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1657843

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations: Concrete
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 she has made of the extent of the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in police stations.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	197379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>My officials continue to work closely with policing partners to assess any safety issues resulting from the life expiry of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).</p><p>All police forces are aware of the potential risks and have been working alongside industry experts since 2021 to ensure site inspections by qualified building surveyors and condition surveys are conducted. Individual police forces have rightly taken a variety of steps to mitigate any potential issues and ensure everyone’s safety – including vacating buildings, and demolishing or replacing structures where issues have been identified. Where there is any uncertainty forces are conducting prompt further investigations</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/09/2023 11:30:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1657844

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to consult on introducing minimum unit pricing in England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	197516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government maintains an interest in the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland and will consider the findings from the outcome report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 196562 question first answered 07/09/2023 11:28:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1655763

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on whether making a credit card application using someone else's details is a criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Existing legislation can already be used to prosecute those committing fraud using a stolen identity.</p><p>The Fraud Act 2006 covers the selling and using of stolen personal information to commit fraud. The Computer Misuse Act 1990, the Identity Documents Act 2010 and the Data Protection Act 2018 cover the protection of personal data.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 06/09/2023 11:52:16 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655808

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) principals and (b) dependents have been relocated to the UK under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (i) Pathway 2 and (ii) Pathway 3 as of 1 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	195655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK has made one of the largest commitments of any country to support those impacted by events in Afghanistan.</p><p>Whilst public data on separating principals and dependants is not available, the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> (published on 24 August 2023), show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - have resettled a total of 21,526 people.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 195657 question first answered 07/09/2023 13:38:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1655810

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date did the first cohort of Afghan people arrive in the UK under (a) Pathway 2 and (b) Pathway 3 under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	195657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK has made one of the largest commitments of any country to support those impacted by events in Afghanistan.</p><p>Whilst public data on separating principals and dependants is not available, the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> (published on 24 August 2023), show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - have resettled a total of 21,526 people.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 195655 question first answered 07/09/2023 13:38:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1655824

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Security to the Global Financial Integrity DC Forum Conference in February 2023 on closing loopholes in visa waiver agreements with third countries that operate citizenship by investment regimes, whether her Department has taken recent steps to tackle those loopholes; and what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of people who have entered the UK via those routes and (b) the number and proportion of those people that (i) have a criminal record and (ii) pose a risk to national security in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	195937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Visit visas are an important part of securing the UK’s border and are an effective tool for the UK in reducing illegal immigration, tackling organised crime and protecting national security. The UK keeps its visa system under regular review. Decisions taken following engagement across government.</p><p>Careful consideration of the operation of citizenship by investment programmes by Dominica and Vanuatu has shown abuse of these programmes. The UK imposed a visa regime on both countries on 19 July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 15:50:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1656015

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many forensic accountants are employed in each Police Force in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	196070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of forensic accountants employed in police forces in England and Wales.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officers and staff employed in England and Wales by function in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here: <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 functions are based on the framework set out by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) as part of the Police Objective Analysis (POA) estimates. The POA framework does not include a specific function for forensic accountants.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2023 11:36:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1656144

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
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 28 April 2023 to Question 181937 on Asylum, how many legacy asylum claims submitted before 28 June 2022 have not yet received a decision.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	195850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes provisional data on the asylum backlog in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act’</a> release. Provisional data on asylum applications awaiting an initial decision, including a breakdown by legacy and flow cases, as at 31 March 2011 to 30 July 2023, can be found in table IMB_02 of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1176733/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-act-data-tables-to-july-2023.ods" target="_blank">Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act: data tables to July 2023</a>’.</p><p>The Home Office also publishes finalised data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on applications awaiting an initial decision under Section 12 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, including a breakdown by legacy and flow cases, is published in table Asy_10a of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement summary tables</a>’. Data on the number of people awaiting a decision is published in table Asy_10b. The latest data relates to as at 30 June 2023. Data as at 30 September 2023 will be published on 23 November 2023.</p><p>Please note the provisional data in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act</a>’ release is higher than the figures in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’ as the provisional data includes duplicates which have not been cleansed from the data; the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’ has been subject to additional quality assurance as cleansing.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/09/2023 13:29:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1656151

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the deportation of foreign nationals convicted of violent crime to their country of origin if it is unsafe.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	196157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>This Government puts the rights of the British public before those of criminals, and we are clear that foreign criminals should be deported from the UK wherever it is legal and practical to do so.</p><p>Under the UK Borders Act 2007, a deportation order must be made where a foreign national has been convicted of an offence and received a custodial sentence of 12 months or more. This is subject to several exceptions, including where to do so would be a breach of a person’s ECHR rights or the UK’s obligations under the Refugee Convention. Individuals are only returned to their country of origin when the Home Office and, where applicable, the Courts deem it is safe to do so. Each individual assessment is made against the background of any relevant caselaw and the latest available country information.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 196158 question first answered 06/09/2023 15:37:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1656152

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on foreign nationals convicted of attempted murder.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	196158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>This Government puts the rights of the British public before those of criminals, and we are clear that foreign criminals should be deported from the UK wherever it is legal and practical to do so.</p><p>Under the UK Borders Act 2007, a deportation order must be made where a foreign national has been convicted of an offence and received a custodial sentence of 12 months or more. This is subject to several exceptions, including where to do so would be a breach of a person’s ECHR rights or the UK’s obligations under the Refugee Convention. Individuals are only returned to their country of origin when the Home Office and, where applicable, the Courts deem it is safe to do so. Each individual assessment is made against the background of any relevant caselaw and the latest available country information.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 196157 question first answered 06/09/2023 15:37:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz