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1462113

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure same sex partners can register as the mothers of their child on birth certificates.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>Civil registration in the UK is a devolved matter and there are separate systems in place for Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p>In England and Wales, a birth entry records the name of the child’s mother and, where certain conditions can be met as set out in law, the name of a second female parent.</p><p>There are currently no plans in England and Wales to change how a mother, father or parent is recorded in birth entries or on birth certificates.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/05/2022 11:53:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459939

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Voyeurism: Prosecutions
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 were charged with upskirting in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	159045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home office publishes the number of charges resulting from the investigation of police recorded crime in the ‘Crime Outcomes statistics’.</p><p>The latest figures can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>The offence of upskirting falls under the offence category 88E: Exposure and Voyeurism.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/04/2022 10:56:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1458502

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure the widespread provision of services for men experiencing domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	155870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a terrible crime and tackling it is a key commitment for this Government. Our landmark Domestic Abuse Act and Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan will provide further protections to the millions of people who experience domestic abuse, as well as strengthen measures to tackle perpetrators. The Plan commits over £230 million of funding to address four key areas to improve the response; Prioritising Prevention, Supporting Victims, Pursuing Perpetrators and creating a Stronger System. The Plan’s approach speaks to all victims of domestic abuse and will help and support all victims, including men.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting all victims of domestic abuse regardless of gender and the statutory definition of domestic abuse introduced by the Act is gender neutral. Although male victims are included in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, and Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, the Government recognises that there can be some specific challenges that men and boys face in relation to domestic abuse.</p><p>In 2019 we published the first ever cross-Government Male Victims Position Statement, a dedicated statement to recognise the needs of male victims, and to clarify and strengthen our response to them. In March 2022 we published a refreshed version of this document which took into account the feedback from the recent Call for Evidence, recognising the additional challenges which can be faced by men and boys who are victims of these crimes.</p><p>The Government funds a range of organisations that provide specialist support to victims. From 2019-2022, the Government has allocated £168,000 a year for the Men’s Advice Line, the national helpline for male victims of domestic abuse, run by the charity Respect. This service offers advice and emotional support to male victims of domestic abuse and signposts to other vital services that help keep them, and their children, safe.</p><p>The Men’s Advice line is comprised of a confidential helpline, email and webchat service. In 2021, they handled over 10,000 calls, resulting in increased safety for male victims and their children. This is achieved through practical support including safety planning, accessing housing options and signposting to free legal advice as well as emotional and listening support. In addition to this amount, the Government provided a funding uplift in 2020/21 of a further £151,000 to support the continued running of the service during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021/22, the Government provided another uplift of £64,500 to fund additional activity.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 26/04/2022 16:28:34 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1436236

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department's policies on tackling child sexual abuse include sibling sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	905750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, including intra-familial abuse.</p><p>We fund the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse who have produced specific guidance on responding to sibling sexual abuse, and fund Rape Crisis England and Wales to provide support to victims and survivors of sibling sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/02/2022 15:40:28 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435222

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hate crime (a) allegations and (b) arrests were made in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020 and (v) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information is not held on the number of hate crime allegations or arrests.</p><p>Information on the number of hate crime offences recorded by the police can be found in the Home Office statistical bulletin <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhate-crime-england-and-wales-2020-to-2021%2Fhate-crime-england-and-wales-2020-to-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJacob.Morrison11%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4673fb6fec8f4a88e46d08d9f8466d23%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637813804815597703%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=MDF6pmqXajgF7BZYSYIfN2y7UBAo2yM68ElDFI2Csa4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">‘Hate crime, England and Wales, 2020 to 2021</a>’</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/03/2022 16:53:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1421447

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UKVI MP Account Management cases are currently outstanding past the 20 working day response target.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	121867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of Hon. Members written correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan. Ministers and officials have also had to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>The Department recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in some cases but has implemented an action plan to clear backlogs and drive up performance. The Department has recruited additional resources and expects to return to answering Hon. Member’s correspondence within service standard by the end of March 2022.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q3-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q3-2021</a></p><p>This includes data up to and including the end of quarter 3 - 2021.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/02/2022 11:52:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1379461

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schools: EU Countries
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 15 November 2021 to Question 70295 on Schools: EU Countries, what were the results of the impact assessment of the potential impact of the UK's new immigration rules on the number of school trips from the EU to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	76781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>Further to the answer given on 15 November 2021, the Impact Assessment can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1016572/ID_cards_removal_-_Impact_Assessment_-_2021.pdf" target="_blank">Impact Assessment (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/11/2021 14:32:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1366352

registered interest
date	05/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Visits: Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK's new immigration rules on the number of school trips from the EU to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	70295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>As part of the changes to the Immigration Rules in September 2021, we no longer accept national identity cards as a valid travel document from EU, EEA and Swiss visitors to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was undertaken of this change.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/11/2021 16:45:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1287701

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are equipped to wear body worn cameras for each police force in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	155290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>According to the National Police Chief’s Council, all forces are deploying Body Worn Video. Its deployment is an operational matter for each police force and decisions will be made based on local priorities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 16:14:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1287702

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many body worn cameras each police force has in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	155291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>According to the National Police Chief’s Council, all forces are deploying Body Worn Video. Its deployment is an operational matter for each police force and decisions will be made based on local priorities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 15:16:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse