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714291

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: India
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government for what periods in 2009 and 2010 did the then UK Border Agency stop accepting new applications for a Tier 4 (General) student visa in North India.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL6312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK Border Agency stopped accepting Tier 4 applications from North India in February 2010 owing to concerns about fraudulent applications. The rules on the policy were strengthened during 2010 and the acceptance of applications resumed in August of that year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/04/2017 10:47:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

714293

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: India
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications for a Tier 4 (General) student visa from Indian nationals were refused in each year from 2006 to 2016; what was the rate of refusal; how many appeals were lodged against refusals; and what number were subsequently allowed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL6314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>Quarterly information on the total number of Tier 4 (General) student visas refused is published in Visa table vi_01_q, and the total number of Indian nationals refused a visa (all categories) in table vi_02_q. The latest data are in the Home Office’s ‘Immigration Statistics, October - December 2016’, (Visa data tables volume1) available from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2016/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2016/list-of-tables#visas</a></p><p>The relevant tables have also been attached to this answer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Student Visas Refused.xls title Student Visas 2 file name Indian Visa Applications.xls title Indian Visas question first answered 06/04/2017 10:48:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

714772

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what national or local (1) organisations, and (2) agencies, have been funded in the last 12 months in respect of the promotion of British values and associated work; and what guidance has been given to the Office for Standards in Education in relation to (a) inspection reporting on citizenship, British values and character building, as part of the national curriculum, and (b) the judgements made on the quality of education in both primary and secondary schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL6392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office’s Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) Programme was established in early 2016 to deliver Pillars 1 and 2 of the Government’s Counter Extremism Strategy (countering extremist ideology, and building a partnership with those opposed to extremism). The Programme is designed to fulfil the Government’s commitment to ‘develop a new network, linking individuals and groups around Britain who are already standing up to extremists in their communities’. Its objectives include reducing the number of people holding attitudes, beliefs and feelings that oppose shared values; an increased sense of belonging and civic participation at a local level; and more resilient communities.</p><p> </p><p>Fifty-three groups have been awarded support from the first round of applications under BSBT. The Home Office will announce the groups and publish details of the projects it is supporting shortly.</p><p> </p><p>DfE and the Home Office are jointly funding Breakthrough Media to manage the Educate Against Hate website, which aims to provide teachers, school leaders and parents with the information, guidance and support they need to challenge radical views and keep their children safe, including supporting the promotion of fundamental British values.</p><p> </p><p>In 27 January 2017, the Department for Education awarded a contract to the Association of Citizenship teaching to produce 6 resource packs to include high quality guidance for teachers to hold knowledge-based debates on topical issues relating to fundamental British values (democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different beliefs and those without faith), citizenship and equality.</p><p> </p><p>The general reporting areas for school inspection are set out in section 5 of the Education Act 2005. Within this context, HM Chief Inspector is responsible for Ofsted’s common inspection framework and school inspection handbook, which set out how inspectors consider and report on these matters. In developing the framework and handbook, the Chief Inspector takes account of Departmental guidance to schools. This includes guidance on schools’ promotion of fundamental British values.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/04/2017 15:13:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

715520

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people identified as LGBT were held in asylum detention centres for more than (1) one month, (2) two months, (3) six months, and (4) one year, over the last two years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL6481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>On 27 February 2017, the Home Office responded to an FOI request asking for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. The FOI asked for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. These questions concerns asylum seekers, who have been recorded as being LGBT, and the numbers held in detention and the time taken to determine their asylum claims.</p><p> </p><p>The data you have requested in relation to LGBT asylum seekers over the last 2 years is not readily available. The required information would only be recorded in the case notes sections within the Home Office database or held solely on the paper files. The time required to examine individual cases and extrapolate the required data would exceed the cost limit.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing how and when to publish information on LGBT asylum claims though no decision has yet been taken regarding either a final timetable or the methodology of any such release.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6482 question first answered 06/04/2017 15:14:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

715521

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government in relation to those claiming asylum on the grounds of being LGBT, how many cases have not been determined after (1) one year, and (2) two years, from the date of the individual claiming asylum.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL6482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>On 27 February 2017, the Home Office responded to an FOI request asking for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. The FOI asked for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. These questions concerns asylum seekers, who have been recorded as being LGBT, and the numbers held in detention and the time taken to determine their asylum claims.</p><p> </p><p>The data you have requested in relation to LGBT asylum seekers over the last 2 years is not readily available. The required information would only be recorded in the case notes sections within the Home Office database or held solely on the paper files. The time required to examine individual cases and extrapolate the required data would exceed the cost limit.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing how and when to publish information on LGBT asylum claims though no decision has yet been taken regarding either a final timetable or the methodology of any such release.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6481 question first answered 06/04/2017 15:14:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

714326

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Transfer Pricing: Statistics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discontinued the publication of annual Transfer Pricing statistics; and if so, why.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has not discontinued the publication of these statistics. The Department intends to publish the transfer pricing statistics shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/04/2017 14:52:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714327

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements (1) were agreed, and (2) were in force, in (a) 2014–15, and (b) 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) intends to publish Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreement statistics in due course as part of a wider publication of data relating to HMRC’s work on collecting tax owed to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6349 HL6350 question first answered 06/04/2017 15:12:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714328

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average time to reach an Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreement in (1) 2014–15, and (2) 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) intends to publish Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreement statistics in due course as part of a wider publication of data relating to HMRC’s work on collecting tax owed to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6348 HL6350 question first answered 06/04/2017 15:12:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714329

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long it took to agree 50 per cent of Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements in (1) 2014–15, and (2) 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) intends to publish Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreement statistics in due course as part of a wider publication of data relating to HMRC’s work on collecting tax owed to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6348 HL6349 question first answered 06/04/2017 15:12:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

714330

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total volume of intra-group loans (1) for which Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements (ATCAs) applied, and (2) in relation to which new ATCAs came into force, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	uin	HL6351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this information in a form which allows it to be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6352 question first answered 06/04/2017 14:52:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth