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782321

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how each department responsible for the Government's Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy are contributing to her Department's development of (a) the Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill and (b) the non-legislative package supporting the Bill.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	110925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises that tackling domestic abuse and supporting victims requires a robust cross-government approach. Departments are contributing to the development of both the Domestic Abuse Bill and accompanying non-legislative package through rigorous cross-Departmental discussions overseen by the Violence Against Women and Girls Inter-Ministerial Group, chaired by the Home Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2017 17:24:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

782322

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what form of consultation her Department is undertaking with (a) civil society organisations and (b) academics and experts on the new definition of domestic violence and abuse to be included in the proposed new Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	110926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>As announced in the Queen’s Speech, our Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill will enshrine for the first time in statute a legal definition of domestic abuse. This will help to ensure domestic abuse is properly understood as more than simply violence, but also as including ongoing mental, emotional and financial abuse.</p><p>We recognise how important it is to get this right which is why we have already been in close contact with key partners and experts to shape our thinking, and we will shortly be launching a comprehensive consultation on all aspects of our domestic abuse programme.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2017 17:20:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

782323

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
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 collect data on violent crimes that includes (a) the sex and age of the perpetrator and the victim, (b) the relationship between those people and (c) whether those crimes involve repeat victimisation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	110927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Police forces in England and Wales are required to send proscribed data to the Home Office under the Annual Data Requirement (ADR). Under the ADR, police forces are already required to provide data on sex and age of victim to the Home Office. Furthermore, information on the relationship between victim and suspect data are collected for violence against the person and sexual offences. There are plans to make reporting of repeat victimisation in domestic abuse offences mandatory in the next reporting year (i.e. from April 2018). Perpetrator data is not routinely collected by the Home Office but may be supplied to the Home Office if a suspect has been identified, but this is not mandatory. The Ministry of Justice are responsible for data on offenders.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics published experimental statistics on victims of violent offences in February 2017. This covers age, sex and victim-suspect relationship. The report is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/compendium/focusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2016/experimentalstatisticsvictimsofpolicerecordedviolentandsexualoffences" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/compendium/focusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2016/experimentalstatisticsvictimsofpolicerecordedviolentandsexualoffences</a></p><p>The analysis in the report uses data for a subset of forces so may not be representative of all forces in England and Wales and data were not reconciled with forces and are therefore subject to revision. They can only provide details for crimes at the offence group level and cannot be applied to separate collections such as knife crime data published by The Home Office. The Home Office continue to work with police forces to ensure the consistency and comparability of the victim information they supply.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:45:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

711498

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether exemptions exist for fees for biometric residence permits for people affected by changes to the right to work rules made in 2014 which mean that an expired travel document with a valid visa is no longer sufficient proof of right to work.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	68179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Although the Home Office provides for exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances, these exceptions do not extend to those seeking confirmation of status, such as those who apply to transfer their existing status to a biometric residence permit. If we were to waive fees on this basis, it would result in a reduction in income that would have to be made up through charging other customers higher fees. We believe this would be unfair. The exceptions ensure that the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations (for example, in relation to refugees and persons deriving rights under European law) and wider government policy. .</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not receive or hold data on the number of people who hold an expired travel document with a valid visa but need to provide</p><p>acceptable evidence of their right to work to a new employer. In these circumstances the individual is required to apply to the Home Office to transfer their conditions, as a result of which they will receive a biometric residence permit. While the Home Office is processing the application it provides a checking service for employers to verify someone’s right to work so that the ability to start work is not impeded. This change was introduced to simplify and strengthen right to work checks by employers to better prevent illegal working in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 68180 question first answered 20/03/2017 16:49:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

711499

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Employment
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 (a) the UK and (b) Bolton South East constituency have been affected by the changes made in 2014 to the right to work rules which mean that an expired travel document with a valid visa is no longer sufficient proof of right to work.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	68180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Although the Home Office provides for exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances, these exceptions do not extend to those seeking confirmation of status, such as those who apply to transfer their existing status to a biometric residence permit. If we were to waive fees on this basis, it would result in a reduction in income that would have to be made up through charging other customers higher fees. We believe this would be unfair. The exceptions ensure that the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations (for example, in relation to refugees and persons deriving rights under European law) and wider government policy. .</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not receive or hold data on the number of people who hold an expired travel document with a valid visa but need to provide</p><p>acceptable evidence of their right to work to a new employer. In these circumstances the individual is required to apply to the Home Office to transfer their conditions, as a result of which they will receive a biometric residence permit. While the Home Office is processing the application it provides a checking service for employers to verify someone’s right to work so that the ability to start work is not impeded. This change was introduced to simplify and strengthen right to work checks by employers to better prevent illegal working in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 68179 question first answered 20/03/2017 16:49:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

711050

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody suites in police stations were closed in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	67894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/04/2017 13:40:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

709035

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody suites have been closed since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	66979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally, but is available from police forces.</p><p>Decisions about the most effective use of available resources, including the number of custody suites in a force area, are a matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable locally (the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Commissioner in the case of the Metropolitan Police and the Corporation and the Commissioner in the case of the City of London Police), tailored to the operational needs of the police in their local community.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/03/2017 16:40:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

708574

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals have been made under the Prevent strategy since 2015, by (a) age, (b) gender, (c) location by region, (d) ethnicity, (e) type of referring authority and (f) type of extremism; and what proportion of the total number of those referrals have resulted in placement in the CHANNEL programme for each of those categories.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	66618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>Since 2012, over 1000 vulnerable people have received support through Channel. Around a quarter of cases receiving support are for far right extremism. The Home Office intends to publish further Prevent and Channel data in the near future.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/03/2017 16:30:38 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

708575

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the latest review of the Government's CONTEST strategy.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	66619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office led a cross-Government review of the CONTEST strategy in 2016. The NSC has considered and approved recommendations. We will publish the new strategy shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/03/2017 16:23:37 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

694252

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
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 an assessment of the potential merits of providing people over 65 with advice on the prevention of fires in domestic homes.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	65519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual fire and rescue services to determine how best they can use their resources to mitigate the risks associated with fire in their communities. Over 65’s are disproportionately represented in fire fatality statistics; they consistently make up about 50% of those who die in dwelling fires, yet make up less than 18% of the population.</p><p><br>Of the 581,000 visits by fire and rescue services to individuals in their own homes carried out in 2015/16, nearly half (268,000) were made to those aged 65 and over.</p><p><br>These visits are designed to help householders to assess the risk of fire and enable fire and rescue services to provide them with tailored fire prevention advice and, in some cases, with products designed to minimise the risks should a fire break out. These could include smoke alarms, flame retardant bedding, electric deep fat fryers and, in some cases, personal fire suppression systems.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 06/03/2017 16:11:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi