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1697501

	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	Detention Centres: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the number of vulnerable women held in immigration detention.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	19666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office are committed to ensuring the proper protection and treatment of women, including vulnerable women, in detention and will seek to facilitate voluntary return as an alternative to detention and enforced removal. Further information can be found in published operational guidance <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7f59cced915d74e6229ee2/DSO_06-2016_women_in_the_detention_estate.pdf" target="_blank">DSO 06/2016 Women in the Detention Estate</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We fully accept that some groups of individuals can be at particular risk of harm in immigration detention. This is the basis of the adults at risk in immigration detention policy <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6396f390d3bf7f3f8106c3fe/DSO_08_2016_AAR.pdf" target="_blank">DSO 08/2016 Management of adults at risk in immigration detention</a>, which strengthens the presumption against detention for vulnerable individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Women who are victims of torture, trafficking or sexual violence are all covered by the adults at risk in immigration detention policy. Anyone who falls within the scope of the policy is regarded as unsuitable for detention unless the specific immigration circumstances in their case are considered to outweigh the vulnerability issues.</p><p> </p><p>Plans are in place to convert Derwentside immigration removal centre (IRC) from a female only centre, into a detained facility for men, reducing female capacity across the existing estate.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2024 15:20:26 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1697502

	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	Gender Based Violence: Victims
	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 his Department's policy paper entitled Tackling violence against women and girls strategy, published on 21 July 2021, what progress his Department has made on ensuring support is provided to survivors of gender-based violence.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	19667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>We have completed or closed over half of all cross-government commitments in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy (2021) and Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan (2022).</p><p> </p><p>This includes:</p><ul><li>Allocating £6.6 million to deliver interventions that improve our understanding of ‘what works’ to prevent violence against women and girls.</li><li>Ensuring consistency in support services through introducing national commissioning standards through the Victims Funding Strategy.</li><li>Launching the VAWG Support and Specialist Services Fund with £8.3m of funding support victims facing the greatest barriers.</li><li>Supporting the passage of the Worker Protection (Amendment of the Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which places a new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of employees.</li><li>Invested over £150m of funding through Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night fund on a range of projects focused on improving public safety, including for women and girls.</li><li>Doubled funding for the National Domestic Abuse helpline and other helplines such as the Revenge Porn Helpline and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s National stalking helpline.</li><li>Relaunched the Flexible Fund in January 2024 with a further £2m investment to help remove barriers to domestic abuse victims leaving their abusers, after its successful £300,000 pilot in 2023.</li></ul> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 28/03/2024 15:15:48 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1640056

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2023
	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, how many Domestic Violence Protection (a) Orders and (b) Notices were issued by each Magistrates Court in England and Wales in the last 21 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	186757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>DVPO (domestic violence protection order) and DVPN (domestic violence protection notice) data are not recorded by magistrates’ courts.</p><p>His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICRFS) collect DVPN/O data and this has been published annually by the ONS here <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/domesticabuseinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">Domestic abuse in England and Wales - Appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a> for 2016-2018 and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdomesticabuseandthecriminaljusticesystemappendixtables&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJoshua.Davies33%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfa4cc56218a8490897f108db5dbc829a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638206836441990842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IJalgoedwqLsfe2cW%2FdA5AvcoJnoDKR7XLSyV%2F2FzOw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Domestic abuse and the criminal justice system - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a> for annual data since 2019.</p><p>Prior to 2017 data was published directly by HMICFRS here <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/police-forces/data/peel-assessments/" target="_blank">PEEL assessments data - His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk)</a> with 2015 being the first year the data was published. In 2015 only data on DVPOs issued are available. Not all police forces could provide data to HMICFRS in each data year and so the figures in the below table may underestimate the number of DVPOs and DVPNs granted. Data published by HMICFRS was published in 12-month periods from July-June. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publication tracks DVPO/Ns issued in a 12-month period from April-March. A breakdown of these figures can be seen in the below table.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Notices issued</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>DVPOs issued</p></td><td><p>DVPNs issued</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>HMICFRS published - 12 months leading to June 30th</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,813</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3,706</p></td><td><p>4,358</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>ONS published - 12 months leading to March 31st</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3,698</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,878</p></td><td><p>4,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>5,859</p></td><td><p>4,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>6,267</p></td><td><p>4,468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>7,995</p></td><td><p>10,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>10,167</p></td><td><p>11,336</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/06/2023 14:00:07 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1640057

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2023
	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 Office, how many Domestic Violence Protection (a) Orders and (b) Notices were issued in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	186758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICRFS) collect DVPN/O data and this has been published annually by the ONS here <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/domesticabuseinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">Domestic abuse in England and Wales - Appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a> for 2016-2018 and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdomesticabuseandthecriminaljusticesystemappendixtables&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJoshua.Davies33%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfa4cc56218a8490897f108db5dbc829a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638206836441990842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IJalgoedwqLsfe2cW%2FdA5AvcoJnoDKR7XLSyV%2F2FzOw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Domestic abuse and the criminal justice system - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a> for annual data since 2019.</p><p>Prior to 2017 data was published directly by HMICFRS here <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/police-forces/data/peel-assessments/" target="_blank">PEEL assessments data - His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk)</a> with 2015 being the first year the data was published. In 2015 only data on Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) are available. Not all police forces could provide data to HMICFRS in each data year and so the figures in the below table may underestimate the number of DVPOs and Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPNs) granted. Data published by HMICFRS was published in 12-month periods from July-June. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publication tracks DVPO/Ns issued in a 12-month period from April-March. A breakdown of these figures can be seen in the below table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Notices issued</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>DVPOs issued</p></td><td><p>DVPNs issued</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>HMICFRS published - 12 months leading to June 30th</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,813</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3,706</p></td><td><p>4,358</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>ONS published - 12 months leading to March 31st</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3,698</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,878</p></td><td><p>4,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>5,859</p></td><td><p>4,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>6,267</p></td><td><p>4,468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>7,995</p></td><td><p>10,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>10,167</p></td><td><p>11,336</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 05/06/2023 11:02:11 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1603954

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 percentage of asylum applications were (a) granted, (b) refused, (c) withdrawn and (d) pending a decision in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	165406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications raised can be found in table Asy_D01, data on initial decisions made on asylum applications can be found in table Asy_D02, and data on outcomes of asylum applications raised in specific years can be found in table Asy_D04 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.</p><p>For table Asy_D01 and Asy_D02, the latest data relate to the year ending December 2022. Data for the year ending March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023.</p><p>For table Asy_D04, the latest available data is for 2021, and data are accurate as of June 2022. An update to this table will be published in August 2023, which will include data for 2022.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 165407 165408 question first answered 17/03/2023 09:57:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1603955

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were submitted in each of the last five years; and how many decisions have been reached in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	165407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications raised can be found in table Asy_D01, data on initial decisions made on asylum applications can be found in table Asy_D02, and data on outcomes of asylum applications raised in specific years can be found in table Asy_D04 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.</p><p>For table Asy_D01 and Asy_D02, the latest data relate to the year ending December 2022. Data for the year ending March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023.</p><p>For table Asy_D04, the latest available data is for 2021, and data are accurate as of June 2022. An update to this table will be published in August 2023, which will include data for 2022.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 165406 165408 question first answered 17/03/2023 09:57:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1603956

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 percentage of asylum applications received in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 have had a decisions.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	165408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications raised can be found in table Asy_D01, data on initial decisions made on asylum applications can be found in table Asy_D02, and data on outcomes of asylum applications raised in specific years can be found in table Asy_D04 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.</p><p>For table Asy_D01 and Asy_D02, the latest data relate to the year ending December 2022. Data for the year ending March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023.</p><p>For table Asy_D04, the latest available data is for 2021, and data are accurate as of June 2022. An update to this table will be published in August 2023, which will include data for 2022.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 165406 165407 question first answered 17/03/2023 09:57:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1588206

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Police Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces have made changes to their procedures following Operation Safeguard in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	150581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Under a well-planned operational procedure, police forces are supporting His Majesty’s Prisons Service to respond to pressures on the adult male prison population by making a number of police cells available on a temporary basis.</p><p>Police forces retain the custody capacity needed to fight crime and keep the public safe and a key principle of Operation Safeguard is that this is not compromised. We are working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, Ministry of Justice and His Majesty’s Prison Service to manage the situation and ensure that the delivery of operational services is not affected.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/02/2023 16:56:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1541602

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual offences were (a) reported, (b) charged and (c) resulted in a conviction in England and Wales in each month since July 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	84948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of offences recorded each quarter and the investigative outcomes of crimes including charges recorded by the police in England and Wales by offence category, for sexual offences, is routinely published by the Home Office here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables.</a></p><p>Data on the number of convictions recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis can be found in the Outcomes by Offence tool published as part of the Criminal Justice System Statistics publication for convictions here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113400/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113400/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 16/11/2022 17:45:05 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1464141

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the findings of Operation Soteria will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	4662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Operation Soteria is a joint police-Crown Prosecution Service programme designed to drive improvements in the handling of rape cases. The policing elements are being funded by the Home Office to build a new national operating model for the investigation of rape.</p><p>The findings from the research in pathfinder police forces are shared with police and prosecutors nationally as soon as they are available, including through a National Rape and Sexual Offences Learning Network. The most recent national learning event took place on the 29 March and was attended by over approximately 180 individuals from across 39 police forces.</p><p>Findings from the research will be published in the Autumn, when the first phase of the programme is complete. In the interim, an update on progress will be provided in the next Rape Review Progress Update which will published shortly and be available on GOV.uk.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 26/05/2022 14:56:05 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves