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790974

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the potential merits of introducing minimum unit pricing on alcoholic drinks sold in England.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	113464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England's evidence review of the public health burden of alcohol and the cost-effectiveness of alcohol control policies presents strong international evidence to show that price-based interventions can be effective in reducing levels of consumption and the harms associated with alcohol.</p><p>We have noted the ruling of the UK Supreme Court in favour of the Scottish Government. Minimum unit pricing will continue to remain under review pending the impact of its implementation in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/11/2017 10:25:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

791035

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial assistance her Department provides to local authorities to support (a) unaccompanied asylum seeking children and (b) looked after children (LAC) in the care of the authority.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	113643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office provides funding to all local authorities who look after unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC). The national rate is £41,610 per annum for under 16s and £33,215 per annum for 16 and 17 year olds. We also provide funding for former unaccompanied asylum seeking who turn 18 need leaving care support. This equates to £200 a week. These rates were increased significantly in July 2016 by 20%, 28% and 33% respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The current rates are based on a detailed analysis of financial information send to the Home Office by local authorities about their costs of caring for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2017 a review of funding for UASC was launched and all local authorities who currently look after unaccompanied children have been invited to submit evidence.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for children’s services, including looked after children services, is non-ring-fenced and part of the wider local government finance settlement to give local authorities the flexibility to focus on locally determined priorities. It is for local authorities to determine how to spend their non-ring fenced income on the services they provide, including services for looked after children. They do so taking account local need, priorities, and of course their statutory responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/11/2017 17:16:32 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

790401

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Middle East: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what criteria they assess an individual to have taken a direct role in hostilities in Iraq and Syria.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL3311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>UK individuals suspected of taking part in the conflict in Syria or Iraq will be investigated to determine if they have taken part in terrorist related activity. This assessment is an operational matter, determined on a case by case basis by police. Where there is evidence that crimes have been committed, those responsible should expect to be prosecuted under the full range of existing counter terrorism legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2017 17:12:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

790417

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Biometrics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 14 November (HL2794), whether they will clarify why information relating to failure rates of biometric passports, and resulting delays, raise national security concerns.
tabling member printed	Baroness Falkner of Margravine
uin	HL3327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>There are many reasons why passports fail at ePassport Gates, and to provide information relating to the use and performance of biometric passports may give those that want to cause harm to the UK an insight into security measures and cause vulnerability at our borders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/11/2017 11:40:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3670 label Biography information for Baroness Falkner of Margravine

791013

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's criteria are for the granting of a greater than 0.2 per cent THC cannabis growing licence; and what her Department's criteria are in determining the notice period provided to a licence holder on removal of a greater than 0.2 per cent THC cannabis growing licence.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	113640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>High THC (containing more than 0.2% THC) cannabis is licensed for the purpose of research.</p><p> </p><p>All drug licence applications are considered individually on their merits and are issued with time-limited validity, usually one year.</p><p> </p><p>Typically, applicants would need to show they are fit and proper persons to hold a licence, cognisant of their responsibilities in respect of security and record keeping, that to issue a licence falls within any applicable policies and those of any related regulatory regimes. This may include an assessment of whether any product produced by a prospective licensee could lawfully be sold to the public.</p><p> </p><p>In the event a licence is formally revoked the timescale given will be specific to, and proportionate for that case.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/11/2017 15:44:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

791015

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate for each offence group recorded by the Police has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	113637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>In April 2013, the Home Office introduced the new outcomes framework, replacing ‘detections’. This new framework provides greater transparency on how all crimes recorded by the police are dealt with. The previous detections framework gave a partial picture of the work police do to investigate and resolve crime.</p><p>Table 2.2 of the annual publication “Crime Outcomes in England and Wales, year ending March 2017” provides data on outcomes for crimes in that year by offence group and outcome type. These outcomes cover all the possible actions the police could take under the old detections framework, as well as the additional outcomes. These tables, and data for earlier years, can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/11/2017 16:02:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

791016

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to verify the TOEIC system for visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Education Testing System (ETS) TOEIC test was admitted to the list of approved test providers following a project to produce a new list of English language test providers. The project was launched on 9 December 2010 and ran until 31 January 2011. The criteria for inclusion on the list was published on the UK Border Agency website on 9 December 2010, and is available on the National Archives at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110413094211/http:/www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/esol-providers/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110413094211/http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/esol-providers/</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:57:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

791017

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
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 has spent on (a) internal investigations, (b) court fees and (c) deportation in cases involving TOEIC students.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is unavailable because Home Office data systems are unable to disaggregate costs in line with the categories in the question.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:56:42 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

791018

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will complete her Department's response to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act Review; and if she will place a copy in the Library when it is completed.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	113602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has conducted the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers 2013 Act to assess whether it has met its intended objectives and whether it should be retained or repealed. A report of the findings will be published later this year and a copy will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/11/2017 15:46:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

791019

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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, if she will make it her policy to add the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the UK's list of proscribed organisations.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	113607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Whilst we keep the list of proscribed groups under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/11/2017 15:46:04 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers