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1379071

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the non-administrative costs of British citizenship application fees.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	75979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on citizenship applications and grants at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-june-2021#citizenship" target="_blank">Immigration statistics data tables, year ending June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>An incomplete payment is just one of a number of reasons which could lead to an application being rejected and included under the ‘<em>rejected applications’</em> heading in Table 4.</p><p>The Home Office does not have accessible management information on applications rejected in Wales specifically, as a result of being unable to pay the non-administrative costs of citizenship fees.</p><p>Fees are regularly reviewed and set within the parameters agreed by Parliament in section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 75980 question first answered 19/11/2021 11:49:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1379072

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of eligible applicants in (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the UK who cannot make an application for British citizenship as a result of being unable to pay the non-administrative costs.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	75980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on citizenship applications and grants at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-june-2021#citizenship" target="_blank">Immigration statistics data tables, year ending June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>An incomplete payment is just one of a number of reasons which could lead to an application being rejected and included under the ‘<em>rejected applications’</em> heading in Table 4.</p><p>The Home Office does not have accessible management information on applications rejected in Wales specifically, as a result of being unable to pay the non-administrative costs of citizenship fees.</p><p>Fees are regularly reviewed and set within the parameters agreed by Parliament in section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 75979 question first answered 19/11/2021 11:49:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1367417

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Standards
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 tackle delays to (a) interviews and (b) asylum decisions for asylum seekers processed by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	72437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is pursuing a wide range of programmes which will transform our systems and processes alongside a number of business improvement initiatives to speed up decision making, reduce the time people spend in the system and reduce the numbers who are awaiting an interview where required or a decision.</p><p>Additionally to transformation, in response to the raising number of asylum claims and delays, we are working to increase decision makers as well as providing improved training and career progression opportunities to aid retention of staff. This investment in our people will speed up processing times and increase the throughput of asylum decisions.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/11/2021 12:39:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1367592

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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, how many and what proportion of passports applied for under the 1 Week Fast Track scheme were delivered within one week in each of the 12 months to 31 October 2021.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	72592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>There is no integration of the system used for passport application processing and the one used by third-party suppliers for delivery services. This means whilst Her Majesty’s Passport Office is able to monitor performance on a case-by-case basis for customer service purposes, there is no accurate measure of whole service performance to the point of delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Fast Track service, passports will be delivered on or before the seventh day following an appointment before 12.30pm, or the eighth day for appointments after this time. Passports printed under the Fast Track service are delivered to customers the following day through a 24-hour service level.</p><p> </p><p>The data attached shows the volume of passports printed under the Fast Track service within 144 hours (six days) of the application being submitted. Due to COVID-19, the Fast Track service was suspended until April 2021, with exceptions primarily on compassionate grounds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/11/2021 11:54:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name 72592 attachment.png title volume of passports printed under the Fast Track s
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1366849

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Personation: Compensation
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 support victims of fraud by false representation seeking redress for damages, particularly in fraudulent land transactions.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	71469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is boosting police capacity and is committed to strengthening our criminal justice system to put victims first. As part of the Police Uplift Programme to recruit an additional 20,000 officers by 2023, we have prioritised more investigators in the City of London Police to fulfil their role as a world class fraud specialist force. We have also channelled additional officer resource into the Regional Organised Crime Unit network to work on a host of serious and organised crime threats including fraud.</p><p>The Government is also aware of the harms caused by identity theft and that criminals use this to commit and enable a range of offences, from benefit fraud, credit card fraud to fraudulently obtaining property.</p><p>We are actively working on a number of initiatives to reduce identity-enabled crime and deny criminals the opportunity to exploit false or stolen personal data. This includes developing proposals for a digital identity system that would enable people to prove their identity easily and securely, without the need to provide physical documents, with the aim of reducing identity-enabled fraud and crime. However, the Government recognises there is more to do, and we are working closely with industry, regulators, and consumer groups to tackle fraud and close those vulnerabilities that criminals too easily exploit.</p><p>Reporting incidents of fraud helps us stop fraudsters and protect other people from becoming victims. Any experience of property fraud should be reported directly to HM Land Registry through their dedicated Property Fraud Line at <a href="mailto:reportafraud@landregistry.gov.uk" target="_blank">reportafraud@landregistry.gov.uk</a>. Owners who are concerned their property might be subject to a fraudulent sale or mortgage should also register an Anti-Fraud Restriction with HM Land Registry. We also continue to ask the public to report fraud to the police through Action Fraud 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>.</p><p>It is important that victims of fraud receive the support that they are entitled to. Action Fraud also provides protective advice to individuals who contact the service and Citizens Advice can provide options for redress.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 71470 71472 question first answered 19/11/2021 12:58:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1366851

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Property
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 serious fraud investigation units in England particularly in relation to fraudulent property transactions.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	71470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is boosting police capacity and is committed to strengthening our criminal justice system to put victims first. As part of the Police Uplift Programme to recruit an additional 20,000 officers by 2023, we have prioritised more investigators in the City of London Police to fulfil their role as a world class fraud specialist force. We have also channelled additional officer resource into the Regional Organised Crime Unit network to work on a host of serious and organised crime threats including fraud.</p><p>The Government is also aware of the harms caused by identity theft and that criminals use this to commit and enable a range of offences, from benefit fraud, credit card fraud to fraudulently obtaining property.</p><p>We are actively working on a number of initiatives to reduce identity-enabled crime and deny criminals the opportunity to exploit false or stolen personal data. This includes developing proposals for a digital identity system that would enable people to prove their identity easily and securely, without the need to provide physical documents, with the aim of reducing identity-enabled fraud and crime. However, the Government recognises there is more to do, and we are working closely with industry, regulators, and consumer groups to tackle fraud and close those vulnerabilities that criminals too easily exploit.</p><p>Reporting incidents of fraud helps us stop fraudsters and protect other people from becoming victims. Any experience of property fraud should be reported directly to HM Land Registry through their dedicated Property Fraud Line at <a href="mailto:reportafraud@landregistry.gov.uk" target="_blank">reportafraud@landregistry.gov.uk</a>. Owners who are concerned their property might be subject to a fraudulent sale or mortgage should also register an Anti-Fraud Restriction with HM Land Registry. We also continue to ask the public to report fraud to the police through Action Fraud 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>.</p><p>It is important that victims of fraud receive the support that they are entitled to. Action Fraud also provides protective advice to individuals who contact the service and Citizens Advice can provide options for redress.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 71469 71472 question first answered 19/11/2021 12:58:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1366853

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Property
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 crack down on fraud by false representation particularly in relation to fraudulent property transactions.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	71472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is boosting police capacity and is committed to strengthening our criminal justice system to put victims first. As part of the Police Uplift Programme to recruit an additional 20,000 officers by 2023, we have prioritised more investigators in the City of London Police to fulfil their role as a world class fraud specialist force. We have also channelled additional officer resource into the Regional Organised Crime Unit network to work on a host of serious and organised crime threats including fraud.</p><p>The Government is also aware of the harms caused by identity theft and that criminals use this to commit and enable a range of offences, from benefit fraud, credit card fraud to fraudulently obtaining property.</p><p>We are actively working on a number of initiatives to reduce identity-enabled crime and deny criminals the opportunity to exploit false or stolen personal data. This includes developing proposals for a digital identity system that would enable people to prove their identity easily and securely, without the need to provide physical documents, with the aim of reducing identity-enabled fraud and crime. However, the Government recognises there is more to do, and we are working closely with industry, regulators, and consumer groups to tackle fraud and close those vulnerabilities that criminals too easily exploit.</p><p>Reporting incidents of fraud helps us stop fraudsters and protect other people from becoming victims. Any experience of property fraud should be reported directly to HM Land Registry through their dedicated Property Fraud Line at <a href="mailto:reportafraud@landregistry.gov.uk" target="_blank">reportafraud@landregistry.gov.uk</a>. Owners who are concerned their property might be subject to a fraudulent sale or mortgage should also register an Anti-Fraud Restriction with HM Land Registry. We also continue to ask the public to report fraud to the police through Action Fraud 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>.</p><p>It is important that victims of fraud receive the support that they are entitled to. Action Fraud also provides protective advice to individuals who contact the service and Citizens Advice can provide options for redress.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 71469 71470 question first answered 19/11/2021 12:58:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1366960

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catalytic Converters: Theft
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 Metropolitan Police on the theft of catalytic converters.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	71360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling the theft of catalytic converters, working 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, to determine what more can be done. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is represented on the Working Group, and discussions between the Home Office and MPS are ongoing about local policing operations.</p><p>In December 2017, the Home Office published a review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. The review took into account views from a range of interested parties and found the measures in the 2013 Act had been effective in addressing metal theft and should be retained. A copy of the review is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-scrap-metal-dealers-act-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-scrap-metal-dealers-act-2013</a>.</p><p>Enforcement of the 2013 Act is key to tackling this crime. The Government funded the set-up of the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP), which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, including the theft of catalytic converters. The partnership has provided training to law enforcement and other partner agencies, shares intelligence to target offenders, and implements crime prevention measures. The British Transport Police, through the NICRP, has conducted two national weeks of actions, which resulted in 64 arrests, over 1,400 stopped vehicles and over 1,000 catalytic converters and other items of stolen property were recovered.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 71357 71359 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:10:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1367000

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Exploitation: Children
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 potential merits of encouraging youth work as a mechanism to help reduce the risk of child exploitation.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	71392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Child exploitation has a devastating impact on victims, families and the wider community, and this government is committed to tackling it. My officials engage regularly with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and we work together to ensure young people – including those at risk of exploitation - can access youth services.</p><p>In addition, the Home Office funds a range of targeted activity which seeks to support young people at risk of, or involved in, exploitation. This includes:</p><ul><li>£35.5m for Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) which bring together local partners to tackle the drivers of serious violence in their area. Where exploitation is identified as a local concern, VRUs deliver a range of interventions, including detached youth work and targeted mentoring schemes, to those most at risk.</li></ul><ul><li>£200m over 10 years through the Youth Endowment Fund to test what works in preventing young people becoming involved in violence. The Fund evaluates a range of activity, including some youth work programmes, to identify the best-evidenced interventions.</li></ul><ul><li>£20m for new early intervention programmes that will help stop young people from being drawn into violence, including cognitive behavioural therapy, family therapy, as well as specialist support in crisis moments such as when a person is admitted to A&amp;E with a knife injury.</li></ul><ul><li>£13.2m over four years for the Trusted Relationships Fund, which is testing innovative approaches to tackling vulnerability among young people at risk of exploitation. The Fund aims to build resilience to harm through fostering healthy, trusting relationships with responsible adults, using a variety of methods, including one to one support, community group work and detached youth work.</li></ul><ul><li>£1m of specialist support to under 25s from London, the West Midlands and Merseyside who are criminally exploited through county lines, to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement.</li></ul><p>We are also working specifically with young women and girls through our £435k Young People’s Advocate fund, which provides one-to-one support to young women and girls at risk of or experiencing all forms of exploitation by gangs. More widely, the Home Office are providing £43m this financial year to tackle violence against women and girls, including through frontline support with young victims.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 71393 71394 question first answered 19/11/2021 13:02:23 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1367001

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Exploitation: Children
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 had discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on funding for youth services to prevent child exploitation.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	71393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Child exploitation has a devastating impact on victims, families and the wider community, and this government is committed to tackling it. My officials engage regularly with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and we work together to ensure young people – including those at risk of exploitation - can access youth services.</p><p>In addition, the Home Office funds a range of targeted activity which seeks to support young people at risk of, or involved in, exploitation. This includes:</p><ul><li>£35.5m for Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) which bring together local partners to tackle the drivers of serious violence in their area. Where exploitation is identified as a local concern, VRUs deliver a range of interventions, including detached youth work and targeted mentoring schemes, to those most at risk.</li></ul><ul><li>£200m over 10 years through the Youth Endowment Fund to test what works in preventing young people becoming involved in violence. The Fund evaluates a range of activity, including some youth work programmes, to identify the best-evidenced interventions.</li></ul><ul><li>£20m for new early intervention programmes that will help stop young people from being drawn into violence, including cognitive behavioural therapy, family therapy, as well as specialist support in crisis moments such as when a person is admitted to A&amp;E with a knife injury.</li></ul><ul><li>£13.2m over four years for the Trusted Relationships Fund, which is testing innovative approaches to tackling vulnerability among young people at risk of exploitation. The Fund aims to build resilience to harm through fostering healthy, trusting relationships with responsible adults, using a variety of methods, including one to one support, community group work and detached youth work.</li></ul><ul><li>£1m of specialist support to under 25s from London, the West Midlands and Merseyside who are criminally exploited through county lines, to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement.</li></ul><p>We are also working specifically with young women and girls through our £435k Young People’s Advocate fund, which provides one-to-one support to young women and girls at risk of or experiencing all forms of exploitation by gangs. More widely, the Home Office are providing £43m this financial year to tackle violence against women and girls, including through frontline support with young victims.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 71392 71394 question first answered 19/11/2021 13:02:23 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell