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1122887

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Labour: Car Washes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of forced labour exploitation in the hand car wash sector in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
	uin	HL15278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to raising awareness and tackling labour exploitation in hand car washes. We have reformed the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, giving it a wider remit and police powers to investigate labour market offences, including modern slavery across all sectors of the economy.</p><p>Tackling labour exploitation at hand car washes has been the focus of increased law enforcement activity in recent years, with 195 operations led by the police and 19 led by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority since 2016.</p><p>We are also improving our evidence base to better understand the extent of the issue across the country and encourage reporting, so that the police and the GLAA can focus resources where they are needed. The Clewer Initiative’s Safe Car Wash App is supporting this work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15279 HL15280 question first answered 09/05/2019 15:03:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

1122888

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Labour: Car Washes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address forced labour exploitation in the hand car wash sector.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
	uin	HL15279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to raising awareness and tackling labour exploitation in hand car washes. We have reformed the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, giving it a wider remit and police powers to investigate labour market offences, including modern slavery across all sectors of the economy.</p><p>Tackling labour exploitation at hand car washes has been the focus of increased law enforcement activity in recent years, with 195 operations led by the police and 19 led by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority since 2016.</p><p>We are also improving our evidence base to better understand the extent of the issue across the country and encourage reporting, so that the police and the GLAA can focus resources where they are needed. The Clewer Initiative’s Safe Car Wash App is supporting this work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15278 HL15280 question first answered 09/05/2019 15:03:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

1122889

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Labour: Car Washes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by the University of Nottingham Rights Lab Safe Car Wash App Report, published on 7 April.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
	uin	HL15280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to raising awareness and tackling labour exploitation in hand car washes. We have reformed the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, giving it a wider remit and police powers to investigate labour market offences, including modern slavery across all sectors of the economy.</p><p>Tackling labour exploitation at hand car washes has been the focus of increased law enforcement activity in recent years, with 195 operations led by the police and 19 led by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority since 2016.</p><p>We are also improving our evidence base to better understand the extent of the issue across the country and encourage reporting, so that the police and the GLAA can focus resources where they are needed. The Clewer Initiative’s Safe Car Wash App is supporting this work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15278 HL15279 question first answered 09/05/2019 15:03:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

1122890

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brexit: Demonstrations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Metropolitan Police Service about (1) the cost of policing, and (2) the number of Metropolitan police officers deployed at, the Brexit demonstrations outside Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL15281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers regularly meet with the Metropolitan Police to discuss a range of issues, including policing costs and pressures facing the force.</p><p><br>The number of officers deployed at demonstrations outside Parliament is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/05/2019 14:24:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1122897

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Street Preachers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 3 April (HL14707), whether the Home Office provides any particular guidance to police officers in relation to freedom of speech and street preachers; whether police officers receive training on religious literacy; and if so, whether any such training is mandatory.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL15288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has not issued guidance to the police in relation to freedom of speech and street preachers. The training of police officers is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/05/2019 14:21:53 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1122904

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the UK leaving the EU will change the rights, responsibilities and status of European citizens resident in the UK with granted settled status.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL15295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has introduced the EU Settlement Scheme to enable all qualifying EEA and Swiss citizens, and their family members, to obtain an immigration status in the UK.</p><p>Obtaining settled status (indefinite leave to remain) under the scheme will ensure EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members have no immigration conditions placed on their residence in the UK, provided they remain resident here. This status will protect, and enable them to demonstrate, their rights to work, education, healthcare, and access to benefits and public services in the UK in line with UK nationals. Where individuals have obtained settled status before the UK leaves the EU, that immigration status will continue to have effect and will not change when we leave.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/05/2019 14:23:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1122906

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vagrancy Act 1824
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been arrested under the provisions of the Vagrancy Act 1824 since 1989.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL15297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested as only data on arrests for notifiable offences are collected and offences under the Vagrancy Act are not notifiable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/05/2019 14:22:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1122932

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Organised Crime: Rural Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 April (HL15089), whether organised acquisitive crime in rural areas is rising.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL15323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales which the independent Office for National Statistics cites as the most reliable measure of long-term trends in crime does not capture whether or not crime is perpetrated by organised criminal gangs.</p><p><br>Some information about organised crime committed against businesses is available from the Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS). Victims of crime interviewed by the CVS are asked whether they perceived crimes to have been committed by “an organised group of criminals”, a “loosely knit group”, or “someone working alone”. It is important to note the subjective nature of this question and findings should be interpreted with caution.</p><p><br>The 2017 CVS showed that 39% of business premises in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector that had been victims of burglary thought it was committed by “an organised group of criminals”, an increase of 16 percentage points compared with the previous survey in 2013. Estimates for other acquisitive crimes are not available due to small sample sizes in the survey.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/05/2019 15:35:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1122884

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information leaflets they publish about female genital mutilation; and whether any of these are in an easy read format for people with limited literacy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
	uin	HL15275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. The Government is clear that we will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong suffering to women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office’s FGM unit is driving a step change in our nationwide out-reach on FGM. The Unit is providing outreach support to local areas and working to raise awareness of resources available to professionals, including training, best practice examples and information on legislation and policy. Resources include an e-learning package, various communication materials such as leaflets and posters highlighting the legislation and health impacts of FGM and an online resource pack for local areas. These materials are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-leaflet" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-leaflet</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-opposing-female-genital-mutilation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-opposing-female-genital-mutilation</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fact-sheet-on-mandatory-reporting-of-female-genital-mutilation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fact-sheet-on-mandatory-reporting-of-female-genital-mutilation</a></p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-resource-pack</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fgm-campaign-materials.</p><p>The FGM communications campaign and materials were developed following consultation with the FGM sector and the need for easy read materials was not raised during this consultation. These materials are not available in Easy Read format but have been drafted to be accessible to those with a basic understanding of English.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 6_1639_HO_SP_FGM_mandatory_reporting_Fact_sheet_Web.pdf title FGM Mandatory Reporting - Fact Sheet 2 file name 2905975_FGM_Passport_v1_0A.PDF title FGM Passport 3 file name FGM_The_Facts_A6_v4_web.pdf title FGM - The Fact Sheet question first answered 09/05/2019 15:21:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1122826

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what preparations have been made to enhance passport checking systems at each of Northern Ireland's airports.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	246947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Border Security is and will remain a departmental priority.</p><p>Border Force conducts 100% checks on people entering the UK on sched-uled services, together with risked-based intelligence-led interventions at smaller ports and airfields.</p><p>All passengers arriving in the UK at passport control are checked against police, security and immigration watch lists on arrival at the border. The majority of these are checked against our systems before they even travel, through the collection of advanced passenger information (API). API helps protect the UK against terrorist attacks, serious cross-border crime and abuses of the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/04/2019 13:50:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn