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834838

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: 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 restrictions there are on the (a) working hours and (b) type of work permitted for international students with tier 4 visas; and whether her Department plans to implement further such restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Tier 4 (General) students studying courses at degree level or above at Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are permitted to work for 20 hours per week during term time and full-time during vacations. Tier 4 (General) students studying courses below degree level at HEIs are permitted to work for 10 hours per week during term time and full-time during vacations. In addition, courses of study may include a work placement, provided it is an integral and assessed part of the course.</p><p>Students are permitted to undertake a wide range of jobs whilst studying, however Tier 4 (General) students cannot be self-employed or employed as a professional sportsperson, an entertainer, or a doctor in training, except where the student is studying on a recognised foundation programme under Tier 4.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:21:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834847

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	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 had their British citizenship removed under (a) section 40, Subsection 4A of the British Nationality Act 1981 since 4 November 2015 and (b) section 40, subsection (i) 2 and (ii) 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 in the past two years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics relating to deprivation of citizenship under section 40 subsection (4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981 and section 40 subsection (2) on an annual basis. The figure for January 2015 to December 2015 can be found in the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers, published in February 2017:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:45:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834846

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	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 publish the conclusions of the review of the operation of Section 40(4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981; and what steps her Department has taken as a result of these conclusions.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Section 40(4B) of the British Nationality Act provides for a review after 12 months from the legislation coming into force, and then after a further three years. The next review period does not conclude until the end of July 2018. <br>The Secretary of State will consider the conclusions of the review after its completion.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:19:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834597

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that Russian-UK dual nationals who are unable to renew their passport due to their Russian maiden name being on their UK passport and also unable to return to Russia to update their name on their Russian passport and return without a valid UK passport can renew their passports and be exempt from the single identity on a passport rule.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	126045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Dual nationals changing their name on a foreign passport must follow the rules and regulations of that country and HM Passport Office is unable to assist in the change of name process. In the absence of a British passport a Certificate of Right of Abode can be affixed to a foreign passport confirming the holders right to enter the UK without immigration restriction which will enable them to leave and re-enter the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:22:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

834782

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	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 people referred through the National Referral Mechanism for victims of modern slavery have made claims for asylum in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	126204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Data on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are published regularly by the National Crime Agency and in the UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery. These reports are available via the following links:<br><a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:41:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

834793

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review its policy on detention for asylum seekers who have made an application on the grounds they were victims of torture.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	126215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering how it can address the Court’s findings in relation to the statutory guidance covering the adults at risk in immigration detention policy. This includes consideration of the definition of torture that should apply in the policy. The policy already covers asylum seekers who claim to have been the victim of torture and will continue to do so.</p><p>The Court did not find that the definition of torture currently in use in the policy was unlawful. It did, however, find that the definition used between September 2016 and December 2016 had been unlawful.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126217 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:19:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

834795

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Torture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to revise the definition of torture used in the Home Office's at risk policy in light of that definition being ruled unlawful by the High Court.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	126217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering how it can address the Court’s findings in relation to the statutory guidance covering the adults at risk in immigration detention policy. This includes consideration of the definition of torture that should apply in the policy. The policy already covers asylum seekers who claim to have been the victim of torture and will continue to do so.</p><p>The Court did not find that the definition of torture currently in use in the policy was unlawful. It did, however, find that the definition used between September 2016 and December 2016 had been unlawful.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126215 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:19:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

834792

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
	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 seekers who have claimed to be a victim of torture have been detained at immigration centres.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	126214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Specific information on the number of those who have claimed to be a victim of torture who have been detained at immigration centres is not currently published.</p><p>However, all officials making decisions on asylum claims receive a dedicated five-week foundation training programme which incorporates all relevant aspects of international and domestic law. Within this programme there are specific sections on torture and medical reports, and how they should be considered and analysed in asylum claims. Medical reports will be considered together with other written and oral evidence in determining an asylum claim to ensure alleged victims of torture have their claims assessed fairly and sensitively.</p><p>The Adults at Risk policy came into effect on 12 September 2016 and governs the detention suitability considerations of all cases where vulnerability in immigration detention may arise. The policy can be viewed in full in the following link;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/.../adults-at-risk-policy-guidance_v2_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/.../adults-at-risk-policy-guidance_v2_0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:23:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

834684

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the (a) adequacy and (b) consistency of guidance provided in non-straightforward asylum cases.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	126132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The decision to designate a case as ‘non straight forward’ must be discussed and agreed by an officer at least the grade of a Senior Executive Officer to ensure it is applied appropriately. In addition the guidance on these cases has recently been reviewed and redistributed across asylum teams to ensure it is applied consistently and that it does not discriminate against any individual groups.</p><p>Asylum Intake and Casework Senior Management have been in consultation with staff and partners on the new service standards and it is intended that these will be introduced later this year</p><p>Information regarding Asylum data is published as part of the Government’s Transparency agenda the latest release of which can be found at can be found at tab as 01q <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum</a>. This shows that in from April to September there were 9,883 asylum decisions made.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126133 126134 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:38:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

834685

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6.3 of The Home Office response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report: An Inspection of the Home Office’s Asylum Intake & Casework April – August 2017, whether her department has identified new customer service standards for non-straightforward asylum cases; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	126133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The decision to designate a case as ‘non straight forward’ must be discussed and agreed by an officer at least the grade of a Senior Executive Officer to ensure it is applied appropriately. In addition the guidance on these cases has recently been reviewed and redistributed across asylum teams to ensure it is applied consistently and that it does not discriminate against any individual groups.</p><p>Asylum Intake and Casework Senior Management have been in consultation with staff and partners on the new service standards and it is intended that these will be introduced later this year</p><p>Information regarding Asylum data is published as part of the Government’s Transparency agenda the latest release of which can be found at can be found at tab as 01q <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum</a>. This shows that in from April to September there were 9,883 asylum decisions made.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126132 126134 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:38:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle