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1242023

registered interest
date	09/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 quantity of flame retardant is held by each fire service in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	101313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the quantity of flame retardant held by each fire and rescue service.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2020 13:01:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1241388

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the biggest pay rise given to someone in her Department was in (a) percentage and (b) cash terms in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	100330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>In the last 12 months the biggest percentage pay rise in the Home Office was 9% and the biggest pay rise in cash terms was £7,292.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2020 12:58:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1241425

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime: Extortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is her policy on the payment of ransoms both for (a) individuals and (b) in response to cyberattacks.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	100285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not advise paying ransoms to criminals. The payment of a ransom to criminals is likely to encourage further criminal activity and does not guarantee a successful outcome.</p><p>The legal decision of whether or not to pay the ransom is ultimately a matter for the individuals or organisations concerned. We encourage victims of ransom demands to contact the authorities for support. An offence may arise from a possibility of money laundering or terrorist financing taking place as a result of a ransom payment.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2020 12:54:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1240136

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Property: Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of property in the UK that has been investigated as suspected proceeds of corruption from 2016 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	99100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s International Corruption Unit (ICU) investigates bribery of foreign public officials by individuals or companies from the UK, and money laundering by corrupt foreign officials and their associates.</p><p>The ICU and other UK law enforcement agencies investigating the proceeds of corruption do not specifically collate information on the value of property investigated. However, since its inception in 2015, the ICU has restrained or detained £742m worth of assets linked to corruption globally, in addition to confiscating £7 million worth of assets and returning assets totalling £199 million.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/10/2020 16:12:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1240235

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Records: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether access to the (a) European Criminal Records Information system and (b) Schengen Information system for (i) Police Scotland and (ii) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will be maintained after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Allan Dorans
uin	99117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>We continue to discuss with the EU an agreement on law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation in criminal matters. The agreement should equip operational partners on both sides with the capabilities that help protect citizens and bring criminals to justice promoting the security of all our citizens. As set out in the UK’s <em>Approach to Negotiations</em>, we have proposed this should include capabilities similar to those provided by the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) and by SIS II.</p><p>Our focus is on reaching an agreement with the EU and we will continue to work hard to achieve it. We are also working closely with the police, other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in the UK, as well as the devolved administrations, to ensure we are ready for a range of possible outcomes at the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/10/2020 11:42:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4740 label Biography information for Allan Dorans

1240303

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what live PFI contracts her Department has; and for each of those contracts (a) what service is provided, (b) when the contract became live, (c) what the remaining term of the contract is and (d) what the annual repayments are.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	99035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The most recent published information for live PFI contracts available is as at 31 March 2018 and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F805262%2FCurrent_projects_as_at_31_March_2018.xlsx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSwagata.Chatterjee3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C60ba567400434cfcfff908d869efede0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637375826485551788&amp;sdata=xv1ARn95gXht%2B06zTACehwBT1PkXd8MswAU9uHeEBIw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805262/Current_projects_as_at_31_March_2018.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/10/2020 15:54:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1238868

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Food Standards Agency: Covert Human Intelligence Sources
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 Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, in what circumstances her Department envisages that undercover Food Standards agents will need authorisation to participate in criminal activity in the course of their duties.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	96777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act lists a range of public authorities who use Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) for general investigative purposes. The CHIS (Criminal Conduct) Bill restricts the number of public authorities able to authorise participation in criminal conduct to only those public authorities who have demonstrated a clear operational need for the tactic. Authorisations will be subject to a robust set of safeguards and an authorisation can only be granted where it is necessary and proportionate to the criminality it is seeking to prevent.</p><p>The Food Standards Agency is tasked with protecting consumers and the food industry from crime within food supply chains. Examples of such criminality include the use of stolen food in the supply chain, unlawful slaughter, diversion of unsafe food, adulteration, substitution or misrepresentation of food and document fraud.</p><p>An example of where they might need to authorise participation in criminal conduct is where an individual working within a food business, contacts handlers to pass on intelligence. This relates to the ongoing misrepresentation of meat as being of premium quality and the extension of meat durability dates, leading to out of date meat being consumed.</p><p>The continuing presence of the individual within the workplace necessitates them actively participating in presenting, packaging and re-labelling produce in order to misrepresent its quality and fitness for consumption, which are criminal offences. This provides opportunities for the evidential seizure of unfit produce and to identify those complicit in, and responsible for, directing fraudulent activity. As a result, evidence is available to support a successful prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/10/2020 09:27:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1238869

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Food Standards Agency: Covert Human Intelligence Sources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that Food Standards agents will receive training if they are authorised to participate in criminal activity in the course of their duties under Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	96778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>All authorisations are granted by an experienced and highly trained authorising officer who will ensure that the authorisation has strict parameters and that this is communicated to the ‘agent’ or CHIS. Authorising Officers receive robust training to ensure they understand necessity, proportionality and risk considerations.</p><p>Public authorities each have in place their own training processes for their authorising officers to reflect the specialist remit in which they operate.</p><p>The authorisation of CHIS participation in criminal conduct is, and will continue to be, subject to robust and independent oversight by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner.</p><p>The Commissioner has wide-ranging statutory responsibilities for the oversight of investigatory powers, including this power, which are set out in Part 8 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. The Bill sets out particular requirements in relation to participation in criminal conduct. It amends the Investigatory Powers Act to provide a requirement for the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to pay particular attention to public authorities’ use of the power to grant criminal conduct authorisations under new section 29B.It also requires the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to include information about public authorities’ use of criminal conduct authorisations in his annual report. This will include information such as statistics on relevant public authorities’ of the power, the operation of safeguards in relation to authorisations, and errors.</p><p>As part of this, we anticipate that the IPC and his office will identify if any public body is failing to train and assess their officers to a sufficiently high standard.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/10/2020 09:21:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1238870

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Covert Human Intelligence Sources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether officials of her Department engaged with their US counterparts on the FBI’s policy expressly limiting the crimes which its covert human intelligence sources may commit when preparing the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	96779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>A covert human intelligence source (CHIS) will never be given authority to commit any and all crime. All authorisations must be necessary and proportionate to the criminality they are seeking to prevent and the Authorising Officer must ensure that the level of criminality authorised must be at the lowest level of intrusion possible to achieve the aims of the operation.</p><p>There are limits to the activity that can be authorised under this Bill and these are contained in the Human Rights Act. This includes the right to life, and prohibition of torture or subjecting someone to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.</p><p>The Bill does not list specific crimes which may be authorised, or prohibited, as to do so would place into the hands of criminals, terrorists and hostile states a means of creating a checklist for suspected CHIS to be tested against. This would threaten the future of the CHIS capability, and result in an increased threat to the public.</p><p>With regards to international comparisons, different countries have different legal systems, threat pictures and operational practices which means that simply comparing respective legislation gives only a very partial picture. In the course of developing this Bill, officials have engaged with a variety of stakeholders, including US counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/10/2020 09:24:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1238328

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target (a) her Department and (b) UK Visas and Immigration has relating to the proportion of Ministerial correspondence that has to be responded to within 20-days; and what the performance was of (i) her Department and (ii) UK Visas and Immigration in meeting that target for each month in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	96174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>The (a) department and (b) UK Visas and Immigration work to a target of responding to 95% of Ministerial correspondence within 20 days.</p><p>Performance on policy correspondence in meeting the target in each month in 2020 is below.</p><p>Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions. An action plan is currently in place to clear backlogs and drive up performance with September’s increase in performance reflecting progress.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Performance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June-20</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July-20</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug -20</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information contained in the table is based on management information subject to revision.</p><p>The latest published data on UKVI performance against the service standard is held at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-november-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-november-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/12/2020 16:31:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi