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777838

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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: Acids
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 attacks or assaults on people involving acid in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to prevent such attacks.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	109629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested and does not specifically collect data from police forces on acid and other corrosive attacks as part of its regular data collection. Acid and other corrosive attacks resulting in injury are included in Office for National Statistics published statistics within assault with injury offences and assault with intent to cause serious harm offences, but cannot be disaggregated.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council undertook a voluntary data collection from police forces between November 2016 and April 2017 and 39 forces provided returns. This found that there had been 408 cases of attacks in the six month period. These figures must be treated with caution, as they are not official statistics and have not been subject to the usual assurance processes. We are working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on what action can be taken to improve recording and a further data collection is underway.</p><p>In July the Home Secretary announced an action plan to tackle the use of acid and other corrosives in violent attacks. This is based on four key strands: ensuring effective support for victims and survivors; effective policing; ensuring that relevant legislation is understood and consistently applied, and restricting access to acids and other harmful products. We are continuing to progress the plan.</p><p>In addition, we are currently consulting on proposals to prohibit the sale of products containing the most harmful corrosive substances to under 18s, create a new offence of possession of a corrosive substance in a public place without good reason and create a minimum custodial sentence for those convicted of a second or subsequent possession offence. We have also announced our intention to make sulphuric acid a regulated substance under Schedule 1a to the Poisons Act 1972. This would mean you will need to have a licence to purchase sulphuric acid above a certain concentration.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2017 17:00:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

706776

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department allocated to the Metropolitan Police for diplomatic protection in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	66239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>It is long held departmental policy not to discuss security arrangements or their associated costs since disclosure of this detail could compromise those arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 66240 question first answered 09/03/2017 12:10:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

706777

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the Metropolitan Police was of diplomatic protection in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	66240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>It is long held departmental policy not to discuss security arrangements or their associated costs since disclosure of this detail could compromise those arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 66239 question first answered 09/03/2017 12:10:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

620978

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
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 she has received on the number of student visas issued to international students studying on UK higher education courses who lack proficiency in English.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	50079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Students who wish to study a higher education course in the UK need to reach a minimum standard of proficiency in English, currently set at Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level B2 in each of the four components (speaking, listening, reading and writing), with some exemptions as set out in paragraphs 127-129 at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540421/T4_Migrant_Guidance_July_2016.pdf</p><p>We will shortly be consulting on proposed changes to the non-EU work and study migration routes to see what more we can do to strengthen the system to support the best institutions – and those that stick to the rules – to attract the best talent.</p><p>Interested parties, including businesses and members of the education sector, will have the opportunity to engage with this consultation to help us get these reforms right.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/10/2016 17:36:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

619054

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of student visas that have been obtained fraudulently in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	49819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the specific information in the format requested. To obtain it would involve interrogating individual case records, at disproportionate cost.</p><p>All out of country entry clearance applications are subject to an extensive range of mandatory and discretionary checks. These include, but are not limited to, identity, travel document verification, searches against national and international police records, and against previous immigration history.</p><p>All applicants applying for student visas are required to meet the Immigration Rules. In the event that any fraudulent activity has been used to apply for a visa, the applicant may be refused under the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/10/2016 17:18:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

521299

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	War Crimes: Sri Lanka
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the involvement of international judges and prosecutors in prosecutions for war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan civil war.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	38396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not made representations to the Government of Sri Lanka on the involvement of international judges and prosecutors in prosecutions for war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan civil war.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/06/2016 12:33:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting