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1201847

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what communications campaign has been launched to (a) raise awareness of domestic abuse, (b) reassure the public that the police and support services are still available and accessible during the covid-19 outbreak and (c) encourage people to access help and support when they need it.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	57414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office launched the #YouAreNotAlone communications campaign on 11 April to inform victims of domestic abuse that they can leave home; raise awareness that police response and support services remain available, and signpost help and support.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The campaign drives people towards support and advice on https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help and includes the following channels:</p><ul><li>Digital and social media advertising</li><li>Influencer and PR activity, creating a movement where people have shown solidarity with victims and signposted to support by sharing the campaign assets and using the hashtag #YouAreNotAlone. High profile supporters include Emma Watson, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Dua Lipa and Russell Howard.</li><li>Ongoing work with specialist agency The Multicultural Marketing Consultancy (MMC) to extend campaign messaging into diverse black and minority ethnic community channels and media.</li><li>The campaign assets are also being disseminated via partners and employers through partner packs which, so far, have been sent to 250 stakeholders and nearly 10,000 employers. This includes other government departments, banks, post offices, pharmacies and supermarkets who have all helped promote campaign materials and raise awareness. Materials have been translated in 15 languages and Welsh.</li></ul> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/06/2020 10:03:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1229380

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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, how many immigrants who have crossed the English Channel illegally since 1 January 2018 remain in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	82644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>Details on the number of people who have crossed the Channel in small boats between January 2018 and June 2020 was published, via a letter from the Home Secretary to the Home Affairs Select Committee, in September 2020. The information is available at:<a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/2333/documents/22962/default/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/2333/documents/22962/default/</a></p><p>We remain committed to removing those with no right to be in the UK, and who do not comply with our immigration laws.</p><p>The Home Office continues to work closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers as soon as possible and ahead of the six-month timeframe for a return.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of asylum seekers transferred under the Dublin regulation in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Data on the number of asylum seekers transferred out of the UK under the Dublin Regulation, broken down by the EU member state they have been transferred to are published in tables Dub_D01 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</a></p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending December 2019.</p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/09/2020 15:09:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1229628

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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, whether immigrants entering the UK via crossing the English Channel illegally are being tested for covid-19 upon arrival.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	82645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>We continue to work in line with Public Health England guidance; people arriving by small boats are not specifically tested for coronavirus but are assessed upon arrival for any medical needs and are monitored for symptoms. If symptomatic, individuals will be referred for testing and treatment if appropriate.</p><p>All people arriving by small boat are required to self-isolate for a period of 14 days.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2020 13:13:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1243463

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons a UK citizen living in the UK is charged a fee for the citizenship applications process to bring their non-UK citizen spouse to the UK and a EU citizen living in the UK is able to bring their spouse to the UK through the settled status scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	103669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2014 gives the Home Office statutory powers to set fees for applications for entry or residence documentation issued under our domestic Immigration Rules and fees currently charged to non-EU citizens, including the dependants of British citizens, take into account wider factors within primary legislation.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the transition period, we will introduce a new fairer immigration system. This new points-based immigration system, to be implemented from 1 January 2021, will focus on the skills migrants possess and the contribution they can make to the UK, not where their passport comes from. Our intention is to align the immigration arrangements for newly arriving EU citizens with those for migrants from the rest of the world, including in respect of family reunion. Further details of the new system will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The EU Settlement Scheme reflects our obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU in relation to EU citizens resident in the UK by the end of the transition period and their family members. British nationals living in the UK are not exercising free movement rights and therefore need to sponsor family members under the UK’s immigration rules.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2020 13:19:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1340262

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Door Supervisors: Licensing
	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 potential merits of adjusting training requirements in order to re-activate expired door security licenses to address the shortage of security staff in the night time economy sector.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	22216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>Door supervisors are licensed by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). The requirement for door supervisor licence holders to achieve a qualification helps to ensure that they and members of the public are kept safe. The SIA sets the appropriate standard of qualifications, taking into account the views of interested parties including the industry, public safety experts and coroners.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe that re-activating expired licences, without those holding expired licences being subject to the normal application process, would be acceptable on public safety grounds. The normal application checks include whether an operative has been convicted of any criminal offences since last being granted a licence.</p><p> </p><p>The SIA recognises the qualifications offered by a number of government-regulated awarding organisations for the purposes of licensing. Neither the Home Office nor the SIA regulates the delivery of training which is the responsibility of dedicated agencies across the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>It is also not the responsibility of the Home Office or the SIA to fund vocational education and training. The SIA is funded by licence application fees and Approved Contractor Scheme fees on the basis of the full recovery of its costs. Funding training for one type of licence applicant would require the SIA to recoup these costs from other applicants.</p><p> </p><p>However, the SIA recognises the importance of supporting licence-holders and applicants, especially during the current exceptional circumstances. The SIA has worked with the training providers’ awarding bodies to ensure that training is as flexible and cost-effective as possible. Options include a mixture of self-study, virtual classrooms, and face-to-face training in COVID-19 secure environments in line with Ofqual guidance.</p><p> </p><p>I am pleased to report that there are record numbers of licensed door supervisors on the register of SIA licence holders.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2021 14:47:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1360562

	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	Hamas: Proscribed Organisations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's proscription of Hamas.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	903772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Hamas’ military wing was proscribed in the UK in 2001.</p><p>Proscription is a powerful tool. The investigation and prosecution of proscription offences is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p>It would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further on such matters however, anyone that professes support for, or who is a member of Hamas, risks being investigated by the police for proscription offences.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/10/2021 15:11:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1360837

	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	Hamas: Proscribed Organisations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's proscription of Hamas.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	58575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Hamas’ military wing was proscribed in the UK in 2001.</p><p>The investigation and prosecution of proscription offences is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service. It would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further on such matters. Anyone that professes support for, or who is a member of Military Wing risks being investigated by the police for proscription offences.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/10/2021 08:54:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 27755 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1538682

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	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 Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual reports 2019 to 2021, published on 26 October 2022, for what reasons incidents of non-compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, for which the remedy was not solely inspector advice, increased between 2018 and 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	77653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The 2018 Animal in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) annual report explains that several non-compliance cases were detected in 2018, but investigations were not completed until 2019. Available at (p26): <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animals-in-science-regulation-unit-annual-report-2018" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/animals-in-science-regulation-unit-annual-report-2018</a>. These completed investigations were then reported in the 2019 ASRU annual report.</p><p>The Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) has published its compliance framework which identifies and investigates potential incidents of non-compliance and decides on appropriate and proportionate measures to minimise the risk of recurrence. Available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-testing-and-research-compliance-with-aspa" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-testing-and-research-compliance-with-aspa</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/11/2022 12:51:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1538684

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	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 adequacy of enforcement action taken in response to the breaches of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 that are set out in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit’s annual reports for 2019-2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	77654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office take any allegations regarding non-compliance with the law, the Code of Practice or licence conditions very seriously.</p><p>The Compliance Policy, found here: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-testing-and-research-compliance-with-aspa" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-testing-and-research-compliance-with-aspa</a>) explains how the Regulator identifies and investigates potential incidents of non-compliance and decides on appropriate and proportionate measures aimed to minimise the risk of recurrence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/11/2022 12:45:11 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1602411

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Jews: Iran
	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 oral statement on Security Threat to UK-Based Journalists of 20 February 2023, Official Report columns 49-51, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) her Department have had with representatives of the Community Security Trust on potential threats to the Jewish community.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	161447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Security Minister recently met with representatives of the Community Security Trust on 27 February, for a very useful discussion on certain security issues affecting the Jewish community.</p><p>We recognise that the Community Security Trust remains a highly trusted and expert delivery partner of HMG, with considerable experience of providing protective security for the Jewish community.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 14/03/2023 12:52:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford