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967520

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: English Language
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they provide to asylum seekers aged 19 or older who are eligible for a 50 per cent contribution to the costs of English language classes through the adult education budget about where they can obtain funding for the remaining 50 per cent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL10007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Home Office policy is not to provide asylum seekers with publicly funded English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses. They may access courses on a fee-paying basis. Asylum claimants awaiting a decision for over six months are eligible for a 50% contribution to the cost of ESOL courses through the Adult Education Budget. We also know that many ESOL providers use their discretion to set lower fees.</p><p>Those granted refugee status by the Home Office and in receipt of certain work-related benefits are eligible for fully funded ESOL courses.</p><p>We encourage asylum claimants (adults and dependants of an adult asylum seeker) to contact the Asylum Help helpline for free and independent advice (telephone: 0808 8000 630, https://www.gov.uk/asylum-helplines).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:36:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1470908

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they spent on preparing the planned flight to relocate asylum applicants to Rwanda which was cancelled on 14 June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL1007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The costs of our broken asylum system are at a 20 year record high, currently costing the UK taxpayer over £1.5bn a year, with £4.7 million a day being spent on hotels alone. This cannot continue – and the partnership with Rwanda is a key part of our plans to reform the system and put an end to unsustainable costs which impact the taxpayer.</p><p>The Government’s efforts to facilitate entirely legitimate and legal returns of people who have entered the UK illegally are too often frustrated by late challenges submitted hours before the flight. These claims are very often baseless and entirely without merit, but are given full legal consideration which can lead to removal being rescheduled.</p><p>Costs for individual flights and legal services will vary based on a number of different factors and are regularly reviewed to ensure that best value for money is balanced against the need to remove those individuals with no right to remain in the UK.</p><p>We do not routinely disclose commercial or operational information relating to individual charter flights.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1008 HL1009 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:22:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1470909

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many airlines they consulted regarding the cost of relocating asylum applicants to Rwanda on the scheduled flight of 14 June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL1008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The costs of our broken asylum system are at a 20 year record high, currently costing the UK taxpayer over £1.5bn a year, with £4.7 million a day being spent on hotels alone. This cannot continue – and the partnership with Rwanda is a key part of our plans to reform the system and put an end to unsustainable costs which impact the taxpayer.</p><p>The Government’s efforts to facilitate entirely legitimate and legal returns of people who have entered the UK illegally are too often frustrated by late challenges submitted hours before the flight. These claims are very often baseless and entirely without merit, but are given full legal consideration which can lead to removal being rescheduled.</p><p>Costs for individual flights and legal services will vary based on a number of different factors and are regularly reviewed to ensure that best value for money is balanced against the need to remove those individuals with no right to remain in the UK.</p><p>We do not routinely disclose commercial or operational information relating to individual charter flights.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1007 HL1009 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:22:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1470910

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they selected a non-UK airline to relocate asylum applicants from the UK to Rwanda on 14 June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL1009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The costs of our broken asylum system are at a 20 year record high, currently costing the UK taxpayer over £1.5bn a year, with £4.7 million a day being spent on hotels alone. This cannot continue – and the partnership with Rwanda is a key part of our plans to reform the system and put an end to unsustainable costs which impact the taxpayer.</p><p>The Government’s efforts to facilitate entirely legitimate and legal returns of people who have entered the UK illegally are too often frustrated by late challenges submitted hours before the flight. These claims are very often baseless and entirely without merit, but are given full legal consideration which can lead to removal being rescheduled.</p><p>Costs for individual flights and legal services will vary based on a number of different factors and are regularly reviewed to ensure that best value for money is balanced against the need to remove those individuals with no right to remain in the UK.</p><p>We do not routinely disclose commercial or operational information relating to individual charter flights.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1007 HL1008 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:22:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1249780

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much compensation has been paid out by the Windrush Compensation Scheme to date; and how much they estimate will be paid out in total before that Scheme ends.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL10100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Information on the total number of claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme is available to view on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-october-2020." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-october-2020.</a></p><p>In relation to estimated costs these are referred to in the Home Office’s Impact Assessment IA No: HO 0329 dated 29/1/20. The Home Office has secured funding from HM Treasury for the scheme, and there is no cap on the amount of compensation an individual can receive.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2020 17:44:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Windrush_Compensation_Scheme_September_-_Published (3).xlsx title Windrush Compensation scheme data - Oct 2020
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

968819

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to compensate the 17 people who received decisions from the Home Office last year on asylum claims that they had submitted more than 15 years ago.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL10103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>In response to a recent Freedom of Information request, the Home Office provided figures which noted that, in 2017, 17 decisions were made on claims for asylum that had been submitted more than 15 years ago.</p><p>In the majority of these cases, whilst the Home Office database that registered the original claim for asylum was updated with a new outcome in 2017, the Home Office had also made an earlier decision on the asylum claim. For example, several of the entries made in 2017 were to update records where it had been identified that an individual had voluntarily left the United Kingdom at an earlier date. In other instances, new decisions were made on cases where individuals had previously lost contact with the Home Office.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration has a formal complaints procedure for customers who are unhappy with the service that it provides. Under this procedure ex-gratia payments may be made in cases where it is found that maladministration has occurred.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:31:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

968820

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to take any action to compensate those British-born children of EU citizens settled in the UK who were turned down for passports following an administrative error.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL10104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Passport applications for these children may require additional information to confirm their eligibility, or registration as a British citizen, before a passport can be issued. The applications remain open while these processes are followed.</p><p>There is no charge for registration in these cases and no specific compensation scheme. HM Passport Office compensation policy is detailed on www.Gov.uk</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 13:33:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

968821

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Yemen
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of asylum decisions concerning people from Yemen that have been overturned on appeal.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL10105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information.</p><p>Appeals are allowed for a variety of reasons, often because of new evidence presented before the tribunal which was not available to the decision maker at the time.</p><p>However, all allowed appeals are reviewed to understand where there are opportunities to further improve guidance and training.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 12:53:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1660914

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bibby Stockholm
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the future of the Bibby Stockholm barge.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL10198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>Further tests have been conducted in recent weeks. Once those are complete and it is safe to do so, we will move people back onto the Bibby Stockholm.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 26/09/2023 13:38:05 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1662648

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bibby Stockholm: Costs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have paid for the Bibby Stockholm barge since it has been empty.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL10473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential. Therefore, the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1185849%2FHome_Office_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_22-23.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cbb81d082197442b8d76808dbc40f3309%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638319341780013853%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ML%2B5kuWI5q92Gt1RObHUen3xrKnk36TtUDjpbxp9Uz8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 16/10/2023 16:32:38 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name Home_Office_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_22-23.pdf title HO annual report
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno