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registered interest
date	14/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to police forces to prevent suicides amongst (a) serving and (b) retired police officers.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	129111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The death of any serving or retired police officer is a tragedy. The Government and police leaders take this matter seriously and are working to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all police officers and staff.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. This includes £7.5 to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service, which was launched in 2019. The Service is helping forces to identify where there is most risk of impacts on mental health, and developing work around building resilience, as well as putting in place support for those who need it in response to traumatic events.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government has also accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, which will ensure our police get the support and protection they need. We have been clear that the Covenant will also cover those who are retired from policing, to ensure that they are also supported effectively once they leave the service. The Covenant will be enshrined in law, with provisions being brought forward later this session, and the Home Secretary will have a duty to report annually on the work undertaken.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Our focus will be on health and wellbeing, physical protection and support for families. We are in no doubt that an area we must focus on is mental health support. We will continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure the Covenant has a lasting impact on both serving and retired officers and staff.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The death of any serving or retired police officer is a tragedy. The Government and police leaders take this matter seriously and are working to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all police officers and staff.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. This includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service, which was launched in 2019. The Service is helping forces to identify where there is most risk of impacts on mental health, and developing work around building resilience, as well as putting in place support for those who need it in response to traumatic events.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has also accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, which will ensure our police get the support and protection they need. We have been clear that the Covenant will also cover those who are retired from policing, to ensure that they are also supported effectively once they leave the service. The Covenant will be enshrined in law, with provisions being brought forward later this session, and the Home Secretary will have a duty to report annually on the work undertaken.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our focus will be on health and wellbeing, physical protection and support for families. We are in no doubt that an area we must focus on is mental health support. We will continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure the Covenant has a lasting impact on both serving and retired officers and staff. </ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/12/2020 17:14:33 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2021 12:11:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 70692 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1029578

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	204431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>It remains UK Government policy to have a managed withdrawal from the EU. Funding from HMT has been allocated to support both deal and no deal planning. No written ministerial direction has been sought in respect of this expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:14:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1048058

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any administrative removal proceedings are currently being undertaken against Uighur Muslims residing in the UK whose country of origin is China.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The information is not recorded in a reportable format. However, we understand and share your concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang, and the UK has a proud history of offering asylum to those who need our protection and every case is assessed on its individual merits.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/01/2019 17:03:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1048059

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any asylum applications have been received from Uighur Muslims fleeing the human rights situation in Xinjiang.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The basis of a person’s asylum claim is recorded on their individual Home Office file, but not in a way that can be easily aggregated, so we cannot provide figures on how many claims have been received from Uighur Muslims fleeing the human rights situation in Xinjiang.</p><p>As such, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost because it would require a manual search through individual records.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/01/2019 16:51:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1146681

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the effect on international student numbers by country of the decision to extend UK work visas for foreign graduates to two years after completion of their studies.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	291290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The launch of the Graduate immigration route demonstrates our support for the UK’s world-leading education sector and ensures that it remains competitive internationally. No estimate has been made of the number of students by country who will take advantage of it.</p><p>The International Education Strategy sets out our ambition to increase the number of international higher education students to 600,000 by 2030 and this change will contribute to that goal.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/10/2019 16:58:05 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1198133

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support the mental wellbeing of retired police officers.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	52485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the mental health and wellbeing of our police extremely seriously and we understand that the current crisis will have an impact on all of those working in policing, including those who have re-joined forces to support the response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to police officers and staff. This includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS), which was launched in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The NPWS has developed evidence-based guidance, advice, tools and resources which can be accessed by forces, as well as individual officers and staff. This helps Chief Constables in their duty to ensure the wellbeing of all officers and staff, by signposting to relevant services and additional support.</p><p> </p><p>However, we want to go further, and have therefore accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, recognising the service and sacrifice of those who work, or have worked, in policing and to deliver the practical support they need. The key areas of focus will be physical protection, health and wellbeing and support for families.</p><p> </p><p>Following an 8-week public consultation on the principle and scope of the Police Covenant, we are currently analysing the responses and intend to publish our response during the summer. Mental health and wellbeing support specifically for retired officers, including any additional needs as a result of the Covid-19 response, will be considered as part of this.</p><p> </p><p>The Police Covenant will be put into law as part of the Police Protection and Powers Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech; we aim to introduce the Bill later this session.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 52486 52487 52488 52489 question first answered 09/06/2020 12:21:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1198135

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Mental Health
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 long-term effect on a person's mental health and wellbeing of serving in the police.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	52486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the mental health and wellbeing of our police extremely seriously and we understand that the current crisis will have an impact on all of those working in policing, including those who have re-joined forces to support the response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to police officers and staff. This includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS), which was launched in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The NPWS has developed evidence-based guidance, advice, tools and resources which can be accessed by forces, as well as individual officers and staff. This helps Chief Constables in their duty to ensure the wellbeing of all officers and staff, by signposting to relevant services and additional support.</p><p> </p><p>However, we want to go further, and have therefore accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, recognising the service and sacrifice of those who work, or have worked, in policing and to deliver the practical support they need. The key areas of focus will be physical protection, health and wellbeing and support for families.</p><p> </p><p>Following an 8-week public consultation on the principle and scope of the Police Covenant, we are currently analysing the responses and intend to publish our response during the summer. Mental health and wellbeing support specifically for retired officers, including any additional needs as a result of the Covid-19 response, will be considered as part of this.</p><p> </p><p>The Police Covenant will be put into law as part of the Police Protection and Powers Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech; we aim to introduce the Bill later this session.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 52485 52487 52488 52489 question first answered 09/06/2020 12:21:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1198138

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including support for the mental health of retired police officers through the proposed Police Covenant.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	52487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the mental health and wellbeing of our police extremely seriously and we understand that the current crisis will have an impact on all of those working in policing, including those who have re-joined forces to support the response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to police officers and staff. This includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS), which was launched in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The NPWS has developed evidence-based guidance, advice, tools and resources which can be accessed by forces, as well as individual officers and staff. This helps Chief Constables in their duty to ensure the wellbeing of all officers and staff, by signposting to relevant services and additional support.</p><p> </p><p>However, we want to go further, and have therefore accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, recognising the service and sacrifice of those who work, or have worked, in policing and to deliver the practical support they need. The key areas of focus will be physical protection, health and wellbeing and support for families.</p><p> </p><p>Following an 8-week public consultation on the principle and scope of the Police Covenant, we are currently analysing the responses and intend to publish our response during the summer. Mental health and wellbeing support specifically for retired officers, including any additional needs as a result of the Covid-19 response, will be considered as part of this.</p><p> </p><p>The Police Covenant will be put into law as part of the Police Protection and Powers Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech; we aim to introduce the Bill later this session.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 52485 52486 52488 52489 question first answered 09/06/2020 12:21:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1198144

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Re-employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of recently retired police officers who have re-joined forces during that outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	52488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the mental health and wellbeing of our police extremely seriously and we understand that the current crisis will have an impact on all of those working in policing, including those who have re-joined forces to support the response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to police officers and staff. This includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS), which was launched in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The NPWS has developed evidence-based guidance, advice, tools and resources which can be accessed by forces, as well as individual officers and staff. This helps Chief Constables in their duty to ensure the wellbeing of all officers and staff, by signposting to relevant services and additional support.</p><p> </p><p>However, we want to go further, and have therefore accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, recognising the service and sacrifice of those who work, or have worked, in policing and to deliver the practical support they need. The key areas of focus will be physical protection, health and wellbeing and support for families.</p><p> </p><p>Following an 8-week public consultation on the principle and scope of the Police Covenant, we are currently analysing the responses and intend to publish our response during the summer. Mental health and wellbeing support specifically for retired officers, including any additional needs as a result of the Covid-19 response, will be considered as part of this.</p><p> </p><p>The Police Covenant will be put into law as part of the Police Protection and Powers Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech; we aim to introduce the Bill later this session.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 52485 52486 52487 52489 question first answered 09/06/2020 12:21:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1198154

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to offer mental health and wellbeing support to police officers on retirement.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	52489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the mental health and wellbeing of our police extremely seriously and we understand that the current crisis will have an impact on all of those working in policing, including those who have re-joined forces to support the response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to police officers and staff. This includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS), which was launched in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The NPWS has developed evidence-based guidance, advice, tools and resources which can be accessed by forces, as well as individual officers and staff. This helps Chief Constables in their duty to ensure the wellbeing of all officers and staff, by signposting to relevant services and additional support.</p><p> </p><p>However, we want to go further, and have therefore accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, recognising the service and sacrifice of those who work, or have worked, in policing and to deliver the practical support they need. The key areas of focus will be physical protection, health and wellbeing and support for families.</p><p> </p><p>Following an 8-week public consultation on the principle and scope of the Police Covenant, we are currently analysing the responses and intend to publish our response during the summer. Mental health and wellbeing support specifically for retired officers, including any additional needs as a result of the Covid-19 response, will be considered as part of this.</p><p> </p><p>The Police Covenant will be put into law as part of the Police Protection and Powers Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech; we aim to introduce the Bill later this session.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 52485 52486 52487 52488 question first answered 09/06/2020 12:21:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison