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1454870

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Border Force Independent Review
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 immediately publish the terms of reference for Alexander Downer's review into Border Force.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	148219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Following the announcement of the Independent Review of Border Force on 17<sup>th</sup> February 2022, the terms of reference were published on 11<sup>th</sup> March 2022 and can be found on gov.uk:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-review-of-border-force-terms-of-reference&amp;data=04%7C01%7CVictoria.Fullerton-Batten3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C992267835d3f455e3b4308da11676de3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637841433156931406%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=0uuIZlztxBMLAUKybLquwat5bwUVSXoHtOEEhRd2C88%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Independent review of Border Force: terms of reference - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:08:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1454943

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help reduce the recreational use and abuse of nitrous oxide.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	148434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the supply of substances for their psychoactive effect seriously. There are legitimate uses for nitrous oxide, such as in medicine, dentistry and as a propellant for whipped cream canisters, but those who supply nitrous oxide who know, or who are reckless as to whether, it will be used for its psychoactive effect may be subject to a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.</p><p>On 3 September, the Government asked the independent statutory advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to provide an updated assessment of the harms of nitrous oxide, including whether it should be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD is independent of Government and provides a broad range of recommendations, including advice on legislative changes. The Government will consider the ACMD’s advice carefully before deciding how to proceed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 31/03/2022 11:50:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1454945

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Sales
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 Department has taken to help control the sale of nitrous oxide.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	148435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the supply of substances for their psychoactive effect seriously. There are legitimate uses for nitrous oxide, such as in medicine, dentistry and as a propellant for whipped cream canisters, but those who supply nitrous oxide who know, or who are reckless as to whether, it will be used for its psychoactive effect may be subject to a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.</p><p>On 3 September, the Government asked the independent statutory advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to provide an updated assessment of the harms of nitrous oxide, including whether it should be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD is independent of Government and provides a broad range of recommendations, including advice on legislative changes. The Government will consider the ACMD’s advice carefully before deciding how to proceed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 31/03/2022 11:45:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1454958

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
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 Homes for Ukraine scheme, what steps she is taking to ensure that refugee families and host families are notified of when the visa will be available so that they can make the necessary arrangements.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	148269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a proud history of supporting those in need.</p><p>To harness the generosity of the UK, we officially launched the Homes for Ukraine scheme on 14th March 2022 to support Ukrainians facing this humanitarian crisis and applications can now be made.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:12:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1455012

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Afghanistan
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 it her policy to provide a Home Office Desk in Portcullis House for hon. Members to take immigration and asylum cases relating to the situation in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	148142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The service provided by the Home Office at Portcullis House has received wide praise from Hon. Members who have made enquiries regarding Ukraine.</p><p>Consideration is currently being given to widening the service to non-Ukraine enquiries including those relating to the situation in Afghanistan.</p><p>A decision will be made after recess.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:19:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1455030

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of companies required under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to produce modern slavery statements for the year 2021 that have not done so.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	148027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 established the UK as the first country in the world to require businesses to report annually on steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>Organisations are currently required to ensure their statement has been approved by the board, signed by a director, and is available via the homepage of their website (if they have one). Organisations are required to produce a modern slavery statement to report on their financial year (not the calendar year) and our statutory guidance states that they should publish a statement within 6 months of their financial year end. Therefore, statements covering activity throughout the year 2021 may not have been published yet as organisations have up to 6 months after the end of their 2021/2022 financial year to publish their statement.</p><p>Historically compliance with section 54 has been high, but we continue to push for higher compliance rates. In 2019, the Home Office contracted the Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) to undertake an audit of compliance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The audit was concluded in January 2020 with data accurate up to this point. The high-level findings of this audit were published on 17 September 2020 in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report (available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CMatthew.Chaudhry4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca79a1e4cf30b4c933b1508d9b3eb0c18%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637738644356828460%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=XI0oAU7HVt2QvpAf55kX2bX7MVQWxGIJ6Q2ee6qjFak%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020</a>).</p><p>To further drive compliance with section 54, the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/919937/Government_response_to_transparency_in_supply_chains_consultation_21_09_20.pdf" target="_blank">Government response to the Transparency in Supply Chains consultation</a>, published on 22 September 2020, committed to taking forwards an ambitious package of measures to strengthen the Act’s transparency legislation, including:</p><ul><li>Extending the reporting requirement to public bodies with a budget of £36 million or more;</li><li>Mandating the specific reporting topics statements must cover;</li><li>Setting a single reporting deadline by which all modern slavery statements must be published;</li><li>Requiring organisations to publish their statement on the new Government registry.</li></ul><p>The Government has also committed to introduce financial penalties for organisations who fail to meet their statutory obligations to publish annual modern slavery statements. As with the measures contained in the Government response to the transparency in supply chains consultation, this requires legislative change and will be introduced when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>In March 2021, the Government launched the modern slavery statement registry to radically enhance transparency by bringing together modern slavery statements on a single platform. The registry will provide a key tool for Government and others to monitor and drive compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We have been encouraged by use of the registry. Since launch, over 7,300 modern slavery statements covering over 23,950 organisations have been submitted on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 31/03/2022 11:40:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1455054

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian nationals have applied for asylum in the UK since 24 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	148063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum and resettlement in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of asylum applications broken down by nationality are published in table Asy_D01 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>.</p><p>Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to December 2021. Data for the period relating to January – March 2022 is set to be published on the 26 May 2022.</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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 15:56:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1455055

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catalytic Converters: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to help prevent catalytic converter theft.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of catalytic converter thefts reported in the last 12 months, or information on the number of arrests and charges for theft of catalytic converters from motor vehicles centrally.</p><p>We are continuing to work closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group to tackle vehicle-related thefts. Actions include working with manufacturers of vehicles most susceptible to catalytic converter thefts, and increasing awareness and intelligence-sharing amongst police.</p><p>We also provided seed corn funding to the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership, which is ensuring national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, including the theft of catalytic converters. Through this Partnership, national enforcement activity has been carried out to disrupt organised crime, train hundreds of law enforcement officers, investigate and shut down illegal scrap metal and waste sites, recover stolen and forensically mark catalytic converters to deter thefts.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 148341 148342 question first answered 31/03/2022 11:48:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1455057

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catalytic Converters: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of catalytic converter thefts reported where individuals are later arrested and charged, in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of catalytic converter thefts reported in the last 12 months, or information on the number of arrests and charges for theft of catalytic converters from motor vehicles centrally.</p><p>We are continuing to work closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group to tackle vehicle-related thefts. Actions include working with manufacturers of vehicles most susceptible to catalytic converter thefts, and increasing awareness and intelligence-sharing amongst police.</p><p>We also provided seed corn funding to the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership, which is ensuring national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, including the theft of catalytic converters. Through this Partnership, national enforcement activity has been carried out to disrupt organised crime, train hundreds of law enforcement officers, investigate and shut down illegal scrap metal and waste sites, recover stolen and forensically mark catalytic converters to deter thefts.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 148340 148342 question first answered 31/03/2022 11:48:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1455073

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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: Staff
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 been allocated additional resources to fund the necessary increase in staff to provide the additional capacity to the UKVI team following the announcement of and the opening of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	148220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system.</p><p>We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet caseworking demand of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and the Ukraine Family Scheme which we have launched in response to the crisis in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:01:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara