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845593

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what translation arrangements her Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	128565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met, in accordance with the requirements of our Welsh Language Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to providing an equally high standard of service in Welsh and English. The Department’s Welsh Language Scheme states:</p><p><br> ‘Members of the public who deal with the Home Office will be able and welcome to do so in Welsh as well as English. If a member of the public in Wales writes to the Department in Welsh, the Department will:</p><ul><li>reply in Welsh; and</li><li>do so within the same target date for replies as for those who write in English.’</li></ul><p>This principle is applied to all correspondence that is received by the department, including e-mail as well as paper correspondence.</p><p>Should an MP correspond with the department in Welsh, the department will respond in Welsh and will do so within the same target date for those who write in English.</p><p> </p><p>All of our Welsh translations are provided by a specialist external service.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2018 18:26:46 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

845689

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of businesses raising offered salaries for non-Europeans workers to assist the approval of work visas.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	128661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>Salaries paid by employers are a matter for the employers in question. It is a requirement, for all Tier 2 (General) jobs, that a migrant must be paid the appropriate salary for the occupation in question. This requirement helps to ensure fair pay for migrant workers and prevents Tier 2 being used to undercut resident workers.</p><p> </p><p>The minimum salary for Tier 2 is £30,000 or £20,800 for new entrants, or the appropriate rate for the job, whichever is the higher. The minimum salary levels are based on the salary distribution for all positions in the UK. For experienced workers, this is set at the 25th percentile, the rate for new entrants be set at the 10th percentile Tier 2 salaries have remained at their current levels since April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 15:27:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

843588

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
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 plans to require open book accounting clauses in respect of outsourced contracts; if she will publish any such clauses in contracts held by her Department; and how many of her Department's outsourced contracts contained such clauses in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 by (i) Home Office policy area and (ii) contract value.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office follows the Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service procurement policy that assists in enabling open book contract management to be used in a fair way depending on the risk level and complexity of the contract. This ensures it is used on those contracts where the additional cost is justified by the level of benefits and risk. Standard clauses are published as part of the government’s Model Services Contract. Details may be found on the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0516-open-book-contact-management" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0516-open-book-contact-management</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-services-contract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-services-contract</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of clauses within individual contracts are published via Contracts Finder <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 14:57:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843589

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
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 require in respect of her Department's outsourced public contracts (a) to publish the profit margin or (b) the permissible profit margin range that is agreed with the companies for such contracts.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not plan to require the profit margin or permissible (if any) profit margin range to be published for outsourced public contracts as this information is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2018 11:35:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843599

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Argyll And Bute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) number and (b) location of new mobile sites under the Emergency Services Network contract which will be located in Argyll and Bute constituency are; how many sites in that same area have gained planning approval; how many sites in that same area have entered the build phase; how many sites in that same area were live as of 1 January 2018; how many sites in that same area are being built with the capacity for multi-occupancy; and how many sites in that same area have a confirmed second tenant.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	127940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm there will be c.75 new EE sites and 17 Extended Area Service (EAS) sites located in the constituency of Argyll and Bute.</p><p> </p><p>All new EE sites are being built and delivered to agreed Home Office timeframes and where possible will go live earlier to support commercial coverage. Of the 75 sites, 59 have planning permission. 7 of the new sites are commercially available.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of EAS sites I can confirm that there are currently 17 sites proposed in Islay, Jura, Mull and the Kintyre Peninsula and 3 have planning permission approved (or 3 HoTs signed – as none have yet entered the build phase).</p><p> </p><p>Of the c.500 new sites EE is building, 291 will transfer over to the Home Office at the end of the contract term. EE is making available details of all shareable new sites to other mobile network operators proactively both directly and through an existing website used by the industry to arrange site sharing. EE has made available the details of 350 sites. EE is confident that the 291 sites will transfer to the Home Office will be selected from this portfolio, and the Home Office and EE have now agreed 104 of these sites (and are working on confirming on which of the remainder will make up the rest of the 291). These will be shareable in accordance with the terms of the EC Decision in relation to State aid for this Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Separately the Home Office, through the EAS project are delivering circa 292 individual sites. I would also like to reassure you that the Home Office has been proactive in seeking to build masts that support multi-operator use where practicable.</p><p> </p><p>Finally I thought it helpful to remind you that the Emergency Services Network is designed to, first and foremost, deliver a ‘blue-light’ communications service.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 127944 question first answered 27/02/2018 11:59:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

843623

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Females
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 Government is taking to protect women who are experiencing domestic abuse online.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	127964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The law is clear that what is illegal off-line is also illegal on-line. Robust legislation is in place to deal with domestic abuse online, as well as internet trolls, cyber-stalking and harassment, and perpetrators of grossly offensive, obscene or menacing behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to strengthening our response to domestic abuse through the publication of a draft Domestic Abuse Bill, and we are working with partners across Government on our domestic abuse consultation to ensure it is as robust and thorough as possible. The consultation will be launched shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Tampon Tax Fund, we are providing funding £250,000 to Refuge to launch a programme aimed at protecting and empowering women against the abuse of modern technology.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of the work on the Digital Charter announced in the Queen's Speech, the Government is considering a range of options to counter internet harms more broadly. This includes an Internet Safety Strategy, published on 11 October, which looks at how we can support users so that everyone can access the benefits of the internet safely.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Internet Safety work, the Digital Economy Act requires Government to introduce a voluntary code of practice for social media companies. The code will set out guidance about what social media providers should do in relation to conduct on their platforms and involves bullying or insulting an individual or other behaviour likely to intimidate or humiliate them.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, on the anniversary of female suffrage on 6 February the Prime Minister announced that the Law Commission will conduct a review of offensive communications legislation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2018 11:40:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

843723

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he intends to bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the success of telephone banking scams.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	128103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The activities underpinning telephone banking scams, such as impersonating a bank, are captured under the Fraud Act 2006. The Joint Fraud Taskforce which brings together Government, banks and law enforcement will continue to develop a collective response to fraud.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/03/2018 15:02:39 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

843771

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female asylum-seekers are housed in mixed-sex accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	128209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office closely monitors Accommodation Providers to ensure that they adhere to contractual requirements to consider individual characteristics, including gender, when allocating appropriate accommodation. Services users are not accommodated in mixed-sex dispersal accommodation unless part of a same family unit. Those service users who are accommodated in initial accommodation are provided with same sex rooms or blocks. Information on the gender mix of individual properties is not held in a reportable format and the requested information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost by examination of individual property records.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 15:19:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

843851

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Companies: Guernsey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, whether Guernsey has introduced a private register of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	128102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Guernsey have a central register of company beneficial ownership information.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/02/2018 15:55:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

843899

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the increase in the NHS health charge for students on the number of international students.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	128180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not believe that increasing the Immigration Health Surcharge will have an impact on the number of international students. International students already pay a reduced rate compared to other entrants to the UK and we are committed to maintaining this approach. An Impact Assessment will be published later this year when the draft Statutory Instrument to increase the surcharge is laid before Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 15:04:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield