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788855

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic State: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK citizens returning from Syria who are suspected to have been involved in supporting ISIS are eligible for council accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL3164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Everyone who returns from taking part in the conflict in Syria or Iraq will be investigated by the police to determine if they have committed criminal offences, and to ensure that they do not pose a threat to our national security.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities lead on housing decisions and it is for them to decide whether their local criteria has been met for an individual to be provided with housing. HMG has not set out conditions to be met to house individuals returning from Syria.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/11/2017 17:37:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

788868

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Madeleine McCann
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 November (HL2164), what criteria they will use to assess the success of the Special Grant funding for Operation Grange between now and the end of March 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL3177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office funds the cost of Operation Grange from the Special Grant budget. Each application for Special Grant funding is measured against the published guidance available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-guidance/special-grant-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-guidance/special-grant-guidance</a>. The purpose of an investigation has no bearing on the decision of whether to provide Special Grant funding or not.</p><p> </p><p>The level of funding provided to the Metropolitan Police in relation to this investigation is reviewed regularly and will continue to be monitored. The Metropolitan Police keep the Home Office informed of the progress of the investigation through regular updates. These include an assessment of the need for continued funding which is linked to whether there remain continued lines of investigation to pursue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/11/2017 12:40:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

788891

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue the Immigration Skills Charge, introduced in April 2017, has raised to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL3200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Figures for 2017-18 will be available once the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts are audited by the National Audit Office, and laid before Parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/11/2017 09:36:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

788926

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 November (HL2645 and HL2646), whether they will now answer those questions.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL3235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>In relation to the first question, we do not use ethnic descriptions to describe terrorists.</p><p> </p><p>To answer the second question: we will not replace “radical” with “radical Islam”, as Prevent does not target a specific faith or ethnic group - it deals with all forms of terrorism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/11/2017 12:34:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

788930

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Crimes of Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the number of assaults on firefighters; and whether they intend to review the legal framework to offer additional protection to emergency workers.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>All attacks on emergency service workers are deplorable and are taken very seriously.</p><p>Fire and rescue authorities are tackling attacks on firefighters in various ways including engaging with the local community, and having CCTV cameras on their vehicles to help identify culprits. We will be shortly publishing data on the number of firefighter attacks in England and will continue to work closely with the National Fire Chiefs Council and fire authorities to monitor any emerging trends.</p><p>The Government is supporting the Private Members Bill tabled by Chris Bryant MP on assaults on emergency workers. The Bill will provide police and courts with further powers to deal with those who use violence against emergency workers including firefighters.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/11/2017 12:38:56 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

788935

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 November (HL2645 and HL2646), which terrorist threats have been addressed since 2011; what was the origin and nature of those threats; and whether there is one source that predominates.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Since 2011, our counter-terrorism strategy CONTEST has addressed “all forms of terrorist threat to this country and our interests, whether it originates here or overseas”, regardless of the ideology that inspires it. Our Counter Terrorism Strategy does not target a specific faith or ethnic group - it deals with all forms of terrorism. Currently the greatest threat comes from terrorist recruiters inspired by Daesh.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/11/2017 12:37:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

789049

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations her Department has (a) received on and (b) made to the United Nations on animal testing for cosmetic products.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	112831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is the department responsible for the regulation of the use of animals in science. The Department has made no representation to, nor received any representation from, the United Nations on animal testing for cosmetic products.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/11/2017 15:40:38 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

789133

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Frontex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK plans to seek (a) observer status at or (b) formal participation in the European Border and Coast Guard Agency after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	112902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, builds on provisions of the Schengen agreement in which the UK does not participate. The UK is not therefore bound by the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation although we are supportive of steps to increase the security of the external Schengen border and currently participate in Frontex operations on a voluntary basis.</p><p> </p><p>We have a strong interest in effective management of the external border, not just in combating illegal migration and cross-border crime, but also as part of the EU-wide counter-terrorism effort.</p><p> </p><p>Our future cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will be considered as part of wider negotiations for the UK’s exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/11/2017 09:18:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

789135

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2017 to Question 108858, on visas, what percentage of non-straightforward applications for 2017 Q1 were completed within service standards.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	112872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not available. Where a case is defined as non-straightforward due to its complexity (for example Human Right Claims) the case sits outside service standards.</p><p> </p><p>Published information on visa processing times within service standards is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 08:04:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

789136

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Asylum Support Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to seek formal operational cooperation with the European Asylum Support Office as set out in that office's External Action Strategy after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	112842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK continues to provide resource to EASO to help Member States whose asylum and reception systems are under pressure.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Government took a decision not to opt in to the proposed EU Agency for Asylum, which will replace EASO. Written Ministerial Statement HCWS373 of 16 December refers. Until EASO is replaced, we remain a full member, maintaining voting rights at the management board and playing a strong role in influencing EU asylum policy. While the UK remains a member of the EU, we will continue to remain fully engaged in EU discussions on migration and security. The Government will consider the UK’s future relationship with the EU in terms of asylum cooperation as part of the broader EU exit negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/11/2017 09:15:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock