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64795

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stalking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each police force area have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for cyber-stalking to date.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	203001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested cannot be provided as cyber-stalking is not defined <br>as a specific crime on the statute book.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/07/2014 13:02:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

64797

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cheshire Constabulary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Cheshire Police in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	203002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table shows the amount of core Government revenue funding provided by the <br>Home Office to the Cheshire Police Authority (from November 2012, the Police and <br>Crime Commissioner for Cheshire) since 2005-2006.<br><br>Due to changes in police revenue funding over this time period (which includes <br>a change in the way pensions are funded), it is difficult to compare spending <br>power between years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/07/2014 12:59:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 203002_Table.xls title Core Government revenue funding
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

64204

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to establish a statutory system of guardianship to support victims of child trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	202632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Bill, published on 10 June 2014, includes an enabling clause <br>which provides a statutory basis for child trafficking advocates and their <br>functions including the circumstances and conditions under which a person may <br>act as an advocate. <br><br>The clause provides the Secretary of State with a power to make arrangements so <br>that specialist child trafficking advocates are available to support and <br>represent children who there is reason to believe may be victims of <br>trafficking. It also allows for requirements on public authorities to <br>co-operate with and provide information to these advocates.<br><br>Trials of the child trafficking advocates scheme will commence in summer 2014. <br>The trials will be independently evaluated both at six months and on <br>completion. A report on the findings will be laid before Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/07/2014 13:04:32 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

63927

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
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 statement of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 206, on student visas, on what date her Department first became aware of the systematic cheating taking place in the tests of the Educational Testing Service.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	202332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since the last election, the Government has taken action to reduce and control <br>immigration and to crack down on the abuse of the system which the previous <br>government failed to address. We have kept the main immigration routes to <br>Britain under review and remain vigilant against abuse of the student visa <br>system. Around 750 education sponsors have been removed from the register of <br>those entitled to bring overseas students to the UK. We now know that almost <br>400 of these were linked to the sponsorship of people who obtained invalid ETS <br>certificates. Abuse of the student visa route has been the subject of various <br>lines of inquiry for some time, but Immigration Enforcement officers, together <br>with officials from UK Visas and Immigration and with the support of the <br>National Crime Agency, began conducting a detailed and wide-ranging <br>investigation into actions by organised criminals to falsify English language <br>tests provided by ETS at the start of February.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 12:19:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

63929

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
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 statement of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 206, on student visas, how many students wrongly awarded language certificates (a) remain in the UK, (b) have an address known to her Department and (c) have been deported.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	202331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As I stated on 24 June in my statement to Parliament, the Home Office will provide regular updates to the House on progress with work to remove these students and on further information we receive from ETS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 12:30:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

63930

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
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 statement of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 206, on student visas, what due diligence tests her Department undertook on the Educational Testing Service prior to awarding the company a contract for delivering language tests for visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	202330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The licence with Secure English Language Testing providers is clear that <br>providers must put measures in place to combat abuse and any concerns regarding <br>fraud or abuse should be reported to the Home Office. All third-party service <br>providers, whether they are employers, education establishments or test <br>providers, must take their obligations seriously or face the removal of their <br>licence to work with us.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 12:32:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

63939

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Rape
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 encourage more rape victims to report that crime to the police and to ensure that they are treated appropriately when they do so.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	202402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Rape and sexual violence are devastating and unacceptable crimes. The <br>Coalition Government's continued approach to tackling such violence and abuse <br>is set out in our Violence against Women and Girls Action Plan, updated in <br>March 2014. Supporting victims is at the heart of this approach, which <br>includes giving victims more confidence to report crimes, and it is encouraging <br>that police recorded crime figures show more victims are having the confidence <br>to come forward.<br><br>We want every report of rape to be treated seriously from the point of <br>disclosure, every victim to be treated with dignity and every investigation and <br>every prosecution to be conducted thoroughly and professionally. <br><br>We have ring-fenced funding for 87 Independent Sexual Violence Advisers to <br>provide appropriate and independent support for victims. <br><br>We have supported the publication of data on rape for every police force in the <br>country as a basis for improving recording and investigations of rape and <br>ensure that guidance on investigating and prosecuting rape is implemented in <br>every police force area. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary is <br>inspecting the recording of rape as part of a wider crime recording audit, and <br>the police and Crown Prosecution Service have published a joint action plan to <br>improve how these cases are handled within the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 03/07/2014 13:11:28 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 6714 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

64065

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
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 Statement of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 209W, on student visas, what the projected cost in 2014-15 is of the student dedicated helpline; how many staff will be employed on that helpline; and what estimate she has made of the number of calls that helpline will receive.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	202487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of calls the student helpline will receive will be dependent on the <br>demand from individual students.<br><br>Ten members of staff can currently be deployed on the student helpline, <br>depending on the demand, and additional trained staff are ready for <br>redeployment should the volume of calls increase.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 12:35:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

64066

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Surveillance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring section 67(9) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 into force.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	202493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have no plans to bring section 67 (9) of the Regulation of Investigatory <br>Powers Act 2000 into force as provisions to which it relates in sections 65(c) <br>and (d) of RIPA are themselves not in force.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 12:16:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

64067

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many call-outs police in Preston attended in response to domestic violence in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	202486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The requested data are not collected centrally by the Home Office. Data are <br>available on the number of domestic abuse incidents that come to the attention <br>of the police but these are only held at police force area level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 03/07/2014 13:05:42 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick