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1690200

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they provide WiFi access within asylum seekers' lodgings to enable them to communicate with family members.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The provision of Wi-Fi is not a contractual requirement across the asylum accommodation estate.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 04/03/2024 17:44:06 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1683566

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other European countries about tackling levels of immigration.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government continues to enhance our cooperation on migration with partners across Europe, and beyond.</p><p>UK Ministers and officials continue to raise these issues in bilateral and multilateral discussions with both our European partners and with countries outside of Europe. This Government has emphasised that tackling organised immigration crime is a Europe-wide issue; our cooperation with France saw small boats crossings reduce by 36% in 2023 when compared to 2022, and the signing of a landmark joint communiqué between the Prime Minister and his Albanian counterpart saw 5,000 Albanians returned to Albania in 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 30/01/2024 17:20:09 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682819

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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 His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that all those seeking to make an asylum claim have a safe and clear route to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights. Since 2015, we have offered over half a million people a safe and legal route to the UK. With the scale of disruption and the lamentable situations that too many people find themselves in across the globe, we will never be able to provide a route for all or that meets every eventuality.</p><p> </p><p>Through the cap on safe and legal routes, we are seeking to get a better idea on the capacity of local authorities to resettle refugees. By setting the cap, based on the actual capacity of the UK, we can continue to welcome people to the UK in a sustainable way and put the UK’s resettlement model on a stable and predictable footing. The consultation with local authorities is now closed. The final figure will be agreed to by Parliament. Parliament will have an opportunity to debate and vote on the cap before it comes into force.</p><p> </p><p>It is only by bearing down on illegal migration, and through reverting to more sustainable management of our safe and legal routes through the cap, that we can continue to focus on helping people directly from regions of conflict and instability. We believe our resettlement schemes are the best way to provide much needed support for those who need it.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 31/01/2024 17:01:57 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682820

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy to stop all dangerous channel crossings.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Illegal Migration Act, which this Government has enacted, is an important part of our response to illegal migration. The Act marks a vital step forward to stopping dangerous, unnecessary, and illegal journeys to the UK by removing the incentives for people to take these routes in the first place.</p><p>The UK and French governments are committed to working together to stop small boat crossings of the English Channel, and in March 2023 the Prime Minister and President Macron agreed an ambitious new, multi-year, deal that will see us intensify our cooperation with the French government to prevent small boat crossings, with the aim of improving the interception rate and drastically reducing the number of crossings year-on-year. This new agreement is seeing more French personnel being deployed, supported by cutting-edge surveillance technologies and equipment; a new Zonal Coordination Centre has been established, responsible for the coordination and deployment of all relevant French law enforcement, supported by the UK and including permanently embedded British officers, and more work being done to disrupt organised crime gangs through improved intelligence sharing.</p><p>In 2023, our cooperation with France prevented over 26,000 individual crossings by small boat to the UK. Since the Joint Intelligence Cell was set up in July 2020, we have dismantled 82 organised criminal gangs responsible for people smuggling of small boats migrants.</p><p>We have developed a comprehensive illegal migration strategy to stop the boats and we are focused on delivering it; this has already seen a reduction in small boat crossings by a third in 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 30/01/2024 17:15:13 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682821

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for preventing the deportation of individuals, brought to the UK as children, when they turn 18.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Individuals who entered the UK under the age of 18 and committed an offence after turning 18 are considered for deportation in line with legislation. Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>The Government is determined to do everything possible to protect the public and remove foreign criminals from the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 30/01/2024 17:13:57 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682822

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the efficacy of the Home Office.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The efficacy of the Home Office is regularly assured through a number of accountability mechanisms. These include Home Office questions and the Home Affairs Select Committee in Parliament.</p><p>The annual report and accounts provide a financial and narrative summary of the activities of the Department.</p><p>They are published yearly on gov.uk, offering a review of the Home Office's vision and priorities for the year, and are subject to review by the National Audit Office. The latest one to be published covers 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 01/02/2024 11:44:50 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682823

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commit to reducing the waiting period for all initial asylum decisions to one year or less.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Asylum casework operations are now prioritising processing asylum claims submitted on or after the 28<sup>th</sup> June 2022 with the aim of concluding these as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 31/01/2024 14:30:44 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1682824

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the waiting period for asylum seekers to be granted the right to work to six months rather than the current 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who have had their claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, are allowed to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List. This is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we keep all policies under review, there are no immediate plans to change the existing policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 31/01/2024 16:59:27 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1681346

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Bibby Stockholm
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who owns the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland Harbour; and how much the Government are paying for usage of the barge for accommodation of asylum seekers.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Bibby Stockholm is owned by the Bibby Line Group.</p><p>Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential. Therefore, the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1185849%2FHome_Office_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_22-23.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cda0a0dbd1e2f485eb3ef08dc137c81c7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638406672690194080%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wojAUU4CjcKpAQXmmvzxoUUMh17TKX39vsFHeg2Zr9o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 24/01/2024 16:05:40 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name Home_Office_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_22-23.pdf title HO Annual Report and Accounts 22/23
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1678301

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in developing their policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, they made an assessment of the unemployment rate in that country, and if so, what it is.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2024 answer text <p>Our analysis of the country situation drew on a wide range of evidence gathered through both desk-based research and country visits. We collected information on economic indicators including the opportunities and support available to refugees seeking employment, together with information on Rwanda’s health system, including its accessibility to refugees.</p><p>The information was carefully selected in accordance with internationally established country-of-origin information research methods and includes content from a variety of reliable sources such as media outlets, governmental sources and local, national and international organisations.</p><p>I cannot comment on other international relations with Rwanda.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1226 HL1229 question first answered 02/01/2024 16:21:47 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno