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746708

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to consult local (a) residents, (b) councils and (c) hon. Members in assessing the business case for a Police and Crime Commissioner to take over responsibility for Fire and Rescue Services in the local area.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>It is for directly elected PCCs to decide whether to bring forward a proposal to take on responsibility for their local fire and rescue service, demonstrating how to do so would be in the interests of economy, efficiency and effectiveness, or public safety. Where it appears to the Secretary of State that these tests have been met, the necessary secondary legislation will be drafted and laid in the House.</p><p>Before submitting a proposal, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017, requires PCCs to consult each relevant local authority, people in their local police force area and those appearing to represent employees and members of the police force who may be affected by the proposal.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/07/2017 15:22:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

746709

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants have been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners to investigate taking over responsibility for Fire and Rescue services; which authorities have received that grant; and how the level of that grant was determined.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has awarded £1 million from the Police Transformation Fund to nine police and crime commissioners (PCCs) for their work in developing proposals to take on the additional responsibility for the governance of fire and rescue in their area. It follows a police-led process which saw a competitive bidding round, and funding recommendations made by the Police Reform and Transformation Board.</p><p>The PCCs who will receive funds are Sussex, West Mercia, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and North Yorkshire. Details were published below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-funds-pccs-to-support-further-police-and-fire-collaboration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-funds-pccs-to-support-further-police-and-fire-collaboration</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/07/2017 15:26:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

746710

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions will be made to compensate county and unitary councils who suffer a financial loss as a result of Fire and Rescue Services being transferred to Police and Crime Commissioners; and how much has been made available for that compensation.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Policing and Crime Act 2017 enables PCCs to take on responsibility for local fire and rescue services where a local case is made.</p><p>It is for individual PCCs to consider whether to bring forward such a proposal. The Secretary of State will only give effect to the proposal where it appears, in her view, to be in the interests of economy, efficiency and effectiveness or public safety to do so.</p><p>It is expected that a PCCs proposal will take account of transition costs, the impact on existing collaborations and where the fire and rescue authority is integrated within a local authority, the impact on wider council functions.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/07/2017 15:30:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

746827

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to retain front desk services in police stations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>It is a local decision for Police and Crime Commissioners, working with Chief Constables, to determine the composition and size of their workforce and estates, and the methods by which they maintain contact with the public.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/07/2017 15:42:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

746843

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications from EU nationals seeking permanent residency in the UK are currently being processed; and how many have been processed in each month since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Currently all EEA applications, including those for permanent residency and for other residence documentation under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, are being considered within the published service standards. Statistics on applications for permanent residence for European Economic Area (EEA) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out our proposals that European Union (EU) citizens who arrive in the UK before the specified date and have five years’ continuous residence in the UK will be able to apply for UK settled status.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish further detail on the specifics of the new application process for settled status in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/07/2017 15:45:18 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746844

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of UK Visa and Immigration staff were employed to process EU casework in each month since January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration operate flexible staffing resources and deploy staff in line with demands on the service.</p><p>UKVI have implemented a number of measures to deal with increased application intake, including the deployment of staff from other parts of the Home Office and recruitment of additional Agency and Permanent staff.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/07/2017 10:48:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746863

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied refugee children were transferred from France to the UK in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	2207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance. Over 200 of these children met the criteria for section 67 of the Immigration Act.</p><p>On 10 March 2017 the Government published the basis on which future transfers under section 67 will take place, up to the specified number of 480. We are fully committed to delivering section 67 and are working very closely with France, Greece and Italy to agree processes for identifying and transferring further children. We have a Home Office secondee in each of Greece and Italy working on transfers of unaccompanied children under section 67 and the Dublin Regulation, who work with a network of partners including the Member State authorities, British Embassies, UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGOs. During the Calais operation, at the invitation of the French government, over 200 Home Office officials were deployed to France to interview children for transfer to the UK. Further data on transfers of unaccompanied children from Europe will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 2208 2209 2210 2211 question first answered 04/07/2017 10:44:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

746864

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied refugee children were transferred from Greece to the UK in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	2208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance. Over 200 of these children met the criteria for section 67 of the Immigration Act.</p><p>On 10 March 2017 the Government published the basis on which future transfers under section 67 will take place, up to the specified number of 480. We are fully committed to delivering section 67 and are working very closely with France, Greece and Italy to agree processes for identifying and transferring further children. We have a Home Office secondee in each of Greece and Italy working on transfers of unaccompanied children under section 67 and the Dublin Regulation, who work with a network of partners including the Member State authorities, British Embassies, UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGOs. During the Calais operation, at the invitation of the French government, over 200 Home Office officials were deployed to France to interview children for transfer to the UK. Further data on transfers of unaccompanied children from Europe will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 2207 2209 2210 2211 question first answered 04/07/2017 10:44:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

746865

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied refugee children were transferred from Italy to the UK in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	2209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance. Over 200 of these children met the criteria for section 67 of the Immigration Act.</p><p>On 10 March 2017 the Government published the basis on which future transfers under section 67 will take place, up to the specified number of 480. We are fully committed to delivering section 67 and are working very closely with France, Greece and Italy to agree processes for identifying and transferring further children. We have a Home Office secondee in each of Greece and Italy working on transfers of unaccompanied children under section 67 and the Dublin Regulation, who work with a network of partners including the Member State authorities, British Embassies, UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGOs. During the Calais operation, at the invitation of the French government, over 200 Home Office officials were deployed to France to interview children for transfer to the UK. Further data on transfers of unaccompanied children from Europe will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 2207 2208 2210 2211 question first answered 04/07/2017 10:44:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

746866

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of her Department were seconded to (a) France, (b) Italy and (c) Greece to facilitate the transfer of unaccompanied refugee children under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	2210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance. Over 200 of these children met the criteria for section 67 of the Immigration Act.</p><p>On 10 March 2017 the Government published the basis on which future transfers under section 67 will take place, up to the specified number of 480. We are fully committed to delivering section 67 and are working very closely with France, Greece and Italy to agree processes for identifying and transferring further children. We have a Home Office secondee in each of Greece and Italy working on transfers of unaccompanied children under section 67 and the Dublin Regulation, who work with a network of partners including the Member State authorities, British Embassies, UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGOs. During the Calais operation, at the invitation of the French government, over 200 Home Office officials were deployed to France to interview children for transfer to the UK. Further data on transfers of unaccompanied children from Europe will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 2207 2208 2209 2211 question first answered 04/07/2017 10:44:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant