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1247259

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Barbecues: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires were caused by disposable barbeques in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	109639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes figures on accidental fires started by barbecues in table FIRE0605, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire</a></p><p>The figures relate to accidental fires started by all types of barbecues as the Home Office does not specifically collect data on disposable barbecues.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/11/2020 17:02:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1247612

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are resourced contingency plans to counter the threat of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by terrorist groups within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	109220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office and Police are working jointly to build a new national counter-drones capability, which will give the police the technology, resource and training required to effectively tackle the illegal use of drones.</p><p>There is no single means of protecting the UK from malicious drones use, which is why the Home Office, via the UK Counter-unmanned Aircraft Strategy has committed to developing a layered approach to counter malicious drone use. This layered approach includes: improved public understanding of safe drone operation; requiring drones over a certain size to be registered; requiring commercial drone pilots to be licenced, with full risk assessments in place for any companies operating commercial drones.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/11/2020 18:20:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1246308

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Personation
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 ensure that the police notify individuals when the police are made aware that another individual is using their identity without their knowledge.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	107720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the harms caused by identity crime and that criminals use false identities to commit and enable a range of offences, from people trafficking, benefit fraud, credit card fraud to fraudulently obtaining government-issued documents.</p><p>Contact with victims is usual procedure where police are working on an open investigation. However, the majority of cases of identity theft are brought to the attention of the police by the victim themselves.</p><p>In the case of the identity theft being a result of a personal data breach all organisations have a duty under GDPR to report certain personal data breaches to the relevant supervisory authority. Where the breach is likely to result in a high risk of adversely affecting individuals’ rights and freedoms, they must also inform those individuals without undue delay.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/11/2020 10:51:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1245431

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamophobia
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 her Department's statistical release, Hate Crime: 2019-20, published on 13 October 2020, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) Islamophobia and (b) the number of Islamophobic incidents.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	107103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>This Government recognises the discrimination and intolerance faced by Muslim communities and the UK has a robust legislative framework in place to respond to hate crime.</p><p>The Government has taken steps to combat anti-Muslim Hatred including supporting Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) with just over £2.8m between 2016 and 2020 to monitor and combat anti-Muslim hatred.</p><p>In addition, the Places of Worship protective security funding scheme, which provides security measures for mosques and other places of worship, has been allocated £3.2m for 2020-21 - double what was awarded last year.</p><p>This Government is committed to continuing the promotion of shared values among people of all backgrounds through sustainable social integration and meaningful civic participation whilst tackling and preventing religiously and racially discriminatory behaviour and those acting against others because of their faith or race. Therefore, we have launched a competitive grant scheme for 2020-21 to support projects in this space, with a budget of up to £2M.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/11/2020 10:47:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1245075

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of correspondence sent to the MP correspondence team is replied to within the 20 working day service standard for a comprehensive response.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	106440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>71% of correspondence received in 2020, to the end of August, has been replied to within 20 working days. This includes replies to correspondence from hon. Members relating to immigration casework and operational matters provided by officials.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/10/2020 12:49:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1244408

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase the number of fire fighters.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	105535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has no role in making decisions on the number of firefighters employed by fire services.</p><p>It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue service and authority to ensure that they have they have the appropriate number of firefighters to deliver their core functions across prevention, protection and response.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/10/2020 15:25:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1244409

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason fire fighters have been offered a pay award below that offered of teachers, doctors, dentists, police and prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	105536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The pay awards announced on 21 July 2020 related to workforces covered by Pay Review Bodies (PRBs) which are: the armed forces, teachers, police officers, the National Crime Agency, prison officers, doctors, dentists, the Judiciary, senior civil servants and senior military personnel.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Pay awards for firefighters are agreed independently outside this process by the National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services which include representatives of employers, devolved administrations and trade unions. Central Government has no role to play in this process.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The pay awards announced on 21 July 2020 related to workforces covered by Pay Review Bodies (PRBs) which are: the armed forces, teachers, police officers, the National Crime Agency, prison officers, doctors, dentists, the Judiciary, senior civil servants and senior military personnel.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Pay awards for firefighters are agreed independently outside this process by the National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services which include representatives of employers, devolved administrations and trade unions. </ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/12/2020 18:15:07 question first ministerially corrected 10/12/2020 17:16:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 67792 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1243577

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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
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 8 June 2020 to Question 49691 on Amazon Web Services, whether she set out the liability caps and evaluation of compliance with the Managing Public Money code.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	103510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The AWS contract signed December 2019 includes the parties’ liability caps. The contract complies with HM Treasury Managing Public Money.</p><p>A redacted AWS contract is published on Contract Finder at <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6936638d-c785-4d8d-b7ef-76dcdd801bd6" target="_blank"><em>https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6936638d-c785-4d8d-b7ef-76dcdd801bd6</em></a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/12/2020 18:09:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1242960

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Coronavirus
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 (a) prevent, (b) protect people from and (c) warn people about scams related to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	102841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware that fraudsters are exploiting the pandemic to commit opportunistic crimes such as fraud. Along with partners in law enforcement, the public sector and the private and third sectors, we have been implementing measures to ensure the public has the protection and advice needed to shield themselves from these crimes.</p><p>This has included working alongside the National Cyber Security Centre to establish a new Suspicious Email Reporting Service. This service allows the public to report potential scams safely and effectively. To date, this has already led to over 13,000 scams being thwarted and taken down. Members of the public can forward suspicious emails to this address: <a href="mailto:report@phishing.gov.uk" target="_blank">report@phishing.gov.uk</a></p><p>However, law enforcement cannot do this alone. In addtion, the public should be well-informed on the steps they can take to guard against becoming the victim of crime. That is why we have launched a gov.uk page that contains easy-to-follow steps for people to spot potential frauds and the steps they can take to avoid them. It also signposts advice and support to those who may unfortunately have fallen victim. This page can currently be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/10/2020 14:24:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1243066

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions hon. Members have waited longer than 20 working days for a response to their enquiry from her Department in the last (a) three and (b) six months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	102664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>Over the last three months the Department has replied to 10,079 letters from hon. Members. Of these, 3,471 (34%) have been replied to in over 20 days.</p><p>Over the last six months the Department has replied to 21,204 letters from hon. Members. Of these 7,179 (34%) have been replied to in over 20 days.</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.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/10/2020 14:28:43 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe