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89417

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Covert Human Intelligence Sources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards have been put in place to prevent undercover police officers from forming sexual relationships with those they are investigating.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	207400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Code of Ethics, published by the College of Policing on 15 July 2014, sets out the principles and the standards of professional behaviour expected of all police officers in England and Wales . The Code of Ethics makes clear that police officers must ‘not engage in sexual conduct or other inappropriate behaviour when on duty.’<br><br>The revised Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Codes of Practice were laid in Parliament on 22 July 2014. The revised Codes of Practice make it clear that, in the same way as other police officers, all undercover officers must comply and uphold the principles and standards set out in the Code of Ethics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/09/2014 13:23:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

89532

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to address the threat of IS to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>JTAC raised the threat level on 29 August from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE. The increase in the threat level is related to developments in Syria and Iraq where terrorist groups, including ISIL, are planning attacks against the West. ISIL <br>is a clear national threat to the UK, as it is a global threat to our international partners and the region. We believe that more than 500 individuals from the UK have travelled to Syria since the start of the conflict. It is estimated half of these have returned. We judge that a significant minority of UK extremists currently fighting in Syria are affiliated with ISIL. British citizens fighting with proscribed terrorist organisations would clearly pose a threat to the UK should they return. Such <br>individuals are among our primary counter-terrorism concerns.<br><br>The Government is taking steps to counter this unprecedented threat. On Wednesday 26 November, we introduced the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, in order to extend the powers available to our law enforcement and intelligence <br>agencies. This Bill will ensure that we can: disrupt the ability of people to travel abroad to fight, as well as their ability to return here; enhance our ability to monitor and control the actions of those in the UK that pose a threat; and combat the underlying ideology that feeds, supports and sanctions terrorism. It includes provisions to:<br><br>The powers set out in the Bill are essential to keep up with the very serious and rapidly changing threats we face.<br><br>This legislation will provide additional tools to compliment work already underway to tackle the threat from ISIL under a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism led strategy. <br><br>We must take action at home – but we must also have a comprehensive strategy to defeat these extremists abroad. This involves using all the resources at our disposal – humanitarian efforts, which Britain is already leading, to help <br>those displaced by ISIL’s onslaught, and diplomatic efforts to engage the widest possible coalition of countries in the region as part of this international effort. At the UN, we are leading the process of condemning <br>ISIL, disrupting the flows of finance to ISIL and forging a global consensus about preventing the movement of foreign fighters.<br><br>This strategy also involves political efforts to support the creation of a new and genuinely inclusive government in Iraq and to bring about a transition of power in Syria that can lead to a new representative and accountable government <br>that can take the fight to ISIL.<br><br>We are determined to defeat the ideology of all forms of extremism, not just violent extremism. So we are banning preachers of hate, proscribing organisations that incite terrorism and stopping people from inciting hatred in <br>our schools, universities and even our prisons. For those individuals who are at risk of radicalisation, agencies such as the police and local authorities work together to assess the nature and the extent of the risk and, where <br>necessary, provide an appropriate support package tailored to individual needs. And we are working with industry to remove more extremist online material than ever before to protect those British young people vulnerable to becoming <br>radicalised. Since the start of this government, the Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit has secured the removal of 65,000 items from the internet that encouraged or glorified acts of terrorism. More than 46,000 of these have been <br>removed since December last year. At present, content relating to ISIL, Syria and Iraq represents around seventy per cent of the Unit’s caseload.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/12/2014 15:06:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

89542

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of policing the NATO summit in Newport.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The majority of the Summit costs will be met by Her Majesty's Government. The overall final costs are expected to be reported formally after the Summit has concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/09/2014 13:20:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89630

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) British citizens, (b) British residents holding dual passports and (c) British residents holding foreign passports who left the UK in 2014 to fight for the (i) Israeli Defence Force in Gaza, (ii) Koma Komalên Kurdistan in Syria and Iraq and (iii) ISIS Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in 2014; and what his policy is in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>We do not hold data on British nationals fighting with the Israeli Defence Force: many foreign nationals (including British nationals) serve in the IDF, and also hold dual (Israeli) nationality. We do not hold data on British nationals fighting with the Koma Komalên Kurdistan in Syria/Iraq.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>We believe that more than 500 individuals from the UK have travelled to Syria since the start of the conflict. It is estimated half of these have returned. We judge that a significant minority of UK extremists currently fighting in Syria are affiliated with ISIL. British citizens fighting with proscribed terrorist organisations would clearly pose a threat to the UK should they return. Such individuals are among our primary counter-terrorism concerns.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises against travel to a particular place when we consider the risk to British nationals is unacceptably high. Anyone who does travel is putting themselves in considerable danger. The best way for the public to help is to donate to registered charities that have ongoing relief operations.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Those who become involved in fighting abroad can potentially be prosecuted under UK law on their return including under terrorism or other offences. Fighting in a foreign conflict is not automatically an offence but will depend on the nature of the conflict and the individual's own activities.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Any allegation of an offence will be a matter for investigation by the police. Whether an individual is arrested or prosecuted will always depend on the facts and circumstances of the case and is an operational decision for the police and Crown Prosecution Service. Safeguards are built in to our legislation and we rely on the police and Crown Prosecution Service to make sure that prosecutions are pursued in appropriate cases. Whether any specific act falls within the definition of terrorism and whether any individuals or groups have committed an offence will always depend on all facts and circumstances of the case. Prosecutions can only be sought where the Crown Prosecution Service is satisfied that there is sufficient evidence of any offence having been commissioned and that it is in the public interest to prosecute.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/11/2014 15:49:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89728

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on expenditure on purchase of televisions in 2013 and 2014 is not held centrally and would incur disproportionate cost to obtain.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/09/2014 15:41:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89729

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Rotherham
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 intends to take to implement the recommendations made in the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	207397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The failings in Rotherham exposed by this inquiry are appalling and the Coalition Government is absolutely clear that the lessons of past failures must be learned. This report was commissioned by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in October 2013. The terms of reference state that the Council will make public their response to the report, which I understand they are now currently considering. <br><br>I visited Rotherham in early September to meet interested parties and emphasise the importance the Government attaches to this matter. The Government has announced the establishment of an independent Child Abuse Inquiry Panel to examine the way state and non-state institutions have treated child sexual exploitation. It will take full account of what happened in Rotherham and elsewhere, and will advise on any further action (which would include any legislative changes) needed to address any gaps or failings within our current child protection systems. In addition, the National Group, which I lead, will later this year be publishing an update workplan, which will take into account the events in Rotherham.</p><p /> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 19/09/2014 15:18:14 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

89730

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis her Department has undertaken of the reasons for visa refusals arising from unconditional and conditional offers of student places; and if she will place this analysis in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	207346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Home Office has not undertaken any analysis of the reasons for visa refusals arising from unconditional and conditional offers of student places. <br><br>An applicant for a visa to come to the UK as a Tier 4 student must hold a Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) assigned by their Tier 4 sponsor. <br>The sponsor assigns the CAS when they have made an unconditional offer of a place on a course of study at their institution.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/09/2014 15:25:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

89731

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been transferred to HM Passport Office from other Government departments and agencies in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of staff who have transferred to Her Majesty's Passport Office from other Government departments from 1st August 2013 to 31st July 2014. These figures relate to the normal movement of staff between departments to take up employment opportunities.<br><br>Other than staff that have transferred to HM Passport Office to take up employment opportunities, there has only been one member of staff temporarily transferred into HM Passport Office from outside of the Home Office, which was from the Department of Works and Pensions, from 24 June to 31 August 2014.<br><br>In addition to the figures shown in the table, a total of 226 staff were temporarily transferred from the Home Office into HM Passport Office between June and August 2014.</p><p>Table: Number of staff who transferred to HM Passport Office from other Government Departments</p><p> </p><p><strong>1 </strong><strong>August 2013 to 31 July 2014 </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar- 14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>Note: Statistical disclosure controls have been applied to comply with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice and the Data Protection Act. Some information has been redacted and replaced with ** to prevent the disclosure of numbers fewer than 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 15:43:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89733

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	London Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force personnel have been deployed at (a) Gatwick, (b) Heathrow, (c) Luton, (d) Stansted and (e) Southend airport in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	207274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>To ensure the integrity and security of the UK border, Her Majesty’s Government cannot provide details of the number of staff deployed at specific ports.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/09/2014 15:36:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

89734

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stansted Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the UK Border Force is taking to reduce queuing and improve the passenger experience at Stansted Airport.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	207268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This year, Border Force increased the number of e-passport gates at Stansted from 5 to 15 which allows for a more efficient flow of passengers through the primary arrivals control. Alongside this, Border Force is working closely with Stansted Airport to reduce queues and improve the passenger experience. It has increased the number of Border Force officers at the port, including seasonal workforce to deal with the large volumes of passengers through the summer; introduced a new resourcing tool using live arrivals data and transit times to schedule the right number of officers at passport control for each flight; improved signage; and introduced a new style queuing system which feeds to multiple desks and allows for a continuous movement of passengers. <br><br>According to Border Force data, the performance at Stansted has been consistently above service level agreements throughout the summer, and has shown significant further improvement since the introduction of the new eGates on 15 August in time for the August Bank Holiday weekend (the busiest weekend of the year). The targets are to clear 95% of passengers within 25 minutes for EU/EEA nationals, and 45 minutes for non EU/EEA nationals.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 17:01:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon