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1216755

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police officers are required to wear personal protective equipment during stop-and-search enquires during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	63368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for all of those on the frontline and has published guidance on appropriate PPE for emergency workers, including the police.</p><p> </p><p>The NPCC and the College of Policing have issued operational guidance to all forces on the use of PPE tailored to their unique role to ensure officers and staff are protected sufficiently. The guidance covers how, when and what type of PPE to wear across a range of scenarios, including close contact with the public such as when using stop and search, and where social distancing is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance is available online here: https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/COVID-19/Documents/Personal-Protective-Equipment-Operational-Guidance-1.pdf</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2020 13:14:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1216772

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Au Pairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what status and rights au pairs will have in the Government's new immigration policy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	63373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK’s points-based immigration system will not offer a dedicated route for au pairs, as has been the case since 2008. However, there are other immigration routes which will exist for people who may wish to take up these roles, such as the Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS).</p><p> </p><p>We have indicated our desire to negotiate a YMS with the EU, or with individual countries within it, ensuring young people can continue to enjoy the social, cultural and educational benefits of living in the EU and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:04:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1216916

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Official Development Assistance programmes that her Department funds focus on supporting women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	63287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s Gender Equality Act 2014 (an amendment to 2002 International Development Act, IDA), legally requires all overseas development funding to ‘meaningfully consider’ the impact of how it will contribute to reducing gender inequality.</p><p> </p><p>The programmes that the Home Office funds that focus on supporting women and girls are the End Violence against Children Programme, the modern slavery Victim Care Contract, and the Modern Slavery Fund.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/06/2020 14:27:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1216920

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation notices have been served in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	63559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). Data on the number of returns, by year, from 2010 are published in table Ret_D01 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets) within the returns detailed dataset. Data prior to 2010 are published in table rt_01 in the Returns data tables volume 1 of Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2019 second edition (attached).</p><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns which are enforced either following a criminal conviction or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. Information on those deported is not separately available and therefore the published statistics refer to all enforced returns.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the Summary Tables (attached) . The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on returns. The latest data relates from 2010 to the year ending March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=release-date-oldest).</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals served with a Deportation Order would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp attachment 1 file name 63559 1-jun-2019-tables.xlsx title Returns data tables 2 file name 63559 Copy of returns-summary-mar-2020-tables.xlsx title Summary Tables grouped question UIN 63560 question first answered 01/07/2020 13:34:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1216924

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	63560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). Data on the number of returns, by year, from 2010 are published in table Ret_D01 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets) within the returns detailed dataset. Data prior to 2010 are published in table rt_01 in the Returns data tables volume 1 of Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2019 second edition (attached).</p><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns which are enforced either following a criminal conviction or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. Information on those deported is not separately available and therefore the published statistics refer to all enforced returns.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the Summary Tables (attached) . The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on returns. The latest data relates from 2010 to the year ending March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=release-date-oldest).</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals served with a Deportation Order would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp attachment 1 file name 63559 1-jun-2019-tables.xlsx title Returns data tables 2 file name 63559 Copy of returns-summary-mar-2020-tables.xlsx title Summary Tables grouped question UIN 63559 question first answered 01/07/2020 13:34:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1216932

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will seek to overrule devolved responsibilities over policing to maintain public order during protests.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Marco Longhi
uin	63520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Peaceful protest is a vital part of a democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to gather together and to demonstrate their views provided that they do so within the law.</p><p> </p><p>The right to protest does not extend to violent or threatening behaviour and the police have powers to deal with any such acts. The use of these powers and the management of demonstrations are an operational matter for the police. Policing is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and Her Majesty’s Government respects the devolution settlements.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2020 13:09:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4789 label Biography information for Marco Longhi

1216943

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum seekers are tested for covid-19 before being placed in dispersal accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	63243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>There is no routine testing for asylum seekers prior to them being dispersed, but in line with government guidelines anybody with symptoms in England can now be tested. Asylum seekers who test positive or have symptoms will be accommodated in hotel or self contained accommodation while they are isolating.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/06/2020 08:49:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1217045

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Mergers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of not proceeding with the proposed merger of West Mercia Police Authority with Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	63325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>In July 2019, the High Court upheld the then Home Secretary’s (Amber Rudd MP) decision of March 2018 to transfer governance of Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Service to the PCC for West Mercia. The Court of appeal has refused permission for the FRAs to appeal the judgement</p><p> </p><p>However, given the time that has passed and developments since the business case was originally submitted in October 2017, it is right that we reconsider whether the case still meets the statutory tests. The Minister for Crime and Policing has written to PCC John Campion to explain that we will require an updated business case.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the PCC and Fire and Rescue Authorities to consider whether to publish information they hold relating to the proposal, although I am aware that some of this is currently available through their websites.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 63326 question first answered 01/07/2020 13:05:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1217046

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Mergers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that that the parties involved in the merger of the West Mercia Police Authority with Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Authority publish the (a) advice and (b) resources they provided to determine the potential merits of the merger.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	63326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>In July 2019, the High Court upheld the then Home Secretary’s (Amber Rudd MP) decision of March 2018 to transfer governance of Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Service to the PCC for West Mercia. The Court of appeal has refused permission for the FRAs to appeal the judgement</p><p> </p><p>However, given the time that has passed and developments since the business case was originally submitted in October 2017, it is right that we reconsider whether the case still meets the statutory tests. The Minister for Crime and Policing has written to PCC John Campion to explain that we will require an updated business case.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the PCC and Fire and Rescue Authorities to consider whether to publish information they hold relating to the proposal, although I am aware that some of this is currently available through their websites.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 63325 question first answered 01/07/2020 13:05:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1217093

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been dismissed for sexual harassment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	63205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the outcome of misconduct proceedings and criminal investigations involving officers, including the number of officers that have been dismissed following proceedings. However, information on the circumstances that led to a case being brought is not collected centrally by the Home Office</p><p> </p><p>The latest data on the outcomes following misconduct proceedings, which covers cases in the year ending March 2019, are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2019.</p><p> </p><p>The College of Policing publish data annually relating to those who have been dismissed from policing and placed on the Police Barred List. The most recent data shows that, in the period ending 31 March 2019, 14 officers were dismissed under the category ‘sexual conduct towards a colleague’. This data is available here:<br> https://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Documents/Barred_List_2019.pdf.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2020 08:33:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey