Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Lord Hylton (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 30 April 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 May 2019. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 May 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.

Immigration Controls: France

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how much they have paid, to date, out of the UK's commitment of £45.5 million under the Sandhurst Treaty; (2) to whom any such payments have been made; and (3) whether they made any such payments to young and vulnerable refugees and migrants in France.

Answer

Under the Sandhurst Treaty, signed in January 2018, the UK government committed €50 million to implement projects agreed under the terms of the Treaty. This full funding package has now been allocated, and officials are in the process of making the final funding transfers. Payments have been made directly to the French Interior Ministry and its constituent bodies, or where necessary directly to organisations responsible for security infrastructure improvements.


Payments have not been made directly to migrants. However, a portion of the Sandhurst funding has been utilised to support access to French domestic asylum services. £3.6 million was specifically allocated to funding the development of the Dublin and Dubs process to support transfers of eligible children to the UK, including training for those working with unaccompanied children, family tracing and targeted information campaigns.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL15429
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Finance Immigration controls Undocumented migrants France Refugees
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk