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1587305

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date	20/02/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Social Security Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the press statement by the Department for Work and Pensions on 27 January 2022, what assumptions were made (including regarding family type) to inform the statement that "people are at least £6,000 better off in full time work than on benefits".
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The actual amount an individual could gain from work depends on wage rates, the number of hours worked and family circumstances, such as having children, and whether the claimant receives the UC housing element.</p><p> </p><p>The main assumption the Department used was that people earn the minimum wage of £9.50 an hour and that full time work is 35 hours a week. The Department’s publication <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076130/completing-the-move-to-universal-credit.pdf" target="_blank">Completing the Move to Universal Credit (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a> shows that:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A single claimant with housing costs and no children would have a net income of nearly £7k more a year (if they did not have housing costs the gain would be higher)</li><li>A single claimant with 2 children with housing costs would have a net income of over £9k a year more</li><li>A couple with 2 children with housing costs (if they both worked full time compared to both not working) would have a higher net income of over £17k a year.</li></ul> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/03/2023 16:46:19 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1585538

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to end the use of hotels accommodating unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The rise in the number of small boat crossings has placed significant pressures on local authority care placements for young people. Out of necessity, and with the best interests of the child in mind, we have had no alternative but to temporarily use hotels to give some unaccompanied children a roof over their heads whilst local authority accommodation is found.</p><p>The safety and welfare of those in our care, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), is our primary concern and the Home Office has robust safeguarding procedures in place to ensure those in our accommodation are as safe and supported as possible as we seek urgent placements with a local authority. Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day, alongside social workers and nurses.</p><p>The National Transfer scheme (NTS) has already transferred 3,148 children to local authorities with children’s services between 1 July 2021 and 30 September 2022. This compares to 739 children transferred in the same time period in the previous year. We are providing local authorities with children’s services with an additional £15,000 for every eligible young person they take into their care from a dedicated UASC hotel, or the Reception and Safe Care Service in Kent, by the end of February 2023.</p><p>All UASC in interim emergency hotels are referred to local authorities under the mandated NTS within the shortest time frame possible. The time it takes for a local authority to identify a placement varies and has meant some UASC experiencing delays in transferring.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL5558 question first answered 21/02/2023 16:42:08 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1585539

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support, including (1) legal support, (2) mental health support, and (3) medical provision, they are providing to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children placed in hotels.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The rise in the number of small boat crossings has placed significant pressures on local authority care placements for young people. Out of necessity, and with the best interests of the child in mind, we have had no alternative but to temporarily use hotels to give some unaccompanied children a roof over their heads whilst local authority accommodation is found.</p><p>The safety and welfare of those in our care, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), is our primary concern and the Home Office has robust safeguarding procedures in place to ensure those in our accommodation are as safe and supported as possible as we seek urgent placements with a local authority. Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day, alongside social workers and nurses.</p><p>The National Transfer scheme (NTS) has already transferred 3,148 children to local authorities with children’s services between 1 July 2021 and 30 September 2022. This compares to 739 children transferred in the same time period in the previous year. We are providing local authorities with children’s services with an additional £15,000 for every eligible young person they take into their care from a dedicated UASC hotel, or the Reception and Safe Care Service in Kent, by the end of February 2023.</p><p>All UASC in interim emergency hotels are referred to local authorities under the mandated NTS within the shortest time frame possible. The time it takes for a local authority to identify a placement varies and has meant some UASC experiencing delays in transferring.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL5557 question first answered 21/02/2023 16:42:08 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1585179

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 6 February (HL 5085), what steps they are taking to determine the details of any family members who were separated from people evacuated to the UK from Afghanistan as part of Operation Pitting.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable people fleeing Afghanistan. However, the situation is very complex and presents significant challenges, including how those who are eligible for resettlement in the UK can leave the country. This includes the eligible family members of those being resettled under the ACRS. For those evacuated from Afghanistan under the ACRS without their immediate family members, further information will be made available in due course about options for reuniting with them.</p><p>Whilst the Home Office are currently not able to provide a breakdown of family members data, work is underway to assure information relating to all the individuals relocated under the ARAP and ACRS is on case working systems. Once this work concludes, further statistics on both schemes - including the number of people resettled under each - will be included in the published Immigration Statistics.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 21/02/2023 16:43:10 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1585180

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord True on 14 December 2022 (HL Deb col 702) in which he committed to providing information previously requested by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede about protection for people fleeing domestic violence when making asylum applications from countries designated as "safe" countries, when they will provide this information.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>Detailed Home Office policy guidance provides a framework for considering asylum claims, including those based on domestic violence, and every asylum claim is carefully considered on its individual merits. This includes those from nationals of countries which are designated as “safe”; assessing all the evidence provided by the claimant against a background of published country information.</p><p>Protection status is normally granted where a claimant has a well-founded fear of persecution under the Refugee Convention or a claimant faces a real risk of serious harm. Refusals will attract a right of appeal unless the claim is certified. We will not remove anyone to their own or any other country where they would face persecution or serious harm.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 15/02/2023 14:12:13 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1583451

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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 His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the total number of people who are currently eligible for the five-year route to settlement introduced in 2022 as Appendix Private Life to the Immigration Rules, and (2) the number of those people who would meet the threshold to be granted a fee waiver for a limited leave to remain applications.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Eligibility for the Private Life routes is set out in the Immigration Rules. Each application is considered on its merits and on a case by-case basis taking into account the individual circumstances.</p><p>Any applications for a fee waiver are considered against published criteria on a case by-case basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/02/2023 11:49:03 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1583452

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what number and proportion of people aged under 25 making an application for limited leave to remain under the Immigration Rules Appendix Private Life were granted a fee waiver in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold published data on the number and proportion of people under 25 making an application for limited leave to remain under the <strong>Immigration Rules Appendix Private Life were granted a fee waiver in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/02/2023 11:59:04 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1583453

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
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 benefits of providing a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications for people aged under 25 who can demonstrate that they cannot afford the fee after meeting essential living costs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the fees for immigration and nationality applications under review. No specific assessment on the potential merits of providing a fee waiver for Indefinite Leave to Remain for people aged under 25 has been undertaken.</p><p>The Home Office provides exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances. These exceptions ensure the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations and wider government policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/02/2023 12:34:53 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1581704

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
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 report by the charity Become Home for Christmas, published on 2 January; and in particular, the finding that, on average, 150 children in the care system in England were moved each day in 2021–22.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>All placement decisions are subject to the duty set out in Section 22(3) of the Children’s Act 1989, which requires the placement decision to be the most appropriate way to safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. The welfare of children must always be paramount and local authorities have a duty to safeguard all children in their care. When the difficult decision is made to change a child’s placement, it must be in the best interest of the child. The department believes that social workers and the courts are best placed to make decisions for vulnerable children, in consideration of all the factors involved in often complex cases. Every child should experience a stable and loving home during their time in care.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the urgency of action in placement sufficiency, the department is prioritising working with local authorities to recruit more foster carers. This will include pathfinder local recruitment campaigns that build towards a national programme to help ensure those carers approved are the right match for children coming into care, and children have access to the right placements at the right time, including supporting those children who have suffered complex trauma.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on the number of looked after children who moved more than once (three or more placements during the year) were published for the year ending 31 March 2018 to the year ending 31 March 2022 in the table ‘CLA on 31 March with three or more placements during the year – LA’ in the annual statistical release ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions, 2022’. The table can be accessed here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/53b32118-528e-4015-777b-08dab100bfc2" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/53b32118-528e-4015-777b-08dab100bfc2</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL5217 question first answered 13/02/2023 15:45:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1581705

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
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 impact of multiple placement moves on the well-being and mental health of children in the care system in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>All placement decisions are subject to the duty set out in Section 22(3) of the Children’s Act 1989, which requires the placement decision to be the most appropriate way to safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. The welfare of children must always be paramount and local authorities have a duty to safeguard all children in their care. When the difficult decision is made to change a child’s placement, it must be in the best interest of the child. The department believes that social workers and the courts are best placed to make decisions for vulnerable children, in consideration of all the factors involved in often complex cases. Every child should experience a stable and loving home during their time in care.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the urgency of action in placement sufficiency, the department is prioritising working with local authorities to recruit more foster carers. This will include pathfinder local recruitment campaigns that build towards a national programme to help ensure those carers approved are the right match for children coming into care, and children have access to the right placements at the right time, including supporting those children who have suffered complex trauma.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on the number of looked after children who moved more than once (three or more placements during the year) were published for the year ending 31 March 2018 to the year ending 31 March 2022 in the table ‘CLA on 31 March with three or more placements during the year – LA’ in the annual statistical release ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions, 2022’. The table can be accessed here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/53b32118-528e-4015-777b-08dab100bfc2" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/53b32118-528e-4015-777b-08dab100bfc2</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL5216 question first answered 13/02/2023 15:45:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett