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1003586

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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, with reference to (a) the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund and (b) other sources of funding available to his Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop and implement new guidance on the conduct of asylum interviews, and how the effectiveness of that guidance is being monitored and evaluated; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	189650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it and this Government is committed to delivering a fair and humane asylum system.</p><p>We recognise that asylum interviews are a vital part of the asylum process, ensuring that decision makers have available all relevant evidence so that they can make an informed decision. To that end, we have published detailed Home Office policy guidance setting out how caseworkers are expected to conduct asylum interviews, which was developed in collaboration with external partners, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We are currently reviewing this policy and intend to publish a revised version by the end of the year.</p><p>We systematically assess the quality of asylum decisions against a detailed audit framework drawn up in consultation with external partners, including the UNHCR, which includes checks on compliance with existing asylum policies and relevant case law.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2018 16:29:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1029516

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the immigration health surcharge will be increased from £200 to £400; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	204481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The immigration health surcharge will increase to £400 for each year of leave to be granted, on 8 January 2019. Students and Youth Mobility Scheme applicants will pay a discounted rate of £300 for each year of leave to be granted.</p><p>The increased rate will apply to new applications made on or after this date.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/01/2019 13:01:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1035105

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent consideration has been given to allowing residents who are British by descent to gain citizenship.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	205253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 defines who is a British citizen. A person who is of the first generation born outside the United Kingdom to a British citizen would usually be a British citizen by descent. There is no difference in the quality of citizenship between those who are British citizens by descent and those who acquire it by birth, registration or naturalisation in the UK. All have the same rights and access to services in the UK or consular services while overseas.</p><p>A person who is a British citizen by descent cannot usually pass on that citizenship to a child born overseas unless they were in Crown service at the time of the child’s birth. However, if children are born overseas to a British citizen by descent, the legislation contains provisions for a child to be registered where a continuing connection with the United Kingdom is demonstrated.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/01/2019 16:20:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1051432

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been made available to police forces for contingency planning in relation to the UK leaving the EU; which police forces have applied for that funding; how many of those applications have been successful; how much has been spent on that contingency planning to date; and whether that funding is available to police in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	214536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Claims for EU Exit related policing costs for forces in England and Wales have been dealt with under the Special Grant process. So far only Kent Police have sought funding and have been provided with £845,000 to cover their planning costs. We are continuing to liaise closely with the force to ensure they have the resources they need.</p><p>Funding provided by the Home Office is only for forces in England and Wales. Policing in Scotland is a devolved issue.</p><p>We are also working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on implementing operation safety net to establish the International Based on NPCC proposals we agreed to allocate £2.4m of additional, national-level funding to the NPCC for this work in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/02/2019 17:12:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347674

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres: Scotland
	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 have left the employment of immigration centres in Scotland in each year since 2006; and for what reasons those people have left that employment.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 542 543 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347675

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	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 have been detained in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006; and what the capacity of such centres was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel House in Strathaven, Lanarkshire is the sole immigration removal centre (IRC) located in Scotland.</p><p>The table below shows the number of people entering detention solely under Immigration Act powers at Dungavel House IRC from 2009 to 2014:</p><p>Year Detainees</p><p>2009 1,661</p><p>2010 1,432</p><p>2011 1,481</p><p>2012 1,431</p><p>2013 1,626</p><p>2014 1,297</p><p>Some detainees may be recorded more than once if, for example, the person has been detained on more than one occasion in the time period shown, such as a person who has left detention, but has subsequently been re-detained. Information on people entering detention prior to 2009 is unavailable.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release. Data relating to people entering detention are available in tables dt_01 and dt_01_q in Immigration Statistics: January – March 2015 on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release and which will be placed in the Library of the House. Occupancy statistics were not collected by the Home Office before 2009 and figures prior to this are unavailable.</p><p>The following table shows the capacity of Dungavel House IRC from 2006 to 2015:</p><p>Year Capacity</p><p>2006 188</p><p>2007 188</p><p>2008 188</p><p>2009 190</p><p>2010 217</p><p>2011 217</p><p>2012 217</p><p>2013 217</p><p>2014 249</p><p>2015 249</p><p>The information provided in relation to capacity is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/06/2015 10:11:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347676

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	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 detainees in immigration removal centres in Scotland have taken their own life since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel House is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. There have been no self inflicted deaths at the centre since 2006.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347677

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on training for (a) staff and (b) detainees in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 539 543 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

347678

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported (a) incidents, (b) assaults and (c) serious assaults there were on staff in immigration removal centres in Scotland in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Dungavel is the only immigration removal centre in Scotland. This question has been interpreted as relating to both Home Office and service provider staff. Information on the number of staff leaving the Home Office and service providers’ employment since 2006 is not held centrally. The reasons for leaving could only be provided by examination of individual records at disproportionate cost. Information on the amount of money spent on Home Office and service providers’ staff training and training provided to detainees since 2006 is not held centrally. Information is held in relation to incidents. There were no reported incidents for Home Office staff. The table below relates to health and safety incidents involving service provider staff. Major incidents are those that are reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Management information is only available from 2009 in the following table.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 539 542 question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table of incidents 2009 to 2015 PQ 539[1].docx title Management information
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

457079

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	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, (a) when, (b) where and (c) for how long the powers under section 101 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to designate reception zones have been used to date; and how many asylum seekers designated under section 95 of that Act have been so supported.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	29539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 introduced the policy of national dispersal, designed to share the impact of asylum seekers across the whole of the UK. Asylum seekers are housed across the UK under voluntary agreements between national government and local authorities that have been in place since 2000. The powers under Section 101 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 have not been used to date.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/03/2016 16:26:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray