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1659721

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent people subject to deportation orders from being able to submit further asylum claims.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	198865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Work is underway to bring the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 relating to priority removal notices and expedited appeals into force as soon as possible. The aim of these measures is to reduce the volume of further claims or repeat claims from those liable to deportation or removal from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 14:31:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1659728

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure support from the French authorities in preventing small boats from crossing the Channel.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	198872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Home Office officials regularly meet with French counterparts to exchange information so that operational activity against these dangerous, illegal and unnecessary crossings is optimised. As a result of those joint efforts nearly 33,000 crossing attempts were prevented in 2022, an increase of over 40% on 2021 and over 16,000 more have been prevented so far this year.</p><p>Measures introduced to tackle illegal migration since the Prime Minister took office include a package of measures agreed with France which will see the deployment of more than double the number of French personnel and enhanced technology to patrol beaches.</p><p>A strengthened partnership with Turkey which includes UK and Turkish law enforcement officers stepping up joint operations to tackle Organised Immigration Crime and disrupt the supply chain of boat parts and other materials used as part of illegal migration journeys.</p><p>A new partnership between social media companies and government to tackle people smuggling content online. Backed by a new Online Capability Centre, it will undermine and disrupt organised crime groups using the internet to facilitate these journeys</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 15:09:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1656579

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Direct Selling
	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 take steps to encourage the adoption of no cold caller zones.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	197081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>This is not a matter for the Home Office but is for Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 16:11:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1656580

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle changes in the level of bicycle thefts.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	197082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales for year ending March 2023 shows that the level of bicycle theft offences has reduced by 51% since March 2010.</p><p>The Home Office works closely with the British Transport Police (BTP), the national lead for cycle theft, to tackle the theft of bicycles. BTP have launched the ‘double lock it’ campaign with police forces and organisations, providing advice to owners to help better protect their bicycles. Further information on the campaign and bicycle locks can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.btp.police.uk%2Fpolice-forces%2Fbritish-transport-police%2Fareas%2Fcampaigns%2Fdouble-lock-it%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AJnmVh0mAoSustcSga%2Fo4B42WRZDoPpL%2B5gyHecq5fA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/campaigns/double-lock-it/</a>.</p><p>The Department for Transport’s (DfT) Cycling and Walking Plan for England, Gear Change, aims to boost cycling and walking and sets out a number of initiatives to combat cycle theft, including encouraging retailers to number the bicycles they sell and offer customers the opportunity to register their bicycle on a database at the point of sale. The Plan is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcycling-and-walking-plan-for-england&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gfeelBYDwqb9gRWXC3kYh%2Fdle%2BGk48CB5C3gqfvqR2o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england</a>.</p><p>The BTP-led National Cycle Crime Group, working with DfT, have set up Cycle Crime Reduction Partnerships across the country to coordinate regional enforcement activity to disrupt organised cycle theft.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on the number of bicycle theft offences reported to and recorded by the police in England and Wales and their investigative outcomes, including charges, on a quarterly basis.</p><p>These can be accessed here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fpolice-recorded-crime-open-data-tables&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd81ad79f8c904179eefa08db1356d891%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638125035933117391%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=j3hyxNp3csHkm8tQ8ySHPp0H5br98fvWuWbgjQ%2BJbGM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 11:51:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1656587

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Burglary: Crime Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce burglary rates.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	197089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales, covering the year to March 2023, shows that domestic burglary has fallen by 55% since the year ending March 2010. We welcome this reduction, but we recognise the significant impact invasive crimes like burglary can have on individuals and the wider community, and we are keen that the number of these crimes is driven even lower.</p><p>As we made clear in the Beating Crime Plan, published in July 2021, our approach to tackling burglary focuses on evidenced-based and targeted interventions, such as the Safer Streets Fund. The Safer Streets Fund supports investment in street lighting, home security and other measures, to help prevent crimes such as domestic burglary occurring in the first place. Round 5 of the Fund was launched on 6 July.</p><p>This is underpinned by making sure police get the basics right, which is why we welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council on 8 June that all 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales have been attending all home burglaries since March this year. We are working with police leaders to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public.</p><p>Furthermore, as part of this back-to-basics approach, police forces across England and Wales have committed to pursue all ‘reasonable lines of enquiry’ where there is a reasonable chance it could lead them to catching a perpetrator and solving a crime. This commitment, announced on 28 August, has been worked up and agreed by the Home Office, in tandem with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and College of Policing.</p><p>And to ensure the police have the resources they need to implement this and tackle crimes like burglary, we have delivered on our commitment to recruit 20,000 additional officers by March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 11:49:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1656588

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Demonstrations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle slow-moving protests.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	197090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>It is unacceptable that protests should disrupt the hard-working people going about their daily business.</p><p>The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 is already in force. This raised the maximum penalty for wilful obstruction of the highway to 6 months’ imprisonment, a level 3 fine on the standard scale, or both.</p><p>The Public Order Act 2023, which received Royal Assent on 2 May, has also introduced new measures to improve the police’s ability to respond to highly disruptive protests. This includes the offence of interference with the use or operation of key national infrastructure, which, carries a maximum penalty of 12 months’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both on indictment or a maximum penalty of and, six months’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both, respectively on summary.</p><p>In addition, Parliament has approved a Statutory Instrument providing greater clarity to law enforcement on when conditions can be imposed on public processions causing serious disruption to the life of the community.</p><p>We will continue to work closely with the police going forwards to make sure they are able to make full use of these powers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 11:42:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1656589

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes are deported.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	197091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to protecting the public by removing foreign criminals and are determined to do all we can to ensure that they cannot frustrate the removal process.</p><p>Last year, under the Nationality and Borders Act (NABA) 2022, we expanded the early removal scheme (ERS) for FNOs to allow them to be removed directly from prison from a maximum of 9 months to 12 months before the end of their custodial sentence.</p><p>Our new Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Albania came into force in May 2022, and we are working closely with other countries to speed up the removal of foreign national offenders, freeing up space in our prisons and reducing costs to the British taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:35:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1645919

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Addictions and Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce rates of spice (a) abuse and (b) addiction.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	190392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>Synthetic cannabinoids, including those sold by dealers under the street name ‘Spice’, are dangerous drugs. They are controlled as Class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to give the police the powers they need to take necessary action.</p><p>The largest dedicated funding stream under the Government’s Drug Strategy is for drug treatment, including treatment for dependence on synthetic cannabinoids, with £780m over the next three years. In addition, the DWP individual placement and support (IPS) scheme helps people with addiction to secure work, and the rough sleeping drug and alcohol treatment grant ensures there is intensive, tailored support for people to address their drug dependence and find stable housing.</p><p>Under the Government’s Drug Strategy, all areas in England have established dedicated Combating Drugs Partnerships bringing together local leaders across law enforcement, criminal justice, treatment and recovery, and the NHS, to deliver the strategy on the ground. These partnerships will be able to focus efforts on local needs relating to drug use, including where the consumption of potent synthetic cannabinoids is harming individuals and causing a blight on their communities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/06/2023 16:17:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1645922

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Burglary: Crime Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the rate of burglaries.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	190395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>We welcome the latest Crime Survey for England and Wales data, which shows a 51% per cent fall in the level of domestic burglary when comparing the Crime Survey to year ending December 2022 with the year ending March 2010. This represents a fall from 917,000 incidents to 449,000 incidents. While this is clearly good news, the Government recognises the significant impact invasive crimes such as domestic burglary can have on individuals and the wider community, and we are keen that the number of these crimes is driven even lower.</p><p>As we made clear in the Beating Crime Plan, evidence-based and targeted interventions, such as the Safer Streets Fund, underpinned by getting the basics in policing right, lies at the heart of our strategy to reduce these crimes.</p><p>The Safer Streets Fund supports police and local authorities investment in street lighting, home security and other measures, to help prevent crimes such as domestic burglary from happening in the first place.</p><p>In her open letter to police leaders in September 2022, the Home Secretary made it clear that the public will want to know the police will visit them when a burglary has been committed. We therefore welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council on the 8 June that all 43 police forces in England and Wales have been implementing this policy since March this year. We are working with police leaders to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public. <a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary" target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary</a></p><p>To help ensure the police have the resources they need to fight crime and tackle anti-social behaviour, we have delivered on our commitment to recruit 20,000 additional police officers by the end of March this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/06/2023 14:36:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1641250

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to reduce the time taken for passport applications to be processed.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	187284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>People are receiving their passports in good time. Between January and May 2023, 99.4% of customers using the standard UK service received their passport within the published processing timeframe of ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/06/2023 13:18:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers