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1472987

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime: Nigeria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 June (HL408), whether they will include victim compensation in any agreement about the appropriate use of funds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL1229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <ul><li>The NCA’s recent recovery of $23,439,724.98 from the associates and family of former Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was carried out following a request from the US Department of Justice (USDOJ).</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Acting on a request from the USDOJ, the NCA pursued nearly seven years of protracted litigation and international negotiation to obtain the recovery order, to enforce the US forfeiture order relating to the recovered monies.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>As such the funds have now been transferred to the Home Office for onward transmission to the USDOJ. The ultimate intention is for the $23.5m to be repatriated for the benefit of the Nigerian people.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/07/2022 16:41:53 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1472988

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime: Nigeria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 June (HL408), what steps they will take to ensure that the total sum of the Abacha loot will not end up in the hands of criminals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL1230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and places great importance on the recovery and return of the proceeds of corruption.</p><p>The UK is mindful of its obligations under international law, including UNCAC, and the principles for transparent and accountable asset return which were endorsed at the Global Forum for Asset Recovery in 2017.</p><p>In January 2022, the UK published its first ever Framework for Transparent and Accountable Asset Return, which applies across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The purpose of the Framework is to ensure consistency, transparency and accountability in the UK’s process for returning assets.</p><p>When returning funds, the UK will always sign a case-specific agreement with the relevant country detailing the steps that the recipient Government will take to ensure the funds are put to their intended use.</p><p> </p><p>All agreements which oversee the return of funds abroad are published on gov.uk</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/07/2022 16:43:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1472989

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime: Nigeria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 June (HL408), why they are transferring funds to the US Department of Justice given that the United Nations Convention states that returns should be made to the victim country.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL1231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <ul><li>The NCA’s recent recovery of $23,439,724.98 from the associates and family of former Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was carried out following a request from the US Department of Justice (USDOJ).</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Acting on a request from the USDOJ, the NCA pursued nearly seven years of protracted litigation and international negotiation to obtain the recovery order, to enforce the US forfeiture order relating to the recovered monies.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>As such the funds have now been transferred to the Home Office for onward transmission to the USDOJ. The ultimate intention is for the $23.5m to be repatriated for the benefit of the Nigerian people.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/07/2022 16:43:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1464849

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime: Nigeria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will refrain from releasing any funds from the Abacha loot until concerns relating to corruption within the government of Nigeria are allayed; and whether they will commit to publishing a copy of any agreements reached on the transfer of the funds relating to the Abacha loot.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). In line with the UK’s framework for transparent and accountable asset return, the UK ensures consistency, transparency and accountability in its process for returning funds to other countries.</p><p>The UK will always sign a case-specific agreement with the relevant country detailing the steps that the recipient Government will take to ensure the funds are put to their intended use.</p><p>All agreements which oversee the return of funds abroad are published on gov.uk</p><p>The NCA’s recent recovery of $23,439,724.98 from the associates and family of former Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was carried out following a request from the US Department of Justice (USDOJ). As such, the Home Office will transfer the funds in this case to the USDOJ.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL408 question first answered 08/06/2022 16:40:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1464850

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime: Nigeria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the article by Bloomberg UK 'U.S. to Proceed with Case to Seize Nigerian Governor's Funds', published on 8 March, what steps they will take to ensure that the Abacha loot held in the UK will not end up in the hands of criminals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). In line with the UK’s framework for transparent and accountable asset return, the UK ensures consistency, transparency and accountability in its process for returning funds to other countries.</p><p>The UK will always sign a case-specific agreement with the relevant country detailing the steps that the recipient Government will take to ensure the funds are put to their intended use.</p><p>All agreements which oversee the return of funds abroad are published on gov.uk</p><p>The NCA’s recent recovery of $23,439,724.98 from the associates and family of former Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was carried out following a request from the US Department of Justice (USDOJ). As such, the Home Office will transfer the funds in this case to the USDOJ.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL407 question first answered 08/06/2022 16:40:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1421519

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many victims of Daesh have been granted asylum in the UK since 2014; and how many of these belonged to religious minorities in the countries they left.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL6121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office cannot identify how many victims of Daesh have been granted asylum in the UK since 2014 nor can we identify how many of these victims belonged to a religious minority. This data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost because it would require a manual search through individual records.</p><p>However, the Home Office publishes figures on the number of people who have been granted asylum in the UK. This data can be found attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/02/2022 13:51:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name PQ attachment HL6121.docx title table for granted asylum
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1419740

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the National Crime Agency's seizure of millions of pounds derived from the Azerbaijan laundromat on 31 January, what steps they intend to take, if any, against complicit shell companies registered in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL5920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>Recognising the operational independence of law enforcement, the Home Office cannot comment on any ongoing cases.</p><p>The Government is committed to reforming the role of Companies House and improving transparency over UK companies and property, to strengthen our business environment and combat economic crime.</p><p>We announced our plans to reform Companies House in September 2020 and in 2021, we consulted on more detailed aspects of the reforms, and we will respond soon. The Government’s plans will deliver significant improvements to the integrity of the UK’s register of companies and assist greatly in the fight against economic crime. These reforms will include the identity verification of directors, People with Significant Control and those filing on behalf of a company, and new powers for the registrar to query and check information.</p><p>We are also continuing to finalise the draft Registration of Overseas Entities legislation, which underwent pre-legislative scrutiny in 2019, to align with the broader reform of Companies House and our plans to verify the data it holds. We are amending this draft legislation in line with the committee’s recommendations.</p><p>We will introduce legislation to implement the Register of Overseas Entities and the broader reforms of Companies House when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/02/2022 15:25:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1237308

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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, further to the report by the Lift the Ban coalition Lift the Ban: Why giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense, published on 30 July, what assessment they have made of the potential economic benefit of giving asylum seekers the right to work in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL8410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seekers can work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months, through no fault of their own. Those allowed to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is published by the Home Office and based on expert advice from the Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p>It is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p>The Home Office is currently reviewing policy on right to work.</p><p>As part of the plans to speed up Asylum decision making, over the last 18 months, UK Visas and Immigration have increased the number of Asylum decision makers and support staff as part of a rolling recruitment campaign and mobilised a transformation programme that seeks to simplify, streamline and digitise processes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/10/2020 16:12:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1234706

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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, further to the report by Refugee Action Lift the ban: why giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense, published in July, what assessment they have made of the potential economic benefits of removing restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to work.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL8116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue and is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right. We are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue.</p><p>We are aware the Lift the Ban coalition recently published a follow-up to their 2018 report and the findings of this report will be incorporated into the current review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/09/2020 15:53:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1224715

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
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 report by Justice and Care UK and the Centre for Social Justice It still happens here: Fighting UK slavery in the 2020s, published on 13 July; and what plans they have to implement its recommendations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL6840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has noted that Justice and Care UK and the Centre for Social Justice’s report contains important findings on modern slavery. The Home Office will be looking at the report closely.</p><p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was ground-breaking, but the Government is committed to strengthening its approach. In July 2018, the Government commissioned an Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Government accepted the majority of the Review’s recommendations (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-the-independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act).</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has embarked on an ambitious NRM Transformation Programme as we continue our world leading efforts to ensure genuine victims have their cases settled promptly, receive support tailored to their needs, and are provided with the support they need to move on with their lives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/07/2020 14:54:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox