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457923

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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, further to the reply by Lord Bates on 2 March (HL Deb, col 824), what qualifications they consider to be adequate for persons conducting the substantive interviews of asylum applicants, with authority to recommend acceptance or rejection of their claims; and what assessment they have made of whether gap-year and undergraduate students, after five weeks of training, have sufficient maturity and empathy to take such decisions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Decision makers working on asylum casework are graded at Executive Officer level except in the suspended Detained Fast Track operation where the predominate grade is Higher Executive Officer due to the requirement on some decision makers to also present appeals. The general entry requirement for direct recruitment to either grade is a minimum of 2 GCE A Level passes A-C and 5 GCSE passes including Mathematics and English. We have also employed staff on temporary contracts but have required them to have a minimum 2:2 Degree, preferably in law.</p><p>We recruit high performing students from various universities as asylum decision makers on fixed term appointments and since 2009 have employed 11 law undergraduates of whom 2 are still employed. Applicants send in their CVs, and these are used to inform an initial sift of applications. Successful candidates are then invited to a competency based interview with Home Office staff which tests their maturity and suitability to carry out the role.</p><p>At the end of the 5 week training, that all decision makers receive, there is a six month period of mentoring, continued assessment and quality analysis of newly qualified decision maker’s work that identifies whether an individual is performing the role to the required quality standards. Before any individual is signed off their initial probationary period and confirmed in role they must be considered to be performing the role to the previously referenced quality standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/03/2016 14:45:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

457943

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases of child labour and child domestic servitude have been recorded by the National Referral Mechanism in the last three years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of child cases of forced labour or domestic servitude recorded through the National Referral Mechanism is already publically available on the National Crime Agency website and can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.</p><p>The National Referral Mechanism is designed to gather evidence in order to determine whether someone is considered to be a victim of ‘slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour’ or ‘human trafficking’ in line with the offences set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Whether an individual is considered to be a victim of either of these offences in the form of domestic servitude or forced labour will be determined on the indicators present and the facts of each case. Additional consideration is given to the particular vulnerabilities of children and their inability to consent.</p><p>Information on how many cases of domestic servitude have been prosecuted where the victim was a child or how many cases of domestic servitude have been recorded which involved more than one person from the same family is not recorded centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6762 HL6763 HL6764 HL6765 question first answered 11/03/2016 14:52:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

457944

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the definition of domestic servitude used by the National Referral Mechanism when the victim is a child.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of child cases of forced labour or domestic servitude recorded through the National Referral Mechanism is already publically available on the National Crime Agency website and can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.</p><p>The National Referral Mechanism is designed to gather evidence in order to determine whether someone is considered to be a victim of ‘slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour’ or ‘human trafficking’ in line with the offences set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Whether an individual is considered to be a victim of either of these offences in the form of domestic servitude or forced labour will be determined on the indicators present and the facts of each case. Additional consideration is given to the particular vulnerabilities of children and their inability to consent.</p><p>Information on how many cases of domestic servitude have been prosecuted where the victim was a child or how many cases of domestic servitude have been recorded which involved more than one person from the same family is not recorded centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6761 HL6763 HL6764 HL6765 question first answered 11/03/2016 14:52:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

457945

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the National Referral Mechanism applies the definition of forced labour when the victim is a child.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of child cases of forced labour or domestic servitude recorded through the National Referral Mechanism is already publically available on the National Crime Agency website and can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.</p><p>The National Referral Mechanism is designed to gather evidence in order to determine whether someone is considered to be a victim of ‘slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour’ or ‘human trafficking’ in line with the offences set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Whether an individual is considered to be a victim of either of these offences in the form of domestic servitude or forced labour will be determined on the indicators present and the facts of each case. Additional consideration is given to the particular vulnerabilities of children and their inability to consent.</p><p>Information on how many cases of domestic servitude have been prosecuted where the victim was a child or how many cases of domestic servitude have been recorded which involved more than one person from the same family is not recorded centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6761 HL6762 HL6764 HL6765 question first answered 11/03/2016 14:52:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

457946

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases of domestic servitude have been prosecuted in the last three years where the victim was a child.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of child cases of forced labour or domestic servitude recorded through the National Referral Mechanism is already publically available on the National Crime Agency website and can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.</p><p>The National Referral Mechanism is designed to gather evidence in order to determine whether someone is considered to be a victim of ‘slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour’ or ‘human trafficking’ in line with the offences set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Whether an individual is considered to be a victim of either of these offences in the form of domestic servitude or forced labour will be determined on the indicators present and the facts of each case. Additional consideration is given to the particular vulnerabilities of children and their inability to consent.</p><p>Information on how many cases of domestic servitude have been prosecuted where the victim was a child or how many cases of domestic servitude have been recorded which involved more than one person from the same family is not recorded centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6761 HL6762 HL6763 HL6765 question first answered 11/03/2016 14:52:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

457947

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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 how many cases of domestic servitude have been recorded where the victims have included more than one person from the same family.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL6765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of child cases of forced labour or domestic servitude recorded through the National Referral Mechanism is already publically available on the National Crime Agency website and can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.</p><p>The National Referral Mechanism is designed to gather evidence in order to determine whether someone is considered to be a victim of ‘slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour’ or ‘human trafficking’ in line with the offences set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Whether an individual is considered to be a victim of either of these offences in the form of domestic servitude or forced labour will be determined on the indicators present and the facts of each case. Additional consideration is given to the particular vulnerabilities of children and their inability to consent.</p><p>Information on how many cases of domestic servitude have been prosecuted where the victim was a child or how many cases of domestic servitude have been recorded which involved more than one person from the same family is not recorded centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6761 HL6762 HL6763 HL6764 question first answered 11/03/2016 14:52:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

458088

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has she made of the number of vulnerable Syrians who have not sought refuge in refugee camps owing to concerns for their own safety; and whether the Government's Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Programme contains provisions to assist such people.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	30001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>It is estimated that across the region, only 23% of Syrian refugees are in formal camps: the remaining 77% are living amongst host communities.</p><p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifies and proposes Syrian refugees for the Vulnerable Person Relocation scheme from among the whole of the registered refugee population in the region, over 4 million people. This includes people in formal refugee camps, informal settlements and host communities. Therefore many of those coming to the UK for resettlement will not be coming from UN camps.</p><p>We are working with UNHCR and other partners to intensify their outreach to groups that might otherwise be reluctant to register for fear of stigma/discrimination and unaware of the safe space and options available to them. This includes all religious minorities, LGBT, people with disabilities, survivors of torture and sexual violence and others.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/03/2016 14:20:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

458122

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schools: Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from (a) schools and (b) colleges on the reduction of knives and other weapons at such institutions; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	29926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>We have received no formal representations from schools and colleges on this matter. However reducing violence and tackling knife crime is a priority for this Government and we are delivering a range of measures to strengthen our response to this issue including strengthening the criminal justice and policing response; strengthening controls on knife sales; building resilience in young people, families and communities; and improving prevention and early intervention.</p><p>Last month we supported the Metropolitan Police Service and twelve other police forces who undertook coordinated action against knife crime. This involved targeting habitual knife carriers, weapon sweeps, test purchases of knives from identified retailers, and use of surrender bins.</p><p>We also jointly hosted a meeting with the Metropolitan Police and National Policing Lead aimed at retailers selling knives on 24 February. We want to work with retailers to ensure they are doing all they can to ensure the responsible sale of knives, in particular to under-18s.</p><p>But we recognise there is more to do. Last year we introduced the new measure that those convicted of carrying a knife more than once are automatically sent to prison and our new Modern Crime Prevention Strategy will shortly set out measures we are taking to prevent knives from being used on our streets in the first place.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/03/2016 15:36:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

458123

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce medical experimentation on live animals in England.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	30003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office is responsible for regulating the use of live animals in scientific research under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). The principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (the 3Rs) are at the core of project authorisation under this legislation. Furthermore, these principles also extend to breeding, accommodation and care of protected animals.</p><p>Animals can only be used where no scientifically satisfactory, non-animal alternative exists which has been suitably validated. The number of animals used must be reduced to the minimum needed to achieve the results sought. For those animals which are used, procedures must be refined as much as possible to cause the minimum pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm.</p><p>In addition the Home Office also works with the National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs) who work towards replacing, reducing and refining the use of animals in research. This has included projects such as CRACK IT which to date has invested over £15million with the aims to accelerate the availability of technologies which will deliver i) measurable 3Rs impacts, ii) new marketable products and iii) more efficient business processes.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/03/2016 14:47:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

458124

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the number of dogs used for medical experimentation.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	30004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Our annual statistics show that in 2014 less than 0.1% of animals used in research in Great Britain are dogs. Dogs are primarily used in procedures for regulatory testing. They are also used in other procedures such as nutritional studies and to better understand naturally occurring diseases and to develop treatments for dogs themselves.</p><p>The Home Office is responsible for regulating the use of dogs in research under the Ani-mals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Dogs are a specially protected species under the Act and the Home Office will grant a project licence for a programme of work using dogs only where the purpose of the programme of work specified in the licence can be achieved only by their use; or where it is not practicable to obtain other suitable animals.</p><p>Since 2010 the number of procedures performed on dogs has dropped nearly 30% from 5,782 in 2010 to 4,107 in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/03/2016 14:45:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard