Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest figures for antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes for the (1) Metropolitan Police, (2) Greater Manchester Police, and (3) West Midlands Police, compared with the figures for September 2023; and what is the average figure for all police forces over the same period.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects information on the number of religious hate crimes by targeted religion on a monthly basis from police forces in England and Wales. However, information is only available for 31 police forces, including the Metropolitan and Greater Manchester Police, for the time period asked about. The available data broken down by month from September 2023 to March 2024 are given in the table below:
Number of religious hate crimes targeted against Jews and Muslims recorded by the police by month, 31 police forces in England and Wales, September 2023 to March 2024 | |||||||
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Month | Metropolitan Police | Greater Manchester Police | Total for 31 police forces |
| Metropolitan Police | Greater Manchester Police | Total for 31 police forces |
September | 42 | 8 | 95 |
| 77 | 19 | 194 |
October | 315 | 85 | 577 |
| 153 | 40 | 325 |
November | 222 | 68 | 444 |
| 166 | 49 | 362 |
December | 124 | 33 | 264 |
| 89 | 40 | 243 |
January | 108 | 37 | 226 |
| 71 | 37 | 217 |
February | 91 | 34 | 211 |
| 96 | 34 | 233 |
March | 108 | 51 | 238 |
| 129 | 51 | 332 |
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Monthly average (September 2023 to March 2024 | 144 | 45 | 294 |
| 112 | 39 | 272 |
Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office |
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Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to a letter sent to the office of the Immigration Minister by Lord Hain on 10 September regarding the decision to refuse entry to the UK to Miss Teresa Fay Harris.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office is required to respond to such correspondence within 20 working days; however, on this occasion it was not possible to provide a full reply within that timeframe. A response to your letter was provided on 23 October 2018.
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds Miss Teresa Fay Harris was refused entry to the UK at London Heathrow airport on 4 September, despite previous visits to the UK and her past immigration history.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
We do not comment on individual cases.
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a minimum time interval applies between an individual being issued with a Notice of Refusal by immigration officers and subsequently being removed from the UK; and whether any such timing was adhered to in the case of Miss Teresa Fay Harris.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The standard notification period is a minimum of 72 hours before removal however there is an exception for port cases where, if removal occurs within seven days of refusal, there is no need to provide 72 hours’ notice.
In relation to Miss Teresa Fay Harris we do not comment on individual cases.
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
Her Majesty's Government how many EEA nationals were prevented from entering the UK on the grounds of (1) public policy, (2) public security, and (3) public health, in each of the last five years, under the derogations provided for by Article 27 of the Citizens' Rights Directive 2004/38/EC.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Due to the way in which data is recorded for the refusal of admission of European Economic Area nationals, it is not possible to provide figures on refusals by reason of public policy, public security and public health
To establish this information would incur a disproportionate cost as it would involve the examination of individual records.
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
Her Majesty's Government how many EEA nationals were deported from the UK on the grounds of (1) public policy, (2) public security, and (3) public health, in each of the last 5 years, under the derogations provided for by Article 27 of the Citizens' Rights Directive 2004/38/EC.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office does not hold the data requested.
Data on the number of EU nationals returned by type are published by the Home Office. The latest 12 months Q3 2016 to Q1 2017 can be found in the attached table.
Year | Total enforced returns | Enforced removals | Other returns from detention | Voluntary returns (excluding returns from detention) | Assisted returns | Controlled returns | Other verified returns | Total refused entry at port and subsequently departed |
2016 Q3 | 1,259 | 1,215 | 44 | 211 | 0 | 189 | 22 | 516 |
2016 Q4 | 1,299 | 1,222 | 77 | 202 | 0 | 181 | 21 | 606 |
2017 Q1 | 1,475 | 1,339 | 136 | 180 | 0 | 165 | 15 | 801 |
Table: Returns of EU nationals by type. Information has been extracted from rt_02q of the Returns tables of the latest Immigration Stats release, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615156/returns1-jan-mar-2017-tables.ods
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
Her Majesty's Government what analysis they have conducted on the impact of restricting the EU right to free movement to those who already hold a job in the UK.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
There are a number of options as to how EU migration might work once we have left the EU. We are considering various options and it would be wrong to set out further positions at this stage.
Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
Her Majesty's Government how many EU nationals have been removed from the UK under Article 14(4)(b) of Directive 2004/38 because (1) they did not satisfy the work requirements, or (2) they were homeless.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
I am sorry but the data requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.