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777667

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the transfer of the next tranche of funding to Northern Ireland under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme; and what the amount of that funding will be.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	109494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The government provides funding to all local authorities participating in the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>The funding allocated to local authorities is provided on a per capita basis, with tariff amounts and payment terms clearly set-out in the scheme’s funding instructions. The first 12 months of a refugee's resettlement costs are funded by central government using the Official Development Assistance budget. There is also an exceptional cases fund to assist the most vulnerable refugees.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 109495 question first answered 30/10/2017 16:30:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

777668

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Northern Ireland under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	109495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The government provides funding to all local authorities participating in the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>The funding allocated to local authorities is provided on a per capita basis, with tariff amounts and payment terms clearly set-out in the scheme’s funding instructions. The first 12 months of a refugee's resettlement costs are funded by central government using the Official Development Assistance budget. There is also an exceptional cases fund to assist the most vulnerable refugees.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 109494 question first answered 30/10/2017 16:30:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

777669

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Scotland
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 bring forward secondary legislation to enable Scottish local authorities to accept unaccompanied minors from the National Transfer Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	109511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to extending the transfer provisions in the Immigration Act 2016 to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We intend to bring forward draft regulations at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/11/2017 13:29:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

777726

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Prevention
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 effectiveness of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in ensuring that (a) adequate fire safety arrangements and (b) appropriate fire drills, including evacuations, are carried out for (i) hospitals, (ii) schools, (iii) care homes and (iv) women's refuges.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	109675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, a responsible person (usually the employer or building owner) must carry out regularly a fire risk assessment and ensure effective fire safety arrangements are in place, and maintained, to protect all those using the premises.</p><p>Local fire and rescue authorities are the enforcing authorities in the majority of premises which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies. Under the National Framework for Fire and Rescue in England, each authority must determine its own risk-based inspection programme and have in place a management strategy for enforcing its provisions.</p><p>It is for competent fire safety officers in each authority to consider, on the basis of their audit and/or inspection findings, whether the general fire precautions in place in any particular premises are sufficient to comply with the requirements of the Order. Where shortcomings are identified, fire and rescue authorities have a range of enforcement powers, up to and including prosecution, to ensure any necessary improvements are made.</p><p>Details of the number and outcome of fire and rescue authority audits under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in 2016/17 are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-prevention-and-protection-statistics-england-april-2016-to-mach-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-prevention-and-protection-statistics-england-april-2016-to-march-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 31/10/2017 15:54:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

777837

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	College of Policing: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the interview for the new Chair of the College of Policing took place; and when the successful candidate for that role will be announced.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	109630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Interviews for the Chair for the College of Policing have recently taken place. A successful candidate will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/10/2017 17:57:36 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

777838

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
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 attacks or assaults on people involving acid in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to prevent such attacks.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	109629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested and does not specifically collect data from police forces on acid and other corrosive attacks as part of its regular data collection. Acid and other corrosive attacks resulting in injury are included in Office for National Statistics published statistics within assault with injury offences and assault with intent to cause serious harm offences, but cannot be disaggregated.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council undertook a voluntary data collection from police forces between November 2016 and April 2017 and 39 forces provided returns. This found that there had been 408 cases of attacks in the six month period. These figures must be treated with caution, as they are not official statistics and have not been subject to the usual assurance processes. We are working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on what action can be taken to improve recording and a further data collection is underway.</p><p>In July the Home Secretary announced an action plan to tackle the use of acid and other corrosives in violent attacks. This is based on four key strands: ensuring effective support for victims and survivors; effective policing; ensuring that relevant legislation is understood and consistently applied, and restricting access to acids and other harmful products. We are continuing to progress the plan.</p><p>In addition, we are currently consulting on proposals to prohibit the sale of products containing the most harmful corrosive substances to under 18s, create a new offence of possession of a corrosive substance in a public place without good reason and create a minimum custodial sentence for those convicted of a second or subsequent possession offence. We have also announced our intention to make sulphuric acid a regulated substance under Schedule 1a to the Poisons Act 1972. This would mean you will need to have a licence to purchase sulphuric acid above a certain concentration.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2017 17:00:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

777839

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108158, which external companies are involved in the administration or operation of the National Cyber Security Tracker survey.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	109740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Tracker survey is administered by Ipsos MORI.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/10/2017 15:53:04 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

777840

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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 recent discussions her Department has had with its French counterpart on plans in place to provide shelter and help to refugees who may have a legal right to claim asylum in the UK who are currently residing in the Grande Synthe refugee camp in Dunkirk.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	109757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The provision of accommodation for asylum-seekers in France is a matter for the French authorities. The UK has regular engagement at ministerial and senior official level with the French authorities regarding the situation in Northern France, including the provision of accommodation for asylum-seekers. French officials are clear that everyone has the right to claim asylum in France.</p><p>In addition to the existing welcome centres across France, France has recently opened four new centres, away from the Grande Synthe area, where those wishing to claim asylum will be supported through the asylum process. There is regular transportation from Grande Synthe to these centres for those wishing to claim asylum.</p><p>Under the Dublin Regulation, France may make a request to the UK to take responsibility for an asylum claim where the relevant criteria are met. This requires an asylum claim to first be made in France and a take charge request made of the UK. We continue to work closely with the French authorities to ensure the quick and effective operation of the Dublin Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/10/2017 16:55:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

777845

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dual Nationality: EU Countries
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 in the UK have applied for dual UK-EU citizenship since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	109768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The available information published on the number of total applications made for British citizenship by nationality is in the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, April – June 2017, Citizenship table cz_01_q_a available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/list-of-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/list-of-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>The UK allows dual nationality and so it is possible for those holding the nationality of another EU state to apply for naturalisation as a British citizen. Providing the other state also allows dual nationality, it is possible for a person to hold two EU nationalities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/11/2017 13:31:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

777847

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: China
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) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications her Department has received for two-year visit visas for Chinese nationals from China in each of the years that scheme has been operating.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	109709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on the total number of Visitor visa applications and decisions is published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent information can be found in the Home Office publication ‘Immigration Statistics, April – June 2017’. A breakdown of total Visitor visa applications, grants and refusals is published in Visas data tables volume 1, table vi_01_q and Visitor visa grants, by nationality, is published in Visas data tables volume 3, table vi_06_q_o, available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/list-of-tables#visas</a>.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 109705 question first answered 01/11/2017 13:33:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma