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446013

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken steps to liaise with police and crime commissioners and local authorities on the proposed ban on novel psychoactive substances.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	23101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>On 17 September 2015, the Minister for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Victims wrote to all chief constables, copied to police and crime commissioners, to inform them of the Psychoactive Substances Bill and to invite them to operational workshops for enforcement partners taking place in February. The Local Government Association, Trading Standards and other law enforcement partners have been engaged through the cross government implementation working group as well as the police psychoactive substances enforcement working group over the last few months in preparation for the commencement of the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/01/2016 17:17:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

446017

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Foreign Nationals: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has produced to assist police forces in apprehending foreign-born minors and their transfer into the care of local authorities; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	23213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>Guidance to the police on the identification and support of unaccompanied minors from overseas currently exists in two complementary guidance documents, both produced by the then Association of Chief Police Officers and currently supported by the National Policing Lead and the College of Policing: Guidance on the Management, Recording and Investigation of Missing Persons (2010) and Interim Guidance on the Management, Recording and Investigation of Missing Persons (2013). Advice to practitioners, including the police, is also contained within two pieces of statutory guidance from the Department for Education: Care of unaccompanied and trafficked children (2014) and Safeguarding Children who may have been trafficked (2011).</p><p>The College of Policing ran a public consultation in 2015 on revisions to the Authorised Professional Practice (APP) guidance to the police on the handling of missing persons investigations. This is currently being developed following consultation. The APP is expected to contain reference to unaccompanied foreign children, highlighting their vulnerabilities and the potential danger of exploitation, and re-affirm the need to investigate these cases effectively, considering the risks to the child, particularly from adults who may purport to be relatives.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/01/2016 17:02:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 40637 answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes answering member 350
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

445031

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defibrillators are provided in each building her Department manages.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	22561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold records centrally on the number of defibrillators across the HO estate.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/01/2016 15:06:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

445062

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airports: Alcoholic Drinks
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 review the licensing arrangements for airside bars and restaurants in airports.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	22615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>Under the Licensing Act 2003, airside bars and restaurants at airports designated by the secretary of state do not require a licence. There are no plans to review this.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 20/01/2016 14:49:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

444708

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Advisory Services
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 8 December 2015 to Question 18753, whether the assessment of the FRANK website was based solely on preventing drug use.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	22485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the Frank website survey 2013 was to assess: website users' experiences, the information they accessed, their general satisfaction with the website and their intended behaviour after visiting the website.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/01/2016 17:46:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 39550 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

444722

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Obesity: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the hate mail and verbal attacks on people who are overweight.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	22506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>Weight is not a protected characteristic under discrimination or hate crime legislation. However, there are protections in place for all citizens against hatred and verbal abuse.</p><p>The Government is absolutely clear that abusive and threatening behaviour – in whatever form and whoever the target – is totally unacceptable. This includes harassment committed in person, or using phones or the internet. The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 has provisions for prosecution where harassment has taken place on two or more occasions. Harassment involves improper, oppressive and unreasonable conduct that is targeted at an individual and calculated to alarm them or cause them distress.</p><p>The Malicious Communications Act 1988 prohibits sending letters or emails which are grossly offensive, threatening or known or believed to be false by the sender, within England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/01/2016 15:27:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

444141

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Licensing Laws
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 increase the licensing enforcement powers available to local authorities to ensure that pubs do not act as clubs without permission.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	22191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Licensing authorities and the police already have a range of enforcement powers under the Licensing Act 2003. These are sufficient to prevent pubs operating without relevant permissions. These include powers which licensing authorities have to impose conditions on a premises licence or revoke a premises licence where appropriate. They are responsible for making decisions based on what is appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives. These are the prevention of crime and disorder; public safety; the prevention of public nuisance; and the protection of children from harm.</p><p>Licensable activities include not only the sale of alcohol but also regulated entertainment such as a performance of live music and any playing of recorded music among other entertainments. While the rules on regulated entertainment on licensed premises were recently relaxed so that permission is only required for such events when they occur outside the hours of 08.00 and 23.00 or when there are more than 500 people in attendance, an applicant for a premises licence should set out in an operating schedule the licensable activities they intend to hold on the premises.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/01/2016 15:00:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444259

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Standards
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 18 September 2015 to Question 8917, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of the Disclosure and Barring service; and what the average processing time is for disclosure applications.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	22099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The average processing time for disclosure applications was 15.3 days in December 2015, the latest month for which figures are available. The DBS operates to a target to issue 95% of disclosure certificates within 56 days (8 weeks) and 94.3% were issued within this target in December 2015.</p><p>DBS is working closely with those forces who performance does not meet turnaround time targets.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/01/2016 17:44:17 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 39555 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

444262

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what she has allocated to the Strategic Communications Plan supporting the Psychoactive Substances Bill.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	22184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>A strategic communications plan to make people aware of the intended ban on psychoactive substances has been developed by the Home Office, working closely with partners and agencies such as Public Health England. The comprehensive plan will explain the legislative changes and consequences to sellers, young people and other users and signpost support and advice.</p><p>A budget has not been allocated for this work. Value for money is being maximised through the use of existing resources, materials developed at no cost in-house and free to use channels, such as press, PR and social media to raise awareness of the ban.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/01/2016 15:01:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

443715

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extremism Analysis Unit: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual budget for the Extremism Analysis Unit is.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	21751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The Extremism Analysis Unit (EAU) has been established with a remit to analyse extremism in this country, and abroad where it has a direct impact on the UK and/or UK interests. The EAU is a cross-government resource, with government departments able to commission research and analysis.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 21752 21987 question first answered 19/01/2016 14:58:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael