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1241194

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
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 29 September 2020 to Question 92763 on Asylum: Employment, if she will publish the evidence that granting asylum seekers the right to work could act as an incentive for asylum seekers to come to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	100339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>There is already published, independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally. This is because it is easier to work under such conditions – and we cannot ignore that access to the labour market is among the reasons that so many people choose to come to the UK illegally, rather than remain in any of the countries through which they transit.</p><p>That is why it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. This is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right and we are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 100340 question first answered 13/10/2020 15:49:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1241195

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 29 September to Question 92763 on the right to work for asylum seekers, what is the evidential basis for the policy that granting asylum seekers the right to work would cause migrants to bypass work visa rules by lodging asylum claims.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	100340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>There is already published, independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally. This is because it is easier to work under such conditions – and we cannot ignore that access to the labour market is among the reasons that so many people choose to come to the UK illegally, rather than remain in any of the countries through which they transit.</p><p>That is why it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. This is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right and we are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 100339 question first answered 13/10/2020 15:49:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1241254

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government’s review on the restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to work, initiated in December 2018, will provide an assessment of (a) the potential benefits to people’s wellbeing while they are in the asylum system and (b) their integration prospects upon receipt of a positive asylum decision.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	100398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>There is already published, independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally. This is because it is easier to work under such conditions – and we cannot ignore that access to the labour market is among the reasons that so many people choose to come to the UK illegally, rather than remain in any of the countries through which they transit.</p><p>That is why it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. This is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right and we are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/10/2020 16:10:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1241255

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Retail Trade
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 10 September 2020 to Question 85969 on Knives, what steps the Government is taking to work with retailers to promote the responsible sales of knives.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	100312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has agreed a set of voluntary commitments with major retailers to promote the responsible sale of knives and to prevent the sale of knives to under-18s, both in stores and online. The agreement commits retailers to having robust measures in place to ensure age verification and both appropriate display and access to knives in stores.</p><p>Retailers also act to ensure customers and staff are reminded that knives are age restricted products and that all staff receive regular training. Since March 2016, 19 major retailed have joined the agreement, with some stopping the sale of single knives in their stores altogether. We are continuing to work with retailers to strengthen the agreement further in relation to the display of knives.</p><p>The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 strengthens the law in relation to the preventing the online sale of knives to under 18s by requiring age verification and stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.</p><p>We have paused commencement of some of the Act’s provisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing measures that have been in place to avoid placing significant additional burdens on businesses and delivery companies to modify their sales and delivery systems and train staff over this period. We are keeping the position under review and we expect to be able to commence the provisions at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/10/2020 08:50:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1241283

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department is making decisions on visa applications for people required to undertake English language tests as part of their application process where language test centres are closed due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	100424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has implemented a number of measures for visa applicants, including for those who are unable to take an English language tests due to the impact of Covid-19.</p><p>Details of all published concessions are available at - <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGuy.Brewer%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C61be545ffcd546c899a808d86b9b4e05%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637377667777087499&amp;sdata=RogiVZW8kL6kC57DaLU%2BRVJr3hUiGEKJEqceAlA8co0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a>.</p><p>Some specific concessions are in place on English language testing, for example, those applying to enter the UK or remain on the basis of family or private life can apply for an exemption if the test centre was closed or if they were unable to travel to a test centre due to Covid-19.</p><p>For students, Higher Education Providers (HEP) can self-assess the English ability of those studying at degree level or above and due to Covid-19, this provision has been temporarily extended to allow HEPs to self-assess the English ability of students undertaking pre-sessional courses.</p><p>The majority of Secure English Language Testing (SELT) centres have reopened in England and in a number of overseas locations outside of the UK, where local restrictions have eased.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/10/2020 16:08:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1241320

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking and Slavery
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 collects data on the country of origin of victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	100413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office records the nationality of potential victims of modern slavery who enter the National Referral Mechanism. The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics for the National Referral Mechanism, which include nationality information. These can be found using the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/10/2020 15:50:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1241355

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Missing Persons
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 Government’s progress on meeting the objectives of the Missing Children and Adults Strategy 2011.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	100357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>People who go missing include some of the most vulnerable people in our society and the Government will do all it can to ensure those people are protected from harm.</p><p>The 2011 Missing Children and Adults Strategy provided a framework for local and national action to protect children and vulnerable adults who go missing. The Government has made significant progress in meeting the objectives of the strategy including by issuing new statutory guidance on missing children, placing new requirements on local authorities on the reporting of missing incidents, working with the College of Policing to develop new risk-based professional practice for police, and funding support for missing people and their families through charities like Missing People.</p><p>While plans to update the 2011 strategy are under consideration, we can and will go further to protect and support people who go missing. The Department for Education is working with the police, local authorities and the voluntary sector to consider how its statutory guidance is supporting local authorities and their partners to prevent children from going missing from home or care, and the Home Office is working with the national policing lead for Missing Persons and the NCA’s UK Missing Persons Unit to deliver a National Register for Missing Persons (NRMP) which will provide new functionality around the reporting of missing and associated found incidents across police force boundaries.</p><p>Protecting and supporting vulnerable missing people is also a key element of our action to tackle exploitation and abuse, including sexual abuse and county lines exploitation, given the clear links between people who go missing and these broader harms. This includes funding Missing People’s SafeCall service, a specialist 24/7 helpline which provides advice and support to children, young people and parents/carers concerned about county lines exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 100358 question first answered 14/10/2020 16:06:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1241356

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Missing Persons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to update the Missing Children and Adults Strategy 2011.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	100358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>People who go missing include some of the most vulnerable people in our society and the Government will do all it can to ensure those people are protected from harm.</p><p>The 2011 Missing Children and Adults Strategy provided a framework for local and national action to protect children and vulnerable adults who go missing. The Government has made significant progress in meeting the objectives of the strategy including by issuing new statutory guidance on missing children, placing new requirements on local authorities on the reporting of missing incidents, working with the College of Policing to develop new risk-based professional practice for police, and funding support for missing people and their families through charities like Missing People.</p><p>While plans to update the 2011 strategy are under consideration, we can and will go further to protect and support people who go missing. The Department for Education is working with the police, local authorities and the voluntary sector to consider how its statutory guidance is supporting local authorities and their partners to prevent children from going missing from home or care, and the Home Office is working with the national policing lead for Missing Persons and the NCA’s UK Missing Persons Unit to deliver a National Register for Missing Persons (NRMP) which will provide new functionality around the reporting of missing and associated found incidents across police force boundaries.</p><p>Protecting and supporting vulnerable missing people is also a key element of our action to tackle exploitation and abuse, including sexual abuse and county lines exploitation, given the clear links between people who go missing and these broader harms. This includes funding Missing People’s SafeCall service, a specialist 24/7 helpline which provides advice and support to children, young people and parents/carers concerned about county lines exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 100357 question first answered 14/10/2020 16:06:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1240796

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police authorities on the holding of speed awareness courses during the covid-19 outbreak; where live classroom courses are not available, what alternatives exist for people with no internet provision or access to a webcam and microphone; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	99531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The management of speed awareness courses is an operational matter for individual police forces and course providers who decide on the format and content of courses. Course providers do provide clear joining instructions for each person attending an online course. If individuals have poor IT skills or IT access providers can work with them via their call centres, to assist course completion on a case by case basis. The police are working with providers to develop alternative delivery methods for special characteristic groups for example a booklet with follow-up consultation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/10/2020 15:58:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1240839

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers police officers have relating to right of entry to private property in order to enforce covid-19 rules in the event that there are grounds to believe that those rules are being broken.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	99515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The police are satisfied that they have the necessary powers of enforcement in place.</p><p>Although there is no specific power of entry for the police under the coronavirus rules, there are circumstances where other powers of entry may apply. For example if a serious crime is taking place inside a property or the police need to enter to arrest someone.</p><p><em> </em>The police will continue to engage, explain and encourage compliance and will also issue fixed penalty notices for breaches of Covid regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/10/2020 15:07:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe