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1504601

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Rural Areas
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 rural crime.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	901273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to driving down rural crime, which is why the Government is providing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit.</p><p>We have also added new measures to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act which introduce tougher sentencing and improved police powers for hare coursing, including two new criminal offences and the possibility of imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 05/09/2022 15:24:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1504602

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan and Ukraine
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 with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that refugees fleeing Ukraine and Afghanistan have access to appropriate (a) housing, (b) education and (c) employment opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	901274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Through our resettlement and relocation schemes we have already welcomed tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans and Ukrainians.</p><p>Our cross-government approach is supporting families to rebuild their lives, find work, pursue education, and integrate with local communities.</p><p>We continue to explore options to unlock local authority capacity and identify appropriate housing for those resettling in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 15:36:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1504603

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Afghan citizens referred to her Department as eligible for relocation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy who remain in Afghanistan awaiting permission to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	901275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>An estimated 6,500 people, who are eligible for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, remain in Afghanistan.</p><p>Securing safe passage out of Afghanistan continues to present a barrier to the international community’s efforts to relocate eligible people and their families. There are no direct flights and some will need to consider very carefully what is the best option to travel safely through the country in order to reach a third country.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 15:38:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1504604

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
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 that police forces have the resources they require to tackle dangerous and anti-social driving.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	901276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined to give the police the resources they need to deal with dangerous and anti-social driving.</p><p>The Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23, an increase of up to £1.1 billion compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Operational decisions regarding the deployment of resources are for Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 05/09/2022 15:39:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1504605

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Newport West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the backlog of passport applications from residents of Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	901277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>HM Passport Office carries work in progress across the year as part of normal operational planning.</p><p>Across 2022, approximately 800,000 passport applications have been processed on average each month, with 96.4% of standard UK applications being processed within the published ten-week timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 15:41:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504606

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the potential impact of her policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda on the UK's international (a) human rights obligations and (b) reputation.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	901278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to our migration Partnership with Rwanda, which will break the business model of criminal gangs, save lives and help to tackle the global migration crisis.</p><p>As with any policy, there have been discussions throughout its development. We are confident that the policy is fully compliant with our domestic and international legal and human rights obligations.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 05/09/2022 15:42:09 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1504607

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of violent crime in London.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	901279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>As of June 2022, the latest data for hospital admissions for under 25s for assault with a sharp object – our primary metric for measuring serious violence – is down -17% in London compared to June 2021.</p><p>This financial year we have provided £12.7m of funding to the London Violence Reduction Unit – which brings together key partners to tackle violence - and £8m of ‘Grip’ funding to support the Metropolitan Police Service’s response to violence.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 05/09/2022 15:43:05 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1491319

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policy on food security of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s report entitled Labour shortages in the food and farming sector, published 29 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	42187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Enabling an innovative, productive and competitive food supply chain which invests in its people and the skills they need is a priority for this Government</p><p> </p><p>The Government thanks the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee for its report into labour shortages in the food and farming sector. We are aware that there are both short and long-term workforce challenges across the food and farming sector, particularly with respect to seasonal labour. It is with great concern that we have seen evidence of horticulture businesses reducing their plantings, ploughing in crops or considering offshoring production because of concerns over labour availability, all of which have food security implications.</p><p> </p><p>Defra continues to work closely with industry and other government departments to understand labour supply and demand and its implications, including both permanent and seasonal workforce requirements, and to ensure there is a long-term strategy for the food and farming workforce. We extended the Seasonal Worker visa route until 2024 and expanded the number of visas available through this route to 40,000 (now including 2000 visas for poultry workers to meet pre-Christmas demand) as a result of the clear evidence of need this year. Last autumn we delivered emergency, temporary visa schemes for the poultry, pork, and HGV food transportation sectors in response to specific challenges, and introduced an accompanying package of non-immigration measures to alleviate pressures in the pig sector, including Private Storage Aid and Slaughter Incentive Payment Schemes.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Government Food Strategy, the Government will soon be commissioning an independent review to tackle labour shortages in the food supply chain, covering automation, domestic labour and migration. The review will consider the challenges facing food and farming businesses to access the labour they require and will provide recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 05/09/2022 13:24:13 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1491320

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of people in (a) senior leadership and (b) governor positions in the prison system from ethnic minority backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	42158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>As of 30 June 2022, based on self-declared information, the proportion of ethnic minority staff in senior leadership positions and substantive Governing Governors working in public sector prisons was 6.5% and 5.6% respectively.</p><p>We recognise that race disparities persist in the Criminal Justice System, and we are committed to actively tackling the impact of this across MoJ. In December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme, which will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2022 07:24:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1491321

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of expected trends in the level of the prison population in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	42159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The November 2021 prison population projections published by the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1035682/Prison_Population_Projections_2021_to_2026.pdf" target="_blank">Office for National Statistics</a> show that the overall prison population in England and Wales is projected to increase to 98,500 by March 2026.</p><p> </p><p>This is largely due to the recruitment of an additional 20,000 police officers, which is expected to increase charge volumes, as well as the impact of courts working through the backlog of cases and implementing tougher sentencing measures to protect the public.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £3.8 billion over the next three years to deliver 20,000 additional, modern prison places across England and Wales by the mid-2020s to meet this projected increase.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2022 07:25:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves