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773549

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 19 October, what further information is available regarding (1) the options available to foreign national survivors of the Grenfell disaster to gain permanent residences; (2) who might benefit from any arrangements; (3) how such arrangements will operate; (4) what support and assistance will be provided to those who may avail themselves of such arrangements; and (5) how information about such arrangements is being made available to those who might benefit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL2264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a dedicated immigration policy for survivors of the Grenfell tragedy. Eligible survivors are granted an initial 12 months’ leave to remain and are then able to extend their leave and qualify for permanent residence after five years’ lawful residence under this policy, subject to meeting security, criminality and fraud checks.</p><p>The following groups of individuals are eligible for leave under this policy:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Those with no immigration status (including those who have entered the UK illegally or have overstayed their visas);</li><li>EEA nationals who are not exercising treaty rights (i.e. not working, studying or self-sufficient, who have not obtained a permanent residence document from the Home Office);</li><li>People from non-EEA countries with limited leave to remain that is about to expire (within 12 months or less);</li><li>Failed asylum seekers with no outstanding further submissions;</li><li>Those refused asylum who are not appeal rights exhausted; and</li><li>People with a current immigration status which is subject to a condition of ‘no recourse to public funds’.</li></ul><p>Individuals must have been resident at Grenfell Tower on the date of the fire, or living close to Grenfell Tower and have lost their home permanently.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who think that they might be eligible should come forward to Home Office staff at The Community Assistance Centre, No 10 Bard Road, Nottingdale, West London, W10 6TP by 30 November 2017 where they will have the opportunity to provide relevant details. Individuals can bring a friend with them and translators are available if needed. The Home Office will then consider whether the individual meets the criteria for the granting of leave.</p><p> </p><p>People can learn more about the scheme by calling 0300 303 2832, 24 hours a day or by visiting <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases</a> for detailed guidance on how cases will be considered.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/11/2017 12:39:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name grenfell-tower-immigration-cases-v4_0ext.pdf title Grenfell Tower -Fire handling immigration cases
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

773565

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 October (HL1670), whether they have plans to ensure improvements to police training in order to improve the manner in which allegations of child sexual abuse are investigated.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>As the professional body for policing, the College of Policing is responsible for setting national standards and guidance in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided millions of pounds of extra investment through the Police Transformation Fund to transform policing to respond to changing crimes and threats. Through this fund we have already awarded £1.9 million to the College of Policing to transform policing’s approach to crimes against vulnerable people, including child sexual abuse.</p><p>The package includes piloting a licence to practise which will ensure that only those officers who are qualified to carry out specialist investigations in high risk areas like child protection, are able to do so. This will be supported by a code of practice for CSA investigations, which will help chief officers implement supporting structures needed to ensure forces are undertaking these investigations efficiently and effectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 13:46:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

773566

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 October (HL1668), whether they have made representations to the Metropolitan Police and the Wiltshire Constabulary about public disquiet regarding the handling of well-publicised allegations of child sexual abuse; and if so, what replies have been received.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no representations. The police are rightly operationally independent of Government and should be free from any political interference. How an individual force handles an investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse is a matter for the relevant Chief Officer. It is for locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to hold their Chief Officers to account.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 13:45:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

773583

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometrics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Home Office has spent on facial biometric recognition technology to date, and which companies have been paid to build facial biometric recognition systems.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL2298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The facial biometric technology built for the Home Office was developed as part of the original builds for the Immigration Asylum Biometric System and ePassport Gates and therefore the costs cannot be extracted individually.</p><p> </p><p>The companies that have been paid are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>IBM/Oberthan (previously known as Safran / Morpho)</p><p> </p><p>Vision Box (Cognitec)</p><p> </p><p>CGI (Cognitec)</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/11/2017 13:44:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

774048

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason a charge has been introduced for non-UK residents who send an inquiry email about visas.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	108817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston on the 10th October 2017, UIN 6195</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 02/11/2017 16:57:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

774050

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
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 income from priority visa application fees is spent on UK Visas and Immigration staffing resources relating to the processing of such visas.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	108830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the staffing costs associated with the processing of visa applications where the applicant has paid the optional priority visa service fee. The cost of processing visa applications varies by application type, as set out in the published unit costs and fees table, which can be accessed via the link below</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 15:31:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

774051

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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 (a) priority and (b) non-priority visa applications at each visa application centre were completed within the 12-week UK Visa and Immigration service standard in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	108858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Information on performance against service standards is published as part of the transparency data at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data shows that for 2017 Q1, 96.5% of straightforward applications were completed within Service standards.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 15:31:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

774052

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
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 potential income from (a) email and (b) other visa charges.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	108822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Cambridge on the 11<sup>th</sup> September 2017, UIN 7774.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/11/2017 12:32:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

774053

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Telephone Services
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 the visa enquiry helpline free of charge.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	108823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central on the 10th October 2017, UIN 105124.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/11/2017 12:28:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

774055

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Arts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 exceptional talent visas for the arts were (a) applied for, (b) accepted and (c) rejected in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	108848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The specific information you have requested is not currently published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/10/2017 14:25:05 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest