreach and training programme and the publication of statutory multi-agency guidance in July 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL169 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:35:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

347628

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Horses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the role played by horses in the policing of England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Police horses make a valuable contribution in the prevention of crime and in maintaining public safety both locally and nationally. Mounted units have a long and proud tradition in law enforcement in the UK with operational decisions on their use and deployment the responsibility of Chief Constables.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:14:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

347674

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have left the employment of immigration centres in Scotland in each year since 2006; and for what reasons those people have left that employment.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 542 543 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347675

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006; and what the capacity of such centres was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel House in Strathaven, Lanarkshire is the sole immigration removal centre (IRC) located in Scotland.</p><p>The table below shows the number of people entering detention solely under Immigration Act powers at Dungavel House IRC from 2009 to 2014:</p><p>Year Detainees</p><p>2009 1,661</p><p>2010 1,432</p><p>2011 1,481</p><p>2012 1,431</p><p>2013 1,626</p><p>2014 1,297</p><p>Some detainees may be recorded more than once if, for example, the person has been detained on more than one occasion in the time period shown, such as a person who has left detention, but has subsequently been re-detained. Information on people entering detention prior to 2009 is unavailable.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release. Data relating to people entering detention are available in tables dt_01 and dt_01_q in Immigration Statistics: January – March 2015 on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release and which will be placed in the Library of the House. Occupancy statistics were not collected by the Home Office before 2009 and figures prior to this are unavailable.</p><p>The following table shows the capacity of Dungavel House IRC from 2006 to 2015:</p><p>Year Capacity</p><p>2006 188</p><p>2007 188</p><p>2008 188</p><p>2009 190</p><p>2010 217</p><p>2011 217</p><p>2012 217</p><p>2013 217</p><p>2014 249</p><p>2015 249</p><p>The information provided in relation to capacity is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/06/2015 10:11:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347676

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees in immigration removal centres in Scotland have taken their own life since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel House is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. There have been no self inflicted deaths at the centre since 2006.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347677

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on training for (a) staff and (b) detainees in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 539 543 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347678

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported (a) incidents, (b) assaults and (c) serious assaults there were on staff in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 539 542 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray