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837737

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when UK Visas and Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Harrow West of 19 December 2017 regarding Mr Kyei of Harrow.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	126768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK Visas and Immigration MP Account Management team responded to Mr Thomas’s enquiry on 17 January. A copy of this response has been resent to his office on 7 February.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/02/2018 15:13:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

837744

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hezbollah
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of proscribing the political wing of Hezbollah as a result of the comments made by Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem that the organisation does not maintain a military and a political wing.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	126775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK distinguishes between the political and military wings of Hizballah. The UK proscribed Hizballah’s External Security Organisation in March 2001 and in 2008 the proscription was extended to Hizballah’s military apparatus. We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 13/02/2018 15:15:35 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

837787

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect the repeal of section 4(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 will have on the number of people who are released from immigration detention on immigration bail.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	126818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The repeal of section 4(1) is not expected to have any discernible effect on the number of people released from immigration detention on immigration bail</p><p>Paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act contains powers to provide accommodation to people released from detention on bail and to those who require it in order to avoid a breach of their Article 3 rights. Additionally, individuals granted immigration bail who are asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers can access support provided under sections 95 or 4(2) of the 1999 Act if they would otherwise be destitute and meet the normal eligibility criteria.</p><p><br>Immigration offenders who can leave the UK to avoid a breach of their human rights are expected to do so.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/02/2018 14:45:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

837808

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department plans to spend on projects relating to the UK leaving the EU in the next five years; and if she will list the projects to which that funding has been assigned.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	126839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>Leaving the EU has created a programme of work for the Home Department. For the financial year 2017-’18, HM Treasury allocated £60m to fund the Department’s preparations. We are still discussing future year funding with HMT.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/02/2018 16:52:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

837823

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, how biometric data relating to migrant children collected by the police is shared with Immigration Enforcement; whether there is a memorandum of understanding between Hertfordshire Police and Immigration Enforcement on that matter; and for what purposes other than safeguarding children may such data be used.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	126854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Safeguarding Strategy on Unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children, published in November 2017. This information is available on www.gov.uk at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/656425/UASC_Safeguarding_Strategy_2017.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/656425/UASC_Safeguarding_Strategy_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/02/2018 15:01:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

837844

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her polices of the report by the Prison Reform Trust, Domestic abuse as a driver to women’s offending, published on 4 December 2017, that 57 per cent of women sent to prison are victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	126875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government's Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy, backed by £100 million of dedicated funding, sets out the importance of meeting the needs of those with complex needs, which can include female offenders who are also survivors of VAWG, and who may experience additional barriers to accessing support.</p><p>As part of the Government’s major programme of work to transform our approach to domestic abuse we will work with partners to improve our response to female offenders who have been victims of abuse. This will include consideration of the recommendations in the Prison Reform Trust report.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/02/2018 15:28:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

837882

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Companies: Guernsey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects Guernsey’s register of beneficial ownership to be published; for what reasons publication has not yet taken place; and what support the Government is providing to assist Guernsey in publishing that register.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	126912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Dependencies are separate jurisdictions with their own democratically elected governments. The UK Government works closely with the Crown Dependencies, on transparency issues. Our priority is the implementation of the new bilateral arrangements concluded with them in 2016. Under these arrangements, the Crown Dependencies have committed to establish, where they have not already done so, central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective systems and to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. Nevertheless, it remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 13/02/2018 15:14:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

837918

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to raise public awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to use communications as an essential means of raising public awareness of modern slavery.</p><p>Building on the success of the 2014 ‘Slavery Happens Here’ campaign, the Home Office has carried out tailored communications activity to raise awareness of modern slavery in high-risk communities in the UK and overseas, most recently in Nigeria.</p><p>In September 2017, Crimestoppers and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority launched a joint campaign to encourage the public to spot the signs of modern slavery and to report any suspicions to Crimestoppers.The Home Office also posts regularly about how to identify and report modern slavery on our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram social media channels.</p><p>In October 2017, the Government published awareness raising and victim identification guidance for public sector staff as well as signposting public sector organisations to training resources on modern slavery. In August 2017, the National Crime Agency held a media briefing to raise awareness of modern slavery and the response. As a result, the Modern Slavery Helpline received an unprecedented number of calls that month.</p><p>In January 2018 the National Crime Agency launched the Invisible People exhibition which uses striking images by an award-winning photographer to portray the signs of slavery and inform the public how to report it.</p><p>The display of modern slavery material in public areas is also a Government priority. Border Force, in collaboration with the Modern Slavery Helpline, has led a digital and print modern slavery campaign across UK ports and airports nationwide. The campaign provides advice and guidance about modern slavery for passengers and encourages greater disclosure to officers by vulnerable potential victims or passengers who may have seen something suspicious.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/02/2018 10:06:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

837992

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Key Forensic Services: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the collapse of Key Forensic Services.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	127021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>Key Forensic Services (KFS) appointed administrators on 30 January 2018. At the time there were around 2,000 pending cases, and around 30 police forces affected. The administrators have issued a statement that the company is continuing to trade.</p><p>I welcome the National Police Chiefs’ Council and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners’ swift action to minimise the impact on the criminal justice system and protect the evidence for live cases. With Home Office support they are working on a plan to ensure that the evidence KFS holds continues to be properly and professionally managed in accordance with the standards set by the Forensic Science Regulator. It is estimated that work to complete current cases will take around two months. Work is also underway to assess short-term, capacity within the forensic science market.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 127022 127023 127024 127025 question first answered 14/02/2018 11:34:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

837993

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Key Forensic Services: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will be responsible for the provision of forensic science services following the collapse of Key Forensic Services; and how much financial support will be given to establish that provider.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	127022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>Key Forensic Services (KFS) appointed administrators on 30 January 2018. At the time there were around 2,000 pending cases, and around 30 police forces affected. The administrators have issued a statement that the company is continuing to trade.</p><p>I welcome the National Police Chiefs’ Council and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners’ swift action to minimise the impact on the criminal justice system and protect the evidence for live cases. With Home Office support they are working on a plan to ensure that the evidence KFS holds continues to be properly and professionally managed in accordance with the standards set by the Forensic Science Regulator. It is estimated that work to complete current cases will take around two months. Work is also underway to assess short-term, capacity within the forensic science market.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 127021 127023 127024 127025 question first answered 14/02/2018 11:34:15 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson