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1247612

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are resourced contingency plans to counter the threat of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by terrorist groups within the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	109220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office and Police are working jointly to build a new national counter-drones capability, which will give the police the technology, resource and training required to effectively tackle the illegal use of drones.</p><p>There is no single means of protecting the UK from malicious drones use, which is why the Home Office, via the UK Counter-unmanned Aircraft Strategy has committed to developing a layered approach to counter malicious drone use. This layered approach includes: improved public understanding of safe drone operation; requiring drones over a certain size to be registered; requiring commercial drone pilots to be licenced, with full risk assessments in place for any companies operating commercial drones.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/11/2020 18:20:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1247613

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of whether the UK regulatory framework is sufficient to facilitate fast and effective use of counter UAV technology by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	109221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>To ensure police have the powers required to effectively tackle drone misuse by authorising the use of counter UAV technology, The Home Office have been supporting the Department for Transport as they lead in developing and introducing the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft (ATMUA) Bill. The ATMUA Bill gives Police, Senior Prison Officers and Civil Nuclear Constabulary the ability to authorise the use of counter UAV technology to protect the public and Critical National Infrastructure sites.</p><p>The ATMUA Bill will develop new norms of safe drone use while enabling an effective operational response to drone misuse.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2020 16:49:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1247614

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the research of counter UAV technology is coordinated across Government departments.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	109222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>Those engaged in work to counter the treat from drones, consists of a variety of departments including the Department for Transport, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy amongst others co-ordinated by the Home Office.</p><p>Science and Technology teams within this cross-government community work collaboratively to ensure the best use of resource and collaborative problem solving. This collaboration is facilitated by an established governance system of Senior and working level boards and working groups. These strong working relationships have enabled the community to test existing and help develop future counter UAV technology and support industry to better meet the UK’s security needs.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/11/2020 18:25:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1247616

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Diplomatic Service: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Office, what counter UAV technology is available to close protection details assigned to travelling Government (a) VVIPs and (b) foreign missions.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	109224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on the security arrangements for protected individuals. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals concerned.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2020 11:35:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1247968

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detainees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British citizens and (b) British citizens who had their citizenship revoked are known to have escaped from detention in camps or prisons in northeast Syria since Baghouz fell in March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	110290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The safety and security of Internally Displaced Persons camps and detention centres in northeast Syria is the responsibility of the detaining authority.</p><p>The UK’s aim is to see that justice and accountability are achieved for all parties and that those who have committed crimes in the name of Daesh are prosecuted for their crimes, in a manner consistent with relevant domestic and international standards.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/11/2020 16:24:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1247970

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British citizens have returned home since March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	110291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>Around 900 people have travelled from the UK to engage with the conflict in Syria and Iraq, against the advice of the Foreign Office. Of these, approximately 20% have been killed in the conflict and around 40% have returned to the UK.</p><p>We can confirm that in the last 12 months there have been a small number of British children who have left Syria and returned to the UK via third countries.</p><p>The Government’s priority is the safety and security of the people who live here. All of those who have returned, have been investigated and the majority have been assessed to pose no, or a low security risk.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/12/2020 11:53:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1247971

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many TPIMS are in force for British citizen returnees from Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	110292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The number of people on TPIMs is published quarterly by the Home Secretary. The Home Office does not comment on the background or circumstances of individual TPIM notices.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2020 16:59:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1179269

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hikvision
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria his Department used in the decision to invite Hikvision to the Security and Policing Trade Fair in March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	18986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Companies register for Security and Policing exhibition and conference via the ADS website and must meet at least one of the following criteria:</p><ul><li>UK company manufacturing relevant products and equipment;</li><li>UK company supplying a relevant service;</li><li>International company (manufacturer and/or supplier) with registered offices in the UK;</li><li>International company with an innovative product and/or service not available in the UK looking for UK representation.</li></ul> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/02/2020 17:17:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1180395

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 11 February 2020 to Question 12377, on Offenders: Radicalism, if she will list the (a) knowledge and (b) skills criteria required by Imams when recruited to challenge the beliefs of radicalised offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	20561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has formulated a combined response to the Member’s questions given the connected nature of the questions.</p><p> </p><p>23 Chaplaincy Intervention Providers (IPs) have been selected to deliver the Theological and Ideological Interventions (TII) Programme in prisons. All Chaplaincy IPs are existing HMPPS Chaplaincy employees – recommended by HMPPS Counter-Terrorism specialist frontline staff, and subject to Government vetting and due diligence checks.</p><p> </p><p>They were selected based on experience, knowledge and skills in challenging extremism, including but not limited to strong communication skills, experience in supporting the rehabilitation of TACT and TACT-connected offenders, and previous theological training.</p><p> </p><p>It would be inappropriate to release the names of the Chaplaincy IPs, as these are operational staff who are not Senior Civil Servants.</p><p> </p><p>The onboarding of Chaplaincy IPs includes an initial week-long training package on how to deliver one-to-one interventions, theological and ideological narratives and counter narratives; and, psychological therapeutic approaches. Training is delivered and reviewed in partnership with local Counter-Terrorism teams, and other practitioners working in complementary fields. Chaplaincy IPs also receive ongoing training, support and feedback via headquarters, their local counter terrorism teams, and external practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to release the Chaplaincy IP training materials. This is because the likely threat to the good order and security of prisons, and the implications of this for prisoners and staff, favours non-disclosure of information detailing operational procedure such as guidance around extremist behavioural indicators and staff reporting and case management of offenders’ extremism risk.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20562 20563 20564 question first answered 25/06/2020 17:02:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1180396

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 11 February 2020 to Question 12377, on Offenders: Radicalism, if she will publish the training materials on (a) theology and (b) counter-terrorism for the Theological and Ideological Interventions Programme that are used to train Imams tasked with challenging the beliefs of radicalised offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	20562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has formulated a combined response to the Member’s questions given the connected nature of the questions.</p><p> </p><p>23 Chaplaincy Intervention Providers (IPs) have been selected to deliver the Theological and Ideological Interventions (TII) Programme in prisons. All Chaplaincy IPs are existing HMPPS Chaplaincy employees – recommended by HMPPS Counter-Terrorism specialist frontline staff, and subject to Government vetting and due diligence checks.</p><p> </p><p>They were selected based on experience, knowledge and skills in challenging extremism, including but not limited to strong communication skills, experience in supporting the rehabilitation of TACT and TACT-connected offenders, and previous theological training.</p><p> </p><p>It would be inappropriate to release the names of the Chaplaincy IPs, as these are operational staff who are not Senior Civil Servants.</p><p> </p><p>The onboarding of Chaplaincy IPs includes an initial week-long training package on how to deliver one-to-one interventions, theological and ideological narratives and counter narratives; and, psychological therapeutic approaches. Training is delivered and reviewed in partnership with local Counter-Terrorism teams, and other practitioners working in complementary fields. Chaplaincy IPs also receive ongoing training, support and feedback via headquarters, their local counter terrorism teams, and external practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to release the Chaplaincy IP training materials. This is because the likely threat to the good order and security of prisons, and the implications of this for prisoners and staff, favours non-disclosure of information detailing operational procedure such as guidance around extremist behavioural indicators and staff reporting and case management of offenders’ extremism risk.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 20561 20563 20564 question first answered 25/06/2020 17:02:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan