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1225589

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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 recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the increase in right-wing extremism.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	75334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>We take the threat from right wing extremism and terrorism very seriously. There are regular discussions between departments on how we respond to that threat.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/07/2020 15:25:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1225712

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake a review on the effectiveness of Action Fraud.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	75465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>It is vital that victims of fraud have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with.</p><p>The City of London Corporation (as the Police Authority for the City of London Police) commissioned an independent review by Sir Craig Mackey QPM into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud. The findings and recommendations of that review were published on 24<sup>th</sup> January on the City of London Police Authority’s website, currently available at <a href="https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/About-us/action-fraud-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/About-us/action-fraud-report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The City of London Police are addressing Sir Craig’s recommendations regarding Action Fraud and the NFIB, working with the City of London Corporation, the National Crime Agency and the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/07/2020 16:12:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1225745

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of risk under the Prevent programme of the European Institute for Human Sciences and its operations in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	75469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>Prevent works closely with local people and organisations to stop vulnerable people being drawn into terrorism. Any indication that an individual or organisation is radicalising others is investigated and, if substantiated, appropriate multi-agency action is taken to address it. There are tried and tested mechanisms in place to address extremism in the charity sector.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/07/2020 16:14:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1225803

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Twitter: Hacking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, what recourse there is for UK citizens who have lost money through the hack of high profile Twitter accounts on 15 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	75282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>Victims in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to Action Fraud, the centralised reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. Those in Scotland should report directly to Police Scotland, via the 101 service.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2020 14:44:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1225826

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Amazon Web Services: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department made of the effect on security of the four-year contract awarded to Amazon Web Services in December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	75296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The four-year contract awarded to Amazon Web Services in December 2019 is based on the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 11 Framework Agreement (RM1557.11) call-off terms and conditions, together with the supplier’s terms and conditions applicable to the ordered services.</p><p>The Home Office has now published a redacted version of the contract available on contracts finder and it can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6936638d-c785-4d8d-b7ef-76dcdd801bd6?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6936638d-c785-4d8d-b7ef-76dcdd801bd6?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p> </p><p>The contract utilises standard Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud Terms and Conditions on Security which can be found in Part B – Terms and Conditions, Section 16. These terms can be found either in the published contract or via the CCS website - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/g-cloud-11-call-off-contract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/g-cloud-11-call-off-contract</a></p><p>Officials are unable to define what is meant by ‘the effects on security’. However, security is assessed through internal Home Office governance on individual services and products provided by the supplier as and when they are utilised by the Home Office, not on the AWS platform as a whole.</p><p>AWS also have the appropriate accreditations for the services they provide to Home Office and a full list has been provided to us as a buyer under a non-disclosure agreement. A list of publicly available compliances resources, including security compliance, is proved by Amazon Web Services online. <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/resources/" target="_blank">https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/resources/</a></p><p>I can confirm that these documents provided highlight how Amazon Web Services complies with the following accreditations, amongst others:</p><ul><li>UK Cyber Essentials &amp; Cyber Essentials+</li><li>ISO27001</li><li>ISO27017</li><li>ISO27018</li></ul> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/07/2020 15:40:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1224984

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Apprentices
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 reach the public sector apprenticeship target.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	74508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office is six months into the implementation of the Apprenticeships Operating Model (AOM) designed to centralise all HR end-to-end processes (including streamlining recruitment activities through to programme onboarding). The growth of a dedicated team has been stood up to increase the quality and quality of apprenticeships for the future. This industry tested model has the capacity and capability to meet the minimum 2.3% statutory target (England workforce) annually. To enable delivery, there are strong governance frameworks in place which are closely connected to the Home Office People Strategy 2018 – 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The refreshed AOM and strengthened workforce planning enables the dept. to address the target shortfall and annual ministerial commitments within a two-year period. Key to assessing performance is through the delivery of a robust Assurance Framework to ensure demand and delivery are aligned and reviewed quarterly and RAG status at Director General level.</p><p> </p><p>In the coming six months, the Home Office is committed to prioritising apprenticeships recruitment across operational delivery (largest population in the department), policy and digital professions. This demonstrates the Home Office’s pledge to future skills development: attracting the best talent from the external labour market whilst creating opportunities for internal professional capability building.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/07/2020 16:33:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1225214

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
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 29 January 2020 to Question 6769, what steps she is taking to appoint a new Independent Reviewer of Prevent.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	74742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>A full and open competition to appoint the next Independent Reviewer of Prevent was launched on 27 April 2020 and applications for this post closed on 22 June 2020. The successful candidate will be announced in due course.</p><p>The role was publicised on the Home Office website and advertised online on the Centre for Public Appointments, Home Office LinkedIn, Vercida and Women on Boards.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 74743 question first answered 23/07/2020 16:07:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1225215

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
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 29 January 2020 to Question 6769, what progress her Department has made on ensuring that the role of the independent Reviewer of Prevent is publicly advertised; and (a) where and (b) when that advertisement will be published.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	74743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>A full and open competition to appoint the next Independent Reviewer of Prevent was launched on 27 April 2020 and applications for this post closed on 22 June 2020. The successful candidate will be announced in due course.</p><p>The role was publicised on the Home Office website and advertised online on the Centre for Public Appointments, Home Office LinkedIn, Vercida and Women on Boards.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 74742 question first answered 23/07/2020 16:07:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1224358

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to remove upholstered furniture, carpets and curtains in UK (a) hotels, (b) care homes, (c) hospitals and (d) other non-domestic properties that still contain the flame retardant chemical DecaBDE since that chemical was banned under REACH in March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	73688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO) is the legislation covering fire safety in non-domestic premises in England and Wales.  The FSO requires the person responsible for the premises to undertake a fire risk assessment of the premises and put in place and maintain adequate fire protection measures to reduce the risk to life from fire to as low as reasonably practicable.</p><p> </p><p>The FSO does not prescribe the levels of flame-retardant chemicals used in products. Product safety comes under the Office of Product Safety and Standards, which is the body responsible for the regulations that apply to furniture and furnishings.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2020 15:50:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1224359

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, what steps she has taken to reduce the levels of flame retardant chemicals used in furniture, carpets, curtains and other product in non-domestic properties in order to meet the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	73689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO) is the legislation covering fire safety in non-domestic premises in England and Wales. The FSO requires the person responsible for the premises to undertake a fire risk assessment of the premises and put in place and maintain adequate fire protection measures to reduce the risk to life from fire to as low as reasonably practicable.</p><p>The FSO does not prescribe fire protection measures, nor the levels of flame-retardant chemicals used in products present. The particular measures and their properties is a matter for the responsible person.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2020 16:49:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies