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227973

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the needs and rights of refugee and asylum-seeking children, as set out in Article 22 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, are being met in the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL5788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>In line with its international obligations, the UK grants protection to those who need it. Our domestic law provisions apply to children from overseas when they are in the UK. These, and our own policies, ensure that they receive the same protection and access to services as any other child permanently or temporarily deprived of his or her family environment for whatever reason, as set out in Article 22 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. When it is in the best interests of the child concerned, the UK endeavours to trace the families of unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The UK would comply, where appropriate, with any request from the United Nations, or from an organization affiliated to the United Nations, on these matters.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/03/2015 14:35:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

227980

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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 how many applications for (1) entry, and (2) asylum, the United Kingdom has granted on grounds of religious persecution in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL5795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no visa route available to apply to enter the UK on grounds of religious persecution, so no UK visas have been issued on these grounds. It is not possible to provide information regarding the number of people who have claimed asylum on the grounds of religious persecution, as information on the basis of a claim for asylum is not readily accessible.</p><p>The information requested in the noble Lord's question could only be obtained through a manual search of individual case files, which would only be achievable at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/03/2015 14:57:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

227988

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many vessels, aircraft and drones are available for Operation Triton; and what assessment they have made of their adequacy to cope with current flows of migrants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Frontex has recently reported that the technical resources provided by the Member States to Operation Triton include: 2 Fixed Wing Aircraft, 1 Helicopter, 2 Open Shore Patrol Vessels, 6 Coastal Patrol Vessels and 1 Coast Patrol Boat. We understand that this provision of technical resource fully meets the request made to Frontex for assistance by Italy, the host state of this Operation.<br><br>To date, Operation Triton has intercepted thousands of migrants in the Central Mediterranean, both directly and through cooperation with Italy’s national search and rescue efforts, bringing those intercepted safely to the EU. While the UK is not able to join Frontex, we continue to support Operation Triton through the deployment of UK experts. To date we have met all Frontex requests, and made clear our willingness to consider any further requests for support of this kind. <br><br>The recent deaths in the Mediterranean are a further tragic reminder of the great risks migrants take when they attempt the perilous journey to reach Europe across the Mediterranean. Like our counterparts across the European Union, the UK wishes to find the best way to prevent tragedies of this kind. Unfortunately, in the open sea, no amount of vessels and surveillance can ensure a safe passage.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/03/2015 16:38:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

227989

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to discuss with UNICEF the content of its recent statement on the risks to children who attempt to cross the Mediterranean in order to reach Europe.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is determined to do all it can with international partners, including UN agencies, to reduce the flow of illegal migrants attempting these perilous crossings and <br>to combat the organised criminals who are making huge profits by exploiting vulnerable people. The presence of children on these voyages is a matter of particular concern.<br><br>We are taking action at a national and international level to find sustainable solutions, for example through regional protection initiatives and the new Khartoum Process, a joint EU and African Union initiative supporting dialogue and concrete cooperation to tackle people smuggling and human trafficking in the Horn of Africa, including measures to address the abuse and exploitation of children and other vulnerable migrants. <br><br>The Government also welcomes joint EU efforts to provide concrete support to Italy to assist that country in meeting its responsibilities towards those arriving on its shores, and the EU’s intention to enhance efforts to address the root causes of the situation under its forthcoming European Agenda on Migration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/03/2015 16:37:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

227990

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Married People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to announce the result of their reconsideration of the application of Mrs Kiran to join her husband in the United Kingdom as directed by Judge Ford of the First-Tier Tribunal in Birmingham on 5 January under Appeal Number OA/05588/2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL5805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>It is not the policy of the Home Office to comment on the detail of individual applications. However I can confirm that the instructions of the court in this case are being implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/03/2015 15:00:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

227991

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Married People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Home Office presenting officer at the appeal of Mrs Kiran in the Birmingham First-Tier Tribunal hearing before Judge Ford on 5 January, Appeal Number OA/05588/2014, was unable to access a copy of the entry clearance officer's bundle; and why those documents had not been served on the Tribunal or the Appellant.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL5806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The appeal bundle was sent via diplomatic bag by the British High Commission at Islamabad on 16 December 2014; however it was not available to the court in time for the hearing on 5 January 2015. The delay in sending the bundle was due to the need to consider representations from Mrs Kiran, made to the British High Commission, after the initial decision to refuse Mrs Kiran’s application.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/03/2015 17:05:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

227905

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of employees in her Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The 2014 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) provided employment data for all Civil Service departments, although this does not break down to all the categories requested. The data revealed that in the Home Department:<br><br>• 18,720 (68.59%) of employees identified as White <br>• 5,760 (21.10%) of employees identified as Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) <br><br>This data is based on a total of 27,290 permanent Home Department employees on payroll. Of these, 2,800 (10.26%) staff had not declared their ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/03/2015 16:18:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227904

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce legislative proposals to ban the sale of legal highs in March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	227899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is developing proposals for a general ban on the supply of new psychoactive substances across the UK, with a view to introducing legislation at the earliest opportunity. There is no appropriate legislative vehicle to do so in this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 23/03/2015 16:05:38 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

227897

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Bedford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum legacy cases are outstanding in the MK40, MK41 and MK42 postcode areas.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	227949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the below table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PC Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Persons</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MK40</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MK42</strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MK41</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 12:29:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

227898

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to end the immigration detention of pregnant women.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	227944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>It is not normally considered appropriate to detain pregnant women for immigration offences unless there is either a clear prospect of their early removal, and medical advice does not suggest that the baby is duebefore the planned removal date; or as part of the asylum fast-track process in the case of women who are less than 24 weeks pregnant.<br><br>Older people are only considered suitable for detention in exceptional circumstances, especially where constant or significant supervision is required which cannot be satisfactorily managed in detention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 227945 question first answered 24/03/2015 12:31:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller