Tag: Baroness Jowell

  • Baroness Jowell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Baroness Jowell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jowell on 2016-03-02.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what have been the most common three grounds for refusing a take charge request since Dublin III came into force.

    Lord Bates

    The Dublin III Regulation came into force on 1 January 2014. The 3 most common reasons for the refusal of take charge requests by the UK have been Articles 6.5 and 8 (both of which relate to the legal presence of a qualified relative of the minor in another Member State) and Article12.4 (which requires the Member State to take charge following the expiry of certain residence and entry visas).

  • Baroness Jowell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Baroness Jowell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jowell on 2016-03-02.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have been deported by the UK to each EU country under the terms of Dublin III per year since that Regulation came into force.

    Lord Bates

    The Dublin III Regulation came into force on 1 January 2014. The table below indicates the number of removals per EU country in that time.

    Dublin Convention III returns to EU countries (2010 to 2015)

    The number of removals under Dublin Convention III regulation for 2010-2015 as indicated by our records are shown in the table below.

    Destination of Return

    2014

    2015

    Austria

    20

    35

    Belgium

    35

    35

    Bulgaria

    *

    15

    Croatia

    5

    *

    Cyprus

    *

    *

    Czech Republic

    *

    *

    Denmark

    *

    10

    Estonia

    0

    0

    Finland

    *

    *

    France

    20

    40

    Germany

    20

    45

    Greece

    0

    0

    Hungary

    10

    30

    Ireland

    40

    40

    Italy

    80

    150

    Latvia

    0

    0

    Lithuania

    *

    *

    Luxembourg

    0

    0

    Malta

    5

    *

    Netherlands

    10

    15

    Norway

    10

    10

    Poland

    *

    *

    Portugal

    0

    *

    Romania

    *

    *

    Slovakia

    *

    5

    Slovenia

    *

    0

    Spain

    5

    5

    Sweden

    10

    15

    Switzerland

    15

    5

    Totals 285 455

    NOTE “*” represents figures below 3.

  • Baroness Jowell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Baroness Jowell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jowell on 2016-03-02.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent from the public purse on defending the case The Queen on the application ZAT, IAJ, KAM, AAM, MAT, MAJ and LAM v Secretary of State for the Home Department, and how much they estimate will be spent on their appeal.

    Lord Bates

    The Secretary of State’s legal costs currently stand at £53,747.82. It is not possible to estimate how much will be spent on the appeal at this juncture.