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1360560

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the effective implementation of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
	uin	903769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>We owe a huge debt of gratitude to interpreters and other staff who risked their lives working alongside UK forces in Afghanistan.</p><p>It is why we have introduced a generous funding package, covering healthcare, accommodation, education, and integration. We are committed to working with local authorities and NGOs to ensure Afghans who are resettled in the UK are fully supported.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2021 14:59:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1524324

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
	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 trends in the level of anti-social behaviour in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, (b) North Staffordshire, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
	uin	67263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent ASB can have on both individuals and the wider community. Last year the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Beating Crime Plan</em></a> laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the<em> ‘2014 Act’</em>.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides a range of flexible tools and powers to local agencies to tackle anti-social behaviour. Local areas decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. The Office for National Statistics annually publishes anti-social behaviour incidents reported to the police by Police Force Area and no further lower level breakdown is currently available.</p><p>Police recorded ASB incidents for the West Midlands were on a steady decline pre-Covid-19 with a 40% fall in 2019-20 when compared with 2016-17. The overall number of ASB incidents in England &amp; Wales also fell (24%) pre-Covid-19 but to a lesser degree than in West Midlands. The year to March 2022 reports a drop in ASB incidents for both England &amp; Wales (-6%) and West Midlands (-17%) when compared to the 2019-20 (pre-Covid-19) period.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/10/2022 15:06:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1537362

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour: Newcastle-under-Lyme
	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 her Department has taken to help support the police to tackle anti-social behaviour in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
	uin	74984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office published statutory guidance to support local policing to make effective use of the powers in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. The guidance sets out the importance of focusing on the needs of the victim and the local community, as well as ensuring that the relevant legal tests are met. This guidance was updated in June 2022 to ensure a victim-centered approach to tackling ASB as well as stronger use of the powers and tools in the 2014 Act.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives respectively, to decide how best to respond to local priorities and to help ensure the police have the resources they need; we have given them the biggest funding increase in a decade and are enabling policing to recruit 20,000 additional officers over the next three years.</p><p>As at 30 September 2022, Staffordshire Police has recruited 265 additional uplift officers against a total three year allocation of 300 officers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 16:37:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1639168

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress the National Crime Agency has made on tackling organised immigration crime.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
	uin	905054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Mr Speaker, this Government has pledged to tackle Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) as a priority to save lives, deter illegal migration and disrupt the people-smuggling gangs responsible for the dangerous Channel crossings.</p><p>Since 2015, the UK’s dedicated OIC taskforce has achieved more than 1,400 arrests (both in the UK and overseas), with suspects sentenced to more than 1,300 years in prison (61)</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 22/05/2023 15:07:05 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1418788

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions and correspondence the National Crime Agency has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on fraud in the coronavirus business support schemes in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	116079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has consistently stated that fraud is unacceptable, and we are taking action on multiple fronts to recover money lost to error and fraud and, where necessary, take legal action against those who have sought to exploit the Covid support schemes.</p><p>The National Crime Agency works with a range of partners, including HM Treasury and BEIS, to achieve its operational priorities. They do not comment on communication with partners that could impact the operational response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/02/2022 16:25:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 49033 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1419201

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to add violence against women and girls to the strategic policing requirement.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	117088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The issue of Violence Against Women and Girls is a key priority for the government and policing.</p><p>In September 2021, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services’ (HMICFRS) report “Police response to violence against women and girls” recommended the policing of violence against women and girls be added to the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR).</p><p>The purpose of the SPR is to set out what in the Home Secretary’s view are the national threats at the time the document is issued, and the appropriate national policing capabilities to counter those national threats.</p><p>Following the HMICFRS recommendation and a recent Home Office-led review of the SPR, we are currently considering the national threats and policing capabilities to be included in a revised SPR which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 10/02/2022 13:14:40 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1433780

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many in-country (a) leave to remain and (b) indefinite leave to remain applications remain outstanding beyond their six month service standard as of 21 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	126868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Our aim is to process all applications for leave to remain and indefinite leave to remain within our service level agreement (SLA). Each individual case is considered on its own merit, which means some cases will inevitably take longer than others to conclude. Cases may take longer dependent on the circumstances of the case, for example, if the applicant is facing an impending prosecution or has a criminal record.</p><p> </p><p>If an application is deemed complex and expected to take longer than the published SLA, UKVI will write to the customer within the SLA and explain what will happen next.</p><p>Not all application routes have a six month SLA and certain routes do not have an SLA, this is due to the complexities of the applications submitted to us.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data, at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=04%7C01%7CVCDirectorsOffice%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C5f31526578974542d1ab08d9f5ecd38c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637811219766945261%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=%2FTXLGCNaIjFc%2F9Hb5ppeDf70X5MWD%2Fc%2F%2BArgqEI6e30%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/02/2022 12:50:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1435289

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	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 24 February 2022 to Question 126868 on Immigration: Applications, if she will publish data held by her Department on the number of outstanding applications for (a) leave to remain and (b) indefinite leave to remain as at 24 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	129269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The most recent published data for outstanding leave to remain and indefinite leave to remain applications can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p><p>Under Visas and Citizenship Data, Tab VC_02 includes the number of straightforward applications and non-straightforward applications that remained outstanding at the end of the last reported period.</p><p>This data was published on 24 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/03/2022 11:19:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 54382 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1436516

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
	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 enable the Ukrainian family members of British nationals to obtain family migration visas in the event that they cannot safely reach a Visa Application Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	131346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>While the Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Kyiv and Lviv have had to close in response to the conflict, the Home Office has surged capacity to other countries, including Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Moldova. We have also established a new pop-up VAC in Rzeszow, Poland.</p><p>Since Tuesday 15 March, Ukrainians with passports no longer need to go to a Visa Application Centre to give their biometrics before they come to the UK.</p><p>The Home Secretary’s statement of 10 March sets out the latest update for the Ukrainian Family Scheme. It can be found on the GOV.UK website:</p><p> </p><p>Home Secretary update on support for Ukrainians - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/03/2022 16:01:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1436517

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
	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 prioritising applications for family migration visas made by people who are fleeing Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	131347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>Applications for the new Ukraine Family Scheme opened on Friday 4 March. Applications under the Scheme are being prioritised by UKVI</p><p><br> Further updates on the number of Ukraine Family Scheme visas issued can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/04/2022 09:57:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare