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1064343

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department makes available for families experiencing (a) adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse and (b) child-on-parent violence.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	223817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of domestic abuse. On 21 January 2019, we published a landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill alongside a wide-ranging package of measures to protect and support victims. Our statutory definition of domestic abuse recognises that abuse can also involve wider family members, including parental abuse by an adolescent or grown child or between older siblings.</p><p><br>In 2015 the Government published an information guide on adolescent to parent violence and abuse, which provides materials and advice to support professionals in the police, the health system, the justice system, the education system, youth services.</p><p><br>The Government has also committed to draw together best practice and develop training and resources to improve the response to victims of adolescent to parent violence.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/02/2019 17:03:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1064344

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what framework social services use when dealing with (a) adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse and (b) child-on-parent violence.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	223818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of domestic abuse. On 21 January 2019, we published a landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill alongside a wide-ranging package of measures to protect and support victims.</p><p>As part of our package of commitments, we will drive forward wide-ranging reforms to children’s social care, to ensure that social workers provide effective support to children and families affected by domestic abuse. We are also providing funding for the development of training for social workers on domestic abuse.</p><p>In 2015 the Government published an information guide on adolescent to parent violence and abuse, which provides materials and advice to support professionals in their response, including social workers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2019 15:00:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1064345

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department makes available for siblings in families experiencing (a) adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse and (b) child-on-parent violence.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	223819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of domestic abuse. On 21 January 2019, we published a landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill alongside a wide-ranging package of measures to protect and support victims. Our statutory definition of domestic abuse recognises that abuse can also involve wider family members, including parental abuse by an adolescent or grown child or between older siblings.</p><p><br>In 2015 the Government published an information guide on adolescent to parent violence and abuse, which provides materials and advice to support professionals in the police, the health system, the justice system, the education system, youth services.</p><p><br>The Government has also committed to draw together best practice and develop training and resources to improve the response to victims of adolescent to parent violence.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/02/2019 17:04:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1064363

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of deprivation of citizenship have been (a) considered and (b) confirmed in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	223837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so. Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary of State is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of material fact</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018, which provide figures for section 40(2) deprivations, those where the Home Office has deemed that to deprive individuals of their citizenship is conducive to the public good. Figures for May 2010 to December 2014 are included in the 2015 report, figures for 2015 are in the 2017 report and the annual figures for 2016 and 2017 are listed in the 2018 report. The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p>This published data relates to cases where deprivation decisions have been taken, data relating to cases considered but not progressed is not available. <br>Data relating to deprivation on fraud grounds under section 40 (3) is not currently published.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/02/2019 16:54:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1064367

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that private donations from the UK are not used to support and fund terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	223841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a strong reputation for tackling terrorist financing as demonstrat-ed in the UK’s Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Mutual Evaluation Report published in December 2018 which gave the UK the highest possible rating on how it tackles terrorist financing.</p><p><br>Our approach to countering terrorist finance is multifaceted and we have a range of disruptive tools and capabilities at our disposal to prevent the movement of terrorist finance into and out of the UK.</p><p><br>We have strengthened our legislative framework under the Criminal Finances Act 2017, this includes the ability to seize funds held in bank accounts to pre-vent terrorist funding. We also work very closely with the financial sector who, along with other reporting sectors, are required to disclose any suspicions they have concerning terrorist financing to the UK Financial Investigation Unit via Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). The Joint Money Laundering Intelli-gence Task Force (JMLIT) also brings together Government, financial institu-tions and law enforcement to exchange and analyse information to better de-tect and prevent the movement of terrorist funds.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/02/2019 16:50:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1064370

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a bid for the provision of forensic training to the police may be refused due to a company also providing training to foreign nationals from countries either guilty of, accused of, or implicated in, serious human rights abuses; and whether any company has been refused on those grounds.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	223844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>It is a matter for each contracting Police Authority to determine their evaluation criteria for their procurement of outsourced services.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/03/2019 11:25:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1064373

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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, with reference to his EU Settlement Scheme: Statement of Intent, when he plans to publish details on the immigration status of (a) EU citizen family members and (b) spouses of British citizen Crown servants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	223847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As noted in the Statement of Intent on the EU Settlement Scheme, the Gov-ernment is considering carefully how to ensure that EU citizen spouses and other family members of British citizen Crown servants are not unfairly disadvantaged by absences from the UK as a result of overseas postings. We will publish the relevant details shortly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/02/2019 17:20:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1064377

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: EU Nationals
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 make it his policy to refund the fees paid by EU citizens who have chosen to apply for UK citizenship rather than for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	223902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister announced on 21 January, there will be no fee for applications under the EU Settlement Scheme when we roll out the scheme in full by 30 March. Anyone who has applied during the pilot phase, or who does so, will have their fee reimbursed. We have no plans to refund any fees paid for citizenship applications made by EU or non-EU citizens.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/03/2019 11:19:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1064379

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he applies the same standards for mothers and fathers when assessing Article 8 applications for leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	223904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights falls within the scope of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. These rules do not differentiate between mothers and fathers or husbands, wives and civil partners, referring only to parents and partners.</p><p>There are no requirements under Appendix FM that are particular to one parental role or the other.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/02/2019 17:11:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1064380

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visitor visas his Department has received since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	223905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Information on Visitor entry clearance visa applications and outcomes (granted, refused, withdrawn, lapsed) is published on a quarterly basis in the Home Office’s ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition with data up to Q3 (July-September) 2018 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a></p><p><br>Corresponding information for Q4 (October-December) 2018 is planned to be published on 28 February.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/02/2019 17:15:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell