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	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drug Seizures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the volume was of seizures at points of entry of illegal drugs destined for the UK, in each of the last ten years, and what estimate he has made of those seizures as a proportion of the total amount of illegal drugs consumed in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	187389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Data is publicly available on the volume of drug seizures by the Border Force in the publication <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2017</a> - see Summary Table 2 of the data tables provided. The latest statistics for 2017/18 were published on 8th November 2018. This publication captures seizures made in England and Wales only. Consolidated data for the UK is not available for the last ten years, but is available from 2011/12 onwards in the publications.<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2018" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2018</a></p><p>Information on the total amount of illegal drugs consumed in the UK in each of the last five years is not held by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/02/2019 15:54:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1035014

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Germany
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of possible links between UK-based individuals and far-right extremists within the German (a) Bundeswehr, (b) Kommando Spezialkräfte, (c) Militärische Abschirmdienst and (d) Spezialeinsatzkommando.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the threat from international far right extremism seriously and we share the Hon member’s concern about the rise of the far right across Europe, including in the UK. We do not comment on assessments concerning links between UK based individuals and Far Right extremists in foreign security services.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/02/2019 17:10:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1054601

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: France
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many payments have been made to France under Article 7 of the Sandhurst Treaty 2018 under each heading.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	216257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Under Article 7 of the Sandhurst Treaty, the UK committed to support French efforts to return those with no lawful basis of stay on French territo-ry, and to increasing the availability of interpreters. Payments to implement both of these projects have been made over the course of the 18/19 Finan-cial year, and we are forecasting to spend the full package allocated to this work.</p><p>Under Article 8, the UK has scaled-up existing source-country communication efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa to help reduce irregular migration. Payments to support this work have been made over the course of the 18/19 Financial year.</p><p>Additionally, the UK and France are working closely as part of the Collabo-ration Against Trafficking and Smuggling project, which aims to tackle irreg-ular migration and organised immigration crime through strengthened man-agement along the Niger/Nigeria border. A preliminary workshop (Lagos, October 2018) brought together representatives from the four programme partners (Nigeria, Niger, France and the UK), as well as a representative from the IOM, during which parties agreed upon potential areas of work to build cross-border collaboration which will inform the full design of the pro-gramme. Planning is underway for the second workshop to be held in Spring 2019.</p><p>The minutes of meetings relating to projects under Articles 7 and 8 are confidential and to disclose them would risk jeopardizing the trust of an important foreign ally.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 216259 216261 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:52:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

1054603

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: France
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action has been taken under Article 8 of the Sandhurst Treaty 2018; and what payments have been made by each of the contracting states in connection with such action.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	216259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Under Article 7 of the Sandhurst Treaty, the UK committed to support French efforts to return those with no lawful basis of stay on French territo-ry, and to increasing the availability of interpreters. Payments to implement both of these projects have been made over the course of the 18/19 Finan-cial year, and we are forecasting to spend the full package allocated to this work.</p><p>Under Article 8, the UK has scaled-up existing source-country communication efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa to help reduce irregular migration. Payments to support this work have been made over the course of the 18/19 Financial year.</p><p>Additionally, the UK and France are working closely as part of the Collabo-ration Against Trafficking and Smuggling project, which aims to tackle irreg-ular migration and organised immigration crime through strengthened man-agement along the Niger/Nigeria border. A preliminary workshop (Lagos, October 2018) brought together representatives from the four programme partners (Nigeria, Niger, France and the UK), as well as a representative from the IOM, during which parties agreed upon potential areas of work to build cross-border collaboration which will inform the full design of the pro-gramme. Planning is underway for the second workshop to be held in Spring 2019.</p><p>The minutes of meetings relating to projects under Articles 7 and 8 are confidential and to disclose them would risk jeopardizing the trust of an important foreign ally.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 216257 216261 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:52:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

1054605

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: France
	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 publish details of the joint approach that has been implemented under Article 8 of the Sandhurst Treaty 2018; and if he will place copies of the (a) minutes and (b) other relevant documents relating to that joint approach the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	216261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Under Article 7 of the Sandhurst Treaty, the UK committed to support French efforts to return those with no lawful basis of stay on French territo-ry, and to increasing the availability of interpreters. Payments to implement both of these projects have been made over the course of the 18/19 Finan-cial year, and we are forecasting to spend the full package allocated to this work.</p><p>Under Article 8, the UK has scaled-up existing source-country communication efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa to help reduce irregular migration. Payments to support this work have been made over the course of the 18/19 Financial year.</p><p>Additionally, the UK and France are working closely as part of the Collabo-ration Against Trafficking and Smuggling project, which aims to tackle irreg-ular migration and organised immigration crime through strengthened man-agement along the Niger/Nigeria border. A preliminary workshop (Lagos, October 2018) brought together representatives from the four programme partners (Nigeria, Niger, France and the UK), as well as a representative from the IOM, during which parties agreed upon potential areas of work to build cross-border collaboration which will inform the full design of the pro-gramme. Planning is underway for the second workshop to be held in Spring 2019.</p><p>The minutes of meetings relating to projects under Articles 7 and 8 are confidential and to disclose them would risk jeopardizing the trust of an important foreign ally.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 216257 216259 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:52:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

1054606

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of visa applicants who have not received an Immigration Surcharge Number as a result of that number being provided to those applicants' legal representatives and not those applicants directly; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	216262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely record the information requested. The Immigration Health Surcharge number is sent to the email address that is provided during the payment process. Customers should ensure that they are receiving information about their application from anybody acting on their behalf, but any customer who requires details of their IHS number can request it via UKVI contact channels.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/02/2019 10:47:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1054642

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential relationship between school exclusions and youth violence.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	216378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, published April 2018, summarises the risk and protective factors for violence identified by research.</p><p>The Strategy suggests that school exclusion is a marker for increased risk both in terms of victimisation and perpetration. Whilst this does not mean there is a causal link, the Government recognises there are complex and multiple vulnerabilities that can impact on children’s outcomes and is accordingly taking action to address this.</p><p>The Home Office and Department for Education continue to work together to deliver the commitment in the strategy to consider support for pupils at risk of exclusion as well as for those who have been excluded, to reduce the risk of them being drawn into crime and associated pathways.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/02/2019 17:11:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1054643

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average time is and (b) longest time it has taken for a family subject to No Recourse to Public Funds conditions to achieve settled status.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	216276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Within the family migration route an individual and their dependants become eligible to apply for settlement after five years. If the requirements of the Immigration Rules for settlement are not met, then leave can be extended for 30 month periods at a time until they are, otherwise they will qualify after ten years. These periods of leave to remain, including leave granted to parents with children in the UK, will be subject to a no recourse to public funds condition, unless to avoid destitution or there are exceptional financial circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/02/2019 17:30:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1054644

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are living in households with parents subject to No Recourse to Public Funds.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	216277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/02/2019 11:49:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1054750

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of Fire and Rescue services choosing to re-engage fire service staff following their retirement on that service’s commitment to equality and diversity.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karen Lee
	uin	216406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>In May 2018, revisions were made to the Fire and Rescue National Frame-work for England to discourage fire and rescue services from re-engaging staff following retirement except in exceptional circumstances when such a decision is necessary in the interests of public safety. Any such appointment must be transparent, justifiable and time limited.</p><p>No specific assessment has been made of the effect of this practice on equality and diversity, however we have been clear with fire and rescue service leaders that the current lack of diversity amongst firefighters is unacceptable and must be tackled.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/02/2019 12:04:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee