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1648826

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ACRO Criminal Records Office: Internet
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 processing times for applications to the Criminal Record Office through the ACRO website were for (a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, (c) subject access requests and (d) record deletion were in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>On 21 March ACRO were notified that their external website had been subject to a malware attack and that their website should be taken down for security purposes. Security investigations are ongoing. In the meantime, applications for a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, and (c) subject access requests are being processed manually. Applications for record deletion are not made using the ACRO website portal.</p><p>The average processing times since the cyber incident are as follows:</p><p>a) Police certificates: 12.23 working days to complete;</p><p>b) International Child Protection Certificates: 14.37 working days to complete;</p><p>c) Subject Access Requests: 16.94 working days to complete;</p><p>The standard turnaround for these services would usually be 10 days or one month in the case of subject access requests. These times do not include applications that came to ACRO in the wrong format or without the required supporting documentation or payment.</p><p>ACRO can be contacted on 023 8047 9920 or by post at: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham PO14 9FS.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 191774 question first answered 04/07/2023 16:32:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648827

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ACRO Criminal Records Office: Correspondence and Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a (a) telephone number and (b) correspondence address for the ACRO service for people do not have computer facilities.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>On 21 March ACRO were notified that their external website had been subject to a malware attack and that their website should be taken down for security purposes. Security investigations are ongoing. In the meantime, applications for a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, and (c) subject access requests are being processed manually. Applications for record deletion are not made using the ACRO website portal.</p><p>The average processing times since the cyber incident are as follows:</p><p>a) Police certificates: 12.23 working days to complete;</p><p>b) International Child Protection Certificates: 14.37 working days to complete;</p><p>c) Subject Access Requests: 16.94 working days to complete;</p><p>The standard turnaround for these services would usually be 10 days or one month in the case of subject access requests. These times do not include applications that came to ACRO in the wrong format or without the required supporting documentation or payment.</p><p>ACRO can be contacted on 023 8047 9920 or by post at: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham PO14 9FS.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 191773 question first answered 04/07/2023 16:32:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648139

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Older People
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 level of threat to people over the age of 65 of being targeted by online (a) data phishing and (b) other scam attacks.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	191340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the serious risks presented by online fraud and recently published a Fraud Strategy setting out our approach to block these scams and better protect the public.</p><p>Phishing is one of the main methods used to commit fraud in this country, with Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) data (year ending March 2022) indicating that one in two people reported receiving an email, text, or social media message that may have been phishing in the last month. This included 43% of 65-74 year olds and 28% of 75+ year olds. Source: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/natureoffraudandcomputermisuseinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">Nature of fraud and computer misuse in England and Wales: Appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Fraud affects people of all ages, with the CSEW indicating that the highest proportion of victims are those aged 45-54 (9%). People aged 18-24 (5%) and 75+ (6%) were significantly less likely to be a victim of fraud than the average adult (8%). Source: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/natureoffraudandcomputermisuseinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">Nature of fraud and computer misuse in England and Wales: Appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 04/07/2023 16:34:41 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1647695

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Business: Rural Areas
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 impact of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Draft Bill on rural businesses.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	191167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Terrorism (Protection of premises) draft Bill is currently undergoing pre-legislative scrutiny by the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC). As part of this process, the Home Office have published a full Impact Assessment, which can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/terrorism-protection-of-premises-draft-bill-overarching-documents" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p>A fundamental consideration when developing this draft Bill is proportionality, and it is vital that we balance this against the threat we face today.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 04/07/2023 16:33:29 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1647745

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants and Refugees: Resettlement
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 implications for her policies of the debate on the Integration of migrants and refugees at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 21 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	191037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those that need it. Since 2015, over half a million people have been offered safe and legal routes into the UK. This includes those from Hong Kong, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, as well as family members of refugees.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that refugees arriving through safe and legal routes can take positive steps towards integration as they rebuild their lives in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>All refugees and those granted protection in the UK have immediate access to the labour market and to mainstream benefits and services that support their integration. We are already working successfully with local authorities, strategic migration partners and community sponsors to implement measures that assist integration and enable self-sufficiency. The Home Office provides local authorities with funding to cover resettlement and integration costs for those who arrive through the UK Resettlement Scheme, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme or the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.</p><p> </p><p>We are further delivering on our commitment to strengthen support for refugees through our Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund (RTOF) and Refugee Employability Programme (REP) helping them to move into work, learn English, access housing and build links in their local communities.</p><p> </p><p>We monitor and evaluate our programmes of support, to better understand refugee needs and integration outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/07/2023 16:25:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1647821

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for a renewal of limited leave to remain with a request for a discretionary grant of indefinite leave to remain under the five-year route to settlement concession outside of the Immigration Rules between 21 October 2021 and 19 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	190995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The number of people applying for renewal of limited leave to remain with a request for a discretionary grant of indefinite leave to remain under the five-year route to settlement concession outside of the Immigration Rules between 21 October 2021 and 19 June 2022 does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p>However, the transparency data and migration statistics do include a range of processing data relating to family visas and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/07/2023 16:19:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1647822

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
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 the report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration entitled An inspection of the Home Office’s processing of family visas, September 2021 to February 2022, published on 18 October 2022, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who fall into irregular status due to the absence of a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	190996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The number of people who fall into irregular status due to the absence of a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/07/2023 16:22:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1647834

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
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 the Government response to recommendation 16, of the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published in May 2023, CP 844, what the planned timeline is for consultation on specialist therapeutic services for survivors and victims.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of high-quality, timely therapeutic support for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse.</p><p>In recent years we have significantly increased funding for national, regional and community provision of support services for victims of child sexual abuse.</p><p>As set out in our response to Recommendation 16 of the Independent Inquiry, we will be engaging with commissioners, service providers and other experts on child sexual abuse about what further steps we can take to ensure access to suitable support to help victims and survivors recover and rebuild their lives. This will build on provisions in the Victims and Prisoners Bill to introduce a duty on local commissioners to collaborate when commissioning support services for victims and survivors of sexual abuse, and work by the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse to map the provision of specialist child sexual abuse support in a ‘State of the Sector’ report. This work will support funders and commissioners to commission services effectively based on a better knowledge of existing provision and need.</p><p>We have also committed to providing regular updates to Parliament on all the commitments made in the government’s final response to the Independent Inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 04/07/2023 16:52:26 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1647835

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
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 20 June 2023 to Question 188925, if she will make it her policy to publish data on (a) the proportion of negative conclusive grounds decisions upheld under the Multi-Agency Assurance Panels process and (b) the time taken to uphold a decision; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>Multi-Agency Assurance Panels (MAAPs) were introduced as a matter of policy in an advisory capacity as part of the NRM decision making process to review negative conclusive grounds decisions prior to decision service. Decision making responsibility remained with the competent authorities, who would consider the feedback given by MAAPs.</p><p>The competent authorities provided MAAPs with details of a case at least three working days ahead of the scheduled review, to allow MAAPs time to consider the case. Following the review MAAP Chairs were required to return feedback within two working days. MAAPs may have agreed with the decision of the competent authority, disagreed, or suggested that more information may be required. The competent authority would consider the MAAP feedback and what action, if any, was required, prior to issuing a final decision. The time taken for such action was dependent on the individual case and the nature of the feedback that had been given.</p><p>MAAPs were removed from the decision-making process in December 2022. Data on MAAPs was not published during their existence and there are no plans to publish that data going forward.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 04/07/2023 16:51:20 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1647837

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Visits: France
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 the UK-France Joint Leaders' Declaration, published on 10 March, what progress she has made on facilitating school trips between France and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	191049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>At the Leaders’ summit in Paris on 10 March 2023 the UK committed to ease the travel of school groups to the UK by making changes to documentary requirements for schoolchildren on organised trips from France.</p><p>France and the UK further agreed to establish a Mobility Dialogue through a Technical Working Group under joint ministerial oversight to address bilateral mobility issues.</p><p>The first of these was held in early June and we are currently working through the details of implementation.</p><p>More information will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191050 191051 question first answered 04/07/2023 16:21:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron