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1582308

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
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 with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure (a) accessible and (b) culturally sensitive support is available for survivors of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key Government priority. It is deeply harmful, not only because of the profound effect it can have on victims, survivors and their loved ones, but also because of the harm it inflicts on wider society.</p><p> </p><p>The importance of specialised provision, which is able to provide culturally sensitive support was clearly made in the Violence Against Women and Girls Call for Evidence which we ran in 2021.The Call for Evidence elicited an unprecedented 180,000 responses, and underpins both the National Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan.</p><p> </p><p>There was a clear call “for support to be tailored to specific forms of violence against women and girls or specific groups of victims and survivors (including men and boys, people from different ethnicities and LGBT people) to ensure all victims and survivors were able to access appropriate and effective support.”</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Domestic Abuse Plan, commits to over £140 million for supporting victims of which £47 million will be ringfenced for community-based services to support victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we will ensure this funding is accessible to the range of organisations and agencies working with victims and survivors, and have sought input from the sector to support the government do this.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/02/2023 12:29:36 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1582311

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of policing for the Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensure the police have the powers they need to support and serve all communities. We also want to ensure fair and equal treatment for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, in a way that facilitates their traditional and nomadic way of life.</p><p>We expect police to continue to undertake any enforcement action in compliance with their equality and human rights obligations. Anyone who is dissatisfied with the service they have received from the police is entitled to make a police complaint. Further details are set out in the IOPC's guide to the complaints system available here: <a href="https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/Complaint_forms/20220707_A_guide_to_complaint_system_2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/Complaint_forms/20220707_A_guide_to_complaint_system_2022.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/02/2023 16:29:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1582313

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
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 new funding aimed at increasing access to support for victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key Government priority. It is deeply harmful, not only because of the profound effect it can have on victims, survivors and their loved ones, but also because of the harm it inflicts on wider society.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2021 the government published the cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online and on the streets. This was followed by a complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022 and which seeks to transform the whole of society’s response to domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Within the Domestic Abuse Plan, the government commits to investing over £230 million, over a three-year period, into tackling these heinous crimes. This includes over £140 million for supporting victims of which £47 million will be ringfenced for community-based services to support victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/02/2023 14:13:29 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1567946

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Business: Burglary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specific steps she is taking to help tackle the burglary of businesses.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	126645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact crimes such as burglary can have on individuals, businesses and the wider community.</p><p>The Home Office is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to encourage forces to learn from each other and share best practice, and in June 2022 NPCC launched the Burglary Power App to help officers gather evidence and investigate burglaries.</p><p>The Home Office works closely with the police-led National Business Crime Centre (NBCC) to understand the crimes affecting businesses and help ensure businesses and police are working effectively together. A crime prevention guidance is available for businesses on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.police.uk%2Fcp%2Fcrime-prevention%2Fkeeping-business-safe-from-crime%2Fkeep-burglars-out-business%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C864a6873aaaf4d1d618308dafa00b505%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638097178178823215%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5jkYhj3Tkk1W0rUEAbL38zEsOTSJTQyBWATvGFo9Nwg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police.uk</a>, including information on protecting businesses from burglary.</p><p>To ensure police forces have sufficient resources to respond to the challenges they face we have committed to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers by March 2023, with over 15,343 already in place at the end of September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/01/2023 13:58:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1567947

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to resolve the backlog in processing asylum applications; and whether her Department has plans to hire more staff to process applications.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	126646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>We are taking action to rapidly speed up processing times and eliminate the backlog of people waiting for initial asylum decisions by the end of 2023.</p><p>On 13 December 2022 the Prime Minister delivered an oral statement setting out a number of updates on the work ongoing to ease pressure on the asylum system. The aim is to clear the c.92k initial asylum decisions relating to claims made before 28 June 2022, when the Nationality and Borders Act measures came into force, by the end of 2023.</p><p>We are continuing to increase and aim to double the number of asylum decision makers, whilst improving productivity, volumes and speed of decision making so that people spend less time in asylum accommodation.</p><p>We are also streamlining and modernising the end-to-end process, with improved guidance, more focused and fewer interviews, enhancing use of digital technology, and we are introducing a more efficient approach to how claims are handled by decision makers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/01/2023 14:33:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1565820

