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449996

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to assist unaccompanied child refugees in Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Unaccompanied children in other EU countries should be able to access the support needed in those countries. The European countries in which they arrive have international obligations and a duty to provide adequate protection and support to refugees within their territory.</p><p>We are working closely with UN agencies, NGOs and the Member States involved to ensure that protection is provided. We will provide further resources to the European Asylum Support Office to help in border “hotspots” in Greece and Italy to help identify and register children at risk on first arrival in the EU.</p><p>The Government remains concerned about the needs of vulnerable children on the move in Europe and the Balkans, and the needs of those who become stranded along the route. The UK has therefore increased its aid to refugees and migrants, including children, in Europe and the Balkans to £46 million, divided among the most affected countries and including specific support of £2.75 million to UNICEF, which will benefit 27,000 children. In addition, the Department for International Development (DFID) is creating a new fund of up to £10 million to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children in Europe, the Refugee Children Fund for Europe.</p><p>This will include targeted support to meet the specific needs of unaccompanied and separated children who face additional risks. The support will be delivered through a range of UN agencies and NGOs. Unaccompanied children that have a close family link to the UK and claim asylum in another EU country may be entitled to be transferred to the UK under the family unity provisions of the Dublin Regulation. We want to ensure we reunite children with any close family in the UK as quickly and as safely as possible, and we work closely with EU partners on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 25521 25522 question first answered 08/02/2016 17:30:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

449998

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reunite lone refugee children in mainland Europe with family members in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Unaccompanied children in other EU countries should be able to access the support needed in those countries. The European countries in which they arrive have international obligations and a duty to provide adequate protection and support to refugees within their territory.</p><p>We are working closely with UN agencies, NGOs and the Member States involved to ensure that protection is provided. We will provide further resources to the European Asylum Support Office to help in border “hotspots” in Greece and Italy to help identify and register children at risk on first arrival in the EU.</p><p>The Government remains concerned about the needs of vulnerable children on the move in Europe and the Balkans, and the needs of those who become stranded along the route. The UK has therefore increased its aid to refugees and migrants, including children, in Europe and the Balkans to £46 million, divided among the most affected countries and including specific support of £2.75 million to UNICEF, which will benefit 27,000 children. In addition, the Department for International Development (DFID) is creating a new fund of up to £10 million to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children in Europe, the Refugee Children Fund for Europe.</p><p>This will include targeted support to meet the specific needs of unaccompanied and separated children who face additional risks. The support will be delivered through a range of UN agencies and NGOs. Unaccompanied children that have a close family link to the UK and claim asylum in another EU country may be entitled to be transferred to the UK under the family unity provisions of the Dublin Regulation. We want to ensure we reunite children with any close family in the UK as quickly and as safely as possible, and we work closely with EU partners on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 25520 25521 question first answered 08/02/2016 17:30:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

449997

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	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 implications for her policies of reports by the Chief of Staff of Europol that 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees may have disappeared in Europe in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Unaccompanied children in other EU countries should be able to access the support needed in those countries. The European countries in which they arrive have international obligations and a duty to provide adequate protection and support to refugees within their territory.</p><p>We are working closely with UN agencies, NGOs and the Member States involved to ensure that protection is provided. We will provide further resources to the European Asylum Support Office to help in border “hotspots” in Greece and Italy to help identify and register children at risk on first arrival in the EU.</p><p>The Government remains concerned about the needs of vulnerable children on the move in Europe and the Balkans, and the needs of those who become stranded along the route. The UK has therefore increased its aid to refugees and migrants, including children, in Europe and the Balkans to £46 million, divided among the most affected countries and including specific support of £2.75 million to UNICEF, which will benefit 27,000 children. In addition, the Department for International Development (DFID) is creating a new fund of up to £10 million to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children in Europe, the Refugee Children Fund for Europe.</p><p>This will include targeted support to meet the specific needs of unaccompanied and separated children who face additional risks. The support will be delivered through a range of UN agencies and NGOs. Unaccompanied children that have a close family link to the UK and claim asylum in another EU country may be entitled to be transferred to the UK under the family unity provisions of the Dublin Regulation. We want to ensure we reunite children with any close family in the UK as quickly and as safely as possible, and we work closely with EU partners on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 25520 25522 question first answered 08/02/2016 17:30:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450016

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to have body scanners to help detect illicit substances installed in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. NOMS continues to explore new methods of preventing drugs coming into prisons and body scanners are seen as a valuable part of this strategy.</p><p> </p><p>An independent expert panel is assessing the use of a body scanner at HMP Wandsworth, as required by the Justification of Practices Involving lionising Radiation Regulations 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 25485 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:54:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450017

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent new psychoactive substances being used among the prison population.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>We take a zero tolerance approach to drugs in prison and there are already a range of robust measures in place to detect drugs, including the use of search dogs and intelligence-led searches.</p><p> </p><p>We recently introduced tough new laws which will see those who smuggle packages over prison walls, including new psychoactive substances, face up to two years in prison. We are piloting mandatory drug testing for new psychoactive substances from this month, and intend to roll it out to all prisons by April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Those who involve themselves in the distribution of drugs in our prisons should know that they will face prosecution and extra time behind bars.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2016 10:58:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450014

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on investing in drug detection technology to tackle illicit substances being brought into prisons; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. NOMS continues to explore new methods of preventing drugs coming into prisons and body scanners are seen as a valuable part of this strategy.</p><p> </p><p>An independent expert panel is assessing the use of a body scanner at HMP Wandsworth, as required by the Justification of Practices Involving lionising Radiation Regulations 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 25486 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:54:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450006

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners returned to jail having broken their licence conditions and subsequently been found to be carrying concealed drugs.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Prisoners recalled to custody having breached the conditions of their licence will be arrested by the police and then taken to the nearest local prison for the area in which they were arrested.</p><p> </p><p>Once returned to a local prison, prisoners will be searched and risk assessed in line with the prisons’ local policy for stopping contraband. Prisons deploy a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband, both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. We will continue to explore new methods of preventing drugs coming into prisons</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners found with drugs on entry to prison are sanctioned, potentially including days added to their sentence, or, in cases where the quantity of drug or packaging suggests possession with intent to supply, will be referred to the police. All visitors or staff caught with drugs are referred to the police.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2016 14:56:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450008

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers injured on duty in incidents involving new psychoactive substances in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Where injury to prison officers is suspected to be wholly due or due in part to new psychoactive substances, this is noted but the figures are subjective and the connection with NPS cannot be proven. We are piloting mandatory drug testing for new psychoactive substances from this month, and intend to roll it out to all prisons by April 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2016 11:02:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450011

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officer hours spent guarding prisoners in hospital as as a result of incidents involving new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 25489 question first answered 09/02/2016 17:35:20 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450009

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital visits made by prison officers in each of the last 12 months as a result of incidents involving new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	25489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 25490 question first answered 09/02/2016 17:35:20 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham