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1551401

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Countries: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to support (1) the EU, and (2) countries on the Mediterranean coast, with refugees in that region; and what plans they have, if any, to contribute to the EU’s proposed Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2022 answer text <p>The EU’s Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism is a temporary measure, open to the EU and Associated States, to which the UK is not a party.</p><p>We remain open to discussing greater UK-EU cooperation on migration issues. Meanwhile, the UK supports asylum-seekers through other means: between 2016 and September 2022, we resettled more than 26,000 individuals via refugee resettlement schemes – the third highest number in the world after the United States and Canada, and more than any other European country. Our focus will remain on helping people directly from regions of conflict and instability.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 30/12/2022 14:11:50 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1504841

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking and Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to end the practice of placing unaccompanied refugee, migrant, or trafficked children in hotels without supervision.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK is experiencing an unprecedented increase in the number of people making life-threatening journeys to cross the Channel. These boats are often carrying unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), which have placed unprecedented pressure on the National Transfer Scheme. Out of necessity with the children’s best interests in mind, we have arranged for UASC to be accommodated on an emergency and temporary basis in hotels whilst placements with local authorities are being vigorously pursued.</p><p>The rise in dangerous small boats crossings means there are significant challenges on local authority care places. The Government has had no alternative but to urgently use hotels to give UASC arriving in the UK a roof over their heads. The Government wants to stop using these hotels but the Home Office cannot do this alone. We are working round the clock with councils to boost the number of long-term care spaces available, through the New Plan for Immigration, and are offering them additional funding in addition to existing monthly funding.</p><p>The National Transfer Scheme (NTS) enables a more equitable distribution of responsibility for UASC between local authorities across the UK. However, the high number of UASC arrivals, particularly as a result of small boat crossings, continues to place unprecedented pressure on the NTS.</p><p>In November 2021, we took the decision to move to a directed NTS, in addition to the package of NTS improvements implemented in July 2021. Since 15 February all local authorities with children’s services in the UK have been directed to participate in the NTS. However, intake remains very high, and the situation remains challenging.</p><p>We continue to take action to ensure the NTS works effectively so that children are transferred promptly and to end the use of hotels.</p><p>On 24 August 2022, we wrote to all UK local authorities and devolved equivalents with children’s services, announcing changes to the NTS. We have increased the threshold up to which councils have to accept UASC into their care from the previous level of 0.07% to 0.1% of their general child population, halved the transfer deadline to five working-days for all UASC not currently in the care of a local authority, and for UASC awaiting transfer into local authority care, we will provide councils with an additional £2000 per child per month for 3 months.</p><p>It is not the case that these children are unsupervised. UASC temporarily accommodated in hotels are supported with wrap-around care, including from professional care workers, social workers, and nurses.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/09/2022 10:45:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1485905

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nationality and Borders Act 2022
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of an increase in the prison population as a result of the introduction of new offences and longer prison sentences under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has worked with the Ministry of Justice in assessing the impact on the prison population as a result of the new and amended offences in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, with a likely increase in the mid hundreds. Prosecutions are just one of a range of measures seeking to reduce the number of migrants placing their lives into the hands of people smugglers and taking unnecessary risks to travel to the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/07/2022 11:56:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1453436

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Health Services: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total amount raised by the immigration healthcare surcharge to date; and what has been the cost of collecting it.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) income data is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. See page 161 of the Home Office 2020-21 Annual Report and Accounts for the most recent disclosure of Immigration Health Surcharge income <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1000127%2FHO_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2020-21_FINAL_AS_CERTIFIED__accessible_.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFinanceFOIandPQ%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca37ddae8ceba47bdcb3808da0cffeab3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637836590531511857%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=AqYtR5HL9xege%2BylDdjCN%2BBbU%2Bl6K%2FjHLYyd5f8IFZA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>HO annual report and accounts 2020-21 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</em></a>. Reports relating to previous financial years are available at the following link <em>HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em>.</p><p>Information relating to financial year 2021/22 will be available once the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts have been audited by National Audit Office and laid before Parliament.</p><p>A summary of the published annual amounts of income to date is detailed below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>IHS (£m)</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Published Accounts Income</p></td><td><p>169.11</p></td><td><p>210.25</p></td><td><p>240.48</p></td><td><p>298.47</p></td><td><p>597.68</p></td><td><p>480.82</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Due to commercial sensitivity the Home Office cannot disclose information on the associated administration costs of the IHS.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/04/2022 10:35:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1364835

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convicted foreign offenders were deported after completing their prison sentences in each quarter since 1 January 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>This Government is clear that foreign nationals who abuse our hospitality by committing crimes should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them.</p><p>Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence in the UK is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>The New Plan for Immigration will stop foreign criminals abusing the system and speed up the removals of those with no right to remain in the UK.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) returned from the UK in each quarter in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly release’. The latest data, published on 26<sup>th</sup> August 2021, can be found in tables Ret_02 and Ret_02q of the Returns Summary tables. The latest data relates to year ending March 2021 and includes those who were detained in detention centres and prisons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/11/2021 11:54:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name returns-summary-jun-2021-tables.xlsx title Tables Ret _02 and Ret-02q
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1347029

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: EU Action
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the establishment of a European Union Agency for Asylum.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>We note the provisional agreement between the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council and the European Parliament on a Regulation to create an EU asylum agency.</p><p>We will monitor further developments in relation to implementation of this legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/07/2021 15:28:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1343459

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the Internet Watch Foundation about obliging internet service providers (1) to block child pornography, and (2) to help prevent the sexual abuse of children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy, the Internet Watch Foundation is a vitally important partner and plays a crucial role in tackling online child sexual exploitation and abuse, including blocking access to child sexual abuse material.</p><p>The Government routinely engages the Internet Watch Foundation including recently on addressing self-generated indecent imagery where we strongly support the joint Internet Watch Foundation and NSPCC ‘Report Remove’ initiative. The Home Office has also funded the Internet Watch Foundation to deliver a campaign helping both children and parents to understand the risks which can be posed online, specifically around youth-produced sexual imagery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2021 13:49:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1258594

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detainees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women and children who have been detained in the al-Hol or al-Roj camps at any point since 25 November they (1) have withdrawn, and (2) plan to withdraw, British citizenship from; whether those people were subject to specific charges or received a hearing before any such withdrawal; whether any of those people are now stateless; and what duty of care they have to such people.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL11135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>We do not comment on individual cases.</p><p>Figures for conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. Four reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020.</p><p>Figures are provided on an annual basis and a breakdown for other time periods or for deprivations linked to specific locations is not available.</p><p>Deprivation of citizenship will only be used when it is necessary and proportionate and is a serious step that is not taken lightly. Criminal charges or proceedings are not a pre-requisite for deprivation.</p><p>When seeking to deprive a person of their British citizenship on the basis that to do so is ‘conducive to the public good’, the law requires that this action only proceeds if the individual concerned would not be left stateless.</p><p>Requests for consular assistance made by individuals abroad, are considered on a case by case basis.</p><p>Those who remain in the conflict zone include some of the most dangerous, choosing to stay to fight, or otherwise support Daesh. These individuals often pose a greater threat to the UK than individuals who returned earlier in the conflict.</p><p>It is important that we do not make judgements about the national security risk someone poses based on the gender or age. Women can pose as significant risk to our national security as returning male fighters.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/12/2020 10:17:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1175153

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children, in addition to those admitted under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, (1) have arrived in the UK since the passage of that Act from (a) Europe, and (b) outside of Europe; and (2) how many were received by (i) hospitals, (ii) local authorities, (iii) their own families, and (iv) other carers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Information on the number of asylum claims lodged by unaccompanied children in each quarter, and the number of children resettled in the UK (not broken down by unaccompanied / accompanied) is available in the Home Office’s published immigration statistics - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/848254/asylum-applications-datasets-sep-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/848254/asylum-applications-datasets-sep-2019.xlsx</a>.</p><p>These statistics include the nationality of asylum claimants but not the country from which they arrived, which would only be available at disproportionate cost. In addition, the exact location of where each child is first encountered is not recorded centrally. Irrespective of where unaccompanied children first present, a local authority will assess whether they need to be provided with support under the Children Act 1989.</p><p>The Home Office also publishes information on the number of asylum claimants transferred to the UK from EU Member States under the Dublin Regulation - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781310/asylum5-dec-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781310/asylum5-dec-2018-tables.ods</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name asylum-applications-datasets-sep-2019 (1).xlsx title Asylum-applications-datasets-sep-2019.xlsx. 2 file name asylum5-dec-2018-tables (1).xlsx title Asylum - Dec 2018 - Tables question first answered 04/02/2020 17:36:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1169279

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the pledges by EU member states to re-settle 30,000 refugees in 2020, what steps they intend to take to encourage non-EU member states to make similar pledges.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK is strongly committed to supporting refugees, including through humanitarian assistance abroad and refugee resettlement to the UK. Nearly 23,000 refugees have been resettled under our schemes since the expansion of our efforts in September 2015.</p><p>The UK actively works to support other states, including non-EU member states, to participate in refugee resettlement through multilateral fora and by directly sharing technical expertise.</p><p>For instance, the UK chaired last year’s Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement where UNHCR’s 3-year strategy to increase resettlement and complementary pathways was launched; a key tool in encouraging more countries to increase the quantity and quality of resettlement. The UK also supports both EU and Non-EU states in developing community sponsorship schemes, including through co-chairing the community sponsorship ‘States Network’ launched at the Global Refugee Forum in December.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/01/2020 17:40:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton