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708674

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 27 February (HL Deb, col 575), what measures they have taken to ensure that, at the point of entry into the UK, passport controllers focus on the legitimate passports presented by passengers and do not ascribe an assumed identity to visitors in terms of their dress code, nationality or religion.
tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
uin	HL5805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Border Force officers undertake mandatory checks on all passengers arriving in the United Kingdom. Checks include conducting an examination of the person’s passport or other documents to establish their right to enter the United Kingdom. Border Force officers receive training and have access to comprehensive guidance to ensure the correct right of entry to the United Kingdom is applied. Border Force also employs a robust assurance programme to ensure passengers are dealt with correctly, consistently and without unlawful discrimination.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 14:47:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

708697

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide basic legal advice to refugee children already in the UK who wish to sponsor close family members to join them here; and what assessment they have made as to whether the admission of such relatives would reduce the costs to local authorities of providing care.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to extend the provisions of the family reunion Rules. The policy meets our international obligations and we do not believe that widening the criteria to include extended family members, or allowing children to sponsor parents, is appropriate. We must do all we can to encourage those who need protection to seek asylum in the first safe country they reach and to support those countries hosting large numbers of refugees.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that allowing children to sponsor family members would create perverse incentives for them to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family, risk hazardous journeys and seek to enter the UK illegally in order to sponsor relatives, rather than claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. This plays into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and goes against our safe guarding responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid is paid for by tax payers and resources are not limitless. It is therefore provided to those who most need it, including those who claim asylum. For those eligible to sponsor and apply for family reunion, we have already improved our guidance to caseworkers to ensure that applicants better understand the process and what is required of them so the provision of legal aid is not necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5829 question first answered 20/03/2017 14:58:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

708698

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to expand the definition of refugee family for the purposes of family reunions, beyond its present meaning of partner or dependent child, so that more members of family units may enter the UK and become self-supporting.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to extend the provisions of the family reunion Rules. The policy meets our international obligations and we do not believe that widening the criteria to include extended family members, or allowing children to sponsor parents, is appropriate. We must do all we can to encourage those who need protection to seek asylum in the first safe country they reach and to support those countries hosting large numbers of refugees.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that allowing children to sponsor family members would create perverse incentives for them to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family, risk hazardous journeys and seek to enter the UK illegally in order to sponsor relatives, rather than claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. This plays into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and goes against our safe guarding responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid is paid for by tax payers and resources are not limitless. It is therefore provided to those who most need it, including those who claim asylum. For those eligible to sponsor and apply for family reunion, we have already improved our guidance to caseworkers to ensure that applicants better understand the process and what is required of them so the provision of legal aid is not necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5828 question first answered 20/03/2017 14:58:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

708699

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Europe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will fund interpretation and advice services in France, Italy and Greece, so that refugees who are eligible to enter the UK are supported in safely doing so.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in Europe lies with the State in which they are present. However, the UK has established a £10 million Refugee Children’s Fund to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe. The fund prioritises the needs of unaccompanied and separated children travelling through Greece and the Balkans. Support includes specialised shelters which offer 24 hour care, including psychosocial support, educational activities and legal assistance.</p><p>During the first five months of operation 534 safe spaces for unaccompanied children were created or maintained with DFID funding. 1476 children accessed protection or legal support, 294 have been referred to long term alternative care and 168 are undergoing asylum processes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 14:50:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

708706

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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 is their response to the recommendations by Women for Refugee Women for the use of support and engagement in the asylum process as a means of reducing the use of immigration detention, contained in the report <i>The Way Ahead; an asylum system without detention</i>, published on 1 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL5837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>We note the recommendations in the report.</p><p> </p><p>Detention is used sparingly, especially in the case of those who have claimed asylum. The overwhelming majority of asylum claimants remain in the community whilst their cases are considered. Only a very small minority of asylum claimants are detained whilst their case is considered and this is normally where they have claimed asylum after already having been detained for removal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 14:51:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

708712

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many personnel from the UK have been relocated to France for the specific purpose of assisting with programmes which support migrants; and when those personnel are expected to return to the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government have a number of staff supporting programmes related to migrants, including specialist social workers and interpreters, as well as officials seconded to the French Interior Ministry. These officials include members of Border Force, immigration Enforcement and UK Visas &amp; Immigration. These roles are ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 14:50:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

708721

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many arrests were made in relation to the Barton Moss protest in Salford, Greater Manchester between November 2013 and April 2014 as part of the police operation codenamed Operation Geraldton; how many of those arrested were charged with an offence; and how many of those individuals were subsequently convicted of an offence.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL5852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not centrally collated any information relating to Operation Geraldton on the number of arrests or subsequent charges or convictions of individuals made at Barton Moss between November 2013 and April 2014.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 15:08:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

708722

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they treat an EU citizen who is living in the UK self sufficiently with no recourse to public funds but who does not possess comprehensive sickness insurance as legally resident in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Under EU law, an EU national may remain in the UK for up to three months unrestricted, provided they do not become a burden on the social assistance system of the UK. EU nationals who wish to stay longer can only do so if they are exercising a Treaty right. This means that they must be a jobseeker, worker, self-employed, self-sufficient or a student. The Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC) requires self-sufficient people or students to have comprehensive sickness insurance and sufficient resources to support themselves and their families to not become a burden on the UK’s social assistance system.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 17:15:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

707568

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make arrangements for the police to have online access to the details of British passport holders held on the database of HM Passport Office.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Police forces are able to access passport records via an online portal for specific law enforcement purposes subject to a formal Memorandum of Understanding being in place with Her Majesty’s Passport Office, which governs access and ensures compliance with data protection requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/03/2017 15:44:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

707574

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to permit Irish citizens currently living in the UK to continue to do so following the UK’s exit from the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
uin	HL5797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The close historic, social and cultural ties between the UK and Ireland have led to the creation of additional rights above those associated with common membership of the EU. The special status afforded to Irish citizens within the UK is rooted in the Ireland Act 1949 and, for the people of Northern Ireland, in the 1998 Belfast Agreement. Leaders in the UK and Ireland have confirmed their commitment to protecting the rights enjoyed by UK and Irish nationals when in the other State.</p><p>We remain committed to preserving the rights of Irish citizens within the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/03/2017 15:52:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh