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171838

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime
	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 address the drivers of crime.
	tabling member constituency	Gosport
	tabling member printed	Caroline Dinenage
	uin	906752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Crime is down by more than a fifth under this Government, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales. <br><br>We are addressing the key drivers of crime by reshaping our approach to alcohol; tackling illicit and harmful drug use; taking action in a number of areas to stop young people getting involved in crime; and closing off opportunities to commit crimes, for example, by legislating on metal theft.<br><br>We have also established the Crime and Policing Knowledge Hub to improve our understanding of crime trends and the drivers of crime. <br><br>At the end of the month the Home Office will also host the first International Crime and Policing Conference to bring together leading academics and law enforcement professionals to further understand the drivers of crime and our response.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 16:41:46 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

172001

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	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 make further appointments to the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>After holding a series of meetings with survivors and their representatives, the Home Secretary is currently considering the options for the Panel and will make an announcement shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 14:38:40 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 37447 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

170478

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce legislative proposals to prevent anyone who has entered or stayed illegally in the UK being granted British citizenship.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	218768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Applicants for naturalisation need to meet the statutory requirements in the British Nationality Act 1981 which specify that a person must not have been in breach of the Immigration Rules during the required residential qualifying period.<br />In addition, a person is required to be of good character. If a person meets these requirements, the Home Secretary may, if she thinks fit, grant a certificate of naturalisation. <br /><br />We have recently substantially strengthened our policy on both the good character and residence requirements. Our revised policy on good character makes it clear that entering the UK illegally or evading immigration control will <br />usually mean that a person is prevented from acquiring citizenship for a period of 10 years. In terms of assessing the residence requirements, new guidance has been published on how the Home Secretary will exercise her discretion. We <br />will no longer overlook lengthy periods of unlawful residence, as was the case under previous governments. Whereas previously discretion would have been exercised in cases where a person who deliberately entered or remained in the UK without permission had attempted to regularise their stay by making an application to the Home Office, we will no longer tolerate this. We will normally only exercisediscretion to overlook periods of unlawful residence if they are short and genuinely inadvertent or outside the applicant’s control.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/01/2015 14:44:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

171998

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what undertakings she gave to members of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse regarding the longevity of their appointments when she (a) first appointed and (b) last met them.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Appointments to the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse were made for the duration of the Inquiry ending when the Inquiry Panel finally reports, unless terminated before that date. The Home Secretary met with Panel <br>members on 15 December to update them on her discussions with survivors of child sexual abuse and what this might mean for the Inquiry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 14:37:58 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 37453 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

171177

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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 she has taken to increase the (a) reporting, (b) detection and (c) prosecution of child abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	219340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Child abuse is an abhorrent crime no matter when or where it occurs. The Government is clear that if child abuse takes place, it must be thoroughly and properly investigated, and those responsible are arrested and brought to <br>justice. It is vital that victims feel empowered to come forward to report abuse<br><br>All chief constables have committed to a policing action plan that aims to raise the standards in tackling child sexual exploitation so that the police are providing a consistently strong approach to protecting vulnerable young <br>people. The National Policing Lead for child protection and abuse investigation has taken action to revise the action plan to take account of the learning from the Professor Alexis Jay report in Rotherham and other recent publications. <br><br>The Home Secretary has written to all chief constables to ask them to take on board the lessons from the Jay report into the failings in Rotherham, and from the rolling HMIC inspections into how forces are protecting children.<br><br>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the College of Policing have issued guidance for police in relation to child abuse and exploitation. The guidance aims to move the focus of investigations away from testing the credibility of <br>victims onto the credibility of the allegation and ensuring victims are listened to by the police. In addition, a joint National Policing Lead and CPS review panel was established last year. The national panel re-examines <br>historical cases of sexual abuse where a decision was made that no further action would be taken and identify whether any issues require further exploration and investigation.<br><br>We must never accept a situation where police forces and other agencies fail in their fundamental duty of care towards vulnerable children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 219336 question first answered 13/01/2015 16:34:22 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

171184

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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 assessment she has made of the satisfactoriness of the police's historic record of investigating allegations of child abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	219336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Child abuse is an abhorrent crime no matter when or where it occurs. The Government is clear that if child abuse takes place, it must be thoroughly and properly investigated, and those responsible are arrested and brought to <br>justice. It is vital that victims feel empowered to come forward to report abuse<br><br>All chief constables have committed to a policing action plan that aims to raise the standards in tackling child sexual exploitation so that the police are providing a consistently strong approach to protecting vulnerable young <br>people. The National Policing Lead for child protection and abuse investigation has taken action to revise the action plan to take account of the learning from the Professor Alexis Jay report in Rotherham and other recent publications. <br><br>The Home Secretary has written to all chief constables to ask them to take on board the lessons from the Jay report into the failings in Rotherham, and from the rolling HMIC inspections into how forces are protecting children.<br><br>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the College of Policing have issued guidance for police in relation to child abuse and exploitation. The guidance aims to move the focus of investigations away from testing the credibility of <br>victims onto the credibility of the allegation and ensuring victims are listened to by the police. In addition, a joint National Policing Lead and CPS review panel was established last year. The national panel re-examines <br>historical cases of sexual abuse where a decision was made that no further action would be taken and identify whether any issues require further exploration and investigation.<br><br>We must never accept a situation where police forces and other agencies fail in their fundamental duty of care towards vulnerable children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 219340 question first answered 13/01/2015 16:34:22 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

169554

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Emergency Travel Documents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Emergency Travel Documents wore issued to overseas applicants in each month since June 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	218108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Consular data is published by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is available at: <br><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/consular-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/consular-data</a>. <br>This includes data on the number of emergency travel documents (ETDs) issued to British citizens on a monthly basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/01/2015 14:40:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 33438 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

169566

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on removing foreign nationals in each year since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	218023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Home Office spend on removing foreign nationals includes the costs incurred in transporting foreign nationals to their country of origin, and third party cost incurred as part of the Facilitated Removals and Assisted Voluntary Returns <br>(AVR) removal programmes. It includes associated flight costs, and the costs of escorts used when removing foreign nationals from the country.</p><p><br>£m Total <br>2009-10 - 68.0 <br>2010-11 - 71.8 <br>2011-12 - 54.2 <br>2012-13 - 57.3 <br>2013-14 - 55.3 <br><br>Notes: <br>1. The following costs are excluded from the figures given above: Home Office staff costs; overheads; any related EU funding; areas of expenditure where costs could only be attributed to the removals process at disproportionate <br>cost; and the cost of escorting foreign nationals within the UK to a port of departure where such costs could only be identified at disproportionate cost. <br><br>2. Due to changes in the structure of the Home Office group (the Departmental boundary), data prior to 2009-10 is not available except at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/01/2015 14:42:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 33441 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

170746

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many international students living and studying in the UK have not had their passports returned to them by the Passport Office in time to travel abroad before Christmas 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	219051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>In January 2014 UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) introduced a new set of service standards for fee-paying in-country applications.<br><br>Applications from Tier 4 students will be completed within 8 weeks of application provided that the customer has complied with application requirements and has provided the necessary documentation.<br><br>Since January, UKVI has processed over 98% of in-country Tier 4 student applications within the 8 week service standard.<br><br>Students that applied in good time and complied with all application requirements could therefore have expected to receive their passports back before Christmas 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/01/2015 14:45:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 36882 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

171837

	registered interest
	date	02/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on a minimum alcohol unit price.
	tabling member constituency	Cheadle
	tabling member printed	Mark Hunter
	uin	219597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Minimum Unit Pricing remains a policy under consideration but is not being taken forward at this time, while we continue to monitor the legal developments and the implementation of this policy in Scotland. In May 2014 we introduced a ban on alcohol sales below the cost of duty plus VAT. This fulfilled the Coalition Government's commitment and will stop the worst cases of very cheap and harmful alcohol sales.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 16:37:02 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1598 label Biography information for Mark Hunter