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1697489

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on (a) how many occasions and (b) what dates he has intervened in a fire and rescue authority under section 22 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	19572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Fire policy transferred from the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Home Office on 5 January 2016. Since then, there have been no formal interventions in the operations of a fire and rescue authority by the Secretary of State in England under section 22 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. We do not hold any information for the period prior to the machinery of government changes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2024 16:17:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1697494

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
	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 made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Fire and Rescue National Framework for England.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	19574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>We are revising the Fire National Framework for England to embed the reforms set out in the Government Response to the White Paper. The Framework sets priorities and objectives for Fire and Rescue Authorities in England in connection with the discharge of their functions. We are engaging partners to shape our proposals and key themes.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to launch a public consultation on the revisions later this year.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2024 16:19:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1697535

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brook House Immigration Removal Centre: Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on (a) how many occasions and (b) which dates (i) he and (ii) Ministers in his Department have visited Brook House Immigration Removal Centre since 9 September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	19575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Brook House Immigration Removal Centre has been visited by four Home Office Ministers from 2018-24.</p><p>18 January 2018 – Immigration Minister</p><p>30 June 2022 – Lords Minister of State</p><p>28 August 2022 – Minister for Illegal Migration</p><p>5 February 2024 – Minister for Countering Illegal Migration</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/03/2024 15:24:30 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1697092

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Humberside Police: Burglary
	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 had discussions with Humberside police on the pledge that a police officer will attend every burgled home.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	19295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales data shows a 56% fall in domestic burglaries when comparing the year ending September 2023 with year ending March 2010. This is clearly good news; however, we recognise the impact domestic burglary can have on individuals and communities and we are committed to tackling and preventing this crime.</p><p>The public rightly expects that the police will visit them when a home burglary has been committed, which is why we welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on 8 June 2023 that all 43 police forces in England and Wales have been implementing this attendance policy since March 2023. https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary.</p><p>The police commitment to attend home burglaries is supported by specific College of Policing good practice guidance on conducting residential burglary investigations: https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary.</p><p>We continue to liaise with Humberside Police and the NPCC who play a key role in tackling burglary through an array of different forums, including the Residential Burglary Taskforce and the National Policing Board. We are also working with police leaders across England and Wales to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public.</p><p>HMICFRS will be doing an inspection on Investigations shortly.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/03/2024 11:45:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1697101

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost of establishing an appeal body for asylum applications processed in Rwanda under the UK-Rwanda treaty.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	19301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>We are working at pace with the Government of Rwanda to establish an appeal body for asylum applications. More details on this will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/03/2024 11:36:30 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1697127

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Ask for ANI Scheme: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the Ask for ANI domestic abuse scheme in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	19380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office allocated £243,662 in the financial year 2022/23 and £168,449 in the financial year 2023/24 to Hestia Housing for the delivery of the Ask for ANI scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In the financial year 2022/23, we also allocated £45,323 to develop an e-learning module and accompanying communications assets to complement the launch of the Ask for ANI in Jobcentre and Jobs and Benefits Offices pilot sites.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has also commissioned an independent evaluation to understand how the scheme has been implemented across the Jobcentre and Jobs and Benefits Offices pilot sites. This evaluation is yet to be concluded but has so far cost £116,087.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 22/03/2024 14:11:57 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1697179

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's standard completion timetable is for processing DBS applications; how many applications his Department are processing and how many applications have been processed outside the standard timetable in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr Rob Roberts
	uin	19488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>For the 2023/24 financial year, the Disclosure and Barring Service’s (DBS) targets are to complete 85% of Basic checks within two days, 85% of Standard checks within three days, and 80% of Enhanced checks within 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>DBS publishes its performance against these targets on a quarterly basis at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fdbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions&amp;data=05%7C02%7CDavid.Watson1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4a47d6485b0e4102e25d08dc48d2a57c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638465316758423705%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IPMsAIBiPyOXoAGDEIR4WMsSTRjnrwrn1PGDOkMso78%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">DBS dataset 1: DBS checks, the DBS Update Service, and disputes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. This includes the total monthly volumes of applications processed and the totals issued within target. The latest published information is up to December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this data, DBS’s performance for January and February 2024 is as follows:</p><ul><li>Basic checks – 435,350 checks processed of which 382,412 completed within the two-day target, exceeding the 85% target.</li><li>Standard checks – 70,729 checks processed, of which 62,898 completed within the three-day target, exceeding the 85% target.</li><li>Enhanced checks – 691,244 checks processed, of which 544,082 completed within the 14-day target, achieving 78.7% against the 80% target.</li></ul> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 22/03/2024 10:49:13 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1697217

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Immigration Controls
	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 27 February 2024 to Question 15335 on Heathrow Airport: Immigration Controls, if he will publish the Equality Impact Assessments produced for the (a) Heathrow Change Programme and (b) proposed roster system.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	19448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment on the Heathrow Change Programme was published electronically to departmental trade unions on 4 August 2023.</p><p>An Equality Impact Assessment on the proposed roster was published electronically to departmental trade unions on 13 September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/03/2024 11:54:16 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1696625

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Organised Crime: Oldham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) child criminal exploitation and (b) gang activity on police resources in Oldham.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	19126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold specific information on the potential impact of child criminal exploitation (CCE) and gang activity on police resources in Oldham. However, tackling CCE is a priority for this Government which is why we are providing funding to support Greater Manchester Police to help tackle county lines, CCE and serious violence.</p><p>Through our Drug Strategy, we are providing a targeted investment of up to £145m over three years to bolster our County Lines Programme. This includes funding a dedicated county lines taskforce in Greater Manchester Police, as well as funding Catch22 to provide a specialist support and rescue service for under 25’s and their families in Greater Manchester to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement from county lines including child criminal exploitation.</p><p>We are also driving targeted action to respond to exploitation through the Home Office-funded Prevention Programme, delivered by The Children’s Society with a funding of £1.37 million for delivery between 2023-25. Through the programme, a dedicated Northwest Prevention Officer works to support a range of partners to improve the response to multiple forms of exploitation including CCE in the Northwest region.</p><p>To tackle the drivers of serious violence, the Home Office has also invested over £20m to develop and run the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit (with funding of over £4.38m in 2023-2024).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/03/2024 15:28:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1696626

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Custody and Police Stations: Oldham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of (a) police station and (b) custody cell closures in Oldham since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	19127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish impact assessments relating to police office closures.</p><p>It is up to Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to make decisions on local resourcing and estates, including police stations. They are best placed to make these decisions based on their local knowledge and experience.</p><p>Police stations are just one of the ways people can access their local police services including reporting online and by phone 24/7.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 19133 question first answered 21/03/2024 15:30:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon