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797291

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Irish Sea
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 impact of Brexit on ferry services in the Irish Sea.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government's aim is that maritime trade with the EU, including Ireland, should continue to be as frictionless as possible. With that aim in mind, we are looking at the impact of exit on ferry services throughout the United Kingdom.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 06/12/2017 12:48:45 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

797292

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which ten local authorities in Wales had (1) the lowest number, (2) the lowest percentage, (3) the highest number, and (4) the highest percentage, of individuals in receipt of social security payments, in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Such information that is available for Wales is published by the Welsh Government on gov.wales</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/12/2017 12:14:07 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

777541

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to replace the provisions for asylum seekers under Dublin III after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it is in both the UK and the EU’s best interests to continue to cooperate on asylum and illegal migration issues when we leave the EU. We are ready to discuss the exact nature of this cooperation with our European partners.</p><p> </p><p>As a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, we will continue to honour our international obligations when we leave the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2017 17:46:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

777542

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many under-18 year old asylum seekers have been admitted into the UK in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of initial decisions for asylum applications from unaccompanied asylum seeking children (under-18 year old applicants) each quarter by nationality in table as_09_q of the <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release.</p><p>The latest figures are available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a> or can be found in the table below:</p><p>Total initial decisions on asylum applications from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter</p></td><td><p><strong>Total initial decisions</strong></p></td><td><p>Total <br> grants</p></td><td><p>Grants of asylum</p></td><td><p>Grants of HP</p></td><td><p>Grants of <br> DL</p></td><td><p>Grants of UASC <br> leave</p></td><td><p>Grants of Family or Private Life LTR or LOTR</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>308</strong></p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>327</strong></p></td><td><p>287</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>274</strong></p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>367</strong></p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note the table exlcudes cases where the applicant was found to be over 18 and that we are due to publish our Q3 data on 30-Nov 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 15:07:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name PQ ref HL2545- Table as_09_q.xls title Table as_09q
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

777544

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which passport centres conduct face-to-face interviews; and where those centres are located.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office has 17 centres at which it conducts face-to-face interviews. Those centres are located as follows</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Office</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Address</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Town</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Post Code</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>Law Society House</p></td><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>BT1 3GN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Kensington House 6F, Suffolk Street, Queensway</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>B1 1LN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>Rosebury House 1F, 41 Springfield Road</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>CM2 6JJ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>Freemans Reach</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>DH97 1PA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>95 Haymarket Terrace 1F</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>EH12 5HD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Northgate</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>G4 0DX</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Part GF, 33 Park Place</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>LS1 2RY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Passport Office, 101 Old Hall Street</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>L3 9BD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Globe House</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>SW1V 1PN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>A W House 4F, Stuart Street</p></td><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>LU1 2SW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>Medvale House</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>ME15 6AE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>Nexus House, Usk Way</p></td><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>NP20 2DW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Aragon Court</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>PE1 1QG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>Mayflower House</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>PL1 1LD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>Building 1000 GF, Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>PO6 3EZ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Sapphire Plaza, Watlington Rd</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>RG1 4TA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford Quays</p></td><td><p>Dallas Court</p></td><td><p>Salford Quays</p></td><td><p>M50 2GF</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2017 17:17:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

777545

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many face-to-face interviews were held at each passport centre in (1) 2010, (2) 2013, and (3) 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>All first time adult applications are interviewed so the number of interviews will vary according to the number of adult applications. The table below hows the annual number of Face to Face First Time Adult Interviews conducted per calendar year at Her Majesty’s Passport Office Interview locations. This data also reflects the reduction in Interview locations from 2010 to 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>FTA Interviews Conducted</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>FTA Interviews Conducted</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>FTA Interviews Conducted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>1,871</p></td><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>652</p></td><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>549</p></td><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>3960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andover</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>21,436</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>25905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armagh</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>5,867</p></td><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>1204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>3,717</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>6,713</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick on Tweed</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>1,055</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>7206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>20,337</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>9,827</p></td><td><p>Coleraine</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>6,856</p></td><td><p>Coleraine</p></td><td><p>792</p></td><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>2,576</p></td><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>6,988</p></td><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>3,411</p></td><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>7,834</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>9873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>4,797</p></td><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>1,274</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>6683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury St Edmunds</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>9,702</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>9782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>6,351</p></td><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>9,562</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>9,860</p></td><td><p>IOW</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>2,554</p></td><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>16402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coleraine</p></td><td><p>1,235</p></td><td><p>IOW</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>1579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>6,094</p></td><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>12692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>6,909</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>12,835</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>59434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>6,743</p></td><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>10134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>8,660</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>6554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>2,135</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>68,868</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>3311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>3,891</p></td><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>12,236</p></td><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>11494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>2,626</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>6,673</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>9,467</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>14,575</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>11519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>818</p></td><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>7,103</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>6017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>2,374</p></td><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>8157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kendal</p></td><td><p>1,196</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>11170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>904</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>7,293</p></td><td><p>Salford Quays</p></td><td><p>12211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>2,872</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>5,279</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>1686</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>10,784</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>7,051</p></td><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>5,887</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>13,153</p></td><td><p>VIS Host*</p></td><td><p>3675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>2,689</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>8,172</p></td><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>1,689</p></td><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>57,543</p></td><td><p>VIS Host*</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>12,226</p></td><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>1,119</p></td><td><p>Total for 2016</p></td><td><p>246733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>6,768</p></td><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>1,906</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>13,288</p></td><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>3,561</p></td><td><p>Total for 2013</p></td><td><p>283,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>6,756</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>5,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>2,856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oban</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>3,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>3,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>4,639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>11,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ripon</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selkirk</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>7,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>1,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sleaford</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Molton</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Austell</p></td><td><p>1,584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke on Trent</p></td><td><p>3,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>3,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>1,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>2,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wick</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>2,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>1,666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>1,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for 2010</p></td><td><p>296,434</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Video Interview Service, typically used in the more remote parts of the country. The interview is undertaken by Her Majesty’s Passport Office staff over a video link, and the customer is accompanied at all times by one of our partner organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/11/2017 14:28:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table - HL2547.xlsx title Table - HL2547
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

768555

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the Home Office has questioned the reported age of an asylum-seeking minor in the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Statistics on age disputes are published on a quarterly basis as part of the Immigration Statistics release. They can be found on Asy 10 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p>The breakdown for year 2016 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Geographical region</p></td><td><p>Country of nationality</p></td><td><p>Age disputes raised</p></td><td><p>Age disputes resolved</p></td><td><p>Age disputes resolved: under 18 when <br> raised</p></td><td><p>Age disputes resolved: 18+ when <br> raised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>575</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/10/2017 15:49:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

768556

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the average duration of an asylum interview over the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but the data required to answer the question is not recorded in a way that can be reported on accurately.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/10/2017 15:50:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

768558

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend the right of asylum-seekers to work beyond the jobs listed in the Shortage Occupation List.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to extend asylum seekers’ right to work beyond the jobs listed in the Shortage Occupation List for those whose claim has been outstanding for at least 12 months through no fault of their own. This policy is designed to prioritise access to employment for British Citizens and those lawfully resident here, including refugees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/10/2017 15:51:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

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date	11/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by whom, and when, the sum of £36.95 for asylum seekers' cash support was determined; and whether they have any plans to increase it.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seekers and their dependants who would otherwise be destitute are provided with a cash allowance and accommodation if they need it. The Home Office regularly reviews the level of the cash allowance to ensure that it is sufficient to cover their essential living needs.</p><p> </p><p>The current allowance of £36.95 per week for each person in a household has been in place since 6 April 2015 and was set following a review that took place earlier that year. There was a further review in 2016 and a report of the outcome was published in March 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers</a></p><p> </p><p>The report sets out the methodology used in the annual review to assess the adequacy of the allowance, which has been accepted by the courts.</p><p> </p><p>A further review is currently ongoing. Whether there will be any changes in the level of the allowance depends on the outcome of that review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/10/2017 16:10:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers-2016 (1).pdf title Report on review of cash allowances:asylum seekers
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno