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1563363

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of Chinese illicit finance on money laundering in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the threat posed by China-linked illicit finance. As noted in the 2020 National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing, a significant volume of proceeds of crime flow in and out of China annually, particularly through the use of informal value transfer system.</p><p>The Government’s response is multi-departmental and multi-agency both in the UK and upstream. For reasons of operational security, we are not able to provide further details publicly.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 10/01/2023 15:30:55 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1563388

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Qatar Embassy: Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to monitor lobbying activities of the Qatar Embassy in London; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	114537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>All lobbying of Government, including by Embassies, must be carried out in accordance with the relevant legislation and through proper processes.</p><p>Transparency is ensured through various mechanisms such as the Register of Consultant Lobbyists and departmental transparency returns.</p><p>The Codes of Conduct for both Houses set out the rules on lobbying of Parliamentarians and the declaration of Members' interests.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 10/01/2023 15:28:18 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1563433

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Syria
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 (a) issued and (b) used a standard operating procedure to help prevent the trafficking of vulnerable individuals from Britain to Syria by ISIS between 2013 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	114528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government took a number of steps to address the serious risks associated with individuals travelling to Syria to fight for or otherwise support Daesh and other terrorist groups.</p><p>Since 2011, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has advised against all travel to Syria. The police and local authorities distributed over 200,000 leaflets and 30,000 posters, outlining the danger of travel to Syria.</p><p>The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 enables police officers at ports to temporarily seize and retain travel documents to disrupt intended travel when they reasonably suspect that a person intends to travel to engage in terrorism-related activity outside the UK. This power was used on 55 occasions between 2015 and 2017 (15 in 2017), and in some cases, has led to longer-term disruptive action. The Royal Prerogative can also be used to refuse a passport application, or withdraw an existing passport, under the public interest criteria. The Royal Prerogative was exercised to deny access to British passport facilities to 84 individuals between 2013 and 2017.</p><p>Our Prevent strategy includes work to identify and support individuals at risk of radicalisation. Since the introduction of the Prevent duty in 2015, over 3,000 referrals have resulted in individuals identified as being susceptible to radicalisation receiving support to move away from violent ideologies that could have resulted in harm to themselves, or others.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 114529 question first answered 11/01/2023 13:47:06 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1563435

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
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 made an assessment of the level of risk of trafficking as part of its strategy to counter recruitment by (a) ISIS and (b) other groups in the period between 2013 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	114529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government took a number of steps to address the serious risks associated with individuals travelling to Syria to fight for or otherwise support Daesh and other terrorist groups.</p><p>Since 2011, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has advised against all travel to Syria. The police and local authorities distributed over 200,000 leaflets and 30,000 posters, outlining the danger of travel to Syria.</p><p>The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 enables police officers at ports to temporarily seize and retain travel documents to disrupt intended travel when they reasonably suspect that a person intends to travel to engage in terrorism-related activity outside the UK. This power was used on 55 occasions between 2015 and 2017 (15 in 2017), and in some cases, has led to longer-term disruptive action. The Royal Prerogative can also be used to refuse a passport application, or withdraw an existing passport, under the public interest criteria. The Royal Prerogative was exercised to deny access to British passport facilities to 84 individuals between 2013 and 2017.</p><p>Our Prevent strategy includes work to identify and support individuals at risk of radicalisation. Since the introduction of the Prevent duty in 2015, over 3,000 referrals have resulted in individuals identified as being susceptible to radicalisation receiving support to move away from violent ideologies that could have resulted in harm to themselves, or others.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 114528 question first answered 11/01/2023 13:47:06 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1563626

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Pupils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals to prevent for concerns in the mixed unstable category came from schools in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	114730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>A breakdown of individuals referred to Prevent and their associated sector of referral between 2015/2016 and 2020/2021, can be found in Table 14 of the latest published statistics, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individuals-referred-to-and-supported-through-the-prevent-programme-april-2020-to-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individuals-referred-to-and-supported-through-the-prevent-programme-april-2020-to-march-2021</a></p><p>We have also included a summary of this data below for convenience.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referrals for concerns related to Mixed, Unstable, Unclear ideologies by Education Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total referrals concerns related to Mixed, Unstable, Unclear ideologies from all sectors</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>831</p></td><td><p>2,169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1,071</p></td><td><p>3,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>2,522</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Regarding the referrals to Prevent in the last 12 months, referrals between the period April 2021 – March 2022 will be released in the upcoming “<em>Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, England and Wales, April 2021 to March 2022</em>” statistics, set for publication on 26 January 2023. As per official statistics guidelines, we are unable to release these statistics ahead of the formal publication date. Subsequent data will be published the year after.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 114731 question first answered 10/01/2023 15:24:24 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1563628

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Pupils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals to Prevent for concerns in the mixed, unstable category relating to incel behaviour came from schools in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	114731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>A breakdown of individuals referred to Prevent and their associated sector of referral between 2015/2016 and 2020/2021, can be found in Table 14 of the latest published statistics, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individuals-referred-to-and-supported-through-the-prevent-programme-april-2020-to-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individuals-referred-to-and-supported-through-the-prevent-programme-april-2020-to-march-2021</a></p><p>We have also included a summary of this data below for convenience.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referrals for concerns related to Mixed, Unstable, Unclear ideologies by Education Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total referrals concerns related to Mixed, Unstable, Unclear ideologies from all sectors</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>831</p></td><td><p>2,169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1,071</p></td><td><p>3,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>2,522</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Regarding the referrals to Prevent in the last 12 months, referrals between the period April 2021 – March 2022 will be released in the upcoming “<em>Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, England and Wales, April 2021 to March 2022</em>” statistics, set for publication on 26 January 2023. As per official statistics guidelines, we are unable to release these statistics ahead of the formal publication date. Subsequent data will be published the year after.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 114730 question first answered 10/01/2023 15:24:24 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1562804

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Victims
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 support victims of fraud.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Gary Sambrook
uin	902862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this devastating crime.</p><p>We are working to improve the victim support system to ensure everyone receives the support and advice they need to feel safe again and to prevent revictimisation. Raising awareness and safeguarding victims will form a key pillar of the Government’s forthcoming fraud strategy.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/12/2022 16:02:25 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4760 label Biography information for Gary Sambrook

1562806

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Iran
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 level of threat posed by Iran to British nationals.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	902864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>On 16<sup>th</sup> November, the Director General of MI5 outlined that since January, there have been at least ten threats to kidnap or even kill UK-based individuals, and there have been threats from Iran arise since that speech.</p><p>Iran has established a pattern of this type of behaviour which is deplorable, yet sadly typical of the regime and its lack of respect for basic rights.</p><p>The Home Office works closely across Government to ensure all tools are utilised to protect individuals in the UK against any threats from the Iranian state.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/12/2022 16:07:24 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1562807

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Victims
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 support victims of fraud.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	902866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Secretary is clear that standards in the Metropolitan Police Service and London Fire Brigade must improve.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services has found that both organisations are under-performing and placed them into the ‘engage’ process to ensure targeted support.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Mayor of London is responsible for setting priorities and holding Commissioners to account.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this devastating crime. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are working to improve the victim support system to ensure everyone receives the support and advice they need to feel safe again and to prevent revictimisation. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Raising awareness and safeguarding victims will form a key pillar of the Government’s forthcoming fraud strategy.  </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/12/2022 16:08:47 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2022 18:42:32 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 43167 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1562947

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Safety: Journalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the significance of the threat posed by agents of the Iranian Government to journalists in the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on operational or intelligence matters, however the UK will always stand up to threats from foreign nations. As we set out in the Integrated Review in 2021, we are committed to addressing growing threats from Iran, as well as other states.</p><p>UK Government is committed to the promotion of media freedom with the safety and security of our citizens being of the upmost priority. The UK condemns Iran’s targeting of media organisations and journalists. Iran has established a pattern of this type of behaviour which is deplorable, yet sadly typical of the regime and its lack of respect for basic rights.</p><p>We will continue to use all tools at our disposal to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-linked threats.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 09/01/2023 15:48:56 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis