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577583

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to publish regular updates on progress on accepting Syrian refugees into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	45348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to publishing data in an orderly way as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p>Latest statistics published on 25 August confirmed that a total of a total of 2,898 Syrians have been resettled under the scheme since it began, 2,646 of these arriving since 1 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 12:37:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

577602

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were released without being considered for deportation by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity and (c) country of origin in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on the number of foreign national offenders that have been released without consideration, within the Immigration Statistics release on the GOV.UK website:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-may-2016</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-august-2016</p><p>With regards to their sex, ethnicity and country of origin, it is the general policy of the Home Office not to disclose data where it refers to five individuals or less so that the identities of individuals can be protected. As less than five individuals have been released without consideration, the data is not disclosable.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 12:37:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

576879

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what annual change there has been in the number of BAME people serving in the police in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	45202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of individuals working for the police, broken down by worker type and ethnicity, as part of the ‘Police workforce in England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.</p><p>The attached table contains data on the number of police officers who were from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as at 31 March in each year between 2010 and 2016. To provide the appropriate context, tables of total worker numbers and the proportion that were BAME are also provided.</p><p>These were published in the latest police workforce bulletin (for March 2016) and the tables can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name ePQ45202 -Chishti data tables v2 (1).xls title Police officers from BAME backgrounds 2 file name ePQ45202 -Chishti data tables v3 (1).xls title Police officers from BAME backgrounds 3 file name ePQ45202 -Chishti data tables v4 (2).xls title Police officers from BAME backgrounds question first answered 12/09/2016 14:15:32 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

576880

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Equality
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 support diversity champions in the police force.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	45201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear; increasing diversity in our police forces is not an optional extra. It goes right to the heart of this country’s historic principle of policing by consent. We must ensure that the public have trust and confidence in the police, and that the police reflect the communities they serve.</p><p>The Government has reformed policing to ensure that there is a sector-led approach to making improvements, including in the area of recruitment and representation.</p><p>The College of Policing as the professional body for policing is delivering a major piece of work -black, Asian and minority ethnic Progression 2018 - to address under-representation in policing. The Government looks forward to working with the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and individual Police and Crime Commissioners as democratically elected local leaders of policing, to place a greater emphasis on this agenda and urges PCCs to consider the opportunities provided through the Police Transformation Fund.</p><p>While the Government would expect senior commitment in all forces it is for local leaders to decide how they will deliver improvements.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 45200 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:14:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

576886

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Prevention: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government's chief fire and rescue advisor was consulted on changes to policy on fire safety policy for new school buildings.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	45103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s consultation on Fire Safety Design for Schools – Building Bulletin (BB) 100 Revised closed on 15 August and the Department for Education is considering responses.</p><p>The Home Office, including the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser, will engage with the Department for Education on its proposals on the way forward, ahead of its publication.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/09/2016 12:41:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

576890

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Equality
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 with Police and Crime Commissioners to improve diversity in police forces.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	45200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear; increasing diversity in our police forces is not an optional extra. It goes right to the heart of this country’s historic principle of policing by consent. We must ensure that the public have trust and confidence in the police, and that the police reflect the communities they serve.</p><p>The Government has reformed policing to ensure that there is a sector-led approach to making improvements, including in the area of recruitment and representation.</p><p>The College of Policing as the professional body for policing is delivering a major piece of work -black, Asian and minority ethnic Progression 2018 - to address under-representation in policing. The Government looks forward to working with the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and individual Police and Crime Commissioners as democratically elected local leaders of policing, to place a greater emphasis on this agenda and urges PCCs to consider the opportunities provided through the Police Transformation Fund.</p><p>While the Government would expect senior commitment in all forces it is for local leaders to decide how they will deliver improvements.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 45201 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:14:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

576472

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is for family reunification of unaccompanied refugee children in Europe.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	44965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>For unaccompanied refugee children accepted for transfer to the UK, transfer requests are generally processed within 10 days and children transferred within weeks.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 12:37:11 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 9937 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

576479

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department had with the Department for Education before the decision to withdraw government guidance that most new schools are expected to be fitted with automatic fire sprinkler systems.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	44870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s consultation on Fire Safety Design for Schools – Building Bulletin (BB) 100 Revised closed on 15 August and the Department for Education is considering responses.</p><p>We will engage with the Department for Education on its proposals on the way forward, ahead of its publication .</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/09/2016 12:39:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

573758

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
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 has made an assessment of the potential costs and benefits of changing current UK passport types to the old blue style passport first issued in 1920.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	44321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We are considering potential changes to the UK passport after the UK has left the European Union. At this early stage we have not undertaken a detailed cost benefit analysis or made any decisions about what a future UK passport might look like.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 12:39:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

573761

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UN Refugees and Migrants Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to attend the UN General Assembly meetings on refugees and migrants on 19 and 20 September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	44274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Government will be represented at the UN General Assembly high level meeting on 19 September and the Leaders’ Summit on refugees to be hosted by President Obama on 20 September.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 12:39:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe