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1043053

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date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The highest hourly rate paid by the Department for International Trade for external legal advice in 2018 was £816ph. This was for a piece of urgent foreign law advice for which it was not possible to use the usual Government Legal Services Panels. The advice was subject to an overall fee cap and only 4.4 hours was charged at the £816 hourly rate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade does not currently have any arms-length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/01/2019 16:24:02 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043132

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	209885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>Cleaning, security guarding and catering services in buildings managed by the Department are outsourced under a facilities management contract. Specific rates of pay are a matter for each individual contractor, as the employer, but assurances are provided to ensure full compliance with the requirements of the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Where the Department for International Trade is a tenant in buildings belonging to other Government departments, this information is not held.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/01/2019 16:19:15 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1037827

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral contribution of 7 January 2019, Official Report, column 85, how many asylum seekers arriving on the Kent coast since 1 October 2018 had their applications deemed as inadmissible; and what the basis was for deeming those applications as inadmissible.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	206354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p><br>Over 500 migrants, the majority of whom are Iranian nationals, attempted to travel to the UK on small vessels in 2018. The vast majority of those attempts were made in the last three months of the year. We are unable to state how many applications from this route have been considered inadmissible, as these cases are still being processed.</p><p>We are working to utilise all legislative powers available to ensure we protect our borders and deter illegal migration. To do so, we are working closely with safe third countries to explore the return of asylum claimants to them, where evidence supports this assertion.</p><p>Those who need international protection should claim in the first safe country they reach, as that is the fastest route to safety, rather than risk their lives trying to enter other countries unlawfully.</p><p>For those we are unable to deem inadmissible, Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Treatment of Claimants Act 2004 will be considered when assessing their case. This legislation states that failure to take advantage of a reasonable opportunity to claim asylum in a safe country shall be taken in to account in assessing the individual’s credibility.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/01/2019 16:20:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1037908

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the UK has made on the effectiveness of the EU's Operation Sophia in deterring illegal migrants who seek entry into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	206419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>Operation SOPHIA is just one part of the EU’s overall approach to tackling the migration crisis of 2015 onwards. It aims to break the smugglers’ business model in North Africa, alongside other interventions in the EU’s comprehensive approach to reducing migration flows, which also includes work in countries of origin and transit to reduce the need of migrants to leave their home country or move on from a safe third country in their region.</p><p>The Operation means that smuggling networks can no longer operate with impunity in Central Mediterranean international waters and it has put over 551 smuggling vessels beyond use and rescued over 44,000 migrants.</p><p>Operation Sophia is considered to have contributed to a reduction in the volume of migrants crossing the Central Mediterranean into Italy, and complements other EU work to reduce secondary movements across Europe, including towards France and the Channel ports. However, it is not possible to make a direct correlation between Operation Sophia and arrivals on the English coast</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/01/2019 16:12:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1029525

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many Unexplained Wealth Orders have been invoked in each month since they were introduced.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	204624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not comment on particular cases. The SFO investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies. As new tools, it is important that courts and law enforcement establishes the use and process to ensure that they deliver the correct objectives.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Three UWOs have been applied for, and all granted, since the UWO power came into force in January. The UWOs concern two assets under one investigation in relation to an Azerbaijan national. As new tools, it is important that courts and law enforcement establishes the use and process to ensure that they deliver the correct objectives. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/01/2019 16:05:32 question first ministerially corrected 28/01/2019 15:29:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 97424 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1027359

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time for a transfer under the Dublin III regulation procedure is from the moment an outgoing request is issued to the UK to the transfer to the Member State responsible.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	202852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States to determine responsibility for examining asylum claims. It is not an application route for transfer to the UK. At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at: <a href="http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=migr_dubto&amp;lang=en" target="_blank">http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=migr_dubto&amp;lang=en</a></p><p>Under the Dublin III Regulation, member states have two months from receiving a request from another participating Member State to accept or reject responsibility for processing the asylum claim. <br>Once a Dublin request has been accepted, the Regulation provides that the sending Member State has six months to enact the transfer. The Home Office works closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers as soon as possible and ahead of the six-month timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 202853 question first answered 25/01/2019 16:16:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1027360

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time for a transfer under the Dublin III regulation procedure is from the moment another Member State accepts responsibility to the transfer from the UK to that Member State.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	202853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States to determine responsibility for examining asylum claims. It is not an application route for transfer to the UK. At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at: <a href="http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=migr_dubto&amp;lang=en" target="_blank">http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=migr_dubto&amp;lang=en</a></p><p>Under the Dublin III Regulation, member states have two months from receiving a request from another participating Member State to accept or reject responsibility for processing the asylum claim. <br>Once a Dublin request has been accepted, the Regulation provides that the sending Member State has six months to enact the transfer. The Home Office works closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers as soon as possible and ahead of the six-month timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 202852 question first answered 25/01/2019 16:16:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1024712

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: 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 disabled migrants were removed from the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold central records of migrant disabilities. Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/01/2019 16:40:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1024755

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Bangladesh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that refugees in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh who are eligible to apply for leave to remain in the UK are able to access the (a) identity and (b) health checks required for that application process.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	202113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>Visa Application Centres and approved medical screening centres in Dhaka and Sylhet provide applicants with facilities to provide the required information for visa applications.</p><p>The Government of Bangladesh does not currently permit refugees living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to leave the camps either for the purpose of making a visa application or to leave Bangladesh to travel to a third country.</p><p>The British High Commission has raised this issue with the Government of Bangladesh, but the Government of Bangladesh position remains unchanged.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/01/2019 16:08:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1024773

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inadmissibility decisions based on the concept of first country of asylum were made by the UK in 2018 by country designated as first country of asylum.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	202129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with its international obligations.</p><p>Information regarding how many inadmissible decisions based on the concept of first country of asylum made by the UK in 2018 by country designated as first country of asylum is not recorded and held in a reportable format.</p><p>This could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/01/2019 16:29:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green