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1668361

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value of refugee integration (a) loans and (b) repayments made since January 2007 is.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Refugee Integration Loans were introduced in 2007 following a public consultation and is intended to help people with the costs of integrating into UK society. They are funded by the Home Office who make the initial decisions on applications. They are then administered and recouped by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).</p><p>Refugee integration loans are interest-free loans with favourable repayment terms for individuals who are over 18 and meet the following eligibility criteria:</p><ul><li>a refugee</li><li>you have humanitarian protection</li><li>a dependant of a refugee or someone with humanitarian protection</li></ul><p> </p><p>Individuals are currently able to borrow between £100 and £500. Between £100 to £780 can be borrowed if submitting a joint application with a partner.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data for the value of refugee integration repayments made since January 2007 in a reportable format and it would require a manual search of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/11/2023 17:00:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1668420

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for bringing into force legislative provisions relating to safe access zones for abortion clinics.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Public Order Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 2 May. Implementation of the Public Order Act measures is staggered.</p><p>The Government respects the will of Parliament and is working to commence Safe Access Zones as soon as is practicably possible. We have been considering what needs to be done to ensure Safe Access Zones can be implemented as effectively as possible, with law enforcement agencies having a clear and consistent understanding around enforcement, and abortion service providers and protestors being clear as to what is expected under the new law.</p><p>The timescales for commencing the new Section 9 offence of interference with access to, or provision of, abortion services will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/11/2023 11:48:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1668566

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on alternative accommodation for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that destitute asylum seekers are housed in safe, habitable, and fit for purpose accommodation, and that they are treated with dignity whilst in our care.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/11/2023 16:59:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668568

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policies are in place to ensure the safety of asylum-seeking (a) women and (b) children in asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Across our estate there is an expectation that there will be mixed cohorts within our accommodation.</p><p>Some of our core Initial Accommodation may be configured to provide segregated areas specially for families and singles. Similarly in our Dispersed Accommodation there will be a mix of family properties and Houses of Multiple Occupation that are specifically for either males, females or mothers and babies.</p><p>Women with children who are in receipt of support are not required to share sleeping quarters with unrelated individuals of the opposite sex but may depending on the circumstances be placed in accommodation facilities that are used to house such individuals.</p><p>The Home Office has published the Asylum Support Contracts Safeguarding Framework at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework</a>.</p><p>This framework sets out a joint, overarching approach, as well as the key controls and reporting mechanisms in place, across the AASC contracts, for safeguarding arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 875 question first answered 13/11/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668569

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Boats and Military Bases
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 house (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees who are (i) women and (ii) children on (A) barges and (B) military bases.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The sites are or will be accommodating single adult male asylum seekers between the ages of 18 and 65.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/11/2023 16:31:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668570

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
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 a comparative assessment of potential risks to asylum seekers who are women across each type of accommodation used to house those asylum seekers in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Across our estate there is an expectation that there will be mixed cohorts within our accommodation.</p><p>Some of our core Initial Accommodation may be configured to provide segregated areas specially for families and singles. Similarly in our Dispersed Accommodation there will be a mix of family properties and Houses of Multiple Occupation that are specifically for either males, females or mothers and babies.</p><p>Women with children who are in receipt of support are not required to share sleeping quarters with unrelated individuals of the opposite sex but may depending on the circumstances be placed in accommodation facilities that are used to house such individuals.</p><p>The Home Office has published the Asylum Support Contracts Safeguarding Framework at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework</a>.</p><p>This framework sets out a joint, overarching approach, as well as the key controls and reporting mechanisms in place, across the AASC contracts, for safeguarding arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 873 question first answered 13/11/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668634

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers in each force took their own lives in each of the last eight quarters.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect information centrally on how many serving police officers have taken their own lives.</p><p>This information is held by individual Police Forces.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/11/2023 11:44:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1667488

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) firefighters and (b) retired firefighters diagnosed with cancer as a result of their work.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	36
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The health and safety of firefighters is of paramount importance and emerging research indicating that firefighters are being exposed to an increased risk of cancer is concerning.</p><p>Fire and Rescue Authorities are responsible for the health and safety of firefighters and they should be mindful of this emerging research.</p><p>I have commissioned a literature review of published studies to understand their conclusions and determine next steps and I am engaging with the Department for Health and Social Care to explore these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 37 38 question first answered 14/11/2023 15:37:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1667489

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer
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 had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on support for (a) current and (b) former firefighters diagnosed with cancer as a result of their work.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	37
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The health and safety of firefighters is of paramount importance and emerging research indicating that firefighters are being exposed to an increased risk of cancer is concerning.</p><p>Fire and Rescue Authorities are responsible for the health and safety of firefighters and they should be mindful of this emerging research.</p><p>I have commissioned a literature review of published studies to understand their conclusions and determine next steps and I am engaging with the Department for Health and Social Care to explore these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 36 38 question first answered 14/11/2023 15:37:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1667490

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer
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 take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide compensation for firefighters diagnosed with cancer as a result of their occupation.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	38
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The health and safety of firefighters is of paramount importance and emerging research indicating that firefighters are being exposed to an increased risk of cancer is concerning.</p><p>Fire and Rescue Authorities are responsible for the health and safety of firefighters and they should be mindful of this emerging research.</p><p>I have commissioned a literature review of published studies to understand their conclusions and determine next steps and I am engaging with the Department for Health and Social Care to explore these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 36 37 question first answered 14/11/2023 15:37:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes