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535554

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the modal age is of girls experiencing female genital mutilation; whether and how this modal age has changed over the last 15 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	42562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls.</p><p>As set out in the new statutory multi-agency FGM guidance, FGM is usually carried out between infancy and the age of 15, however the age at which it is carried out varies enormously according to the community.</p><p>We will not stop FGM until we have changed attitudes within communities. We are working closely with community organisations, faith groups and survivors through the FGM Unit which is carrying out an ongoing programme of outreach with local community groups and professionals across England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2016 10:30:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

535169

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify the Istanbul Convention.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	42317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The previous Government signed the Istanbul Convention to show the strong commitment it placed on tackling violence against women and girls and this Government remains committed to ratifying it.</p><p>The UK already complies with the vast majority of the Convention’s articles but further amendments to domestic law, to take extra-territorial jurisdiction over a range of offences (as required by Article 44), are necessary before the Convention can be ratified.</p><p>We are currently considering the approach to implementing the extra-territorial jurisdiction requirements in England and Wales and will seek to legislate when the approach is agreed and Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/07/2016 15:19:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

535273

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many slavery and trafficking prevention orders on sentencing have been (a) applied for and (b) made under section 14 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	42399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>16 Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders (STPOs) have been made on sentencing in the Crown Court under section 14 of the Modern Slavery Act. Data on the number of STPOs applied for on sentencing is not collated centrally. No STPOs have been applied for or made in the Magistrates’ Court.</p><p>No slavery and trafficking prevention orders have been applied for or made on application under section 15 of the Modern Slavery Act in the Magistrates’ Court.</p><p>Nine Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders have been applied for on application to the Magistrates’ Court, of which three have been made. Of the remaining six, two were refused, one was withdrawn and three cases were adjourned.</p><p>This data has been run specifically to answer this question and is not verified to the same standard as Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 42401 42402 question first answered 14/07/2016 10:39:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

535275

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many slavery and trafficking prevention orders on application have been (a) applied for and (b) made under section 15 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	42401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>16 Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders (STPOs) have been made on sentencing in the Crown Court under section 14 of the Modern Slavery Act. Data on the number of STPOs applied for on sentencing is not collated centrally. No STPOs have been applied for or made in the Magistrates’ Court.</p><p>No slavery and trafficking prevention orders have been applied for or made on application under section 15 of the Modern Slavery Act in the Magistrates’ Court.</p><p>Nine Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders have been applied for on application to the Magistrates’ Court, of which three have been made. Of the remaining six, two were refused, one was withdrawn and three cases were adjourned.</p><p>This data has been run specifically to answer this question and is not verified to the same standard as Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 42399 42402 question first answered 14/07/2016 10:39:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

535276

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many slavery and trafficking risk orders on application have been (a) applied for and (b) made under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	42402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>16 Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders (STPOs) have been made on sentencing in the Crown Court under section 14 of the Modern Slavery Act. Data on the number of STPOs applied for on sentencing is not collated centrally. No STPOs have been applied for or made in the Magistrates’ Court.</p><p>No slavery and trafficking prevention orders have been applied for or made on application under section 15 of the Modern Slavery Act in the Magistrates’ Court.</p><p>Nine Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders have been applied for on application to the Magistrates’ Court, of which three have been made. Of the remaining six, two were refused, one was withdrawn and three cases were adjourned.</p><p>This data has been run specifically to answer this question and is not verified to the same standard as Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 42399 42401 question first answered 14/07/2016 10:39:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

535277

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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, when she plans to issue statutory guidance for identifying and supporting victims as set out in section 49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	42403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Guidance for identifying and supporting victims will be published once the National Referral Mechanism pilot has concluded. The guidance is being developed in consultation with NGOs and frontline agencies.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2016 14:53:27 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

535279

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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, what her Department's target waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the Metropolitan Police Service.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	42337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2015/16, the Disclosure and Barring Service processed 87% of all applications within 21 days, against a target of 85%.</p><p>Some of the over four million applications received each year need to be referred to one or more police forces for further checks. There is a service level agreement between the Disclosure and Barring Service and police forces in relation to the time taken to complete these local disclosure checks.</p><p>These standards are: -</p><p>85% of police checks must be completed in 14 days;</p><p>90% of police checks must be completed in 18 days;</p><p>95% of police checks must be completed in 25 days; and - 100% of police checks must be completed in 60 days.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 42336 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:36:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

535286

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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, what her Department's target waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the police.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	42336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2015/16, the Disclosure and Barring Service processed 87% of all applications within 21 days, against a target of 85%.</p><p>Some of the over four million applications received each year need to be referred to one or more police forces for further checks. There is a service level agreement between the Disclosure and Barring Service and police forces in relation to the time taken to complete these local disclosure checks.</p><p>These standards are: -</p><p>85% of police checks must be completed in 14 days;</p><p>90% of police checks must be completed in 18 days;</p><p>95% of police checks must be completed in 25 days; and - 100% of police checks must be completed in 60 days.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 42337 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:36:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

533877

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
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, if she will make an assessment of the time taken to process counter-terrorism checks for job applications in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) other constituent parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	42255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Counter-terrorism checks conducted by the Home Office form part of the national security vetting process required for employment in the Home Office.</p><p>We continue to reduce the processing time for all national security vetting checks. Processing times will vary from case to case and are not broken down by constituent parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/07/2016 16:11:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

533880

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Racial Hatred
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the Government has issued to local police forces in response to the recent increase in reported racist incidents.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	42266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>We have been working with the police at national level to monitor the increase in reported hate crime over the past few weeks and to ensure that local forces have the necessary guidance and assistance to respond. Operational guidance on hate crime was issued by the College of Policing to all forces in 2014.</p><p>Police forces are responding robustly to recent incidents, and victims can be reassured that their concerns about hate crime will be taken seriously by the police and courts. Any decisions regarding resourcing of front-line policing are a matter for chief constables in conjunction with their police and crime commissioner.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/07/2016 15:54:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker