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1366160

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme scheme will re-open.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	69604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>Through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), the UK will relocate up to 20,000 people at risk, including women and girls and minority groups, so they can rebuild their lives in safety.</p><p>The scheme is not yet open and remains under development. However, the first to be resettled through this scheme will be some of those who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme, which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk – including women’s rights activists, prosecutors and journalists.</p><p>Further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the ACRS is set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/11/2021 16:38:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1366202

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arson: CCTV
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that police forces are given an automatic right to access Fire and Rescue vehicle CCTV in order to facilitate the investigation of arson.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>Whilst this is an operational matter, it is clearly important that police forces have access to recorded CCTV images for the prevention and detection of crime. Fire and rescue services are expected to support police forces in the prevention and detection of crime and are subject to collaborative duties in statute.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/11/2021 17:55:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1366209

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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, what her strategy is for policing county lines gangs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	69643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on the county lines gangs who are exploiting our children and have a devastating impact on our communities. That is why we are investing a dedicated £40m this year to tackle drugs supply and county lines, bringing our total dedicated investment to over £65m since November 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The £40m investment provided this financial year has allowed us to expand and build upon our successful County Lines Programme which, since launching in November 2019, has already seen more than 1,500 lines closed, over 7,400 arrests, £4.3 million in cash and significant quantities of drugs seized, and more than 4,000 vulnerable people safeguarded.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced its intention to publish a Drugs Strategy by the end of this year which will set out our ambition to attack the drugs supply chain and further disrupt county lines. Decisions on future resourcing will be taken as part of Departmental allocations following the conclusion of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 69644 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:55:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1366212

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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, what plans she has to allocate further resources to county lines policing.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	69644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on the county lines gangs who are exploiting our children and have a devastating impact on our communities. That is why we are investing a dedicated £40m this year to tackle drugs supply and county lines, bringing our total dedicated investment to over £65m since November 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The £40m investment provided this financial year has allowed us to expand and build upon our successful County Lines Programme which, since launching in November 2019, has already seen more than 1,500 lines closed, over 7,400 arrests, £4.3 million in cash and significant quantities of drugs seized, and more than 4,000 vulnerable people safeguarded.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced its intention to publish a Drugs Strategy by the end of this year which will set out our ambition to attack the drugs supply chain and further disrupt county lines. Decisions on future resourcing will be taken as part of Departmental allocations following the conclusion of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 69643 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:55:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1366214

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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, what plans she has to use diversion schemes and approaches to take people out of county lines involvement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	69645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>County lines gang activity and the associated violence, drug dealing and exploitation has a devastating impact on young people, vulnerable adults and local communities. That is why we launched our County Lines Programme in November 2019 with activity concentrated at targeting county line holders while appropriately safeguarding and supporting the vulnerable to exit their involvement.</p><p> </p><p>This financial year we are providing up to £1m for specialist support to under 25s from London, the West Midlands and Merseyside who are criminally exploited through county lines, to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement, which includes supporting women and girls involved in this exploitation. We have also provided almost £400k of funding in 2021-22 for Young People’s Advocates who provide one-to-one support to young women and girls at risk of or experiencing all forms of exploitation by gangs. In 2020/21 they supported over 800 young women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office works closely with the Department for Education as we recognise that engagement in education is a powerful protective factor against children’s vulnerability and risk to involvement in county lines. The cross-Government Beating Crime Plan published in July this year (2021) announced an investment of over £45m in specialist support in both mainstream and Alternative Provision schools in serious violence hotspots to support young people at risk of involvement in violence to re-engage in education.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, in July this year, the Government published a new and ambitious cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy that sets out our ambition to prioritise prevention, support survivors, pursue perpetrators and create a stronger system, with an objective of reducing prevalence.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 69646 69647 69648 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:55:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1366216

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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, what steps she is taking to work with other Cabinet colleagues to identify people vulnerable to county lines and ensure that pro-active steps are taken to prevent exploitation by county lines.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	69646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>County lines gang activity and the associated violence, drug dealing and exploitation has a devastating impact on young people, vulnerable adults and local communities. That is why we launched our County Lines Programme in November 2019 with activity concentrated at targeting county line holders while appropriately safeguarding and supporting the vulnerable to exit their involvement.</p><p> </p><p>This financial year we are providing up to £1m for specialist support to under 25s from London, the West Midlands and Merseyside who are criminally exploited through county lines, to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement, which includes supporting women and girls involved in this exploitation. We have also provided almost £400k of funding in 2021-22 for Young People’s Advocates who provide one-to-one support to young women and girls at risk of or experiencing all forms of exploitation by gangs. In 2020/21 they supported over 800 young women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office works closely with the Department for Education as we recognise that engagement in education is a powerful protective factor against children’s vulnerability and risk to involvement in county lines. The cross-Government Beating Crime Plan published in July this year (2021) announced an investment of over £45m in specialist support in both mainstream and Alternative Provision schools in serious violence hotspots to support young people at risk of involvement in violence to re-engage in education.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, in July this year, the Government published a new and ambitious cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy that sets out our ambition to prioritise prevention, support survivors, pursue perpetrators and create a stronger system, with an objective of reducing prevalence.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 69645 69647 69648 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:55:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1366217

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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, what recent discussions she has had with the Education Secretary on the link between children excluded from schools and their engagement with county lines.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	69647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>County lines gang activity and the associated violence, drug dealing and exploitation has a devastating impact on young people, vulnerable adults and local communities. That is why we launched our County Lines Programme in November 2019 with activity concentrated at targeting county line holders while appropriately safeguarding and supporting the vulnerable to exit their involvement.</p><p> </p><p>This financial year we are providing up to £1m for specialist support to under 25s from London, the West Midlands and Merseyside who are criminally exploited through county lines, to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement, which includes supporting women and girls involved in this exploitation. We have also provided almost £400k of funding in 2021-22 for Young People’s Advocates who provide one-to-one support to young women and girls at risk of or experiencing all forms of exploitation by gangs. In 2020/21 they supported over 800 young women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office works closely with the Department for Education as we recognise that engagement in education is a powerful protective factor against children’s vulnerability and risk to involvement in county lines. The cross-Government Beating Crime Plan published in July this year (2021) announced an investment of over £45m in specialist support in both mainstream and Alternative Provision schools in serious violence hotspots to support young people at risk of involvement in violence to re-engage in education.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, in July this year, the Government published a new and ambitious cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy that sets out our ambition to prioritise prevention, support survivors, pursue perpetrators and create a stronger system, with an objective of reducing prevalence.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 69645 69646 69648 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:55:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1366218

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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, what steps she is taking to integrate her Department's work on the safety of women and girls and their exploitation by county lines.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	69648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>County lines gang activity and the associated violence, drug dealing and exploitation has a devastating impact on young people, vulnerable adults and local communities. That is why we launched our County Lines Programme in November 2019 with activity concentrated at targeting county line holders while appropriately safeguarding and supporting the vulnerable to exit their involvement.</p><p> </p><p>This financial year we are providing up to £1m for specialist support to under 25s from London, the West Midlands and Merseyside who are criminally exploited through county lines, to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement, which includes supporting women and girls involved in this exploitation. We have also provided almost £400k of funding in 2021-22 for Young People’s Advocates who provide one-to-one support to young women and girls at risk of or experiencing all forms of exploitation by gangs. In 2020/21 they supported over 800 young women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office works closely with the Department for Education as we recognise that engagement in education is a powerful protective factor against children’s vulnerability and risk to involvement in county lines. The cross-Government Beating Crime Plan published in July this year (2021) announced an investment of over £45m in specialist support in both mainstream and Alternative Provision schools in serious violence hotspots to support young people at risk of involvement in violence to re-engage in education.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, in July this year, the Government published a new and ambitious cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy that sets out our ambition to prioritise prevention, support survivors, pursue perpetrators and create a stronger system, with an objective of reducing prevalence.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 69645 69646 69647 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:55:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1365796

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics her Department holds on the length of time it takes individual police forces to investigate specific crimes from initial contact to referral to the Crown Prosecution Service.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	69066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>From the data held by the Home Office it is not possible to identify the length of time from initial contact to referral to the Crown Prosecution Service.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/11/2021 17:44:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1365803

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to change the minimum income and adequate maintenance requirement for the spouse visa in response to the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on income and employment.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	69106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Minimum Income Requirement is set at the level which prevents burdens on the taxpayer and promotes integration. We remain committed to those aims.</p><p>We recognised the economic impacts of COVID-19 on earnings and made relevant concessionary adjustments in order to support those affected between 1 March 2020 and 31 October 2021. There are, however, no plans to change the minimum income and adequate maintenance requirement at this time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/11/2021 10:48:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 30953 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah