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443865

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to produce further guidance on the definition of extremism used in her Department's Counter-Extremism Strategy, Cm 9148, published in October 2015.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	21880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>Vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, in particular mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs within the Counter-Extremism Strategy definition of extremism is consistent with the incitement provisions within the Public Order Act 1986, in particular Part 3 aimed at those who stir up racial or religious hatred.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values. But we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>Government has engaged widely on the Counter-Extremism Strategy, and continues to engage with partners - including faith groups and communities on the implementation of the Strategy’s measures.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21883 21884 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:17:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 38842 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

443866

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications are for the provisions of the Public Order Act 1986 of her Department's Counter-Extremism Strategy, Cm 9148, published in October 2015 and its definition of extremism.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	21883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>Vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, in particular mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs within the Counter-Extremism Strategy definition of extremism is consistent with the incitement provisions within the Public Order Act 1986, in particular Part 3 aimed at those who stir up racial or religious hatred.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values. But we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>Government has engaged widely on the Counter-Extremism Strategy, and continues to engage with partners - including faith groups and communities on the implementation of the Strategy’s measures.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21880 21884 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:17:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 38844 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

443867

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
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 plans to consult faith groups on the criteria and processes for decisions that will be made on whether expressions of belief are considered extreme for the purposes of its counter-extremism strategy and policies resulting from that strategy.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	21884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>Vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, in particular mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs within the Counter-Extremism Strategy definition of extremism is consistent with the incitement provisions within the Public Order Act 1986, in particular Part 3 aimed at those who stir up racial or religious hatred.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values. But we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>Government has engaged widely on the Counter-Extremism Strategy, and continues to engage with partners - including faith groups and communities on the implementation of the Strategy’s measures.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21880 21883 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:17:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 38845 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

444774

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on securing long-term funding for domestic violence services.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	903020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government has already announced £40m of funding for domestic abuse services between 2016 and 2020, as well as a £2m grant to Women’s Aid and Safelives to support early intervention.</p><p>We will shortly publish a refreshed cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls strategy setting out how we will do more still to secure long-term funding for domestic violence services and support for all victims.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/01/2016 17:26:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

443299

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Stoke on Trent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many jobs in (a) her Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	21450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department records actual staffing levels, but does not centrally record the number of jobs by location. Actual staffing levels for (a) the Department, between March 2010 and March 2015, have slightly reduced (less than 10 FTE¹) in Stoke-on-Trent. However, this does not necessarily mean that posts have been abolished or relocated as a consequence.</p><p>The Department is still planning its workforce requirements for 2020 in line with the Spending Review settlement; this level of detail is not yet known.</p><p>(b) For the Department’s executive non-departmental public bodies and statutory bodies, there have been no staff or offices based in Stoke-on-Trent during this period. The Department’s executive non-departmental Public Bodies are:</p><p>• the Independent Police Complaints Commission;</p><p>• the Gangmasters Licensing Authority;</p><p>• the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner;</p><p>• the Security Industry Authority; and</p><p>• the Disclosure and Barring Service</p><p>None of the Department’s Advisory and Tribunal NDPBs employ staff or have offices in Stoke-on-Trent.</p><p>¹Data Source: Data View, the Home Office's single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate human resources data Period Covered: Figures are as at 31 March each year.</p><p>Extraction Date: 1st April each year</p><p>Organisational Coverage: March-10 - Figures include core Home Office and the Executive Agencies; United Kingdom Border Agency, Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau March -15 - Figures include core Home Office (including Border Force, UK Visas &amp; Immigration, Immigration En-forcement and Her Majesty's Passport Office.) Employee Coverage: Data is based on headcount and FTE of all current paid and unpaid civil servants as at 31st March each year</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/01/2016 15:27:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

443305

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's publication, Call to End Violence against Women and Girls' Action Plan 2014, published in March 2014, what progress has been made on putting in place a new code of practice to ensure that safe addresses of victims of domestic and sexual abuse are protected; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	21527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>Protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence remain key priorities for the Government. We will continue to improve the protection for victims and to bring offenders to justice.</p><p>The Home Office has been working with a number of relevant Government Departments to assess what processes and guidance are currently used to protect the addresses and personal information of vulnerable persons and victims of crime. We are now developing a voluntary code of practice to address the identified gaps.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/01/2016 16:29:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

443026

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Convictions
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 5 January 2016 to Question 20252, if she will collect information centrally on convictions for domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	21262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) publishes an annual violence against women and girls report, which includes national level data on the number of convictions for domestic abuse and supports the assessment of the effectiveness of Government policy on domestic violence.</p><p>The latest data, published in June 2015, showed that the volume of convictions in 2014-15 reached 68,601 – a rise of 10,325 convictions since 2013-14 and the highest volume ever.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics also publishes data on the prevalence of domestic abuse in the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Latest data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that 6.1% of adults aged 16-59 were a victim of ‘Any Domestic Abuse’ in 2014-15 – the lowest estimate since these questions were first asked in the 2004-05 survey.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21261 question first answered 11/01/2016 15:37:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

443036

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what constitutes non-violent extremism.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
uin	21384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21385 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443037

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what her definition is of non-violent expressions of religious belief which are (a) extreme and (b) not extreme.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
uin	21385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21384 21386 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

443039

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 113 of the Government's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October 2015, what definition her Department uses of extremism; and what steps she is taking to ensure that that definition does not close down debate or limit free speech.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
uin	21386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government definition of extremism is 'vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.' We have been consistent on this since 2011 and have reaffirmed this definition in the Counter-Extremism Strategy.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people in this country support these values and condemn those who try to undermine them.</p><p>The Government would not consider the ‘claim’ that an individual’s religion is ‘the only one true faith’ to be extremist.</p><p>We are clear that Government should not restrict anyone’s freedom of speech or right to practise a faith. These are core values that help to make our country great. However we shouldn’t allow the extremist voice to go unchallenged, causing harm to our society and promoting hatred and division.</p><p>The Government has engaged on the strategy, and will continue to engage with partners - including faith groups, communities and civic society groups on the new proposed powers to tackle the most dangerous extremists. This provides an opportunity to consult on the proposed powers further, and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place to protect our rights to free speech and debate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21382 21383 21384 21385 question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth