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874765

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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, whether welfare records are kept for asylum seekers that have been granted asylum.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold dedicated ‘welfare records’ for asylum seekers or refugees, however information concerning health conditions or safeguarding matters will be recorded on the applicant’s case file as their asylum claim progresses and retained in accordance with data protection regulations, including following a grant of refugee status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:47:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874779

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	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 spent in prison was for a foreign national offender before deportation in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office do however routinely publish quarterly figures on the average length of time it takes foreign national offenders to be deported following completion of their custodial sentence. Figures for the latest quarter can be found by accessing the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:48:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874786

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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
	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 has taken to ensure that UK Visas and Immigration has the (a) resources and (b) expertise to maintain level of service after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office constantly reviews its capabilities in order to deliver the Government’s agenda and we continue to assess how our priorities will impact on the workforce and capabilities required.</p><p>Operational units across the Home Office actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand and will continue to do so throughout negotiations and as the UK leaves the EU. Any resultant changes to resource requirements will be factored into strategic planning.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:57:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874764

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are being taken to reunify unaccompanied child refugees in the UK with their direct relatives.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Our family reunion policy allows immediate family members of those granted protection here to reunite with them. The Immigration Rules also provide for relatives with protection in the UK to sponsor children in serious and</p><p>compelling circumstances and the Mandate resettlement scheme allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there is provision in the policy to grant visas outside the Rules in exceptional circumstances, which caters for family members who otherwise do not qualify under the Rules.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is no provision in the Rules for children with refugee status in the UK to sponsor family members to join them. We believe this would create additional motives for more children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family, and risk hazardous journeys hoping to sponsor relatives later. This would play into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people, and goes against our wider safeguarding responsibilities. The best interests of children are reflected in remaining with their families, claiming</p><p>asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety – and relying on resettlement schemes to travel safely.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:47:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874781

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage: Fraud
	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 were charged with marriage fraud in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of people charged of involvement in marriage fraud is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2015: 41</p><p>2016: 15</p><p>2017: 14</p><p> </p><p>Please note that there is no offence in UK law, of marriage fraud. Anyone suspected of being involved in a sham marriage would be charged under other offences.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers provided are individuals charged by IE Criminal &amp; Financial Investigation teams in relation to organised immigration crime only.</p><p> </p><p>This data has been derived from local management information and is therefore subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:48:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874774

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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 subject to Rule 35 reports are currently detained.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The total number R35 reports made by medical practitioners for those detained within Immigration Removal Centres (IRC) are published quarterly as part of Transparency data under the category ‘Reports made by a medical practitioner to the Home Office under Rule 35 on individuals in immigration detention. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:48:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874783

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Workers: Unpaid Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines for the employment of illegal workers remain unpaid.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Since the commencement of the scheme in 2008, 6,348 separate illegal working civil penalties have some outstanding debt which is unpaid.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:49:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874772

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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, how many asylum cases that were sent to the Migration Refusal Pool were returned to the Home Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Asylum cases are not sent to the Migration Refusal Pool (MRP). The MRP consists of non-asylum cases, where records indicate that an individual has made an unsuccessful application to remain in the UK and is therefore awaiting return to their country of origin.</p><p> </p><p>The cases of failed asylum seekers are not managed as part of the MRP, as these cases are managed separately by UK Visas and Immigration and Immigration Enforcement. The number of failed asylum seekers subject to removal action is published as part of the Home Office transparency arrangements and can be found at table ASY-03:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 135074 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:47:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874768

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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, how many asylum cases that commenced before 2010 remain outstanding.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of the number of older cases in the system. These are more complex cases which generally have barriers preventing an initial asylum decision being made. Barriers are often varied and require time to clear.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has plans to reduce the number of outstanding undecided asylum claims and the speed at which they are processed. Plans include a staff retention strategy to ensure it retains its highly skilled asylum decision makers, further expansion of digital processes to increase caseworking flexibility and the creation of a new team in Bootle; specifically established to tackle older asylum cases. The new team has been designed to establish new ways of working and roll out best practise in the management of older cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 135070 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:47:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874769

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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, how many asylum cases have remained outstanding for over five years in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017; and what steps her Department are taking to reduce those numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	135070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of the number of older cases in the system. These are more complex cases which generally have barriers preventing an initial asylum decision being made. Barriers are often varied and require time to clear.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has plans to reduce the number of outstanding undecided asylum claims and the speed at which they are processed. Plans include a staff retention strategy to ensure it retains its highly skilled asylum decision makers, further expansion of digital processes to increase caseworking flexibility and the creation of a new team in Bootle; specifically established to tackle older asylum cases. The new team has been designed to establish new ways of working and roll out best practise in the management of older cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 135069 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:47:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz