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518279

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Eritrea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the findings of the Government's Human Rights and Democracy Report 2015, published on 21 April 2016, on her Department's country guidance on people from Eritrea seeking asylum in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	36796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>We are currently updating our September 2015 country information and guidance on handling asylum claims made by Eritrean nationals.</p><p>The revised guidance will be based on an assessment of a range of sources including the Foreign Office’s Human Rights and Democracy Report 2015 as well as recent publications by Amnesty International and the findings of a Home Office fact finding mission to Eritrea undertaken in February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 09:46:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

518280

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detainees: Eritrea
	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 from Eritrea are currently held in immigration detention centres in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	36797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2015, there were 20 Eritrean nationals in detention in the UK. The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration Statistics. Information on those in detention by nationality is available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: October to December 2015, table dt_13_q from GOV.UK on the statistics web pages at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 10:38:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

518281

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Eritrea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adults from Eritrea who previously applied for asylum as unaccompanied children were served with removal directions in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	36798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Our records indicate that fewer than a total of 5 adults from Eritrea who previously applied for asylum as unaccompanied children were served with removal directions from 2013 to 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 10:24:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

518282

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Eritrea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) translation services and (b) other specialist provisions the Government provides to unaccompanied asylum seeking children from Eritrea.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	36799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>All unaccompanied asylum seeking children, including those from Eritrea, are provided with an interpreter where necessary, access to legal advice, and are referred to the Refugee Council children’s panel.</p><p>Unaccompanied asylum seeking children are placed in the care of local authority children’s services and have access to the same support as all other looked after children.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 10:53:43 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

518288

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2016 to Question 36490, for what reason information on the number of (a) EU and (b) non-EU nationals refused entry to the UK in each year prior to 2004 is not available.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	36873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Data on passengers initially refused entry to the UK were not collected by the Home Office prior to 2004.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 09:42:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

518272

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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 recent estimate she has made of the number of people who have had their application for asylum refused but cannot legally be returned to their country of origin.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	36867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The government expects those who have been refused asylum and who have no lawful basis to remain in the UK to leave at the earliest opportunity. If there is a genuine obstacle that prevents a failed asylum seeker's departure from the UK and they are destitute, they can apply for support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. As of 31 December 2015, a total of 3,821 failed asylum seekers and their dependants were supported under section 4.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 09:32:02 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

518267

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to encourage other countries to accept unaccompanied refugee children in Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	36927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The government is at the forefront of assisting and protecting vulnerable children, wherever they are. Children in Europe are mostly already able to access support from countries that have similar legal obligations to our own.</p><p>The UK has been playing its full part in supporting European neighbours to provide support to those who have arrived. We have provided nearly £46 million of funding to the Europe wide response to help the most vulnerable, including children and infants.</p><p>In addition the £10 million the Department for International Development fund announced on 28 January will support UNHCR, Save the Children and International Rescue Committee to work with host authorities to care and assist unaccompanied or separated children.</p><p>This is in addition to resettling those from conflict regions through our Syrian Resettlement Programme and Children at Risk Resettlement Scheme. The UK is playing a leading role in the resettlement of the most vulnerable and supports other EU Member States in establishing and developing their resettlement schemes, through bilateral and multinational discussions.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 09:34:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

518268

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to place unaccompanied refugee children from European countries with foster families or in local authority care homes.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	36926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>As announced on 4 May we will be consulting closely with local authorities to find suitable places within the UK for these children.</p><p>Local authorities will be required to provide the right support, care and accommodation to meet the child’s specific needs. Statutory agencies at a local level are best placed to understand and meet the needs of all children and will continue to make decisions about the right accommodation and support services for those who are looked after.</p><p>Unaccompanied children will be eligible for foster care if it is considered that that this placement type will provide appropriate support and best meet their individual needs.</p><p>The UK has well-established and effective safeguarding procedures to ensure the safety of children who come to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 10:56:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

518275

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) single adult males and (b) single adult females were in reciept of support under the provisions of section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
	tabling member printed	Keir Starmer
	uin	36895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home office publishes statistics on those supported under section 4 at the end of each quarter in the quarterly Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>Of the 3,821 main applicants and dependants that were supported under section 4 as at the end of December 2015, 1,948 were single adults. Where the gender of the main applicant is recorded, 1,544 of these were males and 335 were females.</p><p>The data relating to single adults is a subset of figures published in Table as_18_q, in volume 4 of the latest Immigration Statistics release, available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 11:01:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4514 label Biography information for Keir Starmer

518284

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Borders: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long the Semaphore system was subject to a national power outage between 12 and 17 June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
	tabling member printed	Keir Starmer
	uin	36845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>For reasons of national security we do not comment on operational issues relating to border security systems.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2016 10:22:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4514 label Biography information for Keir Starmer