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79405

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for information that were fulfilled by other EU member states were made by the UK's financial intelligence unit under (a) Council Decision 2000/642/JHA and (b) other means of co-operation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	207057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A full impact assessment has been conducted on Council Decision 2000/642/JHA. Details of this assessment can be found in Command Paper 8897<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf</a>, published on 3 July 2014. <br><br>The alternative methods open to the UK to exchange information with other EU member states on relevant financial matters are not considered to be as effective as cooperation under the measure.</p><p>The UK is an active participant in the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and shares information with other Egmont members. The UKFIU experience in sharing financial intelligence through Egmont is positive and is viewed as vital in the fight against money laundering, terrorism financing and <br>other predicate offences.</p><p>However, Council Decision 2000/642/JHA provides additional benefits that are not available to Egmont members. For example, if we ceased to be bound by the Framework Decision we might lose access to FIU.net, the IT network that facilitates information exchange between EU FIUs.</p><p>The number of requests made via Council decision 2000/642/JHA and by other means over the last five years is not available. However, the figures for the period 2011-2013 were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/642/JHA</p><p>(Including FIU.Net)</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>789</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 207058 207074 question first answered 02/09/2014 16:30:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

79406

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schengen Agreement: ICT
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 possibility of the UK connecting to the Schengen Information System II via a bilateral treaty with the EU instead of remaining bound by Decision 2007/533/JHA.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	207060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A full impact assessment has been conducted on Council Decision 2007/533/JHA. Details of this assessment can be found in Command Paper 8897.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf</a> , published on 3 July 2014. <br><br>No viable alternative mechanisms for connecting to SIS II have been identified. The Commission has been clear during negotiations that a bilateral treaty between the UK and the EU on any matters falling within the scope of the block opt-out is not feasible. Furthermore, on 16 January 2013 President Barroso responded to a European Parliamentary Question from Daniel Hannan MEP on this matter and stated that ‘the Commission sees no room for the conclusion of international agreements between the EU and the United Kingdom on such matters.’ <br><br>SISII will be integrated into existing UK law enforcement infrastructure to keep to a minimum any additional burden. In addition, the UK’s central office for managing SIS II requests (the SIRENE Bureau) has been established within the National Crime Agency (NCA) to act specifically as the UK's single point of contact for all exchanges of information relating to SISII alerts. On 21 July 2014, the Home Secretary commenced the proportionality provisions in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. This includes a proportionality filter in relation to SISII Article 26 alerts (European Arrest Warrants). The filter will enable the weeding out of the most trivial European <br>arrest warrants, ensuring resources are dedicated to the most serious criminals and that the police are not overburdened with Article 26 alerts.In terms of other SISII alerts, they only require the UK to notify the issuing Member State that the individual has come to our attention. Therefore, there is expected to be a minimal impact on existing resources.</p><p>The UK has made no distinction between the definitions used in Article 36 (chapter VIII) as concerns discreet and specific checks. Any UK law enforcement check that matches a SISII Article 36 alert will be coordinated through the NCA’s SIRENE Bureau, and the issuing Member State will be notified in accordance with the SISII Council Decision. UK law enforcement agencies will use Article 34 alerts (chapter VII) for locating witnesses, persons summoned to appear in criminal proceedings and others. The accompanying information will include a combination of name, age, sex, colour and height of the individual. The information submitted in response to Article 34 alerts from other Member States will be in the form of supplementary information and in most cases this will just include the individual’s place of abode.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/09/2014 15:09:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 17556 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

79408

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
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 efficacy of information exchange with other EU member states on the relevant financial matters that would be likely to continue through other means should the UK cease to be bound by Council Decision 2000/642/JHA on 1 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	207058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A full impact assessment has been conducted on Council Decision 2000/642/JHA. Details of this assessment can be found in Command Paper 8897<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf</a>, published on 3 July 2014. <br><br>The alternative methods open to the UK to exchange information with other EU member states on relevant financial matters are not considered to be as effective as cooperation under the measure.</p><p>The UK is an active participant in the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and shares information with other Egmont members. The UKFIU experience in sharing financial intelligence through Egmont is positive and is viewed as vital in the fight against money laundering, terrorism financing and <br>other predicate offences.</p><p>However, Council Decision 2000/642/JHA provides additional benefits that are not available to Egmont members. For example, if we ceased to be bound by the Framework Decision we might lose access to FIU.net, the IT network that facilitates information exchange between EU FIUs.</p><p>The number of requests made via Council decision 2000/642/JHA and by other means over the last five years is not available. However, the figures for the period 2011-2013 were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/642/JHA</p><p>(Including FIU.Net)</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>789</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 207057 207074 question first answered 02/09/2014 16:30:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

79409

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
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 implications for the UK of possible future interpretations and applications of Article 4(3) of Council Decision 2000/642/JHA by the Court of Justice of the EU should the UK continue to be bound by that Decision after 1 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	207062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>A full impact assessment has been conducted on Council Decision 2000/642/JHA. Details of this assessment can be found in Command Paper 8897.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf</a> , published on 3 July 2014. <br><br>The Government has considered the potential impacts of CJEU jurisdiction very carefully in deciding which pre-Lisbon police and criminal justice measures it was in the interests of the UK to rejoin.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/09/2014 14:55:16 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 17572 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

79411

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schengen Agreement: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that UK authorities are not overburdened by alerts issued by other EU member states in the event that UK connects to the Schengen Information Systems II.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	207064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A full impact assessment has been conducted on Council Decision 2007/533/JHA. Details of this assessment can be found in Command Paper 8897.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf</a> , published on 3 July 2014. <br><br>No viable alternative mechanisms for connecting to SIS II have been identified. The Commission has been clear during negotiations that a bilateral treaty between the UK and the EU on any matters falling within the scope of the block opt-out is not feasible. Furthermore, on 16 January 2013 President Barroso responded to a European Parliamentary Question from Daniel Hannan MEP on this matter and stated that ‘the Commission sees no room for the conclusion of international agreements between the EU and the United Kingdom on such matters.’ <br><br>SISII will be integrated into existing UK law enforcement infrastructure to keep to a minimum any additional burden. In addition, the UK’s central office for managing SIS II requests (the SIRENE Bureau) has been established within the National Crime Agency (NCA) to act specifically as the UK's single point of contact for all exchanges of information relating to SISII alerts. On 21 July 2014, the Home Secretary commenced the proportionality provisions in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. This includes a proportionality filter in relation to SISII Article 26 alerts (European Arrest Warrants).</p><p>The filter will enable the weeding out of the most trivial European arrest warrants, ensuring resources are dedicated to the most serious criminals and that the police are not overburdened with Article 26 alerts.In terms of other SISII alerts, they only require the UK to notify the issuing Member State that the individual has come to our attention. Therefore, there is expected to be a minimal impact on existing resources.The UK has made no distinction between the definitions used in Article 36 (chapter VIII) as concerns discreet and specific checks.</p><p>Any UK law enforcement check that matches a SISII Article 36 alert will be coordinated through the NCA’s SIRENE Bureau, and the issuing Member State will be notified in accordance with the SISII Council Decision. UK law enforcement agencies will use Article 34 alerts (chapter VII) for locating witnesses, persons summoned to appear in criminal proceedings and others. The accompanying information will include a combination of name, age, sex, colour and height of the individual. The information submitted in response to Article 34 alerts from other Member States will be in the form of supplementary information and in most cases this will just include the individual’s place of abode.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/09/2014 15:14:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 17560 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

79413

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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: Internet
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 potential effect on the implementation of the UK's strategy against indecent images of children online of placing that strategy within the full jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU, including its human rights jurisprudence, should the UK remain bound by Council Decision 2000/375/JHA after 1 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	207065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A full impact assessment has been conducted on Framework Decision 2000/375/JHA. Details of this assessment can be found in Command Paper 8897 <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326698/41670_Cm_8897_Accessible.pdf</a>, published on 3 July 2014. <br><br>The Government has considered the potential impacts of CJEU jurisdiction very carefully in deciding which of the pre-Lisbon police and criminal justice measures it is in the interests of the UK to rejoin. Article 72 of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) makes clear that the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security is a responsibility for Member States.</p><p>Article 276 of the TFEU states that the CJEU shall have no jurisdiction to review the validity or proportionality of operations carried out by the police or other law enforcement services of a Member State, or the exercise of responsibilities incumbent upon Member States with regard to the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security.</p><p>The Government’s decision to seek to opt in to Framework Decision 2000/375/JHA will therefore not bring the Government’s strategy in tackling indecent images of children under the jurisdiction of the CJEU or any action taken by UK law enforcement pursuant to that strategy. The UK is fully compliant with this Council Decision, and we assess the risk of an adverse judgement in this area to be low.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/09/2014 16:37:01 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

79091

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Buildings
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 review her departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>By September 2014 following relocation of the Department for Communities and Local Government to 2 Marsham Street, the size of the non-operational administrative estate occupied by the Department will have reduced by 22% to 315,000 sq m since May 2010. Annual savings will be in excess of £50 million.</p><p>Further information on the performance of the Government's Civil Estate can be found at: <br><a href="http://www.gist.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/qds/2012-13/ho/spend-by-type-of-internal-operation/cost-of-running-the-estate/" target="_blank">http://www.gist.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/qds/2012-13/ho/spend-by-type-of-internal-operation/cost-of-running-the-estate/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/09/2014 16:13:09 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78927

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within her Department's responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	206659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the UK has not lost any EU infraction proceedings which relate to matters that fall within the Home Office's responsibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/08/2014 09:19:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78748

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to increase the number of replies within her Department's working day standard; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Plans are in place within all correspondence teams to drive up performance and <br>reduce any backlogs. Latest complete monthly figures for replies to hon. <br>Members are 86% within working day target for Home Office HQ and Her Majesty’s <br>Passport Office and 84% within working day target for operational areas (UK Visas and <br>Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force). The operational figure <br>includes letters from hon. Members replied to by officials and Director <br>Generals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 10:22:56 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78752

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department informed Campsfield House operators Mitie of the advice of the Oxfordshire Fire Service that sprinklers should be fitted there.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	206468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Chief Fire Officer of Oxfordshire wrote to the previous operator of Campsfield House, GEO, in 2007. Mitie were not made aware of this correspondence before the incident last year. Following the incident, sprinklers have now been fitted throughout the centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/09/2014 16:17:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith