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535284

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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 the average waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the Metropolitan Police Service.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	42334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>From June 2015 to May 2016, the average time taken to complete Disclosure checks by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) was 94 days and for the police as a whole, 22 days.</p><p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is working closely with the small number of forces, including the MPS, whose performance does not meet turnaround time targets. The performance of police disclosure units is an operational issue for individual police forces and the MPS has established a Gold Group to oversee the recovery plan which they have in place to reduce the time taken. I have made clear to the MPS that its current delays must be addressed as a matter of priority and I continue to maintain close oversight of the progress being made.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 42335 question first answered 20/07/2016 13:14:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

535285

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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 the average waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the police.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	42335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>From June 2015 to May 2016, the average time taken to complete Disclosure checks by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) was 94 days and for the police as a whole, 22 days.</p><p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is working closely with the small number of forces, including the MPS, whose performance does not meet turnaround time targets. The performance of police disclosure units is an operational issue for individual police forces and the MPS has established a Gold Group to oversee the recovery plan which they have in place to reduce the time taken. I have made clear to the MPS that its current delays must be addressed as a matter of priority and I continue to maintain close oversight of the progress being made.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 42334 question first answered 20/07/2016 13:14:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

535552

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Modern Slavery Act 2015
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the implementation plan and monitoring framework for the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
	uin	42479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>While there are no plans to publish an additional plan or monitoring framework, the Government has several mechanisms overseeing implementation and monitoring of the Modern Slavery Act and Strategy. The Inter-Departmental Group for Modern Slavery, chaired by the Hoe Secretary, publishes an annual report on Government work to tackle modern slavery. The Modern Slavery Threat Group chaired by the National Policing Lead, oversees the operational response. And the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner will publish his first annual report about the UK's response this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/07/2016 12:10:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

535555

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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, whether her Department has received representations from the police on increasing resources related to criminal record check disclosure requests.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	42573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2016 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring service works directly with each police force to agree a budget annually based on the expected numbers of local checks and considers any requests for additional resources as part of these discussions.</p><p>In 2015/16 the Disclosure and Barring Service had a target of processing 85% of all applications within 21 days. Some of the over four million applications received each year need to be referred to one or more police forces for further checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service funds Police disclosure units.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/07/2016 15:43:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

535556

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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 targets her Department has in place to ensure criminal records check disclosures are processed efficiently.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	42523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2016 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring service works directly with each police force to agree a budget annually based on the expected numbers of local checks and considers any requests for additional resources as part of these discussions.</p><p>In 2015/16 the Disclosure and Barring Service had a target of processing 85% of all applications within 21 days. Some of the over four million applications received each year need to be referred to one or more police forces for further checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service funds Police disclosure units.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/07/2016 16:49:17 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

535557

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Croydon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of hate crime were reported in Croydon in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	42545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police at the police force area level. The Metropolitan police force recorded 13,889 hate crimes in 2014/15.</p><p>Further information on hate crime can be found in Hate Crimes, England and Wales, 2014/15, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2014-to-2015</p><p>Data for 2015/16 are due to be published in October 2016.</p><p>This Government is committed to tackling hate crime. The UK has one of the strongest legislative frameworks in the world to tackle hate crime. We are working across Government with police, (including National Community Tensions Team), the Crown Prosecution Service and community partners to send out a clear message that hate crime will not be tolerated and we will vigorously pursue and prosecute those who commit these crimes.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/07/2016 16:25:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

536175

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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 has taken to raise awareness among public authorities of their statutory duty to notify her where they have reasonable grounds to believe that a person may be a victim of slavery or human trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	42651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>We published guidance on the Modern Slavery Act on GOV.UK and a circular was sent to all bodies who are subject to the duty. We will publish data on notifications received and carry out further awareness-raising activity later this year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 42652 question first answered 20/07/2016 12:45:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

536176

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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, how many notifications her Department has received under section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 relating to slavery or human trafficking of (a) children and (b) adults.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	42652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>We published guidance on the Modern Slavery Act on GOV.UK and a circular was sent to all bodies who are subject to the duty. We will publish data on notifications received and carry out further awareness-raising activity later this year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 42651 question first answered 20/07/2016 12:45:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

536294

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Modern Slavery Act 2015
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when guidance on Part 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 was sent to (a) Chief Police Officers in England and Wales, (b) the National Crime Agency, (c) HM Inspectorate of Constabularies and the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	42668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Guidance on Part 1 was sent to Chief Officers of Police, the NCA, HMIC and other partners on 9 July 2015 as part of a broader Home Office circular on the Modern Slavery Act. The circular was not copied to the Independent Chief Inspector of Border and Immigration but is easily accessible on GOV.UK. All Border Force officers undergo mandatory training on identifying victims of modern slavery and have access to relevant guidance.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/07/2016 21:42:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

536490

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Lancashire
	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 human trafficking of women (a) from and (b) into Lancashire have taken place over the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	42877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of cases of human trafficking of women a) from and b) into Lancashire is not collated centrally. The available data on the number and profile of potential victims of human trafficking referred to the National Referral Mechanism can be found on the NCA website:</p><p>http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/specialist-capabilities/uk-human-trafficking-centre/national-referral-mechanism</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/07/2016 13:10:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans