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786998

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been received by her Department for the discretionary 12 months leave to remain visa for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	112395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The dedicated Grenfell immigration policy is a targeted scheme that we expect to benefit a limited number of people.</p><p>We have plans to publish statistics on the Grenfell immigration policy in due course and will not be providing updates on numbers in the meantime.</p><p>Details of who is eligible under the policy can be found in the published guidance at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 112391 question first answered 17/11/2017 09:07:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

786999

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the total number of applications for a 12 months leave to remain visa made under her Department's discretionary policy for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have been received from people who (a) already had an outstanding asylum claim, (b) were already known either to her Department or the local authority and (c) had spouses who have immigration status within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	112391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The dedicated Grenfell immigration policy is a targeted scheme that we expect to benefit a limited number of people.</p><p>We have plans to publish statistics on the Grenfell immigration policy in due course and will not be providing updates on numbers in the meantime.</p><p>Details of who is eligible under the policy can be found in the published guidance at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 112395 question first answered 17/11/2017 09:07:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

787002

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) amending or (b) extending the discretionary immigration policy for Grenfell Tower fire immigration cases beyond the end of November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	112314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Grenfell immigration policy for survivors is open to new cases until 30 November 2017. We have kept the closing date under continual review since we first announced the policy.</p><p> </p><p>We consider that the offer of a 5-year route to indefinite leave to remain in the UK is a generous and proportionate one and we have no plans to amend that approach. Details of this are set out in the published guidance at the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Eligible survivors granted the initial 12 months’ leave outside the rules will be able to apply for further periods of two years’ limited leave outside the rules with access to public funds and permission to work, and indefinite leave to remain after five years’ lawful residence. We intend to waive fees for the further grants of limited leave to remain.</p><p> </p><p>This five-year timeframe is consistent with the minimum period of leave that refugees need to have before they can apply for permanent residence. It also means that those granted leave under the dedicated Grenfell immigration policy will be able to qualify for permanent residence in half the time of other migrants without lawful status who are granted leave on the basis of family or private life; the latter are required to complete 10 years’ lawful residence.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/11/2017 17:12:28 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

787003

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to provide additional financial assistance for successful applicants under the discretionary 12 months leave to remain visa for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire to make any further immigration applications.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	112313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has published guidance at the link below which makes clear that there will be no fee for the initial grant of 12 months’ leave under the dedicated Grenfell survivors immigration policy. The guidance also sets out that individuals will then be able to apply for two further periods of two years’ limited leave under this policy without paying a fee.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-fire-handling-immigration-cases</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/11/2017 17:12:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

661743

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of suicide in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text The Government believes that prisons should be places of safety and reform. As part of this, reducing the incidence of suicide is a key priority. Our recent White Paper sets out the specific steps that we are taking to improve safety. They include investing over £100m to recruit an additional 2,500 staff across the estate by the end of 2018. The National Offender Management Service has launched a suicide and self-harm reduction project, led by an experienced prison governor, which is driving work in this area. This includes implementing the recommendations of a review of the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process, the multi-disciplinary case management process that is the main tool for managing prisoners at risk of suicide and self-harm. Providing the right intervention and treatment is vital to improving the outcomes for people who are in distress, and all prisons have established procedures in place to identify, manage and support people at risk of suicide or self-harm. But we recognise that more can be done. That is why we have invested in specialist mental health training for prison officers and allocated more funding for prison safety. These improvements and reforms will benefit prisoners who are vulnerable, suffering from mental health problems or at risk of committing suicide. answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/01/2017 15:08:05 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

661751

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many counter terrorism security advisers were employed in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Advice and guidance on protective security and preparedness to terrorist threats is provided by specialist Counter-Terrorism Security Advisors (CTSAs) who operate in every police region.</p><p>We do not publically provide a breakdown of this funding or resources by force, region or capability for security reasons. The number of CTSAs in post in each year since 2010 was as follows:</p><p>April 2010 -191 (figure includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April 2011 – 227 (figure includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April 2012 – 226 (figure includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April 2013 – 204 (figure includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April 2014 – 188 (figures includes Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland)</p><p>April 2015 - 146 (England and Wales only, this figure includes 4 Counter Terrorism Awareness Advisers, CTAAs, dedicated towards the provision of CT awareness advice).</p><p>April 2016 – 157 (England and Wales only, this figure includes 20 Counter Terrorism Awareness Advisers dedicated towards the provision of CT awareness advice). The Government’s aims to have 171 staff in post by the end of 2016/17 (145 CTSAs and 26 CTAAs). These planned changes to resource are for the effective and efficient delivery of future advice and guidance, whilst ensuring they maintain their fundamental role as part of wider police capabilities to safeguard the security of the public.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/01/2017 16:28:31 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

661753

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers under the age of 18 were deported in December in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of enforced returns by age is published in table rt_03 (returns data tables) in ‘Immigration Statistics, July - September 2016’, available from the Home Office website at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572380/returns2-q3-2016-tables.ods</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/01/2017 18:09:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

661754

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding each police force in England and Wales received from her Department to employ counter terrorism security advisers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Advice and guidance on protective security and preparedness to terrorist threats is provided by specialist Counter-Terrorism Security Advisors (CTSAs) who operate in every police region.</p><p>The Home Office funds CTSAs as part of a wider grant payment to the police in England and Wales for specific counter-terrorism purposes. We do not publically provide a breakdown of this funding or resources by force, region or capability for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/01/2017 14:17:17 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

661755

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest period of time a (a) UK or EEA national and (b) non-EU citizen had to wait during December before passing through border checks at (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick, (iii) Manchester, (iv) Stansted and (v) Luton airports was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Heathrow airport is currently the only provider to publish queue statistics on its website:</p><p>http://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force</p><p>There were only five ports which fell below the 95% SLA performance target from 2012. Data before 2012 is not available. Data for December 2016 is not yet available.</p><p>The performance data relates to passenger queuing times – defined as when a passenger / vehicle joins a static body of people / line of vehicles to when they arrive at the UK Border control desk - and as such excludes transaction times for clearance.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/01/2017 13:36:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

661756

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has suspended all processing and admission of migrants formerly at Calais.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	58113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We have worked closely with the French authorities to support the clearance of the Calais camp and to transfer children eligible to come to the UK. Since 10 October, we have transferred over 750 children from France. The current phase has been concluded. More children will be transferred from across Europe under the Immigration Act in the coming months, including from France.</p><p>We will continue to meet our obligation under the Dublin Regulation to transfer unaccompanied refugee children to the UK where a family link has been established.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/01/2017 18:11:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott