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date	16/01/2020
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: Gangs
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 give the police more powers to tackle child-grooming gangs.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	4462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse is an abhorrent crime and this Government will not allow there to be any safe space for predators to operate.</p><p>We are giving law enforcement the powers and tools it needs to bring those who exploit children to justice. Last year, we announced that we will be investing a further £30m in law enforcement capabilities to ensure offenders are no longer able to prey on society’s most vulnerable.</p><p>This year the Government will publish a comprehensive national strategy to tackle all forms of child sexual abuse, including grooming. Our new strategy will set out our whole system response to tackling child sexual abuse and how we will work across government, law enforcement, safeguarding partners and industry to root out offending, protect victims and help victims and survivors rebuild their lives.</p><p>New sentencing laws will ensure the most serious violent and sexual offenders spend time in prison that matches the severity of their crimes, protecting victims and giving the public confidence. We have already updated charging guidance to help ensure child sex offenders are properly brought to justice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2020 13:26:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1171448

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrests: Hate Crime
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 were arrested for hate speech in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, and (c) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	4296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The term ‘hate speech’ does not have any legal meaning, nor does it relate to a criminal offence in the UK. For any example of hate speech to be treated as a hate crime it would need to meet the police and Crown Prosecution Service definition of a hate crime.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2020 13:34:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1156361

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Universities: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to undertake a review of the fees charged to university staff from outside the EU for visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	5457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System (BICS) is predominately funded by the user, and we think it is right that those who use it contribute to its cost, thereby reducing the burden on the UK taxpayer. We keep our fees for immigration and nationality applications under review and ensure they are within the parameters agreed with HM Treasury and Parliament, as set out in Section 68 (9) of the Immigration Act 2014<em>. </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 5456 question first answered 04/11/2019 15:58:29 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1150128

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals there were for (a) rough sleepers and (b) people experiencing other forms of homelessness by (i) local authorities and (ii) local authority children’s services to the National Referral Mechanism in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Government does not currently collect information on the number of rough sleepers referred into the NRM by Local Authorities.</p><p>However, we recognise that there is a potential risk for people sleeping rough to become victims of modern slavery, and we want to ensure that local areas have the tools they need to identify modern slavery where they see it and provide the right support to victims.</p><p>The Home Office will continue to work to improve the quality data around victim identification and will continue to review the data it publishes in relation to NRM referrals and the introduction of the new digital system provides an opportunity for Government to review the data to identify patterns of exploitation.</p><p>Data on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) continues to be published regularly by the Single Competent Authority, available via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 970 question first answered 25/10/2019 11:39:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown