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443036

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what constitutes non-violent extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21385 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443037

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what her definition is of non-violent expressions of religious belief which are (a) extreme and (b) not extreme.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21384 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443039

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 paragraph 113 of the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what definition her Department uses of extremism; and what steps she is taking to ensure that that definition does not close down debate or limit free speech.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21384 21385 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443041

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, whether a religious group or individual which claims that their religion is the only one true faith is included in its definition of extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21383 21384 21385 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443042

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what plans the Government has to consult with faith groups on its definition of extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
	uin	21383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21384 21385 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

442710

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) requests were made for and (b) individuals passed Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) adult first checks in each year since 2012; what the average time taken was for that check to be carried out; and how many of those passed subsequently failed their DBS check, and were therefore not issued with a DBS certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	21044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Adult First is a service provided by the Disclosure and Barring Service that can be used in cases where, exceptionally, and in accordance with the terms of Department of Health guidance, a person is permitted to start work with adults before a DBS Certificate has been obtained.</p><p>An individual neither passes nor fails an Adult First check and a certificate is not withheld if a person is on the Adults barred list. If a person is on the list, that fact will be disclosed on the completed DBS certificate.</p><p>There are two outcomes to an Adult First check and the Registered Body is either advised that no match exists for this person on the current Adults barred list, or they must wait for the full disclosure as a match against the Adults barred list cannot be ruled out at this stage. Further investigation is then carried out through the normal disclosure checking process and if a match against the Adults barred list is confirmed, it will be disclosed on the certificate.</p><p>The table below shows the number of requests that were made for DBS Adult First checks, the average time taken to complete Adult First checks and the number of times the Registered Body received a ‘wait for the full disclosure’ or ‘no match found’ response between December 2012 and November 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of Adult First Requests</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Days to Conduct Adult First Check</p></td><td><p>Number of “No Match Found” responses</p></td><td><p>Number of “wait for full Disclosure” responses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-12 to Mar-13</p></td><td><p>50,175</p></td><td><p>1.07</p></td><td><p>39,200</p></td><td><p>10,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13 to Mar-14</p></td><td><p>166,287</p></td><td><p>1.08</p></td><td><p>130,333</p></td><td><p>35,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14 to Mar-15</p></td><td><p>173,503</p></td><td><p>1.19</p></td><td><p>135,792</p></td><td><p>37,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15 to Nov-15</p></td><td><p>116,602</p></td><td><p>1.06</p></td><td><p>91,782</p></td><td><p>24,820</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/01/2016 17:58:09 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

442713

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) received for DBS checks from (a) local authorities, (b) keepers of statutory professional registers and (c) supervisory authorities in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	21045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of disclosure checks received for “Keepers of Registers” and “Supervisory Authorities” in each year since December 2012. Information relating to local authorities cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of disclosure check receipts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Keepers of Registers</p></td><td><p>Supervisory Authorities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December -12 to March-13</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>5,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -13 to March -14</p></td><td><p>2,624</p></td><td><p>42,694</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -14 to March -15</p></td><td><p>2,156</p></td><td><p>70,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -15 to November -15</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>43,474</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/01/2016 17:56:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

442715

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was for the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to (a) process the DBS application and either scan or return to the applicant for amendments, (b) search the Police National Computer, (c) search the Children's Barred List where appropriate, (d) search the Adults' Barred List where appropriate, (e) search the records held by local police where appropriate and (f) print the DBS certificate and return all necessary documentation to the applicant (i) nationally, (ii) in London and (iii) in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	21065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the average number of days taken by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to search the Police National Computer, search the records held by local police where appropriate and to print the DBS certificate and return all necessary documentation to the applicant nationally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Time to Search PNC (days)</p></td><td><p>Time to search Local Police Records (days)</p></td><td><p>Time to Print Certificate (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December -12 to March -13</p></td><td><p>1.12</p></td><td><p>4.22</p></td><td><p>1.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -13 to March -14</p></td><td><p>1.64</p></td><td><p>6.53</p></td><td><p>1.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -14 to March -15</p></td><td><p>3.04</p></td><td><p>7.04</p></td><td><p>2.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -15 to November -15</p></td><td><p>2.68</p></td><td><p>8.08</p></td><td><p>1.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2 shows the average number of days taken by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to search the Police National Computer, search the records held by local police where appropriate and to print the DBS certificate and return all necessary documentation to applicants with a London postcode.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>(b) Search PNC</p></td><td><p>(e) Search Local Police Records</p></td><td><p>(f) Print Certificate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December -12 to March -13</p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td><td><p>5.14</p></td><td><p>1.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -13 to March -14</p></td><td><p>1.63</p></td><td><p>8.23</p></td><td><p>1.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -14 to March -15</p></td><td><p>2.83</p></td><td><p>10.78</p></td><td><p>1.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April -15 to Nov-15</p></td><td><p>2.58</p></td><td><p>14.53</p></td><td><p>1.60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>It is not possible to provide figures for the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency as this information is not collected.</p><p>Figures for the average processing time for scanning and returning paper applications cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Checks of the Children’s barred list and the Adults’ barred list are carried out in parallel to the local police checks and data on the average time taken to conduct these checks cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 20/01/2016 17:03:09 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

443043

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which (a) towns, (b) cities and (c) regions were the recorded locations of exploitation of potential victims of human trafficking referred to the UK National Referral Mechanism in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	21370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the breakdown of the claimed location of exploitation for the 2,340 potential victims referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in 2014. The geographical location of exploitation is recorded by police force area only, for reporting and statistical purposes.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police for area of exploitation (claimed)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon &amp; Somerset</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon &amp; Cornwall</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GMP</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Multiple locations</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police Scotland</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNI</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overseas</p></td><td><p>432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown / Not recorded*</p></td><td><p>1016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2340</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* “Unknown/not-recorded” cases are ones where: • potential victims did not know the location of exploitation; and / or</p><p>• potential victims have been moved with the intention to exploit but have been identified before an act of exploitation has taken place; and / or</p><p>• frontline workers did not accurately record this data when initial referrals were made</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/01/2016 16:24:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield