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1652969

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional Stamp Duty Land Tax refunds have taken longer than 35 days to process in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	194063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not record the number of Stamp Duty Land Tax refunds that have taken longer than 35 days to process.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/07/2023 14:37:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1462181

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all Prisoner Escorting and Custody officers have access to body-worn cameras.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The existing Prison Service Instruction (PSI) relating to body-worn video cameras (BWVC) does not provide for their use in court buildings. It is important that the use of BWVCs is compliant with the requirements of data protection legislation, which was a factor in prescribing the confines of their use within the PSI.</p><p> </p><p>A new Policy Framework is due to be released later this year which will replace the PSI and reflect the up-to-date procedures for camera use, and current best practice. This is being done in tandem with a procurement exercise to replace the BWVC equipment currently used within the public sector prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>The protection and safety of all our frontline workers is of the upmost importance to HMPPS. The Assaults on Emergency Workers Act covers Prisoner Escorting and Custody Services (PECS) officers, should they become victim of an assault in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/05/2022 11:07:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1437738

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of rape victims who have not had their (a) right to anonymity and (b) rights under the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, including enhanced rights for intimidated witnesses, upheld; for what reason those rights have not been upheld; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those rights are upheld and reinstated after they have been breached.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	134064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Victims of rape do not have to apply for anonymity as it is an automatic lifetime protection from the point of report. Therefore, there is no requirement for the court to uphold their anonymity, and breach of this right is a criminal offence.</p><p>Victims of rape are eligible for enhanced support under the Victims’ Code. Such support includes being offered a referral to a specialist support service by the police, being contacted sooner after key decisions have been made and having access to special measures, such as being screened from the defendant or giving evidence during the trial from outside the courtroom. The Crown Prosecution Service will seek the victims’ views on special measures and make the application to the court, but ultimately it is at the court’s discretion. We have expanded the current pilot of Section 28, which provides the option to pre-record cross-examination in advance of a trial, for complainants of sexual and modern slavery offences from three to seven Crown Court centres and will extend for this cohort nationwide as soon as practicable.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the special measures directions made by the courts. However, the second phase of the Common Platform, a digital case management system that helps users, such as HMCTS staff and the CPS, manage and share criminal case information more effectively, will allow us to collate this data when it is fully rolled out.</p><p>We recently consulted on a Victims’ Bill – which will build on the foundations provided by the Code to substantially improve victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system. We have already committed to placing the Code in statute to raise its profile and send a clear signal that the justice system must deliver for victims. The Bill will also make clearer and sharper lines of accountability if victims do not receive their rights from criminal justice agencies.</p><p>This Government is also publishing the first ever adult rape scorecard, which will bring together performance data from across the system in one place, allowing us to increase public transparency and hold agencies to account for delivery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/03/2022 12:00:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1437739

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of rape victims who do not report crimes because of (a) poor handling and (b) breaches of anonymity in previous cases; and what steps he is taking to improve that situation for victims.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	134065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes statistics on prevalence of rape and reporting in the Crime Survey of England and Wales, accessible here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/natureofsexualassaultbyrapeorpenetrationenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/natureofsexualassaultbyrapeorpenetrationenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2020</a>.</p><p>This publication includes statistics on the prevalence of rape experienced by victims since the age of 16, the proportion of these victims who reported to the police and the proportion of victims who told someone else about the abuse, either someone they knew personally, or someone from another professional, support or official organisation. The publication also includes reasons why some victims did not tell anyone, or why some victims did not tell the police. We do not collect data on non-reporting due to breaches of anonymity in previous cases.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the cross-Government Rape Review, a series of actions will be implemented that will improve the way the system handles rape cases, conscious that the Government does not have control over jury convictions. The joint national action plan (JNAP)will deliver actions designed to improve the handling of cases and interactions with victims.</p><p>We are rolling out Operation Soteria: a joint police and Crown Prosecution Service programme of work to transform the way that they work individually and together to investigate and prosecute rape. This will turn the focus onto the perpetrator rather than the victim’s behaviour. We are additionally introducing a single source of 24/7 support for victims of rape and sexual violence, and have increased funding this year to £150.5m for victim support services. In July last year, the government launched our Violence against Women and Girls Strategy , with a dedicated policing lead reporting directly to the Home Secretary, and have recently consulted on a Victim’s Bill.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/03/2022 12:02:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1437740

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that rape victims are not subjected to cross-examination on their rape case in court hearings on unrelated matters; and what recourse would be available to rape victims in such circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	134066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The court experience can be a particularly distressing part of the process for victims, especially when they are giving evidence and undergoing cross-examination. There are already measures in place to limit what can be asked of victims, including Section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 prohibits the defence from adducing any evidence (or asking any questions) relating to a complainant’s past sexual behaviour except for in very limited circumstances. In order for the defence to adduce any such evidence they must apply to the judge and pass stringent tests of the relevance of the evidence, and the need for it to be adduced.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is clear that only evidence pertinent to the case is used in court. In the End-to-End Rape Review Report on Findings and Actions published in summer 2021, the Government announced that the Law Commission would examine the law, guidance and practice relating to the use of evidence in prosecutions of serious sexual offences and consider the need for reform. This project launched in December and is considering issues including the way rape myths are tackled as part of the court process as well as reviewing the rules relating to the use of the complainant’s medical and counselling records during a trial. The project will also review the availability of alternative arrangements and special measures for giving evidence to protect complainants during the trial process.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/03/2022 12:41:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1173569

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it remains the Government's policy to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees in Syria by the end of 2020; and how many Syrian refugees have been successfully resettled to date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	8411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government committed to resettle 20,000 vulnerable refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. Thanks to the efforts of local authorities and civil society, the UK is on track to deliver this important humanitarian commitment in 2020.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. These can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</a><br> <br> Latest statistics published on 28 November 2019 show that a total of 18,252 people had been resettled in the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme since it began, across 317 local authorities.</p><p>The next set of figures will be in the quarterly release on 27 February 2020 and will cover the period up to December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/01/2020 16:23:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1156110

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken has been for her Department to process asylum claims for cases of (a) unaccompanied asylum seeking children and (b) other cases of acute vulnerability in each month since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	5076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data relating to the average time taken to process asylum claims for cases of (a) unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and (b) other cases of acute vulnerability in each month since January 2019.</p><p>Data on current performance can be found at tab Asy_10 of the Asylum Transparency Data August 2019 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019</a></p><p>We are committed to ensuring that asylum claims are considered without unnecessary delay, to ensure that individuals who need protection are granted asylum as soon as possible and can start to integrate and rebuild their lives, including those granted at appeal.</p><p>Whilst steps are taken to increase capacity and focus on process improvements to deliver better quality asylum decisions more efficiently, we have moved away from the 6-month service standard to concentrate on older claims, cases with acute vulnerability and those in receipt of the greatest level of support, including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC). Additionally, we are prioritising cases where an individual has already received a decision, but a reconsideration is required.</p><p>This approach is intended to bring balance back to the asylum system. We have engaged with stakeholders as part of our plans to introduce new service standards. We are considering this valuable insight as we work to shape the new service standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 14:59:38 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq