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751131

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Hatred
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the responsibilities imposed on landlords, employers and others to check individuals' immigration statuses, what guidance they will issue to enable those responsible for such checks to differentiate between (1) EU citizens who are entitled to settled status following Brexit, and (2) those who are not entitled to such status.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set out its intention in its published document “Safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU” to issue residence documentation to EU nationals who will be granted indefinite leave to remain on the basis of their residence in the UK. The Government will set out its plans in due course for redesigning the immigration system to introduce controls on future migration to the UK by EU citizens, including any plans for adjusting statutory checks by employers, landlords and other service providers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 13:52:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

751132

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what modelling they have undertaken to forecast the number of applications for permanent status and consequent (1) rejections, (2) appeals, and (3) deportations, that will result from their offer to enable EU citizens who are resident in the UK to remain in the UK following Brexit; how many additional staff they estimate will be required to manage those applications; whether they intend to publish their model or forecast; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>On Monday 26 June, the UK published the paper ‘The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the UK’. Formal negotiations with our EU partners on the shape and nature of the immigration regime that will apply after the UK leaves the EU will soon be underway. The Home Office currently processes several million immigration decisions each year and will ensure that the necessary resources are provided to process applications for the new residence status outlined by the Government. The Home Office has a well-developed process for modelling operational demand that will be used as appropriate to support internal capacity planning.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:55:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

751133

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Peterborough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances a British citizen resident in the UK may seek leave for elderly dependants to enter the UK; and whether, following Brexit, the same rules will apply to EU citizens who have been granted permanent residency status.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>In ‘The United Kingdom’s Exit from the European Union: Safeguarding the Position of EU Citizens Living in the UK and UK Nationals Living in the EU’ (Cm 9464), published on 26 June 2017, we indicated in paragraph 30 that, in respect of EU citizens who arrived here before the specified date, their family members who come to the UK after we leave the EU will be subject to the same rules that apply to non-EU nationals joining British citizens, or alternatively to the post-exit arrangements for EU citizens who arrive after the specified date. The current Immigration Rules for adult dependent relatives of British citizens are contained in Appendix FM: family members.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/07/2017 15:16:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

751134

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 4 July (HL Deb, col 789) stating that immigration removal centre providers must make a minimum number of opportunities available for detainees to participate voluntarily in paid activity, whether contracts with immigration removal centre providers assume that detainees will volunteer for a certain number of hours of paid work; and if so, (1) what is the total number of hours of such paid work assumed for each immigration removal centre, and (2) how many hours of paid work were undertaken by detainees in each immigration removal centre, for each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Immigration removal centre (IRC) private service providers are contracted to offer a minimum number of voluntary paid work opportunities for detainees, in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001. There is no contractual assumption that detainees will volunteer for a certain number of hours of paid work.</p><p>Management information on the number of hours of paid work undertaken by detainees in each IRC is only available from November 2014 as set out in the table below. This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Immigration Removal Centre</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014 </strong> <strong>(November to December)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017 </strong> <strong>(January to April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total hours</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brook House</p></td><td><p>14,617</p></td><td><p>86,352</p></td><td><p>93,467</p></td><td><p>33,012</p></td><td><p>227,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campsfield House</p></td><td><p>10,098</p></td><td><p>63,957</p></td><td><p>68,302</p></td><td><p>29,418</p></td><td><p>171,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colnbrook</p></td><td><p>10,002</p></td><td><p>73,073</p></td><td><p>81,876</p></td><td><p>26,413</p></td><td><p>191,364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dungavel</p></td><td><p>11,166</p></td><td><p>56,024</p></td><td><p>47,424</p></td><td><p>14,128</p></td><td><p>128,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harmondsworth</p></td><td><p>27,112</p></td><td><p>135,186</p></td><td><p>124,439</p></td><td><p>43,038</p></td><td><p>329,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>28,560</p></td><td><p>160,080</p></td><td><p>161,192</p></td><td><p>58,920</p></td><td><p>408,752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tinsley House</p></td><td><p>4,265</p></td><td><p>26,827</p></td><td><p>20,347*</p></td><td><p>Centre closed</p></td><td><p>51,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>39,650</p></td><td><p>283,771</p></td><td><p>244,506</p></td><td><p>78,025</p></td><td><p>645,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yarl’s Wood</p></td><td><p>5,413</p></td><td><p>35,327</p></td><td><p>39,524</p></td><td><p>14,236</p></td><td><p>94,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>150,883</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>920,597</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>881,077</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>297,190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,249,747</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Tinsley House closed for refurbishment after September 2016. The total hours worked for Tinsley House for 2016 are therefore only available for January to September 2016.</p><p>**Data provided is for a full calendar year unless otherwise stated.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 31/07/2017 14:20:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

751135

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many people were killed by individuals who had previously been convicted of murder or manslaughter, in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of people in England and Wales who are known to have been killed by persons who had been previously convicted of homicide. The information is given in the table; it is also published on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/compendium/focusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/compendium/focusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2016</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Table 1: Number of homicides in England and Wales known to have been committed by suspects who had been previously convicted of homicide<sup>1,2,3</sup> , 2006/07 to 2015/16</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of homicide victims</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>1. Source: Homicide Index, Home Office </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2. Homicide Index data are designated as National Statistics</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>3. As at 14 November 2016; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figure excludes persons who have been killed by those who may have been convicted outside England and Wales (for whom there is incomplete information), and persons who have been killed by those not previously convicted of homicide by reason of their mental state.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/07/2017 14:00:53 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

751172

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many people have dual British-Iranian citizenship; and of those, how many are resident in (1) the UK, (2) Iran, and (3) elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
uin	HL769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of British nationals with dual nationality is not held.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4576 label Biography information for Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

751178

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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 what action they intend to take in response to the Independent Monitoring Board's Charter Flights Annual Report 2016; when they will respond to, and implement, the recommendations directed to them; and what action they will take to remedy the failings identified on the part of the Escort Contractor.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Independent scrutiny is a vital part of assurance that our charter operations are safe, secure and humane. We are pleased that the report found that returnees are generally treated fairly. The recommendations are currently being considered and the government will be writing to the Independent Monitoring Board with a response to the recommendations, which include actions for the escorting contractor.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 13:53:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

750536

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 4 July (HL Deb, col 789) regarding rates of pay for work undertaken by immigration removal centre detainees, how much was paid to detainees in aggregate, and for how many hours' work, in the last year for which figures are available; whether the savings in the running costs of immigration removal centres represented by detainees undertaking work which would otherwise have been paid at commercial rates accrue to (1) HM Treasury, (2) to the immigration removal centre providers, or (3) other bodies or agencies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Rule 17 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 permits detainees to engage in paid activities while in detention and is provided as a means to occupy detainees and alleviate boredom.</p><p>It is not permitted contractually for private service providers to use the detainee paid work scheme to replace staffing obligations and there are no savings or efficiencies realised by the private service providers or the Home Office from the option for detainees to work in this voluntary scheme.</p><p>Management information shows that for the period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 detainees in immigration removal centres undertook a total of 887,073 hours of paid work, with payments made to detainees totalling £887,565. This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 31/07/2017 14:23:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

750554

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 5 July (HL 50), how many inspections of houses or flats offering short–term accommodation to paying guests were carried out by each fire and rescue authority in each year since 2010; and how many of those inspections were found to be (1) satisfactory and (2) unsatisfactory.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally collect information on the number of inspections of houses or flats offering short-term accommodation to paying guests carried out by each fire and rescue authority. Information on the number of inspections of houses or flats offering short-term accommodation to paying guests is the responsibility of individual FRSs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 16:08:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

750555

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 5 July (HL 50), what criteria fire and rescue authorities use to determine whether fire safety precautions are "adequate" and "appropriate" for the management of fire hazards in houses or flats offering accomodation to paying guests, such as through Airbnb.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority to manage its prevention, protection and operational resources to address effectively risks within their communities. This includes determining which premises to audit to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Fire Safety Order. When carrying out an audit, including for short-term accommodation let through Airbnb or similar platforms, it is for the individual fire and rescue authority to determine how they assess whether the fire risk assessment carried out by the responsible person and the fire precautions in place are adequate and appropriate for a particular premises. No two premises are the same. What may represent a proportionate approach to improved fire safety management in one building, will not necessarily apply in another.</p><p>The level of competency required for individual premises will vary according to their nature and complexity.</p><p>The Government issued guidance to assist enforcing authorities in their enforcement responsibilities under the Fire Safety Order, which is available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-reform-fire-safety-order-2005-guidance-note-enforcement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-reform-fire-safety-order-2005-guidance-note-enforcement</a>. In addition, the Chief Fire Officers Association, now the National Fire Chiefs Council, produced a standardised audit form to ensure consistency of audits.</p><p>The person responsible for complying with the Fire Safety Order (usually the owner, employer, landlord or managing agent) may decide that they are competent to carry out the risk assessment themselves or they may choose to appoint a competent person to undertake the risk assessment on their behalf. A decision on this may be made in conjunction with their insurers.</p><p>The requirements for a competent person are set out in the Fire Safety Order. A person is to be regarded as competent for the purposes of making a fire risk assessment if they have sufficient training and experience or knowledge and other qualities to enable them properly to assist in undertaking the preventative and protective measures. To help those responsible for ensuring that the risk from fire in their premises has been accurately assessed, the fire sector has produced guidance on how to choose a competent fire risk assessor. This is available on <a href="http://www.cfoa.org.uk/19532" target="_blank">www.cfoa.org.uk/19532</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, fire safety risk assessment guidance produced by the Government and by the Local Government Association also provides advice and guidance to those responsible for fire safety compliance to help them to accurately assess the risks from fire and implement adequate and appropriate fire safety measures. This is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/workplace-fire-safety-your-responsibilities/fire-risk-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/workplace-fire-safety-your-responsibilities/fire-risk-assessments</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider the ongoing suitability of the Fire Safety Order as part of the wider work underway following the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL688 HL689 question first answered 25/07/2017 11:23:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name guidance1enforcement2005.pdf title Regulatory Reform Order Guidance
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn