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1079334

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangs: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on steps schools can take to reduce the number of young people joining gangs.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Strategy published in April last year places a new emphasis on early intervention and prevention and includes a range of measures to prevent young people from becoming involved in crime and violence in the first place.</p><p>The Strategy specifically sets out measures to support schools and young people at risk of involvement in serious violence, such as commitments to improve guidance to services, exploring models of partnerships working between schools and police and to work with the Department for Education to consider the support provided to young people who are at risk or have been excluded from school. The Strategy further commits to fund early intervention and prevention initiatives, for example through the Early Intervention Youth Fund and Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund.</p><p>The Home Secretary chairs the Serious Violence Taskforce, of which the Department for Education is a member, which brings together partners within government and across sectors to drive forward implementation of the Strategy. The Taskforce has discussed a range of issues including young people in gangs and how services, including the education system, can better identify these young people. The Inter-Ministerial Group on Serious Violence has also discussed the issue of vulnerable young people at risk of involvement in serious violence.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/03/2019 18:31:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079421

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK nationals were deported back to the UK in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	227077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/03/2019 15:54:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1079432

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to introduce a no-smoking policy at all UK Immigration Removal Centres.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	227140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office takes the safety and security of the immigration removal estate, and the welfare of all people in detention, very seriously.</p><p>On 6 February 2018 the Home Office withdrew Detention Services Order 2/2014 and put in place measures to prohibit the practice of smoking inside immigration removal centres. Detainees still have controlled access to outside areas where they may smoke.</p><p>Support is available to any detainee who wishes to give up smoking and needs help doing so.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/03/2019 14:16:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1077592

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
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 answer of 25 February 2019 to Question 223140 on Home Office: Staff, what the definition is of Supplier resource costs; which costs are covered by that heading; and what the value is of each of those categories of costs.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	226047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>We define supplier resource costs as the total cost of the suppliers engaged to deliver outcomes and deliverables in support of the Immigration Platform Technology programme (IPT). Supplier resource costs in totality comprise the price of each individual supplier contract awarded.</p><p>The contract price, essentially the ‘cost’ to us as the customer, will be made up of a number of different components including (but not limited to) manpower costs, general and administrative costs, physical infrastructure, IT infrastructure, taxation and profit. As our suppliers are contracted through competitive government frameworks on a ‘per outcome’, ‘per unit’ or ‘per day’ basis, we have no visibility of the categorised breakdown of such components. However we have broken down the costs to show the capital (CDEL) and resource (RDEL) expenditure splits across the 4 IPT workstreams as below<em>:</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>IPT PROGRAMME</strong></p></td><td><p>Rdel</p></td><td><p>Cdel</p></td><td><p><strong>Full Year Forecast</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SUPPLIER RESOURCE COSTS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Caseworking (Atlas)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67%</strong></p></td><td><p>29,482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Identity &amp; Data</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11%</strong></p></td><td><p>5,053</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Person Summary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5%</strong></p></td><td><p>2,221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>System Team</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17%</strong></p></td><td><p>7,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL SUPPLIER RESOURCE COSTS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td><td><p>44,230</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/03/2019 15:16:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1077118

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airbnb
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to prevent properties rented out via AirBnB being used as brothels.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	225502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The focus of Government activity with regards to prostitution and sex work is to tackle the harm and exploitation that can be associated with it, and we believe that people who want to leave prostitution should be given every opportunity to find routes out.</p><p>The Government has commissioned a research project into the prevalence and nature of prostitution in England and Wales; to inform the evidence base before any changes are made to policy and legislation in respect of prostitution. This independent research is being led by the University of Bristol and we anticipate receiving their report in the Spring this year.</p><p>It is illegal to keep a brothel in England and Wales, or to allow premises to be used as one, and the law does not distinguish between types of brothel.</p><p>Enforcement action is an operational matter for the police, who are in the best position to identify and respond to issues related to prostitution and sex work in their communities. They are supported in this by guidance developed by the National Policing Lead for prostitution, which emphasises the priority given to protecting vulnerable people from harm.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/03/2019 16:46:29 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1077119

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in the UK hold a firearms licence.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	225503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes the number of female firearm certificate holders as part of the ‘Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2017/18’ publication.</p><p>The data can be found in Table E2 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-31-march-2018</p><p>These statistics are experimental statistics and should be treated with caution as they are still being developed and have not been subjected to the same levels of quality assurance as the other figures in the publication.</p><p>Data as at 31 March 2019, will be reported in the ‘Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2018/19’ publication. This has been pre-announced on gov.uk to be released in June/July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/03/2019 16:48:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1077144

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many house fires have been caused by smart meters.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	225402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Fires related to smart meters are captured under the category ‘Other’ and cannot be identified separately in the Home Office data collection.</p><p>National Statistics on the causes and locations of fires are published annually in, ‘Detailed analysis of fires attended by FRSs, England’. The most recent publication for 2017/18 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018</a></p><p>Accompanying data tables can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 225403 question first answered 05/03/2019 16:52:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1077145

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many house fires have there been in which the suspected cause was a smart meter.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	225403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Fires related to smart meters are captured under the category ‘Other’ and cannot be identified separately in the Home Office data collection.</p><p>National Statistics on the causes and locations of fires are published annually in, ‘Detailed analysis of fires attended by FRSs, England’. The most recent publication for 2017/18 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018</a></p><p>Accompanying data tables can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 225402 question first answered 05/03/2019 16:52:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1077170

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
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 length of time is for HM Passport Office to process passport applications.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	225536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The table below show the median average processing time in working days for passport applications:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>International</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For paper applications, the processing time starts on receipt of the application form. Online applications commence on receipt of the signed declaration or supporting documents, depending upon the service used.</p><p>Passport processing ends at the point that a passport is printed, and does not include the time taken for delivery.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/03/2019 15:52:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1077240

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Diplomatic Relations: Bangladesh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last held discussions with the Bangladesh High Commissioner to the Court of St. James.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	225393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not yet engaged directly with the Bangladesh High Commissioner, Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem, since she took post at the end of November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/03/2019 16:54:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz