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registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 33406, when the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 will come into force in its entirety. more like this
tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
tabling member printed
Dan Jarvis more like this
uin 36355 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The commencement regulations for the Psychoactive Substances Act were laid on 5 May 2016 and the Act will come into force on 26 May 2016.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands more like this
answering member printed Karen Bradley remove filter
question first answered
less than 2016-05-10T12:15:45.357Zmore like thisremove minimum value filter
answering member
4110
label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley more like this
tabling member
4243
label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this
517216
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Forced Marriage more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of forced marriage the police investigated in England as that offence in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015. more like this
tabling member constituency Bradford West more like this
tabling member printed
Naz Shah more like this
uin 36317 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice will not be tolerated in the UK.</p><p>The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) (a joint FCO and Home Office Unit) leads the Government's forced marriage policy, outreach and casework. It carries out a range of awareness raising work, including a comprehensive programme of outreach, new e-learning for professionals, and the launch of short film aimed at deterring potential perpetrators. For the financial years 2014-16, the Home Office has allocated £200,000 to the FMU.</p><p>Statistics on the number of cases of forced marriage investigated by the police are not collected centrally. The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) most recent violence against women and girls report shows that the volume of referrals from the police to the CPS with a forced marriage element is going up: from 67 in 2013-14, to 82 in 2014-15. In addition, to date over 1,000 Forced Marriage Protection Orders have been issued to prevent marriages from taking place and to assist in repatriating victims.</p><p>We are encouraged by the first conviction secured in June last year, but there is still work to be done. We want to see more victims having the confidence to come forward and being identified by the police. As part of the wider work to improve the police response to so-called ‘honour’ based violence, we will continue to work with the partners to review the implementation of the new legislation and lead efforts to tackle this barbaric crime.</p>
answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands more like this
answering member printed Karen Bradley remove filter
grouped question UIN
36318 more like this
36352 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-05-10T12:18:29.593Zmore like thismore than 2016-05-10T12:18:29.593Z
answering member
4110
label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley more like this
tabling member
4409
label Biography information for Naz Shah more like this
517220
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Forced Marriage more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of criminalising forced marriage. more like this
tabling member constituency Bradford West more like this
tabling member printed
Naz Shah more like this
uin 36352 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice will not be tolerated in the UK.</p><p>The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) (a joint FCO and Home Office Unit) leads the Government's forced marriage policy, outreach and casework. It carries out a range of awareness raising work, including a comprehensive programme of outreach, new e-learning for professionals, and the launch of short film aimed at deterring potential perpetrators. For the financial years 2014-16, the Home Office has allocated £200,000 to the FMU.</p><p>Statistics on the number of cases of forced marriage investigated by the police are not collected centrally. The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) most recent violence against women and girls report shows that the volume of referrals from the police to the CPS with a forced marriage element is going up: from 67 in 2013-14, to 82 in 2014-15. In addition, to date over 1,000 Forced Marriage Protection Orders have been issued to prevent marriages from taking place and to assist in repatriating victims.</p><p>We are encouraged by the first conviction secured in June last year, but there is still work to be done. We want to see more victims having the confidence to come forward and being identified by the police. As part of the wider work to improve the police response to so-called ‘honour’ based violence, we will continue to work with the partners to review the implementation of the new legislation and lead efforts to tackle this barbaric crime.</p>
answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands more like this
answering member printed Karen Bradley remove filter
grouped question UIN
36317 more like this
36318 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-05-10T12:18:29.717Zmore like thismore than 2016-05-10T12:18:29.717Z
answering member
4110
label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley more like this
tabling member
4409
label Biography information for Naz Shah more like this
517222
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Forced Marriage more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on raising the profile of forced marriage as a criminal offence in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015. more like this
tabling member constituency Bradford West more like this
tabling member printed
Naz Shah more like this
uin 36318 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice will not be tolerated in the UK.</p><p>The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) (a joint FCO and Home Office Unit) leads the Government's forced marriage policy, outreach and casework. It carries out a range of awareness raising work, including a comprehensive programme of outreach, new e-learning for professionals, and the launch of short film aimed at deterring potential perpetrators. For the financial years 2014-16, the Home Office has allocated £200,000 to the FMU.</p><p>Statistics on the number of cases of forced marriage investigated by the police are not collected centrally. The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) most recent violence against women and girls report shows that the volume of referrals from the police to the CPS with a forced marriage element is going up: from 67 in 2013-14, to 82 in 2014-15. In addition, to date over 1,000 Forced Marriage Protection Orders have been issued to prevent marriages from taking place and to assist in repatriating victims.</p><p>We are encouraged by the first conviction secured in June last year, but there is still work to be done. We want to see more victims having the confidence to come forward and being identified by the police. As part of the wider work to improve the police response to so-called ‘honour’ based violence, we will continue to work with the partners to review the implementation of the new legislation and lead efforts to tackle this barbaric crime.</p>
answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands more like this
answering member printed Karen Bradley remove filter
grouped question UIN
36317 more like this
36352 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-05-10T12:18:29.657Zmore like thismore than 2016-05-10T12:18:29.657Z
answering member
4110
label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley more like this
tabling member
4409
label Biography information for Naz Shah more like this