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1628423

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the equality impact assessment for the Illegal Migration Bill, dated 26 April 2023, was not published until 10 May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	185602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The equality impact assessment was published following the completion of internal review processes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/05/2023 14:24:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1628594

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available for migrant victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	185692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key priority for this Government. Information on support for victims, including guidance on the Destitute Domestic Violence Concession (DDVC), can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help" target="_blank">Domestic abuse: how to get help</a> page on GOV.UK. Further advice and support can be accessed through Government’s ‘<a href="https://enough.campaign.gov.uk/get-support" target="_blank">Enough’ Campaign</a>.</p><p>The DDVC allows for eligible migrant victims to apply for the lifting of the no recourse to public funds condition associated with their leave, enabling the victim to access welfare benefits while their application for indefinite leave to remain as a victim of domestic abuse is made and considered. The DDVC has operated since 2012 and is widely known throughout the specialist domestic abuse sector.</p><p>We recently announced that we are providing a further £1.4 million in 2023/ 24 to continue to fund the Support for Migrants Victim scheme, ensuring we maintain support for migrant victims of domestic abuse regardless of their immigration status. This support includes accommodation, subsistence, legal advice and counselling.</p><p>The Home Office is grateful to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for publishing the ‘Safety Before Status: The Solutions’ report and to the Commissioner’s team and external partners for researching the vital issue of support for migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse.</p><p>We will continue to engage with the Commissioner’s office on recommendations set out in the report, and across government. We have already begun to take forward work that stems from some of the recommendations.</p><p>We are giving detailed consideration to the findings of this research and considering the wider policies affecting migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Our official response will be published as soon as is practicable.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 185693 185694 185695 question first answered 22/05/2023 11:06:28 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1628595

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish its response to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner's second report into migrant survivors Safety before status: the solutions published in December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	185693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key priority for this Government. Information on support for victims, including guidance on the Destitute Domestic Violence Concession (DDVC), can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help" target="_blank">Domestic abuse: how to get help</a> page on GOV.UK. Further advice and support can be accessed through Government’s ‘<a href="https://enough.campaign.gov.uk/get-support" target="_blank">Enough’ Campaign</a>.</p><p>The DDVC allows for eligible migrant victims to apply for the lifting of the no recourse to public funds condition associated with their leave, enabling the victim to access welfare benefits while their application for indefinite leave to remain as a victim of domestic abuse is made and considered. The DDVC has operated since 2012 and is widely known throughout the specialist domestic abuse sector.</p><p>We recently announced that we are providing a further £1.4 million in 2023/ 24 to continue to fund the Support for Migrants Victim scheme, ensuring we maintain support for migrant victims of domestic abuse regardless of their immigration status. This support includes accommodation, subsistence, legal advice and counselling.</p><p>The Home Office is grateful to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for publishing the ‘Safety Before Status: The Solutions’ report and to the Commissioner’s team and external partners for researching the vital issue of support for migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse.</p><p>We will continue to engage with the Commissioner’s office on recommendations set out in the report, and across government. We have already begun to take forward work that stems from some of the recommendations.</p><p>We are giving detailed consideration to the findings of this research and considering the wider policies affecting migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Our official response will be published as soon as is practicable.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 185692 185694 185695 question first answered 22/05/2023 11:06:28 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1628596

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
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 has taken to ensure that migrant victims of domestic abuse are aware of the Destitute Domestic Violence Concession whilst their DVILR application is considered.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	185694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key priority for this Government. Information on support for victims, including guidance on the Destitute Domestic Violence Concession (DDVC), can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help" target="_blank">Domestic abuse: how to get help</a> page on GOV.UK. Further advice and support can be accessed through Government’s ‘<a href="https://enough.campaign.gov.uk/get-support" target="_blank">Enough’ Campaign</a>.</p><p>The DDVC allows for eligible migrant victims to apply for the lifting of the no recourse to public funds condition associated with their leave, enabling the victim to access welfare benefits while their application for indefinite leave to remain as a victim of domestic abuse is made and considered. The DDVC has operated since 2012 and is widely known throughout the specialist domestic abuse sector.</p><p>We recently announced that we are providing a further £1.4 million in 2023/ 24 to continue to fund the Support for Migrants Victim scheme, ensuring we maintain support for migrant victims of domestic abuse regardless of their immigration status. This support includes accommodation, subsistence, legal advice and counselling.</p><p>The Home Office is grateful to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for publishing the ‘Safety Before Status: The Solutions’ report and to the Commissioner’s team and external partners for researching the vital issue of support for migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse.</p><p>We will continue to engage with the Commissioner’s office on recommendations set out in the report, and across government. We have already begun to take forward work that stems from some of the recommendations.</p><p>We are giving detailed consideration to the findings of this research and considering the wider policies affecting migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Our official response will be published as soon as is practicable.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 185692 185693 185695 question first answered 22/05/2023 11:06:28 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1628597

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
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 support migrant victims of domestic abuse in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	185695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key priority for this Government. Information on support for victims, including guidance on the Destitute Domestic Violence Concession (DDVC), can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help" target="_blank">Domestic abuse: how to get help</a> page on GOV.UK. Further advice and support can be accessed through Government’s ‘<a href="https://enough.campaign.gov.uk/get-support" target="_blank">Enough’ Campaign</a>.</p><p>The DDVC allows for eligible migrant victims to apply for the lifting of the no recourse to public funds condition associated with their leave, enabling the victim to access welfare benefits while their application for indefinite leave to remain as a victim of domestic abuse is made and considered. The DDVC has operated since 2012 and is widely known throughout the specialist domestic abuse sector.</p><p>We recently announced that we are providing a further £1.4 million in 2023/ 24 to continue to fund the Support for Migrants Victim scheme, ensuring we maintain support for migrant victims of domestic abuse regardless of their immigration status. This support includes accommodation, subsistence, legal advice and counselling.</p><p>The Home Office is grateful to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for publishing the ‘Safety Before Status: The Solutions’ report and to the Commissioner’s team and external partners for researching the vital issue of support for migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse.</p><p>We will continue to engage with the Commissioner’s office on recommendations set out in the report, and across government. We have already begun to take forward work that stems from some of the recommendations.</p><p>We are giving detailed consideration to the findings of this research and considering the wider policies affecting migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Our official response will be published as soon as is practicable.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 185692 185693 185694 question first answered 22/05/2023 11:06:28 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1628598

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to support victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	185696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a government priority. It is unacceptable and preventable, an issue which blights the lives of millions. In March 2022 the Government published the ambitious Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan which invests over £230 million of cross-Government funding into tackling this heinous crime including over £140 million for supporting victims of which £47 million will be ringfenced for community-based services to support victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2023, the Government announced that it was partnering with Women’s Aid Federation to trial a £300,000 ‘flexible fund’ in England and Wales in 2023/4. Payments to victims in Wales will be facilitated by Welsh Women’s Aid. Launched on 10 May, the ‘flexible fund’ will make direct cash payments of £250 to victims and survivors (£500 to those with children and/or are pregnant) to help remove barriers to leaving an abusive relationship.</p><p> </p><p>Controlling or coercive behaviour does not stop at the point of separation. Indeed, it can persist and often increase as the perpetrator seeks to retain control over the victim. The Domestic Abuse Act amended the definition of ‘personally connected’ which removed the ‘living together’ requirement for the controlling or coercive behaviour offence. On 5 April 2023, the Government extended the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship to remove the co-habitation requirement (section 68). Updated guidance on controlling and coercive behaviour has also been published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 22/05/2023 11:07:56 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1628604

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to investigate cases at Action Fraud.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	185518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Action Fraud is the national reporting service for fraud but is not responsible for investigations. Reports submitted to Action Fraud are considered by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and evaluated to assess the information available which could assist an investigation.</p><p>The NFIB currently aims to review every report for vulnerability within 72 hours of it being received on the NFIB technology platform. All allegations where viable lines of enquiry are identified should be disseminated to the appropriate force within 7– 28 days of reporting, depending on the level of information and evidence available.</p><p>We are working with City of London Police to refresh and upgrade the current Action Fraud service. Improvements include using automation within NFIB to increase its effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 22/05/2023 16:55:39 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1628049

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
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 prevent delays in processing passport applications; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	185186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Between January and April 2023, 99.5% of customers using the standard UK service received their passport within the published processing timeframe of ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/05/2023 14:30:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1628050

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps steps she is taking to improve waiting times for passport applications; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	185187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Between January and April 2023, 99.5% of customers using the standard UK service received their passport within the published processing timeframe of ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/05/2023 14:29:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1628051

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office
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 improve access to priority appointments at the Passport Office; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	185188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Appointments for urgent passport services are released up to three weeks in advance to help meet the needs of the small proportion of customers who need a passport sooner than ten weeks. Appointment capacity is at normal levels.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/05/2023 15:08:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson