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168063

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Personnel Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people her Department employs in human resources; how many of these are paid more than (a) £40,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £75,000 and (d) £100,000; how much was spent on outside human resources or recruitment consultants last year; and what her Department's total spend on human resources was last year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	217151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The latest information the Department holds relating to the number and associated costs of staff employed in human resources activities are for the six month period ending 30th September 2014 (1st April 2014 to 30th September <br>2014). <br><br>The Department directly employs 210 staff (197.93 Full Time Equivalent) on Civil Service Human Resources activities. <br>a) 38 staff are paid above £40,000;<br>b) 60 are paid above £50,000;<br>c) 5 are paid above £75,000; and<br>d) Fewer than 5 are paid above £100,000.<br><br>A further 157.25 (FTE) civil servants in other Departments provided Shared and Expert Services (including Complex Casework, Employee Policies, Learning, Organisation Development &amp; Design, and recruitment activities) (from 1st <br>October 2014 74.48 (FTE) moved to Steria Shared Services Connected Ltd).<br><br>Together these staff provide HR services for a Home Office population of 32,004 (FTE). The total cost of these HR services for the six month period was £9.98 million. It is not possible to aggregate the previous two quarters to make a whole year figure, as there have been changes to what is being counted between the quarterly and half yearly figures.<br><br>It has not been possible to provide information on the following:<br>a) The cost of recruitment consultancy is included in the above overall consultancy cost figures associated with the HR function and the recruitment element cannot be disaggregated;<br>b) Department's total spend on human resources for the last financial year. Over the last 18 months the Home Office has undergone significant transformation: UKBA and HMPO staff moved into core Home Office; Immigration <br>Enforcement and United Kingdom Visas and Immigration were formed; and back office enabling services have been streamlined. The last annual survey related to the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 and was succeeded by 3 quarterly <br>surveys. New biannual surveys now take place in line with midyear and end of year Departmental reporting responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/12/2014 14:55:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 32518 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

167529

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her officials last met officials from the Department for Health to consider the effect of late Disclosure and Barring clearances on the employment of hospital and care home workers.
tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
tabling member printed	Sir Richard Shepherd
uin	216894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The DBS hold quarterly meetings with NHS Professionals, a DBS Registered Body which supports applicants from the hospital and care home sectors in making disclosure applications. No complaints have been raised by this Registered Body with <br>regard to delays with applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/12/2014 12:10:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31891 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	295 label Biography information for Sir Richard Shepherd

166574

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
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 25 November 2014 to Question 215386, how many of the suspicious activity reports were followed up in each year; and how many (a) investigations, (b) enforcement actions, (c) referrals to other agencies and (d) prosecutions there were as a result in each year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Suspicious activity reports (SARs) are submitted under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 or the Terrorism Act 2000 as a result of suspicion formed by the reporting sector. The SARs are then disseminated by the Financial Intelligence <br>Unit to end users who have direct access via a secure computer portal appropriate for the confidentiality of the data. This direct access then allows end users to use SARs for a variety of investigative and intelligence purposes. <br>No central record is held relating to the ultimate use of SARs data by these end users and therefore no data is available relating to how many investigations or enforcement actions may have resulted from SARs. A report providing an assessment of the operation of the SARs regime is published annually on the NCA website, the link is below: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/suspicious-activity-reports-sars/94-sars-annual-report-2013" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/suspicious-activity-reports-sars/94-sars-annual-report-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 04/12/2014 09:30:18 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31172 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

166584

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
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 to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North of 20 October 2014 to Question 210663, whether any of the budget for raising awareness of modern slavery has been spent on online or print articles in publications other than The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	216343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office launched a marketing campaign in July 2014 to raise awareness of Modern Slavery in the UK and promote a new Modern Slavery helpline and website. National press partnerships with The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday <br>Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday formed one part of the campaign, which included sponsored online and print articles in these publications and their respective websites: ‘Mail Online’ and ‘The Telegraph’ website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/12/2014 17:09:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31163 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

166585

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
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 to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North of 20 October 2014 to Question 210663, how the budget for raising awareness of modern slavery has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	216344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Modern Slavery marketing campaign launched on 31st July with the aim of bringing this hidden crime out into the open. The campaign included a TV advert supported by digital and video advertising. National press partnership <br>activity was then used to explain the issue in greater depth, including the signs of slavery to look out for, to raise awareness and encourage reporting. A website was developed to provide further information on the issue and provide <br>another means of reporting, in addition to a new helpline. <br><br>Another strand of the campaign targets employers in the small and medium sized enterprise sectors in which slavery has been reported, including construction and hospitality to remind them of their responsibility to ensure they are not <br>employing slavery labour directly or indirectly. Activity includes trade press, online and email advertising. <br><br>Local activity will also run as a pilot in Bradford, targeting victims and affected communities of modern slavery with advice on recognising and reporting slavery. Specific activity is currently being scoped out and planned, but is <br>likely to include community events and local partner activity. <br><br>The £2.3 million total campaign budget was spent on media and production costs to deliver the outlined activity and includes the cost of evaluating the campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/12/2014 17:09:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 31164 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

166379

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the National Crime Agency is making on preventing illegal wildlife trade over the internet.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	216121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Wildlife Crime Unit, housed in Hampshire Police leads the UK <br>efforts to tackle wildlife crime. Since 2010, and over the current spending <br>review period, the Government has committed an additional £544,000 of specific <br>funding for the Unit. <br><br>The National Crime Agency focuses on the relentless disruption of serious and <br>organised criminals and those that present the highest risk to the UK and its <br>communities. Where high risk organised criminals are engaged in illegal <br>wildlife trade the NCA will lead, support or coordinate an appropriate level of <br>response. That response could include the NCA’s niche capabilities such as the <br>National Cyber Crime Unit or its global network of liaison officers.<br><br>Border Force also actively contributes to the UK’s multi-agency approach to <br>tackling wildlife crime involving the international trade in endangered species <br>and their derivatives. At an operational level the Border Force CITES team work <br>with Government agencies including the National Wildlife Crime Unit and NCA to <br>target illegal wildlife traffickers. The team also deliver training for NCA <br>Officers, the police and many international law enforcement agencies. Through <br>partnership working a number of successful prosecutions have taken place <br>including for ivory and hard coral smuggling. Since 2010 the number of customs <br>seizures made by Border Force of animals, plants or their derivatives that are <br>prohibited or restricted under the Convention on International Trade in <br>Endangered Species (CITES) have increased from 386 to 501 in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/12/2014 17:07:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 30816 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

166035

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount her Department spent on (a) advertisements placed on social media websites, (b) other promotional activities on social media, (c) social media consultants and (d) other activity related to social media in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	215990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The total spend since April 2010 by the Department in total is:<br>a) Advertising placed on social media websites: £460,389<br>b) Other promotional activities on social media: £20,000<br>c) Social media consultants: £0<br>d) Other activity related to social media: £31,064<br>The following table outlines spend by the Department on social media advertising and promotional activity over the past five financial years.<br>To note:<br>• Spend includes net media costs, excluding production and related fees, and VAT.<br>• Costs for 2014/15 shows campaign spend to date. <br>• There was no spend in the 2010-11 Financial Year due to a Government-wide freeze on marketing and advertising spend.<br>• Costs regarding ‘other activity related to social media’ include the cost to measure online conversation (‘buzz monitoring’) on social media channels as a way to evaluate campaign effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/12/2014 15:40:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 215990 TABLE.doc title Spend by the department on social media. previous answer version 30603 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

164407

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been employed by her Department's press office in each of the last five years; how many such staff were paid more than (a) £40,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £75,000 and (d) £100,000 in each such year; and what the total cost of her Department's press office was in those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	215705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of staff that were employed by the press office at 31 March of each year. It also shows the number of staff that cost the department over £40,000, £50,000, £75,000 and £100,000 in each year and <br>what the total cost of the press office was in each of those years. <br><br>These costs to the department do not represent salaries earned. The press office operates 24 hours a day 365 days a year and the figures include weekend and on-call allowances, overtime as well as pension and national insurance <br>costs.<br><br>Extra allowances were paid in 2012/13 for staff that were seconded to the Government Olympic Communication hub.<br><br>Since June 2010 we have reduced the number of posts by over 3,000 across the Home Office by centralising some corporate functions. The Home Office is still set to reduce overall spending by 23 per cent in real terms by 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over £40,000</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over £50,000</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over £75,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over £100,000</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total cost £</p></td><td><p>2,176,898</p></td><td><p>2,356,422</p></td><td><p>2,310,054</p></td><td><p>2,474,550</p></td><td><p>2,564,513</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/12/2014 15:13:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 30460 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

164408

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many human trafficking investigations have been commenced by the National Crime Agency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	215706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>When the National Crime Agency was established on 7 October 2013 eight human trafficking investigations were under way. A further eight have since been commenced. The NCA has also provided specialist support to a further 51 investigations led by other law enforcement agencies involving human trafficking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/12/2014 16:23:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 30459 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

164409

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public awareness campaigns her Department has run in each of the last five years; how much each such campaign cost; and how much her Department spent on public awareness campaigns in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	215728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has spent £13,616,909 on public awareness campaigns since April 2010.<br><br>The following table outlines Home Office spend on public awareness advertising campaigns from the 2010/2011 Financial Year. To note, spend per campaign includes media (TV, digital, direct mail, outdoor, radio, media partnerships), <br>evaluation, production and related fees, but excludes VAT. Costs for 2014/15 shows campaign spend to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/12/2014 15:14:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name 215728 _Table.doc title Home Office spend on public awareness previous answer version 30458 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson