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418719

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours her Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	10226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2015 answer text <p>The number of hours spent on this activity in the Home Office is not separately identifiable.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/10/2015 11:46:25 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1128042

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Sovereignty: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the benefits to Northern Ireland of being part of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
	uin	910960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>This Government has made clear on many occasions that we will never be neutral in expressing our support for the Union.</p><p>Northern Ireland benefits hugely from the Union and my steadfast belief is that Northern Ireland’s future is best served within a stronger United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 910961 question first answered 22/05/2019 14:13:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

171996

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unresolved (a) asylum and (b) immigration cases there were in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area in Scotland since May 2010, up to the latest period for which figures are available in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	219752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The number of outstanding asylum and immigration cases recorded as associated with each Scottish parliamentary constituency can be found at Table 1 below. The number of outstanding cases recorded as associated with each Scottish local authority area can be found in Table 2. The figures that have been provided below relate to main applicants who have made an immigration application or an asylum claim between 1 May 2010 - 31 December 2013, and whose claim was recorded as unresolved on 31 December 2013. For data protection purposes, cohorts of fewer than 10 people have been indicated with a *.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data has been compiled by identifying the latest valid postcode on the Case Information Database (CID). For Scottish postcodes, this was then matched to the ONS Postcode database to associate it with a parliamentary constituency and local authority as far as possible. This postcode is the most recently recorded postcode for correspondence purposes and may not be represent the applicant’s of place of residence or be the same postcode provided at the time of applying.</p><p>Table 1</p><p><strong>Number of outstanding asylum and immigration cases by constituency</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Asylum</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen North</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen South</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airdrie and Shotts</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll and Bute</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banff and Buchan</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries and Galloway</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee East</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee West</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline and West Fife</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh East</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh North and Leith</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh South</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh South West</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh West</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow Central</p></td><td><p>769</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow East</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North East</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North West</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow South</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow South West</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glenrothes</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordon</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock and Loudoun</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lanark and Hamilton East</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Linlithgow and East Falkirk</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Livingston</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire and Arran</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Fife</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ochil and South Perthshire</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney and Shetland</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and Renfrewshire North</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and Renfrewshire South</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and North Perthshire</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ross, Skye and Lochaber</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen and Hamilton West</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not able to determine</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of outstanding asylum and immigration cases by local authority</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Asylum</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen City</p></td><td><p><strong>619</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeenshire</p></td><td><p><strong>112</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll and Bute</p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p><strong>1182</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>76</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clackmannanshire</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries and Galloway</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee City</p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eilean Siar</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fife</p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow City</p></td><td><p><strong>1819</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1512</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highland</p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p><strong>144</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney Islands</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and Kinross</p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p><strong>169</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Borders</p></td><td><p><strong>33</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shetland Islands</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ayrshire</p></td><td><p><strong>39</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p><strong>134</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lothian</p></td><td><p><strong>107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not able to determine</p></td><td><p><strong>116</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 17:53:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

174437

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	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 spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	221227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Department does not hold centrally details of expenditure on recruitment agency fees so this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Expenditure on outplacement agency fees for displaced or <br>redundant staff for the financial years prior to 2014/15 was not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The fully audited figures for 2014/15 will be available in July 2015.<br><br>The total staff training costs for the financial years 2010/11 to 2013/14 are set out below:<br><br>2010-11 - £13,598,237<br>2011-12 - £14,860,807<br>2012-13 - £16,986,868<br>2013-14 - £24,715,417<br><br>The full-year audited figures for total staff training expenditure for 2014-15 will be available in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 27/01/2015 15:01:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 39696 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227308

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	227549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of people engaged off payroll by the Home Office and the Non Departmental Public Bodies, for which it is responsible, are published each year in its Annual report and Accounts. These are available on our website and can be found by following the links set out below:<br><br>2013-14 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 39)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446<br>/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf<br><br>2012-13 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 45)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660<br>/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf<br><br>2011-12 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 46)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619<br>/annual-report-2011-12.pdf<br><br>2010-11 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 45)<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048<br>/annual-report-201011.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/03/2015 16:26:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

48992

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK were (i) on zero-hours contracts and (ii) temporary staff in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	107179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK Border Agency was absorbed into the Home Office on 1 April 2013; its <br>successor business areas are UK Visas &amp; Immigration and Immigration Enforcement.<br><br>(i) The Home Office and its Agencies do not employ and have not employed staff <br>on zero-hours contracts. <br><br>(ii) A geographical breakdown of temporary staff employed in UK Border Agency <br>successor business areas in each of the last two years is shown at Table 1.</p><p>[ATTACH TABLE]</p><p><br>NOTE: Office for National Statistics defines temporary staff as those civil <br>servants with contracts of employment of less than one year; staff with Fixed <br>Term Appointments and Permanent staff are reported separately by all government <br>departments, as are Agency and Contingent Workers.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 107079 Table 1 V1.xlsx title TABLE 1
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

443036

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what constitutes non-violent extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21385 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443037

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what her definition is of non-violent expressions of religious belief which are (a) extreme and (b) not extreme.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21384 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443039

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 paragraph 113 of the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what definition her Department uses of extremism; and what steps she is taking to ensure that that definition does not close down debate or limit free speech.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21384 21385 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443041

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, whether a religious group or individual which claims that their religion is the only one true faith is included in its definition of extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21383 21384 21385 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443042

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what plans the Government has to consult with faith groups on its definition of extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21384 21385 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

167527

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last reviewed the time taken by the West Midlands Constabulary to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Sir Richard Shepherd
	uin	216892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department receives monthly updates from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) on the time taken by police forces, including West Midlands police, to complete local police checks as part of the disclosure application process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/12/2014 14:34:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31894 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	295 label Biography information for Sir Richard Shepherd

167528

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sanctions her Department has available to take against a Constabulary which takes over 90 working days to process a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Sir Richard Shepherd
	uin	216893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The agreed standard for police disclosure performance is set out in a Service Level Agreement between each force and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The standards include a requirement for forces to complete 100% of <br>local checks within 60 days. Where performance falls below this standard, action will be taken. The DBS will work with the force to develop and agree a recovery plan. Performance will be monitored against the plan and further <br>action agreed as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/12/2014 12:07:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31892 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	295 label Biography information for Sir Richard Shepherd

167529

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her officials last met officials from the Department for Health to consider the effect of late Disclosure and Barring clearances on the employment of hospital and care home workers.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Sir Richard Shepherd
	uin	216894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The DBS hold quarterly meetings with NHS Professionals, a DBS Registered Body which supports applicants from the hospital and care home sectors in making disclosure applications. No complaints have been raised by this Registered Body with <br>regard to delays with applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/12/2014 12:10:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31891 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	295 label Biography information for Sir Richard Shepherd

156738

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Flexible Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in her Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	215188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Statutory requests for flexible working are decided by individual line managers in the Home Department. Information on how many requests have been made and how many granted to date is therefore not held centrally and could only be <br>collected at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/11/2014 14:26:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

173112

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many equality impact assessments her Department produced in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	220340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office considers equality issues in exercising its functions, to comply with equality legislation and to ensure it understands how its activities will affect different people. It provides information about this consideration in various ways. In the specified period since 2006, this information was sometimes published in the form of an equality impact assessment. Information about the number of such documents published by the Home Office is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/01/2015 14:57:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227905

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of employees in her Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The 2014 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) provided employment data for all Civil Service departments, although this does not break down to all the categories requested. The data revealed that in the Home Department:<br><br>• 18,720 (68.59%) of employees identified as White <br>• 5,760 (21.10%) of employees identified as Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) <br><br>This data is based on a total of 27,290 permanent Home Department employees on payroll. Of these, 2,800 (10.26%) staff had not declared their ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/03/2015 16:18:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228617

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade within her Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	228313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the average hourly pay of civil servants in the Home Office as of 28th February 2015 by ethnicity.<br><br>Other than at Senior Civil Servant (SCS) level the Home Office have different pay scales for London and National at all grades. 78.2 % of the staff below SCS declaring themselves Black and Minority Ethnic are based in London compared with 33.2 % of staff below SCS declaring themselves White. This explains why (apart from SCS staff) the hourly rate for BME staff is higher than for white staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/03/2015 10:18:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 228313 _Table 1.xlsx title Average hourly pay of civil servants
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

350007

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	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 intends to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	2278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK already complies with the vast majority of the articles to the convention including the criminalisation of forced marriage which was one of the pre-requisites of ratification as required by Article 37. Primary legislation will be needed to comply with the remaining extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before it can be ratified. The UK Government is liaising with the devolved administrations about ratification, including any further legislative steps necessary.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/06/2015 15:55:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

60742

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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 assessment she has made of the potential cost to her Department of including mothers' names on marriage certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	199697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The marriage certificate is an exact copy of the marriage entry which is in a <br>form prescribed in the Regulation of Marriage Regulations 1986. We are <br>currently considering how the information captured in the marriage entry can be <br>updated to reflect changes since 1986, as well as including the names of <br>mothers; the costs of doing so and the most suitable opportunity for doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2014 15:35:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 894 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91056

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homosexuality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many men had convictions for offences related to consensual gay sex expunged from their criminal records in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	208531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As of 9 September 2014 the number of individuals who have had convictions for offences related to consensual gay sex expunged from their criminal records in each year since 2012 are:</p><p /> <p><br>2012 0<br>2013 38<br>2014 13</p><p /> <p><br>There are three outstanding cases. Some individuals have made multiple applications.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/09/2014 16:37:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1128046

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Common Travel Area: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps she has taken to ensure the maintenance of the Common Travel Area between the UK and Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
	tabling member printed	Bill Grant
	uin	910964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>On 8 May, the United Kingdom Government and the Irish Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding codifying the Common Travel Area (CTA) and associated reciprocal rights.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/05/2019 14:10:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

386716

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Public Appointments
	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 place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by her Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	4968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies April 2012 requires government departments to publicise successful appointments, once made by the appointing Minister. These can be found on the Department’s gov.uk website or the appointing body’s website.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2015 15:35:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

44419

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to appoint an anti-slavery commissioner; and whether such an appointment will be a full-time post.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	193045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>An announcement will be made on the Anti-Slavery Commissioner after the Modern Slavery Bill has been introduced to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

446013

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken steps to liaise with police and crime commissioners and local authorities on the proposed ban on novel psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	23101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>On 17 September 2015, the Minister for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Victims wrote to all chief constables, copied to police and crime commissioners, to inform them of the Psychoactive Substances Bill and to invite them to operational workshops for enforcement partners taking place in February. The Local Government Association, Trading Standards and other law enforcement partners have been engaged through the cross government implementation working group as well as the police psychoactive substances enforcement working group over the last few months in preparation for the commencement of the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/01/2016 17:17:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

479658

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: European Social Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department received from the European Social Fund (a) between 2007 and 2014 and (b) from 2014 to the last month for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	31643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office’s finance system has no record of the Department receiving funds from the European Social Fund.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/03/2016 13:31:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

517199

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 33406, when the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 will come into force in its entirety.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	36355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The commencement regulations for the Psychoactive Substances Act were laid on 5 May 2016 and the Act will come into force on 26 May 2016.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/05/2016 12:15:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

389215

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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: Females
	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 meet the recommendations set out in the UK report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	uin	6869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has some of the strongest protections in the world to safeguard women and girls. The Government is committed to further supporting women to rebuild their lives, to breaking cycles of abuse and bringing perpetrators to justice.</p><p>We will continue to update our Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, as we have done every year, and will consider the Special Rapporteur's findings.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/07/2015 10:24:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

105994

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones
	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 spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does hold the information that you requested. However, after careful consideration we have decided not to disclose the information as we have a contractual obligation to treat the costs as confidential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:04:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106007

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of appointments in the Home Department at all grades made by exception to the Civil Service Recruitment Principles for the full financial years since 2009/10. The increase in the number of exceptions used by the Department in 2013-14 reflects temporary appointments made to meet seasonal workforce demands in Border Force.<br><br>We do not hold centrally the names of those appointed to each post, and providing would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of exceptions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:14:27 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106008

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Freedom of Information requests her Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes annual statistical reports on the handling of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for central government. These reports include statistics on the numbers of requests granted in full and those where information was partially or fully withheld. These reports can be accessed on the following webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:06:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106011

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>As set out by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on (10 November 2014 213040), the Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. <br><br>These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish by individual departments details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/11/2014 17:52:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106015

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	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 legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Legal costs in relation to FOI cannot be provided as they are not recorded separately.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:13:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106016

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to her Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office thank you voucher scheme is intended to reward staff quickly for outstanding achievement over and above normal good performance. Staff can receive either a £25 or £50 voucher for each piece of work being rewarded.<br><br>Thank you vouchers have been ordered to a total value of £91,035 for 2013 and £135,490 for 2014 to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/11/2014 17:55:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66134

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in her Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	204327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Unlike special advisers who became senior officials under the last government, <br>there has been no appointment to the Home Office since 2010 of a senior civil <br>servant who was previously a political appointee within the Department. <br><br>The Department does not routinely hold the information asked in (b) therefore <br>in order to ascertain how many senior civil servants appointed since 2010 were <br>previously employed by a political party would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 15:27:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66135

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what professional development courses are made available to staff of her Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	204346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>26 recognised Civil Service professions exist across government to ensure civil <br>servants are able to develop and deliver a professional service. <br>Civil servants can find resources and information to support their professional <br>development on the Civil Service Learning portal which is accessible to all civil servants.<br><br>All professions have a head of profession; appointed for their experience, <br>knowledge and skills, who support the development of the profession and work <br>with key partners to develop timely learning curricula, which are aligned to <br>the Civil Service Competency Framework (CSCF), and civil service priorities.<br>Each of the frameworks and curricula offer a wealth of learning opportunities <br>including qualifications, workshops, and masterclasses. <br><br>Within the Home Office, opportunities for professional development are linked <br>closely with business requirements . The Home Office has 18 established <br>professions. They are: Communications, Corporate Finance, Government Economic <br>Service, Government Finance, Government IT Profession, Government Legal <br>Service, Government Property Profession, Government Social Research, Government <br>Veterinary Profession, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Knowledge and <br>Information Management, Operational Delivery, Policy Profession, Procurement, <br>Project Delivery, Science &amp; Engineering, Statistical Services.<br><br>Given the differing range of learning opportunities available for individual <br>professions, there is no single source which can identify exactly what <br>development courses are available to staff and what the cost to the public <br>purse of every professional development course is.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/07/2014 14:08:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66139

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	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 spent on legal fees in cases relating to the release of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	204279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Legal costs in relation to FOI cannot be provided as they are not recorded <br>separately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:29:47 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66140

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Air Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions each Minister within her Department has taken domestic flights on official business since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	204297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Details of all overseas Ministerial travel are passed to the Cabinet Office on <br>a quarterly basis and are subsequently placed on the Gov.uk website:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-mnisters-hospitality-data</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/07/2014 10:44:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

510120

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when those parts of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 which have not come into force are expected to come into force; and what the reason is for the time taken to bring all provisions of that Act into force.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	33406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>We expect to commence the Psychoactive Substances Act in its entirety in the spring. In line with the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, we are in the final stages of putting in place a programme of testing to demonstrate the psychoactivity of a substance prior to commencement of the Act. The timing of commencement has always been subject to consideration of all the activity necessary across the UK for the provisions to come into force</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/04/2016 16:09:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

77427

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	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 policy is on responding to parliamentary questions where the subject file or letter is within the scope of the Official Secrets Act 1989.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	205434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the Member for Bassetlaw to the publicly available guidance on <br>answering Parliamentary Questions available at: <br>www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-g<br>uidance.</p><p><br>The guidance makes clear that Ministers should be as open as possible <br>with Parliament and the public and only withhold information where its <br>disclosure would not be in the public interest. Such public interest would be <br>determined with the relevant legislation in mind (Freedom of Information, Data <br>Protection, and the Official Secrets Acts etc).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:45:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

381240

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on introducing a single tier Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced disclosure certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	2473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>Enhanced criminal record certificates are available for a range of posts and activities involving particular sensitivity or trust, including working closely with children or vulnerable adults. Applications are based on the relevant workforce, which ensures that any local police information relevant to that category can be considered for disclosure. There are no plans to move away from this position.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/06/2015 13:12:09 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444141

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Licensing Laws
	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 increase the licensing enforcement powers available to local authorities to ensure that pubs do not act as clubs without permission.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Licensing authorities and the police already have a range of enforcement powers under the Licensing Act 2003. These are sufficient to prevent pubs operating without relevant permissions. These include powers which licensing authorities have to impose conditions on a premises licence or revoke a premises licence where appropriate. They are responsible for making decisions based on what is appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives. These are the prevention of crime and disorder; public safety; the prevention of public nuisance; and the protection of children from harm.</p><p>Licensable activities include not only the sale of alcohol but also regulated entertainment such as a performance of live music and any playing of recorded music among other entertainments. While the rules on regulated entertainment on licensed premises were recently relaxed so that permission is only required for such events when they occur outside the hours of 08.00 and 23.00 or when there are more than 500 people in attendance, an applicant for a premises licence should set out in an operating schedule the licensable activities they intend to hold on the premises.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/01/2016 15:00:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

43805

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made regarding the 2014 opt-out pursuant to Article 10(4) of Protocol 36 of the Lisbon Treaty; and what timetable she has set for the UK opting back in to the measures to which that decision relates.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Naomi Long
	uin	192623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>On 24 July 2013 the Prime Minister wrote to the President of the Council of Ministers exercising the UK's opt-out from all police and criminal justice measures agreed before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced 35 measures that it will seek to rejoin in the national interest. These are contained in Command Paper 8671</p><p>(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/235912/8671.pdf).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

1016336

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Brexit: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the representatives of the Government of the Irish Republic on the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	196742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Irish Government, concerning a range of issues including the UK’s exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not want or expect a no deal scenario. We firmly believe it is in the interests of both the EU and the UK to strike a deal, and we remain confident we will agree a mutually advantageous deal with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 04/12/2018 12:34:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1059023

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Official Engagements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what formal engagements she has had with (a) private, (b) public and (c) voluntary sector employers since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	219324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>I meet regularly with employers from private, public and voluntary sectors in Northern Ireland. A full list of meetings is published quarterly on:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/02/2019 13:07:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1059027

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Official Engagements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish her formal engagements with representatives of trade and industry bodies in Northern Ireland since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	219325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>I meet regularly with employers from a large range of sectors in Northern Ireland. A full list of meetings is published quarterly on:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/02/2019 13:08:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1059030

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Anniversaries: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland; and how much funding she has allocated to those plans.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	219326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has been involved in the planning of Decade of Centenaries commemorations in Northern Ireland, but has not yet developed plans to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland in 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/02/2019 10:39:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

114860

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	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 the concerns over the lack of powers of the National Crime Agency (NCA) in Northern Ireland in paragraph 25 of the report on the UK by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; and if she will take steps to support making the NCA fully operational in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	213614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) operates UK-wide but as a result of not securing legislative consent the activities of the NCA in Northern Ireland are restricted. Under current arrangements the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is able to access information and advice from the NCA including from its Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command. What is missing, however, is access to operational support.</p><p>This government is disappointed by the decision of the Northern Ireland Executive not to agree to give NCA officers police powers. However, policing is devolved in Northern Ireland, and this is something we must respect. We continue to support Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford’s efforts to secure full operational powers for the NCA under appropriate accountability arrangements tailored to Northern Ireland’s structures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/11/2014 16:02:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

156760

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	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 assessment she has made of the effect on the role of the National Crime Agency in tackling organised crime throughout the UK of the UK opting-in to 35 EU crime and justice measures.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	215304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Full impact assessments have been conducted on each of the vital 35 police and criminal justice measures that the United Kingdom has sought to remain part of in the national interest. Details of these can be found in Command Paper 8897 <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf</a>), published on 3 July 2014. <br><br>Government Ministers consulted a number of operational partners, including the National Crime Agency, to help identify those measures that underpin practical cooperation. The Government believes that the 35 measures, including the <br>European Arrest Warrant and Europol, will support and enhance the National Crime Agency’s capability to tackle organised crime throughout the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/11/2014 14:24:26 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

167804

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	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 the effect of the National Crime Agency not being fully operational in Northern Ireland on the opportunity for people living in Northern Ireland to be employed in that agency.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	217073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) has a flexible, UK-wide operational capability, prioritising the deployment of its resources against the highest risks and undertaking targeted operations to cut serious and organised crime affecting <br>our communities. The NCA's People Strategy delivers a flexible response in which the workforce is placed in areas of operational demand. There is nothing to preclude the employment of people living in Northern Ireland. For example, <br>NCA officers based in Northern Ireland work on Civil Recovery and Tax casesrelating to England and Wales in the absence of consent for the NCA to take on full functions in Northern Ireland. All NCA vacancies across the United Kingdom are advertised in the spirit of open and fair competition. The NCA recruit in this fashion to secure the best candidates for these demanding roles</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/12/2014 14:58:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn