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789865

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of those detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre are victims of rape, broken down into (1) women, and (2) men; and what is the average period those individuals have been detained.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>No data is held centrally on whether individuals detained in immigration removal centres have been the victims of rape or other forms of sexual violence.</p><p>As part of its response to Stephen Shaw’s review of the welfare of vulnerable persons in immigration detention, the Government introduced the adults at risk in immigration detention policy, which came into force on 12 September 2016. By virtue of the policy, vulnerable individuals are detained only when the immigration control considerations that apply in their case outweigh the risk factors. Having been a victim of sexual or gender based violence is expressly included as an indicator of risk for the purposes of the policy. The policy is supported by the cross-cutting gatekeeper function, which assesses every decision to detain an individual in terms of their vulnerability and removability.</p><p>Home Office immigration policy operates with a presumption against detention. If people are detained, it is for the minimum time possible, and their dignity and welfare are of the utmost importance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3250 question first answered 22/11/2017 12:32:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

789866

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to minimise the number of rape victims detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>No data is held centrally on whether individuals detained in immigration removal centres have been the victims of rape or other forms of sexual violence.</p><p>As part of its response to Stephen Shaw’s review of the welfare of vulnerable persons in immigration detention, the Government introduced the adults at risk in immigration detention policy, which came into force on 12 September 2016. By virtue of the policy, vulnerable individuals are detained only when the immigration control considerations that apply in their case outweigh the risk factors. Having been a victim of sexual or gender based violence is expressly included as an indicator of risk for the purposes of the policy. The policy is supported by the cross-cutting gatekeeper function, which assesses every decision to detain an individual in terms of their vulnerability and removability.</p><p>Home Office immigration policy operates with a presumption against detention. If people are detained, it is for the minimum time possible, and their dignity and welfare are of the utmost importance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3249 question first answered 22/11/2017 12:32:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

789879

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what options they have considered for enforcing corporate compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and whether they have considered imposing penalties for those companies that do not comply.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The legislation was designed to harness pressure from civil society and we are pleased that NGOs are using company statements to scrutinise businesses and hold them to account, including contacting businesses that have not yet published statements.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to improve compliance but we know that new legislation takes time to embed. We recently wrote to over 10,000 businesses that may be required to publish statements reminding them of their obligations and pointing them towards relevant guidance. We have also strengthened the wording in our guidance to set out our expectations for these statements more clearly. The Home Secretary can apply for a court injunction requiring businesses to comply. If they still refuse, they will be liable to an unlimited fine for contempt of court.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3264 question first answered 23/11/2017 13:46:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

789880

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure compliance with the Transparency in Supply Chains requirement of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, in the light of the absence of a publicly-available list of companies that are in scope.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The legislation was designed to harness pressure from civil society and we are pleased that NGOs are using company statements to scrutinise businesses and hold them to account, including contacting businesses that have not yet published statements.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to improve compliance but we know that new legislation takes time to embed. We recently wrote to over 10,000 businesses that may be required to publish statements reminding them of their obligations and pointing them towards relevant guidance. We have also strengthened the wording in our guidance to set out our expectations for these statements more clearly. The Home Secretary can apply for a court injunction requiring businesses to comply. If they still refuse, they will be liable to an unlimited fine for contempt of court.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3263 question first answered 23/11/2017 13:46:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

789881

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an estimate of the cost of preparing a list of companies covered by section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>For the time being, we have concluded that demand for a list can be better met by the private sector which holds more comprehensive and easily accessible data. Two independent registries have been set up to monitor companies’ progress in publishing high quality statements. We will continue to work with businesses to ensure that all large companies report properly and take effective action to force these crimes out of their supply chains.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2017 13:47:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

789883

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing specific civil wrongs of (1) trafficking, (2) slavery, (3) servitude, and (4) forced labour, in legislation, to ensure that modern slavery victims can better access remedies for harms inflicted on them.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Civil remedies in tort already exist for victims of trafficking and slavery to claim damages from perpetrators through ordinary civil law and the Human Rights Act 1998. Damages can, for example, be recovered for loss or damage caused to victims under the torts of intimidation, harassment, assault, unlawful imprisonment, negligence and breach of duty. As such, the Government is currently of the view that the existing civil law provides the necessary civil remedies for modern slavery cases.</p><p> </p><p>To assist victims to bring a civil claim for compensation against their perpetrator, Section 47 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 extends civil legal aid to all victims of modern slavery who are identified and confirmed as being victims, through the National Referral Mechanism.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, criminal courts have powers to provide reparation to victims through both slavery and trafficking reparation orders (through the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and compensation orders. Victims of modern slavery can also pursue compensation by applying to the state funded Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2017 16:38:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

789884

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders have been made to date; how many compensation awards have been made to victims as a result of those Orders; and what was the (1) total, and (2) average, amount of those awards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>No slavery and trafficking reparation orders have been made since their introduction under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 coming into force for offences committed after 31<sup>st</sup> July 2015. They can only be made once someone has been convicted of a relevant offence and the Crown Court has made a confiscation order against them. Modern slavery prosecutions are complex and often take a long time to complete. As the number of concluded prosecutions rise, we expect to see a rise in the number of reparation orders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2017 13:47:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

789899

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Lead: Theft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of theft of lead from churches have been reported in each police force area in England in each of the last three years; and what steps they intend to take to reduce the incidence of that crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL3283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes national data on metal theft, but this does not differentiate between the type of metal stolen or its location.</p><p> </p><p>The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 has helped to reduce the level of metal theft since it came into force in October 2013. The Home Office also works with a range of partners through the police-led National Metal Theft Working Group. This Group includes representatives from the heritage sector, and works to see what more can be done to prevent all types of metal theft, including the theft of lead from churches.</p><p>The Home Office also works with a range of partners through the police-led National Metal Theft Working Group. This Group includes representatives from the heritage sector, and works to see what more can be done to prevent all types of metal theft.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2017 16:40:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

789912

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of police investigations in England and Wales have been (1) closed, and (2) written off, within 24 hours of the crime being reported to the police, for the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes information on crime outcomes, including the proportion of crimes that are assigned each outcome and how long it took for these outcomes to be assigned.</p><p>Information on the proportion of outcomes assigned by outcome type can be found in Table 2.2 in the data tables published alongside Crime Outcomes in England and Wales, year ending March 2017, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Information on how long it has taken for these outcomes to be assigned can be found in Table 5.2 in the same link. This table includes information in the proportion of outcomes that were assigned on the same day as the offence was recorded.</p><p>We expect the police to investigate all crimes, and investigations can be reopened at any point should new evidence come to light.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2017 16:06:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table 2.2 - and Table 5.2 - Crime Outcomes in Eng and Wales - year ending March 2017.xlsx title Tables 2.2 and 5.2 - Crimes Outcomes Eng-Wales
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789913

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrests by the police in England and Wales there were in (1) 2007–08, and (2) 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales annually, as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. These figures cover the financial year (ending 31 March).</p><p>The latest instalment, which was released on 26 October 2017, can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales</a> -</p><p>The data show that in the year ending 31 March 2008 the police made 1,475,266 arrests in England and Wales. In the year ending 31 March 2017 the police made 779,660 arrests in England and Wales. (see page 10 of the 'Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. in the section &quot;Trends in the number of arrests&quot; (see attached)</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name police-powers-procedures-mar17-hosb2017.pdf title Police and Powers and Procedures Eng/Wales Stats 2 file name Pg 10 - Trends in the Number of Arrests -.pdf title Page 10 - Trends in the Number of Arrests. question first answered 27/11/2017 12:13:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley