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638241

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many restricted certificates of sponsorship were (1) returned to the Home Office during the previous month, and (2) reclaimed because they were not used within three months, in each month since April 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL3311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The data requested is set out in the table below</p><p>Restricted certificates of sponsorship (RCoS) returned and reclaimed</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Allocation Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship Returned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship reclaimed as not used</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-14</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-15</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-15</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-15</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-15</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/11/2016 17:49:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name HL3311 Table.xlsx title PQ HL3311 - Table
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

638242

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the annual cap of 20,700 on restricted certificates of sponsorship has been breached in any of the five years since its permanent introduction in April 2011.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL3312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The annual cap has not been breached in any year since the permanent introduction in April 2011.</p><p>Although the annual cap has not been breached, the monthly limit of applications between June and September 2015 was breached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/11/2016 17:53:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

638250

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are giving consideration to the establishment of variable immigration rules to take account of the specific needs of the agricultural and food production sectors.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and Sectors Based Scheme for agricultural and food production sectors were closed at the end of 2013 when the transitional employment restrictions applied to nationals of Bulgaria and Romania were lifted. Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force.</p><p>There are a number of options as to how EU migration might work once we have left. We are about to begin these negotiations and it would be wrong to set out further positions in advance. At every step of these negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living here, and the only circumstances in which that would not be possible is if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected in return.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3321 question first answered 12/12/2016 17:06:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

638251

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guarantees of the right to remain will be given to EU citizens living in the UK and working in the agricultural and food production sectors after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and Sectors Based Scheme for agricultural and food production sectors were closed at the end of 2013 when the transitional employment restrictions applied to nationals of Bulgaria and Romania were lifted. Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force.</p><p>There are a number of options as to how EU migration might work once we have left. We are about to begin these negotiations and it would be wrong to set out further positions in advance. At every step of these negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living here, and the only circumstances in which that would not be possible is if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected in return.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3320 question first answered 12/12/2016 17:06:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

638262

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the report by the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group and Stonewall, <i>No Safe Refuge</i>: <i>the experiences of LGBT asylum seekers in immigration detention centres</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>We take the welfare of persons detained under immigration powers very seriously and no form of ill-treatment or discrimination is tolerated.</p><p>Published guidance for staff in the immigration detention estate, Detention Services Order 2/2016 ‘Lesbian, gay and bisexual detainees in the detention estate’ and Detention Services Order 11/2012 'Care &amp; Management of Transsexual Detainees' sets out how detainees with these protected characteristics should be safeguarded and treated in detention.</p><p>The Government is currently considering the report ‘No Safe Refuge: Experiences of LGBT asylum seekers in detention’ by the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group and Stonewall.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 11_2012_-_Care_and_Management_of_transsexual_detainees_v2_1_external.pdf title 11_2012_-_Care_and_Management_of_transsexual_detai 2 file name Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_Detainees.pdf title Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_Detainees grouped question UIN HL3333 question first answered 01/12/2016 11:30:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

638263

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to address the concerns of harassment of LGBT asylum seekers raised in the report by the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group and Stonewall <i>No Safe Refuge</i>, and the concerns raised by the inquiry into the use of immigration detention by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees and All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>We take the welfare of persons detained under immigration powers very seriously and no form of ill-treatment or discrimination is tolerated.</p><p>Published guidance for staff in the immigration detention estate, Detention Services Order 2/2016 ‘Lesbian, gay and bisexual detainees in the detention estate’ and Detention Services Order 11/2012 'Care &amp; Management of Transsexual Detainees' sets out how detainees with these protected characteristics should be safeguarded and treated in detention.</p><p>The Government is currently considering the report ‘No Safe Refuge: Experiences of LGBT asylum seekers in detention’ by the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group and Stonewall.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 11_2012_-_Care_and_Management_of_transsexual_detainees_v2_1_external.pdf title 11_2012_-_Care_and_Management_of_transsexual_detai 2 file name Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_Detainees.pdf title Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_Detainees grouped question UIN HL3332 question first answered 01/12/2016 11:30:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

638264

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to revise the Immigration Act 2016 guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention; and if so, whether they will include a presumption that LGBT immigrants, particularly those seeking asylum, should not be detained.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The guidance in respect of the Government’s policy on adults at risk in immigration detention came into force on 12 September 2016. The Government has no immediate plans to revise it.</p><p>There is a general presumption of liberty for all individuals. Detention is used only when necessary, most often in order to enforce an individual’s removal from the UK. The adults at risk policy makes particular provision for individuals who are regarded as vulnerable, by reference to a list of vulnerability “indicators”.</p><p>Transsexual (and intersex) individuals are included in the list of indicators, following a recommendation from Stephen Shaw, in the report of his review into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons, that transsexual people should be presumed unsuitable for detention. Furthermore, any LGB individual who exhibits any of the indicators, or who is otherwise recognised as vulnerable, would fall within the scope of the policy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/12/2016 11:31:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

638265

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many LGBT Syrian refugees have been resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The number of people who have been resettled under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme is published in the quarterly Home Office statistics. The sexuality and gender identity of those vulnerable people being resettled under this scheme is not routinely recorded or reported.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/12/2016 11:32:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

638266

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps have been taken to assist LGBT Syrian refugees to access the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>We are clear that our scheme will prioritise the most vulnerable refugees, and that is why under the VPR scheme the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifies refugees for resettlement using its established vulnerability criteria.</p><p>We are working with UNHCR and other partners to intensify their outreach to groups that might otherwise be reluctant to register for fear of stigma/discrimination and unaware of the safe space and options available to them. This includes all religious minorities, LGBT people, people with disabilities, survivors of torture and sexual violence and others.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/12/2016 15:59:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

638267

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps have been taken to assist LGBT Syrian refugees who have been identified by the UNHCR as eligible for resettlement in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme (1) before, and (2) following, their arrival in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Refugees being resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Person’s Resettlement scheme are invited to attend cultural orientation before they arrive in the UK.</p><p>This includes information on the diverse and inclusive nature of UK society and on the rights and responsibilities of citizens and those resident here. Once in the UK they are provided with a 12 month support package tailored to their individual needs. This includes accommodation, caseworker support and integration assistance, medical and social care needs and English language tuition. We ask local authorities to think carefully about whether they have the infrastructure and support networks needed to ensure the appropriate care and integration of these refugees before they begin resettling people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/12/2016 15:57:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven