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783158

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Organised Crime: Merseyside
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 trends in the level of child exploitation by criminal gangs across Merseyside.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	111303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Intelligence and information on child criminal exploitation is collected at individual force level and Merseyside Police will hold the relevant information. At a national level, the National Crime Agency (NCA) is responsible for producing a national threat assessment on county lines based on information provided by individual forces and Regional Organised Crime Units and this includes child criminal exploitation. The next national threat assessment by the NCA is due to be published very shortly.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking firm action to tackle the issue of child criminal exploitation and county lines this includes: publishing new guidance for practitioners on identifying county lines and helping those being exploited; funding a pilot service for exploited young people caught up in county lines drugs running; match-funding local reviews to build resilience in areas where there are concerns about county lines; and we will be shortly implementing new powers to enable the police to close down mobile phone numbers that are being used to deal drugs as part of the county lines model.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:29:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

782435

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: EU Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what technological innovations they have so far developed, or are developing, to deal with new post-Brexit demands for (1) the management of borders with EU Member States, and (2) customs and tariff arrangements with EU Member States.
tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
uin	HL2858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>Over the last two years, Border Force has invested £108m in new technology and capability and has committed a further £71m in 2017-18. New border systems will improve capabilities at all interception points. improving Border Force’s ability to manage demand and maintain and enhance security.Future customs controls required following EU exit will depend on the outcome of the negotiations. All options are being considered. In the unlikely event that an agreement with the EU is not reached, the Government will work to ensure that trade between the UK and the EU is as frictionless as possible.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s current Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system is due be replaced by the Customs Declaration Service (CDS). HMRC remains on target to deliver CDS by January 2019 and is actively managing delivery plans in partnership with stakeholders, including industry representatives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/11/2017 17:26:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

782805

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of British Values is used for the purposes of the Prevent Programme.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Prevent Strategy defines our fundamental values as including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. It is important to articulate British Values as being core and fundamental to life in Britain. They are not uniquely British, but they are the things we value in Britain.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/11/2017 14:56:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782809

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homeless EU citizens have been offered voluntary assisted return in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	111161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Please find attached a link to the published statistics on the take up of voluntary returns over the period requested, including by EU nationals:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on whether individuals were rough sleepers in a reportable format. Such information could not be retrieved except by a manual inspection of every applicable personal record. This is likely to incur costs over the cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/11/2017 14:31:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

782811

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homeless EU citizens have been arrested and deported in each (a) month since January and (b) nation of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	111162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information you have requested in a reportable format. The Government publishes Immigration Statistics which details the number of enforced returns of EU citizens to June 2017.</p><p>This can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#enforced-returns-of-eu-nationals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#enforced-returns-of-eu-nationals</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/11/2017 14:27:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

782812

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage Certificates: Mothers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to introduce legislation to amend marriage certificates to include mothers' names.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	111261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn on 2 December 2016, UIN 55490.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/11/2017 17:27:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

782816

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Gender
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 introduce non-gender X passports in the UK for people who do not identify with a particular gender.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	111173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is currently subject to a Judicial Review to introduce an alternative (X) ‘gender’ marking in the British passport for those who do not feel represented by the current ‘M’ (Male) or ‘F’ (Female) markings.</p><p>We are reflecting on the issues brought forward by the Judicial Review, and it would not be appropriate to comment on this issue at present.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/11/2017 14:33:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

782819

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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, how much was accrued to the public purse from charging international students applying for Tier 4 student visas in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	111112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Visa income is not differentiated between the various categories in which they are received.</p><p>Visa volumes by broad category (study, work etc) are published in the data section of this webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-3-to-study#data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-3-to-study#data-tables</a></p><p>Fees and unit costs are also published, for example, for 2017/18:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/11/2017 14:54:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

782822

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff her Department plans to (a) recruit and (b) contract to manage the transition of non-UK EU nationals to settled status.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	111113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office constantly reviews its capabilities and resources in order to deliver the priorities of the Government. The Department responded quickly to the challenges following the EU referendum last June.</p><p>Negotiations are continuing with our EU partners and we will update and finalise our plans on the workforce and capabilities required to manage the transition of non-UK EU nationals to settled status in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/11/2017 14:36:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

782824

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police has submitted a special grant request for the terrorist attacks at (a) Westminster and (b) London Bridge.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	111106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is working closely with the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police to help manage the cost of the immediate response to the recent attacks.</p><p> </p><p>The Metropolitan Police are currently preparing an application for Special Grant to support the financial consequences of the terrorist attacks at Westminster and London Bridge.</p><p> </p><p>The Mayor of Greater Manchester has applied for Special Grant to support the financial consequences of the terrorist attack on the Manchester Arena.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 111107 question first answered 07/11/2017 10:29:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh