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1167538

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the projected figures for UK net migration in the next five years; and what assessment they have made, or intend to make, of the cost to the UK of any fall in migration.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Information on projections of net migration under different scenarios, is published by the Office for National Statistics, as part of UK population projections. The Government’s immigration White Paper, the UK’s Future Skills-Based Immigration System, includes an economic appraisal of potential impacts of a reduction in EU work-related migration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 12:57:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1167257

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been subject to proceedings under the (1) Criminal Finances Act 2017, and (2) Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, on the grounds of gross human rights abuse or violations, up to the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>There have been no proceedings under the provisions in the Criminal Finances Act 2017 relating to gross human rights abuses.</p><p>The Sanctions Act gives the UK powers to impose autonomous sanctions, however secondary legislation is required to establish individual sanctions regimes. Officials are currently working to design secondary legislation for a global human rights sanctions regime, which we have announced an intention to establish once we leave the EU. It is only once the secondary legislation is in force that we can impose sanctions on designated persons and announce those designations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 13:00:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1167265

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	People Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to implement additional measures to detect people smuggling through UK ports, including the use of X-rays.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>At the juxtaposed controls and at ports around the country, Border Force officers use some of the most advanced detection technology available to find and stop migrants attempting to reach the UK illegally. We have also invested tens of millions of pounds in new infrastructure to enhance border security. All freight vehicles entering the UK through the juxtaposed controls are screened for people being smuggled into the UK using a range of techniques. This includes using carbon dioxide detectors and motion sensors as well as sniffer dogs to detect clandestine on-board lorries.</p><p>We will continue to monitor closely displacement of the threat to other ports and routes into the UK and are prepared to shift more resources to UK ports, whilst working proactively with European law enforcement, including partners in France, Belgium and Holland, to target the organised crime networks behind people trafficking and illegal migration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 12:59:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1156329

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of those who have been held in immigration detention centres for more than 28 days in each of the last four years were granted (1) refugee status, and (2) the right to remain, in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Information on the length of detention, and reason for release from detention, is available in tables dt_06_q and dt_14,q of the detention tables in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2019’. The published statistics show the number of people who were granted leave to remain (LTR) in the UK on leaving detention. However, this is not broken down by type of leave, nor will it include those who are released from detention for other reasons and subsequently granted LTR.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/11/2019 18:01:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name detention-jun-2019-tables (1).xlsx title Detention Tables - Immigration Stats - June 2019
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1152010

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for ensuring that all those involved in the sale and purchase of guns are medically fit to hold a licence to be in control of firearms intended for sale; and how is the information about any concerns shared between different areas of jurisdiction.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The police are responsible for assessing the suitability of those who seek to be registered as a firearms dealer or to be issued with a firearm or shotgun certificate, including their medical suitability, to ensure the safety of the public. When applying to be registered as a firearms dealer, a person who is not already a firearm or shotgun certificate holder must provide details of their doctor and disclose any relevant physical or mental health conditions that they have been diagnosed with or treated for in the past for consideration by the police.</p><p>When seeking to be registered as a firearms dealer a person must apply to their local police force, who will consider the application and carry out the necessary checks to assess the applicant’s suitability.</p><p>A consultation on the introduction of statutory firearms guidance to the police, including in relation to the medical arrangements, closed on 17 September. The responses are being considered and the Government will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 12:57:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1152018

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average number of calls that the Action Fraud helpline receives daily.
tabling member printed	Lord Robathan
uin	HL362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 12:58:56 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	334 label Biography information for Lord Robathan

1152020

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Essex
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in response to the deaths of 39 people discovered in a Bulgarian container lorry on 23 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>As my Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary set out in her statement of 28 October, all areas of Government have a role to play in strengthening our borders, eliminating the pull factors in this country and addressing the root causes to suppress demand for illegal migration.</p><p>The Government already has an illegal migration strategy in place, but as the tragic event in Essex has shown, there is much more to do.</p><p>We will be working across Government to strengthen our response to the migration crisis that led these victims to try to enter the United Kingdom and to confront the organised criminals who drive this abhorent practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 12:47:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1152022

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how asylum seekers who die in the UK are returned to their country of origin.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>There are no specific procedures for asylum seekers.</p><p>The burial or cremation arrangements of any person who had had recently arrived from abroad would depend on the circumstances, for example the wishes of their relatives or friends, or the relevant national embassy.</p><p>If there are no relatives or others to assist, the relevant local authority would have a duty to ensure that the deceased is buried or cremated respectfully.</p><p>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 12:57:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1152023

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prevent teenagers being deported back to a country which has been deemed unsafe to travel to, when they have lived in the UK for a decade or more.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We have a policy not to remove anyone, regardless of their age or the length of time they have lived in the UK, to a country to which it has been deemed unsafe for them to return.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 12:46:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1152024

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to use thermal imaging cameras at all UK ports to check for incidents of human trafficking.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Border Force deploys a range of detection equipment across the UK border to detect incidents of human trafficking but, for national security reasons, does not comment on the specific technology used.</p><p>Border Force are continually seeking to develop and invest in new capability.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/11/2019 12:58:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick