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1655122

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to appoint an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL9686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.</p><p>The Home Secretary recognises the importance of the IASC and had launched a new open competition to recruit for this role on the 23 February 2023, the process for which is now at an advanced stage.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 01/08/2023 15:20:43 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1655124

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Countries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government on what date they expect the EU will bring into force ETIAS (the European Travel Information and Authorisation System) and the EES (Entry / Exit System); what progress has been made in preparation for physical arrangements for crossing the border with EU Member States under these systems; and what agreement for these the Government has reached with the Police aux Frontières.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL9688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2023 answer text <p>The EU Justice and Home Affairs Committee will meet on 19<sup>th</sup> October to agree a timeline for EES and ETIAS implementation. HMG are working towards EES implementation in late 2024. ETIAS was originally expected to go live six months after EES, but we await confirmation of this in October.</p><p>The Government is engaging both the European Commission and French Government through officials holding routine technical meetings to understand and influence the implementation plans of the new system. This includes working with port owners and operators to understand and support their plans to mitigate EES and ETIAS impacts at the border. HMG’s focus is on the juxtaposed locations of Dover, St Pancras and Eurotunnel as the EES processes there will take place before departure from the UK.</p><p>We have recently received agreement in principle from the French Ministry of Interior to proceed with a proposal to relocate the coach facility at the port of Dover to enable EES, ETIAS and border control checks to take place in one location.</p><p>However, it is ultimately for EU Member States and port owners and operators to implement the new system.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 31/07/2023 12:00:52 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1601036

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether all unaccompanied children seeking asylum on arrival in the UK and accommodated in Home Office-funded hotels are now being referred to Kent County Council Children’s Services ”at the earliest possible point” in accordance with Home Office guidance; and how quickly such referrals are being made.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL6081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office recognise the longstanding role that Kent County Council has played in supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and are grateful for their contribution.</p><p>The Home Office notifies Kent County Council about all UASC arriving in their area. The notification is completed along with the National Transfer scheme referral, as quickly as possible - with the length of time taken to complete the referral process being dependant on arrival numbers.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 16/03/2023 17:03:56 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1544698

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Visas: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how many caseworkers are engaged in considering applications for each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We recruit using standard Civil Service recruitment processes and all our decision makers must meet minimum Civil Service recruitment standards. Once appointed the Home Office offers a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework for decision makers. In relation to methods used, it should be noted that tools involving machine learning or artificial intelligence are not used in the assessment of family visa applications.</p><p>Records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications are not maintained as far back to 2010. During that time, the department has undergone various organisational changes, and has also employed temporary staff, so we are unable to provide accurate data on the number of caseworkers who have ceased employment. However the average number of decisions made each week in respect of family visa applications do not form part of any current transparency data applications and are not published. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>In relation to the records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications, they are not maintained back to 2010. Resource is also often used flexibly, so if data was available, we would be unable to provide accurate figures in respect of the amount of caseworkers engaged in considering family visa applications for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3647 HL3648 HL3649 HL3650 question first answered 06/12/2022 16:48:28 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1544699

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Visas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how many decisions are reached each week as an average (a) annually from 2012 to 2020, and (b) monthly since 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We recruit using standard Civil Service recruitment processes and all our decision makers must meet minimum Civil Service recruitment standards. Once appointed the Home Office offers a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework for decision makers. In relation to methods used, it should be noted that tools involving machine learning or artificial intelligence are not used in the assessment of family visa applications.</p><p>Records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications are not maintained as far back to 2010. During that time, the department has undergone various organisational changes, and has also employed temporary staff, so we are unable to provide accurate data on the number of caseworkers who have ceased employment. However the average number of decisions made each week in respect of family visa applications do not form part of any current transparency data applications and are not published. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>In relation to the records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications, they are not maintained back to 2010. Resource is also often used flexibly, so if data was available, we would be unable to provide accurate figures in respect of the amount of caseworkers engaged in considering family visa applications for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3646 HL3648 HL3649 HL3650 question first answered 06/12/2022 16:48:28 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1544700

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Visas: Labour Turnover
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, (a) how many, and (b) the proportion of, caseworkers who have ceased employment in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We recruit using standard Civil Service recruitment processes and all our decision makers must meet minimum Civil Service recruitment standards. Once appointed the Home Office offers a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework for decision makers. In relation to methods used, it should be noted that tools involving machine learning or artificial intelligence are not used in the assessment of family visa applications.</p><p>Records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications are not maintained as far back to 2010. During that time, the department has undergone various organisational changes, and has also employed temporary staff, so we are unable to provide accurate data on the number of caseworkers who have ceased employment. However the average number of decisions made each week in respect of family visa applications do not form part of any current transparency data applications and are not published. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>In relation to the records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications, they are not maintained back to 2010. Resource is also often used flexibly, so if data was available, we would be unable to provide accurate figures in respect of the amount of caseworkers engaged in considering family visa applications for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3646 HL3647 HL3649 HL3650 question first answered 06/12/2022 16:48:28 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1544701

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how caseworkers are recruited; and what are the essential criteria that applicants are expected to meet.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We recruit using standard Civil Service recruitment processes and all our decision makers must meet minimum Civil Service recruitment standards. Once appointed the Home Office offers a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework for decision makers. In relation to methods used, it should be noted that tools involving machine learning or artificial intelligence are not used in the assessment of family visa applications.</p><p>Records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications are not maintained as far back to 2010. During that time, the department has undergone various organisational changes, and has also employed temporary staff, so we are unable to provide accurate data on the number of caseworkers who have ceased employment. However the average number of decisions made each week in respect of family visa applications do not form part of any current transparency data applications and are not published. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>In relation to the records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications, they are not maintained back to 2010. Resource is also often used flexibly, so if data was available, we would be unable to provide accurate figures in respect of the amount of caseworkers engaged in considering family visa applications for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3646 HL3647 HL3648 HL3650 question first answered 06/12/2022 16:48:28 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1544702

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum and Visas: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, whether tools involving artificial intelligence or machine learning are used in the assessment of applications; and if so, what artificial intelligence or machine learning is used.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We recruit using standard Civil Service recruitment processes and all our decision makers must meet minimum Civil Service recruitment standards. Once appointed the Home Office offers a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework for decision makers. In relation to methods used, it should be noted that tools involving machine learning or artificial intelligence are not used in the assessment of family visa applications.</p><p>Records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications are not maintained as far back to 2010. During that time, the department has undergone various organisational changes, and has also employed temporary staff, so we are unable to provide accurate data on the number of caseworkers who have ceased employment. However the average number of decisions made each week in respect of family visa applications do not form part of any current transparency data applications and are not published. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>In relation to the records for the number of staff assessing family visa applications, they are not maintained back to 2010. Resource is also often used flexibly, so if data was available, we would be unable to provide accurate figures in respect of the amount of caseworkers engaged in considering family visa applications for each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3646 HL3647 HL3648 HL3649 question first answered 06/12/2022 16:48:28 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1541053

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children went missing from Home Office commissioned hotel accommodation in each month in the period from April to October.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>We take the welfare of those in our care extremely seriously. We have safeguarding procedures in place to ensure all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in emergency interim hotels are as safe and supported as possible whilst we seek urgent placements with a local authority. Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of social workers and nurses.</p><p>The Home Office has no power to hold asylum seekers, including children, in hotels or any temporary accommodation if they wish to leave.</p><p>All Home Office staff and contractors engaging with asylum seekers are trained to adopt a risk-based approach towards potential indications of vulnerability and to refer relevant cases onto the Safeguarding Hub, a dedicated resource assigned to identifying and safeguarding vulnerable asylum seekers.</p><p>Safeguarding Hub staff advocate for an individual’s needs with the statutory agencies to promote appropriate safeguarding interventions. The statutory agencies retain responsibility for all decisions on intervention activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3311 HL3312 question first answered 24/11/2022 17:44:24 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1541054

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many referrals to the National Referral Mechanism regarding unaccompanied children seeking asylum and placed in Home Office commissioned accommodation were made in each month from July to October.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL3311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>We take the welfare of those in our care extremely seriously. We have safeguarding procedures in place to ensure all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in emergency interim hotels are as safe and supported as possible whilst we seek urgent placements with a local authority. Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of social workers and nurses.</p><p>The Home Office has no power to hold asylum seekers, including children, in hotels or any temporary accommodation if they wish to leave.</p><p>All Home Office staff and contractors engaging with asylum seekers are trained to adopt a risk-based approach towards potential indications of vulnerability and to refer relevant cases onto the Safeguarding Hub, a dedicated resource assigned to identifying and safeguarding vulnerable asylum seekers.</p><p>Safeguarding Hub staff advocate for an individual’s needs with the statutory agencies to promote appropriate safeguarding interventions. The statutory agencies retain responsibility for all decisions on intervention activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL3310 HL3312 question first answered 24/11/2022 17:44:24 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee