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349560

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	Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing
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 ensure that letting agents are able to verify the immigration status of tenants who are subletters.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	1903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The system of right to rent checks which we introduced through the Immigration Act 2014 enables a landlord to delegate the responsibility for conducting a check on a tenant’s status to a lettings agent, together with any associated liability for a penalty. Where a tenant sublets the accommodation to another person, the legislation provides that the tenant is responsible for conducting a right to rent check, and liable for any penalty for not doing so, unless it has been agreed by both parties that the check will be performed by the landlord or an agent. Full guidance for lettings agents on how to carry out checks is available online (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice</a>), and through a free telephone helpline.</p><p>The first phase of the scheme is in operation in Birmingham, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton and is currently being evaluated before it is extended to the rest of the country.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:50:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

349776

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	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications were refused and subsequently granted on appeal in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	1794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Appeal outcomes, including data on volumes of appeals that were granted in the time periods specified, can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a></p><p>Table 2.5 of the ‘Tribunals and gender recognition statistics tables: January to March 2015’ link sets out the % of appeals determined by the First-tier Tribunal that were granted at appeal.</p><p>The information requested in your second question is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1795 question first answered 15/06/2015 13:50:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

349777

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	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of refused visas granted on appeal was in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	1795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Appeal outcomes, including data on volumes of appeals that were granted in the time periods specified, can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a></p><p>Table 2.5 of the ‘Tribunals and gender recognition statistics tables: January to March 2015’ link sets out the % of appeals determined by the First-tier Tribunal that were granted at appeal.</p><p>The information requested in your second question is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1794 question first answered 15/06/2015 13:50:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

349816

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	UK Border Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicle checks UK Border Force undertook at each UK port of entry in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government does not publicise port specific data in the interest of national security. Border Force undertakes a multi-layered, intelligence-led approach to checking vehicles at the border, and resources are deployed flexibly to meet incoming threats.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:56:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349817

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	Asylum: Deportation
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 removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The number of people transferred under the Dublin Convention and the later Dublin II and Dublin III Regulations, is shown in the following table:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2010</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1545</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1343</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">972</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1023</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">740</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">Transfers to other Member States under the Dublin Regulations fell in the last three years because we stopped transferring asylum claimants to Greece in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our records indicate that the number of people transferred under the Dublin Convention and the later Dublin II and Dublin III Regulations were as shown in the following table:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,150</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">980</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">740</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">800</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">520</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Figures are rounded to the nearest 10; are based on the latest management information so are subject to change; and have not been quality assured under national statistics protocols.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Transfers to other Member States under the Dublin Regulations fell in the last three years because we stopped transferring asylum claimants to Greece in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.</ins></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:55:47 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 12:51:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 5042 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349818

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	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ministers in her Department (a) last met and (b) next plan to meet their counterparts in the Netherlands to discuss border enforcement between the UK and Dutch ports.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are published on the Cabinet Office website on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:51:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349312

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Demonstrations: Greater London
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 place a ban on the proposed rally by far right groups on 4 July 2015 in Golders Green.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	1646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has no powers to ban a static demonstration. We have a long-standing tradition of freedom of expression and association in this country and the Government is clear that people are free to gather to protest and express their views in public. However, the right to protest does not extend to threats and other criminal behaviour. Like all members of the public, protesters are subject to the law and should individuals cross the boundary into criminal acts including public order offences, hate crime offences including anti-Semitic or violent behaviour, the police will take action.</p><p>The Home Secretary has written to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police to ask that he takes full account of the available powers in respect of the demonstration planned for Golders Green on 4 July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/06/2015 10:50:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

347611

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	Graduates: Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Graduate Entrepreneur visas were granted in each of the last two years; and what are those results broken down by the higher education institutions sponsoring the visas.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Kinnoull
uin	HL155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information in the table below relates to all Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visas granted.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Entry Clearance Applications</td><td>In Country Applications</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>13</td><td>215</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>175</td><td>385</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>44</td><td>160</td></tr></tbody></table><p>To obtain the breakdown of the Higher Education Institutions sponsoring the visas would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 15:28:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4354 label Biography information for The Earl of Kinnoull

347617

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	Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2015
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to re-lay the Asylum Support (Amendment) Regulations 2015, which have been revoked.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The matter is under consideration.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/06/2015 14:19:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

347625

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	Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that girls are not taken abroad for the purposes of forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in tackling forced marriage, and the Government is committed to ensuring that girls are not taken abroad for the purposes of forced marriage. That is why, during the previous Parliament, the Home Secretary made forced marriage a criminal offence, which included taking extra-territorial jurisdiction for forced marriage offences.</p><p>We recognise that strengthening the law is only part of the solution. The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit is leading efforts to combat this unacceptable activity both at home and abroad. Measures include providing support and advice to professionals and victims through a public helpline, with the Unit assisting in 1,267 cases in 2014. We are providing further direct support to professionals, including schools and the Crown Prosecution Service, through an extensive outreach and training programme and the publication of statutory multi-agency guidance in July 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL170 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:35:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox