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777853

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gun Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any civilian target shooting club in the UK is approved by her Department to use armour piercing or explosive ammunition.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	109587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">A small number of shooting clubs are approved to use firearms which use armour-piercing ammunition.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The possession of armour-piercing or explosive ammunition is prohibited under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 and can only be used with the</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">authority of the Secretary of State. No such authority has been granted for the use of such ammunition by civilian target shooting clubs.</ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/11/2017 13:26:14 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2017 16:44:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 19267 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

768188

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-slavery Task Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings of the anti-slavery task force there have been since that task force was established; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	106910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Data on the number of correspondence to the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), which was responded to within 20 days is published quarterly as part of UKVI transparency data.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-august-2017</a></del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">UKVI does not publish data in the 10 day and 30 day format requested.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Prime Minister has held a number of meetings on modern slavery, including with the Task Force, to bring the collective weight of Government to bear against this terrible crime.</ins></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2017 14:55:36 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2017 16:24:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 15919 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

767593

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catering: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that chefs and catering staff are able to travel to the UK from the EU and take up job opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Data on UK Visas and Immigration temporary and permanent migration activities including In-Country Work In Progress Casework, and Percentage of Temporary and Permanent Migration in-country visa applications for each Route, processed within Service Standards, is published on the .GOV.UK website. The relevant Routes are ‘Spouse/Partner’ and ‘HR/Complex Case’ as indicated on worksheet InC_01 and InC_01a.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The relevant tables are also attached to this answer.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202014%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20One.xlsx" target="_blank">2014 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 29.66 KB)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202015%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20Two.xlsx" target="_blank">2015 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 38.02 KB)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202016%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20Three.xlsx" target="_blank">2016 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 40.81 KB)</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Until the UK leaves the EU, EU citizens continue to have the same rights to live and work in the UK, as was the case before Article 50 was triggered.</ins></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 15:43:28 question first ministerially corrected 16/10/2017 21:11:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 14928 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

751966

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Railway Line: Hillingdon
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government to what timescale they aim to issue decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:01 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 14:36:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6009 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751967

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nationality: British Overseas Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government to what timescale they aim to issue decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 subsistence only support.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:01 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:14:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6010 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751968

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken over the past 12 months for issuing decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:02 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:16:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6011 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751969

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken over the past 12 months for assessing, and reaching decisions on, applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:02 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:17:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6012 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham