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1685456

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Defending Democracy Taskforce: BBC Persian Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce has taken evidence from BBC Persian journalists as part of its review into the UK's approach to transnational repression; and whether it has had recent discussions with the BBC World Service on that review.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	11735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling the issue of transnational repression. Any threats made by a foreign state against individuals in the UK, including journalists, will be thoroughly investigated.</p><p>The Defending Democracy Taskforce's review into the UK's approach to transnational repression is intended to ensure the UK has a robust and joined up response across government and law enforcement to this threat to our democracy.</p><p>The Taskforce has engaged a range of partners during the review, including other government departments, relevant agencies and law enforcement, and external stakeholders.</p><p>I intend to update the House on the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 06/02/2024 14:35:46 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668948

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	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 Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203790 on Visas: Africa, whether the (a) passports and (b) other documents of visa applicants applying at Visa Application Centres in (i) South Africa, (ii) Kenya, (iii) Nigeria and (iv) Ghana are (A) digitally copied and (B) checked at that Visa Application Centre.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	1080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Commercial partners take tri-scans of customers passports and scan all other supporting documents onto a digital portal for Decision Making Centres to view via a secure cloud solution.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/11/2023 10:30:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668950

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	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, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings on pages 64 to 66 and 103 to 106 of the report “Join Us or Die”: Rwanda’s Extraterritorial Repression, published by Human Rights Watch in October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	1081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>All attempts by foreign Governments to coerce, intimidate, harass or harm their critics overseas, undermining democracy and the rule of law, are unacceptable. Any threats made by a foreign state against individuals in the UK will be thoroughly investigated.</p><p>This Government is committed to tackling the issue of transnational repression. The National Security Act will strengthen our legal powers to counter foreign interference and the Defending Democracy Taskforce, established last year to help protect the democratic integrity of the UK, is conducting a review into the UK’s approach to transnational repression.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/11/2023 15:40:55 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1666519

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Teleperformance
	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 11 September 2023 to Question 195882 on Visas: Tourism, how much his Department spent on contracts with Teleperformance Ltd for (a) visa processing and (b) contact centre services in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	203789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not categorise the information in a way that groups together Visa Processing spend with Teleperformance Ltd from 2021 to 2023, therefore we are unable to answer part of this question.</p><p>Contractual information in Contracts Finder is available for the second part of the question.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:45:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1666523

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Visa Application Centres in (a) Kenya, (b) Nigeria, (c) Ghana and (d) South Africa contain scanners and other equipment required for (i) checking the authenticity of passports and other documents and (ii) making electronic copies of those documents.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	203791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Africa are operated by the commercial partner, TLS Contact, on behalf of UK Visas and Immigration. TLS Contact do not send physical passports or documents from these locations to the UK. Passports are stored either at the VAC or, for some locations, at a remote print location. A Keep My Passport service is available for purchase at the majority of the VACs in these countries which allows a customer to keep their passport while their application is processed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203790 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:30:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1666521

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Visa Application Centres in (a) Kenya, (b) Nigeria, (c) Ghana and (d) South Africa courier passports and other documents of visa applicants to Decision Making Centres in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	203790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Africa are operated by the commercial partner, TLS Contact, on behalf of UK Visas and Immigration. TLS Contact do not send physical passports or documents from these locations to the UK. Passports are stored either at the VAC or, for some locations, at a remote print location. A Keep My Passport service is available for purchase at the majority of the VACs in these countries which allows a customer to keep their passport while their application is processed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203791 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:30:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1658845

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Newham
	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 work with local (a) businesses and (b) authorities to provide safe spaces for child victims of sexual street harassment in Newham.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	198102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Public sexual harassment is an appalling crime which the Government is committed to tackling. Our children have the right to both be and feel safe on our streets.</p><p>We are providing just over £1.2 million in funding, for the next two years, to the Children's Society for a programme to drive targeted action to respond to child sexual abuse and exploitation. The programme works with national and local partners, including businesses, to identify exploitation trends and work collaboratively to prevent harm.</p><p>In addition, we have:</p><ul><li>awarded £125 million through the Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night Funds, covering a range of interventions including enhanced street lighting and CCTV, bystander training programmes and taxi marshals;</li><li>are supporting Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP’s Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Bill, which provides that if someone commits an offence under section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 (intentional harassment, alarm or distress) and does so because of the victim’s sex, they can receive a longer sentence. In cases involving children, there are potentially additional offences that may be relevant;</li><li>have ensured new guidance is in place for the police and prosecutors on public sexual harassment; and are running the “Enough” public communications campaign, which aims to target and challenge public sexual harassment and other forms of violence against women and girls by, for example, empowering bystanders to intervene safely.</li></ul> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 14/09/2023 14:15:31 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1658844

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Children: Newham
	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 help ensure ensure that public parks in Newham are safe for children during the hours when children travel home from school.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	198101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Policing of parks in Newham is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Service. Multi-agency partners, including the Metropolitan Police Service receives over £22.5m in funds to tackle serious violence in London. This includes funds for the Violence Reduction Unit which delivers a multi-agency partnerships to lead the local response to reducing violence, with a focus on long-term prevention.</p><p>To date, £3.2 million has been awarded through all rounds of the Safer Streets Fund to local projects across London. This includes just over £1.5 million in funding through the current fourth round for projects targeting anti-social behaviour, as well as neighbourhood crime and violence against women and girls. Interventions funded have included the installation of additional CCTV, streetlighting and alleygating. The Mayor for Policing and Crime in London and the City of London Police Authority board have both been allocated £2m in total through the latest fifth round of the fund to support delivery of a range of interventions focused on VAWG, ASB and Neighbourhood Crime.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 14/09/2023 11:48:53 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1656272

	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	Visas: Tourism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tourist visa applications were made to UK Visas and Immigration in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	195883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>According to the Home Office published data on visit visa applications in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBenjamin.Compton-James1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2767fe8b451d4f9ddeb908db72549432%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638229479803438974%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jZDr3ndk1yOLFeyjGNMSe1XaY6VRLPhKjA41V9mx3NY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’ and in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fmanaged-migration-datasets%23entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBenjamin.Compton-James1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2767fe8b451d4f9ddeb908db72549432%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638229479803438974%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=e3QZhkt18UJZHpiofwxPKMniqS9dJRZT8vdok5s6DAI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Entry clearance detailed dataset</a> of the quarterly publication, for 2021 there were 613,741 visit visa applications and in 2022 there were 1,795,963 visit visa applications.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:47:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1656271

	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	Visas: Tourism
	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 for processing (a) an average tourist visa application and (b) all tourist visa applications in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	195882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The estimated cost of processing visit visa applications for the years 2021 – 2022, is published on gov.uk as part of the Home Office’s transparency publications <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisa-fees-transparency-data&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAnthea.Merrick%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca5a23839b7224a02a67a08db97272e84%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638269966753996209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VBbCBJYTfsAz0%2FdAjPIrrnyvifLeBw9JseyOGSwVEzE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa fees transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:31:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown