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179635

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rules apply to the entry into the UK of diplomatic personnel from countries identified by the Government on countries of concern in relation to human rights violations and corruption.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	224379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Diplomats posted to an Embassy or High Commission in the UK or who are in transit through the UK to their diplomatic posting are exempt from immigration control. This means that any checks are limited to verifying the person’s nationality and identity, that they are exempt from immigration control and they are the rightful holder of the document presented.</p><p /> <p><br>People holding diplomatic passports coming to the UK for any other reason are assessed against the Immigration Rules. In certain cases individuals are subject to international travel bans, imposed by the EU or UN. These are imposed for a number of factors and human rights violations and corruption could be a factor in this decision.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/02/2015 18:03:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

179636

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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, what the cost to the public purse was of the Salvation Army shelters for victims of human trafficking in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; whether the Government's funding of those shelters is dependant on the number of victims identified or the length of time they stay in the shelter; and for what average number of days victims have stayed in such shelters in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
tabling member printed	Sir John Randall
uin	224411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The total cost of the Government-funded Adult Victims of Trafficking Care <br>Contract was £3.7 million in 2012 and £3.6 million in 2013. The cost of this contract is <br>dependent on both the number of potential victims who enter the service and the <br>length of time potential victims stay in the service. In 2014 the average <br>length of stay in a safe house was 81 days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 14:02:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

179638

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any organisations contracted to provide specialist support and accommodation to victims of modern slavery are accommodating victims in hotels or bed and breakfast lodgings for (a) 24 hours or less, (b) one to five days and (c) more than five days; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
tabling member printed	Sir John Randall
uin	224412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government-funded Adult Victims of Trafficking Care Contract is delivered <br>through The Salvation Army, who subcontract a range of support providers across <br>England and Wales. One of these support providers provides accommodation <br>within a commercial hotel, this includes for (a) 24 hours or less, (b) one to <br>five days and (c) more than five days. Due to the nature of this accommodation <br>it is only used to accommodate potential victims with lower level support <br>needs, who are sufficiently independent.<br><br>Under the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings <br>(ECAT), the Government is obligated to provide potential victims of trafficking <br>with a recovery and reflection period which includes appropriate accommodation. <br>All support providers provide regular reports to The Salvation Army on their <br>compliance with the ECAT obligations. Compliance is monitored by The Salvation <br>Army, who undertake periodic inspections, including evaluating a sample of <br>support plans and conducting feedback interviews with potential victims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 14:03:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

179639

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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, how many people have been identified in each of the last five years as having been referred to the National Referral Mechanism more than once.
tabling member constituency	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
tabling member printed	Sir John Randall
uin	224410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The current National Referral Mechanism (NRM) system is not designed to be able <br>to accurately identify this type of information. Personal details collected at <br>the point of entry to the NRM are not currently recorded in a way which permits <br>the definitive identification of individuals who have been referred more than <br>once. This is due to a number of factors in the way the data is provided by <br>both responding agencies and potential victims, as well as how it is collated <br>and recorded. The recommendations of the NRM review, when implemented, will <br>make provision for this type of data in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 14:02:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

179640

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on the level of violent crime in London.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	224375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.<br><br>According to the latest crime figures published by the Office for National Statistics, the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows violent crime is down by 23% under this Government, and this is supported by NHS data on hospital admissions for assault which also indicates violence is falling. <br><br>The number of violence offences recorded by the police in the year to September 2014 rose by 16% compared with the previous year, with the Metropolitan Police one of the forces seeing a rise. The Office for National Statistics noted that the increase in police recorded violence is partly due to improved reporting and recording of violence and particularly of domestic abuse. This improvement follows Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary's inspection of crime recording in every police force in England and Wales, which the Home Secretary commissioned in 2013, and which found significant under-recording of crime. The data shows that forces are acting on the findings.<br><br>We also know that some violent crimes like domestic and sexual violence are under-reported. We welcome more people reporting them to the police and we want to see more cases being brought to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 23/02/2015 17:58:20 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

179641

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Powers of Entry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department offers on compensation available when police officers force entry into residential properties.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	224362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act Code of Practice B governs the searching of premises and the seizure of property from those premises by police officers. This includes the conduct of officers executing a search warrant (see paragraphs 6 to 6.15) and a note on compensation matters (see note 6.A). A copy of the PACE Code of Practice B can be found at GOV.UK.<br><br>The execution of a search warrant is an operational matter for the Chief Constable of the force concerned and so too is the consideration of damage claims which, as PACE Code B makes clear, will depend on the circumstances in each case.<br><br>The Department does not hold or collect data concerning the number of awards of damages paid out by police forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 224361 224363 question first answered 23/02/2015 17:18:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

179642

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Right of Search
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the use of reasonable force in the execution of a search warrant.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	224363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act Code of Practice B governs the searching of premises and the seizure of property from those premises by police officers. This includes the conduct of officers executing a search warrant (see paragraphs 6 to 6.15) and a note on compensation matters (see note 6.A). A copy of the PACE Code of Practice B can be found at GOV.UK.<br><br>The execution of a search warrant is an operational matter for the Chief Constable of the force concerned and so too is the consideration of damage claims which, as PACE Code B makes clear, will depend on the circumstances in each case.<br><br>The Department does not hold or collect data concerning the number of awards of damages paid out by police forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 224361 224362 question first answered 23/02/2015 17:18:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

179643

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Powers of Entry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many awards of damages have been awarded in respect of cases in which police officers from each police force caused substantial damage during the execution of a police raid or warrant in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	224361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act Code of Practice B governs the searching of premises and the seizure of property from those premises by police officers. This includes the conduct of officers executing a search warrant (see paragraphs 6 to 6.15) and a note on compensation matters (see note 6.A). A copy of the PACE Code of Practice B can be found at GOV.UK.<br><br>The execution of a search warrant is an operational matter for the Chief Constable of the force concerned and so too is the consideration of damage claims which, as PACE Code B makes clear, will depend on the circumstances in each case.<br><br>The Department does not hold or collect data concerning the number of awards of damages paid out by police forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 224362 224363 question first answered 23/02/2015 17:18:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

179717

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many multi-agency vehicle enforcement checks were mounted in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. This is an operational matter for the police and other partner agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/02/2015 15:07:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

179724

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3 February on the National Crime Agency, when they expect that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) operates UK-wide, including in Northern Ireland, and provides support to its partner agencies there in relation to customs and immigration matters whilst continuing to exchange information with the PSNI. The NCA has, to date, been unable fully to target serious and organised crime groups in Northern Ireland involved in activities which require policing powers to tackle them.</p><p>The draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, was laid before Parliament on 29 January 2015. It makes provision for the NCA to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers including the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases.</p><p>This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The Order details commencement of the provisions, some of which will come into force the day after it is made, including the extension to Northern Ireland of all of the relevant civil recovery provisions relating to freezing and recovery orders. The related civil recovery investigation powers will require further secondary legislation relating to a Code of Practice.</p><p>A number of provisions that relate to the NCA’s operational use of constable powers and covert techniques, which will be subject to a Memorandum of Understanding, will come into force at the end of two months beginning with the day on which the Order is made. The Order may not be made until it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/02/2015 15:04:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont