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714612

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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, when she plans to respond to the Home Affairs Select Committee report, Asylum accommodation, published on 17 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	69586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the Twelfth Report of the Home Affairs Select Committee and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/04/2017 08:53:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

714613

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which projects and initiatives in her Department are funded in full or in part by the EU; and what plans she has to maintain that level of funding from the public purse after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	69597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>At present the UK remains in the EU with all the rights and obligations that memberships entail. This means the UK continues to pay into and receive EU funds. Any changes will be subject to the outcome of exit negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/04/2017 15:19:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

712475

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 who passed through the National Referral Mechanism as victims of modern slavery or of human trafficking with positive conclusive grounds status were granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 1 April to 31 December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	68451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Our records indicate that the number of individuals who received a positive conclusive grounds decision from the National Referral Mechanism who were granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK were as shown in table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p>The question has been interpreted as referring to people holding only discretionary leave status following an earlier positive conclusion grounds decision. The grant of limited leave may not have been in the same year as the positive conclusive grounds outcome.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year Positive CG Outcome Made</p></td><td><p>Granted DL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated.</li><li>Data showing latest case grant. Please note that the DL category includes all types of &quot;Limited Leave&quot;.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Data only shows those cases where the grant occurs after the positive conclusive grounds outcome.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li>A person might have been granted another form of leave such as asylum instead of a grant of DL, the asylum grant could have occurred at any point during their immigration history.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="5"><li>The data is part of a wider data set which looks at different type of grants individuals might have received using the following hierarchy - Asylum (at any point during their immigration history), HP, DL &amp; ILR (after the positive conclusive grounds stage).</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="6"><li>The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the process by which people who may have been victims of modern slavery are identified, referred, assessed and supported in the United Kingdom. (“Modern slavery” is a term that covers slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking.) The initial referral goes through a two stage process: a reasonable grounds stage and then, for those with a positive reasonable grounds outcome (where it is considered that the person is a potential victim of trafficking/slavery), a conclusive grounds stage (where the person is considered to be a confirmed victim of trafficking/slavery) .</li></ol><p> </p><p>We cannot determine if the grant is linked to the fact that the person was also a victim of trafficking.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/03/2017 15:51:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

712476

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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: Guard Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on use of dogs to patrol (a) immigration detention centres and (b) Dungavel immigration removal centre.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	68452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The requirement to maintain the security of an immigration removal centre (IRC) is set out in the Detention Centre Rules 2001. The published Detention Services Operating Standards set out the requirement for each IRC to have a local security strategy, which includes searching procedures to detect and deter threats to the security or control of the centre.</p><p> </p><p>The Operating Standards also require a full-length physical perimeter search to be conducted daily.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2017 14:52:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

710595

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Advisory Services
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 28 February 2017 to Question 65370, on asylum: advisory services, what steps her Department took to monitor the work of Asylum Support Medical Advisers (ASMAs); what the status is of the current review of her Department's relationship with ASMAs; who is being consulted as part of that review; and when that review is due to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	67609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>All referrals to and responses from ASMA are subject to authorisation and oversight by a senior caseworker. The Home Office keeps the work of medical advisors within the immigration system under review.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/03/2017 15:19:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

709980

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Advisory Services
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 28 February 2017 to Question 65370, on asylum: advisory services, what qualifications are needed, other than registration with the General Medical Council, to be an Asylum Support Medical Advisor; how many such advisors were registered with the General Medical Council in 2016; and whether her Department has any contracts with companies to provide such advisors.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	67399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The provision of Asylum Support Medical Advice has principally been provided by Now Medical and payment is made on a case by case basis. The Home Office does not retain information on the number of advisors registered or the qualifications of individual practitioners.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/03/2017 16:53:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

709982

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Advisory Services
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 28 February 2017 to Question 65370, on asylum: advisory services, what procedures govern (a) whether caseworkers should refer medical evidence to an Asylum Support Medical Advisor and (b) how that caseworker assesses the advice provided by that advisor.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	67398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The full policy and guidance on the Asylum Support Medical Adviser (ASMA) is set out in the Healthcare Needs and Pregnancy Dispersal instruction which is published:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthcare-needs-and-pregnancy-dispersal-instruction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthcare-needs-and-pregnancy-dispersal-instruction</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/03/2017 14:43:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

709985

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Customs Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many customs officers have been in post in each year since 2007; and how many customs officers were in post on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	67386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but this information is not held centrally within the Home Office, and would have to be obtained on an area by area basis. The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/03/2017 17:34:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

709987

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 who passed through the National Referral Mechanism as victims of modern slavery or of human trafficking with positive conclusive grounds status were granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK for the periods (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 1 April to 31 December 2016 on the basis of (i) their personal circumstances or (ii) pursuing compensation.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	67395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested, and to obtain it would mean an individual review of records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The statistics for the NRM that cover the period mentioned are found here.</p><p><a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 67396 question first answered 16/03/2017 18:00:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

709988

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 who passed through the National Referral Mechanism as victims of modern slavery or of human trafficking with positive conclusive grounds status were granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK for the periods (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 1 April to 31 December 2016 on the basis of (i) their personal circumstances, (ii) pursuing compensation or (iii) cooperating with the police in their enquiries; and how many of those people had discretionary leave granted, respectively, for (A) under 12 and (B) between 12 and 30 months.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	67396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested, and to obtain it would mean an individual review of records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The statistics for the NRM that cover the period mentioned are found here.</p><p><a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 67395 question first answered 16/03/2017 18:00:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald