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1604169

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	RAF Scampton: Regeneration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent public consultations she has held on plans to redevelop RAF Scampton.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	165221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>No recent public consultations have been held on plans to develop RAF Scampton.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/03/2023 14:34:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1588270

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings she had with asylum centre providers to discuss reports of abductions of unaccompanied children in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	150390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office engages with a range of internal and external stakeholders in relation to the provision of support and accommodation to destitute asylum seekers, through a variety of channels.</p><p>The wellbeing of children and minors in our care is an absolute priority. Robust safeguarding procedures are in place to ensure all children and minors are safe and supported as we seek urgent placements with local authorities.</p><p>We continue to consult multi-agency partners and subject matter experts to ensure our processes and procedures are robust and evolve as new trends or risks emerge. Local police forces are engaged in ongoing activity where a child fails to return to a hotel and this data is shared across the police national computer as it would be in any case where a child goes missing.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/02/2023 14:48:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1582856

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has held with representatives of Kirklees Council on the resettlement of Afghan refugees in Huddersfield.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	137727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has sought assistance from all UK local authorities to help with the resettlement and integration of eligible individuals evacuated from Afghanistan or safe third countries to the UK. This has been either through direct contact with individual councils such as Kirklees or, as is normally the case throughout the country, via the regional Strategic Migration Partnership.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/02/2023 13:52:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1565600

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: West Yorkshire
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 Answers given on 2 December 2022 to Question 95780, on Social Rented Housing: Huddersfield, and on 22 December 2022 to Question 111537, on Asylum: Housing, whether her Department is taking steps through the meetings mentioned to increase provision of Local Authority and Housing Association housing in (a) Kirklees and (b) West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	119917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The Asylum, Resettlement Councils Senior Engagement Group (ARCSEG) meets every 3 months, with additional meetings held outside the quarterly cycle in exceptional circumstances. The meetings are chaired by the Director of Asylum Support and Chief Executive of the Local Government Association.</p><p>Accommodation provision and shortfall, such as contingency, dispersed and resettlement cohort accommodation, have and continue to feature prominently as a core agenda item for ARCSEG meetings. This is in addition to further discussion and progress tracking through other local government engagement forums such as the weekly cross-government Strategic Oversight Group and Ministerial Task Group.</p><p>In the last ARCSEG meeting on 13 December 2022 there was a constructive dialogue between Home Office officials and Local Government Chief Executives on a range of accommodation and housing issues. ARCSEG actions are progressed between meetings through “Deep Dive” sub-groups, all of which have local government representation.</p><p>We also regularly engage with our accommodation providers to discuss any issues that arise and ensure best practice is always followed. The performance of our providers is monitored closely by dedicated staff in each contract area, who are in daily contact with them. This is supplemented by a formal governance process which includes quarterly Strategic Review Management Boards and monthly Contract Management Groups. Service credits and subsequent improvement plans are discussed and monitored as part of this process</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 119918 question first answered 19/01/2023 17:42:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1565601

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Kirklees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 95780 on Social Rented Housing: Huddersfield and the Answer of 22 December 2022 to Question 111537 on Asylum: Housing, whether her Department has held recent meetings with the Asylum Resettlement Councils Senior Engagement Group on tackling the shortfall of (a) local authority and (b) housing association housing provision in Kirklees.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	119918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The Asylum, Resettlement Councils Senior Engagement Group (ARCSEG) meets every 3 months, with additional meetings held outside the quarterly cycle in exceptional circumstances. The meetings are chaired by the Director of Asylum Support and Chief Executive of the Local Government Association.</p><p>Accommodation provision and shortfall, such as contingency, dispersed and resettlement cohort accommodation, have and continue to feature prominently as a core agenda item for ARCSEG meetings. This is in addition to further discussion and progress tracking through other local government engagement forums such as the weekly cross-government Strategic Oversight Group and Ministerial Task Group.</p><p>In the last ARCSEG meeting on 13 December 2022 there was a constructive dialogue between Home Office officials and Local Government Chief Executives on a range of accommodation and housing issues. ARCSEG actions are progressed between meetings through “Deep Dive” sub-groups, all of which have local government representation.</p><p>We also regularly engage with our accommodation providers to discuss any issues that arise and ensure best practice is always followed. The performance of our providers is monitored closely by dedicated staff in each contract area, who are in daily contact with them. This is supplemented by a formal governance process which includes quarterly Strategic Review Management Boards and monthly Contract Management Groups. Service credits and subsequent improvement plans are discussed and monitored as part of this process</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 119917 question first answered 19/01/2023 17:42:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1551989

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 assessment of the potential merits of holding a summit with refugee and migration experts, local authorities and housing providers on potential short- and long-term accommodation options for people seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	111537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office already engages with a range of internal and external stakeholders in relation to the provision of support and accommodation to destitute asylum seekers, through a variety of channels. These include the Strategic Migration Partnerships (SMPs) which are Local Government led partnerships funded by, but independent of, the Home Office, whose role is to coordinate and support delivery of national programmes in asylum and refugee schemes as well as agreed, national, regional and devolved migration priorities.</p><p>The Director of Asylum Support and other senior Home Office officials engage with the Local Government Association (LGA) and UK-wide LA Chief Executives through the Asylum Resettlement Councils Senior Engagement Group (ARCSEG, formerly Home Office Local Government Chief Executive group (HOLGEX)). The Strategic Engagement Groups (SEG) and the associated sub-groups are the Home Office’s (HO) principal engagement forums with external asylum and resettlement Non-Government Organisations (NGO) and voluntary sector stakeholders.</p><p>We also regularly engage with our accommodation providers to discuss any issues that arise and ensure best practise is always followed. Providers’ performance is monitored closely by dedicated staff in each contract area, who are in daily contact with them. This is supplemented by a formal governance process which includes quarterly Strategic Review Management Boards and monthly Contract Management Groups. Service credits and subsequent improvement plans are discussed and monitored as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/12/2022 12:43:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman