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1422771

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nationality and Borders Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what economic impact assessment her Department has undertaken in respect of the Nationality and Borders Bill.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	125434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Nationality and Borders Bill is part of our New Plan for Immigration, delivering the most comprehensive reform of the asylum system in decades.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has and will continue to conduct relevant assessments as plans are developed to operationalise the policies being delivered through the Bill, including assessments of cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/02/2022 18:08:31 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 52627 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1422772

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 plans to take steps to simplify immigration law for (a) practitioners and (b) the public.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	125435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is already taking steps to simplify immigration law, simplifying the Immigration Rules and consolidating primary legislation as part of its Simplification Programme of work.</p><p>This Programme of work is part of our response to the Law Commission’s recommendations on Simplifying the Immigration Rules and recommendation in the Windrush Lessons Learned report to consolidate immigration law.</p><p>Since autumn 2020, over 30 immigration routes have been simplified and more are reviewed and simplified with each major rules change.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/02/2022 17:57:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1422793

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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, with reference to page 112 of the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, how much and what proportion of the total £100 million investment in Project ADDER (Addiction, Diversion, Disruption, Enforcement and Recovery) has been allocated to Newcastle.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	124988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>Through Project ADDER (Addiction, Diversion, Disruption, Enforcement and Recovery) we are trail-blazing a whole-system response to combatting drug misuse. Project ADDER combines targeted and tougher policing with enhanced treatment and recovery services.</p><p>We have already committed a total of £59 million investment for Project ADDER from 20/21 - 22/23. Through the Government drug strategy entitled ‘Hope over Harm’ published on 6 December, we have also committed to extending Project ADDER for two more years until 2025.</p><p>To date, the Newcastle ADDER project has been allocated a total of £3.3m for FY 2021-23. This includes £2.2m for Newcastle Council and £1.1m for Northumbria Police over two years. Further details of how ADDER sites can access funds to support the extension of projects for further two years will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/02/2022 17:53:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1422988

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
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 changes to the Immigration Rules to permit certain persons to apply for a visa to come to the UK for the purpose of making an asylum claim; and whether a person can already seek a visa for such purposes.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	125219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>We sympathise with the many millions of people facing difficult situations around the world, yet there is no provision in the Immigration Rules for someone to be allowed to travel to the UK to claim asylum as it would simply not be practical or sensible to offer a visa to the UK for everyone who might be in this situation.</p><p> </p><p>It is more effective to focus opportunities for resettlement in the UK on the most vulnerable people in need of protection through our resettlement schemes. These schemes have provided safe and legal routes for tens of thousands of people to start new lives in the UK, alongside the many who may also arrive via our family or skilled work routes where they are eligible for them.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/02/2022 14:37:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1422996

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Carmarthenshire
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 (a) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and (b) mobile communication companies on the use of the Emergency Services Network mast at Rhandirmwyn, Carmarthenshire for commercial 4G and 5G purposes.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	125087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>There are regular meetings between the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Home Office about the Emergency Service Network’s Extended Area Services (EAS) sites being used for the Shared Rural Network (SRN). The two departments discuss EAS site suitability, deployment and activation timelines. There has been no specific meeting in relation to sites in Rhandirmwyn.</p><p>All (Extended Area Services) sites are available for SRN in principle, where site conditions, planning legislation and a willing site provider align and where they meet the DCMS viability criteria. SRN have provisionally carried out a strategic evaluation of each proposed site. DCMS’s current approach is where site conditions allow, all 292 EAS sites are under consideration for SRN .</p><p>There are 2 EAS sites in the Rhandirmwyn area and these are both being considered for commercial connectivity via the SRN. We are currently working with the DCMS and Mobile Network Operators to facilitate sharing of the EAS sites as quickly as possible.</p><p>The SRN Programme also has regular monthly updates with the Devolved Administrations, where regular updates are given on the progress of the programme. In addition, DCMS regularly keep the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales updated on the progress of the SRN EAS program with regular stocktakes.</p><p>There have been no discussion on 5G deployment with DCMS as SRN is providing 4G services.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/02/2022 16:51:39 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1423101

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106891, what steps she has taken to progress her department's review and evaluation of the compliant environment public funds stream; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	124954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to work closely with other Government departments on a range of cross cutting areas, with a particular emphasis on families and children. This includes working with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Scottish Government on the expansion of Healthy Start and Best Start Foods schemes to include British children whose parents are subject to the no recourse to public funds (NRPF) condition; working with the Department for Education in their review of eligibility for free school meals for children whose parents are subject to the NRPF condition; and working with the Department for Work and Pensions to design guidance for local authorities on the Covid Winter Support Grant covering the powers available to them and how to use the available funding to support families with the NRPF condition.</p><p>Transparency and engagement remain at the heart of our approach to the evaluation of compliant environment policies and we will share the outcomes of this work as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/02/2022 17:56:23 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1423115

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Buildings: Leeds
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 whether an evacuation manager should be appointed at Magellan House, Leeds, as proposed by the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, in the context of that building having a comprehensive fire alarm and the statement by the Minister for Building Safety and Fire on 23 January 2022 on Twitter that no fire and rescue service should be imposing evacuation managers for buildings with a comprehensive fire alarm.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	124975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>It is the duty of the Responsible Person for Magellan House to consider how best to fulfil their duties under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.</p><p>The Fire and Rescue Service’s role is to enforce against the Order.</p><p>It is vital that Responsible Persons take a proportionate approach, however I cannot comment on a specific case.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/02/2022 16:37:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1423224

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime
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 alleged incidents of crime reported to the police resulted in (a) a police charge, (b) an out of court disposal, (c) a referral to the CPS for a charging decision, (d) no further action or (e) any other outcome, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publishes statistics on the number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales that result in charges and other resolutions, such as out of court disposals. The latest published figures can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-year-to-september-2021-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-year-to-september-2021-data-tables</a></p><p>Table 2.3 has information on outcomes assigned to offences by outcome type and year, going back to year to March 2015.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on pre-charge activity by the police including the number of referrals to the CPS for a charging decision, but the CPS publishes data on a quarterly basis on referrals received from the police. The latest stats can be found here:</p><p>Landing Page -&gt; <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries</a></p><p>Latest Report -&gt; <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-data-summary-quarter-2-2021-2022" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-data-summary-quarter-2-2021-2022</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/02/2022 17:56:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1421964

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual reports of suspected fraud were made to Action Fraud in each quarter since Action Fraud was established.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	122594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of fraud cases reported to Action Fraud that have been recorded as criminal offences by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).</p><p>Such data is published by the Office for National Statistics on a quarterly basis and the most recently available data for the year ending September 2021 can be found, here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesquarterlydatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesquarterlydatatables</a></p><p>A longer running time series, available back to April 2011, is also available in Table A4 here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=%2fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2fcrimeandjustice%2fdatasets%2fcrimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables%2fyearendingseptember2021/appendixtablesep21finalv2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=%2fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2fcrimeandjustice%2fdatasets%2fcrimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables%2fyearendingseptember2021/appendixtablesep21finalv2.xlsx</a></p><p>The Home Office also collects information on the number of fraud offences that the NFIB refer to police forces for investigation and on the number of fraud outcomes, including charges, recorded by the police. This data is published annually as part of the Home Office’s ‘Crime Outcomes in England and Wales’ publication. The latest available data for year ending March 2021 can be found be here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-statistics</a> .</p><p>City of London Police also produce an interactive dashboard of their statistics which shows a breakdown of dissemination rates and outcomes at force level. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/data" target="_blank">https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/data</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 122595 122596 question first answered 23/02/2022 16:47:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1421965

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many case referrals were made by Action Fraud to police forces in each quarter since Action Fraud was established, by police force area.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	122595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of fraud cases reported to Action Fraud that have been recorded as criminal offences by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).</p><p>Such data is published by the Office for National Statistics on a quarterly basis and the most recently available data for the year ending September 2021 can be found, here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesquarterlydatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesquarterlydatatables</a></p><p>A longer running time series, available back to April 2011, is also available in Table A4 here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=%2fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2fcrimeandjustice%2fdatasets%2fcrimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables%2fyearendingseptember2021/appendixtablesep21finalv2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=%2fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2fcrimeandjustice%2fdatasets%2fcrimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables%2fyearendingseptember2021/appendixtablesep21finalv2.xlsx</a></p><p>The Home Office also collects information on the number of fraud offences that the NFIB refer to police forces for investigation and on the number of fraud outcomes, including charges, recorded by the police. This data is published annually as part of the Home Office’s ‘Crime Outcomes in England and Wales’ publication. The latest available data for year ending March 2021 can be found be here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-statistics</a> .</p><p>City of London Police also produce an interactive dashboard of their statistics which shows a breakdown of dissemination rates and outcomes at force level. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/data" target="_blank">https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/data</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 122594 122596 question first answered 23/02/2022 16:47:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper