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423741

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Trafficking and Kidnap Unit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding was allocated to the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit of the Metropolitan Police Service in (1) 2012–13, (2) 2013–14, and (3) 2014–15.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL3005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes modern slavery very seriously and the Modern Slavery Strategy sets out our approach to improving the law enforcement response. We expect individual forces to allocate adequate resources to tackling serious crime including modern slavery, within the overall level of funding available to them. However, decisions about the specific level of funding and staffing for specific units within the Metropolitan Police, such as the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit, are matters for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3006 question first answered 02/11/2015 17:40:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

423742

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Trafficking and Kidnap Unit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many permanent members of staff are employed within the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit of the Metropolitan Police Service, and what staffing changes are envisaged in the next year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL3006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes modern slavery very seriously and the Modern Slavery Strategy sets out our approach to improving the law enforcement response. We expect individual forces to allocate adequate resources to tackling serious crime including modern slavery, within the overall level of funding available to them. However, decisions about the specific level of funding and staffing for specific units within the Metropolitan Police, such as the Human Trafficking and Kidnap Unit, are matters for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3005 question first answered 02/11/2015 17:40:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

606226

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the fire risk posed by e-cigarettes and what discussion they have had with the LGA, London Councils and the leaders of Fire Authorities in England about this risk.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL2465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>We recognise e-cigarettes are an emerging technology and have taken action with the Chief Fire Officers’ Association, the then Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and with Electrical Safety First to develop appropriate fire safety messages for consumers.</p><p>These were promoted through the Fire Kills campaign, and continue to be made available on Electrical Safety First’s website - http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/guides-and-advice/electrical-items/e-cigarettes/.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/11/2016 15:56:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

607605

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding has been allocated to local authorities to support unaccompanied children being resettled in the UK beyond 31 March 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL2537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>In July 2016, we increased the national rate of funding to local authorities taking responsibility for unaccompanied asylum seeking children, from £34,675 to £41,610 a year for those aged under 16 and from £25,915 to £33,215 a year for those aged 16 or 17. We will keep these arrangements under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/11/2016 09:31:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

622460

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the Syrian vulnerable person resettlement programme should be expanded to include victims of sexual violence and torture by Daesh and other armed groups in Iraq.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL2781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>Eligibility for the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement programme (VPR) is based on established vulnerability criteria used by the UNHCR, which includes those who have been victims of sexual violence and torture.</p><p>Whilst the VPR is limited to Syrian nationals, the UK operates a number of other resettlement schemes which are open to all nationalities. This includes our long-running Gateway and Mandate schemes and our new Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement scheme. In the year ending June 2016, the UK resettled over 100 Iraqis under the Gateway and Mandate schemes.</p><p>The UK continues to support humanitarian efforts by providing £79.5 million to help the three million Iraqis who have been displaced, and over eight million people in need, many of whom have been victims of Daesh’s abuses and persecution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/11/2016 14:55:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

625819

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding has been allocated to support unaccompanied children being resettled in the UK beyond 31 March 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL2838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>In July 2016, we significantly increased the national rates of funding to local authorities taking responsibility for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. We will keep these arrangements under review, but we have no current plans to reduce the rates.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/11/2016 15:27:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

671116

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children in Care
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the special thematic report by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ <i>Safeguarding Pressures Phase 5, </i>on unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children published on 3 November 2016, and of its finding that the higher funding rates available from 1 July 2016 are not sufficient to meet the full costs of caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL4519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government significantly increased the funding provided to local authorities looking after Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) in July 2016. These rates are based on a detailed analysis of financial information sent to the Home Office by local authorities about their actual cost of caring for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children. That analysis showed the average cost across all local authorities of looking after an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child aged under 16 was approximately £41,610 per annum and the average cost of supporting those aged 16 and 17 was approximately £33,215 per annum. The Government has made additional funding available for local authorities through the Controlling Migration Fund.</p><p>We have committed to regularly review the rates and will work with the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services and local authorities to ensure their views form part of that review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2017 15:04:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

709512

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what procedures are in place to ensure that applications for the grant or renewal of a firearm or shotgun certificate which are submitted correctly and in time are renewed within the recognised timeframe in order to avoid the certificate holder committing an offence.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
	uin	HL5919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Under the Firearms Act 1968, firearm and shotgun certificate administration is a matter for the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant lives. The time taken to process a firearm or shotgun application can vary between forces as the respective chief officer must take into account the need to manage risk and ensure public protection in their respective force area.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Section 7 of the Firearms Act 1968, allows the police to issue a temporary permit for the continued possession of firearms and ammunition, the use of this power was not used consistently by police forces. The Government has therefore taken steps to assist forces with the administration of the firearms licensing system through changes made under the Policing and Crime Act 2017. Section 131 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 automatically extends the validity of firearm and shotgun certificates past their expiry date for a limited period of up to eight weeks where a timely application for renewal has been made prior to the expiry of the certificate. This will give police the extra time needed to complete outstanding checks without this impacting on a licence holder’s activities through the expiry of the certificate prior to renewal. This provision will be implemented later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Any requests for compensation by licence holders whilst their renewal applications are being considered is a matter for them to raise with the police.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect data centrally on the performance of individual forces in respect of firearms licensing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5920 HL5921 HL5922 question first answered 20/03/2017 15:46:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury

709513

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what procedures are in place to issue temporary firearm, shotgun or coterminous certificates when renewals are not completed within the recognised timeframe.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
	uin	HL5920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Under the Firearms Act 1968, firearm and shotgun certificate administration is a matter for the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant lives. The time taken to process a firearm or shotgun application can vary between forces as the respective chief officer must take into account the need to manage risk and ensure public protection in their respective force area.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Section 7 of the Firearms Act 1968, allows the police to issue a temporary permit for the continued possession of firearms and ammunition, the use of this power was not used consistently by police forces. The Government has therefore taken steps to assist forces with the administration of the firearms licensing system through changes made under the Policing and Crime Act 2017. Section 131 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 automatically extends the validity of firearm and shotgun certificates past their expiry date for a limited period of up to eight weeks where a timely application for renewal has been made prior to the expiry of the certificate. This will give police the extra time needed to complete outstanding checks without this impacting on a licence holder’s activities through the expiry of the certificate prior to renewal. This provision will be implemented later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Any requests for compensation by licence holders whilst their renewal applications are being considered is a matter for them to raise with the police.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect data centrally on the performance of individual forces in respect of firearms licensing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5919 HL5921 HL5922 question first answered 20/03/2017 15:46:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury

709514

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what procedures are in place financially to compensate certificate holders who are obliged to lodge their firearms with a registered firearms dealer due to a late renewal of their certificate.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
	uin	HL5921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Under the Firearms Act 1968, firearm and shotgun certificate administration is a matter for the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant lives. The time taken to process a firearm or shotgun application can vary between forces as the respective chief officer must take into account the need to manage risk and ensure public protection in their respective force area.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Section 7 of the Firearms Act 1968, allows the police to issue a temporary permit for the continued possession of firearms and ammunition, the use of this power was not used consistently by police forces. The Government has therefore taken steps to assist forces with the administration of the firearms licensing system through changes made under the Policing and Crime Act 2017. Section 131 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 automatically extends the validity of firearm and shotgun certificates past their expiry date for a limited period of up to eight weeks where a timely application for renewal has been made prior to the expiry of the certificate. This will give police the extra time needed to complete outstanding checks without this impacting on a licence holder’s activities through the expiry of the certificate prior to renewal. This provision will be implemented later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Any requests for compensation by licence holders whilst their renewal applications are being considered is a matter for them to raise with the police.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect data centrally on the performance of individual forces in respect of firearms licensing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5919 HL5920 HL5922 question first answered 20/03/2017 15:46:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury