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	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on travel that was not standard class in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	56233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>Total spend on travel that was not standard class (£<ins class="ministerial">m, rounded</ins>) is set out in the table below (this includes Eurostar Standard Premier):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-2012: <ins class="ministerial">0.9</ins> <del class="ministerial">900,000<del class="ministerial"></del></del></p><p>2012-2013: <ins class="ministerial">0.7</ins> <del class="ministerial">700,000</del></p><p>2013-2014: <ins class="ministerial">1.1</ins> <del class="ministerial">1,100,000</del></p><p>2014-2015: <ins class="ministerial">0.9</ins> <del class="ministerial">900,000</del></p><p>2015-2016: <ins class="ministerial">0.6</ins> <del class="ministerial">600,000</del></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/12/2016 13:26:07 question first ministerially corrected 16/01/2017 16:20:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 28350 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1464049

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of the increase of (a) Ukrainian family visas and (b) Homes for Ukraine visas on the processing of non-Ukrainian asylum and refugee family reunion applications.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	4527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>It has been necessary for the department to flex its resources to allow it to deliver the urgent commitments made to support the people of Ukraine.</p><p>This has had an impact on other routes, although we are implementing plans to mitigate this and return to normal timeframes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 15:17:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3532 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1464050

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister is responsible for the operation of the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	4528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Lord Richard Harrington is the joint Minister of State for Refugees for the Home Office and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. A full list of his responsibilities can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-minister-for-refugees" target="_blank">Minister of State (Minister for Refugees) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 15:35:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3531 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

598300

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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 much compensation her Department paid for the unlawful detention of individuals under immigration powers in each of the last three financial years; for what categories of reason such compensation was paid; and how many such payments were made for each such category of reason.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	47658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Our records indicate that over the past 3 financial years (covering 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15), that a total of £13.8 million has been paid out to 573 claimants, as per the below table. All of whom were paid compensation following a period of unlawful detention.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Unlawful Detention Compensation payments (£ million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claimants for the last 3 financial years</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>£ 5.0</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td><td><p>£ 4.8</p></td><td><p>199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2014-15</p></td><td><p>£ 4.0</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Caveat to provided data: This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/10/2016 17:04:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 13693 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1419875

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring her Department has undertaken of fires caused by e-scooters in (a) single owned properties, (b) privately owned properties of multiple occupation and (c) multiple occupation social housing properties.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	118518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>E-scooters are not one of the response categories for causes of fires in the Incident Recording System (IRS). As such the Home Office cannot currently break down the number of fires caused by e-scooters in the settings requested.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 15/02/2022 10:45:22 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 50974 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1419876

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department is providing to local authorities and housing associations on the safe storage of e-scooters, in response to recent fires.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	118519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has a programme to update Fire Safety Order guidance which will reflect the latest legislative and policy positions when they are published over the next year to support the regulations to implement Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations and the fire safety changes planned through Building Safety Bill. While existing guidance does not have information on e-scooters, as these have come into usage since they were developed, London Fire Brigade has issued some guidance through a press release on how to use and store them safety from a fire safety perspective. We will look to work this advice into updated guidance where appropriate.</p><p>The advice is available here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.london-fire.gov.uk%2Fnews%2F2021-news%2Fdecember%2Flondon-fire-brigade-backs-tfl-ban-on-dangerous-private-e-scooters-on-london-s-transport-network%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBilly.English%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C529ca9491da04358c47408d9ea31729e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637798320351885307%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=8HgxJBIvaI%2BPNAcbdu%2Fnv%2F%2BvXRdEN8M2GY5pbHDrRgI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">London Fire Brigade backs TfL ban on dangerous private e-scooters on London’s transport network | London Fire Brigade (london-fire.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 15/02/2022 10:12:09 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 50978 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

175280

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities have (a) applied for and (b) received funding from her Department for the purposes of resettling Syrian refugees; and what the total value was of that funding.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	221697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>A number of local authorities across the UK accept Syrian refugees under normal asylum procedures. Over 3,400 Syrians have been granted asylum or other forms of leave since the crisis in Syria began in 2011. Furthermore, Syrian asylum seekers who are not being accommodated by the Government, can choose to live in any local authority area. <br><br>In addition to this the Home Secretary launched the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme last January to provide sanctuary for those displaced Syrians who are most at risk, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. <br><br>Following the launch of this scheme the Home Secretary wrote to the Chairman of the Local Government Association on 11 February 2014 encouraging local authority participation and this letter has been cascaded across local authorities. So far, three local authorities have received refugees under the scheme and we continue to engage closely with additional local authorities who have expressed an interest in participation. We therefore remain confident that we can continue to meet the needs of arrivals in the UK under the scheme as planned but we welcome further offers of support from other local authorities as the scheme progresses.<br><br>Full costs borne by the local authorities will not be known until the refugees have been in UK for a full 12 months. Costs will depend on the particular vulnerabilities of those brought to the UK, and we are keeping costs under close review. <br><br>Central government is responsible for the overall funding of the scheme, but we will recover costs wherever possible, including from international aid funding schemes and potential EU funding schemes. We have put forward proposals to obtain funding from the new EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and are hopeful of a positive outcome. The UK’s National Programme is yet to be agreed and until this is signed off by the EU Commission, costs to the Home Office specifically will not be finalised.<br><br>Ninety people were relocated to the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme between the first group of arrivals on 25 March and the end of September. This is the latest publicly available figure, as numbers are released as part of the Home Office official statistics each quarter. The number of arrivals under the scheme up to the end of December 2014 will be published on 26 February. <br><br>We have said that we expect the scheme to help several hundred people over three years, and we remain on track to deliver that commitment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 221687 question first answered 09/02/2015 17:51:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 41541 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

224715

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of migrants who have drowned in the Mediterranean since the end of Operation Mare Nostrum and the start of Operation Triton.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	226037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Operation Triton began on 1 November 2014 following unanimous calls from all 28 EU Member States that Italy’s Operation Mare Nostrum should be phased out. There have been no estimates made by the Government or by Frontex (the EU External Border Agency) with regard to the number of people who have drowned in the Mediterranean since the end of Operation Mare Nostrum and the start of Operation Triton as such estimates would be extremely difficult to make with any degree of certainty. <br><br>All deaths of this nature are, of course, utterly tragic and the Government is determined to do all it can with international partners to reduce the flow of illegal migrants taking such risks and to combat the organised criminals who are making huge profits by exploiting vulnerable people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/03/2015 15:03:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 48237 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

226433

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimate is of the number of deaths amongst refugees in the Mediterranean in the first two months of (a) 2015, (b) 2014 and (c) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	227065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate as to the number of people who have <br>drowned attempting the crossing in these periods. All deaths of this nature are <br>a matter of extreme regret and the Government is determined to do all it can with <br>international partners to reduce the flow of illegal migrants taking such risks and <br>to combat the organised criminals who are making huge profits by exploiting <br>vulnerable people. The Government is taking action at a national and international <br>level to find sustainable solutions, for example through regional protection initiatives<br>and the new Khartoum Process, a joint EU and African Union initiative supporting<br>dialogue and concrete cooperation to tackle people smuggling and human trafficking in <br>the Horn of Africa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/03/2015 15:23:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 50246 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1359121

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's process is for considering leave beyond six months for Afghan people (a) whose visa requirements were waived to facilitate evacuation from Afghanistan and (b) who are also part of a family unit where one person is a British national.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	56158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>We will be offering indefinite leave to remain in the UK to those Afghan nationals and their close family members, and the Afghan close family members of British citizens, who were evacuated, called forward or specifically authorised for evacuation, by the Government during Operation PITTING. This will apply to those who have already arrived in the UK or arrive after the evacuation. This will give them certainty about their status and the right to work and contribute to society.</p><p>A full policy statement on this matter published on 13 September 2021 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement-accessible-version" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement-accessible-version</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2021 16:53:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 27232 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron