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1254343

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Iran
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 forthcoming trial against an Iranian diplomat in Belgium on terrorism charges, what discussions she has had with police services on threats against Iranian dissidents and political activists in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	119181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK takes a zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats. We will continue to work closely with our international allies to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-based threats.</p><p>It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on the security arrangements for protected individuals. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals concerned.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/12/2020 15:42:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1254390

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mukhtar Ablyazov
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) files on the alleged crimes of Mukhtar Ablyazov; and whether her Department has requested further information from FinCEN on Ablyazov's use of British banking institutions with American branches.
tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
tabling member printed	Damian Collins
uin	119227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not confirm or comment on individual operational matters. The UK is internationally recognised as having some of the strongest controls worldwide for tackling money laundering and terrorist financing. As a global financial centre, we are determined to go further to crack down on illicit finance and financial exploitation, to protect our security and prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2020 17:14:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

1254411

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
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 effect of changes in Government funding for fire and rescue services on (b) the ability of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service to protect people’s lives and (b) public safety.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	119352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work.</p><p>Overall fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.3 billion in 2020/21. Standalone fire and rescue authorities will see an increase in core spending power of 3.2 per cent in cash terms compared with 2019/20.</p><p>Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service will receive a core spending power of £67.1 million in 2020/21, an increase of £2.0 million since 2019/20 (3.1%).</p><p>Decisions on how resources are allocated across prevention, protection and operational functions are best deployed to meet core functions are a matter for each fire and rescue authority.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/12/2020 15:57:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1254474

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Stations: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference the finding in the University of Central Lancashire report entitled Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic fire effluents: Interim Best Practice Report, published in November 2020, that exposure to high levels of toxic contaminants increased cancer among firefighters, if she will take steps to improve indoor air quality in fire stations.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	119158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for health and wellbeing of firefighters rests with Fire and Rescue Authorities as employers. This includes working conditions inside fire stations. There are strict requirements for decontamination of personal protective equipment following incidents which should always be followed.</p><p>The National Fire Chiefs’ Council’s (NFCC) Health and Wellbeing lead, has established a health and wellbeing board to drive positive change across the sector which focuses on prevention, early intervention and support for individuals. The Home Office are supporting these initiatives.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 119160 question first answered 01/12/2020 15:38:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1254478

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Buildings: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference the report by the University of Central Lancashire entitled Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic fire effluents: Interim Best Practice Report, published in November 2020 and the finding in that report that exposure to high levels of toxic contaminants increased cancer among firefighters, if he will meet with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to discuss steps to improve Government guidance on indoor air quality in public sector buildings.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	119160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for health and wellbeing of firefighters rests with Fire and Rescue Authorities as employers. This includes working conditions inside fire stations. There are strict requirements for decontamination of personal protective equipment following incidents which should always be followed.</p><p>The National Fire Chiefs’ Council’s (NFCC) Health and Wellbeing lead, has established a health and wellbeing board to drive positive change across the sector which focuses on prevention, early intervention and support for individuals. The Home Office are supporting these initiatives.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 119158 question first answered 01/12/2020 15:38:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1254509

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Assadolah Assadi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of threats against Iranian dissidents and activists in the UK as a result of the forthcoming trial against an Iranian diplomat in Belgium on terrorism charges relating to alleged plots to bomb a conference of Iranian dissidents in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	119300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK takes a zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats. We will continue to work closely with our international allies to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-based threats.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/12/2020 15:58:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1253806

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing since 1 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	118080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>Data on expenditure categories are published within the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts (ARA). However, this data is only published once the accounts are closed and the figures have been audited by the National Audit Office (NAO).</p><p>The NAO’s role is to inspect and agree with the accounts and this data may be subject to change, therefore due to the risks of releasing current year data that is yet to go through the typical due diligence conducted by the NAO may result in us misleading Parliament.</p><p>Information on the above expenditure categories for the current financial year will be collated and made available in the 2020/21 Home Office Statement of Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2020 17:17:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1253817

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on consultancy services including (i) communications, (ii) advertising, (iii) marketing and (iv) media buying since 1 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	118130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>Data on expenditure categories are published within the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts (ARA). However, this data is only published once the accounts are closed and the figures have been audited by the National Audit Office (NAO).</p><p>Information on the above expenditure categories for the current financial year will be collated and made available in the 2020/21 Home office Statement of Accounts.</p><p>Subsequently, you may also find it useful to refer to the ARA for FY1920 to obtain the data for the total spent on the aforementioned categories.</p><p>However, please note that the data we collect and report in the ARA is not captured under the specific headings set out in the question above.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/902593/HO_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2019-20_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/902593/HO_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2019-20_FINAL.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/12/2020 18:08:45 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1253924

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Internet: Weapons
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 tackle the online sale of illegal weapons in the forthcoming legislation on online harms; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper set out an indicative list of harms that would be included in the scope of the legislation, which included the online sale of illegal weapons. While the list isn’t exhaustive or fixed it provided the starting point for our policy development.</p><p>We have published the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, which sets out the new expectations on companies to keep their users safe online.</p><p>The new regulatory framework will establish a duty of care on companies to improve the safety of their users online, overseen and enforced by an independent regulator, and will take particularly strong action against the most egregious illegal harms.</p><p>We will follow the Full Government Response by introducing Online Harms legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>The government will set out in secondary legislation the priority harms for three types of harms: illegal harms, harms to children, and legal but harmful content.</p><p>This sits alongside the Government’s continuing action to tackle serious violence, including the use of weapons such as knives. The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 strengthens the law in relation to knives and we have in place some of the toughest firearms controls in the world to prevent criminals gaining access to dangerous and illegal weapons.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/12/2020 11:12:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1253951

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Records: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on joining (a) Europol, (b) Eurojust, (c) the Schengen Information System (SIS II), (d) the European Criminal Records Information System and (e) Passenger Name Records Data on 1 January 2021; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Staffordshire Moorlands
tabling member printed	Karen Bradley
uin	117996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The safety and security of our citizens is the Government’s top priority.</p><p> </p><p>We’ve been negotiating an agreement with the EU on law enforcement and criminal justice to equip operational partners on both sides with capabilities to protect citizens and bring criminals to justice.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>As set out in the UK’s published <em>Approach to Negotiations</em>, we believe an agreement in this area should include: arrangements that support data exchange for law enforcement purposes; operational cooperation between law enforcement authorities; and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. We have therefore proposed this agreement should include capabilities similar to those provided by SIS II, ECRIS and PNR.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is not seeking membership of either Europol or Eurojust – that is not how third country arrangements with these agencies work. In line with the UK Approach, our legal text provides for cooperation between the UK and Europol and UK and Eurojust to facilitate multilateral law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will continue to be a global leader on security and one of the safest countries in the world.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/11/2020 17:01:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley