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1677689

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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children in temporary accommodation have been provided with healthcare support in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	6910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>We maintain that the best place for these children to be accommodated is within local authority care. As part of the national transfer scheme, the receiving local authority must provide suitable support for all children being moved into their care, including health care, irrespective of the child’s immigration status. <br> <br> Asylum seekers have access to health and social care services from the point of arrival in the UK. The Home Office and its contractors work closely with the NHS, local authorities and non-governmental organisations to ensure that people can access the healthcare and support they need. <br> <br> The Home Office also operates a Safeguarding Hub to support vulnerable individuals in accessing these services. In addition, the Home Office contracts Migrant Help to provide advice and guidance to asylum seekers should they have an issue with their accommodation or support, and for signposting to health and welfare services. Asylum seekers can access Migrant Help 24/7, every day of the year by a freephone telephone number, via an online chat, or completing an email enquiry form, both of which can be accessed free of charge on the Migrant Help website. Interpreting and translation services are available through Migrant Help when the need arises for asylum seekers to raise any queries or concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The information you have requested of the Home Office is not held in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 6911 question first answered 20/12/2023 12:59:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1677690

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: Children
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 make an assessment of the potential trauma for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children of being housed in hotels.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	6911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>We maintain that the best place for these children to be accommodated is within local authority care. As part of the national transfer scheme, the receiving local authority must provide suitable support for all children being moved into their care, including health care, irrespective of the child’s immigration status. <br> <br> Asylum seekers have access to health and social care services from the point of arrival in the UK. The Home Office and its contractors work closely with the NHS, local authorities and non-governmental organisations to ensure that people can access the healthcare and support they need. <br> <br> The Home Office also operates a Safeguarding Hub to support vulnerable individuals in accessing these services. In addition, the Home Office contracts Migrant Help to provide advice and guidance to asylum seekers should they have an issue with their accommodation or support, and for signposting to health and welfare services. Asylum seekers can access Migrant Help 24/7, every day of the year by a freephone telephone number, via an online chat, or completing an email enquiry form, both of which can be accessed free of charge on the Migrant Help website. Interpreting and translation services are available through Migrant Help when the need arises for asylum seekers to raise any queries or concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The information you have requested of the Home Office is not held in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 6910 question first answered 20/12/2023 12:59:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1677700

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	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential factors that contribute to teenage involvement in knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	6915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Home Office analysts have previously produced a report examining risk factors for serious violence (including weapons carrying) based on two UK-based longitudinal surveys of young people.</p><p>The report is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d36d7fa40f0b604d8e5fe4b/analysis-of-indicators-of-serious-violence-horr110.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d36d7fa40f0b604d8e5fe4b/analysis-of-indicators-of-serious-violence-horr110.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/12/2023 14:59:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1677736

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	Bibby Stockholm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Maritime Coastguard Agency has made an assessment of the (a) accommodation standards and (b) staff accreditation on the Bibby Stockholm barge.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	6871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Bibby Stockholm has been subject to certification and regulatory inspection by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency in order to fulfil its permitted purpose.</p><p>Accommodation providers ensure that guidance and training provided to staff regarding the identification and management of vulnerable asylum seekers with specific needs, or at risk asylum seekers, is kept up to date and aligns with best practice.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/12/2023 17:46:47 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1677740

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	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

1677748

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	Police: Smart Devices
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 make an assessment of the prevalence of imported cellular internet of things modules in equipment used by police forces; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the security of such equipment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Each fire and rescue authority and police force is responsible for identifying and planning for the foreseeable risks in their area, including risks relating to organisational security.</p><p>Operational security decisions are made independently by Fire and Police chiefs, who are consistently seeking to identify, plan for, and mitigate against reasonably foreseeable operational risks.</p><p>The Government provides guidance on best practice and due diligence to the public sector, for the procurement of supplier contracts through <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-model-services-contract" target="_blank">Governments Model Services Contract Guidance.</a></p><p>The Home Office works closely with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in relation to the cyber security of Fire and Police Services. This includes the provision of active cyber defence services, guidance and best practice advice, and the response to cyber security.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 6798 question first answered 20/12/2023 13:28:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1677750

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	Fire and Rescue Services: Smart Devices
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 make an assessment of the prevalence of imported cellular internet of things modules in equipment used by fire services; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the security of such equipment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Each fire and rescue authority and police force is responsible for identifying and planning for the foreseeable risks in their area, including risks relating to organisational security.</p><p>Operational security decisions are made independently by Fire and Police chiefs, who are consistently seeking to identify, plan for, and mitigate against reasonably foreseeable operational risks.</p><p>The Government provides guidance on best practice and due diligence to the public sector, for the procurement of supplier contracts through <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-model-services-contract" target="_blank">Governments Model Services Contract Guidance.</a></p><p>The Home Office works closely with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in relation to the cyber security of Fire and Police Services. This includes the provision of active cyber defence services, guidance and best practice advice, and the response to cyber security.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 6797 question first answered 20/12/2023 13:28:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1677752

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	UK Border Force: Smart Devices
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 make an assessment of the prevalence of imported cellular internet of things modules in equipment used by the Border Force; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the security of such equipment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office manages the ongoing cyber security assurance of its live IT services, products, and assets through a range of mechanisms including Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA's), Governance Security Document (GSD's) and processes such as Secure by Design (SBD) and GovAssure.</p><p>These provide operational delivery teams, including the Border Force, confidence in these IT services whilst ensuring they continue to meet cyber security requirements within the department’s risk tolerances.</p><p>Managing the cyber security risks associated with the department’s supply chain is carried out through regular risk management of external vendors, suppliers, logistics and transportation both pre and post procurement.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/12/2023 12:52:02 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1677815

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	UK Border Force: Patrol Craft
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 28 March 2023 to Question 172353 on UK Border Force: Patrol Craft, what his Department's timescales are for the formal launch of market engagement for the procurement of replacement Border Force vessels.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	6767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Progress continues to be made on plans to procure a replacement Cutter and Coastal Patrol Vessel maritime capability for Border Force. The procurement schedule has not yet been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/12/2023 14:24:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1677817

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: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the formal process by which asylum seekers (a) are notified that they should leave hotels and (b) move to other Home Office-funded accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	6858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has always been clear that use of hotels as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers was a short-term measure to ensure that we met our statutory obligation to accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute during a period of unprecedented numbers of small boat arrivals.</p><p>The closure of individual hotels and relocation of service users to alternative accommodation is being managed in accordance with established allocation of accommodation policy and processes.</p><p>Our accommodation providers will notify asylum seekers as early as possible of an upcoming hotel closure and will discuss the move with each individual and establish if there are any safeguarding, medical, or other personal circumstances which need to be considered.</p><p>Asylum accommodation is generally provided on a ‘no choice’ basis and individuals will be moved to suitable alternative accommodation, which may be in a different location from their current hotel. Those whose personal circumstances necessitate accommodation in a particular location, will have their requests considered in accordance with existing published policies.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/12/2023 13:02:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West