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government offers financial support for victims of fraud.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the growing threat posed to consumers by Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, with increasingly sophisticated scams that can be detrimental to people’s lives.</p><p>Since 2016, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and the payments industry have worked together to both prevent payments fraud, and to develop better mechanisms for reimbursing victims of APP fraud. This has included introducing the voluntary Contingent Reimbursement Model (CRM) Code in 2019. Under the Code, signatory payment service providers voluntarily reimburse APP victims. The government recognised and welcomed these developments.</p><p>However, reimbursement to victims of APP scams remains inconsistent. The Government is committed to tackling fraud within payments networks. That is why the Government has introduced legislation as part of the Financial Services &amp; Markets Bill to enable the Payment Systems Regulator to require payment service providers (including banks) to reimburse APP scam victims. The Government believes this will ensure more consistent and comprehensive reimbursement for future APP scam victims</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 20/01/2023 14:44:22 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1565821

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps she is taking to tackle illegal drugs gangs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>Illegal drugs devastate lives, ruin families and damage communities. The Government is committed to tackling these harms, including drug-related gang activity.</p><p>Our ten-year Drug Strategy, <em>From Harm to Hope,</em> sets out a whole system approach to combat illicit drugs through its three priorities: breaking drug supply chains; delivering a world-class treatment and recovery system; and achieving a significant reduction in demand for illicit drugs.</p><p>The Home Office has committed £300m of dedicated investment over three years to tackle every phase of the drug supply chain and make it considerably harder for criminal gangs to operate.</p><p>With this funding we are supporting intelligence-led approaches to interdict and seize drugs as they cross the UK border, and prevent criminal groups from bringing drugs to our streets. Across the whole of the UK, the National Crime Agency, Border Force, and local police are working in partnership, using intelligence and technology to secure our borders against the activities of drugs gangs, prevent drug trafficking and bring those responsible to justice.</p><p>Through the strategy, we are also funding upstream activity to tackle overseas drug supply, which is aimed at disrupting the criminal networks seeking to traffic illegal drugs to the UK, and building resilience into supply chains.</p><p>The full strategy can be found here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/from-harm-to-hope-a-10-year-drugs-plan-to-cut-crime-and-save-lives/from-harm-to-hope-a-10-year-drugs-plan-to-cut-crime-and-save-lives" target="_blank">From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/01/2023 10:43:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1563357

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cadbury: Supply Chains
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 have discussions with Cadbury’s on modern slavery and child exploitation risks within supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK has consistently supported the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on business and human rights, which are widely regarded as the authoritative international framework to steer practical action by Governments and businesses worldwide on this important agenda. Implementation of the UNGPs supports access to justice and remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses, wherever these occur, and encourages businesses to voluntarily adopt due diligence approaches to respecting human rights.</p><p>The Government is clear that it expects all UK businesses to respect human rights throughout their operations, in line with the UNGPs.</p><p>The UK was the first country in the world to require businesses to report on the steps they have taken to tackle modern slavery. Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses with a turnover of £36 million or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>The landmark 'Transparency in Supply Chains' provisions in the Modern Slavery Act have driven a change in business culture, spotlighting modern slavery risks on boardroom agendas and within the international human rights community. We recognise, however, there is more to do to keep businesses focused on this important issue.</p><p>The prevalence of modern slavery and complexity of global supply chains means that it is highly unlikely that any sector or company is immune from the risks of modern slavery. Section 54 therefore does not require organisations to certify that their supply chains are 'slavery free' or require the Government to verify the content of modern slavery statements. The Government expects companies to report transparently about how they are mitigating modern slavery risks and to use their modern slavery statements to demonstrate year on year progress. This enables consumers, shareholders and civil society to scrutinise the efforts being made.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 09/01/2023 09:24:41 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1563363

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of Chinese illicit finance on money laundering in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the threat posed by China-linked illicit finance. As noted in the 2020 National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing, a significant volume of proceeds of crime flow in and out of China annually, particularly through the use of informal value transfer system.</p><p>The Government’s response is multi-departmental and multi-agency both in the UK and upstream. For reasons of operational security, we are not able to provide further details publicly.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 10/01/2023 15:30:55 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1550936

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Somaliland: Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of having a passport assessor in Hargeisa.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	109557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>All applications for British passports are conducted by His Majesty’s Passport Office in the UK. This has removed the fraud risk of transporting blank books to, and safekeeping them in, overseas posts, as well as aligning security checks and fraud assessment processes to those conducted on applications made in the UK.</p><p>Through economies of scale and use of new technology, HM Passport Office substantially reduced processing costs. This has been passed on to the customer, with an adult overseas passport costing £33 less than when the transition from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office completed in March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/12/2022 14:56:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon