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1176803

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) applications and (b) different individual applicants there have been to the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	13511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>There have been more than three million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme according to the latest internal management information.</p><p>The milestone was reached less than a year after the scheme was fully launched to the public, with more than 2.7 million people already granted status. The Home Office publishes regular statistics relating to the EU Settlement scheme on a monthly basis and more detailed statistics each quarter, the latest edition being released 6<sup>th</sup> February,</p><p>The EU Settlement Scheme is designed to make it straightforward for EU citizens and their family members to continue living in the UK after 30 June 2021.</p><p>To apply they only need to complete three key steps – prove their identity, show that they live in the UK and declare any criminal convictions.</p><p>Our initial analysis of applications suggest that repeat applications currently represent less than two per cent of applications. This is a small percentage of the over 3 million applications we have received. We will continue to investigate this number and plan to report further as part of our regular statistical publications.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:23:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1176849

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase resources for (a) Action Fraud and (b) the police for the (i) investigation and (ii) prosecution of fraud.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	13516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has commissioned Sir Craig Mackey QPM to carry out a review of Serious and Organised Crime (SOC), including fraud. The review is considering powers, capabilities, governance and effectiveness of funding across policing and wider law enforcement. It is due to report by the end of February 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:29:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1176412

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 holds figures on the number of looked-after children who are (a) eligible for settled status and (b) have applied successfully for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	12894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The available published information on EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and concluded applications by the applicant’s age and nationality to 31 December 2019, can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics’, statistics tables, tables EUSS_01, EUSS_02 and EUSS_04, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has been engaging with relevant stakeholders such as the Department for Education, Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children’s Services to assess the needs of looked-after children and care leavers and ensure they are supported.</p><p>To support this, guidance about the EUSS to help local authorities and Health and Social Care Trusts understand their responsibilities for supporting looked-after children and care leavers and how to apply has been created and issued.</p><p>A New Burdens Assessment has been produced in collaboration with key stakeholders representing local authorities and children’s social services to ensure they are adequately funded to support looked after children and care leavers who are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has been holding monthly teleconferences for local authority staff who are undertaking this work. The teleconferences provide a forum to obtain information, ask questions and raise issues. A designated help line number has also been made available for local authority staff to contact trained caseworkers in the Home Office should they need to discuss any aspect of the EU Settlement Scheme, be it a specific case issue, or a matter of general information.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 12895 12896 question first answered 11/02/2020 15:31:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176413

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 holds figures on the number of vulnerable adults who are (a) eligible for settled status and (b) have applied successfully for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	12895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The available published information on EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and concluded applications by the applicant’s age and nationality to 31 December 2019, can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics’, statistics tables, tables EUSS_01, EUSS_02 and EUSS_04, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has been engaging with relevant stakeholders such as the Department for Education, Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children’s Services to assess the needs of looked-after children and care leavers and ensure they are supported.</p><p>To support this, guidance about the EUSS to help local authorities and Health and Social Care Trusts understand their responsibilities for supporting looked-after children and care leavers and how to apply has been created and issued.</p><p>A New Burdens Assessment has been produced in collaboration with key stakeholders representing local authorities and children’s social services to ensure they are adequately funded to support looked after children and care leavers who are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has been holding monthly teleconferences for local authority staff who are undertaking this work. The teleconferences provide a forum to obtain information, ask questions and raise issues. A designated help line number has also been made available for local authority staff to contact trained caseworkers in the Home Office should they need to discuss any aspect of the EU Settlement Scheme, be it a specific case issue, or a matter of general information.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 12894 12896 question first answered 11/02/2020 15:31:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176414

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 has taken to support local authorities make applications to the EU Settlement Scheme on behalf of looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	12896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The available published information on EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and concluded applications by the applicant’s age and nationality to 31 December 2019, can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics’, statistics tables, tables EUSS_01, EUSS_02 and EUSS_04, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has been engaging with relevant stakeholders such as the Department for Education, Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children’s Services to assess the needs of looked-after children and care leavers and ensure they are supported.</p><p>To support this, guidance about the EUSS to help local authorities and Health and Social Care Trusts understand their responsibilities for supporting looked-after children and care leavers and how to apply has been created and issued.</p><p>A New Burdens Assessment has been produced in collaboration with key stakeholders representing local authorities and children’s social services to ensure they are adequately funded to support looked after children and care leavers who are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has been holding monthly teleconferences for local authority staff who are undertaking this work. The teleconferences provide a forum to obtain information, ask questions and raise issues. A designated help line number has also been made available for local authority staff to contact trained caseworkers in the Home Office should they need to discuss any aspect of the EU Settlement Scheme, be it a specific case issue, or a matter of general information.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 12894 12895 question first answered 11/02/2020 15:31:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176427

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures were issued in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	12902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the Act) requires ​the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period on the exercise of her TPIM powers under the Act during that period. The report comments on the number of TPIMs that were in force at the end of the reporting period. For operational reasons we do not comment on the number of new TPIMs that were served.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The number of TPIMs in force in the last 12 months are recorded below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>No of TPIMs in force at end of the period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 December 2018 to 28 February 2019</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 March 2019 to 31 May 2019</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 June 2019 to 31 August 2019</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 September 2019 to 30 November 2019</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The numbers of TPIMs in force for the period 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020 will be published in March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:38:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1176430

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proscribed organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the proscription of (a) System Resistance Network, (b) Sonnenkrieg Division, (c) Atomwaffen Division and (d) other extreme right organisations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	12904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Whilst we keep the list of proscribed groups under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for</p><p>proscription.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/02/2020 15:55:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1176501

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-terrorism Control Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department’s policy to reinstate Control Orders.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	13032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Protecting the British public is the Government’s first priority.</p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that appropriate tools are available to the police and Security Service for the protection of national security.</p><p>There are no plans at this time to re-introduce control orders. Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIMs) give the Security Service and police powerful measures to help manage the risk posed. They provide some of the most restrictive measures available in the democratic world. TPIMs have been endorsed by the courts, counter-terrorism reviewers, the police, and the Security Service. The police and Security Service believe TPIMs reduce the national security risk posed by those subject to them.</p><p>We also have a range of other measures available. These include: stringent conditions during any post-release licence period; notification requirements for terrorist offenders, which only last year the Government strengthened; and Serious Crime Prevention Orders, which were extended to terrorist offenders last year and provide the police with strengthened powers to manage terrorists on their release.</p><p>Last week we also announced that we are considering whether new legislation is required to provide additional assurance when terrorist offenders are released from prison.</p><p>We will do everything we can to protect the public.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 13033 question first answered 11/02/2020 15:40:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1176502

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-terrorism Control Orders
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 had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the reintroduction of Control Orders.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	13033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Protecting the British public is the Government’s first priority.</p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that appropriate tools are available to the police and Security Service for the protection of national security.</p><p>There are no plans at this time to re-introduce control orders. Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIMs) give the Security Service and police powerful measures to help manage the risk posed. They provide some of the most restrictive measures available in the democratic world. TPIMs have been endorsed by the courts, counter-terrorism reviewers, the police, and the Security Service. The police and Security Service believe TPIMs reduce the national security risk posed by those subject to them.</p><p>We also have a range of other measures available. These include: stringent conditions during any post-release licence period; notification requirements for terrorist offenders, which only last year the Government strengthened; and Serious Crime Prevention Orders, which were extended to terrorist offenders last year and provide the police with strengthened powers to manage terrorists on their release.</p><p>Last week we also announced that we are considering whether new legislation is required to provide additional assurance when terrorist offenders are released from prison.</p><p>We will do everything we can to protect the public.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 13032 question first answered 11/02/2020 15:40:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1175955

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 EU citizens over the age of 65 living in the UK that have not applied for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	12343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Published information on EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and concluded applications by the applicant’s age to 31 December 2019, can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics’, statistics tables, tables EUSS_02 and EUSS_04 respectively, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019</a>.</p><p>The published figures refer specifically to applications made to the EUSS and cannot be directly compared with Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates of the resident population of EU/EEA nationals in the UK. The published EUSS figures include non-EEA family members, Irish nationals, and eligible EEA citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in ONS estimates of the resident EU population. Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:28:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire