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1127812

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the length of time taken for a DBS check has on prospective employees.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	257076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) key performance indicators are set each year with the agreement of the Home Office. As the sponsoring department, the Home Office monitors timeliness performance throughout the year. The key performance indicators for the DBS in 2018/19 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-business-plan-2018-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-business-plan-2018-2019</a></p><p>For 19/20, the DBS have introduced new stretching Key Performance indicators including targets for 96% of Basic Certificates, 96% of Standard and 77% of Enhanced Certificates to be issued in 14 calendar days.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/06/2019 13:37:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1127877

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
	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 is taking to increase the availability and quality of specialist care and support for child victims of trafficking.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	257104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>Independent Child Trafficking Advocates (ICTAs) are an independent source of advice for trafficked children and somebody who can speak up on their behalf.</p><p>The Government has successfully rolled out ICTAs to one third of all local authorities in England and Wales, in line with the commitment made in July last year. Where the service is available, all children that are potential victims of trafficking are eligible for support.</p><p>The Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act led by Frank Field, Baroness Butler-Sloss and Maria Miller has recently considered Section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which makes provisions for ICTAs. The Review’s final report can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act-final-report</a></p><p>The Government is currently carefully considering the recommendations of the review on the improvements we can make to the ICTA service, and we remain committed to rolling ICTAs out nationally.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2019 13:16:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1127905

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to enable (a) communities and (b) victims to have a greater input into policies and approaches on tackling antisocial behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	257017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced two measures that give communities and victims an input into policies and approaches on tackling anti-social behaviour. They are the Community Trigger and the Community Remedy.</p><p>The Community Trigger, also known as the anti-social behaviour case review, gives victims of persistent anti-social behaviour the ability to demand a formal case review (where a locally defined threshold is met), in order to determine whether there is further action which can be taken. Any individual, community or business can make an application for a case review, and the relevant bodies must carry out a case review if the threshold is met.</p><p>The Community Remedy gives victims of low-level crime and anti-social behaviour a say in the punishment of perpetrators who receive an out of court punishment.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2019 13:19:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1127286

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
	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 7 May 2019 to Question 248072 on Alcoholic Drinks: Sales , and the Answer of 16 May to Question 253725 on Immigration: EU Nationals, for what reason the Government does not use the standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization to amend the mandatory licensing condition to allow the use of digital forms of identification.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	255697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will consider whether the standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation could be used to amend the mandatory licensing condition on age verification.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2019 13:41:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1127138

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Business Premises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes took place on commercial premises in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	255346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this data. Estimates of crimes in commercial premises is published in the Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) and da-ta for 2018 is due to be published in Autumn 2019. <br>A link to the most recent publication giving results from the 2017 survey can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2017-commercial-victimisation-survey" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2017-commercial-victimisation-survey</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2019 13:52:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1127156

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Paedophilia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the Government's estimate of the number of paedophiles living in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	255271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) is an appalling crime that this government is committed to stamping out.</p><p>In the Home Secretary’s speech at the NSPCC on 3 September 2019, he said that the National Crime Agency estimates that around 80,000 people in the UK present some kind of sexual threat to children online, and the NCA believe that’s a conservative estimate.</p><p>The Government continue to engage closely with a range of partners including law enforcement, NGOs and academics to build our understanding of the evolving threat in order to do all we can to protect children and stop offenders.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2019 13:54:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1126942

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Christianity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of trends in the level of hate crimes against Christians.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has collected on a mandatory basis the number of religious hate crimes where the targeted religion was Christian since 2017/18.</p><p>Data for 2017/18 can be found in ‘Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2017/18’ <br>which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2017-to-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2019 11:35:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1126944

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Young People
	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 is taking to protect young adults from arranged and forced marriages.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a world-leader in the fight to stamp out the brutal practice of forced marriage, with our joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) leading efforts to combat it both at home and abroad. We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims, sending a clear message that this abhorrent practice is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the UK. In 2017 we also introduced lifelong anonymity for victims of forced marriage to encourage more victims of this hidden crime to come forward.</p><p>An “arranged marriage” is one where parents or other relatives choose a potential suitor, but both parties involved have the final say and can withdraw at any point. As such, it is not illegal. If a person changes their mind during that process and then is not allowed to stop the marriage – this becomes a forced marriage and is unacceptable.</p><p>The FMU operates a public helpline to provide advice and support to victims, those at risk, and professionals. The support offered ranges from providing information and guidance to organising rescue and repatriation to the UK for victims overseas. In November 2018 we also launched the Forced Marriage Awareness Campaign, which highlights that forced marriage is a crime and directs victims to contact the helpline for support</p><p>Border Force officers at UK ports and airports are trained to look for those at risk of Honour Based Abuse (HBA), including forced marriage. Border Force conducts regular joint operations (‘Operation Limelight’) with the police at airports across the country to raise awareness with potential victims of HBA</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/05/2019 13:05:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1126966

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government response to the Seventh Report of the Women and Equalities Committee, Sexual harassment in the workplace HC1801, when she plans to launch the public consultations.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	254853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government will launch a consultation shortly covering:</p><ul><li>the evidence for introducing a new duty on employers to prevent harassment;</li><li>extending the protections of the Equality Act to volunteers and interns;</li><li>strengthening and clarifying the laws in relation to third party harassment;</li><li>the evidence for changing employment tribunal time limits for Equality Act 2010 cases.</li></ul><p>The Government consultation on tackling the misuse of confidentiality clauses in situations of workplace harassment or discrimination closed on 29 April and we are now considering the responses.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2019 10:44:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1126544

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife amnesty bins there were in the UK in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	254162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Information relating to knife amnesty bins and amnesty days is not collected centrally. The use of knife amnesties and bins are an operational decision for individual police forces.</p><p>It is also open to police forces to deploy surrender bins at any time as well as during the coordinated weeks of national action that take place as part of Operation Sceptre. In the previous phase of the operation in September 2018, 8,781 knives were surrendered using amnesty bins or personally handed in at police stations.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 254163 question first answered 20/05/2019 15:06:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson