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1455307

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: 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 steps her Department is taking to track foreign nationals who have defrauded UK citizens; and what role INTERPOL plays in identifying criminals and taking action in other states when a UK citizen has been defrauded.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	149287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government take fraud very seriously and are committed to tackling it.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Secretary regularly engages with her international counterparts to build collaboration against this and other crime types. International collaboration on fraud includes the work of the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office and City of London Police as the national lead force for fraud. Both partner with law enforcement and industry to combat fraud from overseas jurisdictions. Together they have recently implemented a new tasking and coordination process to ensure the most serious and organised fraudsters are targeted effectively.</p><p> </p><p>UK authorities continue to work with their international counterparts on a case-by-case basis to target criminals responsible for defrauding members of the public and businesses. Law enforcement in the UK work closely with both INTERPOL and Europol to share information with international partners and facilitate collaborative work to tackle fraud where it exists across borders.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/04/2022 15:42:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1455547

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Islam
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 threat to the UK posed by Shia Islamist extremism.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	149140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST, seeks to reduce the risk from all forms of terrorism. The current terrorism threat level to the UK is SUBSTANTIAL, meaning an attack is likely.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/04/2022 15:51:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1455549

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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 threat to the UK posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	149141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on intelligence matters or specific threats. The safety and security of our citizens is the Government’s top priority. As we made clear in the 2021 Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, we are committed to addressing growing threats from Iran, as well as other states. We will continue to use all tools at our disposal to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-linked threats.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 149142 question first answered 04/04/2022 15:41:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1455550

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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 threat to the UK posed by organisations linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	149142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on intelligence matters or specific threats. The safety and security of our citizens is the Government’s top priority. As we made clear in the 2021 Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, we are committed to addressing growing threats from Iran, as well as other states. We will continue to use all tools at our disposal to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-linked threats.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 149141 question first answered 04/04/2022 15:41:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1454841

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, whether Ukrainians on a seasonal work visa as of 28 March 2022 will have the same access to Government support schemes intended for Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	148394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>Ukrainians who are in the UK under the Seasonal Worker route are able to have their visa extended until 31 December 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Ukrainian seasonal workers who are an immediate or extended family member of a person in the UK who is a British citizen, settled in the UK, or who has certain types of limited leave may be eligible under the Ukraine Family Scheme if they were resident in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022. Full details of which can be found here: Apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p> </p><p>Ukrainian nationals who had permission to stay in the UK on 18 March 2022 (or those whose visa has recently expired) will be able to stay in the UK under the Ukraine Extension Scheme. Eligibility for permission to stay will include those who were in the UK before 18 March as seasonal workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Seasonal Worker route remains open to all nationalities wishing to take up work in the horticulture sector.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/04/2022 14:42:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1454849

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	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
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 adequacy of the level of funding available to specialist services that support victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse and ensuring victims receive the support they need is a priority for this Government. Our landmark Domestic Abuse Act will strengthen our protection to victims and ensure perpetrators feel the full force of the law. It includes the first legal definition of domestic abuse, improved support for victims in the courts, new offences and strengthened legislation around cruel acts of controlling or coercive behaviour.</p><p>The Act also places a duty on local authorities in England to provide support to victims of domestic abuse and their children in refuges and other safe accommodation, backed by £125 million of Government funding to ensure that these vital services are available to anyone who needs them, wherever they live. This will be supported by a new £6 million Domestic Abuse Capacity Building Fund to help Local Authorities prepare for the upcoming duty.</p><p>Last week we published the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan which will seek to transform the whole of society’s response in order to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators, as well as to strengthen the systems processes in place needed to deliver these goals.</p><p>The Plan invests over £230 million into tackling domestic abuse. This includes over £140 million to support victims, including over £47 million in ringfenced funding for victims’ services and £81m for 700 extra independent domestic violence and sexual violence advocate roles.</p><p>As committed in the cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy published on 21 July last year, the Home Office has also provided an additional £1.5 million funding this year for ‘by and for’ service provision and to further increase funding for valuable specialist services for victims of violence against women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office is also planning to double funding for survivors of sexual violence and the National Domestic Abuse Helpline by 2024-25, and further increase funding for all the national helplines it supports.</p><p>The VAWG National Statement of Expectations, and Commissioning Toolkit, which we have published alongside the Plan, will also provide support to commissioners to help them increase provision of ‘by and for’ and specialist services.</p><p>The Plan sets out several key indicators we will use to determine its effectiveness, and we will monitor changes in the prevalence of domestic abuse through the Crime Survey for England and Wales. The implementation of both the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan and the VAWG Strategy will be integrated and overseen by the Home Secretary, through the VAWG Inter-Ministerial Group. This group will monitor delivery of the commitments made in both documents and changes in their key metrics to determine the impact of the measures being implemented.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/04/2022 13:44:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

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

1454910

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	Domestic Abuse: Older People
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 has taken to (a) capture data on and (b) provide support for older victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	148396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>Domestic abuse has no place in our society and this Government is committed to improving our support to those who suffer at the hands of abusers. Our landmark Domestic Abuse Act will strengthen our protection of victims and ensure perpetrators feel the full force of the law. The Government recognises that older people can also be victims of domestic abuse and the new statutory definition of domestic abuse encompasses such victims.</p><p> </p><p>Data on domestic abuse-related offences recorded by the police by age of victim can be found in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publication ‘Domestic abuse in England and Wales overview: November 2021 in Tables 4 and 10 here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdomesticabuseprevalenceandvictimcharacteristicsappendixtables&amp;data=04%7C01%7CThomas.Trower%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C5f1afa96a0a64d92e27908da11841f16%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637841556388916582%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=q69SFpfzaSJnGB%2F%2Fw%2B8Mc9IO1nviwFccCklayRDFaao%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Domestic abuse prevalence and victim characteristics - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The age range for respondents eligible for the domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking self-completion module of the Crime Survey England and Wales (CSEW) was expanded in April 2017, changing from adults aged 16 to 59 years to adults aged 16 to 74 years. For <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKONS/bulletins/2b183f3" target="_blank">future data collections</a> as part of CSEW, the ONS will be removing the upper age limit when estimating the number of adults affected by domestic abuse. This will allow us to better monitor the prevalence of domestic abuse amongst older people and further integrate older people’s experiences into conversations and policy decisions around domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Last week, we published the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan which will seek to transform the whole of society’s response in order to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators, as well as to strengthen the systems processes in place needed to deliver these goals. The Plan is informed by the unprecedented 180,000 responses we received to our Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Call for Evidence, and relevant data,</p><p>literature, and input from experts.</p><p>The Plan, investing over £230 million into tackling these crimes, sets out a holistic package of support to ensure that every victim or survivor can get the support they need. We will also monitor their needs and reflect changes in our policy. This individualised approach will help to take the onus off victims and survivors by ensuring support is tailored to them, no matter how complex their needs.</p><p>The Plan sets out several key indicators we will use to determine its effectiveness, and we will monitor changes in the prevalence of domestic abuse through the Crime Survey for England and Wales. This year (2021-22) the Home Office is providing the organisation Hourglass with just over £200,000 to support elderly victims of domestic abuse. This funding will also provide casework support, train specialist independent domestic violence advocates and enhance their helpline. This means that Hourglass now operates the UK’s only 24/7 helpline to support older victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>The Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care are jointly leading the Safe Care at Home Review. The Terms of Reference for the review were published on 24<sup>th</sup> February 2022. The review is looking at the protections and the support available to adults at risk of or experiencing abuse in their own homes from people providing their care, including older victims who are more likely to have care and support needs. As part of the review, we are coordinating inputs from disabled people, carers organisation and other interested parties. The Review is expected to complete before the end of 2022.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/04/2022 13:35:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

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