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1668407

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of individuals that have applied to make contributions to fill gaps in their state pension contributions are waiting to commence those contributions as of 8 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Information on how many people have paid voluntary National Insurance contributions and are waiting to have those contributions credited to their National Insurance record is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/11/2023 12:04:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1653368

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall of 30 June 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	194372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The email from the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall has been responded to on the 19<sup>th </sup>July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/07/2023 13:46:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1602952

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made as a result of the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	162153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer that was given on 12 January 2023 to the Question UIN 114508.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/03/2023 17:35:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1602953

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who will become bankrupt as a result of the Loan Charge in the next twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	162154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer that I gave on 6 February to the Hon Members for Richmond Park, UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-31/136718" target="_blank">136718</a> and Strangford, UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-01/137775" target="_blank">137775</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/03/2023 17:09:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1367449

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on opening the Afghan citizens' resettlement scheme; and what estimate she has made of the date on which that scheme will open to applicants.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	72379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Secretary continues to meet regularly with Ministers to discuss the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the wider response to events in Afghanistan.</p><p>The scheme is not yet open and remains under development, given the complex and challenging situation in Afghanistan. However, the first to be resettled through this scheme will be some of those who arrived in the UK as a result of the evacuation (Operation Pitting), which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk – including women’s rights activists, prosecutors and journalists.</p><p>Further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the ACRS is set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/11/2021 16:14:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1313956

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2021
	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
	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 the collection of adequate data on child sexual abuse that is comparable across police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse is an abhorrent crime and we will leave no stone unturned to prevent and pursue offenders, protect children and young people, and support victims and survivors from all backgrounds.</p><p>All police forces routinely collect data on recorded child sexual abuse offences, including offences related to indecent images of children. These figures are published quarterly by the Office for National statistics, and are broken down by offence types and police force areas. In the most recent data, published 13 May 2021, there were nearly 90,000 CSA offences recorded, an increase of nearly 300% since 2013. <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingdecember2020" target="_blank">Crime in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Government is clear that understanding possible drivers of crime is key to developing ways to prevent offending and better support victims. That is why the Home Secretary introduced a new requirement for police forces to collect ethnicity data for those arrested and held in custody as a result of their suspected involvement in group-based child sexual exploitation in March 2021. Complying with the requirement will be voluntary for one year to allow forces to update their systems, after which it will become mandatory. This follows the Government’s commitment in the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy (January 2021) to improve the quality of data collected on the characteristics of offenders.</p><p>Police forces have a duty to collect this data through the Annual Data Requirement (ADR) as set out in the Police Act 1996. The ADR is reviewed on an annual basis, and the Home Office will continue to consider data requirements in relation to child sexual abuse, ensuring that all proposals for new data collections are consulted on with the police to ensure that such requests are proportionate, and do not place unnecessary burdens on police forces.</p><p>Additionally the Government is constantly striving to better understand the nature of child sexual abuse through the work of the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse, which it established in 2017, and the insight of other experts including the ONS and the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse, who have produced research on ethnic minority victims of CSEA.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 670 question first answered 17/05/2021 16:48:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1313957

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2021
	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: Ethnic Groups
	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 merits of collecting ethnicity as part of child sexual abuse data.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse is an abhorrent crime and we will leave no stone unturned to prevent and pursue offenders, protect children and young people, and support victims and survivors from all backgrounds.</p><p>All police forces routinely collect data on recorded child sexual abuse offences, including offences related to indecent images of children. These figures are published quarterly by the Office for National statistics, and are broken down by offence types and police force areas. In the most recent data, published 13 May 2021, there were nearly 90,000 CSA offences recorded, an increase of nearly 300% since 2013. <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingdecember2020" target="_blank">Crime in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Government is clear that understanding possible drivers of crime is key to developing ways to prevent offending and better support victims. That is why the Home Secretary introduced a new requirement for police forces to collect ethnicity data for those arrested and held in custody as a result of their suspected involvement in group-based child sexual exploitation in March 2021. Complying with the requirement will be voluntary for one year to allow forces to update their systems, after which it will become mandatory. This follows the Government’s commitment in the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy (January 2021) to improve the quality of data collected on the characteristics of offenders.</p><p>Police forces have a duty to collect this data through the Annual Data Requirement (ADR) as set out in the Police Act 1996. The ADR is reviewed on an annual basis, and the Home Office will continue to consider data requirements in relation to child sexual abuse, ensuring that all proposals for new data collections are consulted on with the police to ensure that such requests are proportionate, and do not place unnecessary burdens on police forces.</p><p>Additionally the Government is constantly striving to better understand the nature of child sexual abuse through the work of the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse, which it established in 2017, and the insight of other experts including the ONS and the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse, who have produced research on ethnic minority victims of CSEA.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 669 question first answered 17/05/2021 16:48:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1105174

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Shoplifting: Ealing Southall
	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 support convenience retailers in Ealing, Southall following shop thefts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	237056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>All forms of retail crime are unacceptable, and everyone has the right to feel safe at work.</p><p>I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) which brings together partners including the police, trade bodies – including the Associ-ation of Convenience Stores - and retailers and is overseeing a range of work to tackle retail crime. This includes the collation and dissemination of good practice and developing guidance on the use of Impact Statements for Business, which give victims of business crime the opportunity to set out the impact the crime has had on the business, including, for example, financial loss. The NRCSG also continues to work with retailers to improve the management and response to shop theft using a partnership ap-proach according to local circumstances.</p><p>On 21 January I announced that we will launch a call for evidence on violence and abuse towards shop workers to strengthen our understanding of this issue, including how existing legislation is being applied.</p><p>In addition, the Sentencing Council is reviewing its guidelines on assault and a consultation on a revised guideline is anticipated to commence this Summer.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 237057 question first answered 01/04/2019 16:57:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1105176

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing tougher sentences for people attacking shopworkers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	237057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>All forms of retail crime are unacceptable, and everyone has the right to feel safe at work.</p><p>I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) which brings together partners including the police, trade bodies – including the Associ-ation of Convenience Stores - and retailers and is overseeing a range of work to tackle retail crime. This includes the collation and dissemination of good practice and developing guidance on the use of Impact Statements for Business, which give victims of business crime the opportunity to set out the impact the crime has had on the business, including, for example, financial loss. The NRCSG also continues to work with retailers to improve the management and response to shop theft using a partnership ap-proach according to local circumstances.</p><p>On 21 January I announced that we will launch a call for evidence on violence and abuse towards shop workers to strengthen our understanding of this issue, including how existing legislation is being applied.</p><p>In addition, the Sentencing Council is reviewing its guidelines on assault and a consultation on a revised guideline is anticipated to commence this Summer.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 237056 question first answered 01/04/2019 16:57:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

917373

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the number of forced marriages that have taken place involving (a) a male and (b) a female below the age of 16 in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	149989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a world-leader in the fight to tackle the brutal practice of forced marriage. The joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Forced Marriage Unit provides vital support to between 1,200 -1,400 potential cases a year.</p><p><br>Forced marriage is a hidden crime and therefore the total number of victims who entered a forced marriage is unknown. In 2017, FMU assisted 164 female victims and 22 male victims who were 15 and under. In 2016, FMU assisted 207 female victims and 13 male victim who were 15 and under. In 2015, FMU assisted 160 female victims and 14 male victim who were 15 and under.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/06/2018 11:59:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma