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907161

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Refugee Action report, Waiting in the dark, published on 16 May 2018, what steps he plans to take to improve the (a) quality and (b) speed of the asylum decision making process; and if he will provide independent support and information to asylum seekers about the asylum system when they apply for asylum.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	145566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need our protection. All claims for asylum are considered on their individual merits in line with Home Office guidance, and where people establish a genuine need for protection, or a well founded fear of persecution, refugee status will be granted.</p><p>The Home Office has plans to improve the speed at which outstanding asylum claims are decided. These include rolling recruitment campaigns to maintain decision maker levels, a staff retention strategy to ensure it retains its highly skilled asylum decision makers, and the further expansion of digital processes to increase caseworking flexibility.</p><p>Furthermore, the Home Office issues an information leaflet to asylum claimants at the point of claim that outlines the process and their responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/05/2018 14:51:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

906361

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2018 to Question 142442 on Deportation, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of deportation orders that have been in force for more than five years and (b) average length of time taken before a deportation order is executed.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	145335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office does however routinely publish quarterly statistics on the average length of time taken for a foreign national offender to be deported from the UK. This information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/05/2018 15:46:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

906367

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the letter of 4 April 2018 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on Hillsborough Law.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	145321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service will reply week commencing 21 May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/05/2018 10:24:20 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

906394

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the commissioning letter to the Migration Advisory Committee of 27 July 2017, whether it remains the Government's policy to wait for that Committee's advice before determining the future long-term immigration rules for EU citizens.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	145331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering a range of options for the future immigration system and will set out initial plans in due course. We will build a comprehensive picture of the needs and interests of all parts of the UK and look to develop a system which works for all.</p><p>We will ensure that decisions on the long-term arrangements are based on evidence. The commission that we asked the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake is very much part of this. The MAC is due to report back by September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/05/2018 15:39:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

906397

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hamas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to add the political wing of Hamas to the list of proscribed organisations.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	145293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades (Hamas IDQ), the military wing of Hamas, was proscribed in March 2001. A decision to proscribe an organisation must be based on a belief that it is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Terrorism Act 2000. We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/05/2018 10:38:10 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

906428

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Scientists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is making special immigration provisions to enable the recruitment and movement of skilled non-UK European scientists working in (a) academia and (b) industry after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	145316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering a range of options for the future immigration system and will set out initial plans in due course. We will build a comprehensive picture of the needs and interests of all parts of the UK and look to develop a system which works for all.</p><p>We will ensure that decisions on the long-term arrangements are based on evidence. The commission that we asked the MAC to undertake is very much part of this. The MAC is due to report back by September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/05/2018 15:43:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

905440

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing
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 evicted under the provisions of the Immigration Act 2016 or otherwise made homeless as a result of his Department's actions in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	144780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information which you have requested. The Home Office does not take eviction action against illegal migrants. The 2016 Act provided new powers of eviction for landlords based upon the tenant’s immigration status, however, the Home Office neither requires landlords to evict nor that they should report back to the Home Office.</p><p>A full evaluation of the impacts of the Right to Rent scheme, published in October 2015 found no increase in levels of homelessness. The Home Office works closely with local authorities and is not aware of cases presenting as homeless as a consequence of the scheme. In cases where the migrants are vulnerable or face a genuine obstacle to leaving the country, the Home Office can grant permission to rent. In such cases, the landlord has a statutory excuse against any civil penalty.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/05/2018 16:38:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

905445

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in police numbers on levels of knife crime in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	144914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>On 9 April 2018, the Government published the Serious Violence Strategy to set out the action it is taking to address serious violence and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. The Strategy is taking a multi-strand approach. Law enforcement is very important, but it also depends on partnerships across a number of sectors, such as education, health, social services, housing, youth services, victim services and others.</p><p>Our analysis highlights that a major factor behind the recent increases in serious violence is changes in the drugs markets. The strategy says that law enforcement plays a vital role in tackling these offences, but big shifts in crime tend to be driven by factors outside the police’s control such as drug market changes.</p><p>Police have the resources they need to carry out their vital work. In 2017, the Policing Minister visited and spoke to every police force in England and Wales about the demands on policing. That is why we have provided a strong and comprehensive funding settlement that will increase funding by £460m from 2018/19, including £280m of direct funding raised through increases in Council Tax precept which police forces can spend locally. Decisions about frontline policing, and how resources are best deployed, are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p>The strategy sets out action that is being taken to address knife crime. This includes the national knife crime media campaign, #knifefree, to raise awareness of the consequences of knife crime among young people and to encourage them to take up positive activities. We will continue to encourage police forces in England and Wales to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. We also announced up to £1million for a new round of the anti-knife crime Community Fund on 18 May which will invite bids for funding from community groups to tackle knife crime.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/05/2018 16:54:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

905511

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to Question 141675 on Prisoners: Caribbean asked by the hon. Member for Tottenham on 8 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	144787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The response for UIN 141675 was provided on 22nd May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/05/2018 16:09:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

905526

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle metal theft in (a) Tyne and Wear, (b) North East England and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	144822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 provides the legislative basis for tackling metal theft across England and Wales by making it more difficult for criminals to dispose of stolen metal through scrap metal yards.</p><p>Enforcement of the Act is a matter for individual local authorities and for chief constables and Police and Crime Commissioners who must decide how best to deploy their resources to respond to the crimes affecting their local communities</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/05/2018 15:54:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn