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1328100

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations her Department has received from the (a) Lord Advocate and (b) Crown Office in Scotland on drug consumption rooms.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	7944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Parliament received representations from the Lord Advocate on a range of drug policy issues, including drug consumption rooms, as part of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee’s Inquiry into Problem Drug Use in Scotland in 2019. The Government published its response in 2020 and can be found here: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmscotaf/698/69802.htm" target="_blank">Problem drug use in Scotland: Government response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2019 - Scottish Affairs Committee - House of Commons (parliament.uk)</a>. The Home Office has not received any direct representations from the Lord Advocate or the Crown Office on the issue of drug consumption rooms.</p><p>Tackling drug misuse is a priority for this government and it clear that action is needed across all four nations to reduce the harms caused. We are committed to working across the UK and have regular contact with the Scottish Government at ministerial and official level on this issue. While the legal framework on the misuse of drugs is reserved to the UK, the Scottish Government has its own approach to tackling drug and alcohol misuse in areas where responsibility is devolved, including healthcare, criminal justice, housing, and education.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/06/2021 14:36:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1327694

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Costs
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 tackle the costs associated with levels of crime.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>According to the most recently published estimates of the overall costs of crime, the total costs of crime in England and Wales in 2015/16, is estimated to be approximately £50 billion for crimes against individuals and £9 billion for crimes against businesses.</p><p>The full report can be accessed at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F732110%2Fthe-economic-and-social-costs-of-crime-horr99.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKatherine.Jones18%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8c74ff5f00944f4540d508d92051bacd%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637576357653746886%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=I6Yqsg6%2F%2BK6bPwNStJPe5%2BBC%2Ff9FzGgQfCZRUGxLOV8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The economic and social costs of crime (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>This Government remains focused on reducing levels of crime, which is why we are recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers, investing £40 million in our work on county lines, £130.5 million on serious violence, and £70 million on neighbourhood crime. Specifically, these investments intend to target and bring to justice county lines gangs, fund enforcement activity in police force areas that see the highest levels of violent crime; as well as to improve public safety in communities who are disproportionately affected by acquisitive crime.</p><p>Through our targeted activity, we will continue to work with partners to make real progress in reducing levels of crime, and in turn the associated costs it brings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/06/2021 14:42:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1327730

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cars: Electronic Equipment
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 potential merits of making it mandatory for all new cars sold to be fitted with an electronic tracking device.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	7100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is tackling vehicle crime as a priority. We continue to work closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, established by the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime and overseen by the Government’s Crime and Justice Taskforce. This includes consideration of how we can reduce the number of vehicles being stolen.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/06/2021 14:44:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1327350

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Telephones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of deterrents to prevent phone call and text message financial scams.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	6533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Fraudulent calls and texts can be particularly stressful and damaging for the most vulnerable in society and can provide a gateway to scams, with opportunistic criminals targeting potential victims.</p><p>The Government is aware we must improve our response to fraud, and we have been working with partners from law enforcement, the public and private sectors to tackle this growing threat. In February, the Economic Crime Strategic Board agreed an ambitious framework for a fraud action plan which will now be developed and will commit key partners in the public sector and industry to do more to tackle fraud.</p><p>We have also been working with Ofcom to disrupt phoneline enabled scams. Ofcom have adopted new rules relating to Call Line Identification (CLI), which means phone numbers used to perpetrate scams will be identified, filtered out and prevented from reaching the recipient. I would also highlight the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) governs unsolicited live or automated direct marketing calls and imposes strict obligations on organisations which make direct marketing calls to individuals in the UK. The ICO has the powers to impose civil monetary penalties of up to £500,000 for serious contraventions of the PECR.</p><p>Lastly, to ensure we improve the effectiveness of our response to fraud, the Home Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) are in regular discussion with the telecommunication industry on ways to tackle fraud, including text messaging scams known as smishing. In 2019, the Government published a joint public-private Economic Crime Plan which commits us to work in partnership with the private sector to address the vulnerabilities which allows fraud to flourish and to share data and intelligence to better disrupt and prevent fraud. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/06/2021 11:39:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1327381

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of sharing redacted versions of applications for licences to conduct scientific experiments on animals with organisations that could provide expert advice on alternative scientifically satisfactory methods that do not involve the use of animals.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	6338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs) is the UKs leading independent scientific based organisation dedicated to replacing, refining and reducing the use of animals in scientific research and testing.</p><p>The NC3Rs primarily exists to support the research community to use the latest science and technology to replace animal studies. This Government will continue to work with the NC3Rs on how best to utilise its expert advice on the delivery of the 3Rs as part of the regulatory process.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/06/2021 11:48:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1327565

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 18 were referred to Prevent in each year between April 2015 and April 2020 by (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) religion of the individual referred.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	6169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Since 2012, 2,897 people have been adopted to Prevent’s voluntary and confidential multi-agency Channel programme, which supports people who are vulnerable to exploitation from terrorist influences.</p><p>Below is data on the gender and age of those under the age of 18 who were referred to Prevent and adopted to Channel. Please note the ‘-‘ symbol has been used where the number of individuals in a category is less than 10.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Gender of those under the age of 18 referred to Prevent, 2015/16 to 2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,799</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td><td><p>3,116</p></td><td><p>2,495</p></td><td><p>2,532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>829</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,630</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,918</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,556</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,879</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,915</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Gender of those under the age of 18 adopted as a Channel case, 2015/16 to 2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>199</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>213</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>316</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>360</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Channel process is entirely voluntary and those under-18 must have the consent of their parent/guardian to be adopted as a Channel case.</p><p>Recording the ethnicity and religion of individuals who have been considered as a Channel case is not mandatory on the Home Office Case Management Information System. We therefore only hold partial data on the ethnicity or religion of Prevent referrals and Channel cases. This partial data cannot be released as it would create a misleading and inaccurate picture of the ethnic/religious make-up of Channel referrals aged under 18.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 6170 question first answered 02/06/2021 11:42:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1327566

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, , how many children under the age of 18 were adopted as a Channel Case in each year between April 2015 and April by (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) religion of the individual referred.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	6170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Since 2012, 2,897 people have been adopted to Prevent’s voluntary and confidential multi-agency Channel programme, which supports people who are vulnerable to exploitation from terrorist influences.</p><p>Below is data on the gender and age of those under the age of 18 who were referred to Prevent and adopted to Channel. Please note the ‘-‘ symbol has been used where the number of individuals in a category is less than 10.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Gender of those under the age of 18 referred to Prevent, 2015/16 to 2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,799</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td><td><p>3,116</p></td><td><p>2,495</p></td><td><p>2,532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>829</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,630</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,918</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,556</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,879</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,915</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Gender of those under the age of 18 adopted as a Channel case, 2015/16 to 2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>199</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>213</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>316</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>360</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Channel process is entirely voluntary and those under-18 must have the consent of their parent/guardian to be adopted as a Channel case.</p><p>Recording the ethnicity and religion of individuals who have been considered as a Channel case is not mandatory on the Home Office Case Management Information System. We therefore only hold partial data on the ethnicity or religion of Prevent referrals and Channel cases. This partial data cannot be released as it would create a misleading and inaccurate picture of the ethnic/religious make-up of Channel referrals aged under 18.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 6169 question first answered 02/06/2021 11:42:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1327600

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to encourage male victims of domestic abuse to seek support and report that abuse to the police.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	6374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to protecting and supporting all victims of domestic abuse, regardless of gender. That is why we recently passed the landmark Domestic Abuse Act, which includes a new definition of domestic abuse in recognition that around one third of domestic abuse victims are male. Additionally, the Statutory Guidance that will accompany the Act will address the impact on male victims and their unique needs and barriers to accessing support. We will be publishing this guidance for consultation shortly.</p><p>Since 2016/18 the Home Office has provided funding of over £160,000 per year to the Men’s Advice Line run by Respect which supports and advises male victims of domestic abuse. Additional funding of £151,000 was provided to further bolster the helpline during the pandemic.</p><p>In March 2019 the Home Office published the Male Victims Position Statement which sets out 12 specific commitments to better enable male victims and survivors to come forward and receive necessary support, and to tackle offenders. A copy of the statement can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-unveils-commitments-to-tackle-abuse-against-men" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-unveils-commitments-to-tackle-abuse-against-men</a></p><p>Specific advice has been published on gov.uk for domestic abuse victims during COVID-19 directing them to a range of specialist organisations, including those supporting male victims.</p><p>We launched the Ask for ANI Codeword Scheme in January, in which 5,000 pharmacies are now participating. This scheme has already helped victims flee abuse, including male victims.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/06/2021 11:46:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1317013

registered interest
date	21/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the difference in fees in visa applications applying to some EEA and EU member state nationals; and what steps the Government is taking to improve equal treatment of all EEA/EU nationals under the current visa regime.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	5183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK has long standing arrangements in its legislation for the nationals of countries which have ratified the 1961 Council of Europe’s Social Charter (CESC) to qualify for a fee reduction for visa applications to come to work in the UK.</p><p>Nationals of the 26 countries which have signed and ratified the CESC are eligible for a reduction of £55 to their application fee if they are applying for a visa under a work route. Where the applicant is required to have a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) from their employer, the CoS can be issued free of charge.</p><p>Details of the routes which qualify for a reduced fee are published on at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals</a>.</p><p>The fee reduction of £55 only applies to the main applicant, it does not apply to dependants.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/06/2021 11:31:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1317037

registered interest
date	21/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Royal Mail: Fraud
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 representatives from Royal Mail on the Royal Mail delivery fee text message scam.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	5216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Fraudsters are sophisticated and will exploit any vulnerabilities they can, especially as more of us find ourselves at home and online.</p><p>To protect the public, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the UK’s national technical authority on cyber security, established the Suspicious Email Reporting Service. This service allows the public to report suspicious emails and potential phishing scams more effectively and easily to law enforcement. It has proved an instant success with the public, with over 5.8 million reports received and over 43,000 scams and 84,000 websites taken down since its inception in April 2020. To use the service, suspicious emails should be forwarded to: <a href="mailto:report@phishing.gov.uk" target="_blank">report@phishing.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>As well as this, we continue to encourage the public to forward suspicious text messages to 7726 (which is free of charge) and anyone who has been a targeted by a scam to report it. Action Fraud is the national reporting service for all victims of fraud and cybercrime and can be contacted by phone on 0300 123 2040 or through their website: <a href="http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_fraud" target="_blank">http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_fraud</a>. All of this information is being used by the City of London Police, the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency alongside crime reports to identify, disrupt and stop fraudsters.</p><p>The Government is also aware of the ongoing scams relating to Royal Mail and the Post Office. We are working closely alongside the City of London Police (the national lead force for fraud) and wider law enforcement to track and mitigate the risk to the public. Royal Mail has issued guidance on how to spot fake emails and communications and what to do if you have received one. More information can be found on the Royal Mail’s website: <a href="https://www.royalmail.com/help/scam-examples" target="_blank">https://www.royalmail.com/help/scam-examples</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 5217 question first answered 02/06/2021 11:28:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day