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418721

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Ministerial Committee for Syrian Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the minutes of the first meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Syrian refugees held on 11 September 2015; and how often that committee plans to meet.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	10171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>Details of the group, its purpose, and membership have already been published on GOV.UK. The Home Secretary updated the House on 16 September on the work of the group.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/09/2015 16:05:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

419129

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	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, how many asylum seeker applications were received in each of the last five years; and how many such applicants were (a) refused, (b) granted refugee status, (c) granted humanitarian protection and (d) granted discretionary leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	10403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes an analysis of applications for whole-year cohorts of asylum seekers to establish the overall success rates following appeal; this is available in Table as_06 (Asylum data table Volume 2) of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. For the latest years, some cases will still be outstanding. This cohort analysis is therefore not able to provide a complete picture for the latest applications but for most years will provide the most complete description of the outcome for asylum seekers. The analysis of the outcomes of asylum applications are the recorded outcomes of the group (or cohort) of applicants in any one year, at a particular time. This dataset is updated, in full, annually and is currently available up to 2014.</p><p>Insert Table</p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April – June 2015, is available from 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 grouped question UIN 10402 question first answered 12/10/2015 14:32:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table PQ 10402_10403.xlsx title Table 1
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348957

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees have been relocated in the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme; and what estimate she has made of the number of such refugees who will be relocated under that scheme by 31 December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	1374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Between the first arrivals in March 2014 and 30 March 2015 (the most recent published data), 187 people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme. The scheme is based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis. We have said we expect the scheme to help several hundred people over three years, and we remain on track to achieve that. In addition, over 4,200 Syrians have been granted asylum or other forms of leave in the UK under our normal asylum rules since the Syrian crisis began in 2011.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the UNHCR to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict, prioritising women and children at risk, people in severe need of medical care and survivors of torture and violence. The VPR scheme runs in parallel with the UNHCR’s own Syrian humanitarian admission programme. This is because the Government believes the UK can add most value through a complementary scheme, focusing on helping the most vulnerable refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region rather than a quota. With millions of people in need, we strongly believe that the UK can have the greatest impact by continuing to prioritise significant aid; we have donated £800 million, making the UK the second largest bi-lateral donor after the USA and helping to provide vital support to hundreds of thousands of people across the region. The Syrian conflict is a crisis of international proportions and we continue to play our full part in discussions with international partners.</p><p>The UNHCR is best placed to provide information on the number of Syrians resettled by other states to date. The UNHCR website also provides a list of international resettlement pledges.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1391 1392 question first answered 15/06/2015 11:09:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348968

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	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 in collaboration with other European countries and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to co-ordinate the re-settlement of the most vulnerable refugees of the conflict in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	1391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Between the first arrivals in March 2014 and 30 March 2015 (the most recent published data), 187 people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme. The scheme is based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis. We have said we expect the scheme to help several hundred people over three years, and we remain on track to achieve that. In addition, over 4,200 Syrians have been granted asylum or other forms of leave in the UK under our normal asylum rules since the Syrian crisis began in 2011.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the UNHCR to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict, prioritising women and children at risk, people in severe need of medical care and survivors of torture and violence. The VPR scheme runs in parallel with the UNHCR’s own Syrian humanitarian admission programme. This is because the Government believes the UK can add most value through a complementary scheme, focusing on helping the most vulnerable refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region rather than a quota. With millions of people in need, we strongly believe that the UK can have the greatest impact by continuing to prioritise significant aid; we have donated £800 million, making the UK the second largest bi-lateral donor after the USA and helping to provide vital support to hundreds of thousands of people across the region. The Syrian conflict is a crisis of international proportions and we continue to play our full part in discussions with international partners.</p><p>The UNHCR is best placed to provide information on the number of Syrians resettled by other states to date. The UNHCR website also provides a list of international resettlement pledges.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1374 1392 question first answered 15/06/2015 11:09:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348969

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	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 of the conflict in Syria have been relocated in (a) Germany, (b) France, (c) Switzerland, (d) Sweden and (e) Norway to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	1392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Between the first arrivals in March 2014 and 30 March 2015 (the most recent published data), 187 people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme. The scheme is based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis. We have said we expect the scheme to help several hundred people over three years, and we remain on track to achieve that. In addition, over 4,200 Syrians have been granted asylum or other forms of leave in the UK under our normal asylum rules since the Syrian crisis began in 2011.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the UNHCR to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict, prioritising women and children at risk, people in severe need of medical care and survivors of torture and violence. The VPR scheme runs in parallel with the UNHCR’s own Syrian humanitarian admission programme. This is because the Government believes the UK can add most value through a complementary scheme, focusing on helping the most vulnerable refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region rather than a quota. With millions of people in need, we strongly believe that the UK can have the greatest impact by continuing to prioritise significant aid; we have donated £800 million, making the UK the second largest bi-lateral donor after the USA and helping to provide vital support to hundreds of thousands of people across the region. The Syrian conflict is a crisis of international proportions and we continue to play our full part in discussions with international partners.</p><p>The UNHCR is best placed to provide information on the number of Syrians resettled by other states to date. The UNHCR website also provides a list of international resettlement pledges.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1374 1391 question first answered 15/06/2015 11:10:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

60615

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female genital mutilation cases her Department has been made aware of in each year since 2012; and in how many such cases those involved were either deported or threatened with deportation.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	199797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the basis of claim for asylum is not centrally recorded, and the information requested in the Rt. Hon. Member's question could only be obtained through a manual search of individual case files. This would exceed the cost limit.<br><br>As we do not centrally record the information requested, we are unable to obtain the data for the number of people, whose claim involved female genital mutilation, that were deported or threatened with deportation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/06/2014 12:22:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

349674

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the deportation of people to countries which use the death penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	2013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Where legally permissible we will deport foreign nationals to countries with the death penalty, provided the individual will not face the death penalty when they return.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/06/2015 15:42:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

66123

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Community Relations: Islam
	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 levels of trust held by the British Muslim community in the Prevent strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	204223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2014 answer text <p>Prevent aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The revised Prevent strategy published in June 2011 has three key objectives. These are to: <br>• respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat we face from <br>those who promote it;<br>• prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure that they are given <br>appropriate advice and support; and <br>• work with sectors and institutions where there are risks of radicalisation <br>which we need to address.<br>The delivery of Prevent requires strong partnerships with a range of local groups in the community, including British Muslims amongst others. <br>The Prevent strategy we inherited from the last Government was flawed. It confused the delivery of Government policy to promote integration with Government policy to prevent terrorism, which was a source of mistrust. That is why we refocused the Prevent strategy in 2011, to separate Prevent from broader integration work. <br><br>Local Prevent co-ordinators across the country work with local services, partners such as the police, Charity Commission and members of local faith communities, to understand local risks and needs, and deliver targeted projects and outreach work. We fund 30 Prevent priority areas to work on the frontline and with those vulnerable to extremism, including funding projects tailored to local needs. Prevent co-ordinators provide regular feedback to the Home Office, which helps shape the future development and implementation of the Prevent strategy. <br><br>Preventing terrorism means challenging extremist (and non-violent) ideas that are also part of a terrorist ideology. The Prevent strategy focuses on all forms of terrorism, but is clear that the most serious risk to our national security comes from Al Qa’ida, its affiliates and like-minded organisations. For this reason, the report of the Prime Minister’s Extremism Task Force (ETF), published last December, set out a definition of Islamist extremism. It noted that this ideology should not be confused with traditional religious practice. It is based on a distorted interpretation of Islam, which betrays Islam’s peaceful principles and also includes the uncompromising belief that people cannot be Muslim and British, and insists that those who do not agree with them are not true Muslims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/08/2014 10:37:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 9748 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

79404

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to provide a substantive answer to Question number 204223, tabled for Answer on 14 July 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	206963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Prevent aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The revised Prevent strategy published in June 2011 has three key objectives. These are to:</p><p> </p><p>• respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat we face from those who promote it;</p><p>• prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure that they are given appropriate advice and support; and</p><p>• work with sectors and institutions where there are risks of radicalisation</p><p>which we need to address.</p><p> </p><p>The delivery of Prevent requires strong partnerships with a range of local groups in the community, including British Muslims amongst others.</p><p>The Prevent strategy we inherited from the last Government was flawed. It confused the delivery of Government policy to promote integration with Government policy to prevent terrorism, which was a source of mistrust. That is why we refocused the Prevent strategy in 2011, to separate Prevent from broader integration work.</p><p>Local Prevent co-ordinators across the country work with local services,partners such as the police, Charity Commission and members of local faith communities, to understand local risks and needs, and deliver targeted projects and outreach work. We fund 30 Prevent priority areas to work on the frontline and with those vulnerable to extremism, including funding projects tailored to local needs. Prevent co-ordinators provide regular feedback to the Home Office, which helps shape the future development and implementation of the Prevent strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Preventing terrorism means challenging extremist (and non-violent) ideas that are also part of a terrorist ideology. The Prevent strategy focuses on all forms of terrorism, but is clear that the most serious risk to our national security comes from Al Qa’ida, its affiliates and like-minded organisations. For this reason, the report of the Prime Minister’s Extremism Task Force (ETF), published last December, set out a definition of Islamist extremism. It noted that this ideology should not be confused with traditional religious practice.</p><p>It is based on a distorted interpretation of Islam, which betrays Islam’s peaceful principles and also includes the uncompromising belief that people cannot be Muslim and British, and insists that those who do not agree with them are not true Muslims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/09/2014 14:39:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

91187

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an assessment of the effect on civil liberties of current statutory definitions of terrorism and the proportionality and necessity of the range of those definitions.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	208686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The UK definition of terrorism is contained in section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Safeguards are built in to our legislation. The police and the Crown Prosecution Service are required to ensure that prosecutions are only pursued in appropriate cases, where there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to do so. <br><br>David Anderson QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has made four specific recommendations in respect of the definition in his most recent Annual Report on the Operation of the Terrorism Acts in 2013, which was laid in Parliament on 22nd July. We are currently considering these in detail and will respond in due course.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/09/2014 15:19:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland