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996984

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that its policies on immigration enable the hiring of the number of skilled migrants that the UK requires.
tabling member constituency	Boston and Skegness
tabling member printed	Matt Warman
uin	907310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring our migration system works in the national interest by enabling employers to recruit skilled-migrants from overseas.</p><p>In July, we exempted doctors and nurses from the annual cap, which freed up hundreds of places a month for other sectors of the economy.</p><p>This has had a positive impact and the cap is no longer oversubscribed.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 29/10/2018 17:00:56 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman

996985

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve mental health support for firefighters.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	907311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the vital role firefighters play and it is essential that fire and rescue authorities, as the employers, ensure that they receive the mental health support they require.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services is assessing how well services understand and meet the wellbeing needs of their workforce and where improvements could be made.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/10/2018 17:02:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

996986

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that its policies on immigration enable the hiring of the number of skilled migrants that the UK requires.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	907312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring our migration system works in the national interest by enabling employers to recruit skilled-migrants from overseas.</p><p>In July, we exempted doctors and nurses from the annual cap, which freed up hundreds of places a month for other sectors of the economy.</p><p>This has had a positive impact and the cap is no longer oversubscribed.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 29/10/2018 17:04:03 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

997083

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	North Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the findings of the North Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel into the behaviour of the North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, whether they intend to review that Panel's power to hold the Police and Crime Commissioner to account.
tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
uin	HL11087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) have an important role in holding their forces to account and focusing on cutting crime and it is right they are held to the very highest standards.</p><p>PCCs operate in the full gaze of the media and must justify their record to the public every four years, via the ballot box.</p><p>Police and Crime Panels have the appropriate powers to effectively scrutinise the actions and decisions of Police and Crime Commissioners and enable the public to make an informed decision when voting.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2018 13:11:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

997088

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bank Services: Hacking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hacking offences pertaining to customers’ bank accounts have been resolved in each of the past three financial years; in how many cases hackers were convicted; and what proportion they estimate the sum attributed to those offences resulting in conviction is of the total estimated to have been stolen through such hacking offences in the last three financial years.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL11092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold data on customer losses from hacking against banks.</p><p>There were 142 convictions for Computer Misuse Act offences between 2015-2017. It is not possible to identify from centrally held data the number of hacking offences specifically relating to customer bank accounts. We are unable to disaggregate offences relating specifically to bank accounts from those offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.</p><p>The cyber threats we face continue to grow in scale and sophistication. This is why the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/11/2018 17:41:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

997140

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Labour: Social Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the validity of the methodology in his Department's July 2018 report on the Economic and social costs of modern slavery which found that the emotional costs of labour exploitation exceed those of sexual exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	184975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>In common with other Home Office Research Reports, the methodology used in the “Economic and Social Costs of Modern Slavery” report was reviewed by two independent academics. The estimate uses a technique used in health economics to quantify and monetise these harms to the victim.</p><p>The reasongiven for the emotional costs of labour exploitation exceeding that for sexual exploitation is due to the greater likelihood of victims of labour exploitation experiencing alcohol dependency as a result of their exploitation. There is a likelihood of other emotional harms (fear, anxiety, depression and drug dependency) for labour and sexual exploitation. This information on the likelihood of harm was gathered through interviews with a sample of victim service providers and police officers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2018 17:19:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

997155

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
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 25 October 2018 to Question 182079, what representations his Department has made to (a) the named Secretaries of State and (b) officials of those Departments on the county lines drug trade and the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and whether he plans to have any meetings with those people.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	184839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and Home Office Ministers regularly meet their counterparts across Whitehall to ensure a co-ordinated response to cross-cutting issues, which include county lines and the Modern Slavery Act 2015.</p><p>Officials meet regularly to discuss county lines and the Modern Slavery Act 2015 including through the National County Lines Working Group, which was established to oversee delivery of the County Lines Action Plan and includes representatives from the Department for Education; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Communities, Housing and Local Government; Department for Work and Pensions; and the Department of Health and Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2018 16:57:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

997160

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
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 Written Statement of 6 September 2018 on quadrennial valuations of the public service pension schemes, HCWS 945 when his Department was first made aware of the full cost to policing of those changes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	184981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has regular discussions with Treasury about public sector pensions policy, and considers the possible impact of a range of policy options. Following HM Treasury’s announcement on 6 September 2018, the Home Office commissioned the Government Actuary’s Department to carry out a full analysis of the impact for police forces based on the revised Directions published by HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/11/2018 17:03:24 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

997161

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: South Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where in South Wales applicants will be able to have appointments to upload biometric information under the Sopra Steria outsourcing contract for UKVI biometric services.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	184982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>There will be 2 libraries in South Wales who will host UKVI services under the contract for the provision of those services by Sopra Steria. The 2 locations will be;</p><p>Cardiff main library, The Hayes CF10 1FL.</p><p>Newport Central library, John Frost Square, Newport, NP20 1PA.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/11/2018 16:56:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

997162

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on UK citizens using ePassport gates after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	184983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We keep the border and immigration system under regular review however the Government has no plans to change the use of e-passport gates by UK citizens.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/11/2018 16:08:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds