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date	07/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to respond to the report of the Children's Commissioner, Protecting children from harm, published in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	19002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The report captures the findings from the first part of the Children’s Commissioner’s inquiry into child sexual abuse in the family environment. The Government will give careful consideration to the findings of the full inquiry when it is completed in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/12/2015 17:19:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 34751 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

434009

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is funded through fees charged for disclosure certificates and from subscriptions to the DBS disclosure update service. DBS operates on a full cost recovery basis. There has not been a fee increase in four years and volunteers receive free checks.</p><p>The table below sets out the average time taken to process all three types of checks.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Timeframe</p></td><td><p>Standard Disclosures</p></td><td><p>Enhanced Disclosures</p></td><td><p><br> Enhanced Disclosures with List Checks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2010 to 31st Oct 2011</p></td><td><p>5.21</p></td><td><p>16.84</p></td><td><p>16.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2011 to 31st Oct 2012</p></td><td><p>5.34</p></td><td><p>11.24</p></td><td><p>11.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2012 to 31st Oct 2013</p></td><td><p>4.57</p></td><td><p>10.60</p></td><td><p>10.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2013 to 31st Oct 2014</p></td><td><p>6.37</p></td><td><p>14.12</p></td><td><p>14.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2014 to 31st Oct 2015</p></td><td><p>5.97</p></td><td><p>14.92</p></td><td><p>14.94</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The fluctuations in processing times over the years relate to a number of factors, including changes in demand and demand forecasting, changes to IT systems and the performance of police forces for enhanced disclosures.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 18748 question first answered 08/12/2015 16:46:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 34344 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

434013

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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 was for a Disclosure and Barring Service check at (a) standard, (b) enhanced and (c) enhanced with list checks level to be conducted in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is funded through fees charged for disclosure certificates and from subscriptions to the DBS disclosure update service. DBS operates on a full cost recovery basis. There has not been a fee increase in four years and volunteers receive free checks.</p><p>The table below sets out the average time taken to process all three types of checks.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Timeframe</p></td><td><p>Standard Disclosures</p></td><td><p>Enhanced Disclosures</p></td><td><p><br> Enhanced Disclosures with List Checks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2010 to 31st Oct 2011</p></td><td><p>5.21</p></td><td><p>16.84</p></td><td><p>16.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2011 to 31st Oct 2012</p></td><td><p>5.34</p></td><td><p>11.24</p></td><td><p>11.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2012 to 31st Oct 2013</p></td><td><p>4.57</p></td><td><p>10.60</p></td><td><p>10.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2013 to 31st Oct 2014</p></td><td><p>6.37</p></td><td><p>14.12</p></td><td><p>14.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01st Nov 2014 to 31st Oct 2015</p></td><td><p>5.97</p></td><td><p>14.92</p></td><td><p>14.94</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The fluctuations in processing times over the years relate to a number of factors, including changes in demand and demand forecasting, changes to IT systems and the performance of police forces for enhanced disclosures.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 18750 question first answered 08/12/2015 16:46:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 34343 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

425458

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been relating to forced marriage under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	14455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence last year to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the UK.</p><p>Data on convictions is not collated centrally. However, the first successful prosecution under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 was secured in June 2015, and the Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) most recent violence against women and girls report shows that the volume of forced marriage prosecutions completed in 2014-15 rose to 46 from 45 in 2013-14, the highest volume ever. 63% of those prosecutions were successful.</p><p>In addition, to date, over 800 civil Forced Marriage Protection Orders have been made to prevent people from being forced into a marriage and to assist in repatriating victims.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/11/2015 16:57:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 28199 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms