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1203077

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how long international students in the academic year 2020–21 will have to be physically present in the UK to qualify for the two-year graduate work visa.
	tabling member printed	Lord Broers
	uin	HL5585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Graduate route will be introduced in the summer of 2021. To give assurance to those who begin their course overseas this year, the Government published guidance for international students on 16 June confirming that those who enter the UK to complete their course before 6 April 2021 will be eligible for the route if they meet the requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5584 question first answered 25/06/2020 10:58:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3695 label Biography information for Lord Broers

1199379

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Sri Lanka
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many Sri Lankan nationals sought asylum in the UK in (1) 2018, and (2) 2019, and how many were successful.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL5052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). Data on the number of asylum applications from Sri Lankan nationals and the initial decision on such applications are published in the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets).</p><p>Table Asy_D01 contains information on the number of asylum applications. Table Asy_D02 contains information on initial decisions on such applications. In addition to those granted at initial decision, some will be granted following appeal. Data on the number of appeals lodged can be found in Asy_D06, and data on the outcome of such appeals in Asy_D07.</p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’ (attached). The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement. The latest data relates to the year ending March 2020.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance)</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2020 16:20:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name asylum-summary-sep-2019-tables.xlsx title Asylum summary tables
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1175228

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many applications for asylum (1) were received, (2) were granted, (3) were refused, and (4) resulted in deportation, in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the outcomes of asylum applications in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Data on the number of asylum applications received, granted, refused and those who have applied and have been returned are published in tables Asy_D04 of the ‘Outcome analysis of asylum applications’.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending December 2018. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p>Note: The number of cases which have outcomes that are 'not yet known' will be higher for more recent years as cases are still progressing. These will reduce over time. As a result, data are not comparable over time.</p><p>Additional statistics on the number of asylum applications raised each year can be found in table Asy_D01, the number of initial decisions (broken down by grant or refusal) can be found in Asy_D02, and the number of ‘asylum related’ returns can be found in table Ret_05 of the returns summary tables.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’</p><p>A summary of the data from Asy_D04, can be found in Annex A.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/02/2020 16:22:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Annex A - HL702 Lord Marlesford_v2.xlsx title Annex A - Table
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1199382

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many deportation orders (1) were issued, (2) were appealed, and (3) failed on appeal, in each year from 2014 to 2019; and in each of those years, how many people were deported .
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL5066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 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> </p><p>The Home Office does routinely publish statistics on the number of Foreign National Offenders removed from the UK. This information can found by accessing the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2020/list-of-tables</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2020 11:37:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1201026

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many grants of asylum were granted in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, and (3) 2019; and what was the breakdown of nationality of those granted asylum in each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL5391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). Data on the number of grants of asylum are published in tables Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement’ (attached) datasets, and are broken down by nationality and type of grant (asylum, humanitarian protection, discretionary leave etc.) for all requested years.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’ (attached). The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance).</p><p> </p><p>Annex A (attached) provides the published data from Asy_D02. The data relate to grants made at initial decision and include main applicants only. The pivot table can be used to show data on nationality.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement datasets.xlsx title Asylum applications, initial decisions 2 file name Asylum summary tables.xlsx title Asylum summary tables 3 file name HL5391 Annex A.xlsx title Annex A question first answered 22/06/2020 11:36:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1199236

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many illegal migrants coming to the UK via France were apprehended by UK authorities (1) since the COVID-19 lock-down began, and (2) in each month since May 2018; and what percentage of those apprehended in each of those months have been successfully repatriated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL5036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish the information you have requested, we are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of migrants arriving in the UK crossing the Channel by small boats for the months of January to March 2020 is approx. 450.  These are provisional figures based on operational management information. The figures for April and May have not passed through a data quality check and cannot be assured. The final figures for all months will be published at a later date, once they have been verified and fully quality assured.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to work closely with France and other countries to return migrants who have entered the UK by small boat in order to provide a strong deterrent against these dangerous crossings.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2019, over 155 people who entered the UK illegally on small boats have been returned to Europe. However, as a result of COVID-19 the vast majority of EU member states have temporarily paused accepting returns under the Dublin Regulations, but we are tracking those individuals and where appropriate will seek to return them when routes are available</p><p> </p><p>It is the policy of this Government to return those not in need of protection.</p><p>The majority of countries who are signatories to the Dublin Regulations which governs the return of those seeking asylum in the UK to a third country have announced temporary suspension of transfers to and from all EU Member States due to the Corona virus.</p><p>Returns to third-countries can still take place where there is a suitable route of return.</p><p> </p><p>We are ready to resume Dublin returns as soon as travel restrictions are lifted</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of asylum seekers transferred under the Dublin regulation in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). Data on the number of asylum seekers transferred out of the UK under the Dublin Regulation, broken down by the EU member state they have been transferred to are published in tables Dub_D01 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets). Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Please note, that we do not publish the breakdowns of the nationality of those being transferred under the Dublin regulation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’ (attached). The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance).</p><p>Full guidance on Dublin III Regulation was published on 30/04/2020 and can be found via the link below:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/882400/Dublin-III-regulation-v3.0ext.pdf</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2020 12:24:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Copy of asylum-summary-sep-2019-tables.xlsx title Asylum summary tables
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1200343

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	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	Her Majesty's Government how many new detentions under immigration powers there have been since 23 March; in which centres people were so detained and what was their country of origin; and of these how many involved (1) people transferred from prisons into immigration detention at the end of their prison sentences, (2) people detained after chance encounters with immigration enforcement, and (3) planned detentions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government published statistics relating to COVID-19 and the immigration system on gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-covid-19-and-the-immigration-system-may-2020), on 28 May and the latest Immigration Statistics publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2020) includes the numbers of individuals detained under immigration powers in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Since the UK lockdown was announced on 23 March 2020 (up to the 30 April 2020), 295 people have entered detention, 231 of which were clandestine entrants held by UKVI for processing before being dispersed through appropriate routes. Those being held for processing spend very short periods of time at a short-term holding facility and can only be held for a maximum of seven days. This does not include those who were transferred to the detention estate from prison. Statistics on people in immigration detention during the second quarter of 2020 (April to June) will be published in August in the immigration statistics quarterly release.</p><p> </p><p>Immigration offenders encountered by Immigration Enforcement by chance or as part of a planned operation, will be considered for detention for the purpose of removal, on a case-by-case basis, by applying the published detention and adults at risk in immigration detention policies. Information on the current situation in any given country is used when making decisions to detain.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and health of people in the detention estate are of the utmost importance. We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place. As of 17 June 2020, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in immigration removal centres.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5219 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:36:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1200340

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	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	Her Majesty's Government how many people are currently detained under immigration powers in (1) immigration removal centres, and (2) prisons, in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on people in detention and returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release)</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of people in detention under immigration powers by quarter and nationality are published in table Det_D02 of the immigration detention detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention).</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of returns from the UK by type of return and destination are published in Ret_D02 of the returns detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets).</p><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns which are enforced 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 and therefore the published statistics refer to all enforced returns.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘Summary tables’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-march-2020#returns). The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on detention.</p><p> </p><p>A statistical report Statistics relating to Covid-19 and the immigration system, May 2020 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-covid-19-and-the-immigration-system-may-2020), released on 28 May 2020 provides further high-level information relating to detention and Covid-19 up to the end of April.</p><p> </p><p>Figures covering the second quarter of 2020 will be published in the next Immigration Statistics release on 27 August 2020. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=release-date-oldest).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5216 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:37:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1200341

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many removals and deportations from the UK have been effected since 23 March, and to which countries.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on people in detention and returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release)</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of people in detention under immigration powers by quarter and nationality are published in table Det_D02 of the immigration detention detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention).</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of returns from the UK by type of return and destination are published in Ret_D02 of the returns detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets).</p><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns which are enforced 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 and therefore the published statistics refer to all enforced returns.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘Summary tables’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-march-2020#returns). The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on detention.</p><p> </p><p>A statistical report Statistics relating to Covid-19 and the immigration system, May 2020 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-covid-19-and-the-immigration-system-may-2020), released on 28 May 2020 provides further high-level information relating to detention and Covid-19 up to the end of April.</p><p> </p><p>Figures covering the second quarter of 2020 will be published in the next Immigration Statistics release on 27 August 2020. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=release-date-oldest).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5215 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:37:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1199320

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	Her Majesty's Government how many residents of immigration removal centres (1) have displayed, or (2) are currently displaying, symptoms of COVID-19; and of those, how many have been tested. [T]
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
	uin	HL4966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The safety and health of people in the detention estate are of the utmost importance. We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place.</p><p> </p><p>All immigration removal centres have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses which are managed by the NHS or appropriate providers. The Home Office, its suppliers and NHS England healthcare providers in immigration removal centres are following PHE guidelines for the management of COVID-19. Universal testing is not currently recommended under these guidelines for those in detention or those being released. Testing of individuals in immigration detention will be dependent on individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce the risk of COVID-19 in IRCs, all centres are following a reverse cohorting process which commenced on 20 April 2020. This requires new arrivals to be isolated from the main population for a period of 14 days to verify that each individual is asymptomatic. If a detainee shows symptoms during this time, they are be moved to protective isolation for seven days.</p><p> </p><p>As of 3 June 2020, there are no cases of COVID-19 in immigration removal centres.</p><p>There have been two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in detainees, a third individual was identified but after his release from detention had been agreed.</p><p> </p><p>Local management information indicates that for the period 9 March to 31 May 2020, fifty-seven detainees have been placed in protective isolation for displaying COVID-19 or flu-like symptoms. There is currently one detainee in protective isolation after showing symptoms of COVID-19. Historic information on the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in IRCs is not held.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/06/2020 16:10:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester