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385043

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Crime Agency has made an estimate of the number of women who pose a potential risk of being a child abuser or of seeking out child sex images online.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) has not made an estimate of the number of women who pose a potential risk of being a child abuser or of seeking out child sex images online. The NCA’s National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2015, published on 23 June 2015, states that ‘…lone males known to their victims in some capacity represent the majority of CCSA (Contact Child Sexual Abuse) offenders’.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2015 13:12:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385047

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations have been made under section 50 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to identify and support victims of trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	3739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text No regulations have been made under section 50 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to identify and support victims of trafficking. The Government will consider the introduction of regulations once the proposed changes to the National Referral Mechanism have been tested. answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2015 13:13:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

384715

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation her Department paid following the unlawful detention of individuals under immigration powers in the financial year 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	3519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>I am unable to disclose financial data for 2014/15 until the Home Office’s 2014/15 Annual Report and Accounts are audited and published.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/06/2015 15:38:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

384722

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	3560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>None of the Home Office’s non-executive directors who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department’s board. Since May 2010 the Secretary of State has made 5 non-executive appointments to the departmental board. Further details on the Department’s non-executives are given in the Annual Report &amp; Accounts. The published accounts from 2010 can be accessed via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 29/06/2015 11:41:56 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

384400

registered interest
date	19/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for her Department and its subsidiary agencies are paid less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	3317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>All permanent members of staff directly employed by the Home Office are paid the Living Wage or above.</p><p>All temporary agency staff are employed in accordance with the Agency Workers Regulations which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks.</p><p>The Home Office only keeps information on the legal minimum standards of pay of staff employed by organisations contracted to provide services within the Home Office, not the living wage.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/06/2015 14:30:14 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 7796 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

383910

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Norfolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms there are to appeal against decisions made by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk on the Child Abuse Inquiry Support Fund and the Child and Adult Victims of Sexual Abuse Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	3087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The Child Abuse Inquiry Support Fund and the Child and Adult Victims of Sexual Abuse Support Fund were established to ensure that organisations supporting survivors, and those seeing an increase in demand for their services, have the resources they need to do their vital work. The administration of the funds, and final decisions on allocation, have been led by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk, with the close support of the Home Office. There is no formal appeal process regarding the decisions on funding, which were confirmed by an Oversight Group which included representatives from the Home Office and was chaired by the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2015 13:13:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

383911

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which buildings occupied by her Department are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>A schedule of the buildings occupied by the Department that are owned or part-owned privately will be placed in the House Library. The total rent payable is £45.9 million per annum. The figure given on 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 99W omitted rents of two properties and should have been £46.8 million.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/06/2015 14:30:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

383913

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
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 June 2015 to Question 1466, what additional resources her Department plans to make available to ensure that all Disclosure and Barring Service checks are completed on time nationally in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) operates on a full cost-recovery basis and is expected to make neither a surplus nor a loss. The DBS provides funding to local police forces to process disclosure applications that require local police intelligence checks. In the small proportion of cases where checks are not completed within normal performance standards, the DBS is taking steps to improve performance, working with the police and other parties.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2015 15:20:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

381919

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what programmes and projects her Department funds that carry out community engagement work to raise awareness of female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	2924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Female genital mutilation (FGM) is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office has provided £100,000 through the FGM Community Engagement Initiative. The fund was open to organisations across all parts of the UK to bid for up to £10,000 to carry out community work to raise awareness of FGM amongst women already affected by FGM, young at-risk girls, as well as men in the community.</p><p>The organisations that were funded were:</p><p>Africa Advocacy Foundation;</p><p>All FM;</p><p>BAWSO (Black Association of Women Step Out);</p><p>Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid;</p><p>FORWARD (Foundation for Women’s Health Research and Development);</p><p>Integrate Bristol;</p><p>Katherine Low Settlement;</p><p>Manchester BME Network;</p><p>Manor Garden Welfare Trust;</p><p>NESTAC (New Step for African Community);</p><p>Safe Hands for Mothers;</p><p>and Springfield Community Flat</p><p>The Government’s specialist Home Office-led FGM Unit launched on 5 December 2014. The Unit provides outreach support to local areas and communities in England and Wales, coordinates cross-Government activity, acts as a hub for effective practice and works with the police, voluntary and community sector, survivors and professionals to develop policies and practices to end FGM.</p><p>Additionally, through the Serious Crime Act 2015, we are introducing a new mandatory reporting duty which requires known cases of FGM to be reported to the police.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 2923 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:02:49 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

381920

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
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 prevent female genital mutilation in communities affected by that practice.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	2923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Female genital mutilation (FGM) is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office has provided £100,000 through the FGM Community Engagement Initiative. The fund was open to organisations across all parts of the UK to bid for up to £10,000 to carry out community work to raise awareness of FGM amongst women already affected by FGM, young at-risk girls, as well as men in the community.</p><p>The organisations that were funded were:</p><p>Africa Advocacy Foundation;</p><p>All FM;</p><p>BAWSO (Black Association of Women Step Out);</p><p>Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid;</p><p>FORWARD (Foundation for Women’s Health Research and Development);</p><p>Integrate Bristol;</p><p>Katherine Low Settlement;</p><p>Manchester BME Network;</p><p>Manor Garden Welfare Trust;</p><p>NESTAC (New Step for African Community);</p><p>Safe Hands for Mothers;</p><p>and Springfield Community Flat</p><p>The Government’s specialist Home Office-led FGM Unit launched on 5 December 2014. The Unit provides outreach support to local areas and communities in England and Wales, coordinates cross-Government activity, acts as a hub for effective practice and works with the police, voluntary and community sector, survivors and professionals to develop policies and practices to end FGM.</p><p>Additionally, through the Serious Crime Act 2015, we are introducing a new mandatory reporting duty which requires known cases of FGM to be reported to the police.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 2924 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:02:49 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher