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1010560

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the restriction on asylum seekers' right to work on dependent children during the 12-month waiting period.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	193493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it and this Government is committed to delivering a fair and humane asylum system.</p><p>Whilst the Government has not made such an assessment, our current policy is consistent with EU law and permits asylum seekers to work, in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, if they have been waiting for a decision on their claim for 12 months or more and the delay is through no fault of their own. We are tackling delays in decision-making and have plans in place to improve the speed at which outstanding claims are decided. <br> <br>The Government is considering recent calls to change the policy. However, our current approach aims to protect the resident labour market so that any employment meets our needs for skilled labour and distinguishes between those who need protection and those who want to work in the UK, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. We need to avoid creating further incentives for migrants, particularly children or those with children, to come here illegally, risking their lives in the process, instead of claiming asylum in the first safe country they reach.</p><p>It is also important to focus on providing support for those who are recognised as refugees, to help them to integrate and find employment, so that they can rebuild their lives here.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/11/2018 17:54:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

419573

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Females: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to eradicate violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has some of the strongest protections in the world to safeguard women and girls and the Government is wholly committed to protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims and survivors. Over the course of the previous Parliament our achievements included:</p><p>• making domestic abuse an offence to capture controlling and coercive behaviour;</p><p>• rolling out Domestic Violence Protection Orders and the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme nationally;</p><p>• criminalising forced marriage;</p><p>• introducing new stalking laws;</p><p>• criminalisation of realistic depictions of rape and revenge pornography;</p><p>• strengthening the law on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), including mandatory reporting; and</p><p>• introducing new civil orders to manage sex offenders and FGM protection orders.</p><p>This Government will build on those achievements by doing more to intervene earlier in the abuse cycle including doing more to deter and rehabilitate perpetrators, as well as to continue to improve protection for victims and to bring offenders to justice. We recognise the importance of specialist services and will work with local authorities, the NHS and Police and Crime Commissioners to ensure a secure future for specialist Female Genital Mutilation and forced marriage units, refuges and rape support centres. The work will be set out in a refreshed version of the previous Government’s strategy, A Call to End Violence against Women and Girls, which will be published later this year.</p><p>The previous Government ring-fenced £40 million (£10 million per year) for services and helplines supporting women and girls who have suffered abuse. This Government has committed to continuing that funding to April 2016 and has provided an additional funding for this period: £10 million for refuges, a £3 million fund to boost the provision of domestic violence services including refuges and an uplift of £7 million for victims of sexual violence and child sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2015 14:25:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

421139

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications made by Syrian nationals in each of the last three years were refused on the grounds that the applicant could be returned to a safe third country.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>In the last three years, the numbers of Syrian nationals (main applicants only) refused asylum on third country grounds were as follows:</p><p>26 in 2012</p><p>99 in 2013</p><p>66 in 2014</p><p>The Home Office publishes annual and quarterly data on asylum applications and initial decisions; this is available in Table as_01 (Asylum data tables Volume 1) of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April – June 2015, is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/10/2015 15:37:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

421140

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) mean period of time was for deciding applications for family reunion in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The minimum*, maximum and average processing times for family reunion visa applications are set out in the table below.</p><br /><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Endorsement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average processing time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Minimum processing time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Maximum processing times</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="21"><p>FAMILY REUNION</p></td><td><p>2010 Q2</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>541</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 Q3</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 Q4</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 Q1</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 Q2</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 Q3</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 Q4</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 Q1</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 Q2</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 Q3</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 Q4</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 Q1</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 Q2</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 Q3</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 Q4</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 Q1</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 Q2</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 Q3</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 Q4</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Q1</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Q2</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>*Minimum processing times: The cases taking zero days to process were mainly those where a decision on the main applicant was taken on the same day as a newly dependant child’s application, where the child’s application was added to the Home Office caseworking system on the day of that decision. (e.g. where the child is born after the main applicant has submitted a visa application and a decision is also required on the child).</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/10/2015 15:26:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

421141

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Syria
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 for family reunion made by Syrian nationals have been (a) received, (b) decided, (c) granted and (d) refused in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of applications for family reunion visas from Syrian nationals received, decided, granted and refused in each of the last five years is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ReportYear</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1172</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Source: PRAU 14.10.15</p><p>Footnote: Applications may be decided in subsequent periods and therefore do not equal the total of issued, refusals, withdrawn and lapsed. For example some applications in 2014 may be decided in 2015.’</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/10/2015 16:02:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

421142

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian nationals have been returned to third countries under the Dublin Regulations in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The number of Syrian nationals transferred to third countries because those States are responsible for examining their asylum claims under the Dublin Convention and the later Dublin II and Dublin III Regulations, is shown in the table below.</p><p>Year Transfers</p><p>2012 22</p><p>2013 35</p><p>2014 25</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/10/2015 15:54:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

421149

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many transit visas for Syrian nationals have been (a) granted and (b) refused in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached table.</p><br /><p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April-June 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/10/2015 16:32:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Table for PQ 11527.xlsx title Transit visa applications Syrian Nationals
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

421153

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department did not renew the Choices contract in detention centres; and what assessment the Government has made of the effect of that decision on the number of people in detention taking up voluntary return and being removed from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Additional packages of assistance for those detained pending removal to depart the UK were stopped in March 2014. This reflects the need for those who are here illegally to make a voluntary return at the earliest stage. This should occur before enforcement action and detention is required. Since this change, the overall number of illegal migrants whose voluntary departure is facilitated by the Home Office and its partners has continued to increase.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/10/2015 16:34:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

452055

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cedars Pre-departure Accommodation Facility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions she has visited Cedars pre-departure accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	26751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and Home Office Ministers conduct visits, and host meetings, on the whole spectrum of Home Office business regularly. As with the previous administration, it is our policy not to provide details of such visits.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/02/2016 17:38:01 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

452067

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Immigration in the public bill committee stage of the Immigration Bill on 1 December 2015, Official Report, column 206, what the terms of reference are of the detailed analysis of the purposes of immigration detention being conducted by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	26860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Alongside the response to the recommendations of the Shaw review, set out in a Written Ministerial Statement on 14 January 2016, Home Office Ministers are giving further consideration to the wider requirements of the immigration detention estate.</p><p>The analysis referred to is regarded as internal policy advice, and the Home Office does not intend to release this piece of work.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/02/2016 17:33:46 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire