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1468403

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date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Nightclubs
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 make an assessment of the trends in the levels of illegal drugs in nightclubs across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	14491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>Our 10-year Drugs Strategy, published in December 2021 and backed by record investment, set out a whole system approach to reduce crime, save lives and reduce drug use in society.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) has shown a correlation between levels of drug use and frequency of visits to nightclubs consistently over the last 25 years. In the year ending March 2020, 42.5% of people who had visited a nightclub at least four times in the last month reported using any drug in the last year, compared with 7.2% of users who had not visited a nightclub in the last month. However, it is important to note that attendance at a nightclub is not necessarily independently related to higher drug use. For example this correlation could be driven by age, as younger people are more likely to frequent nightclubs.</p><p>Drug use is clearly complex and multi-faceted but we are determined to see a generational reduction in the demand for drugs over the course of our 10 year Strategy. We have commissioned research projects from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and others on preventing drug use – including amongst young people – to give us a better understanding of what works to reduce demand.</p><p>We will also be publishing a White Paper later this year which will look at new measures to reduce demand through a set of tougher sanctions. This will be particularly targeted at so called recreational drug users.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/06/2022 11:17:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468421

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for British passports have been (a) replacements for existing passports and (b) applications for first time passports in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	14436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Applications for a first passport typically represent 10-15% of the passport applications processed by Her Majesty’s Passport Office.</p><p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport from the UK. This includes all application types, including first time applications. Between March and May 2022 approximately 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 09:52:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1468451

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department made an assessment of the human rights situation in Rwanda prior to the partnership agreement on the hosting of refugees in Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	14660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>Our own assessment carried out prior to the agreement of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership found Rwanda to be a safe and secure country. Our Country Policy and Information Notes on Rwanda provide a robust report that demonstrates our commitment to fully evaluating whether Rwanda would be suitable for each potentially eligible person to be relocated. These notes are published and can found on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rwanda-country-policy-and-information-notes" target="_blank">Rwanda: country policy and information notes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>We would only ever work with countries that we know are safe and will treat asylum seekers in accordance with relevant international human rights laws.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/06/2022 11:31:40 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1468452

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of whether Rwanda is a safe country to which to send LGBT+ refugees.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	14661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to publish any LGBT+ specific guidance for individuals considered for relocation to Rwanda as part of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.</p><p>The Home Office published a Country Policy and Information Note (CPIN) for Rwanda on 9 May 2022, which provides an assessment on the Rwandan asylum system and various human rights aspects. It supports decision-makers as they consider relocating an individual to Rwanda. In the CPIN, it states that ‘there are not substantial grounds for believing that a person, if relocated, would face a real risk of being subjected to treatment that is likely to be contrary to Article 3 ECHR by virtue of their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.’ However, it acknowledges that this may be different for trans individuals.</p><p>The decision to relocate an individual to Rwanda will be taken on a case-by-case basis and no one will be relocated if it is unsafe to do so.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 14662 question first answered 17/06/2022 11:29:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1468453

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish guidelines that protect LGBT+ refugees in relation to her proposals to offshore refugees to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	14662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to publish any LGBT+ specific guidance for individuals considered for relocation to Rwanda as part of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.</p><p>The Home Office published a Country Policy and Information Note (CPIN) for Rwanda on 9 May 2022, which provides an assessment on the Rwandan asylum system and various human rights aspects. It supports decision-makers as they consider relocating an individual to Rwanda. In the CPIN, it states that ‘there are not substantial grounds for believing that a person, if relocated, would face a real risk of being subjected to treatment that is likely to be contrary to Article 3 ECHR by virtue of their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.’ However, it acknowledges that this may be different for trans individuals.</p><p>The decision to relocate an individual to Rwanda will be taken on a case-by-case basis and no one will be relocated if it is unsafe to do so.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 14661 question first answered 17/06/2022 11:29:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1468454

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the grant rate for asylum applications at her proposed offshore processing centres in Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	14663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>The Migration and Economic Development Partnership between the UK and Rwanda will see those migrants travelling to the UK through unnecessary and dangerous methods, considered for relocation to Rwanda, where they will have their asylum claim processed. Once a person is relocated to Rwanda, their asylum claim becomes the responsibility of that country and falls under their jurisdiction. We therefore cannot comment on the grant rate for asylum applications in Rwanda. However, we expect asylum claims will be decided within a reasonable period of time.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/06/2022 11:26:36 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1468455

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her proposals to offshore refugees to Rwanda will only apply to single men.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	14664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>With the exception of unaccompanied children, any individual who has arrived in the UK since 1 January 2022 by unnecessary and dangerous means from safe countries – including those arriving by small boats, hidden in the back of lorries - may be considered for relocation to Rwanda</p><p> </p><p>An individualised assessment of each suitable person’s circumstances will be undertaken prior to any decision to relocate them to Rwanda. Any vulnerabilities will be taken into consideration and every individual who is suitable for relocation under this policy will be able to make representations where they are concerned the country in question would not be safe for them. We would not relocate someone where it would be unsafe or inappropriate to do so. More details are set out in our inadmissibility policy guidance on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Our assessment is that Rwanda is a safe and secure country with respect for the rule of law.  Our Country Policy Information Note, published on 9 May on GOV.UK, provides further information on the basis by which we have determined that Rwanda is a safe place for refugees.</p><p>In a case where someone is claiming to be under 18 years old, they would not be relocated until the appropriate age assessment process has been completed. Where an individual has no credible evidence of their age and where there continues to be doubt, a thorough age assessment process will be followed. They will be treated as though they are a child until a decision on their age has been made.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 14668 14669 14670 question first answered 17/06/2022 11:21:40 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1468456

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda published on 14 April 2022, when the monitoring group will be established; and whether the findings and recommendations of that group will be published.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	14665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>An independent Monitoring Committee will monitor the entire relocation process and compliance with assurances in the Memorandum of Understanding, including the processing of asylum claims and provision of support in Rwanda.</p><p>The Monitoring Committee is due to become operational in the coming months. More details on this will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/06/2022 11:25:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1468457

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the plans to offshore refugees to Rwanda, whether people arriving in the UK to join family members will be considered eligible to be sent to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	14666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>With the exception of unaccompanied children, any individual who has arrived in the UK since 1 January 2022 by unnecessary and dangerous means from safe countries – including those arriving by small boats, hidden in the back of lorries - may be considered for relocation to Rwanda.</p><p> </p><p>An individualised assessment of each suitable person’s circumstances will be undertaken prior to any decision to relocate them to Rwanda. We would not relocate someone where it would be unsafe or inappropriate to do so. More details are set out in our inadmissibility policy guidance on. GOV.UK.</p><p>For those with family links in the UK, who want to be considered for entry to the UK, they should seek to do so via legal and safe routes. Nobody should put their lives into the hands of criminal people smuggling gangs by making dangerous and irregular journeys.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 14667 question first answered 17/06/2022 11:23:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1468458

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of her proposals to offshore refugees to Rwanda on family reunion as a safe route of entry to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	14667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>With the exception of unaccompanied children, any individual who has arrived in the UK since 1 January 2022 by unnecessary and dangerous means from safe countries – including those arriving by small boats, hidden in the back of lorries - may be considered for relocation to Rwanda.</p><p> </p><p>An individualised assessment of each suitable person’s circumstances will be undertaken prior to any decision to relocate them to Rwanda. We would not relocate someone where it would be unsafe or inappropriate to do so. More details are set out in our inadmissibility policy guidance on. GOV.UK.</p><p>For those with family links in the UK, who want to be considered for entry to the UK, they should seek to do so via legal and safe routes. Nobody should put their lives into the hands of criminal people smuggling gangs by making dangerous and irregular journeys.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 14666 question first answered 17/06/2022 11:23:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe