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registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 449 potential victims of trafficking from Albania referred to in the National Crime Agency's National Referral Mechanism Statistics 2014 have received a (a) positive Reasonable Grounds decision, (b) positive Conclusive Grounds decision, (c) negative Reasonable Grounds decision and (d) negative Conclusive Grounds decision on their immigration status; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
tabling member printed	Sir John Randall
uin	224199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>As of 2 January 2015, of the 449 potential victims of trafficking from Albania <br>referred to in the National Crime Agency's 2014 National Referral Mechanism <br>Statistics:<br><br>a) 406 have received a positive Reasonable Grounds decision;<br>b) 35 have received a positive Conclusive Grounds decision;<br>c) 23 have received a negative Reasonable Grounds decision; and<br>d) 86 have received a negative Conclusive Grounds decision. <br><br>The NRM decision is independent of the decision on an individual’s immigration <br>status. <br><br>This information is taken from data used in the UK Human Trafficking Centre’s <br>Statistical and Trend Update: October to December 2014, which was published on <br>23 February 2015. The next quarterly report is due to be published in May.<br><br>Some of the outstanding cases in the data from 2 January have since been <br>completed. Where cases are outstanding this may be because UKVI are waiting for <br>information from third parties, such as the police or support providers. <br>Individuals will continue to receive Government-funded specialist support and <br>accommodation until their case is concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/03/2015 16:07:25 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 45916 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

177742

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
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 vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3 Feburary 2015, on the National Crime Agency, when she expects that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	223348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency operates UK-wide, including in Northern Ireland, and provides support to its partner agencies there in relation to customs and immigration matters whilst continuing to exchange information with the PSNI. The NCA has, to date, been unable fully to target serious and organised crime groups in Northern Ireland involved in activities which require policing powers to tackle them. <br><br>The draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, was laid before Parliament on 29 January 2015. It makes provision for the NCA to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers including the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases. This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The Order details commencement of the provisions, some of which will come into force the day after it is made, including the extension to Northern Ireland of all of the relevant civil recovery provisions relating to freezing and recovery orders. The related civil recovery investigation powers will require further secondary legislation relating to a Code of Practice. <br><br>A number of provisions that relate to the NCA’s operational use of constable powers and covert techniques, which will be subject to a Memorandum of Understanding, which will come into force at the end of two months beginning with the day on which the Order is made. The Order may not be made until it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/02/2015 17:10:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 43379 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

177894

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what practical arrangements will be made for co-operation between the National Crime Agency and security services in the Irish Republic when that agency becomes fully operational in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	223351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 was laid before Parliament on 29 January. The Order makes provision for the National Crime Agency to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers. If approved by each House, it will allow NCA officers to be able to exercise constable powers and it also provides the NCA the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases. <br><br>This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The NCA has dedicated resources currently working with Irish law enforcement agencies to tackle the threat from organised crime that affects both our countries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/02/2015 16:52:18 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 43380 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

177544

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dorset Police
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 performance of Dorset Police in meeting the standards required by its service level agreement with the Disclosure and Barring Service; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	223269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department receives monthly updates on the performance of police forces, including Dorset police, in meeting the Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards for the time taken to complete local disclosure checks. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) works closely with any forces which miss their SLA targets.<br><br>The number and proportion of police disclosure checks completed by Dorset police against the 14, 18, 25 and 60 days SLA targets for the six months from June to November 2014 is provided in the table below.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9" rowspan="2"><strong>Dorset Police: number and proportion of disclosure checks completed in 14, 18, 25 and 60 days</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 14 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 18 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 25 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 60 Days</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Period</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>June to November 2014</strong></td><td>460</td><td>4.0%</td><td>1,874</td><td>17.0%</td><td>3,317</td><td>31.0%</td><td>9,016</td><td>84.0%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 18:10:18 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 43381 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

177545

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dorset Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police checks commissioned by the Disclosure and Barring Service from Dorset Police were completed within (a) 60, (b) 25, (c) 18 and (d) 14 days in the most recent six months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	223270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department receives monthly updates on the performance of police forces, including Dorset police, in meeting the Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards for the time taken to complete local disclosure checks. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) works closely with any forces which miss their SLA targets.<br><br>The number and proportion of police disclosure checks completed by Dorset police against the 14, 18, 25 and 60 days SLA targets for the six months from June to November 2014 is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Dorset Police: number and proportion of disclosure checks completed in 14, 18, 25 and 60 days</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 14 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 18 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 25 Days</strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>Within 60 Days</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Period</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td><td><strong>No.</strong></td><td><strong>%</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>June to November 2014</strong></td><td>460</td><td>4.0%</td><td>1,874</td><td>17.0%</td><td>3,317</td><td>31.0%</td><td>9,016</td><td>84.0%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/02/2015 13:47:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 43382 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

177550

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
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 2 February 2015 to Questions 221902, how many of the asylum claimants referred to in the Answer were granted leave to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	223158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 221902 stated that of the human trafficking victims who received positive conclusive grounds decisions in 2012 and 2013, 234 and 220 victims applied for asylum respectively.<br><br>This answer was based on Home Office internal management information extracted in June 2014. To answer the current question, the dataset has been fully refreshed, and updated to now include victims who have applied for asylum<br>since June 2014. <br><br>As such, the latest data shows that of those who received positive conclusive grounds decisions in 2012 and 2013, 235 and 270 victims respectively have since applied for asylum.<br><br>Of the 235 victims of trafficking who received a positive conclusive grounds decision in 2012 and have since applied for asylum, 156 have been granted asylum.<br><br>Of the 270 victims of trafficking who received a positive conclusive grounds decision in 2013 and have since applied for asylum, 126 have been granted asylum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 16:03:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 43371 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

174776

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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 information her Department holds on the average length of time each police force has taken to return Disclosure and Barring Service checks since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	221314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The average number of days taken by each police force to return disclosure <br>checks is provided in the table below. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) <br>works closely with any forces which miss their service level agreements. The <br>DBS was established in December 2012. Data prior to this date relates to the <br>Criminal Records Bureau.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 04/02/2015 16:17:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 221314 _ table.xls title Police force disclosure checks previous answer version 39934 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

174437

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	221227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Department does not hold centrally details of expenditure on recruitment agency fees so this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Expenditure on outplacement agency fees for displaced or <br>redundant staff for the financial years prior to 2014/15 was not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The fully audited figures for 2014/15 will be available in July 2015.<br><br>The total staff training costs for the financial years 2010/11 to 2013/14 are set out below:<br><br>2010-11 - £13,598,237<br>2011-12 - £14,860,807<br>2012-13 - £16,986,868<br>2013-14 - £24,715,417<br><br>The full-year audited figures for total staff training expenditure for 2014-15 will be available in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 27/01/2015 15:01:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 39696 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

172572

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Staff
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 26 November 2014 to Question 216266, what the total cost of employing non-frontline staff in her Department has been in each of the past four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	220058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The total salary cost of employing non-frontline staff in the Home Department for the past 3 years is set out in Table 1. The comparative cost for frontline staff is also included. <br><br>The Home Office did not collect this data prior to March 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/01/2015 12:54:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 220058 Table.xlsx title Table - PQ 220058 previous answer version 37863 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

172576

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have a strategy in place to tackle cybercrime; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	220035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The response to threats within each police force area and consequent allocation of resources is a matter for each Chief Constable, in consultation with their Police and Crime <br>Commissioner. However the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR) articulates the national threats to which local forces must have regard, and cyber crime and a large-scale cyber incident included, meaning they must be taken into account when deciding resource allocations.<br><br>Cyber, including cyber crime, was recognised as a Tier 1 threat to national security in the 2010 National Security Strategy. The Government has responded by investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP). Approximately 10% of this has been invested in building law enforcement agencies’ capabilities to respond to this threat, including setting up the National Cyber Crime Unit in the National Crime Agency, and cyber teams in each of the Regional Organised Crime Units, as well as providing training for officers in local police forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/01/2015 17:30:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 37908 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed