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825739

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Former Members
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in his Department were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	123806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>No former Conservative Members of Parliament have been appointed to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, or its Partner Organisations, since the 2017 General Election.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 10:55:17 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

774352

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the guidance provided by her Department on education and training opportunities for reskilling or upskilling for working people of all ages.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	108886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>In the Industrial Strategy Green Paper published in January 2017, the Government set out an ambitious plan to encourage ongoing learning throughout peoples’ working lives. The Spring Budget allocated up to £40m to fund pilots over the next two years which will help understand how best to engage adults about the opportunities and benefits of training.</p><p> </p><p>We are publishing a careers strategy shortly that will have a clear focus on social mobility. It will also include proposals to improve the quality and coverage of careers advice in schools and colleges. This advice will provide an additional stream of information for young people wishing to access training during their working lives.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/10/2017 14:42:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

765298

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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 the average time is from point of application to completion for an unaccompanied minor under the Dublin III treaty.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	105472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 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. At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including those transferred under the Dublin III Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Dublin III Regulation, the UK has two months from receiving a request from another participating Member State to accept or reject responsibility for processing the asylum claim. Within this two month period, the Home Office will undertake a number of mandatory checks, including security and a local authority assessment. Where possible, the Home Office will decide cases ahead of the two month deadline.</p><p> </p><p>Once a Dublin request has been accepted, the Regulation provides that the sending Member State has six months to enact the transfer. The Home Office works closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers as soon as possible and ahead of the six month timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/10/2017 15:21:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

765312

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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, how many applications from unaccompanied children her Department is considering under the Dublin III Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	105617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 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. At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including those transferred under the Dublin III Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Dublin III Regulation, the UK has two months from receiving a request from another participating Member State to accept or reject responsibility for processing the asylum claim. Within this two month period, the Home Office will undertake a number of mandatory checks, including security and a local authority assessment. Where possible, the Home Office will decide cases ahead of the two month deadline.</p><p> </p><p>Once a Dublin request has been accepted, the Regulation provides that the sending Member State has six months to enact the transfer. The Home Office works closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers as soon as possible and ahead of the six month timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/10/2017 15:43:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

769904

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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 her Department is taking to ensure that family reunion provisions for unaccompanied children are not restricted in the event that the UK ceases to be bound by the Dublin III regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	107528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports the principle of family unity and there are already legal routes for families to be reunited safely that are not dependent on our EU membership. The UK’s family reunion policy is generous; we have granted over 24,000 family reunion visas over the last five years. Further, children recognised by UNHCR as refugees can join close family members here in the UK through our Mandate resettlement scheme.</p><p>Unaccompanied children cannot make applications for family reunification under the Dublin Regulation. The Dublin Regulation is a mechanism to determine the Member State responsible for the consideration of an asylum claim; it is not, and never has been, a family reunification route in itself. The Immigration Rules provide for family reunion and allow extended family members to sponsor children where there are serious and compelling circumstances. The Immigration Rules are entirely separate from the Dublin Regulation, and will remain in force when the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p>We expect cooperation on asylum and migration with our European partners to continue after the UK leaves the EU, and will discuss the exact nature of this cooperation in the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 107529 question first answered 18/10/2017 15:03:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

769906

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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 applications by unaccompanied children for family reunion in the UK under the provisions of the Dublin III Regulation that had not been completed by the time the UK leaves the EU will be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	107529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports the principle of family unity and there are already legal routes for families to be reunited safely that are not dependent on our EU membership. The UK’s family reunion policy is generous; we have granted over 24,000 family reunion visas over the last five years. Further, children recognised by UNHCR as refugees can join close family members here in the UK through our Mandate resettlement scheme.</p><p>Unaccompanied children cannot make applications for family reunification under the Dublin Regulation. The Dublin Regulation is a mechanism to determine the Member State responsible for the consideration of an asylum claim; it is not, and never has been, a family reunification route in itself. The Immigration Rules provide for family reunion and allow extended family members to sponsor children where there are serious and compelling circumstances. The Immigration Rules are entirely separate from the Dublin Regulation, and will remain in force when the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p>We expect cooperation on asylum and migration with our European partners to continue after the UK leaves the EU, and will discuss the exact nature of this cooperation in the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 107528 question first answered 18/10/2017 15:03:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

808854

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament who lost their seats at the general election 2017 have been appointed to (a) paid and (b) unpaid positions in Government Departments since June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	119963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual departments to maintain records of their employees. This information is not held centrally</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 119964 119965 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:18:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

808855

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what pay bands former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the General Election 2017 have been appointed to by Government Departments. .
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	119964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual departments to maintain records of their employees. This information is not held centrally</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 119963 119965 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:18:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

808856

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the general election 2017 and who now work in government were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	119965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual departments to maintain records of their employees. This information is not held centrally</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 119963 119964 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:18:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

802267

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the review of the National Security Strategy to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	117954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The review of our national security capabilities is currently taking place in support of the ongoing implementation of the 2015 National Security Strategy (NSS) and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). Ministers will consider the conclusions of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 12/12/2017 15:46:30 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard