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1125057

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount of charges to people for calls made to the 101 line was in each year since that line has been in operation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	251240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251241 251242 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125058

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make calls to the police on the non-emergency 101 number free of charge or require that all funds raised from those call charges be allocated towards frontline policing.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	251241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251240 251242 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125062

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of calls made to the police on the non-emergency 101 number are terminated by the caller while they are waiting for a person to answer that call.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	251242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251240 251241 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1122398

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Merseyside Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional support he is providing to Merseyside Police to (a) tackle gun crime in Birkenhead and (b) prevent children and young people from being criminally exploited.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	246582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling gun crime and is taking steps to address the issue across England and Wales. As set out in our Serious Violence Strategy, this includes measures in the Offensive Weapons Bill to ban certain rapid firing rifles and bump stocks, introducing greater regulation of antique firearms and tightening controls on firearms dealers. <br>We have also established a multi-agency national firearms threat assessment centre to improve our capability to disrupt the supply and use of illegal firearms; this unit works closely with Merseyside police and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.</p><p>The Government recognises the devastating impact of county lines activity on children and vulnerable people. We have provided £3.6 million to establish the new National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC) to enhance our cross-border intelligence and activity on county lines and to better safeguard and protect victims of county lines including those who have been criminally exploited. Work is ongoing to protect the exploited and target the offenders, and to date the NCLCC has carried out two separate weeks of operational intensification leading to over 1100 arrests, over 1300 individuals safeguarded and significant seizures of weapons and drugs.</p><p>In addition, the Government is providing Merseyside with £700k funding over two years through our £22 million Early Intervention Youth Fund for an early interventions programme targeting young people aged 8-19 to tackle serious violence and criminal exploitation across Merseyside. We have also allocated £3.5 million to Merseyside Police from our serious violence fund to pay for increased operational activity aimed at reducing serious violence.</p><p>Since 2018, the Home Office has funded a Serious and Organised Crime Community Coordinator programme in Merseyside. The programme consists of a mix of techniques with the aim of reducing serious and organised crime, reducing its impact on local communities, and protecting the most vulnerable members of society from criminal exploitation.</p><p>Funding for Merseyside Police will increase by £18.3 million this year. The Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner has set out her plans to use this funding to recruit 80 more police officers.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/04/2019 13:25:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1052309

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times his Department, excluding executive agencies and non-ministerial departments, was taken to an employment tribunal for disability discrimination in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	215108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>For the year 2017-18, the Home Office was involved in 20 Employment Tribunals where disability discrimination was an aspect of the claim.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2019 12:05:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1050051

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of slavery who are no longer receiving support through the asylum system (a) have applied for a subsistence rate back payment and (b) are yet to apply for a back payment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	213236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Government is making every effort to pay back everyone affected by the subsistence rate contract changes for asylum-seeking victims of modern slavery made in March 2018.</p><p>Based on the current data, we have identified 1,208 potential victims of trafficking that have been affected and are entitled to back payments. 989 of those affected are still in both National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and asylum support, 150 are no longer in NRM support but are still in asylum support, and 69 are no longer in either NRM or asylum support.</p><p>On 24 January 2019, personalised letters were sent out to all those we identified as being affected and eligible for repayments. For those still in support, the letters detailed how much and how they will be paid. For those who have left support, the letters explained how to apply for these pay-ments.</p><p>If an individual believes they are eligible but does not receive a letter, they can complete an application form on gov.uk. There is no closing date for when people can apply for back payments if they think they are eligible. Further information is available on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery</a>).</p><p>We are not releasing the number of people who have already applied through the application form on gov.uk as this is an ongoing process and we will be working with these individuals to ensure those who are eligible are paid.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 213237 question first answered 31/01/2019 17:32:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1050052

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of victims of slavery who are due a subsistence rate back payment are no longer receiving support through the asylum system.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	213237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Government is making every effort to pay back everyone affected by the subsistence rate contract changes for asylum-seeking victims of modern slavery made in March 2018.</p><p>Based on the current data, we have identified 1,208 potential victims of trafficking that have been affected and are entitled to back payments. 989 of those affected are still in both National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and asylum support, 150 are no longer in NRM support but are still in asylum support, and 69 are no longer in either NRM or asylum support.</p><p>On 24 January 2019, personalised letters were sent out to all those we identified as being affected and eligible for repayments. For those still in support, the letters detailed how much and how they will be paid. For those who have left support, the letters explained how to apply for these pay-ments.</p><p>If an individual believes they are eligible but does not receive a letter, they can complete an application form on gov.uk. There is no closing date for when people can apply for back payments if they think they are eligible. Further information is available on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery</a>).</p><p>We are not releasing the number of people who have already applied through the application form on gov.uk as this is an ongoing process and we will be working with these individuals to ensure those who are eligible are paid.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 213236 question first answered 31/01/2019 17:32:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045995

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	211157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Cleaning services for the Home Office and its executive agencies are out-sourced. The cleaning services for the majority of the Home Office estate are contracted out to Interserve and OCS. The cleaning of the department’s headquarters at 2 Marsham Street is the responsibility of the PFI provider. <br>The Home Office is not able to provide information regarding third party contractors and any sub-contractors to these without incurring dispropor-tionate cost, noting the wide range of services that could be in scope such as Overseas VACs, Transportation in IE/BF environment, provision for Premium Services and others</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data about what contractors pay</p><p>The Home Office requires all of its suppliers to comply with the legal mini-mum standards of pay as set out in the Government’s National Living Wage legislation. This is a contractual obligation on the supplier and is monitored through contract compliance mechanisms. We do not plan to require or stipulate in our contractual arrangements a requirement to meet the Living Wage Foundation’s rates.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/01/2019 12:20:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045701

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff in his Department including those employed in executive agencies and non-ministerial Departments declared a disability in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	210483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The 2018 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey showed that as at 31 March 2018, the proportion of Home Office staff who declared a disability is 8.9%.</p><p><strong>Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC):</strong></p><p>As at 31 March 2018, figures for staff who have declared a disability are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Disability</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>95.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>total</p></td><td><p>1044</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>College of Policing:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the makeup of the College at 31 March 2018. This includes secondees and contractors in addition to College staff.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability declared</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No disability</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>46.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown/blank</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>47.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>total</p></td><td><p>643</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Gangmasters &amp; Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA): </strong></p><p> </p><p>1.63% of employees (FTE) declared a disability in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Security Industry Authority (SIA):</strong></p><p> </p><p>3.92% of the total staff headcount declared a disability in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC):</strong></p><p> </p><p>1.88% of employees (FTE) declared a disability in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Disclosure &amp; Barring Service (DBS):</strong></p><p> </p><p>6.94% of the total staff headcount declared a disability in 2017/18</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/01/2019 15:20:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1038417

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of waiving the Immigration Health Surcharge for non-EEA nursing staff.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	206744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the contribution that international healthcare professionals, including nurses, make to the UK and to our health service, but we are not convinced it would be appropriate to waive the immigration health surcharge for this group.</p><p>Other providers of public services, such as teachers, are required to pay the charge and it is only right that those who come to the UK for more than six months who will not have built up the same connection contribute to the running of the NHS. It is important to remember that the charge offers access to health care services that are more comprehensive and often at lower cost than many other countries. The income generated by surcharge payments goes directly to NHS services, helping to protect and sustain our world-class healthcare system for everyone who uses it.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2019 16:17:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead