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171644

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 13 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M K Jaber.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	219435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Minister for Criminal Information replied on 22 October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 15:51:04 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

171860

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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, if she will make it her policy to introduce mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	906767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an appalling crime. We are determined to stamp it out.</p><p>At the Girl Summit, in July, the Prime Minister announced our intention to introduce mandatory reporting for this unacceptable practice. We are currently consulting on how best to introduce this new duty.</p><p>Alerting the police to cases of FGM will allow them to investigate the facts and increase the number of perpetrators apprehended and prosecuted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 16:57:45 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

171173

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Transphobia
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 tackle transphobia in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	219355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The cross-Government action plan on hate crime outlines the areas in which we are taking action. In particular, we are encouraging people who are victims of hate crime to report it in order to better focus resources to tackle its <br>causes. In 2013-14, 555 transgender hate crimes were recorded by the police, an increase of 54% from 361 recorded in 2012-13.<br><br>Since the action plan was launched, the Government has also amended section 146 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to include transgender-identity in the suite of aggravating factors, whereby courts have the power to increase the sentence <br>length for crimes motivated by hostility towards the victim based on a personal characteristic. In addition, the Government held a national seminar in November 2012 of transgender organisations to identify ways of improving communications <br>and to increase reporting. In April, the Crown Prosecution Service launched educational resources for schools to address hostility towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 16:22:08 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

171176

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
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 July 2014 to Question 204393, when she intends to bring forward legislative proposals to implement a ban on the testing of household products on animals.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	219328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>It is my intention to implement a ban on the testing of household products on animals before May 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 16:41:58 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

171269

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of victims of child sexual trafficking in each local authority in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The National Referral Mechanism was established in 2009 and is managed by the National Crime Agency’s UK Human Trafficking Centre. The Centre uses the mechanism to collect data on potential victims of trafficking, including a breakdown of child referrals by type of exploitation. <br><br>The published data for the number of minors referred to the NRM as potential victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation are not broken down by local authority area, but by first responder in each case, which may be a charity, <br>police force, agency or local authority.<br><br>Statistics are published on the National Crime Agency website: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a><br><br>Archived statistics are published on the National Archives website: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130703102353/http:/www.soca.gov.uk/about-soca/about-the-ukhtc/national-referral-mechanism/statistics" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130703102353/http:/www.soca.gov.uk/about-soca/about-the-ukhtc/national-referral-mechanism/statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 16:09:20 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

170756

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 has taken to incorporate into the Serious Organised Crime Strategy the conclusions of the document, UK commitment to action on illegal wildlife trade, published in February 2014.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	218936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to work with other departments to ensure that the Government delivers on the UK Commitment to Action on the Illegal Wildlife Trade. The Government will review its progress against the UK’s commitments <br>early next year.<br><br>The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy applies the successful framework we use to counter terrorism to drive and coordinate our response to serious and organised crime, which encompasses illegal wildlife trade. The National Crime <br>Agency and its law enforcement partners focus on disrupting those serious and organised criminals that present the highest risk to the UK and its communities, including in areas such as child sexual exploitation and modern <br>slavery. Where high-risk organised criminals are engaged in illegal wildlife trade, the Agency will lead, support or coordinate an appropriate level of response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 16:41:35 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

170465

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
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 Answer of 28 March 2011 to Question 45398, whether it remains the policy of her Department that a ban on the testing of household products on animals will apply to both finished products and ingredients; whether there is now a definition of household products; and when the ban will be implemented.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	218697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>We have made a commitment to ban the testing of household products on animals. Although superficially straightforward, this issue has not been easy to resolve. The key issue is around ingredients. We are currently engaging with <br>stakeholders to develop a solution that is workable, but does not have a chain of unforeseen circumstances. <br><br>Any solution has to be legally viable since we cannot ban testing which may be required under UK or EU law. The solution we develop must not preclude research that is a lawful requirement nor that which has significant benefits to people, the environment or animals. Nor should it drive research overseas.<br><br>There is, at present, no authoritative definition of household products in the United Kingdom or European legislation. Through stakeholder engagement we are seeking to develop an agreed definition.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 18/12/2014 14:51:25 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

170466

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were used for testing (a) finished household products and (b) household product ingredients in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	218698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of animals used in scientific procedures for testing (a) finished household products or (b) household product ingredients. It does however collect data on the number of <br>animals used in procedures undertaken for the testing of substances used in the household, in Great Britain.<br><br>In 2010 there were 24 animals used in procedures for the testing of substances used in the household. In 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 there were no animals used in procedures for the testing of substances used in the household.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 18/12/2014 14:59:50 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

170471

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crossbows
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what controls there are on the sale of crossbows.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	218630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The sale of crossbows is subject to the Crossbows Act 1987, as amended by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. Under this legislation, it is an offence to sell or hire a crossbow, with a draw weight of 1.4 kilogrammes or greater, to <br>persons under the age of 17, and it prohibits persons aged under 17 from possessing a crossbow unless supervised by someone aged 21 or over. The maximum penalty on summary conviction is six months imprisonment or a £5,000 fine or <br>both.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 18/12/2014 15:01:42 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

170475

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many front-line staff are employed at the UK border; and what the annual cost to the public purse is of such staff.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	218616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>There are approximately 7,900 Home Office staff employed by Border Force on the front line at the UK border. The annual cost of these staff is approximately £373 million.<br /><br />Please note these figures are part of the current year’s expenditure and so will be subject to audit. These are Home Office staff and do not include staff working for other agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 11:34:20 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2015 10:29:56 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 36659 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab