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45098

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to publish reports on the review of the balance of competences relating to EU migration; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	193695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Free movement of persons is a complex area with a number of different issues to <br>examine, and this deserves to be done thoroughly. We will publish this report <br>once it is completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 3802 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

78756

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for Harrow West's letter of 15 July 2014 regarding Mr and Mrs Patil of Harrow; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	206571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>A response was sent by Her Majesty's Passport Office on 21 July 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 04/08/2014 15:37:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 11966 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

101400

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support countries of origin and transit in North Africa to assist them to prevent migrants from attempting dangerous sea crossings to travel to Europe; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	212363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the conclusions on the response to migration pressures in the Mediterranean, unanimously adopted at the JHA Council meeting on 9-10 October under the Italian Presidency, which included proposals to strengthen cooperation with transit countries in North Africa whilst phasing out the currentemergency search and rescue operations carried out by Italy. <br><br>We are supporting EU proposals for enhanced refugee protection in North and East Africa, building on our current support for those seeking <br>protection in the region of Syria. We have joined a steering group for a new EU project in the Horn of Africa which will develop, implement and resource concrete actions to address human trafficking in the region. The UK is also among those Member States offering the greatest numbers of resettlement places for refugees from outside the EU, working closely with UNHCR (over 4,000 between 2008-2013). We recognise that there are some particularly vulnerable Syrian refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region. We have therefore launched our UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. We have also contributed £700 million to the Syria relief effort so far making the UK the second largest bilateral donor after the USA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212357 212361 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:22:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25746 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

101402

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia on the decision to end funding for search and rescue missions for migrants in danger of drowning in the Mediterranean; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	212357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the conclusions on the response to migration pressures in the Mediterranean, unanimously adopted at the JHA Council meeting on 9-10 October under the Italian Presidency, which included proposals to strengthen cooperation with transit countries in North Africa whilst phasing out the currentemergency search and rescue operations carried out by Italy. <br><br>We are supporting EU proposals for enhanced refugee protection in North and East Africa, building on our current support for those seeking <br>protection in the region of Syria. We have joined a steering group for a new EU project in the Horn of Africa which will develop, implement and resource concrete actions to address human trafficking in the region. The UK is also among those Member States offering the greatest numbers of resettlement places for refugees from outside the EU, working closely with UNHCR (over 4,000 between 2008-2013). We recognise that there are some particularly vulnerable Syrian refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region. We have therefore launched our UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. We have also contributed £700 million to the Syria relief effort so far making the UK the second largest bilateral donor after the USA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212361 212363 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:22:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25741 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

101403

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to countries of origin and transit in North Africa to tackle smugglers and criminal gangs who transport migrants across the Mediterranean; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	212361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the conclusions on the response to migration pressures in the Mediterranean, unanimously adopted at the JHA Council meeting on 9-10 October under the Italian Presidency, which included proposals to strengthen cooperation with transit countries in North Africa whilst phasing out the currentemergency search and rescue operations carried out by Italy. <br><br>We are supporting EU proposals for enhanced refugee protection in North and East Africa, building on our current support for those seeking <br>protection in the region of Syria. We have joined a steering group for a new EU project in the Horn of Africa which will develop, implement and resource concrete actions to address human trafficking in the region. The UK is also among those Member States offering the greatest numbers of resettlement places for refugees from outside the EU, working closely with UNHCR (over 4,000 between 2008-2013). We recognise that there are some particularly vulnerable Syrian refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region. We have therefore launched our UK Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. We have also contributed £700 million to the Syria relief effort so far making the UK the second largest bilateral donor after the USA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212357 212363 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:22:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25745 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

101926

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Sri Lanka
	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 the effect of returning failed asylum seekers to Sri Lanka on the ability of the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights to investigate violations of human rights in that country; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	212723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not believe that returning unsuccessful asylum applicants to Sri Lanka impacts on the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights ability to investigate human rights abuses in that country. As with any other nationality, all asylum and human rights applications from Sri Lankan nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations and against the background of the latest available country of origin information from a wide range of well-recognised sources. The Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights is entitled to speak to any returnees as well as other individuals, if they chose to do so. Likewise, a decision to co-operate or not should be the choice of the person concerned. The fact that they may have made an unsuccessful asylum application in the UK – or anywhere else – does not affect this process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:48:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25970 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

101950

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Sri Lanka
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sri Lankan asylum seekers who claimed asylum in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014, have been found to be victims of torture; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	212654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate statistics on this matter. All information pertaining to an individuals asylum claim is recorded on their case file and to answer this question would require a comprehensive review of all case files, which would involve a prohibitive cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:57:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25967 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

228212

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: 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 people have been (a) referred to the UK's Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and (b) successfully resettled in the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	228275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given on 2 March 2015 to Parliamentary Question 224609.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/03/2015 10:07:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 51787 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas