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788355

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Bank Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HL Deb, cols 769–70), how many individuals have been identified as being in the United Kingdom unlawfully only through checks carried out by banks and building societies under the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Any estimate of the exact size of the illegal population is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around it.</p><p>The banking measures only apply to disqualified persons - these are illegal migrants who are known to the Home Office and are liable for removal or deportation from the UK. The Home Office shares details of disqualified persons with banks and building societies via a specified anti-fraud organisation, for them to check against their records.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 Act banking measures came into force on 30 October; however, banks and building societies are required to conduct their first immigration check on all personal current accounts within the first quarter (January – March) of 2018. Banks and building societies must report any matches to the Home Office and only take action on accounts when instructed by the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/11/2017 14:57:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

788356

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HL Deb, cols 769–70), how many individuals are recorded by the Home Office as being in the United Kingdom illegally.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Any estimate of the exact size of the illegal population is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around it.</p><p> </p><p>Exit checks were introduced in April 2015 and are, over time, providing more detailed insights into the behaviour of migrants and how they comply with the restrictions placed upon their length of stay in the UK, but the data obtained does not provide the total number of illegal migrants in the UK. Instead of producing inaccurate numbers, the Government is focused on making it harder for people to live in the UK illegally.</p><p> </p><p>The International Passenger Survey is the responsibility of the Office for National Statistics and does not provide estimates of the size of the illegal population.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3149 HL3150 question first answered 27/11/2017 15:07:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

788357

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals they estimate to be in the United Kingdom illegally.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Any estimate of the exact size of the illegal population is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around it.</p><p> </p><p>Exit checks were introduced in April 2015 and are, over time, providing more detailed insights into the behaviour of migrants and how they comply with the restrictions placed upon their length of stay in the UK, but the data obtained does not provide the total number of illegal migrants in the UK. Instead of producing inaccurate numbers, the Government is focused on making it harder for people to live in the UK illegally.</p><p> </p><p>The International Passenger Survey is the responsibility of the Office for National Statistics and does not provide estimates of the size of the illegal population.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3148 HL3150 question first answered 27/11/2017 15:07:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

788358

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to ensure, in determining how many people are in the United Kingdom illegally, that exit checks and the International Passenger Survey cover dual nationals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Any estimate of the exact size of the illegal population is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around it.</p><p> </p><p>Exit checks were introduced in April 2015 and are, over time, providing more detailed insights into the behaviour of migrants and how they comply with the restrictions placed upon their length of stay in the UK, but the data obtained does not provide the total number of illegal migrants in the UK. Instead of producing inaccurate numbers, the Government is focused on making it harder for people to live in the UK illegally.</p><p> </p><p>The International Passenger Survey is the responsibility of the Office for National Statistics and does not provide estimates of the size of the illegal population.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3148 HL3149 question first answered 27/11/2017 15:07:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

788359

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 10 October (HL Deb, col 105), what assessment they have made of the impact on the infrastructure and public services of the UK of migrants from outside the UK staying for (1) 12 months or more, and (2) less than 12 months.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Assessments of public service impacts of migration have been considered in previous Home Office publications – ‘<em>Social and Public Service Impacts of International Migration at the Local Level</em>’ published in 2013; and Annex 6 of the Impact Assessment accompanying <em>The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016</em> provide examples of how these have previously been considered.</p><p>These publications can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-and-public-service-impacts-of-international-migration-at-the-local-level" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-and-public-service-impacts-of-international-migration-at-the-local-level</a></p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/177/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/177/impacts</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Social and Public Service Impacts of International Migration at the Local Level.pdf title Social and Public Service Impacts 2 file name Impact Assessment for the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016.pdf title Impact Assessment question first answered 22/11/2017 12:12:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

784745

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 25 July 2016 (HL1295) and 1 November (HL2214), whether it is still their intention to publish an evaluation of the scheme, given their earlier stated intention to publish that evaluation in 2016; and if so, when that evaluation will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL2963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The scheme is intended to to ensure that refugees who wish to apply for benefits are assisted with their application and receive prompt payment of any benefit for which they qualify. We will make information available about the scheme in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/11/2017 17:30:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

771282

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how border security can be ensured without the use of paper-based international travel cards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL2083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK operates a secure border. All passengers arriving on scheduled services from outside of the Common Travel Area must satisfactorily establish their identity and nationality to allow a decision to be taken on their eligibility for entry to the UK. Travel documents and ID cards are currently the internationally accepted means for doing this. Documents which also contain a biometric chip are regarded as more secure than paper-based documents alone as the chip allows a more accurate reconciliation of the individual to the document. There are no current plans to operate our border controls without the use of a document or card.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/10/2017 16:58:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

771283

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks to border security of dual nationals using international passenger survey or paper-based landing cards listing only a single nationality.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL2084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no requirement for a passenger to declare their dual nationality status on arrival to the United Kingdom. A Border Force officer will examine the document a passenger chooses to present on arrival and complete the mandatory checks outlined in the Border Force Operating Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>A Border Force officer will only grant entry to a passenger once they have satisfactorily established their nationality, identity and immigration status in the UK and that they do not pose a security risk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/10/2017 17:00:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

771284

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what comparative assessment they have made of the different border security arrangements concerning passport checks for arrivals at airports and ports in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL2085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government works closely with Ireland on matters of border security. This work is intrinsically linked to the Common Travel Area (CTA), a special border-free zone encompassing the UK, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.</p><p>To protect this arrangement there is a high level of collaboration between the UK and Ireland to strengthen the external border of the CTA. A joint programme of work includes the sharing of information and increased understanding of respective border arrangements, increased sharing and use of data to inform immigration and border security decisions, and the alignment of border policies and processes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/10/2017 16:36:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

768569

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of the Public statement: relationship no longer subsisting forms.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL1918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made of the use of the Public Statement: Relationship No Longer Subsisting Forms.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/10/2017 14:55:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon