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753903

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Industry Authority
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 18 July (HL352), why the publication of the review report on the Security Industry Authority, completed in 2016, has been delayed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Henig
uin	HL1049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2017 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) review report will be laid before Parliament in due course, following pre-publication assurance, consultation and clearance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/08/2017 14:33:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3679 label Biography information for Baroness Henig

753941

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 4 July (HL Deb, cols 89–90), when the review of pay rates in immigration detention centres was instigated; and what is the reason for the delay in responding to the recommendation of the report by Stephen Shaw (Cm 9186) submitted to the Home Office on 24 September 2015, that the Home Office should reconsider its approach to pay rates for detainees.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL1087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2017 answer text <p>An internal review of the rate of pay for detainees in immigration removal centres started on 16 June 2017.</p><p>As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement laid on 14 January 2016 we are considering a number of Stephen Shaw’s operational recommendations, including pay rates for detainees, on a case by case basis, taking account of available resources.</p><p>Mr Shaw will be assessing the implementation of all of the review recommendations, and will be starting work in autumn 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/08/2017 14:20:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

753957

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Her Majesty's Government, further to the repeating of an answer to an Urgent Question by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 July, whether they plan to increase (1) the number of families with vulnerable children to be resettled in the UK from the Middle East under the Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme; and (2) the number of vulnerable unaccompanied refugee children already in Europe with existing close relatives in the UK whom they will resettle in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS), we will resettle up to 3,000 vulnerable children and their families up to the year 2020. The figures for the VCRS will be published in the usual way, and will feature in future releases of the Home Office’s immigration quarterly statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Dublin Regulation establishes which EU Member State has responsibility for assessing an individual’s asylum claim. Under Article 8 of the Regulation, another EU Member State can raise a Take Charge Request where a child has a family member legally present in the UK and where transfer to the UK is in the child’s best interests. For transfers under Article 8.2 there is the additional requirement that the relative – a grandparent or adult aunt or uncle – is able to take care of the child. We will transfer children where a Take Charge Request is raised and who meet these requirements to the UK for their asylum claim to be assessed here. This is an ongoing commitment and no number is associated with it.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/07/2017 14:17:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

753963

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, with reference to paragraph 31 of their White Paper Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June, whether EU citizens in the UK and their family members, in particular children of EU citizens eligible for settled status, will be able to apply for settled status as a family unit or whether each member of the family will be required to make a separate application for settled status.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL1109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2017 answer text <p>It is intended to make the application process for the new settled status as streamlined and user-friendly as possible. Further details will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/08/2017 14:33:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

754138

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
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 time taken was to implement allowed appeals during each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	6176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on the average time taken to implement allowed appeals during each of the last 12 months can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/09/2017 14:26:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

754139

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
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 time taken was to reach decisions on applications for leave to remain in the UK as a stateless person during each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	6175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The data required to answer the question in the requested format is not held.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a signatory to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. In April 2013, the UK introduced Immigration Rules to allow stateless persons to be formally recognised as stateless and granted leave to remain where they do not otherwise qualify under any other provisions and cannot be removed to the country of their former habitual residence because they are not admissible for purposes of residence there. Those who have committed serious crimes or are considered to be a danger to the security or the public order of the UK are not eligible for stateless leave. Those who qualify under the Immigration Rules are normally granted 30 months limited leave to remain and can apply for further leave when that expires. They are eligible to apply for settlement after completing 5 years limited leave.</p><p> </p><p>Stateless persons and their dependent children, who believe that they have a fear of return to their home country, can also make an application for asylum under the 1951 Refugee Convention. Those who qualify under the Immigration Rules are normally granted limited leave to remain for a 5 year period, with the option to apply for settlement when that leave expires.</p><p> </p><p>A stateless person may also make an application to register as a British citizen, if they are not recognised as a citizen of any country, providing they meet the qualifying criteria.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office regularly shares information with UNHCR, relating to stateless applications and decisions made. The information provided is published by UNHCR, in regular trend reports. The latest published report by UNHCR can be found at link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.unhcr.org/uk/statistics/unhcrstats/58aa8f247/mid-year-trends-june-2016.html" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/uk/statistics/unhcrstats/58aa8f247/mid-year-trends-june-2016.html</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/09/2017 16:32:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

754140

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to compile and publish data on the incidence of acid attacks by local authority area; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>We have announced a cross-Government action plan to tackle the use of acid and other corrosives in violent attacks which includes improving police recording and reporting of offences.</p><p> </p><p>We will be working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on what action can be taken to improve the data available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2017 08:03:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

754141

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to make possession of acid in public an offence, equivalent to possession of a knife; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Someone who has possession of acid or other corrosive substances in public with an intention to do harm, is very likely to be considered to be in possession of an offensive weapon, which is a criminal offence that carries a custodial sentence of up to 4 years in prison.</p><p> </p><p>However, as part of our cross-Government action plan, the Home Office will work with police and the Ministry of Justice to consider whether the powers available to the police and courts, are sufficient to deal with these serious offences.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2017 08:04:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

754142

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Corrosive Substances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on amending the Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursor Regulations 2015 to make (a) sulphuric acid and (b) other corrosive substances regulated substances under those regulations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Sulphuric acid and a number of other corrosive substances are already captured as reportable substances under the Poisons Act 1972. The Government’s action plan to tackle the use of acid and other corrosive substances in violent attacks contains a range of measures to prevent attacks including measures by retailers on the sale of acid and corrosive substances and further action under the Poisons Act 1972 and whether its restrictions could be applied to cover other acids.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2017 08:04:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

754143

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
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 17 July to Question 4282, how many people waiting beyond the normal standard response times currently have no estimate of when their decision will be made.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	6218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>When an application is defined as non-straightforward due to complexity, the customer will be written to and in this correspondence it is explained that their case will not be decided within the normal standard timeframes but that a decision will be made as soon as possible, and that the customer will be notified if there is any change. Cases deemed non-straightforward are subject to regular review.</p><p> </p><p>Published data on UKVI’s performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, including the proportion of cases classified as non-straightforward, is available at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/09/2017 14:08:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle