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1002172

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of staff that will be employed by his Department on 29 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	188217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office constantly reviews its capabilities to deliver the Government’s agenda. With EU Exit negotiations still underway, we continue to assess how our priorities will impact on the workforce and capabilities required.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective migration system, tackle illegal immigration and keep the UK safe. We are already recruiting additional staff to help with the preparations we are making for leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2018 16:57:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1054857

	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	Asylum: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to prevent attacks on refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	216348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Any refugees or asylum seekers in the UK who are subjected to attack are encouraged to report such attacks to the police.</p><p>Any criminal offences that are motivated by hostility towards a person’s race, ethnicity or nationality are hate crimes.</p><p>The 2016 Hate Crime Action Plan – refreshed in 2018 – includes a range of commitments aimed at preventing all forms of hate crime, including funding of projects designed to challenge prejudice.</p><p>The Government is also supporting the police online reporting website True Vision, and for victims who wish to report to a third party there are a number available including Stop Hate UK, Tell Mama, Community Security Trust and Galop.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 17:13:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1060007

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of alleged female genital mutilation have been investigated in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	220275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. The Government is clear that we will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong suffering to women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office does not collate information on investigations, arrests and prosecutions centrally. Information on FGM referrals from the police to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from 2010-18 is available in the CPS’s Violence Against Women and Girls Report, available at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/violence-against-women-and-girls" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/violence-against-women-and-girls</a></p><p>The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced a number of measures to help overcome the barriers to prosecution, including: a new mandatory reporting duty for known cases of FGM in under-18s; extension of extra-territorial jurisdiction over FGM offences committed abroad; lifelong anonymity for victims; FGM Protection Orders (FGMPOs); and a new offence of failure to protect a girl from the risk of FGM. Between their introduction and 30 September 2018, 296 FGMPOs were made to protect victims and those at risk.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/02/2019 16:00:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1124255

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to support victims of stalking.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	249991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Stalking is an insidious crime that has a deep and significant impact on vic-tims’ wellbeing. Both online and offline, perpetrators leave victims feeling constantly at risk and looking over their shoulder. This Government is committed to ensuring that victims are supported.</p><p>Our National Statement of Expectations for Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), published in December 2016, sets out the standards which local commissioners should meet when putting in place services to respond to VAWG, including stalking. This includes the need to put the victim at the cen-tre of service delivery.</p><p>The Home Office part-funds the National Stalking Helpline, operated by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which has helped over 30,000 people since its inception. Through a grant of £4.1m under the Police Transformation Fund, the Government is also funding the Multi-Agency Stalking Intervention Programme. This aims, across three sites, to test and compare strategies to reduce recidivism on the part of stalking perpetrators and to develop best practice. This should improve the response to victims of stalking, ensuring that they receive consistently high-quality service and improving their satisfaction with police and across the criminal justice system.</p><p>The Stalking Protection Act 2019, which received Royal Assent on 15th March, will introduce Stalking Protection Orders. These will provide protection to victims at an early stage. Restraining orders can also be issued to those who have been prosecuted for stalking offences, to prevent continued stalking behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/05/2019 16:49:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1125360

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Theft: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of reported incidents of (a) burglary and (b) petty theft in Wales in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	252052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling all forms of acquisitive crime, including burglary. The Minister for Policing and the Fire Service chaired the first meeting of a new Burglary Taskforce which brings together the police, industry, charities and others to look at what more can be done to tackle this crime.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics publishes on a quarterly basis the numbers of crimes reported to and recorded to the four police forces in Wales. Data can be found in the police force area tables: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables</a></p><p>This includes breakdowns of burglary and other types of theft. There is no specific classification of ‘petty theft’ and such incidents will be included across a range of theft types.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/05/2019 16:03:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

820737

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has made an assessment the effect of street harassment on the quality of life of women and girls in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	122155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes all forms of harassment seriously and recognises the gendered nature of crimes which disproportionately affect women and girls. Protecting women and girls from violence, and supporting victims and survivors of sexual violence, remains a key priority.</p><p>The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy sets out our approach to tackling all forms of VAWG, and commits to continue to challenge deep-rooted social norms, attitudes and behaviours that discriminate against and limit women and girls across all communities. The Government has an extensive programme of work to address gender inequality.</p><p>We welcome the work being done by the Women and Equalities Committee (WESC) who have launched an inquiry into sexual harassment of women and girls in public places. We will engage closely with the committee on this important issue and carefully consider any recommendations made.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/01/2018 17:17:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

830001

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the Government to consult on, publish and introduce into Parliament its Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	124724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government, in the Queen’s Speech, gave a clear commitment to publish a draft Domestic Abuse Bill this session.</p><p>The Government is determined to make the most of this opportunity to seek the views of experts and practitioners on proposals for the draft Domestic Abuse Bill and supporting non-legislative measures. As such, we are in the process of working with partners across Government to finalise a consultation which is as robust and thorough as possible, before launching it shortly</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/01/2018 17:57:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

845670

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which external recruitment agencies are used by her Department's non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	128642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Department and NDPBs publish consultancy spend under the transparency agenda.</p><p> </p><p>The following consultancy spend for April to June 2017 and for recruitment April to June 2017 are published on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-spend-control-data-for-april-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-spend-control-data-for-april-to-june-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/05/2018 15:21:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

907080

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of the protections against child grooming which have been put in place on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by those who own and operate those social media platforms.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	145586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Technology companies have a critical role to play in preventing paedophiles from using their platforms, including those who seek to groom children. In February 2018 and November 2017 the former Home Secretary met with social media companies to discuss what they are doing to prevent child sexual abuse material on their platforms and made clear that social media companies need to work constructively with law enforcement and government in order to ensure their platforms have the appropriate procedures in place in order that their users are safe</p><p>On 20 May the Home Office and Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced joint plans to consider what legislative steps could be taken to improve the response to child sexual exploitation and other online harms. Over the coming months we will be working with industry and other stakeholders with the intention of launching a White Paper later this year.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/05/2018 16:38:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

922118

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the timetable is for further steps to be taken in relation to that Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	152203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>On 8 March we launched a 12 week public consultation on proposals for a landmark domestic abuse Bill and a supporting package of practical action to transform the response to domestic abuse. The consultation closed on 31 May. Over 3,200 responses to the consultation were received. The responses to the consultation are being considered and a draft Bill will be published later this session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/06/2018 16:33:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens