- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 25 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether asylum seekers in Scotland can apply to the fresh talent initiative.
Answer
The Fresh Talent initiativeis about attracting to Scotland those individuals who have the legal right to live,work and study here by promoting Scotland as a destination and providing information to thosethinking of coming here. Therefore, in its broadest sense people do not ‘apply’to the Fresh Talent initiative.
However, individuals fromoutwith the EEA can apply to the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland Scheme, oneparticular strand of the initiative, and I have addressed this issue in the answerto question S3W-1655, answered on 24 July 2007.
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- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement it has had in the case of the asylum seeker, Sana Hussein, in respect of the welfare of her four children.
Answer
The Scottish Executive hashad no involvement in this case.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the legal costs have been of investigating any incidents involving detainees at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information on the legalcosts of investigating incidents involving detainees at Dungavel is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, in order to carry out its responsibilities in respect of asylum seeker children, what information it receives from the Home Office on the number of children (a) detained in and (b) deported from Scotland and the ethnicity of such children.
Answer
The Scottish Executive doesnot have any legal responsibilities in relation to asylum seeker children. Scottishlegislation such as the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 places specific responsibilities on localservice providers to care for and support children in their area, including thechildren of asylum seekers.
The Executive has howeverrecently asked the Border and Immigration Agency to provide a detailed monthlystatistical summary on asylum seeker children in Scotland.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it receives from the Home Office under the March 2006 agreement on the number of children (a) detained in and (b) deported from Scotland and the ethnicity of such children.
Answer
The Executive does notreceive any information on the number of asylum seeker children detained in ordeported from Scotland under the March 2006 Agreement. Officials havehowever recently asked the Border and Immigration Agency to provide a detailedmonthly statistical summary on asylum seeker children in Scotland.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the legal aid costs have been of representing detainees at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information on Legal Aidprovided in relation to those detained at Dungavel is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 20 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the issue of an amnesty for asylum seekers who have resided in Scotland for over six years has been raised with Her Majesty’s Government at official or ministerial level.
Answer
A number of issues regardingasylum seekers will be raised with Her Majesty’s Government at both official andministerial level shortly.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 19 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many children are currently being held at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre.
Answer
The operation of Dungavel isa matter for the Home Office. We do not currently have information on the numberof children currently detained in Dungavel.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 19 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many children in total were detained at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in the period from December 2006 to June 2007.
Answer
The Scottish Government doesnot have information on how many children were detained at the Dungavel ImmigrationRemoval Centre since the operation of Dungavel is a matter for the Home Office.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 19 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in improving the recording of child protection work and in providing a child protection log at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre.
Answer
The operation of Dungavel isa matter for the Home Office. The Scottish Government is clear that the welfareof all children in Scotland is paramount and we will raise with the Home Officethe progress made in improving the recording of child protection work and in providinga child protection log at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre as recommended inthe recent HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection.
