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1464802

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to section 16 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the government of Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership arrangement, how many refugees from Rwanda will be resettled in the UK; and over what time period they will be resettled.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>A small number of the most vulnerable refugees in Rwanda will be resettled in the UK as part of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.</p><p>More details on the resettlement of vulnerable refugees will be set out in due course. The partnership between the UK and Rwanda is now underway and is expected to last for at least five years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/06/2022 16:40:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1452537

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with P&O Ferries about the (1) immigration status, and (2) right to work in the UK, of the replacement workers they are reportedly hiring; what assessment they have made of the right to work in the UK of these workers; and, of the workers of foreign nationality hired by P&O Ferries, what were the immigration routes by which they have been admitted to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL7086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>There are ongoing discussions between P&amp;O Ferries and HM Government.</p><p>It is the Government’s policy that all migrants coming to work in UK territorial waters (i.e., 12 nautical miles), or on the UK landmass, need permission to work unless exemptions apply. Conversely, if they are working outside of UK territorial waters then permission to work is not required.</p><p>Seafarers who earn a living by working on a ship such as seamen or crew members do not need permission to work if they are in transit (under contract) to join a ship or are in transit as part of a crew, subject to entry requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/04/2022 13:57:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1433409

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	National Insurance: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 11 February (HL5761), what is (1) the underlying data issue affecting the calculation of the scale of National Insurance numbers issued to adult overseas arrivals from June 2021 onwards, (2) the scale of the uncertainty about the numbers involved, (3) the degree and manner in which this has affected and is likely to affect the future development of the Administrative-Based Migration Estimates, and (4) the period over which net migration estimates are likely to be affected.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL6246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The decision was made to delay the November 2021 release of the National Statistics publication of National Insurance numbers allocated to adult overseas nationals following an investigation involving HMRC where a technical issue was identified which work is now underway to rectify. Once the work is complete and the data has been validated, we will notify users of our plans to publish the statistical back series in line with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for migration estimates and they announced in November 2021 their plan to include data from the DWP Registration And Population Interactions Dataset (RAPID) in their Administrative-Based Migration Estimates. The current RAPID data is not affected by this issue as it only covers the period to end March 2021.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 07/03/2022 17:58:51 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1417798

registered interest
date	28/01/2022
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	National Insurance: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the statistics on National Insurance numbers issued to overseas nationals were delayed two days before the due publication date of 25 November 2021; why they have now been suspended; and when they expect them to be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL5761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>All statistics produced by the Department for Work and Pensions are subject to routine quality assurance procedures before publication. During one of these procedures an underlying data issue was discovered in the quarterly National Statistics for ‘National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK’, which was due to be published on 25 November 2021. An assessment was made to understand the cause and identify if a solution could be swiftly implemented before the publication date. However, as it was not possible to do this, a decision was made to notify users both of the delay to the November release and that an update would be provided in January 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The investigation is taking longer than first anticipated and will therefore impact the production of the next quarterly release of the statistics, so the update provided on 26 January 2022 informed users of the decision to suspend the release of the statistics. The statistical series will be reinstated as soon as possible after a solution is implemented, in line with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Statistics and a further progress update will be provided in early April 2022.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 11/02/2022 14:23:59 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1416626

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 January (HL5259), what immigration controls will be put in place under the proposed ETA system at (1) sea crossings between the Republic of Ireland and the UK and (2) sea crossings between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL5664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Common Travel Area (CTA) supports the long-standing principle of movement for British and Irish citizens between the UK, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Ireland.</p><p>As now, the UK will not operate routine immigration controls on journeys from within the CTA. There are no border controls for travel within the UK including from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/02/2022 14:42:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1384685

registered interest
date	03/12/2021
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 how many EU citizens have been granted settled status since the introduction of the EU Settlement Scheme; how many who have been granted pre-settled status will qualify to apply for settled status in each calendar year from 2022 to 2026; and what proportion of applications for settled status from pre-settled status have been granted in the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) in the 'EU Settlement Scheme Statistics', which can be found on gov.uk.</p><p>The latest published information on EUSS applications concluded to 30 September 2021, can be found in tables EUSS_03_UK: (EU Settlement Scheme: concluded applications by outcome type and nationality - UK total) and EUSS_MON, Table 5: (EU Settlement Scheme – Repeat applicants moving from Pre-settled to Settled status), in the Annex.</p><p> </p><p>A person granted pre-settled status under the EUSS can apply for settled status as soon as they qualify for this. Applicants who have completed five years’ continuous residence, or where other criteria for settled status without that length of continuous residence are met, are eligible for settled status.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office cannot assess a person’s eligibility for settled status until they make an application to the EUSS, and therefore cannot state how many of those granted pre-settled status or who are yet to apply to the scheme will be eligible for settled status in the period sought.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/12/2021 16:01:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-tables-28-august-2018-to-30-september-2021.xlsx title Annex
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1381592

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Electoral Register: British National (Overseas)
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether BN(O) citizens who have arrived from Hong Kong are required to become British citizens before they can register to vote in a UK general election.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>British Nationals Overseas (BN(O)s) who have arrived from Hong Kong are not required to become British Citizens in order to register to vote in UK general elections.</p><p>Although BN(O)s are not classed as British citizens, the British Nationality Act 1981 determines that they have the status of Commonwealth citizens. This means that Hong Kong BN(O)s, with leave to enter or remain in the UK, are entitled to register to vote as an elector in UK parliamentary elections, providing they fulfil the age and residence requirements for such registration and are not subject to any other legal incapacity.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 02/12/2021 14:05:17 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1378729

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many migrants who initially entered the UK on a student visa were granted the right to settle in each of the past 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>Data is published as part of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fmigrant-journey-2020-report&amp;data=04%7C01%7CVandCSheffield.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd8ede44d90734b1d769308d9a8e8af64%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637726539583036554%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=fcT2FtBMkzKxW31t7%2BElH09ZweIr%2Bxs9u2dsf5gwkHU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migrant Journey report</a> in dataset MJ_D02, which contains grants of settlement by initial leave category.</p><p> </p><p>Details for the last 10 years for study are below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sum of Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Column Labels</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Row Labels</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Study</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>27,375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>23,364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>32,126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>25,694</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>26,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>18,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>26,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>27,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>16,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>242,077</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/11/2021 12:29:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1378730

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many mobile phones have been issued (1) to individuals in immigration removal centres, and (2) to asylum seekers arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel by boat, between 1 January 2018 and 30 June 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The published Detention Services Order 08/2012 sets out the Home Office’s policy on detained individuals’ possession of mobile phones in immigration removal centres.</p><p>To enable contact with friends, family and legal representatives, where individuals do not have a suitable mobile phone, Home Office suppliers can provide temporary access to basic model mobile phones for individuals in detention, or those awaiting initial processing. These mobile phones are returned when individuals leave the respective centre.</p><p>No mobile phones are provided in Initial Asylum Accommodation, however; individuals can request a data sim card which enables internet access, for use during their stay.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2021 16:22:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Mobile_phones_and_cameras_in_immigration_removal_centres.pdf title Detention Services Order 08/2012 - Mobile Phones
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1367632

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Biometrics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries' passport holders are able to use e-gates at UK borders when coming to the UK for short stays; what arrangements they have made to ensure that such people (1) are not taking paid employment whilst in the UK, and (2) do not stay longer than their permitted six months; and what assessment they have made of whether the system has been abused so far.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL3881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The use of e-Gates is a secure and efficient way of crossing the border.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to British and Irish citizens aged 12 and over, who can use e-Gates to enter the UK for any purpose, citizens aged 12 and over of the countries named in the Schedule to the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000, as amended, are eligible to seek entry to the UK using an e-Gate for the purpose of short visits. The list of countries can be found online under the ‘Amendment of the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000’ on the legislation.gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>We also operate the Registered Traveller service, where regular, compliant visitors to the UK and those with long term entry clearance can apply for membership which allows them to seek entry using an e-Gate once they have passed initial checks and been examined by a Border Force officer (BFO) on their next entry to the UK. The list of countries whose citizens are currently eligible to apply for membership of the RTS can be viewed on gov.uk</p><p> </p><p>In terms of preventing illegal working and overstaying those who enter using an e-Gate and go on to work illegally or overstay will be identified in the same way as those who are granted leave to enter by an entry clearance officer or BFO.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor reports and trends of immigration abuse across the immigration system, including of illegal working and overstaying to ensure the immigration system continues to operate in the national interest.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2021 16:18:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington