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1051313

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has held with the Secretary of State for Education on the effectiveness of the draft national curriculum relationships and sex education guidance in preventing violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	214466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regularly held discussions on the effectiveness of Government action across departments to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG). A key mechanism for this is the Inter-Ministerial Group on Violence Against Women and Girls, which is chaired by the Home Secretary and has members from across government, including the Minister for Women and Equalities and the Secretary of State for Education.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/02/2019 17:48:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1050400

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: Public Places
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to prohibit the use of sound-producing anti-loitering devices without a licence.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	214050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The safety of anti-loitering devices is already regulated under the General Product Safety Regulation 2005 (GPSR). This requires all products intended for or likely to be used by consumers to be safe for normal or reasonably foreseeable use.</p><p>It is for local agencies dealing with anti-social behaviour to determine how to best tackle issues in their area, and to ensure any devices they use comply with the relevant legislation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2019 16:44:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1050480

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sharia Law Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to publish its response to the recommendations of the independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	214073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>On 1 February 2018 the Government published the independent Sharia review and confirmed it would not be taking forward the recommendation to regulate Sharia Councils in a Written Ministerial Statement. <br>The Government’s commitments in response to the review can be found in the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, published on 14 March 2018 and available on gov.uk:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/integrated-communities-strategy-green-paper." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/integrated-communities-strategy-green-paper.</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2019 16:47:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1050051

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of slavery who are no longer receiving support through the asylum system (a) have applied for a subsistence rate back payment and (b) are yet to apply for a back payment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	213236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Government is making every effort to pay back everyone affected by the subsistence rate contract changes for asylum-seeking victims of modern slavery made in March 2018.</p><p>Based on the current data, we have identified 1,208 potential victims of trafficking that have been affected and are entitled to back payments. 989 of those affected are still in both National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and asylum support, 150 are no longer in NRM support but are still in asylum support, and 69 are no longer in either NRM or asylum support.</p><p>On 24 January 2019, personalised letters were sent out to all those we identified as being affected and eligible for repayments. For those still in support, the letters detailed how much and how they will be paid. For those who have left support, the letters explained how to apply for these pay-ments.</p><p>If an individual believes they are eligible but does not receive a letter, they can complete an application form on gov.uk. There is no closing date for when people can apply for back payments if they think they are eligible. Further information is available on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery</a>).</p><p>We are not releasing the number of people who have already applied through the application form on gov.uk as this is an ongoing process and we will be working with these individuals to ensure those who are eligible are paid.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 213237 question first answered 31/01/2019 17:32:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1050052

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of victims of slavery who are due a subsistence rate back payment are no longer receiving support through the asylum system.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	213237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Government is making every effort to pay back everyone affected by the subsistence rate contract changes for asylum-seeking victims of modern slavery made in March 2018.</p><p>Based on the current data, we have identified 1,208 potential victims of trafficking that have been affected and are entitled to back payments. 989 of those affected are still in both National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and asylum support, 150 are no longer in NRM support but are still in asylum support, and 69 are no longer in either NRM or asylum support.</p><p>On 24 January 2019, personalised letters were sent out to all those we identified as being affected and eligible for repayments. For those still in support, the letters detailed how much and how they will be paid. For those who have left support, the letters explained how to apply for these pay-ments.</p><p>If an individual believes they are eligible but does not receive a letter, they can complete an application form on gov.uk. There is no closing date for when people can apply for back payments if they think they are eligible. Further information is available on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery</a>).</p><p>We are not releasing the number of people who have already applied through the application form on gov.uk as this is an ongoing process and we will be working with these individuals to ensure those who are eligible are paid.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 213236 question first answered 31/01/2019 17:32:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1050153

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of child sexual abuse images online in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	213275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Whilst there is no definitive number of child sex abuse images online, industry made over 10m referrals to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2017, and the Internet Watch Foundation last year processed 132,636 reports in 2017 (26% increase on 2016).</p><p>As well as working closely with the IWF, including the sharing of hashes with industry, the UK Government has invested in Project Arachnid – a tool that crawls the web to find indecent imagery and get it removed. It has issued approximately 1 million notices to service providers.</p><p>In September 2018, the Home Secretary called on industry to raise their response online child sexual exploitation and abuse, including to block child sexual abuse material as soon as companies detect it being uploaded. The Home Office and DCMS are also developing a White Paper which will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures to counter online harms and set clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe online. Protecting children from exploitation and abuse online will be a central component of the White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 213276 question first answered 31/01/2019 17:25:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1050154

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his department is taking to prevent the availability and distribution of child sexual abuse material online; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	213276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Whilst there is no definitive number of child sex abuse images online, industry made over 10m referrals to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2017, and the Internet Watch Foundation last year processed 132,636 reports in 2017 (26% increase on 2016).</p><p>As well as working closely with the IWF, including the sharing of hashes with industry, the UK Government has invested in Project Arachnid – a tool that crawls the web to find indecent imagery and get it removed. It has issued approximately 1 million notices to service providers.</p><p>In September 2018, the Home Secretary called on industry to raise their response online child sexual exploitation and abuse, including to block child sexual abuse material as soon as companies detect it being uploaded. The Home Office and DCMS are also developing a White Paper which will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures to counter online harms and set clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe online. Protecting children from exploitation and abuse online will be a central component of the White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 213275 question first answered 31/01/2019 17:25:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1050170

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Child Trafficking Advocates Service
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 15 January 2019 to Question 208877 on statistics for the ICTA Scheme and with reference to his Department's Interim Assessment of the first year of the ICTA service, what steps he is taking to provide support to young people that are trafficked and facing criminal justice proceedings but have been unable to access support through the ICTA scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	213428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government regards slavery, including trafficking, of children as a very serious offence. Where children are found to be victims of modern slavery, their safety and welfare needs must be addressed as the priority. All local agencies (including local authorities, police and border force) have statuto-ry duties to safeguard children as part of their local responsibilities.</p><p>We are taking a phased approach to national rollout of the ICTA service. One third of all local authorities in England and Wales will have ICTA pro-vision by April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 31/01/2019 17:29:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1050172

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Child Trafficking Advocates Service
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 15 January 2019 to Question 208877 on Children: Advocacy, what support his Department provides to children who are no longer eligible for the revised Independent Child Trafficking Advocate scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	213430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>In local authorities where the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service has been rolled out, all children that are potential victims of trafficking are eligible for support.</p><p>The revised ICTA model will continue to provide one-to-one support for children who have no effective parental responsibility for them in the UK. It also introduces, for the first time, an expert ICTA regional practice co-ordinator. This role will focus on children who do have a figure with effective parental responsibility for them in the UK, by working with professionals who are already engaged with and supporting the child.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 31/01/2019 17:26:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1050252

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made in laying Statutory Instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	213423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>As of 30 January, my department has laid 5 exit related statutory instruments. All exit related statutory instruments are published on legislation.gov.uk, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title.</p><p>The Home Office has also published 3 statements of changes to the Immigration Rules regarding the EU Settlement Scheme that can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/updates" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/updates</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 31/01/2019 17:20:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson