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1470822

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Stafford
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 reconsider the Government's proposal to relocate approximately 500 single male asylum seekers to Beaconside in Stafford.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Theo Clarke
uin	19020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Due to the unprecedented demand to accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, we have had to use temporary accommodation such as hotels and other large-scale sites to manage demands on the asylum estate. We are committed to working with local authorities to move to a fairer distribution of asylum seekers and bring an end to the use of hotels as contingency accommodation.</p><p>The Home Office has therefore announced all local authority areas in England, Scotland and Wales will be expected to participate in a new system of full dispersal to allow us to move away from hotels to less expensive and more suitable accommodation. We have also announced funding of approximately £3,500 per bedspace procured in this financial year to recognise the pressures of accommodating asylum seekers on Local Authority areas.</p><p>The Beaconside has been identified as a potential new site for Initial Accommodation as the current site in the West Midlands is due to close shortly. Our accommodation provider, Serco, are proceeding with the consultation on planning and once this is concluded we will convene a Multi-Agency Forum to discuss operations on site. The Multi-Agency forum will be made up of Home Office officials, along with the accommodation provider and representatives from Stafford County Council, the police service, NHS, and Public Health along with others from the voluntary sector. These meetings are an opportunity for all members to discuss any ongoing issues and to share best practice.</p><p>Ministers have also met with the Hon Member for Stafford who has expressed her concerns about and opposition to the proposal.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/06/2022 11:36:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 8231 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4819 label Biography information for Theo Clarke

1039069

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support the Government has allocated to Staffordshire County Council in support of caring for unaccompanied (a) adult and (b) children asylum seekers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	207253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The government provides funding to local authorities as a contribution to-wards the costs incurred in supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and young care leavers who were UASC.</p><p>For unaccompanied children arriving from 1 July 2016, local authorities can claim £114 per day for those children aged under 16 and £91 per day for those children aged 16 or 17. The overall value of each claim is dependent on the number of agreed days that children are supported by the local authority. More information on the funding available to local authorities supporting UASC and former UASC care leavers can be found in the funding instructions published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children-uasc-grant-instructions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children-uasc-grant-instructions</a></p><p>The Home Office directly provides adult asylum seekers and their dependants who would otherwise be destitute with free furnished accommodation (rent and utility free) and a weekly cash allowance to cover their other essential living needs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2019 17:10:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

780581

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish its response to the firearms licensing fees public consultation.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	110299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government sought views on proposals for new fees for firearms licences issued by the Home Office and the Scottish Government in a public consultation, which ran from 12 January to 9 March. A Government response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/11/2017 10:03:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

769734

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to ensure that bona fide business and personal visitors from African countries to the UK receive an efficient and courteous visa service.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	107377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>UKVisas and Immigration continually reviews its global visa operation to improve performance, incorporating customer and partner feedback to ensure value for money while maintaining excellent customer service.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/10/2017 11:35:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756820

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Stafford
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 trends in the level of crime in Stafford constituency in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	7573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Police recorded crime figures for Stafford Community Safety Partnership (CSP) between 2011/12 and 2016/17 are published by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p><em>Number of crimes recorded by the police, Stafford CSP, 2011/12 to 2016/17. Taken from ‘Police recorded crime open data Community Safety Partnership tables from year ending March 2012 onwards’, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></em></p><p>The most recent national crime figures are published by the Office for National Statistics in ‘Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2017’ (<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingmar2017" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingmar2017</a>).</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/09/2017 12:01:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756821

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) pieces of unlawful terrorist material have been taken off the internet, (b) hate preachers have been excluded from the UK, (c) organisations have been proscribed in the UK, (d) British citizenships have been revoked and (e) passports removed for terrorism-related reasons since May 2015; and how many arrests the police have made for terrorism-related offences since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	7580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>Following referrals from the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU), social media providers have removed 280,000 pieces of illegal terrorist material since February 2010. Between 11 May 2010 and 31 December 2015, the Government excluded 181 people from the United Kingdom, including 69 exclusions on national security grounds.</p><p>There were 26 exclusions made between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015. 71 international terrorist organisations and a further 14 in Northern Ireland, have been proscribed. The Government Transparency Report, published on 23 February 2017, showed that the Royal Prerogative had been used to cancel or refuse applications for passports 23 times in 2015. Figures are not yet available for 2016. From March 2015 to March 2017 there have been 562 arrests for terrorism related offences.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/09/2017 14:39:35 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

720453

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme
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 potential merits of reintroducing the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme to ensure that UK agriculture has sufficient seasonal staff available to harvest, process and pack fruit and vegetables.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	70371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The agricultural sector is important to the United Kingdom and we take concerns of labour shortages seriously.</p><p> </p><p>For the time being the United Kingdom remains part of the European Union and freedom of movement continues. The latest labour market statistics, for the year ending December 2016, show that there were 190,000 more EU workers in the UK workforce than a year earlier.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/04/2017 09:42:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy