Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Nottinghamshire Fire Service investigation of the former Trent Valley recycling site in Worksop in January 2017, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse should the site require ongoing fire service interventions.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Office has made no estimation. It is for each local fire and rescue authority to assess the risk from fire and rescue related risks in its area and determine how best to allocate its resources across its prevention, protection and operational response functions.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which port of entry to the UK had the longest average waiting times for UK citizens in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
I am sorry but this information is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been (a) sacked and (b) jailed in the last five years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Office publishes data on the number of officers who leave the police service each year, by route of exit. The number of officers leaving due to dismissal in each of the last five financial years can be found in table 4.1 of the latest police workforce statistical bulletin:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/544849/hosb0516-police-workforce.pdf
The ‘dismissal’ category includes individuals who have been required to resign, made compulsorily redundant, or have had their contract terminated.
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the total number of police officers who have been jailed in the last five years.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, when setting up the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the Government stipulated how many members of the counsel team supporting that inquiry were to practise family law.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was established under the Inquiries Act 2005. The appointment of counsel to the inquiry is a matter for the inquiry chair. The only requirement under the Inquiry Rules 2006 is that counsel appointed by the chair should be ‘qualified lawyers,’ which means they must be a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which African countries her Department regards as unsafe to return political opposition supporters to.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
In accordance with our international obligations, the UK is required to consider asylum and human rights applications carefully on their individual merits. The Government takes its international responsibilities seriously and will grant protection to those in genuine need.
Each individual assessment of an asylum claim is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw. The country of origin information is based on evidence taken from a range of reliable sources, including reputable media outlets; local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The Home Office’s country of origin information, used in the asylum decision making process, is published on the gov.uk website. It is kept under constant review and updated periodically.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the reasons for unaccompanied children from Albania seeking to purchase tickets to fly to the UK in order to claim asylum.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Albanians require a visa to travel to the UK and are not allowed to board the plane without one. We do not issue visas for the purpose of claiming asylum in the UK. Unaccompanied children who nonetheless manage to reach the UK, including those from Albania, claim asylum for a variety of reasons. Each case is considered on its individual merits in accordance with our international obligations and protection is granted where it is needed.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police forces on initiatives to stop the illegal trading of ivory.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
We have not issued specific guidance to the police on tackling the illegal trading of ivory. With the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, we fund the National Wildlife Crime Unit which provides intelligence and specialist assistance to assist all police forces in the United Kingdom to deal effectively with wildlife crime investigation, including cases that involve the illegal trading of ivory.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when those parts of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 which have not come into force are expected to come into force; and what the reason is for the time taken to bring all provisions of that Act into force.
Answered by Karen Bradley
We expect to commence the Psychoactive Substances Act in its entirety in the spring. In line with the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, we are in the final stages of putting in place a programme of testing to demonstrate the psychoactivity of a substance prior to commencement of the Act. The timing of commencement has always been subject to consideration of all the activity necessary across the UK for the provisions to come into force
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2015.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The questions have been interpreted as referring to unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in the UK.
Figures on asylum applications for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release.
The following table shows applications for asylum from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, excluding dependants, for nationals of Nigeria, Uganda, Albania and Eritrea during 2015.
Asylum applications received from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, excluding dependants, from nationals of Nigeria, Uganda, Albania and Eritrea during 2015 | |
Nationality | Total applications |
Nigeria | 14 |
Uganda | 0 |
Albania | 456 |
Eritrea | 694 |
Table Notes | |
(1) These data are provisional and subject to change. | |
(2) An Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC) is a person under 18, or who, in the absence of documentary evidence establishing age, appears to be under that age, is applying for asylum on his or her own right and has no relative or guardian in the United Kingdom. | |
A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children arrived in the UK from Uganda in 2015.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The questions have been interpreted as referring to unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in the UK.
Figures on asylum applications for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release.
The following table shows applications for asylum from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, excluding dependants, for nationals of Nigeria, Uganda, Albania and Eritrea during 2015.
Asylum applications received from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, excluding dependants, from nationals of Nigeria, Uganda, Albania and Eritrea during 2015 | |
Nationality | Total applications |
Nigeria | 14 |
Uganda | 0 |
Albania | 456 |
Eritrea | 694 |
Table Notes | |
(1) These data are provisional and subject to change. | |
(2) An Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC) is a person under 18, or who, in the absence of documentary evidence establishing age, appears to be under that age, is applying for asylum on his or her own right and has no relative or guardian in the United Kingdom. | |
A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015