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663114

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Democratic Republic of Congo
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 15 December (HL3748), what steps they are taking to assess the safety of those removed from the UK to the Democratic Republic of Congo, once they are in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not monitor returnees after they have returned to their country of origin.</p><p>All returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo, including those persons who raise a protection claim, are considered on a case-by-case basis, taking into account their individual facts, credible and up-to-date country of origin information and relevant case law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/01/2017 17:48:04 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

663118

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Reviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many reviews have been announced in Parliament by the Home Office in the last six years; how many have been completed; how many are still ongoing; and what is the timescale for completion of those reviews still ongoing.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>All announcements by Ministers in my Department are placed in the Parliamentary records.</p><p>Accounts of progress are given within the normal course of Parliamentary business.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/01/2017 12:11:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

663129

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children have been brought to the UK in 2016 under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 from (1) France, (2) Greece, and (3) Italy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has transferred more than 900 unaccompanied children to the UK this year under both the family reunification provisions of the Dublin Regulation and the terms of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. This includes more than 750 children from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance almost half of the unaccompanied children who were in the camp at the time of the clearance.</p><p>We have consulted local authorities on their capacity to care for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children and will publish the total number of children to be transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in due course.</p><p>In July, the Home Office increased the funding provided to local authorities by up to 33 percent for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. The recent operation to transfer children from Calais involved over 300 officials at home and abroad and the Government continues to work closely with partners across Europe to ensure the timely and effective operation of the Dublin Regulation. We have seconded experts to France and Greece, and we have a long standing secondee in Italy to support the work on unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Europe, including the Dublin Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4345 HL4346 HL4347 HL4348 question first answered 09/01/2017 17:53:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

663130

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children have been brought to the UK in 2016 under the family reunion provisions of the Dublin Regulation from (1) France, (2) Greece, and (3) Italy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has transferred more than 900 unaccompanied children to the UK this year under both the family reunification provisions of the Dublin Regulation and the terms of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. This includes more than 750 children from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance almost half of the unaccompanied children who were in the camp at the time of the clearance.</p><p>We have consulted local authorities on their capacity to care for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children and will publish the total number of children to be transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in due course.</p><p>In July, the Home Office increased the funding provided to local authorities by up to 33 percent for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. The recent operation to transfer children from Calais involved over 300 officials at home and abroad and the Government continues to work closely with partners across Europe to ensure the timely and effective operation of the Dublin Regulation. We have seconded experts to France and Greece, and we have a long standing secondee in Italy to support the work on unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Europe, including the Dublin Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4344 HL4346 HL4347 HL4348 question first answered 09/01/2017 17:53:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

663131

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children in Care
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 capacity of local authorities to resettle child refugees; and what steps they are taking to secure that capacity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has transferred more than 900 unaccompanied children to the UK this year under both the family reunification provisions of the Dublin Regulation and the terms of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. This includes more than 750 children from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance almost half of the unaccompanied children who were in the camp at the time of the clearance.</p><p>We have consulted local authorities on their capacity to care for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children and will publish the total number of children to be transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in due course.</p><p>In July, the Home Office increased the funding provided to local authorities by up to 33 percent for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. The recent operation to transfer children from Calais involved over 300 officials at home and abroad and the Government continues to work closely with partners across Europe to ensure the timely and effective operation of the Dublin Regulation. We have seconded experts to France and Greece, and we have a long standing secondee in Italy to support the work on unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Europe, including the Dublin Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4344 HL4345 HL4347 HL4348 question first answered 09/01/2017 17:53:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

663132

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Home Office staff are working on resettlement under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in (1) France, (2) Greece, and (3) Italy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has transferred more than 900 unaccompanied children to the UK this year under both the family reunification provisions of the Dublin Regulation and the terms of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. This includes more than 750 children from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance almost half of the unaccompanied children who were in the camp at the time of the clearance.</p><p>We have consulted local authorities on their capacity to care for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children and will publish the total number of children to be transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in due course.</p><p>In July, the Home Office increased the funding provided to local authorities by up to 33 percent for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. The recent operation to transfer children from Calais involved over 300 officials at home and abroad and the Government continues to work closely with partners across Europe to ensure the timely and effective operation of the Dublin Regulation. We have seconded experts to France and Greece, and we have a long standing secondee in Italy to support the work on unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Europe, including the Dublin Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4344 HL4345 HL4346 HL4348 question first answered 09/01/2017 17:53:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

663133

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Home Office staff are working on resettlement under the family reunion provisions of the Dublin Regulation in (1) France, (2) Greece, and (3) Italy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has transferred more than 900 unaccompanied children to the UK this year under both the family reunification provisions of the Dublin Regulation and the terms of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. This includes more than 750 children from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance almost half of the unaccompanied children who were in the camp at the time of the clearance.</p><p>We have consulted local authorities on their capacity to care for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children and will publish the total number of children to be transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in due course.</p><p>In July, the Home Office increased the funding provided to local authorities by up to 33 percent for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. The recent operation to transfer children from Calais involved over 300 officials at home and abroad and the Government continues to work closely with partners across Europe to ensure the timely and effective operation of the Dublin Regulation. We have seconded experts to France and Greece, and we have a long standing secondee in Italy to support the work on unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Europe, including the Dublin Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4344 HL4345 HL4346 HL4347 question first answered 09/01/2017 17:53:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

663137

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 6 December (HL3671) concerning the actions taken by police after the victim of Keith and Caroline Baker was reported missing from her home in England in 2004, why no assessment has been made; and whether they now intend to review the actions taken by police.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL4352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for the police and it would not be appropriate for the Department to undertake a review of police actions in this case.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/01/2017 13:01:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

663138

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
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 impact on the independence of the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration of the Home Secretary deciding when to publish his reports.
tabling member printed	Lord Paddick
uin	HL4353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICI) reports are laid before Parliament in compliance with the UK Borders Act 2007.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/01/2017 15:42:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4288 label Biography information for Lord Paddick

663140

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 21 December (HL4183) concerning the publication of information on the number of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation, what reporting standards they have adopted; whether they have assessed that any aspects of those standards are not currently being met; and if any are not, which aspects, and why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Code of Practice for Official Statistics, which can be found at https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/code-of-practice/, sets out eight principles to be followed in publishing official statistics, including ‘sound methods and quality assured’.</p><p>Home Office officials continue to review the quality of the information on the number of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation, which is manually captured by caseworkers through a “special conditions flag” on the Home Office Case Information Database.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/01/2017 17:57:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven