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78748

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to increase the number of replies within her Department's working day standard; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Plans are in place within all correspondence teams to drive up performance and <br>reduce any backlogs. Latest complete monthly figures for replies to hon. <br>Members are 86% within working day target for Home Office HQ and Her Majesty’s <br>Passport Office and 84% within working day target for operational areas (UK Visas and <br>Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force). The operational figure <br>includes letters from hon. Members replied to by officials and Director <br>Generals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 10:22:56 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78753

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
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 fire sprinklers were not installed at Campsfield House, Oxfordshire prior to the fire in those premises in October 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	206462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Campsfield House was fully compliant with fire safety requirements at the time <br>of the fire in October 2013.</p><p><br>Other older centres, including Campsfield (which is a former HMPS facility) and all the prison sites utilised as Immigration Removal Centres, have had comprehensive fire strategies that do not involve automated fire suppression systems. Sprinklers are one of several options available for fire prevention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 11:47:09 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

78760

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who met the costs of damaged caused by the fire in October 2013 at Campsfield House, Oxfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	206467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The cost of the re-instatement of Campsfield House was met fully by the <br>operator, MITIE, and their insurers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 10:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

78535

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Correspondence
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 estimate the annual cost to her Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Spend on stationery for sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members is not separated from other stationery and therefore is not calculable. <br>Spend on postage for sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members is not separated from spend of all Home Office postage and also not calculable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:48:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78067

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Civil Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to the police to ensure that riots are stopped as quickly as possible.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office has not issued any such guidance. The management of public order is an operational matter for the police. Guidance on public order policing is contained in the police’s Authorised Professional Practice. <br><br>In July 2012, the Home Secretary issued the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR). <br><br>This sets out the strategic threats that are of such gravity as to be of national importance or can only be countered effectively and efficiently through national policing capabilities. Public order is one of these threats. Chief Constables are required to have regard to the SPR when exercising their responsibilities. Police and Crime Commissioners are required to hold Chief Constables to account for the delivery of the SPR and should have regard to the SPR when producing their police and crime plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/07/2014 14:39:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

78206

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Video Games: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to the police and the Crown Prosecution Service to encourage them to treat cyber crime involving theft of online items in video games with a monetary value as seriously as they would real-world crimes of a similar nature.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	205870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has made clear that what is illegal offline is illegal online. <br>The specific allocation of resources to different crime types is a matter for <br>the Chief Constables of local police forces, in conjunction with their Police <br>and Crime Commissioner. In addition, the Government is investing £860 million <br>through the National Cyber Security Programme in improving the UK’s cyber <br>security. £70 million of this has already been allocated to improving law <br>enforcement capabilities to respond to cyber crime, with investment at all <br>levels of policing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:42:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

78207

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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, what steps her Department is taking to deter and punish the perpetrators of cyber crime attacking UK businesses from abroad.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	205871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Combating cyber crime is a core part of the National Cyber Security Strategy, <br>which is underpinned by the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) and £860 <br>million of investment over five years. The Government has so far committed £70 <br>million of NCSP funding to build law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber <br>crime. This includes the establishment of the National Cyber Crime Unit in the <br>National Crime Agency (NCA), and cyber teams within each of the Regional <br>Organised Crime Units across England and Wales. <br><br>Almost every cyber crime investigation has an international element and as a <br>result the NCA has prioritised building partnerships with key international <br>partners to better tackle this common cyber threat. To this end, and as a <br>result of NCSP investment, the NCA has deployed a number of International <br>Liaison Officers overseas. The NCA, EU and other international partners (US, <br>New Zealand, Australia and Canada) have agreed common threats and goals which <br>are informing the development of a model for proactive global joint cyber <br>investigations. An example of this approach is the recent US-led investigation <br>into a serious malware threat which saw the UK, under Project TOVAR, play a key <br>role in the disruption of criminal infrastructure and prevention messaging to <br>UK to businesses and the public. Project DISPUTED is an NCA-led investigation <br>which targets the Shylock malware variant, a sophisticated system employed by <br>criminals to steal online banking credentials, targeting the UK banking sector <br>in particular. This is the first project of its kind for a UK law enforcement <br>agency and involves the NCA bringing together partners from across law <br>enforcementand the private sector, including the FBI, Europol and others.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:50:15 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

78209

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Fisheries
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 is taking to tackle the use of slaves on (a) commercial vessels fishing within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone and (b) EU vessels fishing commercially on the high seas.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	205944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency has identified a gap in existing legislation which means law enforcement agencies are not always able to act where it is suspected that modern slavery offences are being committed at sea. If law enforcement officers have to wait for vessels to return to UK territorial waters or to a UK port before they can take action to tackle suspected modern slavery, this can expose victims to extended periods of abuse and risk to life. This is an unacceptable situation which this Government is determined to put right. <br><br>Clause 13 of the Modern Slavery Bill would empower law enforcement officers to exercise specified powers when investigating modern slavery offences being committed at sea. For UK vessels these powers will be available anywhere at sea, and for stateless and EU vessels they will be available within the UK’s territorial waters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 15:39:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

78210

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Accident and Emergency Departments
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 amount of police time spent in accident and emergency departments accompanying people with mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	206093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Data on the amount of police time spent in accident and emergency departments accompanying people with mental illness is not collected by the Home Department.<br><br>Various studies have attempted to quantify the amount of police time spent dealing with mental health issues, which may include officers’ attendance in accident and emergency departments. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service estimated (for the Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing, published in May 2013) that mental health issues accounted for at least 20 per cent of police time. <br><br>The Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, published by the Government in February 2014, makes clear the standard of response that people experiencing a mental health crisis should expect. The Concordat includes an action for the Home Office, with policing partners and Public Health England, to develop a toolkit to enable the police to quantify the demand for responses to people in mental health crisis, including whether they were taken to Accident and Emergency Departments. The toolkit will be tested later this summer by three police forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/07/2014 14:32:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77683

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Invalid Vehicles
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 efficacy of scooter safety schemes run by police forces for mobile scooter users.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	205502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the effectiveness of mobile scooter safety <br>schemes run by police forces. This is an operational matter for chief officers <br>of police. Relevant guidance is also set out in the Highway Code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/07/2014 14:15:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint