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1487010

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Spiking
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 create a specific criminal offence for (a) drink and (b) needle spiking.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	31815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Spiking is an issue that the government takes very seriously. Perpetrators of such attacks need to be brought to justice, and the Government are committed to achieving that. Everybody has the right to enjoy a night out without fear.</p><p>Spiking is already illegal, and there are a range of offences which the police can use to prosecute this behaviour depending on the circumstances of individual cases.</p><p>I recognise the concerns that have been expressed that the lack of a specific spiking offence makes it more difficult to identify trends, and my department is considering the case for a criminal offence.</p><p>We will not hesitate to legislate if necessary and will inform parliament on the outcome of this consideration in October.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/07/2022 09:55:47 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway previous answer version 11901 answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1486480

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 17 May 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley, reference LH20946.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	31166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded to the Hon. Member’s correspondence on 6 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/07/2022 14:09:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1486502

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
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 current level of violence perpetrated against retail workers.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	31174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant and long-lasting impact violence and abuse towards retail workers can have on its victims.</p><p>The Home Office Annual Commercial Victimisation Survey was published on 30 March 2022. The surveys highlight the sector’s experience of, and concerns about, levels of violence and abuse towards shop workers, and shop theft by customers. Annual retail sector crime surveys, undertaken by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) were published in Spring 2022. Each of these surveys show an increase in violence and abuse towards retail workers in the previous year.</p><p>The Government has taken action to tackle assaults against any worker providing a service to the public by introducing a statutory aggravating factor via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.</p><p>The public-facing nature of the victim’s role will be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences. It applies where an assault is committed against those providing a public service, performing a public duty or providing a service to the public. This includes those working in retail and other public-facing roles. The provision commenced on 28 June and builds on the important work already underway by the Home Office through the National Retail Crime Steering Group to ensure assaults are not seen as part of a retail worker’s job.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/07/2022 15:39:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1486585

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 13 March 2022 and (b) 7 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe on Dr Stephen Coles and Mr Heenmunne Arachchige Chathuranga Kumara.
tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
tabling member printed	Damian Collins
uin	31073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 6 July 2022</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/07/2022 16:04:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 11909 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

1486706

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	31081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The number of individuals relocated to Rwanda as part of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership is expected to be in the thousands over the lifetime of the partnership, which is expected to last at least five years. However, there is no limit under the agreement so there is scope to increase this.</p><p>Regarding costs, the UK is investing an initial £120 million into the economic development and growth of Rwanda. Funding will also be provided to support the delivery of asylum operations, accommodation and integration. Every person’s needs are different, but we anticipate the amount would be comparable to processing costs incurred in the UK. Funding will only be provided while a person remains in Rwanda.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes grouped question UIN 31082 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:02:47 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1486709

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of asylum seekers that will be removed to Rwanda as part of the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership each year.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	31082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The number of individuals relocated to Rwanda as part of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership is expected to be in the thousands over the lifetime of the partnership, which is expected to last at least five years. However, there is no limit under the agreement so there is scope to increase this.</p><p>Regarding costs, the UK is investing an initial £120 million into the economic development and growth of Rwanda. Funding will also be provided to support the delivery of asylum operations, accommodation and integration. Every person’s needs are different, but we anticipate the amount would be comparable to processing costs incurred in the UK. Funding will only be provided while a person remains in Rwanda.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes grouped question UIN 31081 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:02:47 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1486710

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
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 publish the selection criteria by which asylum seekers' suitability for the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership is assessed.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	31083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Home Office’s updated Inadmissibility guidance, published on 9 May, an asylum claimant may be eligible for removal to Rwanda if their claim is inadmissible under this policy and (a) that claimant’s journey to the UK can be described as having been dangerous and (b) was made on or after 1 January 2022. A dangerous journey is one able or likely to cause harm or injury. For example, this would include those that travel via small boat, or clandestinely in lorries. A case-by-case assessment will take place for every individual considered for relocation. No one will be relocated if it is unsafe or inappropriate for them</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 12/07/2022 11:00:05 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1485954

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for asylum seekers to be invited to a substantive asylum interview after arrival in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	30072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>This information is not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics: List of tables - GOV.UK (List of tables - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>)</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/07/2022 09:48:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1485996

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
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 her Department has taken to help tackle domestic (a) abuse and (b) violence.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	29933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Tackling all forms of domestic abuse, whether or not they involve physical violence, is a priority for this Government.</p><p>That is why we introduced our landmark Domestic Abuse Act in 2021. The Act strengthens our protection to victims and ensures perpetrators feel the full force of the law. It includes the first legal definition of domestic abuse, improved support for victims in the courts, a new offence of non-fatal strangulation and an extension of the controlling or coercive behaviour offence.</p><p>More recently, in March 2022, we went even further and published our Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan which seeks to transform the whole of society’s response in order to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators, as well as to strengthen the systems processes in place needed to deliver these goals.</p><p>This Plan, backed by over £230 million, commits to exploring options for a register to manage the most harmful domestic abusers, to providing support services with multi-year funding, with £47 million ringfenced for community-based support services, and funding for police training and development of a ground-breaking algorithm to help police better target the most harmful serial domestic abusers.</p><p>We are now in the process of delivering these commitments.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/07/2022 15:04:36 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1486068

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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 his Department is taking to (a) provide support for groups for victims of domestic abuse and (b) increase the availability of those groups.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	30148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse and ensuring victims receive the support they need is a priority for this Government. Our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021 will strengthen our protection to victims and ensure perpetrators feel the full force of the law. It includes the first legal definition of domestic abuse, improved support for victims in the courts, new offences, including on non-fatal strangulation, and strengthened legislation around cruel acts of controlling or coercive behaviour.</p><p>The Act also places a duty on local authorities in England to provide support to victims of domestic abuse and their children in refuges and other safe accommodation, backed by £125 million of Government funding to ensure that these vital services are available to anyone who needs them, wherever they live. This will be supported by a new £6 million Domestic Abuse Capacity Building Fund to help Local Authorities prepare for the upcoming duty.</p><p>In March 2022, we published the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan which will seek to transform the whole of society’s response in order to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators, as well as to strengthen the systems processes in place needed to deliver these goals.</p><p>The Plan invests over £230 million into tackling domestic abuse. This includes over £140 million to support victims, much of which is multi-year funding, part over £47 million of which is ringfenced for community-based support services.</p><p>As committed to in the cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy published on 21 July last year, the Home Office has also provided an additional £1.5 million funding this year for ‘by and for’ service provision and to further increase funding for valuable specialist services for victims of violence against women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office is also planning to double funding for survivors of sexual violence and the National Domestic Abuse Helpline by 2024-25, and further increase funding for all the national helplines it supports.</p><p>The VAWG National Statement of Expectations, and Commissioning Toolkit, which we have published alongside the Plan, will also provide support to commissioners to help them increase provision of ‘by and for’ and specialist services.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/07/2022 15:10:41 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson