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418595

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define extremism, other than violent extremism, as mentioned in the Statement of 7 September regarding Syria (HL Deb, cols 1246–50).
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, we have consistently defined extremism as ‘Vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. We also include in our definition of extremism calls for the death of members of our armed forces, whether in this country or overseas’.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/10/2015 15:34:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

418596

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Travel Restrictions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to ensure that steps taken to stop British terrorism suspects from travelling do not continue to affect them once the suspicion has been removed.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>There are a number of safeguards to ensure that steps taken to stop British terrorism suspects from travelling do not continue to affect them once suspicion has been removed: The return of a passport after a maximum of 30 days where it has been confiscated under Schedule 1 powers; the issue of a passport on application where a passport has previously been withdrawn or refused as a result of the exercise of the Royal Prerogative; and the ability to travel or apply for a passport at the end of a Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures notice when it has either expired or been successfully challenged by judicial review.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/09/2015 17:31:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

418612

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to reverse the cut imposed with effect from August on asylum support, in the light of the fact that this has been frozen since 2011; and whether they will introduce special rates for children under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>There have been two recent changes to the level of the cash allowances provided to destitute asylum seekers to cover their essential living needs.</p><p>With effect from 6 April, the allowance provided to asylum seekers without dependants was raised to £36.95 per week (from £36.62).</p><p>Since 10 August a standard payment of £36.95 per week has been provided for each person in a family group (the asylum seeker and any dependants). This resulted in a reduction in the total allowance provided to asylum seekers with children. The change was made because a review of the support system showed that the allowances previously provided exceeded the amount necessary to cover essential living needs.</p><p>There are no plans to reverse either of these changes. The Government generally reviews the level of the allowances each year and plans to do so again in 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2015 15:39:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

418613

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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 whether they will issue fresh guidance on the Dublin III Agreement concerning asylum applicants, in particular about family reunions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change its policy on the application of the Dublin and Eurodac Regulations. Guidance to officials is under review in order to reflect current organisational structures and wider departmental procedures: an updated version will be published once the review has been completed.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/09/2015 15:37:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

418614

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what grounds their consultation on reforming support for failed asylum seekers proposes to remove all support from some 15,000 asylum applicants who are not able to produce sufficient evidence to sustain their cases; what assessment they have made of the likelihood that such people will be removed or returned to their countries of origin; and whether they plan to publish a summary of the consultation and their response to it.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The consultation document on reforming support for failed asylum seekers published on 4 August referred to the estimated 15,000 failed asylum seekers and their dependants who were in receipt of support under section 95 or section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 at 31 March 2015. It set out proposals for transitional arrangements for these cases, under which that support would remain available, subject to the use of existing powers under which it can be discontinued. A summary of the consultation and the Government’s response to it will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2015 15:40:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

417473

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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 whether adults in receipt of five-year humanitarian protection in the United Kingdom will be allowed to work; and what provision will be made for their education or training.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>People who have been granted five years’ humanitarian protection in the United Kingdom, including Syrian nationals admitted under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme, have permission to work and access to broadly the same rights, benefits, education and training as British nationals.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/09/2015 15:36:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

417474

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they plan to make to European Union ministers at the 14 September meeting on EU migration; and whether they plan to make representations on the issue of co-operation between EU member states, including those outside the Euro or Schengen areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2015 answer text <p>I apologise for the late reply to your question. This is due to the rapid pace of development of the EU response to the migration crisis currently facing the European Union, as demonstrated by the convening of a further extraordinary JHA Council meeting on 22 September.</p><p>The Luxembourg Presidency of the European Union convened the extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council on 14 September in Brussels in response to a joint request that My Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May MP) made with the French and German Interior Ministers. A further extraordinary meeting of the JHA Council was held on 22 September. The Home Secretary attended both meetings on behalf of the United Kingdom.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Home Secretary will write to the Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, and to his counterpart in the European Union Committee, setting out the key decisions taken, and the interventions that my Rt. Hon Friend made, at the Extraordinary JHA Councils that took place on 14 and 22 September. A copy of these letters will be placed in the House library. Additionally, the Commission’s Migration Package has been deposited for scrutiny by both Houses.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/09/2015 16:05:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

389150

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to establish an interviewing point in or near Calais and to invite refugees to claim protection in Britain if they have a close family connection with this country or an urgent medical condition that can best be treated in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to enable illegal migrants in another EU Member State to claim asylum in the UK. EU Member States have a responsibility to register and process all asylum claims made on their territory and it is an accepted principle of international law that an asylum seeker should claim protection in the first safe country that they reach. Any genuine refugee in France should lodge a claim for protection there.</p><p>The Dublin Regulation contains family unity provisions which may result in the responsible State being that where an asylum seeker’s close family members are legally present. If an asylum seeker is in France and can demonstrate they have close family members legally present in the UK, France may request that the UK agree to the transfer of responsibility for the asylum applicant under the Dublin Regulation.</p><p>We would not accept the transfer to the UK of an asylum seeker in France for the purposes of medical treatment. France is bound by the terms of the Reception Conditions Directive 2011/33/EU, which obliges participating Member States to ensure that applicants receive the necessary health care which shall include, at least, emergency care and essential treatment of illnesses and of serious mental disorders.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/07/2015 12:36:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

388056

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether immigration detention is an area where they could make savings.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Home Office expenditure is kept under constant review. Savings are already being made from the detention estate, by using competition to achieve best value for money and quality of custodial services.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/07/2015 16:07:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

388057

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to limit the time that an individual may be held in immigration detention; and whether they plan to take steps to ensure that people who have suffered rape, sexual assault or torture are never detained.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to detain indefinitely under Immigration powers. For detention to be lawful there must be a realistic prospect of removal in a reasonable timeframe. To highlight this, published statistics show the majority of people detained under immigration powers (63%) leave detention within 28 days, with the vast majority (93%) leaving detention within 4 months in 2014.</p><p>There are no plans to introduce a fixed time limit on immigration detention as what is a reasonable prospect of removal will be highly case specific. A fixed time limit may lead to the release of foreign national offenders even when deportation action is continuing. This House divided on the introduction of a fixed time limit during the passage of the Immigration Act 2014 and rejected such a limit by a majority of over 300.</p><p>Published policy on the use of immigration detention already states where there is independent evidence the individual is a victim of torture, that they should only be detained in very exceptional circumstances. This would include people who had suffered rape or sexual assault as an instrument of torture. Individuals who have been identified by the competent authorities as victims of trafficking, who may have suffered rape or sexual assault as an aspect of or as a result of being trafficked, are also only detained in very exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/07/2015 12:42:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton