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437183

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons she selected St Mary's University, Twickenham, to host a specialist international centre for research into modern slavery and human trafficking; and whether any other institution was considered for this role.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	19620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government welcomes research into modern slavery, including the work that St Mary’s University is undertaking on behalf of the Santa Marta Group. The Home Office has no record that either Ministers or its officials played any part in the selection process.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 04/01/2016 14:11:40 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

437185

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
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 is for time taken to respond to letters and emails from hon. Members; what the average time taken by her Department to respond to such letters and emails is; and how many such letters and emails received between 1 January and 30 September 2015 remained unanswered after eight weeks.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	19652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Target times for replying to correspondence from hon. Members differ in operational and non-operational areas of the Home Office. Information for the period 1 January to 30 September 2015 is included in the attached table. Across the department correspondence unanswered after eight weeks is approximately 0.3% of that received.</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p>Volume</p></td><td><p>Target</p></td><td><p>Average response time</p></td><td><p>Unanswered after 8 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force</p></td><td><p>25,111</p></td><td><p>20 working days</p></td><td><p>9 working days</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office HQ</p></td><td><p>4,608</p></td><td><p>15 working days</p></td><td><p>11 working days</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Passport Office</p></td><td><p>2,522</p></td><td><p>15 working days</p></td><td><p>12 working days</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/12/2015 17:42:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name Table - PQ 19652 (Mark Hendrick MP).docx title Table - PQ 19652 previous answer version 35663 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

437188

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what the average waiting time was for checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service to be completed and (b) how long on average the Police National Computer search took in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14, (v) 2014-15 and (vi) 2015-16 to date.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	19688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows, for each year from November 2010 to October 2015, both the average end-to-end turnaround time for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificates and the average time to complete the Police National Computer (PNC) stage.</p><p>The PNC stage has been defined as the time spent in DBS between receipt of an application and – in the case of Enhanced Disclosures – its despatch to local police forces; or – in the case of Standard Disclosures – its assembly for return to the applicant. During this period, DBS conducts a search of the Police National Computer, followed by internal checks to ensure both the accuracy and quality of certificates.</p><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average End to End Turnaround (days)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average PNC Stage Turnaround (days)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-10 to Oct-11</p></td><td><p>16.22</p></td><td><p>1.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-11 to Oct-12</p></td><td><p>10.85</p></td><td><p>2.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-12 to Oct-13</p></td><td><p>10.23</p></td><td><p>1.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13 to Oct-14</p></td><td><p>13.63</p></td><td><p>2.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14 to Oct-15</p></td><td><p>14.28</p></td><td><p>2.86</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/12/2015 17:16:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

437193

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on the evaluation of the Child Trafficking Advocates Trial.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	19582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Section 48(7) of the Modern Slavery Act requires the Government to lay before Parliament a report setting out the steps it proposes to take in relation to independent child trafficking advocates within nine months of Royal Assent of the Modern Slavery Act. The Government will publish this report and the independent evaluation, by the final day that Parliament sits this year.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/12/2015 15:16:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

437199

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of human trafficking have been identified and their identities subsequently forwarded to the police as a result of people calling the NSPCC human trafficking and slavery helpline between July 2014 and June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	19542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to my response of 11 November 2015 [14823]. Between 31 July 2014 and 31 July 2015 849 contacts were made to the NSPCC-run modern slavery helpline and of these 272 referrals were made to the police. The Home Office does not maintain a record of how many victims were identified as a result of these referrals.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/12/2015 15:25:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce