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422294

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that adequate financial resources were allocated to investigations into cases of historical child sexual abuse in (a) the London Borough of Lambeth, (b) London and (c) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	12457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>No case of child abuse is ‘historical’ for victims and survivors. They must live with the consequences of their abuse each and every day of their lives. The allocation of resources on investigations into cases of child sexual abuse, including abuse that has taken place in the past, is an operational matter for the police and law enforcement.</p><p>We have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat which means that police forces and Police and Crime Commissioners must have in place the capabilities they need to protect children from sexual abuse. In 2015/16 we provided an additional £10 million to the National Crime Agency for the creation of more specialist teams to tackle online child sexual exploitation. We have also made available £1.7 million to fund Operation Hydrant, which coordinates the handling of multiple historical child sexual abuse investigations specifically concerning institutions or persons of public prominence, and up to £1.5 million to support regional coordinators and analysts to oversee the implementation of the National Policing Plan for tackling Child Sexual Exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 12458 12459 question first answered 22/10/2015 16:09:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

422296

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for investigations into cases of historical child sexual abuse in (a) the London Borough of Lambeth, (b) London and (c) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	12458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>No case of child abuse is ‘historical’ for victims and survivors. They must live with the consequences of their abuse each and every day of their lives. The allocation of resources on investigations into cases of child sexual abuse, including abuse that has taken place in the past, is an operational matter for the police and law enforcement.</p><p>We have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat which means that police forces and Police and Crime Commissioners must have in place the capabilities they need to protect children from sexual abuse. In 2015/16 we provided an additional £10 million to the National Crime Agency for the creation of more specialist teams to tackle online child sexual exploitation. We have also made available £1.7 million to fund Operation Hydrant, which coordinates the handling of multiple historical child sexual abuse investigations specifically concerning institutions or persons of public prominence, and up to £1.5 million to support regional coordinators and analysts to oversee the implementation of the National Policing Plan for tackling Child Sexual Exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 12457 12459 question first answered 22/10/2015 16:09:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

422307

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources allocated within the Metropolitan Police to investigate cases of historical child sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	12459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>No case of child abuse is ‘historical’ for victims and survivors. They must live with the consequences of their abuse each and every day of their lives. The allocation of resources on investigations into cases of child sexual abuse, including abuse that has taken place in the past, is an operational matter for the police and law enforcement.</p><p>We have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat which means that police forces and Police and Crime Commissioners must have in place the capabilities they need to protect children from sexual abuse. In 2015/16 we provided an additional £10 million to the National Crime Agency for the creation of more specialist teams to tackle online child sexual exploitation. We have also made available £1.7 million to fund Operation Hydrant, which coordinates the handling of multiple historical child sexual abuse investigations specifically concerning institutions or persons of public prominence, and up to £1.5 million to support regional coordinators and analysts to oversee the implementation of the National Policing Plan for tackling Child Sexual Exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 12457 12458 question first answered 22/10/2015 16:09:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

421433

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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 steps she plans to take to ensure that delays in Disclosure and Barring Service checks by (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) other constabularies are minimised.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	11975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The DBS is reliant on the police completing their checks in a timely manner. To support this, service level agreements are in place between the DBS and each police force. These include a requirement for forces to complete 100% of local checks within 60 days.</p><p>There are a small number of forces, including the Metropolitan Police Service, experiencing difficulties in dealing with the volume of applications that have been referred to them. If police force performance falls below the standard agreed with the DBS, the DBS will work with the force concerned including, where appropriate, implementing a recovery plan.</p><p>The DBS is working closely with the MPS to address its performance issues. An MPS Gold Group is overseeing the recovery plan and exploring all opportunities to process cases quickly. Measures include increasing recruitment, introducing an evening team to improve resilience, and prioritising and escalating cases where possible. All police disclosure units, including that of the MPS, are funded by the DBS which agrees a budget for each police force annually based on the expected numbers of local checks.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/10/2015 15:22:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 24177 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

421434

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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 plans the Disclosure and Barring Service has to protect vulnerable groups from exposure to unchecked employees and unregistered employers.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	11976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The responsibility for protecting vulnerable groups in the workplace lies with employers. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) provides access to criminal records and other relevant information held by the police to assist employers in considering suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults. It also maintains lists of those who are barred from work with either or both those groups.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/10/2015 16:12:56 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 24178 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

421435

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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, how many Disclosure and Barring Service checks were carried out in (a) the UK, (b) Lancashire and (c) Ribble Valley constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	11977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015, the Disclosure and Barring Service issued 4,209,742 disclosures. Of these, 102,252 were received from individuals living in Lancashire. The DBS does not hold information to show the number of certificates by constituency.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/10/2015 16:14:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 24183 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

421122

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-Slavery Day
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 mark Anti-Slavery Day 2015; what steps she is taking to increase awareness of the growth of modern day slavery; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Mark Field
uin	11727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Increasing awareness of modern slavery is vital. As part of a wider programme of events being run by Non-Governmental Organisations, the Home Secretary attended the Human Trafficking Foundation’s Anti-Slavery Day Media Awards on 15 October, where she presented awards to recognise awareness-raising work by the media and voluntary sector. The Minister for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation on the same day attended an awareness-raising event at a London school.</p><p>This month we will commence Modern Slavery Act provisions to strengthen protections and support for victims. This includes a presumption about age provision to ensure that potential child victims receive specialist support without delay; updated guidance on identifying and supporting victims; and protections for Overseas Domestic Workers who are identified as victims of modern slavery. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the relevant regulations, we also intend to implement the new transparency in supply chains duty for major businesses to disclose what steps they have taken to ensure that their business and supply chains are slavery-free and to publish guidance to help business comply. On 1 November we will bring into effect a statutory duty for specified public bodies to notify the Home Office of any victims of modern slavery that they encounter, which will help to shine a light on this hidden crime. The Government will also publish its annual report on the scale and nature of modern slavery and the UK’s response to it, and the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s first ever strategic plan will be laid before Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/10/2015 13:38:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1405 label Biography information for Mark Field

421123

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual investigations the National Crime Agency has conducted into County Line operations; and how many prosecutions have resulted from such investigations.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	11679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s remit relating to ‘county lines’ does not focus on the conduct of individual investigations and prosecutions. Individual investigations and prosecutions remain the responsibility of local police forces. Information on the number of investigations and prosecutions relating to county lines specifically is not collated centrally.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/10/2015 15:54:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

421124

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the (a) National Crime Agency and (b) SOCA have declined a request by a police force to investigate a suspected County Line on grounds of the age of suspects.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	11681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency have confirmed they, and previously the Serious Organised Crime Agency, have not, and would not decline a request by a police force to support an investigation on ‘County Lines’ based on the grounds of the age of the suspects.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/10/2015 16:07:40 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

421125

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nominals in County Line investigations conducted or led by the National Crime Agency have been under 18; and what the age, gender and regional breakdown is of each such person.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	11680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency does not conduct County Lines investigations and therefore does not hold this information. However, the NCA play a critical role in tackling child sexual abuse working closely with law enforcement partners to tackle this abhorrent crime.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/10/2015 10:53:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey