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620991

	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	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department gives to (a) tourism and (b) mental health statistics in assessing funding for policing.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
	uin	50148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Reforming the police funding formula remains a key priority for this Government and we are engaging with the sector to look at the options for taking this forward. We will not take further decisions until we have considered the conclusions of this process. Any new arrangements would be subject to public consultation before implementation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 50145 50146 50147 50149 question first answered 01/11/2016 14:10:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

620992

	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	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made towards a review of the Police Core Grant Distribution Formula for England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
	uin	50149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Reforming the police funding formula remains a key priority for this Government and we are engaging with the sector to look at the options for taking this forward. We will not take further decisions until we have considered the conclusions of this process. Any new arrangements would be subject to public consultation before implementation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 50145 50146 50147 50148 question first answered 01/11/2016 14:10:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

620993

	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	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures of rural deprivation are used by her Department when calculating police funding formulas.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
	uin	50147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Reforming the police funding formula remains a key priority for this Government and we are engaging with the sector to look at the options for taking this forward. We will not take further decisions until we have considered the conclusions of this process. Any new arrangements would be subject to public consultation before implementation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 50145 50146 50148 50149 question first answered 01/11/2016 14:10:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

620994

	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	Police: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the value of using alternative measures of the policing needs of the night-time economy rather than the volume and density of bars.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
	uin	50146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Reforming the police funding formula remains a key priority for this Government and we are engaging with the sector to look at the options for taking this forward. We will not take further decisions until we have considered the conclusions of this process. Any new arrangements would be subject to public consultation before implementation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 50145 50147 50148 50149 question first answered 01/11/2016 14:10:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

621000

	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	Police: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of training for the police on how to support people in custody who are experiencing mental health problems.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	50214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The College of Policing has recently published Authorised Professional Practice on mental health. This guidance will support all police officers, including custody staff, to respond and support people experiencing mental health problems. It is the responsibility of individual police forces, through Chief Constables, to ensure officers and police staff receive appropriate training and that they have regard to the Authorised Professional Practice when discharging their responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/11/2016 14:09:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

625104

	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	Fire and Rescue Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of changes in the level of funding on the resilience of the fire and rescue service.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	906891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Fire and Rescue Authorities have delivered significant savings since 2010, and fire deaths and injuries are at a near historic low.</p><p>Authorities can still work smarter to reduce costs. Since 2009/10 single-purpose fire authorities’ non-ringfenced reserves rose by 150 % to £595 million. Those resources should be targeted at achieving long-term efficiencies</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 31/10/2016 16:57:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

620975

	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of deporting children provided with sanctuary in the UK when those children reach adulthood with the Dublin regulations and with the European Convention on Human Rights.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	50045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>No individual granted protection here will be removed from the UK while that protection is needed. The Dublin Regulation ceases to apply once a person has been transferred to the UK under it. All removals from the UK must comply with the European Convention on Human Rights.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/11/2016 17:50:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

620976

	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	Assisted Voluntary Return Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which countries her Department has not been able to return people through the assisted voluntary return programme in 2016 because their country of origin automatically removes citizenship from people who have had prolonged residence in another country.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	50072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate information on the policy of foreign governments towards those seeking to voluntarily return to their country of origin.</p><p>Persons who seek to return to their country of origin voluntarily are responsible for obtaining the necessary travel documentation. The Home Office does not hold data on the status of applications made by individuals to their embassy or high commission.</p><p>In 2016 there have been no countries to which the Voluntary Returns Service cannot return an individual due to there being no viable route of return.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 50071 50076 question first answered 02/11/2016 09:58:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

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

620978

	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	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the number of student visas issued to international students studying on UK higher education courses who lack proficiency in English.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	50079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Students who wish to study a higher education course in the UK need to reach a minimum standard of proficiency in English, currently set at Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level B2 in each of the four components (speaking, listening, reading and writing), with some exemptions as set out in paragraphs 127-129 at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540421/T4_Migrant_Guidance_July_2016.pdf</p><p>We will shortly be consulting on proposed changes to the non-EU work and study migration routes to see what more we can do to strengthen the system to support the best institutions – and those that stick to the rules – to attract the best talent.</p><p>Interested parties, including businesses and members of the education sector, will have the opportunity to engage with this consultation to help us get these reforms right.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/10/2016 17:36:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting