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1088504

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the £100m in additional funding for 2019-20 to tackle serious violence announced in the Spring Statement will be allocated to each police force.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	232003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 13 March that an additional £100 million funding in 19/20 will help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place the additional capacity they need. The funding will also be invested in Violence Reduction Units, bringing together a range of agencies including health, education, social services and others, to develop a multi-agency approach in preventing serious violence altogether. It is important that we recognise that greater law enforcement on its own will not reduce serious violence and that we must continue to focus on prevention.</p><p>The majority of the investment will go towards supporting police forces where violent crime is impacting the most, to take immediate action to suppress the violence we are seeing, to make our streets safer. We are engaging with partners including the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and we are developing the criteria by which forces will receive this funding.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 232004 question first answered 18/03/2019 17:32:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1088505

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £100m additional funding in 2019-20 to tackle serious violence will be allocated to the Metropolitan Police.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	232004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 13 March that an additional £100 million funding in 19/20 will help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place the additional capacity they need. The funding will also be invested in Violence Reduction Units, bringing together a range of agencies including health, education, social services and others, to develop a multi-agency approach in preventing serious violence altogether. It is important that we recognise that greater law enforcement on its own will not reduce serious violence and that we must continue to focus on prevention.</p><p>The majority of the investment will go towards supporting police forces where violent crime is impacting the most, to take immediate action to suppress the violence we are seeing, to make our streets safer. We are engaging with partners including the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and we are developing the criteria by which forces will receive this funding.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 232003 question first answered 18/03/2019 17:32:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1088502

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the additional funds for tackling knife crime announced in the Spring Statement will be allocated to (a) the seven police forces with the highest rise in knife crime, (b) Nottinghamshire Police Force and (c) other police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	231907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 13 March that an additional £100 million funding in 19/20 will help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place the additional capacity they need. The funding will also be invested in Violence Reduction Units, bringing together a range of agencies including health, education, social services and others, to develop a multi-agency approach in preventing serious violence altogether. It is important that we recognise that greater law enforcement on its own will not reduce serious violence and that we must continue to focus on prevention.</p><p>The majority of the investment will go towards supporting police forces where violent crime is impacting the most, to take immediate action to sup-press the violence we are seeing, to make our streets safer. We are engaging with partners including the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and we are developing the criteria by which forces will receive this funding</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/03/2019 17:25:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1084414

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Labour: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle forced labour in the construction industry.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	230062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery in all sectors, including construction, which is why is we reformed the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), giving it a wider remit and police powers to investigate labour market offences across all sectors of the economy.</p><p>The construction sector has been the focus of increased enforcement activity by the GLAA and other agencies over the last 12 months, with over 20 investigations resulting in several arrests. The GLAA has also established a Construction Protocol in partnership with the industry to protect vulnerable workers and raise awareness of modern slavery.</p><p>The Government is also using other levers to tackle modern slavery in the sector. Businesses operating in the UK with a turnover above £36m are required to publish annual transparency statements detailing the steps they are taking to address modern slavery in their supply chains.</p><p>The Home Office is hosting a conference on 27 March to share good practice on tackling modern slavery in public procurement, focussing on high-risk sectors for public sector buyers, including construction.</p><p>The protection of all persons from forced labour and modern slavery offences remains a key priority for the Government and will of course be taken into account in the development of future immigration policy through engagement with key representative and law enforcement bodies, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement, consultations and impact assessments.</p><p>Those with lawful immigration status permitting them to work in the UK enjoy full protection under labour market legislation when they engage in employment. Immigration Enforcement will take action against rogue businesses who exploit illegal workers under powers provided in the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 and Immigration Act 2016.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 230063 question first answered 18/03/2019 17:50:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1084415

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Forced Labour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that any future changes to immigration policy do not lead to a rise in forced labour.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	230063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery in all sectors, including construction, which is why is we reformed the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), giving it a wider remit and police powers to investigate labour market offences across all sectors of the economy.</p><p>The construction sector has been the focus of increased enforcement activity by the GLAA and other agencies over the last 12 months, with over 20 investigations resulting in several arrests. The GLAA has also established a Construction Protocol in partnership with the industry to protect vulnerable workers and raise awareness of modern slavery.</p><p>The Government is also using other levers to tackle modern slavery in the sector. Businesses operating in the UK with a turnover above £36m are required to publish annual transparency statements detailing the steps they are taking to address modern slavery in their supply chains.</p><p>The Home Office is hosting a conference on 27 March to share good practice on tackling modern slavery in public procurement, focussing on high-risk sectors for public sector buyers, including construction.</p><p>The protection of all persons from forced labour and modern slavery offences remains a key priority for the Government and will of course be taken into account in the development of future immigration policy through engagement with key representative and law enforcement bodies, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement, consultations and impact assessments.</p><p>Those with lawful immigration status permitting them to work in the UK enjoy full protection under labour market legislation when they engage in employment. Immigration Enforcement will take action against rogue businesses who exploit illegal workers under powers provided in the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 and Immigration Act 2016.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 230062 question first answered 18/03/2019 17:50:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1084463

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	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 28 January 2019 to Question 211250, on Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, what new protective tools have been introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	230104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government signed the Istanbul Convention to signal the UK’s strong commitment to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). We reaffirmed our commitment to this with the refreshed VAWG strategy which we published on 6th March.</p><p><br>We introduced domestic violence protection orders from 2014 and female genital mutilation protection orders, sexual harm prevention orders and sexual risk orders in 2015.</p><p><br>We have published a range of guidance and support for frontline professionals, including:<br>• Statutory guidance on the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-guidance-framework-controlling-or-coercive-behaviour-in-an-intimate-or-family-relationship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-guidance-framework-controlling-or-coercive-behaviour-in-an-intimate-or-family-relationship </a><br>• Multi-agency statutory guidance for the conduct of domestic homicide reviews:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-statutory-guidance-for-the-conduct-of-domestic-homicide-reviews" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-statutory-guidance-for-the-conduct-of-domestic-homicide-reviews </a><br>• Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM):<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-statutory-guidance-on-female-genital-mutilation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-statutory-guidance-on-female-genital-mutilation </a><br>• A resource pack on FGM:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-resource-pack" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-resource-pack </a><br>• Multi-agency practice guidelines on handling cases of forced marriage:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322307/HMG_MULTI_AGENCY_PRACTICE_GUIDELINES_v1_180614_FINAL.pdf ; and" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322307/HMG_MULTI_AGENCY_PRACTICE_GUIDELINES_v1_180614_FINAL.pdf ; and</a><br>• Guidance on the role of Independent Sexual Violence Advisers:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-role-of-the-independent-sexual-violence-adviser-isva" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-role-of-the-independent-sexual-violence-adviser-isva </a><br>We are currently running nine day-long events across England and Wales to train around 1,400 professionals in the correct use of forced marriage protection orders and FGM protection orders.</p><p>The areas of the Convention with which England and Wales are compliant were set out in the report published on 30 October 2018, in line with the requirements of the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act 2017. As the criminal law and the majority of the areas covered by the Convention are devolved to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Devolved Administrations are considering what legislative or other changes are necessary for compliance with the Convention in their territories.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 230105 230106 question first answered 18/03/2019 17:35:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1084464

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	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 28 January 2019 to Question 211250, on the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, if he will publish the guidance and support for frontline professionals.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	230105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government signed the Istanbul Convention to signal the UK’s strong commitment to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). We reaffirmed our commitment to this with the refreshed VAWG strategy which we published on 6th March.</p><p><br>We introduced domestic violence protection orders from 2014 and female genital mutilation protection orders, sexual harm prevention orders and sexual risk orders in 2015.</p><p><br>We have published a range of guidance and support for frontline professionals, including:<br>• Statutory guidance on the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-guidance-framework-controlling-or-coercive-behaviour-in-an-intimate-or-family-relationship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-guidance-framework-controlling-or-coercive-behaviour-in-an-intimate-or-family-relationship </a><br>• Multi-agency statutory guidance for the conduct of domestic homicide reviews:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-statutory-guidance-for-the-conduct-of-domestic-homicide-reviews" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-statutory-guidance-for-the-conduct-of-domestic-homicide-reviews </a><br>• Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM):<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-statutory-guidance-on-female-genital-mutilation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-statutory-guidance-on-female-genital-mutilation </a><br>• A resource pack on FGM:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-resource-pack" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-resource-pack </a><br>• Multi-agency practice guidelines on handling cases of forced marriage:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322307/HMG_MULTI_AGENCY_PRACTICE_GUIDELINES_v1_180614_FINAL.pdf ; and" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322307/HMG_MULTI_AGENCY_PRACTICE_GUIDELINES_v1_180614_FINAL.pdf ; and</a><br>• Guidance on the role of Independent Sexual Violence Advisers:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-role-of-the-independent-sexual-violence-adviser-isva" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-role-of-the-independent-sexual-violence-adviser-isva </a><br>We are currently running nine day-long events across England and Wales to train around 1,400 professionals in the correct use of forced marriage protection orders and FGM protection orders.</p><p>The areas of the Convention with which England and Wales are compliant were set out in the report published on 30 October 2018, in line with the requirements of the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act 2017. As the criminal law and the majority of the areas covered by the Convention are devolved to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Devolved Administrations are considering what legislative or other changes are necessary for compliance with the Convention in their territories.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 230104 230106 question first answered 18/03/2019 17:35:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1084465

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which criterion the Government does not meet in order to ratify Istanbul Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	230106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government signed the Istanbul Convention to signal the UK’s strong commitment to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). We reaffirmed our commitment to this with the refreshed VAWG strategy which we published on 6th March.</p><p><br>We introduced domestic violence protection orders from 2014 and female genital mutilation protection orders, sexual harm prevention orders and sexual risk orders in 2015.</p><p><br>We have published a range of guidance and support for frontline professionals, including:<br>• Statutory guidance on the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-guidance-framework-controlling-or-coercive-behaviour-in-an-intimate-or-family-relationship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-guidance-framework-controlling-or-coercive-behaviour-in-an-intimate-or-family-relationship </a><br>• Multi-agency statutory guidance for the conduct of domestic homicide reviews:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-statutory-guidance-for-the-conduct-of-domestic-homicide-reviews" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-statutory-guidance-for-the-conduct-of-domestic-homicide-reviews </a><br>• Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM):<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-statutory-guidance-on-female-genital-mutilation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-statutory-guidance-on-female-genital-mutilation </a><br>• A resource pack on FGM:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-resource-pack" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-genital-mutilation-resource-pack </a><br>• Multi-agency practice guidelines on handling cases of forced marriage:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322307/HMG_MULTI_AGENCY_PRACTICE_GUIDELINES_v1_180614_FINAL.pdf ; and" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322307/HMG_MULTI_AGENCY_PRACTICE_GUIDELINES_v1_180614_FINAL.pdf ; and</a><br>• Guidance on the role of Independent Sexual Violence Advisers:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-role-of-the-independent-sexual-violence-adviser-isva" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-role-of-the-independent-sexual-violence-adviser-isva </a><br>We are currently running nine day-long events across England and Wales to train around 1,400 professionals in the correct use of forced marriage protection orders and FGM protection orders.</p><p>The areas of the Convention with which England and Wales are compliant were set out in the report published on 30 October 2018, in line with the requirements of the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act 2017. As the criminal law and the majority of the areas covered by the Convention are devolved to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Devolved Administrations are considering what legislative or other changes are necessary for compliance with the Convention in their territories.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 230104 230105 question first answered 18/03/2019 17:35:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1087268

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Down's Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, following the Answer to 18 February 2019 to Question 217546 on Down's Syndrome: Abortion, what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to ensure that women have a complete picture of all the options available to them.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	231431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equality Office does not provide advice on sexual and reproductive rights and options, which is a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/03/2019 17:55:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1088537

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £100 million fund to tackle knife crime announced in the Spring Statement will be allocated to the Metropolitan Police.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	232073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 13 March that an additional £100 million funding in 19/20 will help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place the additional capacity they need. The funding will also be invested in Violence Reduction Units, bringing together a range of agencies including health, education, social services and others, to develop a multi-agency approach in preventing serious violence altogether. It is important that we recognise that greater law enforcement on its own will not reduce serious violence and that we must continue to focus on prevention.</p><p>The majority of the investment will go towards supporting police forces where violent crime is impacting the most, to take immediate action to suppress the violence we are seeing, to make our streets safer. We are engaging with partners including the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and we are developing the criteria by which forces will receive this funding.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/03/2019 17:30:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West