Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are ensuring that Daesh members who return to the UK are investigated and prosecuted for involvement in international crimes, including sexual violence and genocide.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
It is a longstanding principle that the Government does not comment on existing or potential criminal investigations, but we will continue to do anything necessary to protect our national security.
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total projected cost of housing migrants and refugees in hotels and other accommodation for each year from 2025 to 2028.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
It remains our absolute commitment to end the use of hotels over time, as part of our reduction in overall asylum accommodation costs. The Home Office will continue to publish accurate end-of-year information on actual asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit’s annual report 2023, published on 17 December 2024, what assessment they have made of the adequacy of sanctions issued in response to non-compliance incidents that resulted in the death of, or serious harm to, animals; and what consideration they have given to the use of licence revocation as a sanction.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) has published its compliance framework which explains how it identifies and investigates potential incidents of non-compliance and decides on appropriate and proportionate measures and remedies where non-compliance has been found to occur.
All cases of non-compliance are thoroughly investigated, and the outcomes are published in ASRU's annual report.
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many personal, establishment and project licences issued under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were revoked as a result of non-compliance incidents in each year from 2013 to 2023.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Regulator for the use of animals in science publishes an annual report that includes all non-compliance cases for personal, project and establishment licences and subsequent enforcement actions taken (see: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animals-in-science-regulation-unit#annual-reports).
The Regulator does not compile separate data on revocations of licences as a result of non-compliances.
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Taliban have been allowed to travel to the UK since the takeover in August 2021, and what was the reason for their travel.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
We hold no record of any delegation of Taliban members travelling to the UK since August 2021.
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Afghan citizens have been brought to the UK through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Programme during (1) 2022, and (2) the last three months; and, in each case, how many of them are women and children.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
We are continuing the process to grant Indefinite Leave to Remain to all eligible individuals who arrived during the evacuation: officials have already registered over 13,000 (and counting) applications for resettlement from Afghans in the UK, with biometric residence permits being issued accordingly. In the meantime, applicants remain eligible to work and access services under their continuing leave.
At 12 August 2022, we have granted Indefinite Leave to Remain to 11,303 individuals across the ARAP and ACRS, since they opened in April 2021 and January 2022, respectively. We are unable, at this time, to provide a breakdown of whether a grant of leave was made under the ARAP or the ACRS Pathway 1. Work is underway to assure information relating to all the individuals relocated under the ARAP and ACRS on case working systems.
The ACRS will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk, with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK. Once this work concludes, statistics on both schemes - including the number of people resettled under each - will be included in future editions of the Immigration Statistics.
More information on the number of grants of Indefinite Leave to Remain issued to Afghans resettling under the ARAP or ACRS can be viewed at gov.uk.
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the government of India, regarding the introduction of the Youth Mobility Scheme between that country and the UK.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Her Majesty’s Government maintains regular dialogue with the Government of India on the introduction of the Youth Mobility Scheme (branded the India Young Professionals Scheme), a joint commitment included in the Migration and Mobility Partnership agreement signed between the UK and India on 4 May 2021. In addition, the agreement established an official channel for dialogue on all matters concerning implementation of the partnership agreement, the Joint Working Group.
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cyclists who knocked over pedestrians in London in each of the last three years were fined.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences on an annual basis as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical publication. However, information on the type of vehicle is not available. The most recent data for FPNs issued for motoring offences covers the years 2011-2020, are available here:
The Department for Transport publish statistics on road casualties, including accidents involving cyclists, these data can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2020
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cyclists were (1) apprehended, and (2) fined, for riding on pavements in London for each of the last three years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences on an annual basis as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical publication. However, information on the type of vehicle is not available. The most recent data for FPNs issued for motoring offences covers the years 2011-2020, are available here:
The Department for Transport publish statistics on road casualties, including accidents involving cyclists, these data can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2020
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cyclists were (1) apprehended, and (2) fined, for going through red traffic lights in London for each of the last three years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences on an annual basis as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical publication. However, information on the type of vehicle is not available. The most recent data for FPNs issued for motoring offences covers the years 2011-2020, are available here:
The Department for Transport publish statistics on road casualties, including accidents involving cyclists, these data can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2020