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451333

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Muslim Brotherhood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to take account in its policies of the conclusions of the Muslim Brotherhood Review, HC 679, published on 17 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	26163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The Review into the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has highlighted concerns about the Brotherhood and concluded that aspects of its ideology and tactics in the UK, and overseas, have been contrary to our values, national interests and national security.</p><p>The Government will intensify its scrutiny of the views and activities that Brotherhood members and associates promote, both here and overseas. It will also continue to consult, and share information and analysis, with other governments in the Middle East and North Africa as appropriate.</p><p>We have looked carefully at the findings of the review and will continue to:</p><p>• refuse visas to members and associates of the Brotherhood who are on record as having made extremist comments, in line with our existing policy guidelines and approach to extremism in all forms; • seek to ensure charities that have links to the Brotherhood are not misused to support or finance the Brotherhood instead of their lawful charitable purpose; • strengthen liaison arrangements with international partners to ensure that allegations of illicit funding or other misuse of charities are robustly investigated and appropriate action taken; • enforce the EU asset freeze on Hamas; and • keep under review whether the views and activities of the Brotherhood meet the legal test for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/02/2016 12:45:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

451334

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Media: Children
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 children (a) under 16 and (b) between 16 and 18 who have been groomed on social media sites in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	26150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Significant under-reporting of online grooming is likely and it is therefore difficult fully to quantify numbers. The National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime, issued by the National Crime Agency, recognises child sexual exploitation and abuse as one of the highest serious and organised crime risks and the Home Office has published a review of the evidence on cybercrime, including online grooming (Cyber Crime: A Review of the Evidence Research Report 75. Chapter 3: Cyber-enabled crimes - sexual offending against children, McGuire and Dowling 2013).</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/02/2016 14:06:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

451339

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the appointment process was for members of the National Police Chiefs' Council working group on prostitution.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	26207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Within the structure of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), chief officers are elected by their peers and take the lead on specific issues from a national operational perspective. It is for the national leads to establish working groups to support them in their role. The Home Office is in regular dialogue with on the NPCC Lead for Prostitution’s office, and as such discussed and commented on the current revision of the strategy.</p><p>Prostitution is a complex issue, which can impact on individuals and communities in many different ways, and we are therefore clear that local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond to issues around prostitution in their area. Police forces are assisted in doing so by the National Policing Lead’s refreshed Policing Sex Work Strategy, which stresses the priority of the public protection duty that the police services have in relation to the safety of those involved in prostitution.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 26204 26205 26206 26209 question first answered 11/02/2016 16:56:14 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

451340

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether the National Police Chiefs' Council consulted academics in producing its revised prostitution strategy.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	26206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Within the structure of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), chief officers are elected by their peers and take the lead on specific issues from a national operational perspective. It is for the national leads to establish working groups to support them in their role. The Home Office is in regular dialogue with on the NPCC Lead for Prostitution’s office, and as such discussed and commented on the current revision of the strategy.</p><p>Prostitution is a complex issue, which can impact on individuals and communities in many different ways, and we are therefore clear that local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond to issues around prostitution in their area. Police forces are assisted in doing so by the National Policing Lead’s refreshed Policing Sex Work Strategy, which stresses the priority of the public protection duty that the police services have in relation to the safety of those involved in prostitution.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 26204 26205 26207 26209 question first answered 11/02/2016 16:56:14 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

451341

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members are of the National Police Chiefs' Council working group on prostitution.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	26209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Within the structure of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), chief officers are elected by their peers and take the lead on specific issues from a national operational perspective. It is for the national leads to establish working groups to support them in their role. The Home Office is in regular dialogue with on the NPCC Lead for Prostitution’s office, and as such discussed and commented on the current revision of the strategy.</p><p>Prostitution is a complex issue, which can impact on individuals and communities in many different ways, and we are therefore clear that local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond to issues around prostitution in their area. Police forces are assisted in doing so by the National Policing Lead’s refreshed Policing Sex Work Strategy, which stresses the priority of the public protection duty that the police services have in relation to the safety of those involved in prostitution.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 26204 26205 26206 26207 question first answered 11/02/2016 16:56:15 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

451342

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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 smallest geographical unit is for which data on the performance of the Disclosure and Barring Service is gathered for enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	26317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>The performance data that the Disclosure and Barring Service gathers routinely is at national level and is published here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions</p><p>Also published on the website is the performance of individual police forces in processing applications referred to them by the DBS:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-5-police-disclosure-unit-performance</p><p>The DBS works continually to improve its response to data requests. I will write separately to the Honourable Member about recent work on constituency data.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/02/2016 17:01:25 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

451343

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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, when the oldest uncompleted enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check was submitted.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	26316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The oldest uncompleted application for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate was received on 30 May 2014.</p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment further on this specific case. But there are a number of factors which can affect the timely completion of checks. These include the length of time it can take for an employer to deal with the initial application, the accurate completion of the application form, the clarity of the information provided, the existence of conviction or non-conviction information and the operational effectiveness of the disclosure units of the police forces involved in the enhanced process. In some cases, forces will ask DBS to clarify some details provided by the applicant which requires further investigation and this can cause further delays.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/02/2016 16:27:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

451344

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Kurds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from the Kurdish Region in Iraq (a) applied for and (b) were refused entry clearance to the UK in the last six months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	26302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>For the purposes of this answer, ‘people from the Kurdish region of Iraq’ has been interpreted to mean people making visa applications at the Visa Application Centre in Erbil, UKVI’s application point in the Kurdish region. It is possible for people not ordinarily resident in the region to apply in Erbil, and for people from the region to apply at other locations, but worldwide data specific only to people from the Kurdish region could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The most recent figures available are from April 2015 to September 2015 and show A) the number of Entry Clearance applications made via the Visa Application Centre in Erbil, Iraq, to be 1790 and B) the number of refusals 1165. * The figures quoted are not provided under National statistics protocols but have been derived from local management information. They are therefore provisional and subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/02/2016 16:45:51 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

451349

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Immigration: Women and Children
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 Unicef press release of 2 February 2016, More children and women seek safety in Europe, what steps she is taking to support vulnerable women and children entering the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	26308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>We carefully consider all asylum claims and provide protection for those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations. We are committed to treating all those who seek asylum with dignity and respect, including women and girls whose fear is based on gender related persecution, such as sexual violence in conflict situations. We provide accommodation and other support that ensure asylum seekers are not destitute while their claim is considered. The Home Office liaises closely with corporate partners on gender related issues, including active involvement in the wider Home Office strategy to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG). We have developed an asylum gender action plan and have made good progress in improving the asylum process for women. We work closely with local authorities, children’s services and other agencies to ensure that asylum seeking children receive appropriate support and care. Local authorities, who lead on child protection, have a statutory duty under the Children Act to ensure that they safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, regardless of their immigration status or nationality. Under these arrangements, looked after children are provided with access to all their needs in relation to education, accommodation, psychological or health.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/02/2016 16:41:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott