The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department’s policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
Simon Hughes
I refer the hon Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham on 26 March (Official Report col. 300W).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many forced marriage protection orders have been granted with a power of arrest attached in each year since such orders came into force.
Damian Green
Information on the numbers of forced marriage protection orders that have been granted in England and Wales with a power of arrest attached, for each year since such orders came into force, are available in table 2.8 of the Court Statistics Quarterly bulletin. The latest edition of this publication is available at this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will announce the asylum support rates for 2014-15.
James Brokenshire
There are no immediate plans to change the support rates provided to destitute asylum seekers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 have been receiving support for more than (a) two years, (b) four years and (c) six years; and if she will make a statement.
James Brokenshire
Data specific to your request can be found in the table below.
Band Cases
Up to two years 2008
More than two years 822
More than four years 473
More than six years 212
Total 3515
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied migrant children have been forcibly removed to another country in each of the last five years.
James Brokenshire
No unaccompanied child under the age of 18 can be forcibly removed from the UK
unless adequate care and reception arrangements are in place in their country
of origin. The difficulty of setting up suitable reception arrangements has
meant that, with the exception of transfers to other European Union countries
under the *Dublin Regulations, the Home Office does not routinely enforce the
return of unaccompanied children to any country. The majority of unaccompanied
children whose asylum claims are rejected are granted temporary leave which is
reviewed when they reach 17½ years of age. We believe that the vast majority of
enforced returns of unaccompanied children undertaken between 2006 and 2010
were transfers under the Dublin Regulations.
Table 1: Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children removals 2009 to 2013
|
Date of Removal |
Total |
|
2009 |
31 |
|
2010 |
12 |
|
2011 |
2 |
|
2012 |
6 |
|
2013 |
2 |
|
Grand Total |
53 |
‘Migrant children’ have been interpreted as unaccompanied asylum seeking
children (UASC) in answering this question.
* The Dublin Regulation EC No. 343/2003 is a binding measure of European
Community law to determine which State should be responsible for examining an
application for asylum made within the EU territory.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
Karen Bradley
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Right Hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on March 26 2014, Official Report, column 292W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a record of the regions and sub-regions within the UK subject to the highest number of refusals of people seeking a visa to study in institutions in the UK.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office does not hold information on the numbers of Tier 4 visas
refused for study at institutions, by regions and sub-regions, within the UK in
the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jake Berry on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reform anti-social behaviour orders; and if she will make a statement.
Norman Baker
The Government’s reforms are contained in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and
Policing Act 2014. The Act will introduce two new powers, a civil injunction
and the Criminal Behaviour Order, to replace Anti-Social Behaviour Orders.
Unlike Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, the new powers will not focus solely on
enforcement but can include positive requirements to ensure individuals address
the underlying causes of their behaviour.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for breach of a forced marriage protection order in each year since such orders came into force.
Norman Baker
The information requested is not collected centrally by the Home Office.
Powers of arrest for breach of a forced marriage protection order are currently
issued by the civil courts. Arrests for civil offences are not covered by the
Home Office arrest collection.
Breach of a forced marriage protection order will become an offence when
section 120 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 comes
into force in summer 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Gareth Thomas on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to publish reports on the review of the balance of competences relating to EU migration; and if she will make a statement.
James Brokenshire
Free movement of persons is a complex area with a number of different issues to
examine, and this deserves to be done thoroughly. We will publish this report
once it is completed.