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1046298

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	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 January (HL12624) that “the Home Office does not electronically record the grounds on which an individual claims asylum” and that they cannot identify the origins of persecuted minorities, whether they intend to (1) review that policy, and (2) collect such data in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The basis of a person’s asylum claim is recorded on their individual Home Office file, but not in a way that can be easily aggregated, so we cannot provide figures on how many claims are brought by particular persecuted minorities, or the nature of claims brought by those attempting to travel to the UK in small vessels.</p><p>As such, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost because it would require a manual search through individual records.</p><p>We keep all policy under regular review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL13009 question first answered 05/02/2019 15:17:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1045437

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their policy of requiring those refugees who have been granted leave to remain to find their own accommodation within 28 days.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been working on a number of initiatives to ensure that refugees are able to access benefits and housing promptly once any support they been provided by the Home Office ends 28 days after the grant of their status.</p><p>Refugees are eligible to receive assistance with housing from their local authority, in the same way as British Citizens or other permanent residents of the UK, and are treated as a priority need if they have children or are considered vulnerable. Asylum accommodation providers are under a contractual duty to refer these cases to the appropriate local authority.</p><p>The Home Office also provides a Biometric Residence Permit and National Insurance Number to enable newly recognised refugees to make an application for benefits and arranges an appointment with their nearest Job Centre if they confirm that they want assistance to make the application.</p><p>Refugees are entitled to access English language tuition if they are unemployed and looking for work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL12974 question first answered 04/02/2019 16:47:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1045438

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to support those refugees who have been granted leave to remain and are expected to find their own accommodation within 28 days; and in particular, what specific support they provide to such refugees in regard to (1) practical difficulties, (2) unsuitability of available accommodation, and (3) transitional and language challenges.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been working on a number of initiatives to ensure that refugees are able to access benefits and housing promptly once any support they been provided by the Home Office ends 28 days after the grant of their status.</p><p>Refugees are eligible to receive assistance with housing from their local authority, in the same way as British Citizens or other permanent residents of the UK, and are treated as a priority need if they have children or are considered vulnerable. Asylum accommodation providers are under a contractual duty to refer these cases to the appropriate local authority.</p><p>The Home Office also provides a Biometric Residence Permit and National Insurance Number to enable newly recognised refugees to make an application for benefits and arranges an appointment with their nearest Job Centre if they confirm that they want assistance to make the application.</p><p>Refugees are entitled to access English language tuition if they are unemployed and looking for work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL12973 question first answered 04/02/2019 16:47:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1036966

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Hong Kong
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in view of their status as British nationals, British national (overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong will be permitted to use ePassport gates in the UK when automated passenger clearance is extended to foreign nationals from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s border and immigration system is kept under regular review. We will monitor the change to the nationalities eligible to use ePassport gates to determine any future plans.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/01/2019 17:21:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1036982

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of those who have claimed asylum after arriving in the UK by crossing the Channel are (1) Iranian Christians, and (2) from minorities other than Iranian Christians persecuted for their religious beliefs.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Over 500 migrants, the majority of whom are Iranian nationals, attempted to travel to the UK on small vessels in 2018. The vast majority of those attempts were made in the last three months of the year.</p><p>All asylum claims made in the UK are processed, managed and decided in line with Home Office policy, guidance and relevant case law and legislation. This supports an efficient and effective asylum process for the UK and en-sures that asylum claims are handled in a manner that is appropriate to the individual, including ensuring any reasonable adjustments and safeguarding needs are considered.</p><p>All asylum claimants must be treated with dignity and fairness regardless of their age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief.</p><p>However, the Home Office does not electronically record the grounds on which an individual claims asylum and so we cannot identify how many asy-lum claimants, from those crossing the Channel are Iranian Christians and from minorities other than Iranian Christians persecuted for their religious beliefs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/01/2019 17:14:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1024833

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so, why, admission to the UK was given to radical clerics who have praised Mumtaz Qadri for killing Salmaan Taseer, the former Governor of the Punjab; and what assessment they have made of the comments of Haras Rafiq, Chief Executive of the Quilliam Foundation, that advocates of murder should not be given public platforms in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Government does not routinely comment on individual cases. All appli-cations are considered on their individual merits in line with the Immigration Rules.</p><p>We have robust policies in place to exclude those whose be-haviour is non-conducive to the public good in the UK.</p><p>Furthermore, the Counter-Extremism Strategy (2015) sets out our efforts to engage internationally to counter the flow of extremism to the UK, whether money, people or ideology; build international partnerships with all those opposed to extremism; and disrupt extremists from entering the UK. The Home Secretary has the power to exclude non-British nationals from the UK if he believes they represent a serious threat to our society</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/01/2019 16:59:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1022852

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Christian refugees are reluctant to enter refugee camps in the Middle East run by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); if so, why; what steps they have taken to persuade the UNHCR and its partners to intensify their outreach to groups that might otherwise be reluctant to register in the UNHCR-run camps; when Home Office officials last had discussions with the UNHCR about its outreach to such groups; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>We have regular engagement with UNHCR and its partners on a range of issues relating to the resettlement of refugees. The last meeting was on 3 December 2018. These meetings include discussions on strengthening their outreach to minority groups, such as Christians, that might otherwise be reluctant to register for fear of stigma/discrimination and unaware of the safe space and options available to them.</p><p>In all the countries from which we resettle under the Vulnerable Persons and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Schemes, UNHCR continues to undertake activities which aim to encourage religious and other minorities to register. <br>These include mobile registration teams, outreach teams, and Help Desks for areas where different minority groups are concentrated to facilitate registration and access to services. These are all part of an effort to facilitate registration for those refugees who for whatever reason cannot or choose not to access the main registration offices.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 13:37:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

990131

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Capital Punishment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 October (HL9860 and HL9890) and the Minister of State for the Home Office on 10 October (167956), whether either of the two individuals cited were transferred to the Guantanamo Bay prison facility.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position remains that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close.</p><p>In respect of the two requests for mutual legal assistance, it would not be appropriate to share information as it may harm on-going criminal investigations or future prosecutions.</p><p>The purpose of mutual legal assistance is to assist law enforcement agencies at home and abroad with criminal investigations and the prosecution of criminal offences. It is an essential tool for cutting crime and preventing terrorism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/11/2018 12:08:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

989313

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 15 October (HL Deb, cols 282–3), whether the Home Office will now reclassify the systematic attacks on religious minorities in Pakistan as persecution rather than discrimination.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>All asylum and human rights applications from Pakistan nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations.</p><p>Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw. This is based on evidence taken from a range of reliable sources, including reputable media outlets; local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office</p><p>Our country policy and information notes on religious groups in Pakistan are published on the gov.uk website and kept under constant review, updated periodically.</p><p>If a person can show that they would suffer serious persecution based on their religion on return to Pakistan, then it is likely they would be granted international protection.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/10/2018 11:44:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

989314

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many claims for asylum in the UK were successful in respect of religious minorities from Pakistan over the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim under a convention reason as set out in the 1951 Refugee Convention.</p><p>The data required to answer the question is not recorded in a way that can be reported on accurately. The Home Office does not electronically record the grounds on which an individual claims asylum and so we cannot iden-tify how many asylum claimants, from a specific country, have been granted asylum due to a religious minority claim. This data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, the Home Office publishes figures on the outcome of all asylum claims in the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics Year Ending June 2018, is available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018-data-tables</a></p><p>This data release shows that there have been 2,982 grants of asylum to claimants from Pakistan over the past five year (periods Q2 2013 to Q2 2018).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/10/2018 11:42:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name sponsorship-jun-2018-tables.xls title Immigration Stats year ending June 2018
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool