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1702136

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Vivastreet
	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 Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 72950 on Home Office: Vivastreet, how many times officials from her Department met representatives of Vivastreet (a) online and (b) in person in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	22532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Home Office officials and law enforcement partners maintain a collaborative working relationship with many online companies, including adult service websites, to identify and put in place initiatives to reduce harms on their sites.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2023, Home Office officials have met with representatives of Vivastreet online, on the following occasions during each calendar year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Meetings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We committed to working with adult service websites to explore a set of voluntary principles to counter exploitation on their sites, in the Violence Against Woman and Girls Strategy published in July 2021. The principles will encourage adult service websites to take reasonable and practical steps to prevent modern slavery and exploitation on their platforms and work collaboratively with law enforcement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/04/2024 09:05:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1712838

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	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 remarks made by the Prime Minister on 22 April 2024 on the UK-Rwanda treaty, what assessment he has made of how many asylum claims made by individuals relocated to Rwanda can be decided per week under the current capacity of decision makers.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	22920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The necessary decision makers in Rwanda will be trained and ready to make decisions on applications in preparation for the first individuals being relocated.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 22919 question first answered 25/04/2024 10:50:56 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1701415

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	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 Qq 5 to 13 of the oral evidence given by his Department's Permanent Secretary to the Committee of Public Accounts on 15 April 2024, HC 639, when he plans to publish accounting officer advice relating to the (a) Illegal Migration Act 2023 and (b) Safety of Rwanda Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	21940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>As the Permanent Secretary stated during the Public Accounts Committee evidence session on 15 April 2024, in his capacity as Accounting Officer (AO) he keeps all assessments under review, including where this relates to the Illegal Migration Act and the Safety of Rwanda Bill. In line with the guidance in Managing Public Money, the Department publishes summary AO assessments on projects that are part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio, once they receive Outline Business Case stage. The summary assessments referred to will be handled in line with due process.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2024 13:42:58 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715258

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Pornhub
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met with representatives of Pornhub since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	24422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling illegal online content and routinely engage in forums at which a range of external partners will be present, including technology companies, social media firms and other websites, to ensure that they are keeping their platforms and services safe.</p><p>Home Office officials have a long-standing provision of not disclosing the details of companies which have been engaged with on matters regarding Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, nor the specifics of discussions in the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/05/2024 13:29:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715578

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Rwanda
	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 the people identified by his Department as eligible for deportation to Rwanda are women.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	24627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Individuals who were previously present in a safe third country and entered the UK by a dangerous and unnecessary method are liable to be relocated to Rwanda. As this is an ongoing operational matter it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary on individual cases or numbers.</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on people in immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. The number of people in detention at the end of each quarter are in table Det_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#detention" target="_blank">‘Detention detailed datasets</a>’, where the data can be broken down to identify the number of women. The latest data relate to as at the end of December 2023. Data as at the end of March 2024 will be published on 23 May 2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 24626 question first answered 08/05/2024 15:21:08 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715574

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	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, what proportion of (a) women and (b) men who have arrived in the UK by small boat in 2024 are receiving accommodation support.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	24625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation (including in contingency hotels and other contingency accommodation) is published in table Asy_D11 here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C313b13c71f7f483755b908dc6b5c351e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638503290962287066%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UQ8Br%2B8YcwTIKjrL7xpqpm3w1ch6HYe2tvQGV3mOiPM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Data is published on a quarterly basis.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates by method of arrival.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 08/05/2024 15:22:31 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1701406

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on processing asylum applications for people who arrived in the UK between 7 March and 19 July 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	21938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>In 2023 we met the Prime Minister's pledge to clear the legacy backlog of asylum cases made before 28 June 2022. The Home Office is now prioritising claims (lodged on or after 28 June 2022).</p><p>These are being considered under provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022. It is only right that we consider the oldest claims first.</p><p>Our priority is to consider claims as efficiently as possible, in order to process claims efficiently, and reduce the number of people on asylum support, in turn reducing the burden on taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/04/2024 10:09:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1713015

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal assistance will be available in Rwanda to asylum seekers relocated under the UK-Rwanda treaty.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	23167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Relocated Individuals will be provided with legal representation free of charge throughout the asylum process. Part 3 of Annex B to the treaty details the provision that shall be made in Rwanda for Relocated Individuals to access legal assistance and interpreters.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2024 09:07:20 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1697551

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what functions the office of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders is able to undertake while the post of Independent Chief Inspector is vacant.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	19576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The office of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has a clear plan of work, comprising of inspection activity, pre-inspection scoping activity, and non-inspection/corporate work that can continue whilst the post remains vacant.</p><p>A new Chief Inspector will be appointed in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments. A recruitment campaign is underway, and an appointment will be made as soon as practically possible.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/03/2024 16:53:12 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1714993

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2024
	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, what assessment he has made of the level of risk to women and girls arriving in the UK via small boats of trafficking for sexual exploitation in 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	24209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-statistics" target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK statistics</a>’ release. Data on small boat arrivals by year, sex and age group is published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/irregular-migration-detailed-dataset-and-summary-tables#detailed-datasets" target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets</a>’, with the latest data up to the end of December 2023.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Future irregular migration publication release dates can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=irregular%20migration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">research and statistics calendar</a>.</p><p>No assessment has been made of the risk to woman and girls arriving in the UK via small boats to trafficking for sexual exploitation. However, all individuals arriving on small boats will be assessed on arrival, including assessments to identify vulnerability and safeguarding needs. Where there are indicators of modern slavery, the individual will be referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The NRM aims to lift victims out of situations of exploitation, provide them with a short period of intensive support and specialist care, and put them in a position where they can begin to rebuild their lives with increased resilience against future exploitation. In the last two years alone almost 30,000 people have had access to the protections of the NRM.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 24208 question first answered 07/05/2024 12:53:05 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson