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1173816

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average duration of appeal proceedings on first instance decisions on asylum applications was in the last twelve months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	9114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The average clearance time, from receipt to disposal, of an asylum appeal in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, over the last 12 months for which data are available</p><p>(1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019), was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>29 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syrian nationals</p></td><td><p>34 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghan nationals</p></td><td><p>31 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraqi nationals</p></td><td><p>20 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are from internal management information extracted from the tribunal’s case management system. They do not form part of the published statistics.</p><p>Tribunal statistics are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has worked extensively to reduce the outstanding caseload and improve timeliness in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. This has seen the live caseload in the First-tier Tribunal reduce by more than two-thirds, from 64,800 to 20,300 between July 2016 and September 2019. The average duration across all case types has also improved from 52 weeks in the period July to September 2017 to 34 weeks in the period July to September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 9115 question first answered 04/02/2020 10:59:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1173817

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average duration of appeal proceedings was against first instance decisions on asylum applications for (a) Syrian, (b) Afghan and (c) Iraqi in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	9115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The average clearance time, from receipt to disposal, of an asylum appeal in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, over the last 12 months for which data are available</p><p>(1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019), was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>29 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syrian nationals</p></td><td><p>34 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghan nationals</p></td><td><p>31 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraqi nationals</p></td><td><p>20 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are from internal management information extracted from the tribunal’s case management system. They do not form part of the published statistics.</p><p>Tribunal statistics are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has worked extensively to reduce the outstanding caseload and improve timeliness in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. This has seen the live caseload in the First-tier Tribunal reduce by more than two-thirds, from 64,800 to 20,300 between July 2016 and September 2019. The average duration across all case types has also improved from 52 weeks in the period July to September 2017 to 34 weeks in the period July to September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 9114 question first answered 04/02/2020 10:59:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1173818

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance were made by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	9116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Information on the total number requests for this type of legal assistance is not held. Such assistance when provided by legal aid is funded under the ‘Legal Help’ scheme, where the decision on whether or not to grant funding is taken by the legal aid provider, and hence refusals are not reported to the Legal Aid Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The data on the number of grants of this type of legal aid in 2019 is not available, as this is not broken down to the level of detail required until a claim for payment is submitted.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 9117 9118 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:13:18 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1173819

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were made for legal assistance by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure by (a) regular, (b) accelerated, (c) border and (d) Dublin procedures in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	9117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Information on the total number requests for this type of legal assistance is not held. Such assistance when provided by legal aid is funded under the ‘Legal Help’ scheme, where the decision on whether or not to grant funding is taken by the legal aid provider, and hence refusals are not reported to the Legal Aid Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The data on the number of grants of this type of legal aid in 2019 is not available, as this is not broken down to the level of detail required until a claim for payment is submitted.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 9116 9118 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:13:18 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1173820

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure were granted in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	9118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Information on the total number requests for this type of legal assistance is not held. Such assistance when provided by legal aid is funded under the ‘Legal Help’ scheme, where the decision on whether or not to grant funding is taken by the legal aid provider, and hence refusals are not reported to the Legal Aid Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The data on the number of grants of this type of legal aid in 2019 is not available, as this is not broken down to the level of detail required until a claim for payment is submitted.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 9116 9117 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:13:18 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1173822

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) EU citizens resident in the UK and (b) UK residents in the EU will be required to pay an immigration health surcharge after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	9119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>EEA and Swiss citizens who are resident in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 will be eligible to apply to secure their status under the EU Settlement Scheme and will have until 30 June 2021 to make their application. Applications under the EU Settlement Scheme are not subject to the Immigration Health Surcharge. This was agreed as part of negotiations on the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, which also protects the rights of UK nationals in the EU.</p><p>After the introduction of the new points-based immigration system, migrants to the UK subject to immigration control will be treated the same and should pay the IHS if staying for longer than six months. There are several published exemptions to this rule.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2020 15:04:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1170096

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When his Department plans to publish the Fair Funding review.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	900122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Our review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources will develop a new, more robust and transparent funding formula which is fit for the future. We plan to share emerging results with the sector soon and consult in the Spring, with the aim of implementing the review in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:48:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1167200

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison on each day from 17 December 2018 to 31 December 2018; and how many of those people were recalled to prison within one month of release.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	7196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>A total of 2,853 prisoners were released from prison between 17 December 2018 and 31 December 2018 inclusive. Of these, 325 individuals had a licence recall within one month (31 days) of release although not all would have been apprehended by the Police and returned to prison custody within that timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions and supervision and are liable to be recalled to custody where they breach their licence conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The figures detailed in the answer have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 16:24:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1167201

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are due for release from prison on each day from 20 December 2019 to 3 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	7197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The release data for December 2019 is planned for publication in April 2020. The publication in July 2020 will include the data for January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to state the number of future releases by date because of the many factors affecting release date that can take place following sentence, such as added days awarded on prison disciplinary hearings, time spent unlawfully at large after escapes/absconds, appeals against the sentence, and further sentences imposed concurrently or consecutively.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 16:15:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1151559

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Sustainable Development Goals, what steps he is taking to maintain levels of investment in nutrition.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	3818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has been a global leader on nutrition since we hosted the first Nutrition for Growth Summit in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this month the Secretary of State for International Development committed to prioritise ending preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies and children in the developing world by 2030. Addressing malnutrition is critical and central to this ambition. Improving nutrition in developing countries is also key for achieving at least 12 of the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015 DFID has reached 60 million women, adolescent girls and young children with nutrition services – including lifesaving treatment for child wasting, support for breastfeeding and new crop varieties that are rich in essential nutrients.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Government of Japan to help prepare for the Nutrition for Growth Summit in December 2020. The Summit will be an important opportunity to set the world on the path towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal target to end malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>We will be looking closely over the coming months at what further commitment the UK can make at the 2020 Summit to contribute to this important goal.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/10/2019 15:08:12 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous