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1505359

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Safer Streets Fund: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated to local organisations in Havering from the Safer Streets Fund.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	48287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>While no Safer Streets Funding has been allocated to Havering specifically, in total, since the inception of the Safer Streets Fund in 2020, £3,298,201 has been awarded to 12 projects within the Mayors Office for Police and Crime area across four rounds of the Fund. This includes projects in Barnet, Haringey and Hackney, which have been targeted at preventing and reducing neighbourhood crime, violence against women and girls and anti-social behaviour.</p><p>PCCs are responsible for prioritising bids for their areas, and as MOPAC has experience of developing successful bids the Home Office would recommend engaging with them at the earliest opportunity. All bids submitted to the Fund are assessed in a fair and transparent manner against the published criteria and in line with commercial requirements, and the Home Office will ensure any further funding is advertised widely to those eligible to bid.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:48:34 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1505362

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 3503, on Police: Havering, whether she has had discussions with chief constables, police and crime commissioners and mayors on ensuring that locally-funded police officers are not asked to perform activities in other boroughs; and whether guidelines are in place for chief constables about the allocation of resources.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	48290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>It is for Chief Constables and directly elected local policing bodies (including Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), Mayors exercising PCC functions and the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime) to make operational decisions including how to allocate resources based on their local knowledge and experience, as well as any relevant Section 92 grant related conditions placed on Section 92 grants.</p><p>The Policing Protocol sets out to all local policing bodies, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Panels (including the London Assembly Police and Crime Panel) how their functions will be exercised in relation to each other. It sets out the high-level financial responsibilities of the local policing body and the Chief Constable, making clear that the former is ultimately accountable to the public for the management of the Police Fund while the latter has day to day responsibility for managing their allocated budgets after these have been approved by the local policing body.</p><p>The department also publishes a Financial Management Code of Practice which provides clarity around the financial governance arrangements within the police in England and Wales. The Code builds on the Policing Protocol and sets out the working financial relationship between the local policing bodies and the Chief Constable and their respective Chief Finance Officers, having regard also to the role performed by the local policing body’s Chief Executive.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:46:01 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19152 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1505365

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 small boat crossings in the English Channel between 6 September 2022 and 1 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	48293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not make forecasts of numbers crossing, given the multiplicity of variables involved. However, in 2021 and 2022 a number of estimations were calculated to help ensure operational plans took account of <em>potential</em> levels of crossings. This included the development of best, central, and reasonable worst case scenarios for the numbers crossing by small boat. No likelihood or probability was attached to these scenarios.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/09/2022 09:50:46 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1505371

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of delays in (a) processing and (b) delivering biometric residence permit cards.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The waiting times for biometric residence permits (BRP) are dictated by the BRP production and delivery processes.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to deliver a BRP within 7 -10 working days of the immigration decision. BRPs are produced at the secure delivery facility (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)) within 48 hours of the decision being made and are collected by our secure delivery partner the same day. Our secure delivery partner (FedEx) aims to attempt to deliver the BRPs within 48 hours of receipt of the BRPs. This equates to a minimum of 5 working days from date of decision to delivery of the BRP. We have added an additional 2 -5 working days to the timeline advised to applicants to allow us to resolve any production issues.</p><p> </p><p>For the period April – August 2022, FedEx was 99.74% and the DVLA is 100% within 48 hours, of which 97.4% were within 24 hours.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/09/2022 09:01:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1505381

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether complainants automatically have a right to review decisions made by the police internal legal teams on police conduct complaints that have not been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	48510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Since the Government’s reforms to police complaints and discipline on 1 February 2020, complainants have a right to an independent review of the way their complaint was handed by the force, providing they were directly affected by the matter complained about and it was dealt with as a formal complaint.</p><p>Such reviews, which must be requested within 28 days, and are carried out by either the local Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) or the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) depending on the circumstances. Further information about these processes are available on the IOPC’s website.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:50:18 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19154 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1505386

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how reported incidents of catcalling, including on the street, are logged by the police.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes all forms of sexual harassment extremely seriously. While there is not a specific ‘catcalling’ offence, depending on the circumstance of the case, this behaviour may be captured my other offences including harassment and public order offences. The most recent data show that in the year to March 2022, the police recorded 263,919 harassment offences. This is a 20% increase on the year to March 2021, likely driven by an increase in victims reporting to the police and improvements in recording practices. In addition, in the year to March 2022 the police recorded 472,067 offences of public fear, alarm or distress, an increase of 27% on the year to March 2021. Public fear, alarm or distress can be used by police to capture behaviours that do not meet the criteria required to formally be recognised as a harassment offence, for example when the behaviour happens once and not repeated. It is not possible from the data available to determine the type of harassment experienced, nor which offences were sexual in nature. The Home Office Counting Rules provide a national standard for the recording and counting of ‘notifiable’ offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales (known as ‘recorded crime’).</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a number of actions to tackle street sexual harassment. In September 2021 we launched the pilot StreetSafe tool enabling the public to report anonymously areas where they feel unsafe, so that local authorities and the police can take practical steps in response. Since October 2021, we have announced awards of £23.5 million to PCCs and local authorities under Round 3 of the Safer Streets Fund, followed by £50m to 100 projects in Round 4 of the Fund to make public spaces safer for everyone with many projects aiming to help women and girls feel safer on the streets. Furthermore, in December 2021 the College of Policing published a new guidance product for police officers, advising them how to respond to reports of public sexual harassment, and in August the CPS published updates to its legal guidance on public order offences to make clear to prosecutors how public order offences can be used to tackle public sexual harassment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in March 2022 we launched the ‘Enough’ communications campaign, which seeks to change public attitudes and tolerance towards crimes such as public sexual harassment.</p><p>In July we launched a targeted consultation on whether there should be a specific criminal offence of public sexual harassment. The consultation closed on 1 September and the Home Office is now in the process of analysing the responses.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/09/2022 15:50:42 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19180 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1505387

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of catcalling have been reported to the police in the UK since January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes all forms of sexual harassment extremely seriously. While there is not a specific ‘catcalling’ offence, depending on the circumstance of the case, this behaviour may be captured my other offences including harassment and public order offences. The most recent data show that in the year to March 2022, the police recorded 263,919 harassment offences. This is a 20% increase on the year to March 2021, likely driven by an increase in victims reporting to the police and improvements in recording practices. In addition, in the year to March 2022 the police recorded 472,067 offences of public fear, alarm or distress, an increase of 27% on the year to March 2021. Public fear, alarm or distress can be used by police to capture behaviours that do not meet the criteria required to formally be recognised as a harassment offence, for example when the behaviour happens once and not repeated. It is not possible from the data available to determine the type of harassment experienced, nor which offences were sexual in nature. The Home Office Counting Rules provide a national standard for the recording and counting of ‘notifiable’ offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales (known as ‘recorded crime’).</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a number of actions to tackle street sexual harassment. In September 2021 we launched the pilot StreetSafe tool enabling the public to report anonymously areas where they feel unsafe, so that local authorities and the police can take practical steps in response. Since October 2021, we have announced awards of £23.5 million to PCCs and local authorities under Round 3 of the Safer Streets Fund, followed by £50m to 100 projects in Round 4 of the Fund to make public spaces safer for everyone with many projects aiming to help women and girls feel safer on the streets. Furthermore, in December 2021 the College of Policing published a new guidance product for police officers, advising them how to respond to reports of public sexual harassment, and in August the CPS published updates to its legal guidance on public order offences to make clear to prosecutors how public order offences can be used to tackle public sexual harassment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in March 2022 we launched the ‘Enough’ communications campaign, which seeks to change public attitudes and tolerance towards crimes such as public sexual harassment.</p><p>In July we launched a targeted consultation on whether there should be a specific criminal offence of public sexual harassment. The consultation closed on 1 September and the Home Office is now in the process of analysing the responses.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/09/2022 15:49:40 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19179 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1505390

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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, what steps her Department is taking to help transition asylum seekers from hotel accommodation into permanent accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Accommodation provided to asylum seekers is temporary whilst their claim for asylum is considered. When moving from initial and contingency accommodation into dispersed accommodation, service users are afforded with an induction to both their property and the local area.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 April we moved to full dispersal with every local authority in England, Scotland and Wales participating in asylum dispersal. Since April, accommodation providers have expanded procurement of beds in new areas. This move is hoped to end the use of contingency accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/09/2022 15:39:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1505451

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
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 did the Home Office not accept and implement the recommendation of the independent person following a Tier 2 review decision of a Windrush Compensation Claim, in each month from April 2019 to September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	48445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>From April 2019 to date, the Windrush Compensation Scheme has accepted and implemented all recommendations made by the Independent Adjudicator, following Tier 2 review decisions.</p><p>From April 2019 to date, the Windrush Compensation Scheme has accepted and implemented all recommendations made by an internal independent person who had not previously been involved in the claim, following a Tier 1 review.</p><p>Windrush Compensation Scheme published data shows that between April 2019 and July 2022, 188 individuals submitted a Tier 2 review request following a Tier 1 review decision.</p><p>A full breakdown including dates can be found at tab WCS_09: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1101993/Annex_A_-_WCS_Data_July_22.ods" target="_blank">Transparency Data</a>.</p><p>The Adjudicator’s Office is a separate organisation, independent of the Home Office. More information about how the Adjudicator’s Office administers an independent Tier 2 review of Windrush Compensation Scheme decisions is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fask-the-adjudicators-office-to-review-a-windrush-compensation-scheme-decision&amp;data=05%7C01%7CWindrushCompensationSchemeBriefingandCorrespondenceTeam%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C18134794b0b1420b08be08da86a7191c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637970349484061521%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6CV8MAjVACq12FcRgLfecvMhz0kvCPzSHHIZp1Tw6gQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>If an individual remains dissatisfied with the service or decision of the Adjudicator’s Office, even where they choose to accept that Tier 2 decision, they can ask their MP to send their review request or complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.</p><p>When the Ombudsman receives a complaint, they will initially conduct a primary investigation and where further information is required, the Ombudsman may launch a full investigation.</p><p>Up to the end of August 2022, the Ombudsman had investigated 14 cases relating to Tier 2 reviews. All investigations up to December 2021 have been closed. 7 claims received from January 2022 onwards remain open. No complaints relating to Tier 2 review outcomes have progressed to a full investigation.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 48446 48447 48448 question first answered 20/09/2022 15:07:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1505452

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
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 did the Home Office not accept and implement the recommendation of a Senior Reviewer following a Tier 1 review decision of a Windrush Compensation Claim, in each month from April 2019 to September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	48446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>From April 2019 to date, the Windrush Compensation Scheme has accepted and implemented all recommendations made by the Independent Adjudicator, following Tier 2 review decisions.</p><p>From April 2019 to date, the Windrush Compensation Scheme has accepted and implemented all recommendations made by an internal independent person who had not previously been involved in the claim, following a Tier 1 review.</p><p>Windrush Compensation Scheme published data shows that between April 2019 and July 2022, 188 individuals submitted a Tier 2 review request following a Tier 1 review decision.</p><p>A full breakdown including dates can be found at tab WCS_09: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1101993/Annex_A_-_WCS_Data_July_22.ods" target="_blank">Transparency Data</a>.</p><p>The Adjudicator’s Office is a separate organisation, independent of the Home Office. More information about how the Adjudicator’s Office administers an independent Tier 2 review of Windrush Compensation Scheme decisions is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fask-the-adjudicators-office-to-review-a-windrush-compensation-scheme-decision&amp;data=05%7C01%7CWindrushCompensationSchemeBriefingandCorrespondenceTeam%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C18134794b0b1420b08be08da86a7191c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637970349484061521%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6CV8MAjVACq12FcRgLfecvMhz0kvCPzSHHIZp1Tw6gQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>If an individual remains dissatisfied with the service or decision of the Adjudicator’s Office, even where they choose to accept that Tier 2 decision, they can ask their MP to send their review request or complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.</p><p>When the Ombudsman receives a complaint, they will initially conduct a primary investigation and where further information is required, the Ombudsman may launch a full investigation.</p><p>Up to the end of August 2022, the Ombudsman had investigated 14 cases relating to Tier 2 reviews. All investigations up to December 2021 have been closed. 7 claims received from January 2022 onwards remain open. No complaints relating to Tier 2 review outcomes have progressed to a full investigation.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 48445 48447 48448 question first answered 20/09/2022 15:07:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor