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106185

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people for whom return is not possible have been in receipt of support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 for longer than six months.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Support is provided in some circumstances to failed asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</p><p>Although no specific records are kept, only a small number of people seek support because they claim they are permanently unable to leave the UK. Support is provided because there is a temporary legal or practical obstacle to departure, for example because the person is too sick to travel or needs time to apply for the necessary travel document. The number of people who have been on section 4 support for more than 6 months is 4,395.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/11/2014 15:20:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

106186

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total amount of unspent credit which has been removed from Azure card users as a result of the card's £5 carry-over limit.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Approximately £850,000 of credit has not been used since the card was introduced in December 2009 for this reason.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 18/11/2014 15:21:09 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

105782

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what evidence they base their assessment that removal of support for rescue operations in the Mediterranean will deter or reduce the number of migrants attempting the crossing.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The decision to phase out the Mare Nostrum search and rescue arrangements in the Mediterranean was taken by Italy with support of all EU Member States, including the UK. <br><br>While the situation is complex, the doubling in numbers attempting the crossing this year has included a rise in numbers from countries with no major current conflict. There is also clear evidence of the exploitation of Mare Nostrum by people smugglers and traffickers who are sending migrants to sea without sufficient fuel or resources to make the crossing. We have seen the Italians draw closer and closer to the Libyan coast, with migrants in some cases using a satellite phone shortly after setting sail to call the Italian Navy to rescue them. We have also seen a recent trend of migrants now flying from Turkey to North Africa in order to make the sea crossing to Italy. Since Mare Nostrum began, UNHCR estimates that over 3,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea in 2014, compared to 600 for the whole of 2013.<br><br>The EU’s previous experience of a surge in crossings, following enhanced Frontex operations in 2008, also suggests that a withdrawal of enhanced maritime operations may lead to a decrease in numbers attempting the crossing. On that basis, the Government believes that the JHA Council was right to conclude that we need to pursue a different approach.</p><p /> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2599 question first answered 18/11/2014 17:37:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

105783

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	People Smuggling: North Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support, if any, they are offering to North African governments to help tackle the criminal gangs trafficking people across the Mediterranean into Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has an extensive programme of work underway with North African partners to address the criminal activities of people smugglers and human traffickers in that region. For example, we are working with partners in North and East Africa to address the maltreatment of Eritrean migrants in the Sinai, and in March of this year, the Home Secretary also signed an EU ‘Mobility Partnership’ with Tunisia, which is intended to bolster cooperation with that country, including joint efforts to tackle illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings. We have also made clear our intention to join a ‘core group’ of Member States and African partners leading the new ‘Khartoum Process’, due to be launched at a Ministerial Conference in Rome on 28 November, which will focus on new, concrete actions to combating people smuggling and human trafficking in the Horn of Africa. We also support the EU’s proposals for sustainable protection in North and East Africa under EU Regional Development and Protection Programmes (RDPPs). We intend to work with our EU partners to deliver them, as we have already done with the Syria EU Regional Protection and Development Programme alongside our provision of £700 Million in humanitarian aid.</p><p>In the Government’s view the only sustainable response to the scale of the situation in the Mediterranean is to ensure sufficient protection is available in the region and work with third country partners to combat the facilitators and traffickers. We do recognise there will be some refugees for whom regional protection does not offer a viable solution, which is why the UK continues to number among those offering the greatest number of resettlement places in the EU, and has developed our Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme to specifically address the needs of vulnerable migrants fleeing the Syrian conflict.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2598 question first answered 18/11/2014 15:11:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

105784

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to ensure that the withdrawal of search and rescue services for migrants in the Mediterranean is well publicised and well understood.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>We are working with EU partners and with international organisations, including UNHCR, on information campaigns in North and East Africa as part of broader efforts under the EU’s ‘Task Force Mediterranean’. This includes sharing our expertise in this area and assisting work with diaspora communities to dissuade migrants from risking dangerous Mediterranean and Saharan crossings and to counter the narrative of criminal facilitators. The Government has also continued to make clear to EU partners our view that the withdrawal of Mare Nostrum must be accompanied by an information campaign, aimed at ensuring migrants in North Africa are aware of the end of this operation. We have recently reminded the Italian authorities of our view on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/11/2014 17:21:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

105785

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Immigration: North Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to expand safe and legal channels for people fleeing North Africa to access sanctuary in Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has an extensive programme of work underway with North African partners to address the criminal activities of people smugglers and human traffickers in that region. For example, we are working with partners in North and East Africa to address the maltreatment of Eritrean migrants in the Sinai, and in March of this year, the Home Secretary also signed an EU ‘Mobility Partnership’ with Tunisia, which is intended to bolster cooperation with that country, including joint efforts to tackle illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings. We have also made clear our intention to join a ‘core group’ of Member States and African partners leading the new ‘Khartoum Process’, due to be launched at a Ministerial Conference in Rome on 28 November, which will focus on new, concrete actions to combating people smuggling and human trafficking in the Horn of Africa. We also support the EU’s proposals for sustainable protection in North and East Africa under EU Regional Development and Protection Programmes (RDPPs). We intend to work with our EU partners to deliver them, as we have already done with the Syria EU Regional Protection and Development Programme alongside our provision of £700 Million in humanitarian aid.</p><p>In the Government’s view the only sustainable response to the scale of the situation in the Mediterranean is to ensure sufficient protection is available in the region and work with third country partners to combat the facilitators and traffickers. We do recognise there will be some refugees for whom regional protection does not offer a viable solution, which is why the UK continues to number among those offering the greatest number of resettlement places in the EU, and has developed our Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme to specifically address the needs of vulnerable migrants fleeing the Syrian conflict.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2596 question first answered 18/11/2014 15:11:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

105786

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what evidence they have based their assessment that the increased numbers of migrants attempting a Mediterranean crossing is due to the Mare Nostrum operation rather than the worsening of conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The decision to phase out the Mare Nostrum search and rescue arrangements in the Mediterranean was taken by Italy with support of all EU Member States, including the UK. <br><br>While the situation is complex, the doubling in numbers attempting the crossing this year has included a rise in numbers from countries with no major current conflict. There is also clear evidence of the exploitation of Mare Nostrum by people smugglers and traffickers who are sending migrants to sea without sufficient fuel or resources to make the crossing. We have seen the Italians draw closer and closer to the Libyan coast, with migrants in some cases using a satellite phone shortly after setting sail to call the Italian Navy to rescue them. We have also seen a recent trend of migrants now flying from Turkey to North Africa in order to make the sea crossing to Italy. Since Mare Nostrum began, UNHCR estimates that over 3,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea in 2014, compared to 600 for the whole of 2013.<br><br>The EU’s previous experience of a surge in crossings, following enhanced Frontex operations in 2008, also suggests that a withdrawal of enhanced maritime operations may lead to a decrease in numbers attempting the crossing. On that basis, the Government believes that the JHA Council was right to conclude that we need to pursue a different approach.</p><p /> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2595 question first answered 18/11/2014 17:37:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

101713

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they now expect from (1) the Cabinet Office, (2) the Electoral Commission, and (3) local Electoral Registration Officers as regards (a) the estimated proportion of those attaining the age of 18 who are registered to vote, and (b) the decline in the match rate of those attaining the age of 18 under the new system of individual electoral registration.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>Through matching against government records, almost 9 in 10 electors in England and Wales were automatically transferred to the new register. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Government has funded Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to write to all electors confirming whether they have matched, and inviting those that did not register under Individual Electoral Registration to do so. Non-responders will receive two written reminders and a visit from a canvasser. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Electoral Commission’s national awareness campaign includes activity aimed at young people. The Commission has encouraged EROs to work with schools to target attainers as part of their public engagement work. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Online registration makes registering to vote simpler and quicker than ever before for nearly all electors - 530,511 16-24 year olds have applied since 11 July 2014.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 17/11/2014 14:31:22 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

101680

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that Azure Card users are able to meet their essential living needs; and on what grounds they base their assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Failed asylum seekers supported under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 are provided with accommodation; utilities, household equipment and healthcare are provided free. The Azure Card is provided to enable them to buy food and other items and is uploaded each week to the value of £35.39 for each person in the household. Extra assistance is also provided where necessary, for example by arranging travel to medical appointments and by providing maternity grants for pregnant women.</p><p>The Government keeps this package of assistance under review but is satisfied that it meets the essential living needs of recipients of section 4 support.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/11/2014 16:51:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

101681

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Care Leavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are currently being looked after by local authorities; and how many are being supported after the age of 18 under leaving care legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) looked after by each local authority in England at 31 March 2013 are published in Table LAA4 of the ‘Children looked after in England’ statistical first release.[1]</p><p> </p><p>The latest available figures (for 31 March 2014) are currently being prepared and will be published in December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education collects information on care leavers aged 19 years old who were looked after aged 16 years old. The number of UASC who were care leavers aged 19 in the year ending 31 March 2013 is published in Table F1 of the Statistical first release.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/11/2014 14:45:17 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno