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767593

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Catering: Migrant Workers
	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 is taking to ensure that chefs and catering staff are able to travel to the UK from the EU and take up job opportunities.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	106790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Data on UK Visas and Immigration temporary and permanent migration activities including In-Country Work In Progress Casework, and Percentage of Temporary and Permanent Migration in-country visa applications for each Route, processed within Service Standards, is published on the .GOV.UK website. The relevant Routes are ‘Spouse/Partner’ and ‘HR/Complex Case’ as indicated on worksheet InC_01 and InC_01a.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The relevant tables are also attached to this answer.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202014%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20One.xlsx" target="_blank">2014 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 29.66 KB)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202015%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20Two.xlsx" target="_blank">2015 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 38.02 KB)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202016%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20Three.xlsx" target="_blank">2016 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 40.81 KB)</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Until the UK leaves the EU, EU citizens continue to have the same rights to live and work in the UK, as was the case before Article 50 was triggered.</ins></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 15:43:28 question first ministerially corrected 16/10/2017 21:11:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 14928 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

768152

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	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 current waiting time is for processing a Disclosure and Barring Service check for a British citizen.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	107030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The average process time for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application is 11.37 days (September 2017).</p><p> </p><p>The application form for a DBS check includes a field for nationality, but it is not mandatory to complete, therefore information on nationality is not routinely captured.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 15:26:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

768984

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	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 her Department's policy is on pre-adult criminal offences being carried over into adulthood when a Disclosure and Barring Service check is requested by a legal adult.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	107155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>For standard criminal record checks and enhanced criminal record checks a conviction incurred by a person under the age of 18 is disclosable for five and a half years from the date of conviction. A caution, reprimand or warning incurred before the age of 18 is disclosable for two years from the date it was issued.</p><p> </p><p>However, certain specified offences or a conviction receiving a custodial sentence will always be disclosed, and if someone has more than one conviction, then all their convictions will be disclosed. This is the case regardless of whether the convictions were incurred under the age of 18 or as an adult. The arrangements are set out in the Police Act 1997 as amended by the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013.</p><p> </p><p>A basic certificate will disclose any unspent convictions and conditional cautions as provided for by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 15:51:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

768022

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Football
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many junior football coaches have been charged with sexual offences in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	106869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>These data are not held by Government. The police take any allegation of abuse very seriously. A number of forces are investigating the allegations of abuse in football. Operation Hydrant is providing operational coordination of the allegations received by police forces across the country regarding non-recent abuse in football.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 14:34:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

768158

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	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, what progress has been made on implementing sections (a) 54, (b) 49 and (c) 50 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	106912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The majority of the provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 have now commenced. Section 54 came into force on 29 October 2015 and thousands of slavery and human trafficking statements have been published since. Interim guidance for frontline staff has already been published and we will consult with stakeholders on statutory guidance required under Section 49 prior to publication. Both this guidance and the question of exercising section 50 of the Act are under active consideration as part of the reform of the National Referral Mechanism.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 14:38:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

767611

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Sexual Violence Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received the report entitled Application of Section 41 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999; A survey of independent sexual violence advisers, published by Lime Culture in September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	106598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has received the ‘Application of Section 41 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999; A survey of independent sexual violence advisers’ report and is providing support for the work by the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General’s Office looking at how Section 41 is working in practice.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 16:03:11 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

765378

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Swansea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are currently in place to combat sex trafficking in the Swansea area.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	105478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>To support police forces in England and Wales tackle all forms of modern slavery, the Government has provided £8.5m of additional funding to provide bespoke and dedicated modern slavery capabilities, including intelligence and training functions. How these capabilities are utilised in the Swansea area is an operational decision for the Chief Constable of South Wales Police, working with the Police and Crime Commissioner, the NCA and other partners where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 14:47:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

766002

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prostitution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle the involvement of sex trafficking in the sex and prostitution industries; what assessment she has made of regional disparities in the quantom of that involvement; and what steps she is taking to help protect female sex workers.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	106413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>To support police forces in England and Wales tackle all forms of modern slavery, the Government has provided £8.5m of additional funding to provide bespoke and dedicated modern slavery capabilities, including intelligence and training functions.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the need to gather a robust evidence base on the scale and nature of all forms of prostitution and sex work in England and Wales, including geographical variations. The Home Office has begun the process of commissioning this research, with academics and researchers invited to bid to develop a comprehensive understanding of the nature, prevalence and composition of prostitution and sex work in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to protecting those selling sex from harm and enabling the police to target those who exploit vulnerable people involved in prostitution. We have provided £389,000 to organisations which help those who want to leave prostitution and sex work. Merseyside PCC have also been awarded £650,000 from the VAWG Transformation Fund to provide a victim-focused service for sex workers who are victims, or at risk of sexual or domestic violence and abuse, exploitation or human trafficking.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 14:44:02 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

768159

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	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 effect on the operation of the National Referral Mechanism for victims of trafficking of the recommendations made on that mechanism by Jeremy Oppenheim and published in November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	106913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Officials have considered the recommendations published in the 2014 Review of the National Referral Mechanism and tested recommendations on identification and decision-making through a 18 month pilot. The findings from the pilot will inform the reform of the National Referral Mechanism.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 14:35:53 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

765791

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress her Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with the public procurement guidelines published by the Government in April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	105710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no major construction projects underway or approved in the Home Office estate. The estate is kept under review to ensure that it meets the needs of the business.</p><p> </p><p>Our procurement activities for any future projects will follow Government guidance to ensure we take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/10/2017 14:46:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin