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825312

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date	17/01/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts are being made to organise safe routes for asylum seekers, avoiding dangerous sea crossings.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>We operate four resettlement schemes, working closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide safe and legal routes to the UK for the most vulnerable refugees: Gateway, Mandate, the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme and the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement scheme.</p><p>The UK supports the principle that those in need of international protection should claim in the first safe country they arrive. The UK Government has committed more than £2.46 billion in response to the conflict in Syria. We have also allocated more than £100 million assistance in response to the Mediterranean migration crisis, mostly within Europe. The Prime Minister announced a further £75 million for the Central Mediterranean migration fund in July 2017</p><p>We have a comprehensive framework for refugees and their families to be safely reunited in the UK. Our family reunion policy allows immediate family members of those granted protection here to reunite with them. The Immigration Rules also provide for relatives with protection in the UK to sponsor children in serious and compelling circumstances. This policy is designed to provide a safe and legal route for close, dependent family members to join their refugee family in the UK, avoiding the need for them to make dangerous journeys to seek protection.</p><p>The UK continues to actively support the UN negotiations on the Migration and Refugee Compacts; our aim is to ensure these focus on supporting refugees and migrants closer to home, preventing dangerous journeys, tackling smuggling, as well as encouraging more resettlement globally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:16:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825313

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Greece
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what co-operation on immigration matters exists between the UK and Greece.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to work closely with all European partners, including Greece, to address migration issues. The EU-Turkey deal, along with border closures in the Western Balkans, has contributed to a significant reduction in the flow of migrants and loss of life in the Aegean. The UK has played a leading role in supporting Greece and Turkey to implement the EU-Turkey Statement.</p><p>We continue our long-running specialist deployments to the EU Commission team in Athens and are providing further expert support to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the Greek hotspots in line with the particular needs identified.</p><p>In addition, we have a Border Force cutter, HMC VALIANT, based in the Aegean and the provision of debriefers, screeners and interpreters to support the Hellenic Coastguard and Frontex Operation Poseidon and tackle Organised Immigration Crime (OIC).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:24:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825314

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they intend to put in place better to track displaced children across Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Unless they are on UK territory, migrant children remain the responsibility and under the jurisdiction of the European Member State in which they are present. <br>The Government notes the European Commission’s proposal from 2016 on a new Eurodac Regulation. Eurodac is the EU fingerprint database of asylum seekers and certain illegal migrants. This is entirely subject to negotiations, but it is interesting to see the Commission’s proposal to reduce the age of stored fingerprints for children from 14 years, to six years of age. As noted in the Government’s Explanatory Memorandum in 2016 on this proposal, we welcome this proposed change as it may help improve monitoring migrant children on the move.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:23:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825315

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what application fees, if any, give potential asylum seekers more rapid progress through the UK's asylum process.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no fees for asylum applications and no provision to pay for an expedited service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:03:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825322

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children in Care: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children were transferred to local authority care under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in each quarter of 2017; what were the countries of origin of those children; and how many unaccompanied refugee children transferred to local authority care in this way (1) are still in local authority care, (2) have aged out of the care system, (3) have subsequently been reunited with family, or (4) have gone missing.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
uin	HL4855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied children to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France. On 30 November, the Government published data on the numbers of children transferred to the UK from the Calais camp clearance. The data can be accessed here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfers-of-children-to-the-uk-from-the-calais-operation-november-2017</p><p>We are fully committed to delivering our commitment to transfer the specified number of 480 children under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and are working very closely with Member States, as well as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGO partners to identify and transfer children to the UK in line with each individual Member State’s national laws. Over 220 children are already here and transfers are ongoing.</p><p>The Home Office publishes a range of data on asylum claims from unaccompanied children which can be found at the following link. This data relates to all unaccompanied children who have claimed asylum in the UK and does not provide a breakdown depending on the child’s method of entry.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:08:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud

825323

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children have been brought to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation in each quarter of 2017; and what were the countries of origin of those children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
uin	HL4856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States to determine responsibility for examining asylum claims. It is not an application route for transfer to the UK. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:<br><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:11:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud

825330

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Devolution: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering further devolution of powers to the Welsh Assembly; and if so, what.
tabling member printed	Lord Temple-Morris
uin	HL4863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Act 2017 devolves further powers to the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Government in areas such the environment, transport and elections. Most of these new powers will come into force on 1 April.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK Government is in discussions with the Welsh Government on where powers should best sit following EU exit and where common frameworks will need to be maintained. The Government expects the outcome of this work will lead to a significant increase in the decision making powers of the National Assembly for Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/01/2018 17:38:37 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	267 label Biography information for Lord Temple-Morris

823980

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Cyprus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider reinstating touchdown-only flights from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL4729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK requests that additional security measures are applied to all flights from Turkey to the UK, including to transit flights from the northern part of Cyprus. We continue to consider that this is a proportionate security measure to ensure the safety and security of the travelling public.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2018 13:17:29 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

823990

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 15 January (HL4538), whether they will now answer the specific questions asked, namely (1) whether they have made any assessment of the finding of the report by Quilliam, Group Based Child Sexual Exploitation – Dissecting Grooming Gangs, published in December 2017, that 84 per cent of child sexual exploitation offenders who operate in gangs or groups are Asian, most of whom are men “of Pakistani (Muslim) origin”, (2) what is their estimate of that percentage, and (3) if different, on what statistics and records they have based their estimate; and if they will not answer those questions, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Improving our understanding of the scale and nature of all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse, including that involving gangs and groups, as highlighted by the Quilliam Foundation, is a priority for this Government. As referred to in the previous answer we have invested a significant amount of funding in a new independent Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse which is drawing on government, academic, law enforcement and civil society sources of information to assess the scale and nature of CSEA.</p><p>With enhanced understanding of the nature and demographics of offending, we will further improve our response. We have not assessed the Quilliam report assessment. We will ensure that the work of the Centre of Expertise, bringing in other partners, considers the wide range of information available, including the Quilliam report.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/01/2018 16:06:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

823995

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which medicines and foods that are readily available over the counter, or in shops, can be prescribed by GPs, and whether they intend to ban all such prescriptions.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Some medicines and foods which are available to buy over the counter can be made available on prescription where they have a role in managing a patient’s clinical condition. A general practitioner is able to prescribe any product on the National Health Service they consider necessary for the treatment of their patient unless it is listed in Schedule 1 to the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc.) Regulations 2004. However, the Department encourages prescribing in line with clinical and cost effective guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE provides national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health.</p><p>The Department has no plans to ban the prescribing of all over the counter medicines and medical foods on prescription.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/01/2018 15:59:17 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra