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891399

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether records are kept on the religion of people detained in immigration removal centres; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	137931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Under Rule 21 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001, if detainees on admission to an immigration removal centre (IRC) wish to declare that they belong to a particular religion, that information must be recorded. This information is recorded by the IRC service providers on their own internal detainee management systems and is used to inform the religious provision available at the IRC.</p><p>Due to the differing recording methods in place at each of the individual centres information on the religion of people detained in IRCs in each of the last five years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 137932 question first answered 09/07/2018 17:36:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

830127

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the eligibility criteria is for people to qualify under the mandate resettlement scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	124809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Mandate plays an important part in facilitating the resettlement of refugees in various locations across the world. There is no specific quota or target for the number of people resettled via Mandate. The referral of cases (and the corresponding numbers of arrivals) under Mandate is dependent on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifying cases which meet its criteria. This criteria can be found in the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook under the UK’s country chapter available at <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/40ee6fc04.html" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/40ee6fc04.html</a><br>We publish a breakdown of arrivals under our resettlement schemes as part of the Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release, which was most recently updated on 30 November, however we do not publish a disaggregation of those resettled to immediate or extended family members.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 124810 question first answered 29/01/2018 16:06:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

810072

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	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 accommodation for asylum seekers under contract with Compass is safe and quality checked.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	120538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Accommodation providers are required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation.</p><p><br>The contract requires Providers to visit and inspect each property every month and UKVI inspects a significant proportion of properties each year to ensure standards are being met. Where asylum accommodation is found to be falling short of the required standards UKVI has procedures in place to inspect, investigate and quickly resolve when specific information is received and a contract management regime to monitor supplier performance and take measures where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/01/2018 14:34:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

830130

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees resettled under mandate resettlement were (a) immediate family members of sponsors in the UK and (b) extended family members in the past three years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	124810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Mandate plays an important part in facilitating the resettlement of refugees in various locations across the world. There is no specific quota or target for the number of people resettled via Mandate. The referral of cases (and the corresponding numbers of arrivals) under Mandate is dependent on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifying cases which meet its criteria. This criteria can be found in the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook under the UK’s country chapter available at <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/40ee6fc04.html" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/40ee6fc04.html</a><br>We publish a breakdown of arrivals under our resettlement schemes as part of the Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release, which was most recently updated on 30 November, however we do not publish a disaggregation of those resettled to immediate or extended family members.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 124809 question first answered 29/01/2018 16:06:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

891400

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 detained in immigration removal centres have identified as (a) Christian, (b) Sikh, (c) Muslim, (d) Jewish, (e) Hindu and (f) atheist in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	137932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Under Rule 21 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001, if detainees on admission to an immigration removal centre (IRC) wish to declare that they belong to a particular religion, that information must be recorded. This information is recorded by the IRC service providers on their own internal detainee management systems and is used to inform the religious provision available at the IRC.</p><p>Due to the differing recording methods in place at each of the individual centres information on the religion of people detained in IRCs in each of the last five years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 137931 question first answered 09/07/2018 17:36:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman