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1105460

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to lengthen the time a refugee family reunion visa is valid for.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	237690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government issues a 30-day visa to all non-EEA nationals coming from overseas to stay in the UK for more than six months to enable them to collect their biometric residence permit from the Post Office, following their arrival in the UK. When a family reunion application is made, individuals can specify within a 90-day window when they would like the visa to be valid from. This is to take account of their need to make the necessary travel arrangements. The Government considers that the existing time periods for family reunion visas remain appropriate and we have no plans to review it.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/04/2019 09:27:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1105461

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to families who have been reunited through refugee family reunion to access the social security system.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	237691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Those who have joined a family member in the UK through refugee family reunion are entitled to the same support as any other person. As with anyone else, they will be assessed to ascertain whether they have complex needs and whether they require additional support to access DWP services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2019 11:10:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1105114

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of spending commitments was that his Department made in its post-implementation LASPO review.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	237042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Alongside the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO), we published the Legal Support Action Plan which outlines the steps the Government will be taking over the next two years to enhance the breadth of support to people experiencing legal problems.</p><p> </p><p>We are funding a number of changes to legal aid, including; improving the exceptional case funding scheme, removing the mandatory element of the CLA telephone gateway and expanding the scope of legal aid to include Special Guardianship Orders in private family law.</p><p>Alongside this, we are delivering £5m in innovation funding to drive change across the sector and doubling our funding to support litigants in person to £3m for each of the next two years. We will be funding a series of pilots to build a robust evidence base, testing methods of delivering support to make sure that people can access the right type of support at the right time, in the right way for them.</p><p> </p><p>The outcomes and evidence base that we will build up through the projects announced in the Legal Support Action Plan will inform future decisions on how we deliver that support.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/04/2019 14:50:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 111918 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1105254

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Stop and Search
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 were stopped and searched by the Metropolitan Police in each of the last five years; and for how many of those people was there no further action.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	236981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of stop and searches conducted by each Police Force Area in England and Wales and the number of resultant arrests. These data have been collected since 2001/02, and are published in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, and can be accessed here:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751160/stop-search-open-data-tables-ppp.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751160/stop-search-open-data-tables-ppp.ods</a></p><p>Prior to April 2016 data on other outcomes, including no further action, were not collected. Data from 2016/17 onwards, on the number of stop and searches which resulted in no further action, are also published in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, and can be accessed here:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751160/stop-search-open-data-tables-ppp.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751163/best-use-stop-search-open-data-tables-ppp.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/04/2019 16:03:20 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

1105350

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	North Korea: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that North Korea has been involved in illegal trade and the hacking of foreign banks.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL14813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>North Korea continues to undertake trade activities prohibited by a number of UN Security Council Resolutions. We are aware of industry reports on North Korean cyber activity. The UK has a comprehensive cyber strategy to address both criminal and state based threats which includes activity to defend and deter cyber-attacks as well as develop our national expertise. We are working with our international partners to ensure that all existing UN Security Council measures in respect of North Korea are fully, and effectively, implemented. In addition, we welcome the work of the UN Panel of Experts who are mandated to gather, examine and analyse information provided by States on their implementation of the measures, as well as information on incidents of non-compliance. The Panel's latest report details continued evasion of sanctions by North Korea and insufficient implementation of sanctions by a wide range of countries. The report and previous reports can be found on the UN Security Council website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/04/2019 14:33:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1105351

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	North Korea: Foreign Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that North Korea has (1) illegally sold minerals, gold, drugs, coal, and weapons, and (2) misused the flags of other nations to avoid international maritime inspection.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL14814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>North Korea continues to undertake activities prohibited by a number of UN Security Council Resolutions including illegal exports of coal and the use of deceptive shipping practices. We are working with our international partners to ensure that all existing UN Security Council measures in respect of North Korea are fully, and effectively, implemented. In addition, we welcome the work of the UN Panel of Experts who are mandated to gather, examine and analyse information provided by States on their implementation of the measures, as well as information on incidents of non-compliance. The Panel's latest report details continued evasion of sanctions by North Korea and insufficient implementation of sanctions by a wide range of countries. The report and previous reports can be found on the UN Security Council website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/04/2019 14:32:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1105352

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	North Korea: Arms Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that North Korea has (1) generated foreign currency through arms deals, (2) sold nuclear materials to Iran in exchange for cash and oil, and (3) sold missiles and conventional weapons to Yemen.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL14815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>North Korea continues to undertake activities prohibited by a number of UN Security Council Resolutions including through the illegal proliferation of arms to several states. We are working with our international partners to ensure that all existing UN Security Council measures in respect of North Korea are fully, and effectively, implemented. In addition, we welcome the work of the UN Panel of Experts who are mandated to gather, examine and analyse information provided by States on their implementation of the measures, as well as information on incidents of non-compliance. The Panel’s latest report details continued evasion of sanctions by North Korea and insufficient implementation of sanctions by a wide range of countries. The report and previous reports can be found on the UN Security Council website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/04/2019 14:32:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1105355

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children who are among the captured ISIS fighters in Syria; what they estimate the countries of origin of those children to be; and what plans they have to facilitate the reintegration of those children into society and to deter their radicalisation.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL14818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of a significant number of minors among those who fled the final Daesh-held territory of Baghuz in north-eastern Syria in the weeks prior to its capture by the Syrian Democratic Forces. Most of these children are now housed at the Al-Hol displaced persons camp where, according to estimates by UN humanitarian agencies, at least 41,000 of the 72,000 population are under 18; most are understood to be either Syrian or Iraqi nationals. Due to the circumstances on the ground it is not possible for the British Government to make an independent estimate of the numbers of children or their country of origin.</p><p>UK aid has provided more than £40 million in humanitarian support in North-Eastern Syria in 2018-19, which includes support for child protection, health care and mental health support. For any British children returning from Syria, a range of specialised support would be offered, tailored to the needs of the individual child.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/04/2019 14:34:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1105356

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth: Public Records
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to recognise the interests of Commonwealth countries in historical archives relating to the process of decolonisation, in particular when making decisions not to disclose records for the purposes of historical research.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL14819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, like other government departments, selects its archive records for permanent preservation in line with the requirements of the Public Records Act. This includes any records relating to the process of decolonisation. Records selected for permanent preservation are transferred to The National Archives (TNA) where they are available to historians and members of the public, subject to any legal exemptions. TNA holdings can be searched using their online catalogue which is publicly available on their website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/04/2019 14:57:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1105357

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Claudia Jones and George Padmore
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 11 March (HL13972), whether any departments, other than the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, hold archive material on (1) George Padmore, and (2) Claudia Jones.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL14820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>A search of the files held on The National Archives’ online catalogue, <em>Discovery</em>, has revealed no files relating to Claudia Vera Cumberbatch alias ‘Claudia Jones’ and three files relating to Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse alias ‘George Padmore’ These can be found here: <a href="https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1255063" target="_blank">https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1255063</a>; <a href="https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14206480" target="_blank">https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14206480</a>; <a href="https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6097450" target="_blank">https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6097450</a></p><p> </p><p>It should be noted however, that <em>Discovery</em> only searches catalogue descriptions, and does not search the contents of the records in our repositories. This means that these individuals may appear within other records held at The National Archives, for example passenger lists, but this would not be picked up by a <em>Discovery</em> search if their names do not feature prominently enough to be included in the catalogue description provided by the department on transfer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 08/04/2019 14:11:39 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng