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620977

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for leave to remain in the UK as a stateless person since 2013; and how many such applications have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	50073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office Stateless policy is designed to assist those who do not qualify for protection but are unable to return to the country of their former habitual residence because they are stateless and would not be admitted to any other country. The requirements are set out in the Immigration Rules and reflect our obligations under the 1954 UN Convention relating to the status of stateless persons.</p><p>Home Office records indicate a total of 1665 people have applied for leave to remain as a Stateless person since 2013. Of these applications, 41 have been granted leave.</p><p>The number grant leave as stateless is low, in all cases, the burden of proof rests with the applicant to provide information to demonstrate they are stateless and that there is no country to which they can be removed. Paragraph 403(d) of the Rules requires applicants to obtain and submit all reasonably available evidence to enable the Secretary of State to determine whether they are stateless and whether they qualify for stateless leave. It is not enough, for example, for the applicant to rely upon a simple and unsupported assertion of statelessness, or to provide no explanation or evidence in support of the application, particularly where this runs contrary to previously available factual information.</p><p>Paragraph 404 of the Immigration rules sets out the general reasons for refusal of Limited Leave to Remain as a stateless person. It states that an applicant will be refused leave to remain in the United Kingdom as stateless person if: (a) they do not meet the requirements of paragraph 403; or (b) there are reasonable grounds for considering that they are: (i) a danger to the security of the United Kingdom; (ii) a danger to the public order of the United Kingdom; or (c) their application would fall to be refused under any of the grounds set out in paragraph 322 of these Rules.</p><p>Home Office records indicate that a total of 241 people who applied for leave as a stateless person have applied for Asylum in the past 5 years. This breaks down as 43 in 2011, 59 in 2012, 41 in 2013, 52 in 2014, 33 in 2015, 13 in 2016 (up to and including 30 June 2016). Data has been provided by the Performance Reporting and Analysis Unit and internally quality assured. These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such numbers may change as information on that system is updated.</p><p>The information requested on the reason people have been successful in their application is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50074 50075 question first answered 30/11/2016 17:03:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

620979

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation decisions were made against non-EEA nationals from July 2012 to July 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	50069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The number of deportations of non-EEA Foreign National Offenders can be found in table: ‘rt_06_q: Returns of foreign national offenders’ at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016/returns" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016/returns</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/12/2016 14:38:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

620982

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have applied for leave to remain as a stateless person in the UK have claimed asylum in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	50074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office Stateless policy is designed to assist those who do not qualify for protection but are unable to return to the country of their former habitual residence because they are stateless and would not be admitted to any other country. The requirements are set out in the Immigration Rules and reflect our obligations under the 1954 UN Convention relating to the status of stateless persons.</p><p>Home Office records indicate a total of 1665 people have applied for leave to remain as a Stateless person since 2013. Of these applications, 41 have been granted leave.</p><p>The number grant leave as stateless is low, in all cases, the burden of proof rests with the applicant to provide information to demonstrate they are stateless and that there is no country to which they can be removed. Paragraph 403(d) of the Rules requires applicants to obtain and submit all reasonably available evidence to enable the Secretary of State to determine whether they are stateless and whether they qualify for stateless leave. It is not enough, for example, for the applicant to rely upon a simple and unsupported assertion of statelessness, or to provide no explanation or evidence in support of the application, particularly where this runs contrary to previously available factual information.</p><p>Paragraph 404 of the Immigration rules sets out the general reasons for refusal of Limited Leave to Remain as a stateless person. It states that an applicant will be refused leave to remain in the United Kingdom as stateless person if: (a) they do not meet the requirements of paragraph 403; or (b) there are reasonable grounds for considering that they are: (i) a danger to the security of the United Kingdom; (ii) a danger to the public order of the United Kingdom; or (c) their application would fall to be refused under any of the grounds set out in paragraph 322 of these Rules.</p><p>Home Office records indicate that a total of 241 people who applied for leave as a stateless person have applied for Asylum in the past 5 years. This breaks down as 43 in 2011, 59 in 2012, 41 in 2013, 52 in 2014, 33 in 2015, 13 in 2016 (up to and including 30 June 2016). Data has been provided by the Performance Reporting and Analysis Unit and internally quality assured. These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such numbers may change as information on that system is updated.</p><p>The information requested on the reason people have been successful in their application is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50073 50075 question first answered 30/11/2016 17:03:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

620983

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals were lodged from July 2012 to July 2014 on Article 8 grounds against deportation decisions for non-EEA nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	50068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Esher and Walton on 11 November 2016, UIN 44691.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50067 question first answered 12/12/2016 14:08:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

620984

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many section 94B decisions were made against non-EEA nationals from July 2014 to July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	50065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Our records indicate that approximately 900 such decisions were made between the dates requested. Due to the operational nature of this data it can be subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/12/2016 14:39:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

620990

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have successfully applied for leave to remain in the UK as a stateless person in each of the last five years because their country of origin will not readmit them on the grounds of that country (a) refusing to issue the necessary documentation and (b) taking away their citizenship after prolonged residence in another country.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	50075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office Stateless policy is designed to assist those who do not qualify for protection but are unable to return to the country of their former habitual residence because they are stateless and would not be admitted to any other country. The requirements are set out in the Immigration Rules and reflect our obligations under the 1954 UN Convention relating to the status of stateless persons.</p><p>Home Office records indicate a total of 1665 people have applied for leave to remain as a Stateless person since 2013. Of these applications, 41 have been granted leave.</p><p>The number grant leave as stateless is low, in all cases, the burden of proof rests with the applicant to provide information to demonstrate they are stateless and that there is no country to which they can be removed. Paragraph 403(d) of the Rules requires applicants to obtain and submit all reasonably available evidence to enable the Secretary of State to determine whether they are stateless and whether they qualify for stateless leave. It is not enough, for example, for the applicant to rely upon a simple and unsupported assertion of statelessness, or to provide no explanation or evidence in support of the application, particularly where this runs contrary to previously available factual information.</p><p>Paragraph 404 of the Immigration rules sets out the general reasons for refusal of Limited Leave to Remain as a stateless person. It states that an applicant will be refused leave to remain in the United Kingdom as stateless person if: (a) they do not meet the requirements of paragraph 403; or (b) there are reasonable grounds for considering that they are: (i) a danger to the security of the United Kingdom; (ii) a danger to the public order of the United Kingdom; or (c) their application would fall to be refused under any of the grounds set out in paragraph 322 of these Rules.</p><p>Home Office records indicate that a total of 241 people who applied for leave as a stateless person have applied for Asylum in the past 5 years. This breaks down as 43 in 2011, 59 in 2012, 41 in 2013, 52 in 2014, 33 in 2015, 13 in 2016 (up to and including 30 June 2016). Data has been provided by the Performance Reporting and Analysis Unit and internally quality assured. These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such numbers may change as information on that system is updated.</p><p>The information requested on the reason people have been successful in their application is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50073 50074 question first answered 30/11/2016 17:03:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

621013

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals lodged in cases where section 94B decisions were made for non-EEA nationals were allowed by the Tribunal from July 2014 to July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	50064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunal Service publishes appeals data on a quarterly basis which can be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/550952/tribunal-and-gpc-stats.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/550952/tribunal-and-gpc-stats.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50066 question first answered 14/12/2016 14:39:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

621014

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals in cases where section 94B decisions were made for non-EEA nationals were lodged from outside the UK from July 2014 to July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	50066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunal Service publishes appeals data on a quarterly basis which can be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/550952/tribunal-and-gpc-stats.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/550952/tribunal-and-gpc-stats.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50064 question first answered 14/12/2016 14:39:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

621015

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals lodged between July 2014 and July 2016 on Article 8 grounds against deportation decisions for non-EEA nationals were allowed by the Tribunal under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	50067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Esher and Walton on 11 November 2016, UIN 44691.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50068 question first answered 12/12/2016 14:08:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

621081

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Research: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards her Department has put in place to ensure that academic staff from other EU countries working on multi-year research projects and based in the UK and funded from EU sources will retain the ability to remain in the UK after the UK leaves the EU while those projects remain ongoing; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	50051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living and working in the UK, and the only circumstances in which that wouldn’t be possible is if British citizens’ rights in other EU Member States were not protected in return.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/12/2016 12:02:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham