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795209

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in each year between 2007 and 2016, how many people were granted leave to remain following (1) 10 years of legal residence as set out in paragraph 276B(i)(a) of the Immigration Rules, and (2) 20 years illegal residence in the UK as set out in paragraph 277ADE(1)(iii) of the Immigration Rules.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL3611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Paragraph 276B(i)(a) refers to the requirements for indefinite leave to remain. Accordingly this answer provides data on indefinite rather than limited leave to remain.</p><p>Grants of indefinite leave to remain on the basis of long residence are published in settlement table se_03 , here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016/list-of-tables#settlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016/list-of-tables#settlement</a>The figures prior to July 2012 will also include grants on the basis of 14 years lawful and unlawful long residence. That provision was removed in July 2012.</p><p>The 20 year long residence rule was implemented from 9 July 2012. These grants of leave to remain are categorised as Private Life in the published statistics, available at tables ex_01 and ex_01q here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/list-of-tables#extensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/list-of-tables#extensions</a></p><p>The 20 year qualifying period in this category can also include periods of lawful leave, as well as illegal residence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Private life grants.xlsx title Private Life Grants - Table ex_01 and ex_01q 2 file name Table se_03.xls title Tables se_03 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:20:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

795210

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which statutory instruments in force relating to the responsibilities of the Home Office are derived wholly, or in part, from EU legislation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL3612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information centrally on which statutory instruments relating to the responsibilities of the Home Office are derived wholly or in part from EU legislation.</p><p>For the purposes of exiting the EU, Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/12/2017 17:45:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

795223

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether individuals who have been granted indefinite leave to remain are obliged to apply for British citizenship; if so, why; and if not, what information such individuals are given by the UK Border Agency in this regard upon arrival in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
uin	HL3625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Individuals who are settled in the UK are not obliged to apply to naturalise as British citizens. The Government believes that citizenship is a personal choice, and is a privilege and not a right, and it would not be appropriate to compel all those who settle in the UK to become British.</p><p>Entrants to the UK will normally need to remain in the UK for a period of at least five years before being eligible to settle in the UK and so it would be premature to provide them with information on citizenship at the point of their arrival. Where someone wishes to naturalise they can find relevant information on the GOV.uk website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/12/2017 17:14:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

795224

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been any change in the terms on which indefinite leave to remain in the UK is (1) granted, and (2) applied to those who were previously granted such leave, in the past year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
uin	HL3626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In the past year there have been a number of policy amendments across specific ILR routes. Information relating to these amendments, and the specific ILR routes these affect, are communicated via the GOV.UK website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p><p>There has been no change in terms for those persons who have been granted ILR in the past year. Individuals who hold ILR in the United Kingdom have no restriction on their right to live and work in the United Kingdom. They are able to apply for benefits in the same way as British citizens.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/12/2017 17:18:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Tables as_19q and Table as-20_q.xlsx title Tables as_19 and as_20
tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

795248

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, what advice her Department gives to people travelling abroad on the legality of possessing (a) melanin pills and (b) other medications in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	115669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Melanin is not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 so no advice is given by the Home Office to people travelling abroad with this substance.</p><p> </p><p>For other medicines, which contain controlled drugs and have been prescribed to them personally, travellers are always advised to check with the relevant foreign embassy or high commission before travel to ascertain the legality of the product in the destination country and any applicable licensing requirements. An import/export licence may be issued by the Home Office in certain circumstances to cover the crossing of UK borders.</p><p> </p><p>More information is available on the Home Office website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/controlled-drugs-licences-fees-and-returns#applying-for-a-licence-travellers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/controlled-drugs-licences-fees-and-returns#applying-for-a-licence-travellers</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/12/2017 17:39:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

795296

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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 steps her Department is taking improve its accountability to visa applicants who have experienced administrative errors relating to their applications.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration continually reviews its visa operation to improve performance and accountability. Customer feedback, including complaints, are taken into account to ensure we offer value for money; which includes improving the services we offer, the quality of the decisions we make, and the provision of an excellent customer service.</p><p>More widely, we have assurance regimes which aim to increase consistent quality and identify good and weak practice within the department. We utilise three regimes; operational oversight, independent business reviews and third party reviews, in conjunction with wider Home Office, in order to develop and ensure best practice.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 115718 question first answered 30/11/2017 08:26:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

795297

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of administrative errors it makes.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration continually reviews its visa operation to improve performance and accountability. Customer feedback, including complaints, are taken into account to ensure we offer value for money; which includes improving the services we offer, the quality of the decisions we make, and the provision of an excellent customer service.</p><p>More widely, we have assurance regimes which aim to increase consistent quality and identify good and weak practice within the department. We utilise three regimes; operational oversight, independent business reviews and third party reviews, in conjunction with wider Home Office, in order to develop and ensure best practice.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 115717 question first answered 30/11/2017 08:26:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

795298

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the factors behind the increase in (a) complex crimes rates, and (b) child sexual abuse and exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	115719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>In the year to June 2017, there were 50,450 child sex offences (excluding indecent image offences) recorded by the police, up 20% from 42,150 offences recorded in the year to June 2016 (Office for National Statistics, 2017).</p><p> </p><p>The increase in the number of offences recorded is thought to be the result of increased willingness to report among victims and action taken by police forces to improve their compliance with the National Crime Reporting Standard (given the renewed focus on the accuracy of crime recording).</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on ‘complex crime rates’.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/12/2017 17:38:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

795301

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Emergency Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the year on year percentage changes in 999 calls to each territorial police force in England and Wales was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	115722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The handling of 999 calls is an operational matter for the police.</p><p>HMICFRS publish 999 calls data as part of their Value for Money reports, available at <a href="http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/data/value-for-money-data/" target="_blank">http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/data/value-for-money-data/</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/11/2017 17:06:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

795302

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the year on year percentage change in recorded cyber-dependent crime was in each territorial police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	115723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information from police forces on the number of police recorded offences that have been committed (in full or in part) online. This covers both cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent crime; these data cannot be broken down further.</p><p> </p><p>Online crime figures are published for England and Wales as experimental statistics in the ONS ‘Crime in England and Wales’ quarterly bulletins: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesexperimentaltables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesexperimentaltables</a> (Table E4).</p><p> </p><p>Recording online crime became mandatory from April 2015 therefore data prior to this are not available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/11/2017 17:08:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane