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1123056

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Written Question 179072 on Home Office: Contracts, for what purpose gagging clauses have been included in contracts drawn up between his Department and (a) charities, (b) voluntary sector organisations, (c) social enterprises and (d) companies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	247542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>There are no gagging clauses within Home Office contracts or Grant agreements.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/05/2019 13:31:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1123081

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of availability of knives on social media shopping apps.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	247622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the online purchase of goods and services can take different forms, and that social media shopping apps may be one of the methods for obtaining items, including knives. This is why the law relating to the sale of knives to under 18s applies equally to in-store and online purchases. In addition, through the Offensive Weapons Bill, currently awaiting Royal Assent, we will stop knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product will not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18. This will help to ensure that purchasers cannot circumvent the existing law by buying knives online.</p><p>We have also agreed a set of commitments with major retailers to prevent the underage sales of knives more generally in their stores and online. The agreement also covers staff training and displays and packaging. Tesco, eBay UK, Lidl UK, Amazon UK, Wilko, Argos, Asda, Poundland, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, John Lewis and Waitrose have all signed up to the principles. They have since been joined by Boots, the Co-op, B&amp;Q, Aldi, TKMaxx and Debenhams. We are working with retailers to strengthen the agreement in relation to displays and that work is continuing. Following on from this, Asda have announced that they will stop selling single knives in its stores by the end of April, a move supported by the Government.</p><p>In addition, on 17 June 2018 the Home Secretary announced funding of £1.4m to support a new national police capability to tackle gang related activity on social media. The hub will be fully operational by the end of May 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/05/2019 13:52:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1123116

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning the sale of pointed knives as a means of reducing knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	247604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the devastating impact that knife crime has on victims, their families and the communities in which they live. We know that knife crime is committed by criminals carrying a wide range of different knives. This is why the law does not generally differentiate between knives, for example in relation to age controls or possession offences.</p><p>The Government needs to strike the right balance between allowing access to knives, for instance as tools, with the need to protect the public from dangerous weapons. It is unclear whether knives with rounded tips would necessarily cause less harm if used as weapons. We believe the controls we have in place, which will be strengthened by the Offensive Weapons Bill, support this.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/05/2019 11:27:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1123156

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the voluntary sector has the required information to signpost people who may be showing signs of domestic abuse to find appropriate assistance.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>On March 7 the Government published a refreshed Cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy providing an update on existing actions, and outlining additional actions to ensure that all Government departments are tackling VAWG. The refresh includes the wealth of insights gained from the domestic abuse consultation to ensure that all aspects of domestic abuse are considered across departments. <br>The domestic abuse consultation response committed to review our communications activity to ensure that we are providing relevant information to the public outlining clearly what domestic abuse is, and what options they have if they are a victim or are concerned about someone else who is a victim.</p><p>Over this spending review period we are providing £100 million of dedicated funding, including a £17 million VAWG Service Transformation Fund to 41 projects across England and Wales that support local areas to work collaboratively with specialist third sector organisations and develop best practice on early intervention and prevention, not just crisis response.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/05/2019 11:42:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123165

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	247547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:<br>• £412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Depart-ment for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016</p><p>• £286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18). <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a></p><p><br>• Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March 2018. <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a></p><p>• Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on the 18th December 2018. <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a></p><p>This funding is to cover all exit scenarios, and is in addition to departmental efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p>Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit work. The Department is preparing for all eventualities and the resources available to support preparations are kept under constant review.</p><p>The Department also received £5.45m of additional funding in 2018/19, for no-deal civil contingency planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/05/2019 11:31:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1123193

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has asked the Prime Minister to convene a COBRA meeting in response to the increase in knife attacks in the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	247745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to convene a COBRA meeting at this time to discuss knife crime. The Prime Minister hosted a Serious Youth Violence Summit at 10 Downing Street on 1 to 4 April, at which she brought together victims’ representatives, young people, community leaders, charities, faith leaders, businesses, police, health professionals, Ministers and others to focus on what more can be done.</p><p>The new Taskforce will be chaired by the Prime Minister, supported by a new, dedicated, serious violence team in the Cabinet Office, to support cross-departmental action on serious violence. This will ensure that there is a clear focus right across Government, and the necessary coordination across Departments, to ensure that everything possible is being done to tackle knife crime and serious violence.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/05/2019 13:31:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1123214

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will hold discussions with representatives of (a) Operation Shutdown, (b) bereaved family members, (c) grassroots and other youth and community groups and (d) other stakeholders on the Government's public health approach to tackling the increase in knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	247750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and Ministers regularly meet families, victims and a range of other stakeholders to discuss issues around knife crime and serious violence. Tackling serious violence is a top priority for the Government and it is clear we must continue to step up the response to stop this violence. The Serious Violence Strategy sets out the Government’s approach, which depends on a multi-agency ‘public health’ approach across several sectors and stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes. We have also taken a number of steps towards introducing a multi-agency ‘public health’ approach to knife crime and serious violence.</p><p>On 1 April we launched a public consultation on a new legal duty to support a ‘public health’ multi-agency approach to preventing and tackling serious violence. This statutory duty would make serious violence a top priority for all key partners, ensuring that they are working together to prevent young people being caught in the criminal cycle. The consultation, which closes on 28 May, can be found on the Gov.UK website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_filter_option=consultations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_filter_option=consultations</a></p><p>On 13 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a further £100 million funding in 2019/20 to help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place the additional capacity they need. £35m of this Serious Violence Fund will support the setting up of Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) in areas most affected by knife crime. The VRUs will be similar to the Glasgow model, bringing together a range of agencies including health, education, social services and others, to develop a multi-agency approach in preventing serious violence altogether.</p><p>In October 2018 the Home Secretary announced a ten-year £200m Youth Endowment Fund, focused on targeted early intervention with those children and young people most vulnerable to involvement in serious violence. This will form an important part of the multi-agency, public health; approach to serious violence.</p><p>On 1 to 4 April 2019 the Prime Minister hosted a Serious Youth Violence Summit at 10 Downing Street, with the support of the Home Secretary and Secretaries of State. The central aim of the summit was to ensure a shared understanding and commitment to a multi-agency, ‘public health’ approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence more generally. An outcome of the Summit is the creation of a new Ministerial Taskforce, chaired by the Prime Minister, to drive cross-government action. This will be supported by a new, dedicated, serious violence team in the Cabinet Office to support cross-departmental coordination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/05/2019 11:38:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1123237

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government's plans to publish its new alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	247661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>We are considering the precise timing of next steps across Government.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/05/2019 13:33:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce