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1316150

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Handguns: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Scotland Yard on strengthening legislation on the sale of starter guns.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>We are not currently looking to strengthen legislation in relation to the sale of starting guns.</p><p> </p><p>A person must be registered with the police as a firearms dealer before they can sell firearms by way of trade or business, and a person requires a firearms certificate issued by the police before they can purchase a small firearm for the purposes of starting races at athletic meetings. Such certificates will be conditioned accordingly and will only authorise the use of blank ammunition. Only those starters who are qualified up to a certain level under the UK Athletics grading structure should be granted such a certificate.</p><p>Starters of swimming, cycling and other races have no need of working firearms and may use starting pistols which can only fire blank ammunition. Such starting pistols do not have an open barrel, so they are not classed as firearms and are not subject to certification.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/05/2021 12:08:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1316174

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department does not record the ethnicity of victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	4010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of gathering crime data to inform policy and operational decisions. All police forces routinely collect and publish data on offences. However, published data relates to recorded offences rather than the characteristics of the victims who have experienced them. This is so that the published data reflects all recorded offences, including those where there is no specific, intended, or identifiable victim, or where there are multiple offences against one victim.</p><p>The Government remains determined to build on our understanding of the nature of child sexual abuse, including the ethnicity and background of victims. To inform our understanding of the number of victims and their ages, we use data gathered through the Crime Survey for England and Wales (ONS). We also draw on the research and insight produced by the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse, which we established in 2017, and why we draw on the insight of other experts including the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse, which has produced research on ethnic minority victims of CSEA.</p><p>We also work closely with local areas to improve their response to exploitation, enabling them to spot trends in abuse and protect local communities. In addition, we have increased investment in support services, including specific projects to support victims from BAME backgrounds.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/05/2021 12:16:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1316182

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Au Pairs: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether au pairs from the EU can enter the UK to help look after a friend or a relative's children unpaid, without a work permit.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	3797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>EU nationals can enter the UK as visitors without needing to apply for a visa or a work permit in advance. They can do a range of activities but should not be intending to work in the UK or fill a UK-based role without status.</p><p>As set out in the Visit guidance, a family member may come to look after a child in the UK, provided it is for a short visit and does not amount to the relative being employed as a child-minder or au pair.</p><p>Decision makers need to be satisfied the visit is of a short duration, the relative is a genuine visitor and will not live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/05/2021 15:47:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1316221

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 investigated the cause of the error whereby British citizens have incorrectly received letters urging them to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme; and whether the relevant databases have been updated to prevent that error from occurring again.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	3849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government is using every possible channel to encourage everyone who is eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to apply.</p><p>The Home Office is currently working with HMRC and DWP to encourage EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who receive benefits to apply to the EUSS if they have yet to do so. Letters are being sent out to encourage recipients to apply to the EUSS to protect their existing rights in the UK before the deadline of 30 June 2021.</p><p>In trying to reach as many people as possible, there may be a small number of instances where these letters are sent to recipients who are naturalised as a British citizen. The letter may also be received by a small number of individuals who have already applied to the EUSS, for example because they applied after the initial exercise with DWP or HMRC was completed, but before the letter was sent out. The letter makes clear anyone who is a British citizen or already has EUSS status does not need to take any action.</p><p>As of 30 April 2021, 4.9m grants of EUSS status have been made. The Home Office urges anyone eligible for the EUSS to apply before the 30 June deadline to ensure their rights are protected following the end of the grace period.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/05/2021 15:57:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1316259

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of anti-social behaviour incidents in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England during the covid-19 outbreak; and what (i) financial and (ii) other steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	3895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent ASB can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p> </p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides flexible powers to authorities in local areas to deal with anti-social behaviour. As the powers are local in nature, the Home Office only collects data at Police Force Area level and not at lower levels of geography.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics do publish data on perceptions of ASB, which has remained relatively flat. According to the latest ONS survey (released in February 2021) the majority of people perceived ASB levels in their local area to have stayed the same during the pandemic period.</p><p>A total of £45m has been allocated through the Safer Streets Fund, which supports areas that are disproportionately affected by acquisitive crimes, and many of these projects also help to tackle ASB.</p><p> </p><p>To help ensure that the police have the resources they need to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour, we have given them the biggest funding increase in a decade and are recruiting 20,000 additional officers by March 2023, which provides extra resource to protect the public and keep us safe.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/05/2021 14:18:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1316297

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
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 make it her policy to expand the list of professions eligible for the fee-free one-year visa extension during the covid-19 outbreak to include care workers; what recent discussions she has had with representatives of care workers on the exclusion of that workforce from that list; what estimate she has made of the number of care workers so affected; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital contribution overseas NHS, health and social care workers have and continue to make in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The introduction of the Health and Care visa last August made it quicker and cheaper for regulated health and care professionals – including Senior Care Workers - and their dependents to secure their visa.</p><p>Since the start of the pandemic, the Government has extended the visas of over 10,000 key, frontline regulated health and care professionals, and their eligible family members.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care regularly meet with the Health and Social Care sector and we will keep the free extension offer under review.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/05/2021 15:54:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1316308

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Scotland: Intelligence Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) protocols and (b) memoranda of understanding are in place between (i) Police Scotland and (ii) the security services.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	4039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Security Service Act of 1989 places the Security Service under the authority of a Secretary of State, in practice the Home Secretary, who is accountable to Parliament for their work. This Act sets the overarching working protocol between the Security Service and the Home Secretary.</p><p>To support the delivery of the Act, there are more detailed agreements that set out delivery of the Home Secretary’s oversight responsibilities, including a framework agreement formerly referred to as the Protocols.</p><p>Police Scotland are a devolved competence and there is no formal relationship between the Home Office and Police Scotland. The Home Office and Police Scotland have a Memorandum of Understanding in relation to three areas: data sharing, Police and Public Protection Technology and the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP). In relation to ESMCP and in recognition of section 4 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, the Memorandum of Understanding is signed by the Scottish Police Authority, agreeing the terms under which the Home Secretary will provide the relevant mobile communications network services to the Authority for the purpose of its maintenance of Police Scotland.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/05/2021 15:08:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1316310

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Scotland
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 she has had with the Scottish Government on the routine operation of the security services in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	4040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>As has been the policy of successive governments, we do not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/05/2021 15:54:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1316318

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Scotland: UN Climate Conference 2021
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 to offer support to Police Scotland during the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	3991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office are supporting Police Scotland in the planning and delivery of the event whilst respecting operational independence and the devolved nature of policing in Scotland, noting that Counter Terrorism policing policy remains reserved.</p><p>The Home Office and the National Police Co-ordination Centre (NPoCC) are working closely with Police Scotland around the resourcing for the event, as well as sharing knowledge and experience in relation to policing operations from other high profile major events.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/05/2021 12:06:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1316356

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Safety
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 publish the Government's response to the Firearms Safety Consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	3946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the interest generated by the firearms safety consultation which ran from 24 November 2020 to16 February 2021. The public consultation sought views on a number of proposals on firearms safety issues and received over 12,000 responses. The Government will publish a response to the consultation following a full and careful consideration of the responses we received.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/05/2021 15:12:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth