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	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2016 to Question 48814, on slavery, if she will provide further data for (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	107708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals that have been suspended before Reasonable and Conclusive Grounds decision stages between 2009 and 2016. NRM decisions are suspended when it is not possible to gather further information to make a decision, for example if the Competent Authority decision makers become aware that the individual referred has gone missing. In such cases, the Competent Authority must ensure the missing individual has been reported to the police.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Potential Victims Referred to National Referral Mechanism (NRM)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Potential victim reported exploitation as</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Suspended Pre-Reasonable Grounds decision</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Suspended Pre-Conclusive Grounds decision</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2009</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>534</p></td><td><p>Adult (385)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (149)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>712</p></td><td><p>Adult (525)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (187)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>945</p></td><td><p>Adult (647)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (298)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>2012</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>1183</p></td><td><p>Adult (812)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (370)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown (1)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>1745</p></td><td><p>Adult (1,297)</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (448)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2339</p></td><td><p>Adult (1,667)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (672)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>3262</p></td><td><p>Adult (2,284)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (978)</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2016</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>3804</p></td><td><p>Adult (2,527)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (1277)</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that children who have been trafficked receive the right support, including through the national roll-out of Independent Child Trafficking Advocates. The Advocates will help to protect trafficked children from further harm, including preventing children from being re-trafficked or going missing.</p><p>On 16 January, the Home Secretary announced the award of £2.2m from the Child Trafficking Protection Fund (CTPF) to seven organisations to protect vulnerable children in the UK and overseas who are at risk of trafficking. The CTPF has two objectives. First, victim support and recovery, including specialist care to trafficked children. Second, reducing vulnerability to exploitation, by preventing trafficked children from going missing and potentially being re-trafficked. The projects cover a range of proposals including tailored support for trafficking victims from various cultures, developing skills and expertise in local areas, and a specialist accommodation pilot.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:23:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

782808

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of her Department's public phone-lines charge members of the public to call.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	111091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has 24 public phone lines in use across its contact centres. All of these numbers are chargeable.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:24:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

783158

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Organised Crime: Merseyside
	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 trends in the level of child exploitation by criminal gangs across Merseyside.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	111303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Intelligence and information on child criminal exploitation is collected at individual force level and Merseyside Police will hold the relevant information. At a national level, the National Crime Agency (NCA) is responsible for producing a national threat assessment on county lines based on information provided by individual forces and Regional Organised Crime Units and this includes child criminal exploitation. The next national threat assessment by the NCA is due to be published very shortly.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking firm action to tackle the issue of child criminal exploitation and county lines this includes: publishing new guidance for practitioners on identifying county lines and helping those being exploited; funding a pilot service for exploited young people caught up in county lines drugs running; match-funding local reviews to build resilience in areas where there are concerns about county lines; and we will be shortly implementing new powers to enable the police to close down mobile phone numbers that are being used to deal drugs as part of the county lines model.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:29:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

788624

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prostitution: Criminal Records
	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 make an assessment of the effect of Disclosure and Barring Service regulations on prostitution-related offences on the prospects of women who want to leave prostitution.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	112523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Affairs Select Committee report on prostitution recommended erasing prostitution-specific criminal records. However, as set out in the Government response, we believe that a greater understanding of the prevalence and nature of prostitution in England and Wales is required prior to considering further changes to relevant policy and legislation. The Home Office has committed £150,000 to commission this research.</p><p> </p><p>It is up to employers to decide on the suitability of any applicant for any job, taking into account all the information available, which may include criminal records information as appropriate to the role applied for.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:30:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

789144

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with whom she plans to consult on new measures to tackle domestic violence and abuse; and when that consultation will commence.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	112890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We will be publishing a public consultation later this year to inform the development of our domestic abuse programme. We recognise how important it is to get this right which is why we have already been in close contact with key partners and experts to shape our thinking. We will welcome responses from anyone who wishes to contribute, and we will be engaging with a range of partners including professionals, victims, experts and wider communities.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:30:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

789289

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
	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 Answers of 7 September 2017 to Questions 6955 and 8408, what public appointments process was used to appoint the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner for a second term; and how his performance in that role was reviewed.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	113075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner was appointed by Government on a three-year fixed term contract which ends later this year.</p><p>Decisions in relation to this appointment will be taken in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments published on 16 December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:33:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

790126

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
	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 impact of cheap, super-strength alcohol on levels of crime and antisocial behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	113328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The association between the consumption of cheap, super-strength beers and ciders and anti-social behaviour and low level crime is well known. The Government has set out its approach to reducing alcohol-related crime and disorder in the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published in 2016.</p><p>Alcohol-related violent incidents, as measured by the Crime Survey for England and Wales, has fallen from 901,000 in 2009/10 to 491,000 in 2015/16; the proportion of people reporting drunk or rowdy behaviour as a problem in their neighbourhood has also fallen, from 24% in 2009/10 to 16% in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:36:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

790151

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reparation orders have been made under section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	113365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>No slavery and trafficking reparation orders have been made since their introduction under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 coming into force for offences committed after 31<sup>st</sup> July 2015. They can only be made once someone has been convicted of a relevant offence and the Crown Court has made a confiscation order against them. Modern slavery prosecutions are complex and often take a long time to complete. As the number of concluded prosecutions rise, we expect to see a rise in the number of reparation orders.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:34:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

788596

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of parliamentary staff are employed on fixed term contracts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	112746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>As at 31 October 2017, 264 staff were employed on fixed term contracts. This represents 9.8% of staff employed by the House of Commons Commission.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/11/2017 14:05:11 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

786780

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) trainee general practitioners and (b) other medical and administrative staff in the NHS have their pay administered by outsourced firms; and what the total value is of contracts for such pay administration with outsourced firms.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	112329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>General practitioner (GP) registrars are employed, and therefore paid, either by a lead employer or directly by a training GP practice. Information about which GP practices outsource administration of their payroll, and the total value of these contracts, is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The number of other medical and administrative staff in the National Health Service who have their pay administered by outsourced firms, and the total value of these contracts, is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:23:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett