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1654631

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Reduction Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what basis the (a) number and (b) location of the Serious Violence Reduction Orders pilot police areas were chosen.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	195339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) are a new civil order being piloted in four police forces: Thames Valley, Merseyside, Sussex, and West Midlands. The orders provide the police the powers to stop and search convicted knife offenders.</p><p>These four forces have been selected as they have the required volume of knife crime or offensive weapons offenders per force as well as a wide range of demographics to test the impact and effectiveness of the orders. Piloting in these four forces also allows for the effectiveness of SVROs to be tested in both urban and semi-urban forces.</p><p>SVROs are being robustly evaluated by our independent evaluator, Ecorys. Following the conclusion of the pilot we will lay a report in Parliament on the operation of the pilot, which will include full details on the number of SVROs issued and the related stop and search and arrest data.</p><p>In addition, the Home Office has expanded its 2023/24 stop and search data collection to capture information on searches which have taken place under a Serious Violence Reduction Order. These data will be available at Police Force Area level and are likely to be published at the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 195365 195366 195367 question first answered 04/09/2023 08:52:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1654632

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been granted British overseas territories citizenship in each of the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	195340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not currently publish this data, due to ongoing developments with the underlying data systems. Historic data up to 2018 can be found in Table Cit_03 in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-march-2023" target="_blank">citizenship summary tables</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 15:29:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1654668

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Albanian nationals have been removed from the UK since 2013.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	195331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on returns by nationality are published in table Ret_D01 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#returns" target="_blank">Returns detailed datasets’</a>. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to December 2023. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1156949/returns-summary-mar-2023-tables.ods" target="_blank">summary tables</a>’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on returns by nationality.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 16:38:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1654669

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the implementation of the Public Order Act 2023, what support her Department is providing to local councils that are managing protestors outside facilities providing abortion care.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	195307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>It is completely unacceptable that anyone should feel harassed or intimidated when trying to access, provide or facilitate abortion services.</p><p>The Police and Local Authorities already have powers to restrict harmful protests and prevent antisocial behaviour.</p><p>The Public Order Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 2 May. The timescales for commencing the new Section 9 offence of interference with access to, or provision of, abortion services will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/09/2023 08:49:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1654701

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking reduce waiting times for decisions on visa applications for people who have already provided all the required documents.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	195450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The majority of our visa routes are currently operating within their global customer service standards across all of the main legal migration routes for customers who make an entry clearance application from overseas. If exceptional compelling and compassionate circumstances are raised, these will be considered in the usual way.</p><p>Details of current performance against these customer service standards are updated regularly and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk%23join-family-in-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAngela.Duncan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1567453132274663eae408db5d2dd101%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638206224319053888%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GVs%2BYZZhc5LYCU%2FG3wKkKXmnyClqMbvXZElULg7tibE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 14:30:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1654710

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Reduction Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Serious Violence Reduction Orders have been issued in each month since the powers were introduced; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by police force area.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	195365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) are a new civil order being piloted in four police forces: Thames Valley, Merseyside, Sussex, and West Midlands. The orders provide the police the powers to stop and search convicted knife offenders.</p><p>These four forces have been selected as they have the required volume of knife crime or offensive weapons offenders per force as well as a wide range of demographics to test the impact and effectiveness of the orders. Piloting in these four forces also allows for the effectiveness of SVROs to be tested in both urban and semi-urban forces.</p><p>SVROs are being robustly evaluated by our independent evaluator, Ecorys. Following the conclusion of the pilot we will lay a report in Parliament on the operation of the pilot, which will include full details on the number of SVROs issued and the related stop and search and arrest data.</p><p>In addition, the Home Office has expanded its 2023/24 stop and search data collection to capture information on searches which have taken place under a Serious Violence Reduction Order. These data will be available at Police Force Area level and are likely to be published at the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 195339 195366 195367 question first answered 04/09/2023 08:52:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1654711

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Reduction Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions stop and search powers have been used under a Serious Violence Reduction Order in each month since those powers were introduced; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by police force area.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	195366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) are a new civil order being piloted in four police forces: Thames Valley, Merseyside, Sussex, and West Midlands. The orders provide the police the powers to stop and search convicted knife offenders.</p><p>These four forces have been selected as they have the required volume of knife crime or offensive weapons offenders per force as well as a wide range of demographics to test the impact and effectiveness of the orders. Piloting in these four forces also allows for the effectiveness of SVROs to be tested in both urban and semi-urban forces.</p><p>SVROs are being robustly evaluated by our independent evaluator, Ecorys. Following the conclusion of the pilot we will lay a report in Parliament on the operation of the pilot, which will include full details on the number of SVROs issued and the related stop and search and arrest data.</p><p>In addition, the Home Office has expanded its 2023/24 stop and search data collection to capture information on searches which have taken place under a Serious Violence Reduction Order. These data will be available at Police Force Area level and are likely to be published at the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 195339 195365 195367 question first answered 04/09/2023 08:52:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1654712

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Reduction Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a stop and search conducted under a Serious Violence Reduction Order has led to an immediate arrest in each month since those powers were introduced; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by police force area.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	195367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) are a new civil order being piloted in four police forces: Thames Valley, Merseyside, Sussex, and West Midlands. The orders provide the police the powers to stop and search convicted knife offenders.</p><p>These four forces have been selected as they have the required volume of knife crime or offensive weapons offenders per force as well as a wide range of demographics to test the impact and effectiveness of the orders. Piloting in these four forces also allows for the effectiveness of SVROs to be tested in both urban and semi-urban forces.</p><p>SVROs are being robustly evaluated by our independent evaluator, Ecorys. Following the conclusion of the pilot we will lay a report in Parliament on the operation of the pilot, which will include full details on the number of SVROs issued and the related stop and search and arrest data.</p><p>In addition, the Home Office has expanded its 2023/24 stop and search data collection to capture information on searches which have taken place under a Serious Violence Reduction Order. These data will be available at Police Force Area level and are likely to be published at the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 195339 195365 195366 question first answered 04/09/2023 08:52:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1654751

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Thousands of asylum seekers to be moved out of hotels, published by her Department on 5 June 2023, in which five countries the deport first, appeal process has restarted; and in which 21 countries her Department is seeking to set up video rooms after receiving necessary consents to establishing live link evidence.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	195474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Secretary wrote to the Chair of HASC on 30 August 2023, with the details of the first five countries; the letter will be published by HASC in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 14:50:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1654833

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the prosecution decision in the case of Adam Smith-Connor for praying near an abortion clinic; and what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Section 9 of the Public Order Act and safe access zones on the protection of freedom of thought and assembly outside abortion clinics.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	195584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Ahead of the commencement of section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023, the College of Policing and the Crown Prosecution Service are updating relevant public order guidance and training to reflect the inclusion of the offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services.</p><p>In accordance with human rights obligations, the College of Policing and the Crown Prosecution Service are required to consider the rights provided under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), including the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, which is an absolute right under Article 9 of the ECHR, Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and directly linked to freedom of opinion in Article 10 of the ECHR. As an absolute right, there can be no legitimate justification on the part of the public authority to limit, interfere or otherwise penalise persons for their exercise of the right to freedom of thought.</p><p>Public bodies must also consider Article 11 of the ECHR (freedom of assembly and association), recognising this is a qualified right, which can sometimes be infringed upon to uphold other rights.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/09/2023 08:54:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer