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1028323

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date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much interest has accrued to Libyan assets frozen by UN resolutions while in London; and what is the current total value of those assets.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold comprehensive information about how much interest has accrued or the current total value of that interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) undertakes an annual frozen asset review requiring all persons or institutions that hold or control frozen funds in the UK to report to OFSI.</p><p> </p><p>At close of business on 29 September 2017 the approximate total value of frozen Libyan assets in the UK was £12.061 billion. The figures for 2018 have not yet been finalised.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2018 13:44:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1028324

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any application has been made to use the interest accrued on Libyan assets frozen in London; and if so, by whom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text Frozen funds held or controlled by financial institutions are required to be reported to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) on an annual basis in aggregate. Licence applications are made to OFSI to permit applicants to deal with frozen assets, including to release frozen funds and for designated persons to receive funds in particular circumstances and for a specific purpose. Where licensing applications relate to the release of frozen funds, breakdowns of the sources of those funds are not required as part of the application. Similarly, when the release of frozen funds is authorised, the source of the funds is not specified beyond details about the payment route<p /><p /> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2018 13:43:36 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1028325

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Libya: Freezing of Assets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have had discussions with any other government about using the interest accrued on frozen Libyan assets for humanitarian or other purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2019 answer text <p>​No discussions have taken place with any other government about using the interest accrued on frozen Libyan assets for humanitarian or other purposes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/01/2019 14:48:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1024236

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	People Smuggling: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent trafficking of migrants from France to England via the English Channel.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely with partners in the UK and overseas to combat people smuggling at source and target the organised crime groups that facilitate illegal immigration.</p><p>The Sandhurst Treaty signed by the Prime Minister in January demonstrates the commitment of the UK and France to manage our shared border and deliver enhanced joint action to disrupt and dismantle the groups behind illegal border crossing and the trafficking of vulnerable persons. A new joint centre was opened in Calais in November 2018 to further improve our coordinated approach.</p><p>Our two countries continue to undertake routine ministerial and senior official contact regarding migration across our shared border and our cooperation under the Sandhurst Treaty.</p><p>Border Force is taking a range of actions to address clandestine crossings of the Channel, including stepping up deployments of coastal patrol vessels along the South East coast.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL12236 question first answered 21/12/2018 13:30:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1024237

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many migrants they have detected trying to enter the UK illegally via the English Channel in the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Border Force does not routinely publish this level of data. All our transparency data can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-november-2018</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 14:00:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Border_Force_Q3_2018 (2).xlsx title Border Force Transparency Data - Nov 2018
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1024238

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	People Smuggling: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of France about preventing the use of the English Channel by people smugglers.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely with partners in the UK and overseas to combat people smuggling at source and target the organised crime groups that facilitate illegal immigration.</p><p>The Sandhurst Treaty signed by the Prime Minister in January demonstrates the commitment of the UK and France to manage our shared border and deliver enhanced joint action to disrupt and dismantle the groups behind illegal border crossing and the trafficking of vulnerable persons. A new joint centre was opened in Calais in November 2018 to further improve our coordinated approach.</p><p>Our two countries continue to undertake routine ministerial and senior official contact regarding migration across our shared border and our cooperation under the Sandhurst Treaty.</p><p>Border Force is taking a range of actions to address clandestine crossings of the Channel, including stepping up deployments of coastal patrol vessels along the South East coast.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL12234 question first answered 21/12/2018 13:30:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1024240

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current status of people who have been found to have entered the UK illegally via the English Channel; and of those who have since claimed asylum, whether their applications for asylum are affected by their method of entry.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>We have a proud history of granting protection to those who need it. All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits and protection is granted where someone has a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm on return to their country.</p><p>As part of the asylum decision-making and consideration process, case-workers must consider factors set out in section 8 of the Asylum and Immi-gration Treatment of Claimants etc. Act 2004, which may affect the credi-bility of an asylum seeker, for example, where they have chosen to travel through safe countries to reach the UK or failed without good reason to claim at the earliest opportunity. However, no-one who faces persecution or serious harm in their country is returned there.</p><p>Those who enter the UK without permission are illegal migrants and liable to removal, but no one will be removed where they have protection needs or until any asylum claim has been decided and any appeal rights ex-hausted.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 13:32:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1024241

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who entered the UK illegally via the English Channel have been deported in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The latest published statistics on returns can be found on line on the www. gov.uk website.</p><p>Deportations are a subset of enforced returns. They may occur either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. Information on those deported is not separately available. Published statistics refer to enforced returns, which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws, and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers who have declined to leave voluntarily. Most illegal immigrants are removed from the UK under administrative or illegal entry powers and not deported.</p><p>The Home Office does not separately record the method of entry of those who are returned and as such the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 14:55:08 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1024242

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support is offered to those who have entered the UK illegally and are awaiting the outcome on their application for asylum.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office ensures asylum seekers are not left destitute by providing appropriate support under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The support package usually consists of free, furnished accommodation (with utility bills and council tax paid) and a weekly cash allowance to meet other essential living needs. But those who find accommodation through friends or relatives may be provided with the allowance only.</p><p>The level of the allowance, currently set at £37.75 per week for each person in the household, is reviewed each year to make sure it is sufficient to cover essential living needs (the legal test).</p><p>The most recent assessment of the adequacy of the asylum support rates is set out in a report published in March 2018, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 14:26:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Report_on_review_of_cash_allowance_paid_to_asylum_seekers_-_2017_-_final.._.pdf title Report on the Review of cash allowance
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey