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423882

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Guards: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled, Future Regulatory Regime for the Private Security Industry, what steps she is taking to introduce business licensing in that industry.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	13309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the integrity of the private security industry and this includes the possible introduction of business licensing.</p><p>In July. the Government committed to a review (formerly triennial review) of the Security Industry Authority. That review may make further recommendations for legislative change that the Government would want to consider as a composite package.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/11/2015 17:17:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

423373

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 46 of her Department's Counter-Extremism Strategy, published on 19 October 2015, how much funding her Department will make available for commissioning and funding research.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	13049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>We are determining the requirements and precise funding allocation for research to be commissioned. We will be working closely with a range of experts, including academics and universities, to improve our understanding of extremism. Opportunities for part-funded research will be allocated competitively.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/11/2015 16:44:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

423375

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 88 of the Counter-Extremism Strategy, published on 19 October 2015, what support was given to the 700 individuals.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	13045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Channel is a multi-agency process and support can be provided from a range of local agencies. The support programme is tailored to the individual based on an assessment of their vulnerabilities. It can include: ideological and theological mentoring; anger management; education skills; and family or health support. Further information is provided on page 17 of the Channel Duty Guidance, available on www.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/11/2015 17:06:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

423376

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 117 of the Counter-Extremism Strategy, published on 19 October 2015, what the timescale is for introducing the Extremism Community Trigger.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	13046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Extremism Community Trigger will be introduced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/11/2015 17:07:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

423379

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Community Engagement Forum
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 22 October 2015 to Written Question 11808, who attended the first meeting of the Community Engagement Forum, on 13 October 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	13090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The following individuals attended the first meeting of the Community Engagement Forum on 13 October 2015:</p><p>• David Cameron, Prime Minister</p><p>• Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for Countering Extremism</p><p>• Theresa May, Home Secretary</p><p>• Louise Casey, Department for Communities and Local Government</p><p>• Max Chambers, Special Adviser on Home Affairs</p><p>• Camilla Cavendish, Number 10</p><p>• Brendan Threlfall, Number 10</p><p>• Arooj Shah, Councillor, St Mary’s Ward, Oldham</p><p>• Sean Harriss, Chief Executive, Lambeth Council</p><p>• Paul Martin, Chief Executive, Wandsworth Council</p><p>• Sheikh Musa Admani, Imam and Muslim chaplain, City University, London</p><p>• Fareed Ahmad, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association</p><p>• Farooq Aftab, General Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association</p><p>• Michael Nazir-Ali, former Bishop of Rochester</p><p>• Khatun Sapnara, circuit judge • Aina Khan, solicitor</p><p>• Fiyaz Mughal OBE, Director, Faith Matters</p><p>• Sadja Mughal OBE, Director, Jan Trust</p><p>• Haras Rafiq, Managing Director, Quilliam Foundation</p><p>• Sara Khan, Co-founder and Director, Inspire</p><p>• Wahida Shaffi, Near Neighbours Coordinator; National Women’s Programme Lead, Christian Muslim Forum</p><p>• Faiza Vaid, Executive Director, Muslim Women’s Network</p><p>• Aysha and Kiran Iqbal Patel, Directors, Odara</p><p>• Kamal Hanif OBE, Executive Head, Waverley School, Birmingham</p><p>• Alun Francis, Principal and Chief Executive, Oldham College</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/11/2015 17:14:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25930 answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes answering member 350
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

422985

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Official Report, columns 11-12, whether her Department's planned proposals on tackling hate speech and extremism will affect Christian ministers' ability to preach biblical values in non-religious locations.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	12771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Nothing that the Government is doing or planning to do to tackle hate speech and extremism will affect Christian ministers’ ability to preach biblical values in non-religious locations. Our work will protect the freedom to exchange religious ideas - a fundamental part of our thriving democracy - against the extremists and hate preachers who shut down debate and condemn anyone who disagrees with them.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 29/10/2015 17:47:40 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

422987

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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 is taking to ensure that the questioning by police of children and vulnerable adults who are possible victims of child abuse is both effective at gathering evidence and sensitive to the vulnerability of those being interviewed.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	12851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Tackling abuse is a priority for this Government. We will continue the work of overhauling how our police, social services and other agencies work together to protect vulnerable children. To this end, we have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat like serious and organised crime, which means police forces now have a duty to collaborate with each other across force boundaries to safeguard children.</p><p>The provision of police training is an operational matter. The College of Policing and the National Policing Lead for child protection and abuse investigation have set the requirement for all forces to train all new and existing police staff to respond to child sexual exploitation and abuse, including call handlers, Police Community Support Officers, police officers, detectives and specialist investigators.</p><p>The College of Policing has issued Achieving Best Evidence guidance and training for all officers engaged in interviewing children and vulnerable witnesses. This includes training on the sensitivity needed when dealing with victims and witnesses who may be vulnerable as well as working with partners – such as social workers – and their involvement in interviews.</p><p>Specialist courses for child sexual abuse and rape specialist investigators also expand on these requirements in relation to interviewing children and vulnerable adults.</p><p>The role of social workers in these investigations, including their training, is a matter for the Department for Education. The guidance issued by DfE in March 2015, “Working Together to Safeguard Children”, sets out how social workers and their managers, as well as other agencies including the police, should work together and follow the Achieving Best Evidence guidance.</p><p>The Department of Health are responsible for the training of social workers working with vulnerable adults who may have been sexually abused as children or in adulthood.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 12852 12853 question first answered 29/10/2015 17:36:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

422988

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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 training her Department provides to police officers and social workers for interviewing children and vulnerable adults who are possible victims of child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	12852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Tackling abuse is a priority for this Government. We will continue the work of overhauling how our police, social services and other agencies work together to protect vulnerable children. To this end, we have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat like serious and organised crime, which means police forces now have a duty to collaborate with each other across force boundaries to safeguard children.</p><p>The provision of police training is an operational matter. The College of Policing and the National Policing Lead for child protection and abuse investigation have set the requirement for all forces to train all new and existing police staff to respond to child sexual exploitation and abuse, including call handlers, Police Community Support Officers, police officers, detectives and specialist investigators.</p><p>The College of Policing has issued Achieving Best Evidence guidance and training for all officers engaged in interviewing children and vulnerable witnesses. This includes training on the sensitivity needed when dealing with victims and witnesses who may be vulnerable as well as working with partners – such as social workers – and their involvement in interviews.</p><p>Specialist courses for child sexual abuse and rape specialist investigators also expand on these requirements in relation to interviewing children and vulnerable adults.</p><p>The role of social workers in these investigations, including their training, is a matter for the Department for Education. The guidance issued by DfE in March 2015, “Working Together to Safeguard Children”, sets out how social workers and their managers, as well as other agencies including the police, should work together and follow the Achieving Best Evidence guidance.</p><p>The Department of Health are responsible for the training of social workers working with vulnerable adults who may have been sexually abused as children or in adulthood.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 12851 12853 question first answered 29/10/2015 17:36:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

422989

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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 guidance her Department issues to police forces on the presence of social workers at the questioning of children and vulnerable adults who are possible victims of child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	12853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Tackling abuse is a priority for this Government. We will continue the work of overhauling how our police, social services and other agencies work together to protect vulnerable children. To this end, we have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat like serious and organised crime, which means police forces now have a duty to collaborate with each other across force boundaries to safeguard children.</p><p>The provision of police training is an operational matter. The College of Policing and the National Policing Lead for child protection and abuse investigation have set the requirement for all forces to train all new and existing police staff to respond to child sexual exploitation and abuse, including call handlers, Police Community Support Officers, police officers, detectives and specialist investigators.</p><p>The College of Policing has issued Achieving Best Evidence guidance and training for all officers engaged in interviewing children and vulnerable witnesses. This includes training on the sensitivity needed when dealing with victims and witnesses who may be vulnerable as well as working with partners – such as social workers – and their involvement in interviews.</p><p>Specialist courses for child sexual abuse and rape specialist investigators also expand on these requirements in relation to interviewing children and vulnerable adults.</p><p>The role of social workers in these investigations, including their training, is a matter for the Department for Education. The guidance issued by DfE in March 2015, “Working Together to Safeguard Children”, sets out how social workers and their managers, as well as other agencies including the police, should work together and follow the Achieving Best Evidence guidance.</p><p>The Department of Health are responsible for the training of social workers working with vulnerable adults who may have been sexually abused as children or in adulthood.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 12851 12852 question first answered 29/10/2015 17:36:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

422991

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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: Humberside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the recommendations of the report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission on Operation Gullane have been implemented; and what form that implementation has taken.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	12855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The IPCC report on Operation Gullane makes a number of recommendations relating to police investigation of non-recent child sexual abuse.</p><p>Since the publication of those recommendations the Home Office has:</p><p>• prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat to empower police forces to maximise specialist skills and expertise to prevent offending and resolve cases</p><p>• provided £1.7 million to Operation Hydrant which coordinates the handling of multiple non-recent child sexual abuse investigations specifically concerning institutions</p><p>In addition:</p><p>• the College of Policing has issued updated Authorised Professional Practice guidance for police in relation to child abuse and exploitation, and</p><p>• a joint National Policing Lead and CPS review panel has been established to re-examine non-recent cases of sexual abuse where a decision was made that no further action would be taken and identify whether any issues require further exploration and investigation.</p><p>Combined, these measures significantly improve the quality of police investigations non-recent child sexual abuse.</p><p>I understand that the IPCC will write directly to the Honourable Member regarding implementation of the report’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 29/10/2015 17:39:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman