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1693579

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	16794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>All Home Office staff considered for appointment undergo stringent pre-employment and security checks before taking up post.</p><p>We recognise the contribution that former offenders can make to our workforce, however, in deciding whether to make an appointment we would consider a range of factors, including the nature of the position and the circumstances of the offence. However, to determine those members of staff with a criminal conviction in our current workforce can only be obtained with disproportionate effort.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/03/2024 15:56:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1674352

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Seized Articles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the provisions in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 allowing a constable to seize any tobacco or cigarette papers in the possession of any person apparently under the age of sixteen years whom they find smoking in any street or public place have been used in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on use of police powers, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical bulletin, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>However, data is not collected on the seizure of tobacco or cigarette papers under the Children and Young Person Act 1933.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/12/2023 14:04:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1655878

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2023 to Question 192042 on Public Sector: Crimes of Violence, if she will take steps to ensure that information on the number of assaults of other public service workers is separately identifiable in the Police recorded crime and outcomes statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	195755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Currently only assaults on Police and Emergency Workers are captured as a separate classification within the Home Office’s police recorded crime and outcomes statistics.</p><p>There is an ongoing review of the rules governing how crime is recorded by the police in England and Wales and this will consider the case for introducing additional classifications to better understand the impact of crime across other areas such as retail workers and public sector workers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 11:56:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1656161

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 denied asylum have been granted humanitarian protection in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	195858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on people granted humanitarian protection can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.</p><p>Please note that the figures for grants of humanitarian protection include those granted humanitarian protection following a refused asylum claim, however this specific breakdown is not published separately.</p><p>The latest data relate to the year ending June 2023. Data for the year ending September 2023 will be published on 23 November 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<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">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/09/2023 13:32:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1649558

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: 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, how many incidents of (a) abuse and (b) other hostility towards public service workers were reported in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	192042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of police recorded offences on ‘assaults on a constable’ and the number of ‘assaults on an emergency worker (other than a constable)’ on a quarterly basis and that can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>Information on other public sector workers is not separately identifiable within police recorded crime.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics’ Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and its latest estimates shows that the number of incidences of violence has fallen by 41% since the year ending March 2010, to 1.1 million incidences.</p><p>The Home Office has taken a significant step to introduce a statutory aggravating factor for assault against those who are serving the public, via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. This means the public facing nature of a victim’s role will be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences. This provision commenced in June 2022.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/07/2023 16:12:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1583555

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 make an estimate of the number of people who have had an asylum application refused and are still in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	139158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of failed asylum seekers still living in the UK can be found on tables ASY03 and RCM02 of the most recently published immigration and protection transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/02/2023 12:40:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1579850

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what happens to the disciplinary records of police officers when they change (i) gender and (ii) name.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	129777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The maintenance of officers’ disciplinary records are not determined in legislation and would be an operational matter for police forces.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 31/01/2023 14:54:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1564335

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance and Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have had their applications rejected in each of the last five years have (a) accommodation and (b) financial support provided to them from the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	117532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><p>Data on initial decisions on asylum applications can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. The latest data relate to the year ending September 2022. Data for the year ending December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023.</p><p>Data on asylum seekers in receipt of support can be found in table Asy_D09 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Please note the data show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum seekers receiving support over the entire quarter. The latest data relates to as at 30 September 2022. Data as at 31 December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023.</p><p>Guidance on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<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">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum work in progress in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration Transparency Data</a>. Data on the number of failed asylum seekers subject to removal action are provided in table Asy_03 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">immigration and protection data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 117533 question first answered 11/01/2023 17:35:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1564336

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance and Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers who have had their applications rejected in each of the last five years are having (a) accommodation and (b) financial support paid for through the public purse as of 6 January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	117533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><p>Data on initial decisions on asylum applications can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. The latest data relate to the year ending September 2022. Data for the year ending December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023.</p><p>Data on asylum seekers in receipt of support can be found in table Asy_D09 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Please note the data show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum seekers receiving support over the entire quarter. The latest data relates to as at 30 September 2022. Data as at 31 December 2022 will be published on 23 February 2023.</p><p>Guidance on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<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">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum work in progress in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration Transparency Data</a>. Data on the number of failed asylum seekers subject to removal action are provided in table Asy_03 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">immigration and protection data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 117532 question first answered 11/01/2023 17:35:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1541461

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the civil service headcount for their Department was on (a) 15 November 2022 and (b) 1 February 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	84845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Home Office staff data can only be obtained via information retained as of the last day of the month.</p><p>Information on the latest Home Office staff data will be published on 30<sup>th</sup> November and for b) dated 31 January 2020 is published here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2022" target="_blank">Workforce management information, 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/11/2022 17:11:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies