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1683187

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Batley Grammar School: Harassment
	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 have discussions with West Yorkshire police on the steps being taken to (a) provide support to and (b) respond to threats made against the suspended teacher from Batley Grammar school.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	10333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office was in close contact with West Yorkshire Police, who worked with local partners to take swift action at the time to protect the individual involved, in recognition of the significant interest both locally, nationally and across various media outlets. We expect the police to continue to take appropriate and proportionate action in relation to any threats made.</p><p>It would not be appropriate to provide further information or details in relation to a specific case. The government remains steadfast in our commitment to tackling those who spread views that promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society, and must always stand up to those who seek to undermine our fundamental values.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/01/2024 13:14:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1669250

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fast Food: 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 steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of assaults in fast-food outlets at (a) night and (b) other times.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	1406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Police forces across England and Wales have recently committed to pursuing any available evidence where there is a reasonable chance it could lead to catching a perpetrator and solving a crime. For assaults in fast-food outlets, this could include reviewing CCTV evidence and using the Police National Database for facial searches to identify suspects where appropriate to do so.</p><p>The Government is clear that violent and abusive behaviour towards any public-facing worker is never acceptable. We take this issue very seriously and recognise the implications these incidents can have on businesses as well as the victims.</p><p>The Government took a significant step and legislated to introduce a statutory aggravating factor for assault against any public facing worker via section 156 of the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. This ensures the public facing nature of a victim’s role will be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences.</p><p>We have record ever police numbers across England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/11/2023 17:17:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1668507

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Demonstrations: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with police forces on preventing the use of flags of extremist organisations at protests.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The management of protests is an operational matter for the police, who are independent of government.</p><p>The Home Office remains in regular contact with the police to ensure that they are fully supported in tackling unlawful behaviour at protests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/11/2023 15:52:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1667710

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Exploitation
	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 help women who have experienced adult sexual exploitation.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to protecting victims from, and tackling, the devastating harm associated with adult sexual exploitation.</p><p>Adult sexual exploitation can occur across a spectrum of offending, from intimate partner violence, including domestic abuse and rape and sexual violence to serious and organised crime, including human trafficking. These offences are covered under a range of legislation.</p><p>Due to the complex nature of adult sexual exploitation, victims can access tailored support across different services depending on the harm they have experienced.</p><p>The Home Office is providing £1.36 million over three years to Changing Lives for their Net-Reach project, providing early intervention and targeted support for women and girls at high-risk of commercial online exploitation and the risk on online sexual harm. We are also providing over £180,000 in 2023/24 to Trevi Women to provide support to women with complex and multiple needs, including women seeking to exit on-street prostitution in Plymouth.</p><p>The Government funded Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract also provides victims of modern slavery access to safehouse accommodation and a dedicated support worker who provides information on their rights and facilitates access to wider statutory support services, specifically related to the victim’s experience – this can be gender specific, such as assistance with accessing sexual health services as a result of sexual exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/11/2023 14:48:04 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1660219

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Extortion
	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 help prevent criminal organisations committing sextortion offences.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	199234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>“Sextortion”, or blackmail involving the use of indecent or intimate images, is a horrific crime which the government is determined to tackle.</p><p>The Home Office is providing £150k in 2022/23 to the Revenge Porn Hotline to support victims of non-consensual intimate image sharing, colloquially known as “revenge porn”, which includes victims of “sextortion”.</p><p>The Government remains firmly committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse online, including cases involving “sextortion”. Our approach is underpinned by the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy which sets out firm commitments to drive action across the whole system. The Home Office invests in a number of capabilities to support law enforcement to tackle child sexual abuse.</p><p>The Home Office funds the National Crime Agency to use its unique capabilities to disrupt the highest harm child sexual abuse offenders and safeguard children. Since 2017, the Home Office has invested in a network of Undercover Online Officers in Regional Organised Crime Units to disrupt high harm offenders, including those seeking to groom or otherwise manipulate children into sharing sexual images.</p><p>We remain committed to continuing close collaboration with international partners to share best practice and insights and build international capacity to tackle all forms of child exploitation and abuse, including “sextortion”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 20/09/2023 16:13:21 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1659719

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	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, whether her Department is taking steps to strengthen disciplinary procedures in police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	198863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing the police with the powers they need to protect the public. On 31 August 2023, this Government announced a raft of changes to strengthen the police disciplinary system, which will see corrupt police officers swiftly identified and robustly dealt with.</p><p>That includes handing responsibility for chairing misconduct hearings back to senior police officers, introducing a presumption of dismissal for gross misconduct and clarifying a route to remove officers who are unable to maintain vetting. Details of these changes can be found here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-make-it-easier-to-sack-rogue-police-officers" target="_blank">Government to make it easier to sack rogue police officers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The majority of these reforms will require changes to secondary legislation and the Government is committed to delivering these as soon as practicable</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/09/2023 12:11:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1659721

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent people subject to deportation orders from being able to submit further asylum claims.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	198865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Work is underway to bring the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 relating to priority removal notices and expedited appeals into force as soon as possible. The aim of these measures is to reduce the volume of further claims or repeat claims from those liable to deportation or removal from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 14:31:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1659726

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Licensing
	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 bring forward legislation to enable pubs to serve take away pints permanently.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	198870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>In order to continue to support the hospitality sector, the Government recently announced the extension of the temporary off-sales regulatory easement - set out in the Business and Planning Act 2020 - until 31 March 2025. This extension enables holders of licences that only cover ‘on sales’ to continue to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises, including ‘takeaway pints’, for a further 18 months.</p><p>The Government is considering next steps and continues to keep the Licensing Act 2003 under review.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/09/2023 12:13:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1659728

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	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 steps she is taking to ensure support from the French authorities in preventing small boats from crossing the Channel.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	198872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Home Office officials regularly meet with French counterparts to exchange information so that operational activity against these dangerous, illegal and unnecessary crossings is optimised. As a result of those joint efforts nearly 33,000 crossing attempts were prevented in 2022, an increase of over 40% on 2021 and over 16,000 more have been prevented so far this year.</p><p>Measures introduced to tackle illegal migration since the Prime Minister took office include a package of measures agreed with France which will see the deployment of more than double the number of French personnel and enhanced technology to patrol beaches.</p><p>A strengthened partnership with Turkey which includes UK and Turkish law enforcement officers stepping up joint operations to tackle Organised Immigration Crime and disrupt the supply chain of boat parts and other materials used as part of illegal migration journeys.</p><p>A new partnership between social media companies and government to tackle people smuggling content online. Backed by a new Online Capability Centre, it will undermine and disrupt organised crime groups using the internet to facilitate these journeys</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 15:09:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1656579

	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	Direct Selling
	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 take steps to encourage the adoption of no cold caller zones.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	197081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>This is not a matter for the Home Office but is for Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 16:11:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers