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1002758

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of modern slavery received a positive conclusive grounds decision but then did not receive discretionary leave to remain or a positive asylum claim in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	188736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The most recent information on the issue was set out in a letter of 17 February 2017 and relates to the year 2015. This was sent to the Rt Honourable member in his capacity as Chair of Work and Pensions Select Committee.</p><p>As set out in that letter, 1,043 people were confirmed as victims of modern slavery in 2015. Of these individuals, 379 had applied for asylum at the time the information was collected and 216 had been granted asylum. A further 123 of the individuals had been granted some other form of leave to remain.</p><p>Some of the individuals may have been granted asylum or leave to remain for another reason since the data was collected but that data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/11/2018 17:14:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1015180

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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 people have an offence of persistently soliciting under section 1 of the Vagrancy Act 1898 on their Disclosure and Barring Service record.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	195511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service have not disclosed any offences under s1 of the Vagrancy Act 1898 since 29 May 2013 to 30 September 2018. The current rules governing the disclosure of offences came into force on 29 May 2013.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/12/2018 17:01:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1015179

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Lutfur Rahman
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings his predecessors had with the Metropolitan police on (a) investigating and (b) prosecuting Lutfur Rahman for (i) voter fraud and (ii) other criminal offences relating to his former role as elected executive mayor of the London borough of Tower Hamlets after he was named in an election petition in June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	195510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p><br>There have been no Ministerial meetings with the Metropolitan Police Service concerning this case.</p><p>Decisions to investigate and / or subsequently prosecute an individual are operational decisions for the respective police force and Crown Prosecution Service to make. It would therefore not be appropriate for Ministers to comment on such matters.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/12/2018 15:45:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1015182

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Windrush Generation: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children of Windrush generation immigrants have an immigration case review (a) pending and (b) that has been completed.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	195513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>At the HASC evidence session on Tuesday 15 May, the Home Secretary committed to providing the HASC with regular updates on the work of the department in relation to Windrush. The most recent update was published on 12 November 2018.</p><p>The number of ‘live’ applications is subject to change on a frequent basis as applications are received and concluded daily. Data would only be accurate at the time it was generated, with any Answer potentially being inaccurate at the time of release. Providing a running commentary on the breakdown of cases would not be cost and resource effective.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/12/2018 16:08:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1015183

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Windrush Generation: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children of Windrush generation immigrants have been deported; and of those how many have died since their deportation.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	195514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information.</p><p><br>On 16 April, the Home Office established a Taskforce to ensure that mem-bers of the Windrush generation were able to evidence their right to be in the UK. Subsequently, on 24 May the Home Secretary laid a Written Ministerial Statement setting out the Windrush Scheme, which ensures that members of this generation, their children born in the UK and those who arrived in the UK as minors will be able to apply to the Taskforce for citizenship, or various other immigration products, free of charge.</p><p>The scheme came into force on 30 May.The Department has provided an update on its response to the problems affecting members of the Windrush generation to the Home Affairs Select Committee on a monthly basis.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/12/2018 16:13:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1017501

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Slavery
	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 23 November 2018 to Question 193378, how many victims of slavery (a) have been paid a full back payment and (b) are due arrears.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	197595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tacking the scourge of modern slavery and supporting those affected by this crime.</p><p>In 2017, Home Office Ministers agreed a comprehensive package of reforms to the National Referral Mechanism, which included the introduction of places of safety for those leaving situations of exploitation, trebling the period of move on support to assist victims moving out of government funded support and aligning the subsistence rates paid to potential victims of modern slavery with those received by asylum seekers.</p><p>In light of the judgment in K and AM, the Home Office has immediately reinstated the top up paid to those in the Victim Care Contract who are also receiving support from the asylum support system, so that they receive a total of £65 per week.</p><p>We are currently putting in place processes to ensure that those who have been affected receive a full back payment as soon as possible, and will set out how we plan to respond in due course, including our communications with all those affected.</p><p>We are committed to reforming the National Referral Mechanism to ensure that as many victims of modern slavery as possible get the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 197596 question first answered 05/12/2018 17:46:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1017503

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Slavery
	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 23 November 2018 to Question 193378, with reference to the High Court Judgement in respect of K & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department of 8 November 2018, whether all victims of slavery have automatically received the new subsistence rate since that judgment.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	197596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tacking the scourge of modern slavery and supporting those affected by this crime.</p><p>In 2017, Home Office Ministers agreed a comprehensive package of reforms to the National Referral Mechanism, which included the introduction of places of safety for those leaving situations of exploitation, trebling the period of move on support to assist victims moving out of government funded support and aligning the subsistence rates paid to potential victims of modern slavery with those received by asylum seekers.</p><p>In light of the judgment in K and AM, the Home Office has immediately reinstated the top up paid to those in the Victim Care Contract who are also receiving support from the asylum support system, so that they receive a total of £65 per week.</p><p>We are currently putting in place processes to ensure that those who have been affected receive a full back payment as soon as possible, and will set out how we plan to respond in due course, including our communications with all those affected.</p><p>We are committed to reforming the National Referral Mechanism to ensure that as many victims of modern slavery as possible get the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 197595 question first answered 05/12/2018 17:46:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1038417

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	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 the potential merits of waiving the Immigration Health Surcharge for non-EEA nursing staff.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	206744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the contribution that international healthcare professionals, including nurses, make to the UK and to our health service, but we are not convinced it would be appropriate to waive the immigration health surcharge for this group.</p><p>Other providers of public services, such as teachers, are required to pay the charge and it is only right that those who come to the UK for more than six months who will not have built up the same connection contribute to the running of the NHS. It is important to remember that the charge offers access to health care services that are more comprehensive and often at lower cost than many other countries. The income generated by surcharge payments goes directly to NHS services, helping to protect and sustain our world-class healthcare system for everyone who uses it.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2019 16:17:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045995

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	211157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Cleaning services for the Home Office and its executive agencies are out-sourced. The cleaning services for the majority of the Home Office estate are contracted out to Interserve and OCS. The cleaning of the department’s headquarters at 2 Marsham Street is the responsibility of the PFI provider. <br>The Home Office is not able to provide information regarding third party contractors and any sub-contractors to these without incurring dispropor-tionate cost, noting the wide range of services that could be in scope such as Overseas VACs, Transportation in IE/BF environment, provision for Premium Services and others</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data about what contractors pay</p><p>The Home Office requires all of its suppliers to comply with the legal mini-mum standards of pay as set out in the Government’s National Living Wage legislation. This is a contractual obligation on the supplier and is monitored through contract compliance mechanisms. We do not plan to require or stipulate in our contractual arrangements a requirement to meet the Living Wage Foundation’s rates.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/01/2019 12:20:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045701

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff in his Department including those employed in executive agencies and non-ministerial Departments declared a disability in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	210483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The 2018 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey showed that as at 31 March 2018, the proportion of Home Office staff who declared a disability is 8.9%.</p><p><strong>Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC):</strong></p><p>As at 31 March 2018, figures for staff who have declared a disability are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Disability</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>95.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>total</p></td><td><p>1044</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>College of Policing:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the makeup of the College at 31 March 2018. This includes secondees and contractors in addition to College staff.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability declared</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No disability</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>46.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown/blank</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>47.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>total</p></td><td><p>643</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Gangmasters &amp; Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA): </strong></p><p> </p><p>1.63% of employees (FTE) declared a disability in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Security Industry Authority (SIA):</strong></p><p> </p><p>3.92% of the total staff headcount declared a disability in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC):</strong></p><p> </p><p>1.88% of employees (FTE) declared a disability in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Disclosure &amp; Barring Service (DBS):</strong></p><p> </p><p>6.94% of the total staff headcount declared a disability in 2017/18</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/01/2019 15:20:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead