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1728426

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Shoplifting: Crime Prevention
	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 with Cabinet colleagues to increase deterrents for shoplifting.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>Shoplifting continues to increase at an unacceptable level, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.</p><p>This Government will end the effective immunity, introduced by the previous Government, granted to low level shoplifting of goods under £200 and introduce a new offence of assaulting a retail worker to protect the hardworking and dedicated staff that work in stores.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 16/09/2024 14:33:43 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728431

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have absconded from immigration detention in each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on escapes from immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on escapes from detention centres and absconds from escort is published by year in table Det_05a of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#detention" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The published data covers the period from 2017 to 2023. Data prior to 2017 is not published. Data for the year 2024 is due to be published in the August 2025 edition of the publication.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 18/09/2024 09:09:00 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728436

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of former asylum applicants who have withdrawn their applications (a) have left the country and (b) her Department knew the location of in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish the information you have requested, we are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 18/09/2024 15:10:09 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728438

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to the public purse of (a) legal fees and (b) related costs incurred for the rejection of freedom of information requests between 30 March 2020 and 9 September 2024 seeking the publication of the report entitled, The Historical Roots of the Windrush Scandal.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	4962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>We do not know the total legal fees incurred as we have not yet been billed for the complete period between 30 March 2020 to 9 September 2024, but we expect the final cost to be in the region of £20,000-£22,500. There was no awarding of costs in the First Tier Tribunal judgment that the Department must disclose the Historical Roots of the Windrush Scandal report. The only other costs incurred were Home Office officials’ time.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 18/09/2024 15:50:03 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1728441

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Police Air Service: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the sufficiency of funding to the National Police Air Service.
	tabling member constituency	South Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	5112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The National Police Air Service (NPAS) provides borderless, round-the-clock, crewed police air support across England and Wales.</p><p>The Home Office supports NPAS through the provision of an annual capital grant. For the Financial Year 2024/25, this grant is £11.46m. The NPAS revenue budget is funded through contributions from police forces. For Financial Year 2024/25 this budget is £49.6m.</p><p>Funding for future financial years will be agreed as part of the ongoing Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 16/09/2024 14:37:05 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1728448

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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 steps she is taking to tackle online grooming of children.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to working across government to take robust action to better safeguard children from all forms of child sexual abuse, including online grooming, and to ensure victims and survivors receive appropriate care and support while perpetrators face the full force of the law.</p><p>The Home Office funds a network of Undercover Online Officers (UCOLs) in Regional Organised Crime Units who deploy online to identify and pursue offenders seeking to groom or otherwise sexually abuse children.</p><p>Through the Online Safety Act, for the first time, tech companies will be held accountable to an independent regulator to keep their users safe. All in scope companies will need to take action to prevent the use of their services for criminal activity. Child sexual exploitation and abuse is categorised as priority illegal content, which includes grooming. In addition, officials engage directly with a range of tech companies to ensure they are taking a safety-by-design approach and are tackling the risks of child sexual abuse and exploitation on their platforms including grooming.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips question first answered 17/09/2024 11:38:29 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728487

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Anti-corruption Champion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prime Minister plans to appoint an anti-corruption champion.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt.Hon Member to my previous response, reference UIN 3572, answered on the 4th September 2024.</p> answering member constituency Barnsley North answering member printed Dan Jarvis question first answered 17/09/2024 15:10:32 answering member 4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728568

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Public Service: Harassment
	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 31 July 2024, to Question 1220, on Public Service: Harassment, if she will place in the House of Commons Library a copy of the minutes for the roundtable to discuss political intimidation; and what the policy decisions from that meeting were.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to place a copy of the minutes of the roundtable discussion on political intimidation in the House of Commons Library.</p><p>The discussions are considered confidential.</p> answering member constituency Barnsley North answering member printed Dan Jarvis question first answered 17/09/2024 15:05:51 answering member 4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728618

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Shellfish: Animal Experiments
	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 publish the findings of the Decapods: Call for Evidence, published on 5 July 2023; and what recent estimate she has made of when the Animals in Science Committee will report on options for the future regulation of the use of decapod crustaceans in research.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	5059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Following earlier research and reports on this issue, the next step is for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to decide whether to regulate Decapods under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.</p><p>Any decision of publication of earlier research or the commissioning of further advice will follow in due course.</p> answering member constituency Barnsley North answering member printed Dan Jarvis question first answered 17/09/2024 16:01:00 answering member 4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1728624

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Nuneaton
	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 suitability of Nuneaton constituency for a youth hub in the context of plans relating to the young futures unit.
	tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
	tabling member printed	Jodie Gosling
	uin	5166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to rolling out a network of Young Futures Hubs which will bring together services to help improve the way young people can access the support they need.</p><p>Over the coming weeks we will be engaging with local communities, the police, charities, and other key partners to support the design of the Young Futures programme, including hubs and explore options for their delivery.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 16/09/2024 14:35:13 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	5036

1728651

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: 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 positions in her Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
	tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
	uin	5193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Home Office does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information on spending and staffing can be found in the Department's annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 18/09/2024 10:56:12 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	5158

1728658

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals
	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 foreign nationals who receive a custodial prison sentence are deported on completion of their sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	Jo White
	uin	5200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly publishes statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders by nationality and year. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending June 2024, which are available at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The published statistics refer to enforced returns which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws, and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily.</p><p>Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately available.</p><p>We are committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities. Foreign nationals who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, where appropriate, we will pursue their deportation and they will be swiftly removed from the country.</p><p>In order to reduce the FNO prison population and support the MoJ in alleviating current prison capacity issues, we are focussing resources on those cases currently serving custodial sentences and maximising returns directly from prison.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 17/09/2024 09:31:08 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	5105

1728701

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Accreditation UK scheme for institutions providing courses to students on a Sponsored Study visa.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	5243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>International students using the student and child student routes must be sponsored by an education provider that holds a Student sponsor licence.</p><p>Education providers wishing to sponsor international students must obtain and maintain a Home Office Sponsor licence to do so and must be assessed for educational quality by an Educational Oversight body. We keep our immigration policies and Student sponsorship system under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 18/09/2024 15:52:43 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
	tabling member	5210

1727966

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 and, if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
	uin	HL887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Secretary set out the government’s position in respect of the Illegal Migration Act in her statement to the house on 22<sup>nd</sup> July 2024. Any legislative plans flowing from the statement will be set out in the normal way in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 17/09/2024 15:31:45 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
	tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1728013

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on underage (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) abuse of (i) alcohol and (ii) drugs.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	4712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.</p><p>Policing in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter but the Home Office works with a wide range of partners to share best practice and knowledge.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 16/09/2024 14:14:21 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728056

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have (a) been recruited by and (b) left the National Crime Agency since January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The NCA recruits officers using the Civil Service Recruitment Principles of fair and open competition and appointment by merit. For campaigns run on this basis, it does not centrally record candidates’ originator organisations. I am therefore unable to provide the breakdown of numbers of Police Officers who have been recruited into the agency since 2023 and Police Officers who have left.</p><p>The NCA also runs a programme of secondment only recruitment campaigns which are targeted at Police Forces and offer opportunities for Police Officers to work at the NCA for fixed periods of time before returning to their original force. Since April 2023, 20 officers have joined the NCA on secondment from Police Forces. The secondment route makes up only a very small proportion of our overall workforce planning process.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 16/09/2024 14:18:39 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728237

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Violence: Migrants
	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 take steps to extend the Domestic Violence Indefinite Leave to Remain and Destitution Domestic Violence Concession to all migrant victims of domestic abuse regardless of immigration status.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this government and our mission is to halve levels of violence against women and girls within a decade.</p><p>We are reviewing all the issues impacting migrant victims of domestic abuse including the scope of both the Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession (formerly the Destitution Domestic Violence Concession) and the provisions of Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse (formerly Domestic Violence Indefinite Leave to Remain).</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 17/09/2024 15:07:35 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
	tabling member	5210

1728238

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
	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 take steps to ensure that her Department collects (a) comprehensive, (b) comparable and (c) disaggregated data on (i) violence against women and girls, (ii) the protected characteristics of (A) victims and (B) perpetrators and (iii) their relationship.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes a wide range of statistics collected across government on offences disproportionately experienced by women and girls. This includes data on the demographic characteristics of victims and their relationships with perpetrators.</p><p>The department is working with ONS and other government departments to improve and expand data collections in this area to provide a stronger evidence base to inform the Government’s commitment to halve violence against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips question first answered 17/09/2024 11:18:12 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	tabling member	5210

1728239

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether future funding for organisations tackling violence against women and girls will (a) support the full running costs of services, (b) make provision for cost of living increases over the funding period and (c) allow for the remuneration of staff.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>To make our streets safe, we must drastically reduce serious violent crimes and violence against women and girls; increase confidence in the police; stop young people falling into crime and make our criminal justice system work for victims.</p><p>We have set out our mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.</p><p>This Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and will use every tool to target perpetrators and ensure survivors have access to the support they need.</p><p>All decisions on funding will be made in due course as part of the Spending Review. The Majority of funding in this space is from MoJ and MHCLG.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips question first answered 17/09/2024 16:36:56 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	tabling member	5210

1728244

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Illegal Migration Act 2023
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to remove clauses 22-25 from the Illegal Migration Act 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Secretary set out the government’s position in respect of the Illegal Migration Act in her statement to the house on 22<sup>nd</sup> July 2024. Any legislative plans from the statement will be set out in the normal way in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 17/09/2024 09:23:42 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	5210

1728245

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	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 Sections 14.128-131 of the Modern Slavery Guidance, published in May 2024, if her Department will take steps to amend the prioritisation criteria to ensure her Department prioritises conclusive grounds cases for people in the National Referral Mechanism that have waited the longest.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery; ensuring that victims are provided with the support they need to begin rebuilding their lives and that those responsible are prosecuted.</p><p>The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery which works to ensure that confirmed victims receive support until they no longer have recovery needs, or until these needs are met by other services, including if this takes 12 months, or longer.</p><p>The unprecedented increase in the volume of referrals into the NRM has presented significant challenges in resourcing and workflow, and we recognise that wait times are too long. Work has been done to increase capacity for decision making, improve operational effectiveness and testing alternative approaches to decision making, but recognise that more needs to be done and are considering options. I am as keen as you to ensure that this happens.</p><p>We keep all policies and processes under review.</p><p>The Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance sets out when access to modern slavery support may be withheld and that potential victims in the NRM can choose to have legal representation. It also sets out the current prioritisation approach and priorities can change periodically in line with Ministerial arrangements under the Equality Act 2010. Any changes to the prioritisation criteria will be reflected in this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips grouped question UIN 4814 4815 question first answered 17/09/2024 16:33:58 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	tabling member	5210

1728246

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: 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 her Department is taking to ensure that competent authorities issue decisions on (a) reasonable grounds within five working days and (b) conclusive grounds within 30 days of a reasonable grounds decision; and if her Department will provide support for all victims of modern slavery who have been given a positive conclusive grounds decision for at least 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery; ensuring that victims are provided with the support they need to begin rebuilding their lives and that those responsible are prosecuted.</p><p>The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery which works to ensure that confirmed victims receive support until they no longer have recovery needs, or until these needs are met by other services, including if this takes 12 months, or longer.</p><p>The unprecedented increase in the volume of referrals into the NRM has presented significant challenges in resourcing and workflow, and we recognise that wait times are too long. Work has been done to increase capacity for decision making, improve operational effectiveness and testing alternative approaches to decision making, but recognise that more needs to be done and are considering options. I am as keen as you to ensure that this happens.</p><p>We keep all policies and processes under review.</p><p>The Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance sets out when access to modern slavery support may be withheld and that potential victims in the NRM can choose to have legal representation. It also sets out the current prioritisation approach and priorities can change periodically in line with Ministerial arrangements under the Equality Act 2010. Any changes to the prioritisation criteria will be reflected in this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips grouped question UIN 4813 4815 question first answered 17/09/2024 16:33:58 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	tabling member	5210

1728247

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	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 take steps to amend the Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance, published in May 2024, to ensure that people who (a) have been referred to the National Referral Mechanism and (b) do not have legal representation cannot have support from her Department withdrawn from them.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery; ensuring that victims are provided with the support they need to begin rebuilding their lives and that those responsible are prosecuted.</p><p>The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery which works to ensure that confirmed victims receive support until they no longer have recovery needs, or until these needs are met by other services, including if this takes 12 months, or longer.</p><p>The unprecedented increase in the volume of referrals into the NRM has presented significant challenges in resourcing and workflow, and we recognise that wait times are too long. Work has been done to increase capacity for decision making, improve operational effectiveness and testing alternative approaches to decision making, but recognise that more needs to be done and are considering options. I am as keen as you to ensure that this happens.</p><p>We keep all policies and processes under review.</p><p>The Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance sets out when access to modern slavery support may be withheld and that potential victims in the NRM can choose to have legal representation. It also sets out the current prioritisation approach and priorities can change periodically in line with Ministerial arrangements under the Equality Act 2010. Any changes to the prioritisation criteria will be reflected in this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips grouped question UIN 4813 4814 question first answered 17/09/2024 16:33:57 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	tabling member	5210

1728248

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees
	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 take steps to extend the move-on period for newly-recognised refugees to a minimum of 56 days.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is aware of the need for a smooth transition out of asylum accommodation for recognised refugees. The Home Office works closely with MHCLG on ensuring move-on works effectively, so that those granted refugee status can integrate into society and work.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 17/09/2024 16:40:00 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	5210

1728266

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many beds are reserved to house irregular migrants; and what the cost is of those beds.
	tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
	tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
	uin	4834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not reserve beds for irregular migrants. In accordance with the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly. This includes identifying a range of options to reduce the use of hotels over time and ensuring efficiency and value for money across all accommodation arrangements.</p><p>Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>)</p><p>As was the case under the previous government, the Home Office does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates asylum accommodation costs by type. The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cc0b1f42fdf2b424464e708dcd17271af%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638615536661933685%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VLHF3QsEXd%2BctW%2B71XIQ25QtJLoQSki8%2BmYztPN%2BdCw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>).</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 17/09/2024 16:37:09 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	5158