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511844

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date	13/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
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 Keen of Elie on 12 April (HL7328), whether they are on track to fulfil their pledge to accept 20,000 refugees to the UK before the end of the present Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>We are continuing to work productively with local authorities and International Partners to deliver the Government’s target to settle 20,000 Syrian refugees by the end of this Parliament.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The last set of statistics, published on 25 February 2016 showed that in 2015, 1,194 Syrians were relocated to the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme, including 1,085 who arrived in the last quarter of 2015.</p><p>These numbers will be updated each quarter. The next set of figures will be in the quarterly release on 26 May 2016 and will cover the period January – March 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/04/2016 10:57:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

511515

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Calais
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in the light of the report by Help Refugees in March that 129 unaccompanied children are unaccounted for in the Calais refugee camp.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with the French Government to ensure that unaccompanied children in Calais and Dunkirk quickly receive the support and protection they need.</p><p>The UK-France Joint Declaration of 20 August 2015 committed the two governments to establishing a permanent official contact group focused on ensuring that the provisions of the Dublin III Regulation are used efficiently and effectively, including the provisions on family unity.</p><p>As a result a Home Office official has recently been seconded to the Interior Ministry’s Dublin Unit in Paris in part to assist with the identification of potential requests for the UK to take charge of asylum seeking children in France and to bring them into the Dublin Regulation procedure without delay.</p><p>In order to receive the proper support they need and to be eligible under Dublin, children must first make an asylum for application in France.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/04/2016 12:29:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

511516

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the correction by Lord Bates on 24 March to his Written Answer on 19 October 2015 (HL2297), why they gave incorrect figures for the number of young asylum seekers deported on reaching their 18th birthday in their initial answer, and why it took them five months to correct those figures.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The incorrect figures given in the original response to Question HL2297 resulted from the use of an incorrect definition which excluded former Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children who now had linked dependants and cases made prior to October 2006. This error was identified following the correction of PQ 13206 in February 2016, which prompted a review of other related answers resulting in correction of this and five related House of Commons answers.</p><p>Such mistakes are rare and when they occur they are taken very seriously. It is regrettable that human error caused the original response to be incorrect. Improvements have been put in place to ensure that such mistakes will not be made in future. The appropriate definition has been reviewed, confirmed and made clear to the officials involved.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/04/2016 12:30:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

510256

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total amount of lost revenue to the United Kingdom from the tax avoidance of UK citizens revealed by the Panama Papers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not have access to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ data, but are exploring every avenue, nationally and internationally, to obtain it, so they can pursue the dishonest minority who seek to hide and dodge their taxes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 25/04/2016 15:06:17 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

510257

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK citizens have been prosecuted for non-payment of taxes in the last 10 years; and how many of these were prosecuted for avoiding paying £1,000 or less.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested.</p><p>The smallest amount of revenue loss prevented in respect of individuals prosecuted between 2011/12 and 2014/15 is £162. The person prosecuted was a member of aircrew who attempted to bring 600 cigarettes into the UK without declaring them, thus attempting to evade the correct excise duty on them. Aircrew are deemed to hold privileged positions due to their unrestricted airport access and HM Revenue and Customs has a zero tolerance approach to prosecution should they not declare dutiable goods when entering the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL7465 question first answered 25/04/2016 15:11:41 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

484847

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of non-EU citizens who face being deported after 6 April because they earn less than £35,000.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>No migrant workers will be deported from April 2016 as a result of the £35,000 settlement threshold.</p><p>The threshold only applies to those who entered Tier 2 (General), the skilled work route, from 6 April 2011. Tier 2 workers sponsored in shortage or PhD-level occupations are exempt. Skilled workers may remain in Tier 2 (General) for up to six years in total, after which they are expected to meet the settlement criteria or leave. For those who entered in April 2011, the six year maximum period of stay will expire in April 2017.</p><p>Those who are paid below the threshold may apply to switch into any other routes for which they are eligible. Those workers who cannot extend their stay will be expected to leave the UK voluntarily when their visa expires. The Home Office published a full impact assessment on the changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012. This is available on the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/04/2016 15:28:29 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name impact-assessment-tier2.pdf title Copy - Impact Assessment - Tier 2
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

484549

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications for asylum from refugees in the Calais and Dunkirk camp they have accepted under the Dublin III Regulations.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Whilst all asylum claims, including those accepted under Dublin III, are registered on the main immigration database the specifics of each case including the route of travel and possible stay in the camps in Calais and Dunkirk can only be ascertained by a manual check of the notes on the immigration database and a physical check of the paper file.</p><p>It will therefore not be possible to answer this question for reasons of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/04/2016 11:06:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

484550

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have forecast how many of the 20,000 asylum seekers to enter the UK by the end of this Parliament will be under 18.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>We work closely with The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify cases that they deem in need of resettlement according to agreed vulnerability criteria for the Syrian Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>The scheme is based on need and supports those who cannot be supported effectively in their region of origin.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. Latest statistics published on 25 February 2016 confirms in 2015, a total of 1,194 people were resettled the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) including 1,085 who arrived in the last quarter of 2015. Of those resettled under the scheme in 2015, 605 were under 18 years old.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/04/2016 14:36:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

484551

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the 19,000 remaining refugees to enter the UK by the end of this Parliament have been already identified by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>We work closely with The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify cases that they deem in need of resettlement according to agreed vulnerability criteria for the Syrian Resettlement Scheme. The scheme is based on need and supports those who cannot be supported effectively in their region of origin.</p><p>We cannot therefore provide long term forecasts but have agreed a timetable of referrals. This remains subject to change due to a number of operational factors.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/04/2016 11:06:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

484552

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: France
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 Bates on 15 March (HL6859), how many take-charge notices issued by French authorities have been accepted by British authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Data on cases progressed under the Dublin III Regulation is recorded on the main immigration database. However, this data is not held in a way that allows it to be reported on automatically and is not currently available.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/04/2016 11:07:02 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno