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1125238

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	İyad el-Baghdadi
	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 take steps to cooperate with the Governments of (a) Norway and (b) five eyes partner countries to offer protection to Iyad el-Baghdadi from reported threats linked to the Saudi Arabian Government.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	251935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on the security arrangements for individuals or certain groups. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals concerned.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 16/05/2019 10:52:31 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1125407

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stop and Search: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of conducting stop and search to (a) the Metropolitan Police Service and (b) police forces nationally, in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	252081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The efficiency and cost of stop and search encounters to individual forces will depend on a number of factors, and the police have our full support in the fair and intelligence-led use of this important tool to combat violence.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/05/2019 13:53:36 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1125698

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Organised Crime: Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the income that organised crime groups have made from criminal activity by (a) supplying and/or selling illegal drugs and (b) trafficking people in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	252481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made on this specific issue by the Home Office.</p><p>The scale and social &amp; economic costs associated with a number of Serious &amp; Organised Crimes including Drugs Supply and Human Trafficking are set out in the Understanding Organised Crime report (published November 2018).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 16/05/2019 10:40:06 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1124623

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Motorways: Cameras
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of time that has been spent on giving type approval for the cameras needed to enforce regulations on smart motorways.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL15491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>It is important that systems which are approved by the Home Office can be relied upon in court. They are therefore subjected to a stringent and robust process.</p><p>The length of time that takes depends on many variables, not all of which are under the control of the Home Office, for example meeting the technical requirements, meeting deadlines for submission of devices and documentation and then performing satisfactorily during the testing stages.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/05/2019 11:37:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1124417

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 3 April (HL Deb, col 165), what is their definition of "indefinite" as applied to the term "indefinite detention".
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL15466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to detain people for an indefinite – or unrestricted – period.</p><p><br>In order for detention to be lawful there must be a realistic prospect of the individual’s removal within a reasonable timescale.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/05/2019 07:37:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1125729

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knife Crime Community Fund: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which projects by London Borough have received funding from the anti-knife crime Communication Fund as set out in in the Serious Violence Strategy announcement on 9 April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	252483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Lists of all London-based projects that have received funding from the anti-knife crime Community Fund in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 financial years may be found in the attached tables.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707629/successful_bids_knife_crime.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707629/successful_bids_knife_crime.csv/preview</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734836/anti_knife_fund.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734836/anti_knife_fund.csv/preview</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins attachment 1 file name Table 1 - CF Year 1 projects 2017-18.docx title Table 1 2 file name Table 2 - Year 2 Community Fund Projects 2018-19.DOC title Table 2 question first answered 16/05/2019 13:49:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1124645

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 which organisations they have commissioned to provide support to applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
	uin	HL15513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Details of the 57 organisations awarded EU Settlement grant scheme funding will be announced mid-May once the commercial activity has been concluded.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/05/2019 11:39:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1987 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

1125717

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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 Answer of 25 February 2019 to HL13583, how much of the £170 million reserved for the development and delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme was allocated to (a) the digital application system, (b) the communications campaign to promote awareness of that scheme and (c) caseworkers to process applications to that scheme in the 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	252641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>For the 2018/19 financial year, HM Treasury provided EU Exit funding allocation of £395 million to Home Office. £170 million was been reserved for the development and delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme. Allocation for the requested areas are as follows (these figures are still being audited and may change by the time that they are published):</p><p><br>Caseworkers and staff: £59m</p><p><br>Application system: £63m</p><p><br>The EU Settlement Scheme marketing campaign led by the Home Office did not include advertising in foreign newspapers. However, the Immigration Minister was interviewed by key diaspora media both in broadcast and print for the highest populated EU countries in the UK. The Home Office launched a £3.75m UK wide marketing campaign to encourage EU citizens to apply when the EU Settlement Scheme went live. The campaign ran on radio, catch up tv, online, print with the cost breakdown below. Advertising also ran on outdoor billboards.</p><p><br>a. Radio and digital audio: £410,000<br>b. Catch up tv: £1,000,000<br>c. Online (digital and social): £410,000<br>d. Print: £180,000</p><p><br>Data for 2019/20 financial year expenditure is unavailable as the new financial year has just begun.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 252643 252644 252648 question first answered 16/05/2019 10:55:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1125719

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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 Answer of 25 February 2019 to HL13583, how much of the £170 million reserved for the development and delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme was used on promoting that scheme in foreign language EU newspapers.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	252643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>For the 2018/19 financial year, HM Treasury provided EU Exit funding allocation of £395 million to Home Office. £170 million was been reserved for the development and delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme. Allocation for the requested areas are as follows (these figures are still being audited and may change by the time that they are published):</p><p><br>Caseworkers and staff: £59m</p><p><br>Application system: £63m</p><p><br>The EU Settlement Scheme marketing campaign led by the Home Office did not include advertising in foreign newspapers. However, the Immigration Minister was interviewed by key diaspora media both in broadcast and print for the highest populated EU countries in the UK. The Home Office launched a £3.75m UK wide marketing campaign to encourage EU citizens to apply when the EU Settlement Scheme went live. The campaign ran on radio, catch up tv, online, print with the cost breakdown below. Advertising also ran on outdoor billboards.</p><p><br>a. Radio and digital audio: £410,000<br>b. Catch up tv: £1,000,000<br>c. Online (digital and social): £410,000<br>d. Print: £180,000</p><p><br>Data for 2019/20 financial year expenditure is unavailable as the new financial year has just begun.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 252641 252644 252648 question first answered 16/05/2019 10:55:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1125720

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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 Answer of 25 February 2019 to HL13583, how much of the £170 million reserved for the development and delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme was allocated to promoting and advertising that scheme (a) on the radio, (b) on television, (c) online and (d) in print.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	252644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>For the 2018/19 financial year, HM Treasury provided EU Exit funding allocation of £395 million to Home Office. £170 million was been reserved for the development and delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme. Allocation for the requested areas are as follows (these figures are still being audited and may change by the time that they are published):</p><p><br>Caseworkers and staff: £59m</p><p><br>Application system: £63m</p><p><br>The EU Settlement Scheme marketing campaign led by the Home Office did not include advertising in foreign newspapers. However, the Immigration Minister was interviewed by key diaspora media both in broadcast and print for the highest populated EU countries in the UK. The Home Office launched a £3.75m UK wide marketing campaign to encourage EU citizens to apply when the EU Settlement Scheme went live. The campaign ran on radio, catch up tv, online, print with the cost breakdown below. Advertising also ran on outdoor billboards.</p><p><br>a. Radio and digital audio: £410,000<br>b. Catch up tv: £1,000,000<br>c. Online (digital and social): £410,000<br>d. Print: £180,000</p><p><br>Data for 2019/20 financial year expenditure is unavailable as the new financial year has just begun.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 252641 252643 252648 question first answered 16/05/2019 10:55:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1125727

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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, what the cost to the public purse for the (a) development and (b) delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme in 2019-20 will be.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	252648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>For the 2018/19 financial year, HM Treasury provided EU Exit funding allocation of £395 million to Home Office. £170 million was been reserved for the development and delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme. Allocation for the requested areas are as follows (these figures are still being audited and may change by the time that they are published):</p><p><br>Caseworkers and staff: £59m</p><p><br>Application system: £63m</p><p><br>The EU Settlement Scheme marketing campaign led by the Home Office did not include advertising in foreign newspapers. However, the Immigration Minister was interviewed by key diaspora media both in broadcast and print for the highest populated EU countries in the UK. The Home Office launched a £3.75m UK wide marketing campaign to encourage EU citizens to apply when the EU Settlement Scheme went live. The campaign ran on radio, catch up tv, online, print with the cost breakdown below. Advertising also ran on outdoor billboards.</p><p><br>a. Radio and digital audio: £410,000<br>b. Catch up tv: £1,000,000<br>c. Online (digital and social): £410,000<br>d. Print: £180,000</p><p><br>Data for 2019/20 financial year expenditure is unavailable as the new financial year has just begun.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 252641 252643 252644 question first answered 16/05/2019 10:55:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1126210

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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, what standards his Department used in the digital verification of people applying to the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	253725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>EU citizens make a huge contribution to our economy and society, and we want them to stay. The EU Settlement Scheme enables them to do so.</p><p>The ‘EU Exit: Identity Document Check’ app is an optional aspect of the service which allows applicants to prove their identity remotely.</p><p>The app performs a series of digital security checks on the chip contained within the applicant’s identity document that meets the international standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). These checks allow us to establish, to a high level of trust, the authenticity of the identity document and its contents. Where an individual cannot validate their identity document using the app to make an application to the EU Settlement Scheme, they can post their identity documents to the Home Office to be checked and returned quickly.</p><p>The use of the ‘EU Exit: ID Document Check’ app is entirely optional, but it offers a secure and quick way of making an application to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/05/2019 12:59:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1124653

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Children and Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times in 2018 the Forced Marriage Unit provided advice or support on  forced marriage to (1) a person aged 15 or under, and (2) a person aged 16 or 17.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL15521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a world-leader in the fight to stamp out the brutal practice of forced marriage, with our joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) which leads efforts to combat it both at home and abroad. We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the UK.</p><p>The joint Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and Home Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) operates a public helpline to provide advice and support to victims, those at risk, and professionals. Statistics on the number of cases dealt with by the FMU, including a breakdown by region and age, are published annually and available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage#statistics-on-forced-marriage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage#statistics-on-forced-marriage</a></p><p>Figures for 2018 will be published soon.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/05/2019 11:40:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1125728

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Early Intervention Youth Fund: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which projects by London Borough have received funding for the Early Intervention Youth Fund as set out in in the Serious Violence Strategy announcement on 9 April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	252482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>We have awarded over £4.1m from the £22m Early Intervention Youth Fund to fund ten projects in London. Details on the projects are at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-intervention-youth-fund-successful-bids" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-intervention-youth-fund-successful-bids</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/05/2019 13:34:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1126201

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Homosexuality
	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 13th edition of the ILGA State Sponsored Homophobia Report, how many people were deported to each of the 71 countries where homosexuality is illegal in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	253532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of enforced returns from the UK by year and country of destination is published in table rt_05 (returns data tables, volume 5) in ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending December 2018’, available from the GOV.uk website at:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781118/returns5-dec-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781118/returns5-dec-2018-tables.ods</a></p><p><br>Deportations are a subset of enforced returns. They may occur either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. Information on those deported is not separately available. The published statistics refer to enforced returns, which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws, and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers who have declined to leave voluntarily. Most illegal immigrants are removed from the UK under administrative or illegal entry powers and not deported.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/05/2019 13:06:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1125389

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has accrued to the public purse in confiscation orders; and how much of that money has been allocated in compensation to victims of crime in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	251924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Data on asset recovery is published annually, the latest published figures are available on gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asset-recovery-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asset-recovery-statistics</a>.</p><p>The Home Office runs the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS). With over 250 agencies participating in the Scheme, it would take disproportionate time and resource to provide a detailed breakdown of these individual payments.</p><p>The amounts recovered in respect of confiscation orders, together with amounts paid from this amount in compensation is provided in the attached table. This information was taken from the live database, JARD (Joint Asset Recovery Database) on 9 May 2019.</p><p>There are no immediate plans for changing the distribution allocations in the ARIS, but the Government keeps it under review. The upcoming Asset Recovery Action Plan will make wider recommendations to improve the use and effectiveness of powers and practice in this area.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 251923 251925 question first answered 16/05/2019 10:46:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1126078

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to include adult and child safeguarding in the Life in the UK Test.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	253714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>There is currently a “fundamental principles” section in the handbook which covers domestic violence, female genital mutilation and forced marriage.</p><p>However, the Home Secretary has announced a review of the handbook and test, and we will be revising it and the test to place greater emphasis on British values. In doing so, it is important that we focus on both the rights and responsibilities of citizens and on the importance of being active citizens. <br>We are currently considering how this will be taken forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/05/2019 12:54:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1126197

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is for Home Office decisions on applications for asylum in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	253592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on the average time taken to make a decision on an asylum application. In addition, we cannot provide data on the average time taken to receive a decision in particular region such as Yorkshire and Humber, such data can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><br>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number of pending applications that have been awaiting an initial decision for more or less than 6 months. This data can be found at Volume 1, as_01 of the Immigration Statistics December 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p>In line with our ambition to promote a greater understanding and transparency of the asylum system and to develop service standards that are meaningful and command confidence, plans are underway for UKVI to implement new service standards for asylum case working. This change means UKVI will be moving away from the six-month service standard for straightforward cases which was introduced in 2014.</p><p>It had become clear that the current service standard no longer best served those that used our services and a number of stakeholders had been concerned that not all cases were captured by it.</p><p>For these reasons, it has been agreed to change how Asylum Operations proritise their workload. This means, in the short term, Asylum Operations will reprioritise cases by focusing on claims with acute vulnerability and those in receipt of the greatest level of support, including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC). Additionally, cases where an individual has already received a decision, but a reconsideration is required, will also be prioritised. The implications of the change on applicants have been considered and appropriate mitigations put in place, with the most vulnerable groups being prioritised as appropriate.</p><p>The intention is for this approach to bring balance back to the asylum system while steps are taken to increase the capacity of the asylum decision making system and focus on process improvements to deliver better quality decisions more efficiently.</p><p>To come to a longer-term arrangement for service standards that meet the needs of those seeking asylum and the country, UKVI have engaged with key partners in the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG) and other NGOs to redesign the way in which claims are prioritised. This engagement started on 4 December 2018 and over 100 organisations were invited to service standards workshops, which included members of SEG and National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) sub groups. 41 organisations out of the 100 attended workshops nationally.</p><p>We aim to ensure that we design our new service standards to deliver a world leading immigration service for those seeking asylum in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 253591 253595 question first answered 16/05/2019 13:09:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1124627

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Religion
	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 4 April (HL14728), what were the findings of their investigation into reports which indicated that some asylum decisions were not drafted in accordance with Home Office policy guidance on how asylum decision-makers are expected to approach religious-based claims.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL15495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>After reports indicated that an asylum decision was not drafted in accordance with Home Office policy guidance, Asylum Operations conducted an investigation into this matter. A small number of religious conversion cases were sampled and no further cases were identified during this sampling exercise.</p><p><br>All such decisions are currently subject to further scrutiny, pending the roll out of additional specialist training, which has been developed in collaboration with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Freedom of Religion or Belief.</p><p><br>The Asylum Learning and Development Team started to deliver the specialist training package on religious claims on Monday 8 April, which will be mandatory for all asylum decision-makers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/05/2019 11:38:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1126224

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Namibia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons his Department is unable to provide an essential interpreter for Namibian nationals undertaking a substantive asylum interview.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	253648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office recognises the ongoing high demand for Namibian interpreters across the department and has an ongoing recruitment campaign for all high demand languages, of which Namibian is a priority.</p><p><br>We will continue to explore and act upon potential recruitment avenues both regionally and nationally. Alongside the ongoing recruitment campaign, we will continue to work with stakeholders in assessing demand and have in place contingencies to ensure the available national resource is utilised as effectively as possible.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/05/2019 13:02:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1126199

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to allow individuals who have not received a decision on their asylum claim after six months the right to work.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	253594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Asylum seekers can work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months, through no fault of their own. Those allowed to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is published by the Home Office and based on expert advice from the Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p>During the Meaningful Vote debate on 5 December, the Home Secretary stated that although there are no current plans to change the current policy, it is an area he wished to review, and work on this is ongoing.</p><p>In making any policy changes, it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and economic migrants, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants could bypass work visa routes by lodging unfounded asylum claims.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/05/2019 12:56:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1126062

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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, what steps his Department is taking to promote Refugee Week 2019; and if he will take steps to ensure his Department promotes the value of refugees and asylum seekers to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	253539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK government is committed to humanitarian efforts to support refugees at home and abroad.</p><p><br>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it – and this Government is committed to ensuring refugees can take positive steps towards integration as they rebuild their lives in the UK.</p><p><br>We recognise Refugee Week as an opportunity to celebrate the valuable contributions refugees make to UK society.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/05/2019 13:04:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1126196

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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, what the average time taken is for a decision on an application for asylum.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	253591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on the average time taken to make a decision on an asylum application. In addition, we cannot provide data on the average time taken to receive a decision in particular region such as Yorkshire and Humber, such data can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><br>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number of pending applications that have been awaiting an initial decision for more or less than 6 months. This data can be found at Volume 1, as_01 of the Immigration Statistics December 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p>In line with our ambition to promote a greater understanding and transparency of the asylum system and to develop service standards that are meaningful and command confidence, plans are underway for UKVI to implement new service standards for asylum case working. This change means UKVI will be moving away from the six-month service standard for straightforward cases which was introduced in 2014.</p><p>It had become clear that the current service standard no longer best served those that used our services and a number of stakeholders had been concerned that not all cases were captured by it.</p><p>For these reasons, it has been agreed to change how Asylum Operations proritise their workload. This means, in the short term, Asylum Operations will reprioritise cases by focusing on claims with acute vulnerability and those in receipt of the greatest level of support, including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC). Additionally, cases where an individual has already received a decision, but a reconsideration is required, will also be prioritised. The implications of the change on applicants have been considered and appropriate mitigations put in place, with the most vulnerable groups being prioritised as appropriate.</p><p>The intention is for this approach to bring balance back to the asylum system while steps are taken to increase the capacity of the asylum decision making system and focus on process improvements to deliver better quality decisions more efficiently.</p><p>To come to a longer-term arrangement for service standards that meet the needs of those seeking asylum and the country, UKVI have engaged with key partners in the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG) and other NGOs to redesign the way in which claims are prioritised. This engagement started on 4 December 2018 and over 100 organisations were invited to service standards workshops, which included members of SEG and National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) sub groups. 41 organisations out of the 100 attended workshops nationally.</p><p>We aim to ensure that we design our new service standards to deliver a world leading immigration service for those seeking asylum in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 253592 253595 question first answered 16/05/2019 13:09:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1126198

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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, what proportion of asylum claims are decided within the Home Office’s service standard that 98 per cent of straightforward claims will be decided within 6 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	253593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>In line with our ambition to promote a greater understanding and transparency of the asylum system and to develop service standards that are meaningful and command confidence, plans are underway for UKVI to implement new service standards for asylum case working. This change means UKVI have moved away from the six-month service standard for straightforward cases which was introduced in 2014.</p><p>It had become clear that the service standard no longer best served those that used our services and a number of stakeholders had been concerned that not all cases were captured by it.</p><p>The intention is for this approach to bring balance back to the asylum system while steps are taken to increase the capacity of the asylum decision making system and focus on process improvements to deliver better quality decisions more efficiently.</p><p>Data on the proportion of asylum claims that are decided within the Home Office’s previous service standard, which was to decide 98 per cent of straight-forward claims within 6 months can be found at Asy_10: Percentage of Asy-lum applications processed within 6 months, Asylum Transparency data February 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/05/2019 13:41:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1126200

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for asylum decisions to be made.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	253595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on the average time taken to make a decision on an asylum application. In addition, we cannot provide data on the average time taken to receive a decision in particular region such as Yorkshire and Humber, such data can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><br>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number of pending applications that have been awaiting an initial decision for more or less than 6 months. This data can be found at Volume 1, as_01 of the Immigration Statistics December 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p>In line with our ambition to promote a greater understanding and transparency of the asylum system and to develop service standards that are meaningful and command confidence, plans are underway for UKVI to implement new service standards for asylum case working. This change means UKVI will be moving away from the six-month service standard for straightforward cases which was introduced in 2014.</p><p>It had become clear that the current service standard no longer best served those that used our services and a number of stakeholders had been concerned that not all cases were captured by it.</p><p>For these reasons, it has been agreed to change how Asylum Operations proritise their workload. This means, in the short term, Asylum Operations will reprioritise cases by focusing on claims with acute vulnerability and those in receipt of the greatest level of support, including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC). Additionally, cases where an individual has already received a decision, but a reconsideration is required, will also be prioritised. The implications of the change on applicants have been considered and appropriate mitigations put in place, with the most vulnerable groups being prioritised as appropriate.</p><p>The intention is for this approach to bring balance back to the asylum system while steps are taken to increase the capacity of the asylum decision making system and focus on process improvements to deliver better quality decisions more efficiently.</p><p>To come to a longer-term arrangement for service standards that meet the needs of those seeking asylum and the country, UKVI have engaged with key partners in the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG) and other NGOs to redesign the way in which claims are prioritised. This engagement started on 4 December 2018 and over 100 organisations were invited to service standards workshops, which included members of SEG and National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) sub groups. 41 organisations out of the 100 attended workshops nationally.</p><p>We aim to ensure that we design our new service standards to deliver a world leading immigration service for those seeking asylum in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 253591 253592 question first answered 16/05/2019 13:09:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins