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827964

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Emergency Calls
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 ensure operational efficiency at call centres handling 999 calls to the police which will enable resources to be dispatched quickly and without delay.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	123924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The handling of 999 calls is an operational matter for the police. It is for elected Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables to decide how their force’s resources are deployed and how best to manage their communications with the public.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 16:22:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

828118

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Northumbria Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in Northumbria Police in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	124078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis.</p><p>The latest available data, which cover the situation as at 30 September 2017, are published in the ‘Police workforce’ statistical bulletin, available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017</a></p><p>Data for previous years, and as at 31 March, can be found in Table H3 of the annual bulletin, available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 16:24:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

828229

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis.</p><p>The latest available data, which cover the situation as at 30 September 2017, are published in the ‘Police workforce’ statistical bulletin, available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017</a></p><p>Data for previous years, and as at 31 March, can be found in Table H3 of the annual bulletin, available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 16:25:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

825676

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
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 an assessment of the financial viability of all the companies with which her Department is contracted.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	123744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly monitors the financial performance of its strategic suppliers as part of its supplier management processes. As part of the wider Government Commercial Function, the Home Office receives market intelligence from the Markets and Suppliers team, and the department works closely with Crown Representatives who operate at board level with our strategic suppliers and provide insights into company strategy and issues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2018 16:01:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

825677

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 pause the current asylum accommodation tendering process while an assessment is made of how best to ensure the viability of companies which might bid for such tenders.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	123745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>All Home Office contracts are tendered in compliance with the EU Procurement Directives and as part of its tendering process an assessment of financial viability is undertaken, which is in line with best practice and Cabinet Office guidance. The assessment is proportionate to the risk of the procurement being undertaken and is completed on each bidder by independent qualified accountants. The outcomes are considered within the normal tendering governance processes. The recommendations of the independent assessment will be considered alongside any other financial intelligence and insights that are held as part of the wider Government Commercial Function.</p><p>As the assessment of financial viability is part of the standard procedures undertaken by the Department there is no requirement to pause the current asylum accommodation tendering process.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/01/2018 16:06:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

825683

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust were treated in A&E within one hour of their arrival at that hospital in the most recent quarter for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	123751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The count and proportion of unplanned accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with a treatment duration of up to and including one hour is shown in the table below. Also shown is the count and proportion of unplanned A&amp;E attendances at the trust with a duration to the conclusion of treatment of up to and including one hour. The data for both of these counts is for the period 1 July 2017 and 30 September 2017 and is provisional.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Attendances</p></td><td><p>Percentages</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Duration to treatment (up to and including one hour)</p></td><td><p>9,390</p></td><td><p>39.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Duration to conclusion of treatment or attendance (up to and including one hour)</p></td><td><p>2,877</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total A&amp;E attendances</p></td><td><p>23,695</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 24/01/2018 13:54:06 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

825685

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Home Secretary, what representations her Department received on Randox Testing Services not being compliant with the Forensic Regulator Guideline C-133 in relation to Section 5a of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	123753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23rd January 2018 UIN123692 and UIN123704.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 16:05:43 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

825686

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to introduce a proactive screening process to identify people brought to immigration detention centres who are survivors of sexual and gender-based violence or otherwise recognised as vulnerable under the Adults at Risk policy.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	123754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>In response to the Stephen Shaw review the Government has introduced a range of measures to identify and safeguard vulnerable people liable to be detained for immigration purposes</p><p><br>The adults at risk in immigration detention policy, which came into force on 12 September 2016 has introduced a case-by-case evidence-based assessment of the appropriateness of detention for any individual, including victims of sexual or gender based violence, who is considered vulnerable, balanced against the immigration control considerations that apply in their case.</p><p>The policy is supported by the cross-cutting Detention Gatekeeper, which assesses vulnerability and provides challenge to decisions about who enters immigration detention, and scrutinises prospects and speed of removal.</p><p>The Detention Centre Rules 2001 (Statutory Instrument) and published Home Office guidance provide additional safeguards including individuals being offered a physical and mental examination within 24 hours of admission to detention, a requirement for immigration removal centre doctors to report to the Home Office any special illness or conditions (including torture) that might affect an individual remaining in detention and processes for staff to follow when there has been a change to the physical or mental health of a detainee, or a change in the nature or severity of their identified vulnerability, that may impact on the decision to detain.</p><p>There are no plans to introduce additional proactive screening processes to identify people before or during immigration detention who are survivors of sexual and gender-based violence or otherwise recognised as vulnerable under the Adults at Risk policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 123798 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:04:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

825687

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
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 referrals of foreign terrorist fighters to the Prevent programme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	123755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Data regarding individuals referred to Prevent in 2015/16 was published on 9 November 2017. Similar data relating to 2016/17 will be published this year. This includes the number of individuals referred due to concerns related to Islamist extremism and right wing extremism. However, the data does not state whether the individual is a ‘foreign terrorist fighter’. The 2015/16 data can be found here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662824/individuals-referred-supported-prevent-programme-apr2015-mar2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662824/individuals-referred-supported-prevent-programme-apr2015-mar2016.pdf</a></p><p>Prevent safeguards people who are vulnerable to radicalisation in a similar way to safeguarding processes designed to protect people from gangs, drug abuse, and physical and sexual abuse.</p><p>Everyone who returns from taking part in the conflict in Syria or Iraq must expect to be investigated by the police to determine if they have committed criminal offences, and to ensure that they do not pose a threat to our national security. Those who have committed criminal offences should expect to be prosecuted for their crimes under the full range of existing counter terrorism legislation. However any decision on whether to prosecute will be taken by the police and Crown Prosecution Service on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/01/2018 16:13:07 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

825688

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the 2017 Annual Report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation will be published.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	123756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government has received the report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the Terrorism Acts in 2016 and will publish it in due course. The Independent Reviewer’s report covering 2017 has not yet been written.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/01/2018 16:17:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney