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451121

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2016
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5987
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	23/02/2016 12:53:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the start-up and annual costs of administering the new health and dental charges for New Zealand citizens coming into force on 6 April.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL5987
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5987
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>An Impact Assessment was published on 4 February 2016, alongside the draft Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2016. The draft Order will, subject to Parliamentary approval, remove the surcharge exemption for nationals of Australia and New Zealand and reduce the Youth Mobility Scheme charge from £200 to £150.</p><p>The Impact Assessment, which can be viewed at the link below, sets out the reason for these changes and estimates associated costs and benefits: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111143278/impacts</p><p>These documents are available in the following locations of the House: The Vote Office (Commons) Printed Paper Office (Lords)</p>
	creator	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

451330

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/02/2016
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prostitution
	house id	1
	identifier	26204
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	11/02/2016 16:56:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) she and (b) officials of her Department had with the National Police Chiefs' Council on its revised prostitution strategy.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26204
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26204
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Within the structure of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), chief officers are elected by their peers and take the lead on specific issues from a national operational perspective. It is for the national leads to establish working groups to support them in their role. The Home Office is in regular dialogue with on the NPCC Lead for Prostitution’s office, and as such discussed and commented on the current revision of the strategy.</p><p>Prostitution is a complex issue, which can impact on individuals and communities in many different ways, and we are therefore clear that local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond to issues around prostitution in their area. Police forces are assisted in doing so by the National Policing Lead’s refreshed Policing Sex Work Strategy, which stresses the priority of the public protection duty that the police services have in relation to the safety of those involved in prostitution.</p>
	creator	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

451349

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/02/2016
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	EU Immigration: Women and Children
	house id	1
	identifier	26308
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	18/02/2016 16:41:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Unicef press release of 2 February 2016, More children and women seek safety in Europe, what steps she is taking to support vulnerable women and children entering the UK.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26308
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26308
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We carefully consider all asylum claims and provide protection for those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations. We are committed to treating all those who seek asylum with dignity and respect, including women and girls whose fear is based on gender related persecution, such as sexual violence in conflict situations. We provide accommodation and other support that ensure asylum seekers are not destitute while their claim is considered. The Home Office liaises closely with corporate partners on gender related issues, including active involvement in the wider Home Office strategy to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG). We have developed an asylum gender action plan and have made good progress in improving the asylum process for women. We work closely with local authorities, children’s services and other agencies to ensure that asylum seeking children receive appropriate support and care. Local authorities, who lead on child protection, have a statutory duty under the Children Act to ensure that they safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, regardless of their immigration status or nationality. Under these arrangements, looked after children are provided with access to all their needs in relation to education, accommodation, psychological or health.</p>
	creator	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

451483

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	France: Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	identifier	26572
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/02/2016 15:11:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of the 2003 Le Touquet Treaty in international law.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26572
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26572
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Juxtaposed Controls were introduced for short sea crossings by the “Treaty Between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic Concerning the Implementation of Frontier Controls at the Sea ports of Both Countries on the Channel and North Sea”, signed at Le Touquet on 4 February 2003.</p><p>This bilateral agreement between the UK and France provides for immigration controls to be conducted by the country of arrival in designated control zones in the country of departure at both French and UK sea ports on the Channel and North Sea, including Calais and Dunkirk in France, and Dover in the UK.</p><p>The Le Touquet Treaty is an agreement concluded between the UK and France under international law.</p>
	creator	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

451548

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Smoke Alarms: Hearing Impaired
	house id	1
	identifier	26463
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	19/02/2016 09:30:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that local fire authorities install deaf awareness alternative smoke alarms in homes which make use of warning lights rather than sound as a warning system when requested.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26463
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26463
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We expect local fire and rescue authorities to determine how to allocate their resources to best protect their communities from the risks from fire. Although each authority delivers a range of community fire safety interventions designed to prevent and reduce the risk from accidental dwelling fires, all also carry out a programme of home fire safety visits. In some cases, these visits, which offered tailored fire safety advice in the home, are focussed specifically on those who may be particularly vulnerable, including older people and those with disabilities. Fire and rescue authorities will, in certain circumstances, offer to provide and install free smoke alarms to households without them. This will include alarms designed specifically for those who may be deaf or have other hearing difficulties. How fire and rescue authorities decide where best to target their home fire safety visits and what fire safety equipment, if any, would reduce most effectively the risk to the household is a local matter based on a local assessment of risk.</p>
	creator	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

451582

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airlines
	house id	1
	identifier	26397
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	18/02/2016 16:44:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with airline companies on ensuring that immigration rules are carried out correctly by airline staff.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26397
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26397
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website at: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office.</p>
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

451721

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	identifier	26637
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	12/02/2016 11:04:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of establishment of safe and legal routes for asylum seekers wishing to enter the UK on the frequency of migrant deaths at sea.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26637
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26637
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Any migrant death is a tragedy and the international community must act to reduce the likelihood of more migrants losing their lives in this way or falling victim to smuggling and trafficking.</p><p>The Government believes it is better to prioritise interventions upstream in countries of origin and transit in ways that reduce the need of migrants to leave their country of origin or move on from a safe third country. The UK is at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. On 4 February 2016, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will more than double our total pledge to the Syria crisis from £1.12 billion to over £2.3 billion. This is our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis.</p><p>Furthermore, more than $11 billion was pledged at the Supporting Syria Conference the UK co-hosted in London on 4th February, the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. The international community has pledged nearly $6 billion for 2016; with a further $5 billion for the coming years until 2020.</p><p>However, for those individuals who cannot be supported in the region, the UK operates three resettlement programmes: Gateway, Mandate and the Syrian Resettlement Scheme. These provide a safe and direct route to the UK for the most vulnerable UNHCR recognised refugees.</p>
	creator	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

451724

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rescue Services: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	identifier	26639
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	18/02/2016 16:43:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department's funding to sea search and rescue programmes are due to end; what future funding is planned for such programmes; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26639
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26639
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Border Force is undertaking a vital role in the search and rescue of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, as part of a Frontex led programme. Border Force carried out for the Department for International Development (DFID) funded search and rescue missions in Summer 2015 and is currently undertaking a second DFID funded deployment, which is due to end on 30th April 2016. Given the significant contribution made to date, it is likely that Frontex will invite Border Force to continue its involvement in future search and rescue programmes and Border Force is therefore currently establishing its Mediterranean role after 30th April 2016 and the availability of further DFID funding.</p>
	creator	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

451737

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	identifier	26566
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/02/2016 15:57:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the general trends in the incidence of domestic violence across the UK in the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26566
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26566
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Data showing the total number of women who have suffered domestic abuse in the last five years is set out in the Crime Statistics published on 11 February 2016: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime-and-sexual-offences--2014-to-2015/index.html.</p><p>Since the 2004/05 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), the number of women aged 16 to 59 experiencing any domestic abuse in the last year has reduced from 1.71 million to 1.35 million (360,000 fewer victims and a fall of 21%) and the estimate of the number of women experiencing any domestic abuse in the last year is the lowest since the survey began.</p><p>Latest data published by the Office for National Statistics from the 2014/15 CSEW additionally show that in 46% of cases of partner abuse, a child was present in the household, of which 20% of children saw or heard the abuse.</p><p>Data on children referred to and assessed by local authority children's social services in England in 2014/15 show that there were 197,700 assessments where domestic violence was identified as a relevant factor. This data is only available for 2014/15.</p><p>The Government works closely with charities, academics and statutory agencies to assess and address the impact of domestic abuse on children and wholly recognises the life changing impact domestic abuse can have on the lives of children. That is why we have expanded the Troubled Families Programme for a further five years (2015-2020) to work with an additional 400,000 families, including those affected by domestic abuse.</p><p>To further address the impact of domestic abuse on victims and their children, we have introduced a new domestic abuse offence to tackle coercive and controlling behaviour, and in England and Wales we have rolled out Domestic Violence Protection Orders and the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme. Improvements have been made to the police response to domestic abuse, and we are supporting multi-agency working which takes a whole family approach.</p><p>We will shortly publish a refreshed cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls strategy setting out how we will do more still to support victims and their children. The Government has already announced £40 million of funding for domestic abuse services between 2016 and 2020, as well as a £2 million grant to Women’s Aid and Safelives to support early intervention programmes.</p>
	creator	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

451805

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	France: Immigration Controls
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6080
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	23/02/2016 16:29:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which parts of the Treaty of Le Touquet between the United Kingdom and France are dependent on the existence of the Treaties of the European Union, or incorporated within them.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord True
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL6080
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6080
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Juxtaposed Controls were introduced for short sea crossings by the “Treaty Between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic Concerning the Implementation of Frontier Controls at the Sea ports of Both Countries on the Channel and North Sea”, signed at Le Touquet on 4 February 2003.</p><p>This bilateral agreement between the UK and France provides for immigration controls to be conducted by the country of arrival in designated control zones in the country of departure at both French and UK sea ports on the Channel and North Sea, including Calais and Dunkirk in France, and Dover in the UK.</p><p>The Le Touquet Treaty is an agreement concluded between the UK and France under international law. The UK and France have an excellent relationship and work closely together to secure the UK/France border, including at sea ports on the Channel and the North Sea.</p><p>The Le Touquet Treaty has resulted in a reduced number of asylum claims and continues to be a valuable part of our border security.</p>
	creator	4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4200 label Biography information for Lord True