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1644501

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, since 7 March, any individuals entering the UK to seek asylum by irregular routes have been held in detention; and if so, how many.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL8450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on people entering detention broken down by arrival route.</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on people entering detention in the Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release on gov.uk. The number of people entering detention can be broken down by asylum and non-asylum-related cases in table Det_01 of the detention summary tables.</p><p>The latest data relates to the end of March 2023. Data up to the end of June 2023 will be published on 24 August 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 27/06/2023 14:21:42 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name detention-summary-mar-2023-tables - DET_01.xlsx title table Det_01
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1643216

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Church of England: Grants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what grants they provided to the Church of England in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL8366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>Information on all Government grants to the Church of England is not held centrally by the department. The Government does not routinely pay the Church of England, though it may provide grants to its constituent entities or affiliated organisations via a range of funding programmes, including to deliver on some of the Government's objectives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 21/06/2023 13:40:35 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1628976

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Iron and Steel: Redcar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 17 May (HL Deb col 251), what discussions they have had with the Tees Valley Mayor about the Redcar Steelworks sites and the Government implementing section 6(3)(d) of the National Audit Act 1983; and whether they plan to implement that section with the agreement of local authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>On 24 May the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities wrote to the Mayor of Tees Valley, Ben Houchen, confirming that he had taken the exceptional decision to support the commissioning of an independent review to consider the specific allegations made and Tees Valley Combined Authority’s oversight of the South Tees Development Corporation and Teesworks joint venture. A copy of his letter has been placed in the House of Commons Library and has also been published on Gov.uk. Furthermore, on 25 May, a Written Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Local Government, Lee Rowley, was made in the house detailing the exceptional decision taken by the Secretary of State and that the Terms of Reference and appointments to undertake the Review will be announced shortly.</p><p>The Tees Valley Mayor approached Government some time ago regarding the possibility of an independent review of STDC and Teesworks to address allegations which he was concerned could have a damaging effect on investment and job creation across Teesside.</p><p>The Secretary of State considered calls for such an investigation to be led by the National Audit Office. It is not the NAO’s role to audit or examine individual local government bodies and its powers would not normally be used for that purpose. As the letter to the Mayor confirms, the Secretary of State does not think it would be appropriate to expand so significantly the role of the NAO by asking them to lead an inquiry. The Secretary of State has stated that he would welcome the NAO updating its previous review of Government’s funding arrangements for the South Tees Development Corporation.</p><p>The Government intends to publish detailed terms of reference for the independent review shortly and confirm the appointments to the review Panel.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 01/06/2023 12:19:50 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1627724

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Iron and Steel: Redcar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on plans for the former Redcar Steelworks site, and (1) what recent assessment they have made of the terms of the original business case used to agree public funding, and (2) whether they have agreed any changes or amendments to that business case.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>Further to the PNQ last week, the SSI steelworks in Redcar closed in September 2015, with the loss of more than 3100 jobs. The Government appointed Lord Heseltine to review how the economic fortunes of the area could be turned around, including through the redevelopment of the former SSI site. The Government accepted Lord Heseltine's recommendation in his report <em>Tees Valley: Opportunity Unlimited </em>that it should establish the first mayoral development corporation outside London, the South Tees Development Corporation (STDC).</p><p>In 2020, the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) submitted a full business case to Government. The business case was developed and then approved in line with Green Book principles. The funding is governed by a memorandum of understanding between Government and TVCA, including quarterly monitoring reports on spend, risks and delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL7843 question first answered 25/05/2023 14:19:45 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1627725

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Iron and Steel: Redcar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which department took the decision to partner with South Tees Development Corporation for development of the former Redcar Steelworks site and, in making that decision, which procedures set out in 'The Green Book: Central Government Guidance on Appraisal and Evaluation' were not followed; and why.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>Further to the PNQ last week, the SSI steelworks in Redcar closed in September 2015, with the loss of more than 3100 jobs. The Government appointed Lord Heseltine to review how the economic fortunes of the area could be turned around, including through the redevelopment of the former SSI site. The Government accepted Lord Heseltine's recommendation in his report <em>Tees Valley: Opportunity Unlimited </em>that it should establish the first mayoral development corporation outside London, the South Tees Development Corporation (STDC).</p><p>In 2020, the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) submitted a full business case to Government. The business case was developed and then approved in line with Green Book principles. The funding is governed by a memorandum of understanding between Government and TVCA, including quarterly monitoring reports on spend, risks and delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL7842 question first answered 25/05/2023 14:19:45 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1627185

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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, further to the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 10 May (HL Deb, col 1924), whether unaccompanied children seeking asylum who are to be detained under the Illegal Migration Bill are to be placed in "age appropriate accommodation", where these age-appropriate accommodation will be; what services will be provided in them, and by whom, that make them age appropriate; who will be responsible for the children placed there in terms of  the duties in section 17 and 20 of the Children Act 1989; and who will have ultimate responsibility for running these accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The welfare of those who are detained is taken seriously. Where a decision is made to remove an unaccompanied child under 18, detention will be for the shortest possible time. The detention powers within the Bill can only be exercised to detain an unaccompanied child in specific circumstances that will be set out in regulations.</p><p>We will build upon our current detention facilities to ensure they provide appropriate, safe and secure accommodation. This includes working closely with the Department of Education and local authorities to ensure there are proper support provisions in detention for unaccompanied children.</p><p>The Home Secretary is responsible for all people in detention, including the day-to-day care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 26/05/2023 11:24:36 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1627186

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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, further to the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 10 May (HL Deb, col 1924), what evidence they have collected since 2014 that leads them to conclude that excluding children from immigration detention would "incentivise the people smugglers" to target children to smuggle to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Illegal Migration Bill is to prevent and deter all unlawful migration, and in particular migration by unsafe and illegal routes. Those who arrive illegally will be liable to detention and will be swiftly removed to their home country or to a safe third country.</p><p>The organised people smuggling criminal gangs can be expected to exploit any exceptions or loopholes in the scheme provided for in the Bill, a point made by a number of noble Lords at Second Reading. An economic impact assessment will be published for the Bill in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 25/05/2023 14:35:18 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1627187

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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 was the percentage of total asylum claims for unaccompanied children seeking asylum for each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the proportion of total asylum applications lodged in the UK that were made by UASCs in each year in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release on gov.uk. These statistics are published in the Asy_01a table of the asylum summary tables which is attached.</p><p>Further information on these statistics can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook tab. The latest data relates to the end of December 2022.</p><p>Data for January to March 2023, is due to be published 25th May 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 24/05/2023 11:44:43 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name asylum-summary-dec-2022-tables (6).xlsx title Asy_01a - Table
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1627188

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which safe third countries they have made an agreement with for the purposes of processing asylum claims for people coming to the UK via irregular routes, as outlined in the Illegal Migration Bill; and how many individuals are logistically possible to be processed in each in each of  those countries in (1) 2023, and (2) 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We have agreed a Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda, whereby those arriving in the UK through dangerous, unnecessary, and illegal methods may be relocated there to have their asylum claim considered. This arrangement is uncapped.</p><p>We are unable to comment on discussions or negotiations that may be being held with other countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL7798 question first answered 23/05/2023 15:26:06 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1627189

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which safe third countries they expect to make deals with in (1) 2023, and (2) 2024, for the purposes of processing asylum claims as outlined in the Illegal Migration Bill for people coming to the UK via irregular routes.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We have agreed a Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda, whereby those arriving in the UK through dangerous, unnecessary, and illegal methods may be relocated there to have their asylum claim considered. This arrangement is uncapped.</p><p>We are unable to comment on discussions or negotiations that may be being held with other countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL7797 question first answered 23/05/2023 15:26:06 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven