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751966

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Railway Line: Hillingdon
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government to what timescale they aim to issue decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:01 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 14:36:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6009 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751967

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nationality: British Overseas Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government to what timescale they aim to issue decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 subsistence only support.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:01 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:14:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6010 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751968

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken over the past 12 months for issuing decisions on applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:02 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:16:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6011 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751969

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken over the past 12 months for assessing, and reaching decisions on, applications from asylum seekers for section 95 accommodation and subsistence support.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered.</p><p>If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day. We aim to resolve Section 95 applications received from people in Initial Accommodation within 3 days and other applications from people staying in private accommodation within 10 days. All cases are considered on their own merits, in some cases applicants are asked to provide further information before a decision on eligibility can reached. Information on the average length of time between asylum support application and payment is not routinely collected and could only be provided by examination of individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:02 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2017 15:17:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 6012 answering member printed Lord Lee of Trafford answering member 1132
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

751989

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on extremism (HLWS40), with how many countries the UK will be raising specific evidence-based concerns regarding funding originating in those countries being supplied to Islamic organisations in the UK; and what action they will be seeking from the governments of those countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government laid a Written Ministerial Statement in both Houses on Wednesday 12 July, which conveyed the main findings of the Government’s review into the funding for Islamist extremist activity in the UK. The single most important finding was that the most significant source of funding for Islamist extremism in the UK is small, private donations from UK-based individuals. Often these individuals do not appreciate the extremist credentials of those they are donating to. The Government’s response prioritises tackling the domestic sources of extremism but the Government is committed to tackling all sources, including from overseas. The Government will continue to work with its international partners to combat extremism and where necessary will raise issues of concern in our bilateral relationships. The Charity Commission will be introducing a requirement on charities to declare overseas sources of funding to increase transparency in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Counter-Extremism Strategy sets out its commitment to tackling extremism in all its forms, including engaging internationally to support our efforts to defeat extremism in the UK. This includes countering the flow of extremism to the UK, whether money, people or ideology; building international partnerships with all those opposed to extremism; and disrupting extremists from entering the UK. The Government engages with a wide range of international partners on extremism issues, including through the United Nation’s Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism and the United Nation’s Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/07/2017 11:33:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

751990

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on extremism (HLWS40), whether they plan to share with other countries the internal review into the nature, scale and origin of the funding of Islamist extremist activity in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government laid a Written Ministerial Statement in both Houses on Wednesday 12 July, which conveyed the main findings of the Government’s review into the funding for Islamist extremist activity in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The statement confirms that the Government will continue to raise issues of concern through our bilateral relationships where there is evidence of support for extremism in the UK. The Charity Commission will also be introducing a requirement on charities to declare overseas sources of funding to increase transparency in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Counter-Extremism Strategy sets out its commitment to tackling extremism in all its forms, including engaging internationally to support our efforts to defeat extremism in the UK. This includes countering the flow of extremism to the UK, whether money, people or ideology; building international partnerships with all those opposed to extremism; and disrupting extremists from entering the UK. The Government engages with a wide range of international partners on extremism issues, including through the United Nation’s Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism and the United Nation’s Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/07/2017 16:26:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

751132

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what modelling they have undertaken to forecast the number of applications for permanent status and consequent (1) rejections, (2) appeals, and (3) deportations, that will result from their offer to enable EU citizens who are resident in the UK to remain in the UK following Brexit; how many additional staff they estimate will be required to manage those applications; whether they intend to publish their model or forecast; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>On Monday 26 June, the UK published the paper ‘The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the UK’. Formal negotiations with our EU partners on the shape and nature of the immigration regime that will apply after the UK leaves the EU will soon be underway. The Home Office currently processes several million immigration decisions each year and will ensure that the necessary resources are provided to process applications for the new residence status outlined by the Government. The Home Office has a well-developed process for modelling operational demand that will be used as appropriate to support internal capacity planning.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:55:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

751172

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many people have dual British-Iranian citizenship; and of those, how many are resident in (1) the UK, (2) Iran, and (3) elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
uin	HL769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of British nationals with dual nationality is not held.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2017 10:44:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4576 label Biography information for Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

750563

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pharmacy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government which local authorities have accepted refugees from Syria; and how many refugees have been taken in by each such local authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Progress on resettlement under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme is indicated in quarterly immigration statistics, and is broken down by each local authority. The last set of statistics, published on 25 May, showed that 7,307 Syrians have been resettled across 235 different local authorities since the scheme began. The statistics are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/07/2017 15:11:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

750565

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what proportion of those applying for settlement in the UK as refugees have been identified as economic migrants.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>A grant of leave as a refugee (as identified by the 1951 Geneva Convention) will not be granted to those who are claiming for economic reasons only. The way in which reasons for refusal of asylum claims are stored means that it is not possible to provide a breakdown of the number of those identified as claiming as economic migrants; to do so can only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Details on the number of asylum claims refused each year can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ccartersa%40parliament.uk%7Ca7b899eda3194da180cb08d4ceab929e%7C1ce6dd9eb3374088be5e8dbbec04b34a%7C0%7C0%7C636360683670873531&amp;sdata=0ZsOW2CZp7HtCEJp0QqSps7APpT7kiUVt8Jj6tbhPnc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-20</a><strong><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ccartersa%40parliament.uk%7Ca7b899eda3194da180cb08d4ceab929e%7C1ce6dd9eb3374088be5e8dbbec04b34a%7C0%7C0%7C636360683670873531&amp;sdata=0ZsOW2CZp7HtCEJp0QqSps7APpT7kiUVt8Jj6tbhPnc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">17</a></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno