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1086698

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend funding for the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme beyond 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	230629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government’s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, including those with family links in the UK, and we are on track to do this. The Mandate Resettlement Scheme also allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.</p><p><br>We always aim to resettle families referred to the UK’s resettlement schemes by the UNHCR as close as possible to any family members already here in the UK, however this is subject to the availability of suitable and sustainable accommodation and relevant support services in that area.</p><p><br>We are working with key stakeholders and international partners on our future Asylum and Resettlement Strategy. This includes consideration of the UK’s resettlement offer beyond 2020.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 230630 230653 230654 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:32:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1086699

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
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 family reunification as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	230630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government’s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, including those with family links in the UK, and we are on track to do this. The Mandate Resettlement Scheme also allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.</p><p><br>We always aim to resettle families referred to the UK’s resettlement schemes by the UNHCR as close as possible to any family members already here in the UK, however this is subject to the availability of suitable and sustainable accommodation and relevant support services in that area.</p><p><br>We are working with key stakeholders and international partners on our future Asylum and Resettlement Strategy. This includes consideration of the UK’s resettlement offer beyond 2020.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 230629 230653 230654 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:32:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1086700

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
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 local authorities seeking to facilitate family reunification as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	230653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government’s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, including those with family links in the UK, and we are on track to do this. The Mandate Resettlement Scheme also allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.</p><p><br>We always aim to resettle families referred to the UK’s resettlement schemes by the UNHCR as close as possible to any family members already here in the UK, however this is subject to the availability of suitable and sustainable accommodation and relevant support services in that area.</p><p><br>We are working with key stakeholders and international partners on our future Asylum and Resettlement Strategy. This includes consideration of the UK’s resettlement offer beyond 2020.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 230629 230630 230654 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:32:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1086701

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
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 Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme, if he will expand the definition of a family unit beyond a spouse and minor children of a refugee.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	230654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government’s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, including those with family links in the UK, and we are on track to do this. The Mandate Resettlement Scheme also allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.</p><p><br>We always aim to resettle families referred to the UK’s resettlement schemes by the UNHCR as close as possible to any family members already here in the UK, however this is subject to the availability of suitable and sustainable accommodation and relevant support services in that area.</p><p><br>We are working with key stakeholders and international partners on our future Asylum and Resettlement Strategy. This includes consideration of the UK’s resettlement offer beyond 2020.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 230629 230630 230653 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:32:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1082583

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to encourage emergency services to promote the Herbert Protocol for people living with dementia in their local areas.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	229093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>People who go missing are often the most vulnerable in society. Initiatives such as the Herbert Protocol, are important tools to reduce the duration of a missing incident.</p><p>Implementation of the Herbert Protocol is an operational decision for individual police forces. The forthcoming update to the Government’s Missing Children and Adults Strategy, due to be published in the coming months, aims to raise awareness of effective practices, such as the Herbert Protocol, and encourages all agencies to work together to safeguard vulnerable individuals and to reduce missing incidents.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/03/2019 16:25:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

968366

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
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 time taken was from request to response to carry out vetting under the disclosure and barring regulations in each police force in England and Wales in the last period for which figures are available; whether that vetting is undertaken in accordance with national requirements in each such force; and (a) what his policy is on and (b) how he measures the performance of the Disclosure and Barring Service.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	170694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service publish police performance and average turnaround times quarterly with the latest information available up to and including June 2018.</p><p>Average turnaround times for police disclosure units broken down by month and by force can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-performance</a></p><p>Police Force Disclosure Units must provide locally held information for inclusion on enhanced criminal record certificates in accordance with a statutory test set out in Part V of the Police Act 1997. This test requires that a chiefofficer believes the information to be relevant and that it ought to be disclosed. When considering information for disclosure, chief officers must also haveregard to statutory guidance available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-disclosure-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-disclosure-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance sits alongside operational guidance drawn up by the police service and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).</p><p>This Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-assurance-framework-version-nine-qaf-v9" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-assurance-framework-version-nine-qaf-v9</a></p><p>The application of the Quality Assurance Framework by Police Force Disclosure Units is monitored by the DBS Standard and Compliance Unit to help ensure that a consistent high quality approach is taken by forces when they process DBS applications.</p><p>DBS performance is measured against Published Service Standards which are detailed in the DBS Business Plan. These include:</p><ul><li>To complete 87% of all standard and enhanced DBS checks within 21 days</li><li>To complete 96% of all standard and enhanced DBS checks within 42 days</li><li>To complete 90% of DBS basic checks within 14 days</li></ul><p>The DBS performance against these targets is published quarterly, here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/09/2018 16:23:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

947032

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agencies and other public bodies accountable to him will not have published their annual report and accounts for 2017-2018 by 31 July 2018; and what the reasons are for each such body not having done so by that date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	167131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The 2017/18 Annual Reports and Accounts for the Independent Office for Police Conduct and the Disclosure and Barring Service were published on 19 July 2018. The National Crime Agency’s Annual Reports and Accounts was published on 20 July 2018, and the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner’s was published on 23 July 2018.</p><p>Annual Reports and Accounts for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, Security Industry Authority and College of Policing have been planned with the Arm’s Length Bodies and National Audit Office, to be laid in the Autumn, following certification by the Comptroller and Auditor General.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/09/2018 18:43:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

944756

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Members
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 5 July 2018 to Question 161101, Home Office: Members, whether his Department is satisfied that an MP has the authority to act for a constituent when consent is given verbally by that individual.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	166077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office accepts an MP has the authority to act for a constituent when consent is given verbally by that individual.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 15:54:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

942991

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National DNA Database Strategy Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the National DNA Database Strategy Board Annual Report for 2017-2018.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	164861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The intention is to publish the 2017/2018 annual report in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/07/2018 15:17:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

937785

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	State Visits: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost that will be incurred by South Yorkshire Police Force of the official visit of the President of the United States.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	162475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has made no estimate of the costs to South Yorkshire Police of providing support for the President’s visit. Forces supplying officers to support major events can be recompensed on a full cost recovery basis by the hosting force through the police's established mutual aid process.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/07/2018 16:17:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts