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date	23/05/2016
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on the number of pregnant women who have been detained for immigration purposes since central recording statistics on such cases began and the outcomes of their detention.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	905126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>The detention of pregnant women under Immigration Act powers occurs only in very limited situations, either where there is a clear prospect of early removal or in very exceptional circumstances. Very few pregnant women are detained. Central recording of the number of detained women who have disclosed their pregnancy started in August 2015. Options for the collection of wider data on pregnant women is being considered as part of the Immigration Act 2016 implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 31/05/2016 11:44:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

514508

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Students: Victim Support Schemes
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 take steps to improve support resources available to students who have been victims of sexual assault.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	34756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is providing £80 million of dedicated central government funding over the course of this Parliament to tackle violence, including sexual assault, against women and girls. This includes central funding for rape support centres and £1.7 million per year up to 2017 to part-fund 87 Independent Sexual Violence Advisers who provide appropriate and independent support for victims. These services support all victims of sexual assault including students.</p><p>At the request of the Secretary of State for Business, Universities UK set up a taskforce in September 2015 to bring together relevant stakeholders to explore what more can be done by the higher education sector to prevent, and respond effectively, to incidents of violence and sexual harassment against women, hate crimes and other forms of harassment. The taskforce is considering a range of potential measures, and its work includes an analysis of the nature and scale of the problem. The taskforce is expected to report in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/04/2016 11:41:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

510131

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Young People
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 prevent young people obtaining knives online.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	33399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Reducing violence including knife crime is a priority for this Government. In addition to our work with the police and other partners we are working closely with retailers to encourage the responsible sale of knives both in-store and online.</p><p>There are already strict laws on the sale of knives and on how knives can be marketed. It is illegal to sell knives to anyone under 18 (except for folding knives with a blade that does not exceed 7.62cm). The Home Secretary chaired a roundtable with major retailers and the British Retail Consortium on 14 March to encourage them to sell knives more responsibly and discuss what steps they can take to ensure that they have strong age verification processes in place.</p><p>On 23 March the Home Secretary announced agreement of a new set of principles with major retailers to prevent the underage sales of knives both in-store and online, together with commitments on staff training, safe displays, and sales in online marketplaces.</p><p>The agreement is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sale-of-knives-voluntary-agreement-by-retailers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sale-of-knives-voluntary-agreement-by-retailers</a></p><p>We will be working with the British Retail Consortium to promote and extend the principles to other retailers.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/04/2016 16:39:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle