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50093

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 place a copy of the Beloff Review on UK asset recovery in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Anas Sarwar
uin	198036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Internal Government advice is not published and therefore we do not intend to <br>place a copy of Mr Beloff QC's opinion in the Library. The Government's Serious <br>and Organised Crime Strategy sets out how we will amend our legal powers to <br>make it harder for criminals to move, hide and use the proceeds of crime.This <br>has been informed by legal opinion on, and lessons learned from, the work of <br>the Arab Spring Asset Recovery Task Force.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 9416 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3981 label Biography information for Anas Sarwar

49339

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has asset sharing agreements for the purposes of freezing, confiscating and repatriating the proceeds of crime; and how many such agreements have been reached since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>he UK is party to a number of multilateral international agreements that <br>contain asset recovery and asset sharing provisions. These include the Council <br>of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the <br>Proceeds from Crime, the UN Convention Against Corruption and the UN Convention <br>Against Transnational Organised Crime. The UK does not require a formal <br>international agreement to be able to cooperate with another country in respect <br>of freezing, confiscating and sharing or repatriating the proceeds of crime but <br>does have 37 bilateral mutual legal assistance agreements with other countries <br>including such provisions. These are -</p><p> </p><p>1. Algeria<br>2. Antigua and Barbuda<br>3. Argentina<br>4. Australia<br>5. Bahamas<br>6. Bahrain<br>7. Barbados<br>8. Brazil<br>9. Canada<br>10. Chile<br>11. Colombia<br>12. Ecuador<br>13. Grenada<br>14. Guyana<br>15. Hong Kong SAR<br>16. India<br>17. Ireland<br>18. Italy<br>19. Jordan<br>20. Libya<br>21. Malaysia<br>22. Mexico<br>23. Netherlands<br>24. Nigeria<br>25. Panama<br>26. Paraguay<br>27. Philippines<br>28. Romania<br>29. Saudi Arabia<br>30. Spain<br>31. Sweden<br>32. Thailand<br>33. UAE<br>34. Ukraine<br>35. Uruguay<br>36. USA<br>37. Vietnam</p><p> </p><p>The agreements with Jordan and Malaysia have been concluded since 2010.<br><br>There are a further six bilateral agreements limited to the issue of asset <br>sharing. These are -</p><p> </p><p>1. Canada<br>2. Jersey<br>3. Hong Kong SAR<br>4. Ireland<br>5. Jamaica <br>6. Netherlands<br><br>These were all concluded prior to 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8358 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

48602

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to select organisations or local authorities to pilot the advocacy scheme for trafficked children; how that scheme was commissioned; when such schemes will start in which location and for what duration; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Angie Bray
uin	196686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The Modern Slavery Bill will enable us to strengthen our response to human trafficking and modern slavery for both adults and children. We announced in January our intention to trial specialist independent advocates for victims of child trafficking. <br><br>23 local authorities have agreed to participate in the trial: Greater Manchester including Manchester City, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Wigan, Salford, Trafford; West Midlands including, Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton; Croydon; Derbyshire; Kent; Lancashire; Oxfordshire; and West Sussex. <br><br>These local authorities represent a wide demographic range as well as major transport hubs and asylum screening units. These areas also have the highest rates of trafficking referrals to the National Referral Mechanism or are areas where we are aware of a high number of trafficking investigations by law enforcement agencies.<br><br>We remain committed to trialing this approach. We are currently considering bids from a number of voluntary and community services organisations that were identified as potential providers of the advocacy service because of the particular expertise they hold. We will announce the outcome of the process in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 7989 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3979 label Biography information for Baroness Bray of Coln

47184

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 the communiqué of the internet safety summit at Downing Street, published on 18 November 2013, what progress has been made by internet companies on ensuring that child abuse images are not returned following search engine requests.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	195676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Child abuse is a horrific crime and the Government is determined to tackle <br>it. We have made real progress through our work with the internet industry. <br>Following this work, internet search engines have made changes to <br>their search mechanisms, and these new measures have been effective in making <br>it harder to access child abuse images. For example, Google has implemented <br>changes that prevent child abuse results against 100,000 unique searches <br>worldwide. National Crime Agency testing of these new measures shows that they <br>have been effective in making it harder to access child abuse images, videos or <br>pathways. This is now a constantly evolving approach that tracks the latest <br>terms being used by paedophiles and cuts off access to child abuse material.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 5672 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46585

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in March 2014; which agency referred each person to that scheme; in which town the shelter to which those people were placed for the relevant period was; and what contact is had with each such victim to ensure their safety after they exit the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
tabling member printed	Sir John Randall
uin	194896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In March 2014, there were 126 referrals to the Government-funded support <br>service for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales <br>administered by The Salvation Army. In the interests of victim safety only the <br>region in which the victim was encountered is provided, and not which town they <br>were placed in. Once an individual receives a Conclusive Grounds decision they <br>will be given tailored move-on support to safely return home or integrate in <br>the UK. Once they exit the service, no formal mechanisms exist to maintain <br>contact.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4866 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

45916

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what deadline she has provided to chief constables by which they must hand over any evidence to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to Hillsborough.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	194494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend (Damian Green) wrote to all Chief Constables on 4 March, 2014 to request that all police forces search their records to establish whether they possess any material that relates to the Hillsborough tragedy. The Minister asked if this could be completed by 4 April, 2014 and asked that every police force responds, even if it is to record a nil response.</p><p><br><br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4375 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

45811

registered interest
date	28/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010, in each force area.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	194304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of drivers that opted for a National Driver Offender Retraining <br>Scheme (NDORS) speed awareness course rather than accept penalty points on <br>their driving licence in 2010 is 447,833, in 2011 is 772,180, in 2012 is 926,155 and <br>in 2013 is 953,464. These reflect the latest updated figures.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the figures by police force area for the number of <br>drivers that opted for a speed awareness course.</p><p> </p><p>The offer of a speed awareness course is at the discretion of the police. To be <br>deemed eligible there must be no excessive speed or other offences committed at <br>the same time. Information on previous motoring convictions is not taken into <br>account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>NDORS Police Force Area </strong></td><td><strong>2010</strong></td><td><strong>2011</strong></td><td><strong>2012</strong></td><td><strong>2013</strong></td></tr><tr><td>AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>267</td><td>38,244</td><td>36,064</td></tr><tr><td>BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE</td><td>6,707</td><td>11,440</td><td>15,370</td><td>12,075</td></tr><tr><td>CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>17,691</td><td>17,301</td><td>16,974</td><td>9,148</td></tr><tr><td>CHESHIRE</td><td>6,066</td><td>15,198</td><td>16,702</td><td>14,490</td></tr><tr><td>CITY OF LONDON POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>153</td></tr><tr><td>CLEVELAND POLICE</td><td>8,278</td><td>12,147</td><td>10,282</td><td>7,198</td></tr><tr><td>CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY</td><td>11,967</td><td>18,436</td><td>19,878</td><td>20,218</td></tr><tr><td>DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>5,657</td><td>9,275</td><td>14,385</td><td>12,666</td></tr><tr><td>DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY</td><td>8,720</td><td>13,516</td><td>17,959</td><td>16,608</td></tr><tr><td>DORSET POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>DURHAM CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>1,436</td><td>4,517</td><td>4,267</td></tr><tr><td>DYFED-POWYS POLICE</td><td>100</td><td>1,158</td><td>1,229</td><td>1,870</td></tr><tr><td>ESSEX POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>8,113</td><td>21,957</td><td>22,605</td></tr><tr><td>GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>937</td><td>2,317</td><td>4,573</td><td>5,445</td></tr><tr><td>GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE</td><td>39,959</td><td>45,639</td><td>49,463</td><td>45,064</td></tr><tr><td>GWENT POLICE</td><td>1</td><td>39</td><td>34</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>36,986</td></tr><tr><td>HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>8,128</td><td>14,802</td><td>23,700</td><td>20,216</td></tr><tr><td>HUMBERSIDE POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>15,499</td><td>29,791</td></tr><tr><td>KENT COUNTY POLICE</td><td>3,430</td><td>23,787</td><td>31,790</td><td>27,446</td></tr><tr><td>LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>13,082</td><td>24,949</td><td>22,491</td><td>27,287</td></tr><tr><td>LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>14,262</td><td>16,055</td><td>17,381</td><td>16,292</td></tr><tr><td>LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE</td><td>4,054</td><td>18,083</td><td>25,595</td><td>19,223</td></tr><tr><td>MERSEYSIDE POLICE</td><td>10,923</td><td>15,683</td><td>17,964</td><td>20,022</td></tr><tr><td>METROPOLITAN POLICE</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>9,034</td><td>31,818</td></tr><tr><td>NORFOLK CONSTABULARY</td><td>11,665</td><td>16,054</td><td>17,054</td><td>23,527</td></tr><tr><td>NORTH WALES POLICE</td><td>16,843</td><td>15,141</td><td>16,069</td><td>17,711</td></tr><tr><td>NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>3,332</td><td>6,768</td><td>9,855</td><td>18,049</td></tr><tr><td>NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE</td><td>6,671</td><td>14,944</td><td>11,444</td><td>12,520</td></tr><tr><td>NORTHUMBRIA POLICE</td><td>28,452</td><td>28,195</td><td>39,707</td><td>40,892</td></tr><tr><td>NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE</td><td>15,615</td><td>21,728</td><td>24,217</td><td>25,060</td></tr><tr><td>POLICE SERVICE NORTHERN IRELAND</td><td>9,294</td><td>19,582</td><td>27,020</td><td>27,320</td></tr><tr><td>SCOTLAND</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>SOUTH WALES POLICE</td><td>29,587</td><td>58,025</td><td>55,573</td><td>51,182</td></tr><tr><td>SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>14,453</td><td>35,040</td><td>27,698</td><td>28,035</td></tr><tr><td>STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE</td><td>16,040</td><td>21,205</td><td>25,354</td><td>27,987</td></tr><tr><td>SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY</td><td>15,507</td><td>27,019</td><td>20,122</td><td>22,461</td></tr><tr><td>SURREY POLICE</td><td>4,604</td><td>17,845</td><td>25,349</td><td>23,107</td></tr><tr><td>SUSSEX POLICE</td><td>6,194</td><td>28,589</td><td>33,425</td><td>22,328</td></tr><tr><td>THAMES VALLEY POLICE</td><td>48,859</td><td>73,625</td><td>87,199</td><td>78,593</td></tr><tr><td>WARWICKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>3,584</td><td>6,577</td><td>6,350</td><td>17,482</td></tr><tr><td>WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY</td><td>31,347</td><td>44,094</td><td>41,416</td><td>34,277</td></tr><tr><td>WEST MIDLANDS POLICE</td><td>2,879</td><td>21,033</td><td>20,603</td><td>14,551</td></tr><tr><td>WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE</td><td>22,945</td><td>47,075</td><td>42,679</td><td>31,424</td></tr><tr><td>WILTSHIRE CONSTABULARY</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total:</strong></td><td><strong>447,833</strong></td><td><strong>772,180</strong></td><td><strong>926,155</strong></td><td><strong>953,464</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4005 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

45689

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 685W, on human trafficking, whether she plans for the review of the National Referral Mechanism to be completed before committee stage of the Modern Slavery Bill.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	194183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>An announcement on the review of the National Referral Mechanism will be made <br>shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

44942

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assets of criminal origin have been repatriated from the UK to jurisdictions overseas in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	193656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy sets out how the Government intends to <br>improve the tackling of criminal finances both in the UK and overseas. This <br>includes developing asset sharing agreements with other countries in order to <br>improve international co-operation on asset recovery. Although no assets have <br>been repatriated to another country since 2008-09, there are a number of ongoing <br>investigations, particularly as part of the Arab Spring Asset Recovery <br>Taskforce, about which it is not possible to comment further at this stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

44783

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 604W, on EU Justice and Home Affairs, with which countries the EU as a legal personality has concluded co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	193408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the response given by the Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington) on 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 70W. In addition, JHA agreements have also been concluded with Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 2687 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab