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456691

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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 and Forced Marriage
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 11 February 2016 to Question 26129, in which constituencies the £380,000 that the Government spent on community organisations preventing female genital mutilation and forced marriage in 2014-15 was spent.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	29346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>In 2014/15, the Government provided over £380,000 to community organisations through the Home Office’s Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Community Engagement Initiative and the Department for Communities and Local Government’s FGM and forced marriage prevention projects.</p><p>Many of the projects had regional or national remits, or both, meaning it is not possible to breakdown the project spend by constituency. However, areas covered included:</p><p>Birmingham</p><p>Leeds</p><p>Bolton</p><p>Liverpool</p><p>Bradford</p><p>London</p><p>Bristol</p><p>Milton Keynes</p><p>Cambridgeshire</p><p>Nottinghamshire</p><p>Cardiff</p><p>Oxford</p><p>Coventry</p><p>Portsmouth</p><p>Derby</p><p>Rotherham</p><p>Essex</p><p>Solihull</p><p>Exeter</p><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p><p>Gloucester</p><p>Surrey</p><p>Greater Manchester</p><p>Wales</p><p>Hertfordshire</p><p>Yorkshire</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/03/2016 17:41:09 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

456692

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will take steps to prioritise funding to ensure the continued provision of services by specialist BAME domestic violence charities.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	29141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>We are determined to ensure that all victims of domestic violence, including those from black and minority ethnic communities, have the same opportunities to access the criminal justice system and the appropriate support and services.</p><p>The Government has already committed £40 million for domestic abuse services including refugees between 2016 and 2020, provided a £2 million grant to Women’s Aid and SafeLives to support a new domestic abuse early intervention project, protected funding of over £6.4 million to 86 female Rape Support Centres for 2016/17. We have also committed to a further year of funding to support the local provision of 144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVAs) and 87 Independent Sexual Violence Advisers for 2016/17.</p><p>The Government will shortly publish an updated Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy which will set out how we will work with local areas and specialist charities to support all victims of VAWG, including black and ethnic minority victims.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 29230 question first answered 04/03/2016 13:10:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

456695

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on the provision of specialist BME domestic violence services.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	29230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>We are determined to ensure that all victims of domestic violence, including those from black and minority ethnic communities, have the same opportunities to access the criminal justice system and the appropriate support and services.</p><p>The Government has already committed £40 million for domestic abuse services including refugees between 2016 and 2020, provided a £2 million grant to Women’s Aid and SafeLives to support a new domestic abuse early intervention project, protected funding of over £6.4 million to 86 female Rape Support Centres for 2016/17. We have also committed to a further year of funding to support the local provision of 144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVAs) and 87 Independent Sexual Violence Advisers for 2016/17.</p><p>The Government will shortly publish an updated Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy which will set out how we will work with local areas and specialist charities to support all victims of VAWG, including black and ethnic minority victims.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 29141 question first answered 04/03/2016 13:10:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

456700

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training front line officers will receive to ensure they record all forms of religiously motivated hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	29319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The police have made great strides in responding to hate crime in recent years. New hate crime guidance, which includes information on dealing with and recording all forms of hate crime was issued to all police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the College of Policing in May 2014.</p><p>The Government is working closely with the police on the development of the new requirement to record data on religiously motivated hate crime by faith. The National Policing Lead for hate crime will provide guidance and support to forces to ensure there is consistent data collection for religious hate crimes from 1 April this year.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/03/2016 17:36:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

456701

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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, how many (a) slaves, (b) victims and (c) potential victims have been found through the NSPCC helpine on modern slavery; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	29222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Between 31 July 2014 and 31 July 2015, 849 contacts were made to the NSPCC-run modern slavery helpline including 57 contacts made by potential victims themselves. 403 referrals were made to the police during the same period. Many calls to the helpline are made by concerned members of the public rather than victims themselves and so the number of potential victims is based on the information provided by a third party. The helpline refers information to the police or social services if the operator believes someone to be in danger or at risk of modern slavery.</p><p>From the 849 contacts the NSPCC was notified of a potential 1,163 victims. Of those potential victims, 340 were reported as female, 530 were male and 293 were recorded as both or unknown. The table below shows the breakdown of those potential victims by age group.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-17</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-25</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26-35</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36-45</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>46-50</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51-60</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>61-70</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1163</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Home Office does not maintain a record of how many potential victims were subsequently found or referred to the NRM as a result of these contacts. However, all potential adult victims who contact the helpline are signposted to The Salvation Army for support and referral into the National Referral Mechanism, if they consent. Potential child victims are referred to the NSPCC’s Child Trafficking Advice Centre for further action.</p><p>No funding has been allocated for the NSPCC helpline for the financial year 2016-17. Polaris, a US-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), is establishing an enhanced UK helpline in collaboration with a UK-based NGO, which will supersede the current NSPCC helpline. The NSPCC helpline will remain in operation until the enhanced helpline is up and running. Start up funding of up to £1 million has been provided by Google.org. The new helpline is expected to be in operation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 29220 29221 question first answered 14/03/2016 15:14:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

456702

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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, what the (a) age and (b) gender was of each potential victim recorded on the NSPCC-run modern slavery helpline between July 2014 and July 2015; how many such cases were referred to the police and for what reasons; and how many such callers agreed to a reference to the National Referral Mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	29220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Between 31 July 2014 and 31 July 2015, 849 contacts were made to the NSPCC-run modern slavery helpline including 57 contacts made by potential victims themselves. 403 referrals were made to the police during the same period. Many calls to the helpline are made by concerned members of the public rather than victims themselves and so the number of potential victims is based on the information provided by a third party. The helpline refers information to the police or social services if the operator believes someone to be in danger or at risk of modern slavery.</p><p>From the 849 contacts the NSPCC was notified of a potential 1,163 victims. Of those potential victims, 340 were reported as female, 530 were male and 293 were recorded as both or unknown. The table below shows the breakdown of those potential victims by age group.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-17</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-25</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26-35</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36-45</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>46-50</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51-60</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>61-70</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1163</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Home Office does not maintain a record of how many potential victims were subsequently found or referred to the NRM as a result of these contacts. However, all potential adult victims who contact the helpline are signposted to The Salvation Army for support and referral into the National Referral Mechanism, if they consent. Potential child victims are referred to the NSPCC’s Child Trafficking Advice Centre for further action.</p><p>No funding has been allocated for the NSPCC helpline for the financial year 2016-17. Polaris, a US-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), is establishing an enhanced UK helpline in collaboration with a UK-based NGO, which will supersede the current NSPCC helpline. The NSPCC helpline will remain in operation until the enhanced helpline is up and running. Start up funding of up to £1 million has been provided by Google.org. The new helpline is expected to be in operation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 29221 29222 question first answered 14/03/2016 15:14:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

456703

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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, for what reasons the Government no longer funds the NSPCC helpline on modern slavery; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	29221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Between 31 July 2014 and 31 July 2015, 849 contacts were made to the NSPCC-run modern slavery helpline including 57 contacts made by potential victims themselves. 403 referrals were made to the police during the same period. Many calls to the helpline are made by concerned members of the public rather than victims themselves and so the number of potential victims is based on the information provided by a third party. The helpline refers information to the police or social services if the operator believes someone to be in danger or at risk of modern slavery.</p><p>From the 849 contacts the NSPCC was notified of a potential 1,163 victims. Of those potential victims, 340 were reported as female, 530 were male and 293 were recorded as both or unknown. The table below shows the breakdown of those potential victims by age group.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-17</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-25</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26-35</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36-45</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>46-50</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51-60</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>61-70</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1163</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Home Office does not maintain a record of how many potential victims were subsequently found or referred to the NRM as a result of these contacts. However, all potential adult victims who contact the helpline are signposted to The Salvation Army for support and referral into the National Referral Mechanism, if they consent. Potential child victims are referred to the NSPCC’s Child Trafficking Advice Centre for further action.</p><p>No funding has been allocated for the NSPCC helpline for the financial year 2016-17. Polaris, a US-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), is establishing an enhanced UK helpline in collaboration with a UK-based NGO, which will supersede the current NSPCC helpline. The NSPCC helpline will remain in operation until the enhanced helpline is up and running. Start up funding of up to £1 million has been provided by Google.org. The new helpline is expected to be in operation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 29220 29222 question first answered 14/03/2016 15:14:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

456755

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register: Children
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 aged under 18 are on the Violent and Sex Offender Register; and how many such people were added to that register in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	29137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this data.</p><p>Statistical information from the ViSOR dangerous persons database is owned by the police, and the Home Office does not have access to this information.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 04/03/2016 13:04:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

456758

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangs: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people aged under 18 who have been (a) involved in gang violence and (b) a member of a gang in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	29213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>There are no centrally held estimates of the numbers of under 18s involved in gang violence or numbers of gang members and we cannot provide a breakdown for each year since 2010. However some police forces collect data locally. The Metropolitan Police Service, for example, state that there were 201 active gangs in London involving 3,628 gang members as of 1 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/03/2016 17:39:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

456178

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Questions 26129 and 26130, how much community engagement funding to tackle female genital mutilation (a) was allocated in 2013-14 and (b) has been allocated for 2015-16 through schemes operated by (i) her Department and (ii) the Department for Communities and Local Government; how many and which community projects applied for funding in these years; and which such applications were (A) accepted and (B) rejected.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	28884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>In 2014-15, the Government provided over £380,000 to community organisations through the Home Office’s female genital mutilation (FGM) Community Engagement Initiative and the Department for Communities and Local Government’s FGM and forced marriage prevention projects.</p><p>A total of 179 applications were received, and 29 of these applications were funded. The Answer of 11 February 2016 to Questions 26129 and 26130 provides a list of the organisations whose applications were successful. The Government did not provide specific funding for FGM community engagement projects in 2013-14 or 2015-16.</p><p>We know that changing attitudes within communities is key to ending FGM and we will continue to work with community organisations and survivors through the FGM Unit’s stakeholder group and ongoing outreach programme to drive this work forward.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 28881 question first answered 08/03/2016 17:23:46 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq