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1653784

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date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
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 17 July 2023 to Question 193678, what advice her Department provides to students living in the UK on a student visa and who need to apply for a new student visa without departing the UK because the award for their current course has been deferred as a result of the University and College Union marking and assessment boycott.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>Students and sponsors should refer to paragraph 5.32 onwards of the sponsorship duties guidance. Where a formal award has not yet been issued, a student on a course at degree level or above at a sponsor which is a Higher Education Provider with a track record of compliance, can request formal written confirmation from their sponsor stating that they are highly likely to complete their course successfully.</p><p>The Department for Education will continue to engage with the HE sector over the coming weeks to help better understand the boycott’s impact on students and the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/07/2023 11:56:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653798

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to tackle antisocial behaviour by large groups of people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>On 27 March, the Government launched the Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-action-plan</a>) which sets out a new framework for the Government, police forces, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), local authorities and other partners – such as housing associations and youth offending teams – to work together to prevent and tackle anti-social behaviour.</p><p>This plan is backed by £160m of funding. This includes up to £60m to fund an increased police and other uniformed presence to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, targeting hotspots. We are working with 10 police force areas who have started their patrols in July 2023 and from 2024 we will support a hotspot approach across every police force area in England and Wales, which will see thousands of additional patrols taking place in places blighted by anti-social behaviour.</p><p>In addition, we are providing up to £50m to establish new Immediate Justice pathways aimed at delivering swift, visible punishment for anti-social behaviour. This has started in 10 initial trailblazer police force areas in July 2023 and will be rolled out across England and Wales in 2024.</p><p>On 6 July, we launched a further fifth round of the Safer Streets Fund, which will support local initiatives aimed at increasing the safety of public spaces, including town centres, by tackling neighbourhood crime, anti-social behaviour and violence against women and girls. Since the fund launched in 2020, we have invested £120 million through four rounds supporting 270 projects across England and Wales, with a range of interventions including CCTV cameras.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales indicates that in the year to December 2022, overall crime (excluding fraud and computer misuse) was 52% lower than in the year to March 2010.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/07/2023 14:20:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1653799

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Telephones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has held with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling telephone fraud.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to doing everything we can to stop criminals abusing telecommunications networks. As a part of the Fraud Strategy, we announced a consultation on extending the ban on cold calls to include all financial products. We have also consulted on stopping criminals from getting hold of SIM farms. We are currently considering what action needs to be taken to prevent criminals from abusing mass texting services.</p><p>These actions are in addition to the Telecommunications Fraud Charter, which is a voluntary agreement with the telecommunication sector that has resulted in over 600 million scam texts and tens of millions of scam calls being blocked. It is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-fraud-taskforce-telecommunications-charter" target="_blank">Fraud sector charter: telecommunications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>We continue to regularly engage with officials from the devolved governments, including Northern Ireland, on tackling fraud. This includes a discussion on fraud at the National Policing Board on 8 March 2023, chaired by the Home Secretary and attended by the Chief Constable of PSNI. Agenda and minutes are available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/national-policing-board#agendas-and-minutes" target="_blank">National Policing Board - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 25/07/2023 15:59:03 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1653800

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Department of Justice on human trafficking in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Secretary chairs an Interministerial Group on safety and security with the devolved administrations to consider matters of shared interest. Senior officials from the Northern Ireland Civil Service attend the group in observer capacity in the absence of NI Executive Ministers.</p><p>Further, the Home Office engages regularly with officials in the Northern Ireland Department of Justice on modern slavery, as well as hosts quarterly meetings on modern slavery between senior Home Office officials and representatives of the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 24/07/2023 16:41:07 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1653802

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Security: China
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 impact of China's policies towards the UK on national security.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>As the Integrated Review Refresh (IRR) 2023 made clear, China poses an epoch-defining challenge to the type of international order we want to see, both in terms of security and values. As you would expect, we continually assess threats to UK national security and we will continue to strengthen our national security protections in those areas where the actions of the CCP pose a threat to our people prosperity and security.</p><p>The National Security Act 2023 will enable our law enforcement and intelligence agencies to deter, detect, and disrupt the full range of modern day state threats, including from China.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 25/07/2023 15:56:52 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1653805

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Demonstrations: Roads
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 increasing (a) fines and (b) prison terms for people who participate in protests that (i) stop the free flow of traffic and (ii) block emergency vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>It is unacceptable that protests should disrupt our incredible emergency services or hard-working people going about their daily business.</p><p>The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 is already in force. This raised the maximum penalty for wilful obstruction of the highway to 6 months’ imprisonment, a level 3 fine on the standard scale, or both.</p><p>The Public Order Act 2023, which received Royal Assent on 2 May, has also introduced new measures to improve the police’s ability to respond to highly disruptive protests. This includes the offence of interference with key national infrastructure and locking-on, which carry a maximum penalty of 12 months’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both and six months’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both, respectively.</p><p>In addition, Parliament has approved a Statutory Instrument providing greater clarity to law enforcement on when conditions can be imposed on protest causing serious disruption. Since that was enacted, we have seen a swifter response to slow walks in London.</p><p>We will continue to work closely with the police going forwards to make sure they are able to make full use of these powers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/07/2023 14:23:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1653806

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Uranium: Iran
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 implications for her Department's policies of alleged traces of uranium being sent to Iranian-registered businesses in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	194722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Cyclamen is the UK’s radiological and nuclear detection capability deployed at UK ports of entry, targeted for the illicit movement of radioactive materials. It is one element of the Government's strategy to reduce the threat of terrorist attack.</p><p>As outlined in the updated CONTEST strategy, published on 18 July 2023, we are investing in specialist capabilities, to protect the UK from a range of threats including chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear.</p><p>This includes enhancing our existing Cyclamen radiological and nuclear border detection capability, upgrading our inland radiological and nuclear detection equipment and ensuring our emergency services have the capability they need to effectively respond to the malicious use of radiological or nuclear materials.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 25/07/2023 15:53:39 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1653834

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Repatriation: China
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 Intelligence and Security Committee Report on China, HC 1605, published 13 July 2023, what information her Department holds on (a) the number of coerced repatriations made by foreign states of their nationals from the UK in each of the last three years and (b) which states are known to have conducted repatriations of UK residents through coerced means.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>We continually assess potential threats in the UK, and take protection of individuals’ rights, freedoms, and safety in the UK very seriously.</p><p>Whilst it is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on security and intelligence matters, where we identify individuals at heightened risk, we are front footed in deploying protective security guidance and other measures as appropriate.</p><p>Any threats made by a foreign state against individuals in the UK will be thoroughly investigated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 25/07/2023 15:52:04 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653880

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the potential fiscal impact of increases of the (a) immigration health surcharge and (b) student visas on the (i) number of international students, (ii) economy and (iii) higher education sector.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	194748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Regulations will be laid in Autumn to amend the Immigration Health Surcharge (Heath Charge) Order and a full economic impact assessment will be prepared.</p><p> </p><p>The expectation of the Government is that migrants coming to the UK to work should be able to maintain and support themselves, reflecting the need to maintain the confidence of the general public that immigration brings benefits to our country.</p><p> </p><p>The Immigration Health Surcharge rates have not increased since 2020, and the cost of providing public services has increased in that time. It is right that we keep the IHS level under review to ensure that it reflects the genuine cost to the NHS of providing healthcare to those who pay it.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 15:15:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1653933

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody: Children
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 17 July 2023 to Question 193747 on Police Custody: Children, if she will publish her Department's response to the report by the Nuffield Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	194959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is carefully considering the report by the Nuffield Foundation and awaits the results of the forthcoming pilot. We will respond to the report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/07/2023 14:19:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby