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691967

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 her Department takes to publicise any changes to migrants' rights to work in the UK to people specifically affected by those changes.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	64683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>All changes to the Immigration Rules on work routes are laid before Parliament and guidance is published on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> to explain how migrants will be affected by any revisions to our criteria. We also write to key external partners and stakeholders, including immigration advisors, to communicate the details of any changes being made, where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/02/2017 10:46:57 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

622647

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training asylum caseworkers receive on processing and considering asylum claims involving allegations of torture or serious harm where a Medico-Legal report from the Medical Foundation Medico-Legal Report Service at Freedom from Torture or the Helen Bamber Foundation forms part of the evidence.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>All members of staff who make decisions in asylum receive the same level of training. This includes a dedicated five-week foundation training programme that includes training on international and domestic law and safeguarding issues supplemented by a mentoring programme with an experienced caseworker that can last up to 6 months. Within this course there are specific sections that detail torture and Medico Legal Reports and how they should be used and analysed in asylum claims.</p><p>Asylum Operations recently received funding from the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund to review and redevelop its training prospectus. As part of that work, Asylum Operations is liaising with a range of external stakeholders -including migrant charities and non-governmental organisations - to ensure a robust and effectivesafeguarding training product.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2016 09:58:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

622272

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average weekly cost of accommodating an asylum seeker on (a) section 4 and (b) section 95 support was in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Accommodation costs for S4 and S95 populations are just two elements of the COMPASS contracts. Information relating to the total value of the COMPASS contracts is available and in the public domain and can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p>G4S (NEYH and Humberside): <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503110/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503110/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Serco (NW): <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503120/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503120/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>G4S Midlands and East of England: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503120/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503120/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Serco (SNI): <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503124/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503124/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clearsprings Ready Homes (CRH) South of England: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503103/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503103/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CRH Wales: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/487962/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/487962/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/11/2016 17:15:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

622273

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what qualifications are required for an asylum caseworker to be employed by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Staff employed to make asylum decisions are required to have a minimum educational requirement of 2 GCE A Level passes A-C and 5 GCSE passes including Mathematics and English.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/11/2016 17:48:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

622274

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days training an asylum caseworker receives; and how many days of mentoring those caseworkers receive after starting that role.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>All members of staff who make decisions in asylum receive the same level of training. This includes a dedicated five-week foundation training programme that includes training on international and domestic law and safeguarding issues supplemented by a mentoring programme with an experienced caseworker that can last up to 6 months.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/11/2016 17:47:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

573767

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) potential benefits to security and (b) viability of effective implementation of requiring proof of identification prior to purchase of a SIM card.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	44233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>This issue was considered in detail by an expert group comprising representatives of law enforcement, the security and intelligence agencies and communication service providers following the terrorist attacks in London in July 2005. The experts’ findings remain valid. They concluded that the registration of ownership of mobile telephones would not deliver any significant new benefits to the investigatory process.</p><p>Mobile phones are not the only devices capable of making calls or sending messages. Many laptops, computers, popular MP3 players and games consoles also support the sending of messages and phone calls. These devices are increasingly being used for communications. It would be necessary to include these other devices in any mandatory registration scheme.</p><p>Separately, the person who buys the device is not necessarily the person who will use it. Mobile phones are often sold or given to family members or friends which would mean that such information would quickly become out of date.</p><p>Furthermore, those who were keen to avoid providing details would still find ways to circumvent the scheme, such as purchasing or registering phones under false identities.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/09/2016 16:45:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 9626 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

535271

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans for clause 187 of the Investigatory Powers Bill to apply to (a) class bulk personal datasets and (b) specific bulk personal datasets; and if she will take steps to ensure that the protection provided under that clause will encompass all types of warrants, as specified in the Investigatory Powers Bill, in the case of medical records.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	42450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Clause 187 of the Investigatory Powers Bill applies to specific BPD warrants and provides that, where one of the purposes of the warrant was to authorise the retention or the retention and examination of health records, the warrant may only be issued in exceptional and compelling circumstances.</p><p>On 5 July the Government tabled an amendment to the Bill which would make clear that class BPD warrants could not be used to retain, or retain and examine, bulk personal datasets that consist of, or include, health records.</p><p>Protections for other parts of the Investigatory Powers Bill relating to medical professionals and confidential information relating to an individual’s health will be provided for in the statutory codes of practice made under the Bill. Draft codes detailing these protections were published on introduction of the Bill in March 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 14/07/2016 15:14:17 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias