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registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2020 to Question 69698, what estimate he has made of the number of extradition requests made by the USA to the UK during the period 1 January 2004 to 31 July 2020, and of those requests what was the (a) nationality of the defendant for each extradition request (b) number of successful extraditions by the nationality of the defendant and (c) number of rejected requests by the nationality of the defendant.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	90259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, we do not disclose whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to the request. We therefore cannot provide the total number of extradition requests made by the USA to the UK or vice versa.</p><p>Statistics showing the nationality of the subject of requests which led to an extradition are available from January 2010 as nationality was not centrally recorded for all cases before this time. Statistics showing the nationality of the subject of requests which were refused are available from 1 January 2004 and are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>US EXTRADITION REQUESTS TO THE UK LEADING TO EXTRADITION (Jan 2010 – July 2020)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NATIONALITY</p></td><td><p>NUMBER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British *</p></td><td><p>51 (*includes 10 individuals with dual nationality)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>US *</p></td><td><p>20 (*includes 5 individuals with dual nationality)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somali</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South African</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaican</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irish</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexican</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egyptian</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romanian</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghanaian*</p></td><td><p>2 (*includes 1 individual with dual nationality)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombian</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukrainian</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iranian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuanian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigerian</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnamese</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dutch</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>German</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Danish</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladeshi / Belizean (Dual national)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>UK REFUSALS OF US EXTRADITION REQUESTS BY NATIONALITY SINCE 2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NATIONALITY</p></td><td><p>NUMBER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British *</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>US *</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iranian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israeli</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* includes individuals who hold dual nationality</p><p>In relation to the difference in the numbers of unsuccessful requests, the Answers given to Questions 4307 and 69698 covered different time periods. All figures are taken from local management information and are not quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should always be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change as officials refresh and revise the available data. The figures do not include Scotland, which deals with its own extradition cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 90260 question first answered 23/09/2020 16:38:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1234392

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2020 to Question 69698 on Extradition: USA, for what reason the number of refused extradition requests from the US to the UK is different to the number of unsuccessful requests given in the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 4307.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	90260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, we do not disclose whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to the request. We therefore cannot provide the total number of extradition requests made by the USA to the UK or vice versa.</p><p>Statistics showing the nationality of the subject of requests which led to an extradition are available from January 2010 as nationality was not centrally recorded for all cases before this time. Statistics showing the nationality of the subject of requests which were refused are available from 1 January 2004 and are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>US EXTRADITION REQUESTS TO THE UK LEADING TO EXTRADITION (Jan 2010 – July 2020)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NATIONALITY</p></td><td><p>NUMBER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British *</p></td><td><p>51 (*includes 10 individuals with dual nationality)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>US *</p></td><td><p>20 (*includes 5 individuals with dual nationality)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somali</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South African</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaican</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irish</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexican</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egyptian</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romanian</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghanaian*</p></td><td><p>2 (*includes 1 individual with dual nationality)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombian</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukrainian</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iranian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuanian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigerian</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnamese</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dutch</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>German</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Danish</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladeshi / Belizean (Dual national)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>UK REFUSALS OF US EXTRADITION REQUESTS BY NATIONALITY SINCE 2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NATIONALITY</p></td><td><p>NUMBER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British *</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>US *</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iranian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israeli</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* includes individuals who hold dual nationality</p><p>In relation to the difference in the numbers of unsuccessful requests, the Answers given to Questions 4307 and 69698 covered different time periods. All figures are taken from local management information and are not quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should always be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change as officials refresh and revise the available data. The figures do not include Scotland, which deals with its own extradition cases.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 90259 question first answered 23/09/2020 16:38:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1234448

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prevent Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the organisations being consulted on the terms of reference for the Independent Review of Prevent.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	90157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the views of any civil society organisation which wants to contribute to the development of the new Terms of Reference for the Independent Review of Prevent. They can contribute by contacting the team which will support the new Independent Reviewer at <a href="mailto:indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Review team has approached some of the organisations with which they had been in contact during earlier stages of the Review to invite their comments and which represent a broad range of views on Prevent, including those critical of the current approach. But the views of all organisations are welcome.</p><p>Any views provided to the Review Team will be shared with the Independent Reviewer once appointed and before the Terms of Reference are agreed.</p><p>Interviews for the role of Independent Reviewer are taking place later this month, following which there will be an announcement in due course. There were 35 applicants for the role; we cannot comment further on an ongoing recruitment process.</p><p>The aim is for the Independent Review to be completed by August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 90158 90159 90160 90161 question first answered 21/09/2020 15:44:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1234449

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prevent Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps civil society organisations can take to contribute to the development of the terms of reference for the Independent Review of Prevent.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	90158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the views of any civil society organisation which wants to contribute to the development of the new Terms of Reference for the Independent Review of Prevent. They can contribute by contacting the team which will support the new Independent Reviewer at <a href="mailto:indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Review team has approached some of the organisations with which they had been in contact during earlier stages of the Review to invite their comments and which represent a broad range of views on Prevent, including those critical of the current approach. But the views of all organisations are welcome.</p><p>Any views provided to the Review Team will be shared with the Independent Reviewer once appointed and before the Terms of Reference are agreed.</p><p>Interviews for the role of Independent Reviewer are taking place later this month, following which there will be an announcement in due course. There were 35 applicants for the role; we cannot comment further on an ongoing recruitment process.</p><p>The aim is for the Independent Review to be completed by August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 90157 90159 90160 90161 question first answered 21/09/2020 15:44:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1234451

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prevent Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Independent Reviewer of Prevent will be appointed.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	90159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the views of any civil society organisation which wants to contribute to the development of the new Terms of Reference for the Independent Review of Prevent. They can contribute by contacting the team which will support the new Independent Reviewer at <a href="mailto:indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Review team has approached some of the organisations with which they had been in contact during earlier stages of the Review to invite their comments and which represent a broad range of views on Prevent, including those critical of the current approach. But the views of all organisations are welcome.</p><p>Any views provided to the Review Team will be shared with the Independent Reviewer once appointed and before the Terms of Reference are agreed.</p><p>Interviews for the role of Independent Reviewer are taking place later this month, following which there will be an announcement in due course. There were 35 applicants for the role; we cannot comment further on an ongoing recruitment process.</p><p>The aim is for the Independent Review to be completed by August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 90157 90158 90160 90161 question first answered 21/09/2020 15:44:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1234452

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prevent Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeframe is for the independent review of the Prevent strategy; and when that review is planned to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	90160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the views of any civil society organisation which wants to contribute to the development of the new Terms of Reference for the Independent Review of Prevent. They can contribute by contacting the team which will support the new Independent Reviewer at <a href="mailto:indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Review team has approached some of the organisations with which they had been in contact during earlier stages of the Review to invite their comments and which represent a broad range of views on Prevent, including those critical of the current approach. But the views of all organisations are welcome.</p><p>Any views provided to the Review Team will be shared with the Independent Reviewer once appointed and before the Terms of Reference are agreed.</p><p>Interviews for the role of Independent Reviewer are taking place later this month, following which there will be an announcement in due course. There were 35 applicants for the role; we cannot comment further on an ongoing recruitment process.</p><p>The aim is for the Independent Review to be completed by August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 90157 90158 90159 90161 question first answered 21/09/2020 15:44:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1234453

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prevent Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) applied, (b) were shortlisted and (c) were interviewed for the position of the Independent Reviewer of Prevent.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	90161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the views of any civil society organisation which wants to contribute to the development of the new Terms of Reference for the Independent Review of Prevent. They can contribute by contacting the team which will support the new Independent Reviewer at <a href="mailto:indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">indpreventreview@homeoffice.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Review team has approached some of the organisations with which they had been in contact during earlier stages of the Review to invite their comments and which represent a broad range of views on Prevent, including those critical of the current approach. But the views of all organisations are welcome.</p><p>Any views provided to the Review Team will be shared with the Independent Reviewer once appointed and before the Terms of Reference are agreed.</p><p>Interviews for the role of Independent Reviewer are taking place later this month, following which there will be an announcement in due course. There were 35 applicants for the role; we cannot comment further on an ongoing recruitment process.</p><p>The aim is for the Independent Review to be completed by August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 90157 90158 90159 90160 question first answered 21/09/2020 15:44:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1234457

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for British citizenship from EU citizens with Settled Status, but who did not hold Comprehensive Sickness Insurance during a period when they were students or deemed self-sufficient, have been successful.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	90274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>I am unaware of any application for British Citizenship which has been refused purely on the basis of this aspect of the EEA Regulations relating to free movement.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/09/2020 15:10:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1234634

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the time taken for decisions to be made on asylum seekers applications before being eligible to find employment.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	90143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has not made an estimate of this cost.</p><p>Asylum seekers can work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months, through no fault of their own. Those allowed to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is published by the Home Office and based on expert advice from the Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p>It is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p>As part of the plans to speed up Asylum decision making, over the last 18 months, UK Visas and Immigration have increased the number of Asylum decision makers and support staff as part of a rolling recruitment campaign and mobilised a transformation programme that seeks to simplify, streamline and digitise processes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/09/2020 17:13:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1234706

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by Refugee Action Lift the ban: why giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense, published in July, what assessment they have made of the potential economic benefits of removing restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to work.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL8116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue and is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right. We are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue.</p><p>We are aware the Lift the Ban coalition recently published a follow-up to their 2018 report and the findings of this report will be incorporated into the current review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/09/2020 15:53:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox