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711155

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Immigration: Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of developments in Turkey, what assessment they have made of the feasibility of applying the EU–Turkey Statement on refugees and migrants, in the form originally prescribed.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to working with our European partners and Turkey to ensure that the EU-Turkey deal is implemented in an effective and sustainable way.</p><p><br>It is clear that the deal continues to represent an important opportunity to effectively manage migratory flows, tackle people smugglers, and prevent people from making perilous crossings.</p><p><br>The EU Commission published its Fifth Report on the Progress in the Implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement on 2<sup>nd</sup> March 2017. The Report concludes that the Statement is continuing to produce tangible results despite difficult circumstances, with an average daily arrival of 43 illegal migrants compared to 1,700 per day in the month before the Statement.</p><p>We continue to believe that Turkey offers sufficient protection, in both its law and its practise, to justify the return migrants from Greece under the EU-Turkey deal. Turkey has modernised its legal framework for the protection of refugees, and the UK has been monitoring the situation closely since the attempted coup. To date, there has not been any evidence of deterioration in the protections or conditions available to refugees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2017 12:32:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

711160

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are on track to meet their target of resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees into the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement programme by 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Work continues with local authorities and International Partners to deliver the Government’s commitment to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over the lifetime of this Parliament and we are on track to do this. Progress on resettlement will be indicated in quarterly immigration statistics. The last set of statistics, published on 23 February showed that 5,454 Syrians were resettled to the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme between October 2015 and December 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2017 12:33:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

711161

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to have resettled 3,000 vulnerable children and their families from the Middle East and North Africa under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to resettling to the UK up to 3,000 individuals under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme over the lifetime of this Parliament. Data on the number of people who have been resettled under this scheme will be published in future releases of the Home Office’s immigration quarterly statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/03/2017 15:00:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

711162

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many offers to accommodate unaccompanied young asylum seekers they have received from local authorities; and how many of those offers they (1) have accepted, and (2) propose to accept.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) arriving in the UK has increased significantly in recent years. This has led to a handful of local authorities caring for a disproportionate number of UASC, principally in those local authority areas where unaccompanied children are first encountered and assessed by the local authority under the Children Act 1989. That is why we introduced the National Transfer Scheme for UASC in July 2016. The National Transfer Scheme is a voluntary scheme which is designed to ensure a more equal distribution of UASC across the country and ensure children are given all the support they need. <br> <br> The National Transfer Scheme has also placed unaccompanied children transferred to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 into local authority care. Following a full consultation with local authorities under section 67 local authorities reported they had capacity for 400 places. <br> <br> Every region in England is participating in the National Transfer Scheme and we are working closely with the Devolved Administrations to ensure they are able to accept cases under the National Transfer Scheme. We are very grateful for the way in which local authorities have stepped up to accept UASC under the National Transfer Scheme. We will continue to work closely with local authorities to take up offers of placements to help ease the burden on those local authorities caring for a disproportionate number of UASC.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2017 12:36:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

711165

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Hong Kong
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the contribution made to Britain by the former Hong Kong Armed Forces from 1857 until 1997, whether, and if so when, they will grant UK passports to the remaining soldiers of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and the Hong Kong Naval service who did not receive a UK passport following the handover of Hong Kong to China.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>We have agreed to undertake a thorough assessment of this matter and are currently considering representations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2017 12:31:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

711181

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Assets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what land or buildings owned by, leased by, or under the control of, the Home Office they are seeking to dispose of, and for what purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL6069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text Our estate is comprised of a wide range of premises, including administrative offices, Border Force sites, Immigration Removal Centres and other land holdings. We keep the Home Office estate under review to ensure that it meets the needs of the business. In line with central guidance, surplus property is first offered to other departments for reuse, free schools, or transfer to the Homes and Communities Agency for much needed new homes or development. It is then offered to the open market. Leasehold properties are also exited via lease break options and lease expiry opportunities. answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2017 12:37:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

711189

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce a bill guaranteeing the right of EU nationals who were legally resident in the UK at the time of the EU referendum to remain in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Securing the status of EU nationals in the UK, and UK citizens in the EU, is one of the Government’s twelve key objectives for exit and we are looking to reach agreement on this point as early as possible once formal negotiations begin.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2017 12:34:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

711190

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they did not disclose to Parliament the number of LGBT asylum seekers held in detention over the last eighteen months, despite several oral and written questions, but did disclose the figures through an FOI request by Attitude magazine.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL6078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>On 27 February 2017, the Home Office responded to an FOI request asking for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. The FOI asked for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. This question concerns asylum seekers in detention who have been recorded as being based LGBT.</p><p> </p><p>The FOI response, provided below, set out the number of individuals in detention who have disclosed their sexual orientation as LGBT as a snapshot (on 18 November 2016) and as a total number for the period from 1 January to 18 November 2016, see table below.</p><p> </p><p>Service providers are required to provide opportunities for detainees who wish to do so, to safely disclose their sexual orientation and to ensure that those individuals can easily access support and assistance.</p><p> </p><p>The data you have requested in relation to LGBT asylum seekers held in detention over the last 12 months and the length of detention in each case is not readily available. It is not incumbent upon a detained individual to declare their sexuality. The required information would only be recorded in the case notes sections within the Home Office database or held solely on the paper files. The time required to examine individual cases and extrapolate the required data, would exceed the £800 cost limit.</p><p> </p>FOI response to Attitude magazine<table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of people currently detained who identify as LGBT (as of 18<sup>th</sup> November 2016)</p></td><td><p>Number of people currently detained who identify as LGBT from January 1<sup>st</sup> 2016 – November 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brook House</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campsfield</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colnbrook</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dungavel</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harmondsworth</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Larne House</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tinsley House</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pennine House</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where the number of people identified is low, a parameter is added to ensure individuals are not identifiable, in line with our obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998. This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6079 HL6080 question first answered 28/03/2017 15:17:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

711191

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Campsfield House, Colnbrook, Harmondsworth and Tinsley House detention centres were unable to give full figures to Attitude magazine of the number of LGBT asylum seekers being held in detention and what action has been taken to rectify this.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL6079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>On 27 February 2017, the Home Office responded to an FOI request asking for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. The FOI asked for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. This question concerns asylum seekers in detention who have been recorded as being based LGBT.</p><p> </p><p>The FOI response, provided below, set out the number of individuals in detention who have disclosed their sexual orientation as LGBT as a snapshot (on 18 November 2016) and as a total number for the period from 1 January to 18 November 2016, see table below.</p><p> </p><p>Service providers are required to provide opportunities for detainees who wish to do so, to safely disclose their sexual orientation and to ensure that those individuals can easily access support and assistance.</p><p> </p><p>The data you have requested in relation to LGBT asylum seekers held in detention over the last 12 months and the length of detention in each case is not readily available. It is not incumbent upon a detained individual to declare their sexuality. The required information would only be recorded in the case notes sections within the Home Office database or held solely on the paper files. The time required to examine individual cases and extrapolate the required data, would exceed the £800 cost limit.</p><p> </p>FOI response to Attitude magazine<table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of people currently detained who identify as LGBT (as of 18<sup>th</sup> November 2016)</p></td><td><p>Number of people currently detained who identify as LGBT from January 1<sup>st</sup> 2016 – November 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brook House</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campsfield</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colnbrook</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dungavel</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harmondsworth</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Larne House</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tinsley House</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pennine House</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where the number of people identified is low, a parameter is added to ensure individuals are not identifiable, in line with our obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998. This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6078 HL6080 question first answered 28/03/2017 15:17:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

711192

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum seekers who have been recorded as LGBT have been held in detention over the last 12 months and what was the length of detention in each case.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL6080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>On 27 February 2017, the Home Office responded to an FOI request asking for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. The FOI asked for information relating to detainees who identify as LGBT in the immigration detention estate. This question concerns asylum seekers in detention who have been recorded as being based LGBT.</p><p> </p><p>The FOI response, provided below, set out the number of individuals in detention who have disclosed their sexual orientation as LGBT as a snapshot (on 18 November 2016) and as a total number for the period from 1 January to 18 November 2016, see table below.</p><p> </p><p>Service providers are required to provide opportunities for detainees who wish to do so, to safely disclose their sexual orientation and to ensure that those individuals can easily access support and assistance.</p><p> </p><p>The data you have requested in relation to LGBT asylum seekers held in detention over the last 12 months and the length of detention in each case is not readily available. It is not incumbent upon a detained individual to declare their sexuality. The required information would only be recorded in the case notes sections within the Home Office database or held solely on the paper files. The time required to examine individual cases and extrapolate the required data, would exceed the £800 cost limit.</p><p> </p>FOI response to Attitude magazine<table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of people currently detained who identify as LGBT (as of 18<sup>th</sup> November 2016)</p></td><td><p>Number of people currently detained who identify as LGBT from January 1<sup>st</sup> 2016 – November 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brook House</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campsfield</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colnbrook</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dungavel</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harmondsworth</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Larne House</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tinsley House</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pennine House</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where the number of people identified is low, a parameter is added to ensure individuals are not identifiable, in line with our obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998. This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6078 HL6079 question first answered 28/03/2017 15:17:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven