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1167102

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
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 28 October 2019 to Question 4283 on Hate Crime, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the (a) language and tone of public statements made by and (b) the actions of public figures on trends in the level of recorded hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	7080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office and key partners continue to build understanding of the drivers of hate crime through research and evaluation of hate crime programmes, and consultation with subject matter experts including the Independent Advisory Group and local practitioners. Alongside the Hate Crime Action Plan refresh in October 2018 the Government published a thematic review of the current evidence base – this can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/11/2019 17:12:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1151931

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
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 21 October 2019 to Question 433, on Hate Crime, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in hate crimes recorded by the police on the grounds of (a) race, (b) religion, (c) sexual orientation, (d) disability and (e) transgender identity from 2011-12 to 2018-19; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Police recorded hate crime has increased since these figures were first collected by the Home Office in 2011-12. This is largely due to improvements in police recording practices and more victims coming forward to report, but also recognising spikes following incidents like terrorist attacks. Increased reporting is a key theme of the Hate Crime Action Plan, to help ensure that victims receive the support they need, and offenders are brought to justice.</p><p>Information on hate crime offences recorded by the police forces in England and Wales can be found in Appendix Table 1 of the Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2018/19 statistical bulletin available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>In contrast, the Crime Survey for England and Wales (published last year) shows a downward trend in hate crime, which has fallen by 40% over the past decade.</p><p>We do however recognise that this might not be the experience within some communities, and that is why this Government remains committed to tackling all forms of hate crime.</p><p>The cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan (Action Against Hate: The UK Government’s plan for tackling hate crime) was published in 2016 and refreshed in October last year. This plan has improved the response to all forms of hate crime and the refreshed publication ensures a renewed commitment that victims remain at the heart of our work.</p><p>Some commitments within the Action Plan include just over £1.5 million for projects to tackle racially and religiously motivated hatred, launch of a public awareness campaign and asking the Law Commission to review hate crime legislation, among other important initiatives.</p><p>Following the attacks in Christchurch, the former Home Secretary increased the funding for the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme to £1.6m for 2019/20, double the amount awarded last year, announced a new £5m security training scheme for places of worship and committed to a public consultation to understand what more could be done to protect faith institutions. In September, the Chancellor announced a further £3.2m for the fifth year of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme for 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 4284 4285 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:55:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1151932

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
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 reduce hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Police recorded hate crime has increased since these figures were first collected by the Home Office in 2011-12. This is largely due to improvements in police recording practices and more victims coming forward to report, but also recognising spikes following incidents like terrorist attacks. Increased reporting is a key theme of the Hate Crime Action Plan, to help ensure that victims receive the support they need, and offenders are brought to justice.</p><p>Information on hate crime offences recorded by the police forces in England and Wales can be found in Appendix Table 1 of the Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2018/19 statistical bulletin available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>In contrast, the Crime Survey for England and Wales (published last year) shows a downward trend in hate crime, which has fallen by 40% over the past decade.</p><p>We do however recognise that this might not be the experience within some communities, and that is why this Government remains committed to tackling all forms of hate crime.</p><p>The cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan (Action Against Hate: The UK Government’s plan for tackling hate crime) was published in 2016 and refreshed in October last year. This plan has improved the response to all forms of hate crime and the refreshed publication ensures a renewed commitment that victims remain at the heart of our work.</p><p>Some commitments within the Action Plan include just over £1.5 million for projects to tackle racially and religiously motivated hatred, launch of a public awareness campaign and asking the Law Commission to review hate crime legislation, among other important initiatives.</p><p>Following the attacks in Christchurch, the former Home Secretary increased the funding for the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme to £1.6m for 2019/20, double the amount awarded last year, announced a new £5m security training scheme for places of worship and committed to a public consultation to understand what more could be done to protect faith institutions. In September, the Chancellor announced a further £3.2m for the fifth year of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme for 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 4283 4285 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:55:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1151933

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of rates of hate crime recorded by each territorial police force in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Police recorded hate crime has increased since these figures were first collected by the Home Office in 2011-12. This is largely due to improvements in police recording practices and more victims coming forward to report, but also recognising spikes following incidents like terrorist attacks. Increased reporting is a key theme of the Hate Crime Action Plan, to help ensure that victims receive the support they need, and offenders are brought to justice.</p><p>Information on hate crime offences recorded by the police forces in England and Wales can be found in Appendix Table 1 of the Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2018/19 statistical bulletin available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>In contrast, the Crime Survey for England and Wales (published last year) shows a downward trend in hate crime, which has fallen by 40% over the past decade.</p><p>We do however recognise that this might not be the experience within some communities, and that is why this Government remains committed to tackling all forms of hate crime.</p><p>The cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan (Action Against Hate: The UK Government’s plan for tackling hate crime) was published in 2016 and refreshed in October last year. This plan has improved the response to all forms of hate crime and the refreshed publication ensures a renewed commitment that victims remain at the heart of our work.</p><p>Some commitments within the Action Plan include just over £1.5 million for projects to tackle racially and religiously motivated hatred, launch of a public awareness campaign and asking the Law Commission to review hate crime legislation, among other important initiatives.</p><p>Following the attacks in Christchurch, the former Home Secretary increased the funding for the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme to £1.6m for 2019/20, double the amount awarded last year, announced a new £5m security training scheme for places of worship and committed to a public consultation to understand what more could be done to protect faith institutions. In September, the Chancellor announced a further £3.2m for the fifth year of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme for 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 4283 4284 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:55:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150550

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of trafficking or slavery who have been subject to immigration detention in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	1597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office record the number of all individuals referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and this information is published quarterly and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-referral-mechanism-statistics-quarter-2-2019-april-to-june" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-referral-mechanism-statistics-quarter-2-2019-april-to-june</a></p><p>This information does not distinguish between those detained under immigration powers and those living in the community. The reason for this is two-fold, firstly because the NRM referral is not an immigration route by which individuals should regularise their stay in the United Kingdom and secondly, because a person’s status in immigration detention is not permanent and can change.</p><p>The use of immigration detention in all cases is subject to regular reviews and consequently, a change in circumstance may result in a different consideration. It is quite possible that an immigration detainee is referred to the National Referral Mechanism during a detention period and is released into the community at any point during that process.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2019 11:37:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150159

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	Home Office: Health
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 uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being in formulating policy; and what policies her Department has introduced to improve personal well-being in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We use ONS wellbeing statistics to inform Health and Wellbeing policy within the Civil Service. The Home Office also measures personal wellbeing through the annual Civil Service People Survey using the same national statistics that the Office for National statistics (ONS) use for the UK population as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 15:18:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1132133

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) political discourse, (b) the print media and (c) social media on the level of hate crime in the UK in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	264340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office and key partners continue to build understanding of the drivers of hate crime through research and evaluation of hate crime programmes, and consultation with subject matter experts including the Independent Advisory Group and local practitioners.</p><p>Alongside the Hate Crime Action Plan refresh in October 2018 the Government published a thematic review of the current evidence base – this can be found at<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016." target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016.</a> The review highlighted the complex nature of the drivers and harms of hate crime, including the impact of political and other events, such as the 2017 terrorist attacks, in triggering ‘spikes’ in offending. <br> <br>In recognition that political discourse, the print media and social media may have a role in hate crime, the Action Plan set out a number of commitments, including work with the Society of Editors and the Independent Press Standards Organisation. More broadly the Government published the Online Harms White Paper on 8 April 2019, and delivered a communications campaign to increase public awareness of the different forms hate crime can take.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/06/2019 13:23:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1131741

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions his Department has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on his Department's presentation and use of statistics in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	263721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Details on the UK Statistics Authority’s interventions are published in the correspondence , publications , and issues log sections of their website since 2010.</p><p>The Authority’s Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) also carry out regular assessments and systemic reviews, details of which can also be found on the Authority’s website .</p><p>In September 2018, the Authority published the first annual summary of its interventions for the financial year 2017/18 . The report for 2018/19 will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence-list/" target="_blank"> https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence-list/</a><br><a href="https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publications-list/" target="_blank">https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publications-list/ </a><br><a href="https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports-and-correspondence/issues-log/" target="_blank">https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports-and-correspondence/issues-log/ </a><br><a href="https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/osr/" target="_blank"> https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/osr/ </a><br><a href="https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/annual-casework-review-20172018/" target="_blank"> https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/annual-casework-review-20172018/ </a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/06/2019 13:48:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1127660

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	EnAble Fund for Elected Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the EnAble Fund for Elected Office; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	256247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The EnAble Fund for Elected Office is a £250,000 interim fund and is available until March 2020 or until the £250,000 budget is exhausted. The Fund supported around 40 candidates at this month’s local elections.</p><p>We have commissioned an independent evaluation, which will be published after the Fund has ended next year.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/06/2019 13:23:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124379

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in his Department have been seconded to (a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	249911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Please see the table below for the current numbers of civil servants that have temporarily moved out of the department to take up posts at DIT or DExEU in each of the last 3 years. The information provided is a list of current/active transfers that commenced in each of the three years. It is not possible to provide total numbers across the time period as the data on those that transferred out of the department but have since returned is not available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Department for Exiting the European Union</td><td>Department for International Trade</td></tr><tr><td>2018/19</td><td>9</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>2017/18</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>14</td><td>12</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/05/2019 16:01:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane