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date	03/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will notify Afghan refugees in the UK starting with those who arrived under the Afghans Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 3 of how they can apply to be reunited with close family members, regardless of where such family members are now located.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>In line with our existing policy, those resettled under the ACRS may be able to be accompanied by their immediate family members (their spouse or partner, and dependent children under 18).</p><p>The government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk people fleeing Afghanistan. The situation is very complex and presents significant challenges, including how those who are eligible for resettlement in the UK can leave Afghanistan.</p><p>This includes the eligible family members of those being resettled under the ACRS. For those evacuated from Afghanistan under the ACRS without their immediate family members, further information will be made available in due course about options for reuniting with them.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 17/03/2023 13:38:22 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1588993

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage and develop safe and stable ways for people to leave prostitution and sex work and to find alternative work.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>We believe that people who want to leave prostitution and sex work should be given every opportunity to find routes out. Where someone wishes to exit prostitution or sex work, we would seek to support them to achieve this, as we know that there can be particular barriers to exiting. We continue to work with the police, Crown Prosecution Service and others to ensure that this is the focus.</p><p>As the Bristol University research on the nature and prevalence of sex work and prostitution shows, activity is increasingly moving online. We are providing £1.36m over the next three years to ‘Changing Lives’ to better understand the levels and types of online abuse and exploitation that are happening, and why, and identify and develop the pathways that are needed to improve support.</p><p>Victims of Modern Slavery have access to DWPs mainstream employment support where they qualify for income related benefits. This includes the Work and Health Programme, Restart and Sector Based Work Academy Programmes. To support everyone seeking alternative work, the Find a job service has over 170,000 job vacancies across a wide range of industries.</p><p>In addition to this, to protect the most vulnerable we are increasing benefits in line with inflation. This means that, subject to Parliamentary approval, they will rise by September Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation – 10.1%. Furthermore, we are making cost of living payments (paid in 2 lump sums of £326 and £324) to more than 8 million low-income households on Universal Credit, Income-based Jobseekers Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Pension Credit, with £150 to individuals receiving disability benefits.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 06/03/2023 16:42:33 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1581671

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Exploitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to address, and (2) to prevent, cases in the UK of (a) forced labour, (b) people trafficking, and (c) exploitation of domestic workers from overseas countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of modern slavery and through the Modern Slavery Act 2015, we have given law enforcement agencies the tools to tackle modern slavery, including maximum life sentences for perpetrators and enhanced protection for victims. Modern slavery is a complex crime that requires an end-to-end response both nationally and internationally – and that is why we are investing in a multi-agency approach across a range of activities, which include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Setting up a Modern Slavery Fund in 2016 to reduce modern slavery in the UK and overseas. Between 2016 and March 2022, £32.6m of Official Development Assistance has been invested, including in projects to strengthen law enforcement responses; protect victims from re-trafficking; and prevent people from being trafficked from countries where high numbers of people are trafficked to the UK;</li><li>Introducing, in 2016, tools to tackle businesses who repeatedly or recklessly commit labour market offences and expanding the role and remit of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in 2017, giving specially trained officers new police powers to prevent, detect and investigate serious labour exploitation across the entire economy. The Government spends £33 million a year on state enforcement of employment rights;</li><li>Supporting the police to improve the national response to modern slavery and organised immigration crime through £16.5m of funding since 2016, to the Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Unit to provide a bespoke intelligence hub, improved training and regional operational coordinators to support individual police forces;</li><li>Cracking down on county lines gangs who are exploiting children. This includes up to £5m to fund specialist support provided by Catch22 for under 25s who are criminally exploited and trafficked through county lines in specific areas;</li><li>Investing in research into what works to prevent slavery, as well as assessing risks of modern slavery in policy development, to ensure that opportunities for exploitation are minimised; and</li><li>Designing the Immigration Rules governing our Overseas Domestic Worker route to prevent the importation of exploitative practices to the UK.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 13/02/2023 11:08:59 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1580947

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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 His Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide independent guardians or advocates for all migrant children separated from their parents; if so, when they expect this to be offered throughout England and Wales; and whether specialist foster parents will be available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>This Government takes its responsibility for the welfare of migrant children very seriously. We have comprehensive statutory and policy safeguards in place for caring for and safeguarding unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC).</p><p>Social workers and the courts are best placed to make decisions for vulnerable children, in consideration of all the factors involved in often complex cases. Children should be cared for in a way that recognises and respects their identity and carers should be given the training and support they need to meet the child’s needs.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children in their area, including their mental health and emotional wellbeing needs, regardless of their immigration status. Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs) are provided in addition to this statutory support and are an additional source of advice and support for potentially trafficked children, irrespective of nationality, and somebody who can advocate on their behalf.</p><p>Due to the specialist nature of the ICTG service there is currently no intention to expand the scope to include all young asylum-seeking children in England and Wales whether or not they are separated from their parents.</p><p>There are other provisions already in place to provide support for migrant children. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children can access legal advice from qualified legal representatives and, in England, independent advice and assistance on the asylum process and in their interactions with government agencies is available from the Refugee Council’s Independent Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Support Service (IUSS).</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 08/02/2023 17:56:31 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton