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1019450

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided by his Department for (a) domestic violence prevention programmes and (b) services to support victims of domestic violence in (i) London and (ii) the London borough of Lewisham.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	198335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy sets out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybody’s business.</p><p>Over this spending review period, we are providing £100 million of dedicated funding to tackle VAWG. VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level by Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners. The Government’s VAWG National Statement of Expectations encourages such decisions to be taken at a local level and driven by local need.</p><p>We created a £17 million 3-year VAWG Service Transformation Fund, which is funding projects across 41 areas in England and Wales to embed local best practice and ensure that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm.</p><p>Over £2.4m is supporting six London Boroughs, including Lewisham, to deliver domestic abuse focused projects aiming to prevent future or further perpetration and protect victims and survivors.</p><p>£900,000 is supporting three innovative prevention programmes, in Sutton, Lambeth and Waltham Forest, and £1.4m of the funding is supporting projects to enhance the support and response for victims of domestic abuse. More details of the funding are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020</a></p><p>Additionally, the Mayors Office of Policing and Crime (MOPAC) are being provided with £2.86M to 2020 from the Police Transformation Fund to support the Drive project, a preventative response to priority high risk perpetrators of domestic abuse</p><p>The Home Office also supports the national VAWG Helplines and recently committed funding of up to £1.1m per annum for these services until 2021.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/12/2018 17:29:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1020579

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Cardiff South and Penarth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers (a) with children and (b) without children resided in the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency and were subsequently held in detention centres each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	199875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold the data required to answer the question in the requested format specifically regarding those asylum seekers who were residing in the Cardiff and South Penarth constituency and who were subsequently held in detention centres.</p><p>However information relating to people detained or returned is available within published statistics and can be accessed via the following;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/12/2018 17:41:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1020582

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to plan for processing new residence documents as outlined in Article 18 of the EU Withdrawal Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	199877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is introducing the EU Settlement Scheme to enable EU citizens who have chosen to make their lives here to obtain the UK immigration status they need in accordance with Article 18 of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>The Scheme will be fully open by 30 March 2019 and will be delivered through a streamlined, digital application process. In preparation, the Scheme entered private beta testing in August and is now in the second phase of that testing. This approach is now standard for the launch of new government services and enables the system and processes to be tested to ensure that they work effectively before being fully introduced.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/12/2018 17:42:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1020593

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
	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 dated 4 December 2018 to Question 197314, in what circumstances was it (a) relevant and (b) not relevant to require people with TOEIC certificates whose results were found by ETS to be questionable to undertake a fresh test or an interview.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	199763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Information on the circumstances in which it was relevant to require a fresh test and an interview with a Home Office official was provided to the HASC on 17 August 2016. A link is provided here:<br><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/english-language-testing/written/36543.pdf</a> Question 114 contains the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/12/2018 17:39:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1017483

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with Greater Manchester Police on the effect of (a) funding and (b) the number of police officers on tackling (i) serious and organised and (ii) gun crime in Greater Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	197643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular discussions with law enforcement partners as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) coordinates the operational response of police forces across the UK (including GMP), however, the size and composition of the police workforce is an operational decision for chief officers. The Home Office is working with the NPCC Serious and Or-ganised Crime (SOC) leads to implement the SOC Strategy.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling gun crime and is taking steps to address the issue. This includes measures taken forward in the Offensive Weapons Bill to ban certain rapid firing rifles, and bump stocks, introducing greater regulation of antique firearms, consulting on statutory guidance on firearms licensing to improve standards and the consistency of police licensing decisions, and tightening controls on firearms dealers.</p><p>We will ensure the police have the resources they need and police resources will be a priority for the Home Office at the next Spending Review. Overall, public investment in policing is growing by over £1bn from £11.9 billion in 2015/16 to £13 billion in 2018/19, including counter-terrorism policing, local policing and funding of national programmes</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/12/2018 17:59:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1019518

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fireworks: Injuries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases are known to officials of his Department of people who have been injured due to the misuse of fireworks since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	198264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/12/2018 17:21:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1020722

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mental Health Act 1983 Independent Review
	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 Final report of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, published on 6 December 2018, what steps his Department plans to take in respect of the recommendation that the Government should encourage ongoing work to explore how the use of restraint by police is reduced when supporting people experiencing mental distress.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	199857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody is overseeing work to consider whether there are alternatives to police use of prolonged physical restraint that could increase detainee safety, especially in the context of mental health crises. This work is being undertaken in consultation with police and healthcare partners.</p><p>Alongside this, the College of Policing will publish evidence based guidelines on ‘Safer Resolution’ early next year. These guidelines will provide recommendations to police forces on how they can develop de-escalation training to reduce the likelihood that officers will need to use restraint to resolve issues.</p><p>The College is also working with police forces to develop and pilot de-escalation training in the new financial year which will help to strengthen the evidence base for effective de-escalation training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/12/2018 16:04:31 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1019534

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many BMV cameras have been deployed in police forces in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	198365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Nearly 80,000 BWV cameras have been deployed in police forces in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/12/2018 15:42:45 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1019536

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Serious Violence Taskforce has met.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	198366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Taskforce has met 5 times since it was established. The first meeting was on 26 April and the Home Secretary has since chaired four meetings of the Taskforce on 11 June, 17 July, 22 October and 21 No-vember. The Taskforce is next due to meet on 9 January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/12/2018 17:23:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1019538

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to host an international violent crime symposium.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	198367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Serious Violence Strategy, the Home Office hosted an International Violent Crime Symposium on 14 November.</p><p>The event brought together around 100 leading international and UK academics, senior police leaders, experts and practitioners, including academics and senior law enforcement officers from the United States, Sweden, Canada, Netherlands and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The Symposium provided an opportunity to hear how other countries are responding to the increases in violence that they have experienced.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/12/2018 17:27:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh