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1125698

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Organised Crime: Proceeds of Crime
	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 income that organised crime groups have made from criminal activity by (a) supplying and/or selling illegal drugs and (b) trafficking people in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	252481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made on this specific issue by the Home Office.</p><p>The scale and social &amp; economic costs associated with a number of Serious &amp; Organised Crimes including Drugs Supply and Human Trafficking are set out in the Understanding Organised Crime report (published November 2018).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 16/05/2019 10:40:06 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1131391

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the names and locations of the land and buildings owned by his Department that are (a) sitting empty and (b) in the process of being sold or disposed of; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	263039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office closed the Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Kidlington, Oxfordshire on 31 May 2019.</p><p><br>When disposing of surplus property assets the Home Office will always seek best value for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/06/2019 12:01:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1131834

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Tamils
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tamil asylum seekers have been deported from the UK to Sri Lanka in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	263667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p>To provide the information would require a manual check of individual records which would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p><p>Data relating to the numbers of asylum seekers removed to Sri Lanka can be accessed in the link below:<br>Immigration: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#data-tables</a></p><p>The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need our protection. Each claim is carefully considered on its individual merits. We expect those with no legal right to remain in the country to leave.</p><p>Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions on asylum and human rights applications can be found on the gov.uk website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-policy-and-information-notes%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-policy-and-information-notes </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 16:35:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1136032

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department offers employees a payroll deduction service to enable staff to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	271345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not currently provide the facility for employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/07/2019 13:59:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1140583

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Credit Unions
	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 9 July 2019 to Question 271345, for what reasons his Department does not offer a payroll deduction service to enable employees to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	279371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will be looking at Financial Wellbeing and the possibility of providing more financial education services for their staff over the next 12-18 month period. This will include considering the option of providing access to payroll deduction schemes for our staff to be able to use credit unions.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/07/2019 15:13:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1150443

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Jainism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will invite representatives of the Jain community to national events organised by her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	1538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Britain’s Jain community makes a positive contribution to life in this country. This Government values its contribution immensely.</p><p>The Government is always keen to work with the Jain community on matters that are important to them, and we will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2019 11:41:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1151051

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Jainism and Zoroastrianism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when representatives of the (a) Jain and (b) Zoroastrian community were invited to national events organised by her Department in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have attended a number of key events coordinated by Jain and Zoroastrian organisations, and officials have invited representatives from both communities to participate in roundtable discussions where relevant issues are discussed.</p><p>The Jain and Zoroastrian communities of this country have made and continue to make a positive contribution to life in the United Kingdom. The Government values this contribution enormously.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 12:27:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1169521

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Personation
	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 trends in the level of identity theft in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	1265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau on the number of recorded frauds. From information held centrally, it is not possible to separately identify offences of fraud in which identify theft has been involved.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/01/2020 16:42:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1169525

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much financial assistance she has made available to improve security for people attending (a) Hindu Temples, (b) Synagogues, (c) Churches, (d) Mosques, (e) Gurdwaras and (f) other places of worship in the 2019-20 financial year; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	1266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office are finalising decisions on funding for the 2019-2020 Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme and will notify successful applicants shortly.</p><p>Over the first three years, we have awarded 134 grants (45 in Round 3 of the scheme) worth approximately £1.5m to places of worship across England and Wales - with 63 to churches, 49 to mosques, 5 to Hindu temples and 17 to Gurdwaras. We use an Independent Advisory Panel made up of representatives of faith communities to recommend which bids should be funded.</p><p>Synagogues are covered by the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant. In 2019-2020 a grant of £14 million was provided, mainly to fund security guarding at all Jewish schools, nurseries and some synagogues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/01/2020 17:13:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1169855

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps she will take to prevent violence against shop workers; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	1670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the damaging impact that violence and abuse can have on victims, businesses, and the wider community; and we are committed to tackling this issue.</p><p>To ensure that our response to retail crime is as robust as possible we work with a wide range of partners through the National Retail Crime Steering Group, including the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and British Retail Consortium.</p><p>In addition, we launched a call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff to help strengthen our understanding of the scale and extent of the issue. The call for evidence has now closed and we are carefully analysing the responses before deciding what further action may be required. We intend to publish the government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 1672 question first answered 17/01/2020 10:59:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas