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date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Antisemitism: Hate Crime
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 polling by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, published on 27 November 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the finding that 16% of British Jews think that the police treat anti-Semitic hate crime like other forms of hate crime.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Nicola Richards
uin	6947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>We have a robust legislative framework to respond to hate crimes which target race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and transgender identity.</p><p>Whilst the police are operationally independent and work in line with the College of Policing’s operational guidance to respond to hate crime, we expect the police to fully investigate these abhorrent offences and work with the CPS to ensure perpetrators are brought to justice. We are supporting the police by providing them with the resources they need, including having recruited 20,000 additional police officers by March 2023.</p><p>The Government regularly engages with Jewish community stakeholders to ensure that we are doing everything we can to tackle antisemitism in the UK and protect the safety and security of the Jewish community. The Government’s Jewish Community Protective Security (JCPS) Grant provides protective security measures at Jewish community sites including education facilities and many synagogues. In response to increased incidents of antisemitism in the UK as a result of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, the Prime Minister announced additional funding of £3 million to provide additional security at Jewish schools, synagogues and other Jewish community sites. This brings total protective security funding for the Jewish Community to £18 million in 2023/24. This level will be maintained at £18 million for 2024/25.</p><p>The Government is also providing £7 million over the next three years to ensure that more support is in place for schools and universities to understand, recognise and tackle antisemitism.</p><p>Since 7 October, forces across the country have increased neighbourhood patrols to provide reassurance to local communities. Police have also conducted thousands of visits to Jewish sites, including synagogues and faith schools. Forces have made a number of arrests linked to antisemitic and other forms of hate crime in the UK – including the Metropolitan Police Service which has made 134 arrests linked to hate crimes as of 1 December. The MPS also have a specific Hanukkah policing plan to provide assurance to the Jewish community.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 21/12/2023 14:03:51 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4868 label Biography information for Nicola Richards

1677883

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Military Bases
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 publish a list of the military sites being used to house (a) Afghan and (b) other refugees and asylum seekers; and what the cost to the public purse is of using these sites for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	6717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>Home Office does not hold the information requested as the costs are held by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 21/12/2023 11:55:25 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1677906

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog is for enhanced DBS checks by police area.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	6698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) operates to service standards of completing 80% of Enhanced check applications within 14 days. These service standards can be seen in quarterly performance reporting which the DBS publishes at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fdbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNicholasDerek.Brown8%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C134a0a8f0c334ae16cbf08dbfca4ff1c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638381557837424282%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=i1T5qnXUsYG456%2BXa9Y6P7YGxCItCOnK7G5%2BZWKyeN8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">DBS dataset 1: DBS checks, the DBS Update Service, and disputes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The latest published statistics are for September 2023 which show that the DBS is completing 78.1% of Enhanced check applications within 14 days. The DBS does not publish data by police area.</p><p>An Enhanced check requires the DBS to send applications to the police for local data searches and local intelligence checks. Currently some police forces’ turnaround times have been affected by increased volumes of disclosure applications against original forecasts.</p><p>Police forces are recruiting more staff to service the additional demand for Enhanced DBS checks The DBS is working collaboratively with policing partners to enhance the quality of an enhanced criminal record check referral to improve turnaround times and continues to modernise its services through the replacement of legacy systems and further digitisation of disclosure products.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/12/2023 14:25:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1677971

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what UK funding has been provided to local communities in France to mitigate the economic impact of illegal crossings of the English Channel.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK and France maintain a longstanding relationship on tackling illegal migration.</p><p>Since signing the Sandhurst Treaty in 2018 with France the UK has provided almost €500 million in funding to support our joint work to tackle small boats crossings.</p><p>UK funding supports French authorities to mitigate the impact of illegal crossings on local communities in northern France, for example by providing port security infrastructure and funding additional law enforcement personnel to manage the presence of migrants attempting to cross the Channel by small boat in the local area.</p><p> </p><p>UK-France cooperation to tackle small boats has resulted in over 25,000 small boats crossings prevented so far this year, with overall small boats arrivals down by over a third compared to 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/12/2023 14:54:27 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1677973

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government through which assessment mechanism or framework they have deemed Rwanda a safe country.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>We had previously undertaken an analysis of the country situation, drawing on a wide range of publicly available evidence from a variety of reliable sources about Rwanda’s asylum system and human rights situation. Evidence was also obtained from the FCDO and from visits undertaken by the team responsible for Country Policy and Information Notes (CPIN). Information gathering was done in accordance with internationally established country-of-origin information research methods.</p><p>This was supplemented with updated evidence since summer 2022, including in respect of the strengthening of Rwanda’s systems and the new treaty signed on 5 December. The treaty between the UK and Rwanda, alongside the evidence of changes in Rwanda, will enable Parliament to conclude that Rwanda is safe. The new Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will provide Parliament with the opportunity to do so. Further information can be found in our published policy statement: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-policy-statement" target="_blank">Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: policy statement.</a></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/12/2023 14:53:39 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno