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1078514

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Traffic Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of traffic officers in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the primary function of police officers, broken down by Police Force Area, as part of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales ." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales .</a></p><p>These data include officers whose primary function is “Road Policing”, and officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function.</p><p>Data are collected from forces in England and Wales, and at Police Force Area level only, therefore information on the number of traffic officers in Coventry is not available, neither is the number of traffic officers for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/03/2019 17:03:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1091233

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many consultants his Department has hired in each year since 2016; and what the cost of that process has been to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	234205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Department does not procure external consultancy services on an individual consultant basis but as discrete packages of work from consultancy providers therefore it is not possible to provide costs or numbers of individual consultants engaged.</p><p>The Departments spend on external consultancy services is published in the Departments Annual Report and Accounts, which are available here;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p><p>Spend for the Financial Year 2016/17 was £13.348M (page 60)</p><p>Spend for the Financial Year 2017/18 was £12.728M (page 72)</p><p>Spend for the current Financial Year is being assessed at will be published in the 2018/19 Annual Report and Accounts later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/03/2019 14:51:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1091245

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: West Midlands
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 he has made of trends in the level of right-wing extremism in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	234077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the threat from Right Wing extremism from all parts of the UK seriously. We continually develop our understanding of the threat from Right Wing extremism so that we can respond to it appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/03/2019 14:40:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1091316

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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, what effect any extension to Article 50 would have on the (a) EU Settled Status Scheme for EEA nationals and (b) the full opening of that scheme on 30 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	234245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>Until the UK leaves the EU, EEA and Swiss citizens currently living in the UK, as well as UK nationals living in other EU Member States, continue to have the same rights and status, and are subject to the same residence requirements under EU law, as was the case before Article 50 was triggered. The EU Settlement Scheme will launch fully on 30 March regardless of whether Article 50 is extended.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/03/2019 14:34:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1091383

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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, when the emergency summit on knife crime announced on 6 March will take place.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	234272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>As I announced in the House of Commons on 22 March, the Serious Violence Summit will take place in the week commencing 1 April.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/03/2019 15:41:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1090898

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prospective PhD students were (a) granted and (b) refused a visa to study in the UK in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	233445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The available information relates to total Tier 4 visas granted and refused, published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition a</p><p>t https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#visas.</p><p>For the calendar year 2018, 98% of cases were granted.</p><p><br>Corresponding information relating to the level of course is not available from centrally collated statistical databases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2019 15:32:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090953

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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, what steps he has taken to ensure the EU Settlement Scheme is accessible to children of EU nationals living (a) in care and (b) with vulnerable families.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	233452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has put in place a comprehensive vulnerability strategy to ensure that the EU Settlement Scheme is accessible for all, including children in care. <br>A user group of external stakeholders who represent the needs of vulnerable individuals has been established to work with the Home Office to understand relevant risks and issues and to ensure the right support arrangements are in place for applicants. We are also engaging with relevant stakeholders such as the Department for Education, Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children’s Services to assess the needs of this group and ensure they are met. <br>a) The Department for Education (DfE) and Home Office have agreed that local authorities in England will need to ensure that applications for the scheme are made on behalf of all looked after children who are EU citizens and for whom they have parental responsibility.</p><p>For children accommodated by the local authority under section 20 of the Children Act 1989: Local authorities will raise awareness of the Settlement Scheme to those with parental responsibility for eligible child(ren), provide practical support where needed, or signpost to relevant community support where this is deemed more appropriate.</p><p>This process has also been agreed for children in care in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. <br>b) The Home Office has announced grant funding of up to £9 million for voluntary and community sector organisation to support vulnerable EU citizens who might need additional help when applying for the Settlement Scheme. <br>Specific guidance and resources for local authorities and community leaders is being produced to inform vulnerable groups about the application process and the need to apply.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2019 15:26:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1091088

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the letters of the Hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham of 13 August 2018, 17 September 2018 and 4 March 2019 on the visa application of constituent Mr H.W.P of Lancing, West Sussex.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	233431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>A response to your enquiry was sent on 20th March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2019 16:37:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1089436

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Enforcement Directorate: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is responsible for recruiting detention gatekeepers; and whether his Department retains oversight and management of detention gatekeepers once they are in post.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	233003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Detention Gatekeeper function is part of the Immigration Enforcement Directorate within the Home Office. The recruitment, oversight and management of those staff is consistent with employment of all other Home Office staff as set out in the within the Civil Service recruitment process.</p><p><br>All staff within the Detention Gatekeeper function, like all those in the Home Office involved in detained casework, are provided with appropriate training for their roles. This includes, but is not limited to, training around Modern Slavery, the National Referrals Mechanism process and the Adults at Risk in detention policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 233004 question first answered 20/03/2019 16:55:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1089437

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Enforcement Directorate: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training detention gatekeepers receive on indicators of trafficking or modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	233004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Detention Gatekeeper function is part of the Immigration Enforcement Directorate within the Home Office. The recruitment, oversight and management of those staff is consistent with employment of all other Home Office staff as set out in the within the Civil Service recruitment process.</p><p><br>All staff within the Detention Gatekeeper function, like all those in the Home Office involved in detained casework, are provided with appropriate training for their roles. This includes, but is not limited to, training around Modern Slavery, the National Referrals Mechanism process and the Adults at Risk in detention policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 233003 question first answered 20/03/2019 16:55:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield