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100213

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Judicial Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many judicial review cases have been successfully brought against her Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	211302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>No central records are kept of the number of judicial reviews successfully brought against the department since 2010 and it would incur disproportionate cost to try to acquire this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/10/2014 16:02:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 24146 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

99905

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Torbay
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 17 October 2014 to Question 210481, for what reasons her Answer did not provide details of visits by Ministers to Torbay constituency.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	211133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>We refer to our answer to PQ 210481 and did not provide details of visits by Ministers to Torbay constituency because as was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/10/2014 16:03:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 23924 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

93851

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Egmont Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, through what secure means financial intelligence units of Egmont Group members exchange information; and how that means of exchange differs from information exchange through FIU.net.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	210934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Egmont Group members share financial intelligence through a dedicated secure network. Egmont Group membership consists of approximately 147 countries and jurisdictions and is underpinned by the principles of the Egmont Charter to which members are signatories. The service enables secure transmission of messages together with attachments and is email based.</p><p>FIU.Net is a European Union initiative which is available to the National Financial Intelligence Units of all EU Member States. FIU.Net provides a secure method of requesting and sharing financial intelligence between Member States. FIU.Net allows for transmission of messages together with attachments via dedicated secure servers in each jurisdiction. FIU.Net provides UK law enforcement agencies with additional functionality over Egmont secure web, such as anonymised case and data matching.</p><p>The UK’s domestic legislation allows for the exchange of intelligence data with overseas partners. Council Decision 2000/642/JHA provides a gateway for those member states, in the absence of specific domestic gateway legislation, to exchange data lawfully and efficiently. As a signatory to the decision the UK is able to exchange relevant information with countries lacking domestic gateway legislation.</p><p>If we ceased to be bound by the Framework Decision we may lose access to FIU.net. Further, we would no longer benefit from the deadlines for prompt exchange of information provided by the 'Swedish Initiative' (FD 2006/960/JHA) in conjunction with FD 2000/642/JHA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/10/2014 16:45:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 23258 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

93852

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schengen Agreement: ICT
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 September 2014, to Question 207060, on what grounds the Government considers that Article 34 alerts from other EU Member States under Council Decision 2007/533/JHA will not require UK authorities actively to ascertain and communicate the place of residence or domicile of the relevant persons, given the provision of Article 35 of that Decision.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	210935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Council Decision 2007/533/JHA is legislative basis for governing the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) for the purposes of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters. <br><br>In line with Article 25(2) of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, the National Crime Agency has the authority to refuse to validate Article 26 alerts on <br>proportionality grounds where a general instruction has been issued. This means that UK police officers will not arrest people subject to an Article 26 alert where there is a lack of proportionality.<br><br>Concerning Article 34 alerts, under Article 35 the UK authorities are not required actively to ascertain the place of residence or domicile of relevant persons, only to communicate such information. Clearly, if they do not hold such information it cannot be communicated. However, if there is supporting information that justifies activity to ascertain proactively the place of residence or domicile of relevant persons action will be taken by UK authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/10/2014 16:07:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 23255 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

93853

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Egmont Group
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 September 2014, to Question 207074, what specific benefits Council Decision 2000/642/JHA provides for exchanging financial intelligence in addition to Egmont Group membership.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	210936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Egmont Group members share financial intelligence through a dedicated secure network. Egmont Group membership consists of approximately 147 countries and jurisdictions and is underpinned by the principles of the Egmont Charter to which members are signatories. The service enables secure transmission of messages together with attachments and is email based.</p><p>FIU.Net is a European Union initiative which is available to the National Financial Intelligence Units of all EU Member States. FIU.Net provides a secure method of requesting and sharing financial intelligence between Member States. FIU.Net allows for transmission of messages together with attachments via dedicated secure servers in each jurisdiction. FIU.Net provides UK law enforcement agencies with additional functionality over Egmont secure web, such as anonymised case and data matching.</p><p>The UK’s domestic legislation allows for the exchange of intelligence data with overseas partners. Council Decision 2000/642/JHA provides a gateway for those member states, in the absence of specific domestic gateway legislation, to exchange data lawfully and efficiently. As a signatory to the decision the UK is able to exchange relevant information with countries lacking domestic gateway legislation.</p><p>If we ceased to be bound by the Framework Decision we may lose access to FIU.net. Further, we would no longer benefit from the deadlines for prompt exchange of information provided by the 'Swedish Initiative' (FD 2006/960/JHA) in conjunction with FD 2000/642/JHA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/10/2014 16:05:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 23254 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

93854

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schengen Agreement: ICT
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 September 2014, to Question 207060, whether UK police would be able to avoid arresting persons pursuant to an Article 26 alert under Council Decision 2007/533/JHA on grounds of lack of proportionality, should the UK connect to the Schengen Information System II, given the provisions of Article 25 of that Decision requiring a decision not to arrest to be taken by a judicial authority.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	210932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Council Decision 2007/533/JHA is legislative basis for governing the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) for the purposes of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters. <br><br>In line with Article 25(2) of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, the National Crime Agency has the authority to refuse to validate Article 26 alerts on <br>proportionality grounds where a general instruction has been issued. This means that UK police officers will not arrest people subject to an Article 26 alert where there is a lack of proportionality.<br><br>Concerning Article 34 alerts, under Article 35 the UK authorities are not required actively to ascertain the place of residence or domicile of relevant persons, only to communicate such information. Clearly, if they do not hold such information it cannot be communicated. However, if there is supporting information that justifies activity to ascertain proactively the place of residence or domicile of relevant persons action will be taken by UK authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/10/2014 16:46:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 23260 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

93855

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schengen Agreement: ICT
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 whether Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA would permit national legislation that required the relevant competent authorities to establish joint investigation teams under the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, where that Protocol is available, rather than under the Framework Decision.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	210933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>It is a matter for Member States to define how their competent authorities establish joint investigation teams. However, the Second Additional Protocol is not in force in Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain and as such does not offer a basis for the UK to establish joint investigation teams with those Member States. To date the UK has participated in 54 joint investigation teams.</p><p>This includes six JITs with Member States that have not ratified the Second Additional Protocol, five of which are ongoing. A recent example of a Joint Investigation Team was Operation Birkhill, which was a joint operation with Hungary targeting a UK-Hungarian sex trafficking organised crime group. As a result of the operation, five people were sentenced to a total of 36 years imprisonment earlier this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/10/2014 15:13:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 23259 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

93587

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schengen Agreement: ICT
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 potential effect that Article 37(3) of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA would have on police and border control checks by UK authorities if the UK were to connect to the Schengen Information System II.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	210811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Council Decision 2007/533/JHA is legislative basis for governing the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) for the purposes of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters. <br><br>The communication of relevant data to the issuing State under Article 37(3) will take place on the basis of centralised electronic forms. In the UK that will be coordinated by the National Crime Agency and will have a minimal impact on operational resources. <br><br>The Government makes no distinction between discreet checks and specific checks under Article 37(4) because, under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, UK authorities can only treat these alerts as discreet. However, if there has been a domestic offence committed, or the person is of interest to UK national security agencies, then the person would be dealt with under national legislation. <br><br>Article 38 provides that Member States shall enter data onto SISII on objects sought for seizure or use as evidence in criminal proceedings. For the UK, SISII will be integrated into the Police National Computer (PNC) infrastructure and will allow officers easy access to create and check lost and stolen objects subject to SISII alerts. Article 39 provides that when a SISII search identifies a &quot;hit&quot; i.e. the database shows that the object has been located, the relevant authority should be contacted in order to agree on next steps. <br>This will be coordinated by the NCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/10/2014 16:19:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 22884 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

93590

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schengen Agreement: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the usual practice of UK authorities will be with regard to checking whether an object covered by Article 38 of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA is associated with an alert under that article, if the UK were to connect to the Schengen Information System II.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	210808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Council Decision 2007/533/JHA is legislative basis for governing the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II) for the purposes of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters. <br><br>The communication of relevant data to the issuing State under Article 37(3) will take place on the basis of centralised electronic forms. In the UK that will be coordinated by the National Crime Agency and will have a minimal impact on operational resources. <br><br>The Government makes no distinction between discreet checks and specific checks under Article 37(4) because, under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, UK authorities can only treat these alerts as discreet. However, if there has been a domestic offence committed, or the person is of interest to UK national security agencies, then the person would be dealt with under national legislation. <br><br>Article 38 provides that Member States shall enter data onto SISII on objects sought for seizure or use as evidence in criminal proceedings. For the UK, SISII will be integrated into the Police National Computer (PNC) infrastructure and will allow officers easy access to create and check lost and stolen objects subject to SISII alerts. Article 39 provides that when a SISII search identifies a &quot;hit&quot; i.e. the database shows that the object has been located, the relevant authority should be contacted in order to agree on next steps. <br>This will be coordinated by the NCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/10/2014 16:18:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 22883 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

93592

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Organised Crime: EU Law
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 September 2014 to Question 207073, whether the UK could take part, through membership of the relevant EU Council working groups, in the sharing of advice and best practice between EU member states on fighting organised crime if it did not opt back into Joint Action 97/827/JHA.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	210803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>If the UK did not opt back into Joint Action 97/827/JHA it may, in theory, continue to attend the relevant Council of the European Union working groups. However, there are no alternative methods open to the UK that are considered to be as effective as cooperation under the EU measure in order to evaluate the application and implementation at national level of international undertakings in the fight against organised crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 27/10/2014 16:19:27 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 22880 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg