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387857

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against serving police officers were (a) entered by each constabulary into the national crime statistics and (b) recorded through health and safety self-reporting by police officers in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	5758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 contains police recorded crime statistics for the offence ‘Assault without injury on a constable’ for the calendar years 2012 to 2014, for each police force area in England and Wales. Any assaults on police officers which resulted in an injury will be recorded under the broader violence with injury offence classifications and cannot separately identify those where police officers are the victim.</p><p>Table 2 contains statistics on the number of police officers assaulted whilst on duty dur-ing the financial years 2011/12 to 2013/14. These figures are based upon self-reported data held within police forces’ human resource or health and safety systems. These figures are not fully comparable because recording practices may vary between forces and over time.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/07/2015 14:02:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ5758 tables (1) & (2).xlsx title 1. Recorded crime 2. Statistics
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

387858

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
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 review the formula governing the allocation of national funding to individual police forces.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	5742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>As I set out in the House on 6 July, the Government has committed to a fundamental review of the police funding formula and we hope to announce a consultation on the issue shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/07/2015 14:02:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

387862

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
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 National Police Chiefs' Council on the guidance issued to police officers on dealing with unauthorised Traveller encampments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	5683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are published on the Cabinet Office website on a quarterly basis. I refer the hon. member to the answer I gave on the 25 June 2015 to Parliamentary Question 3057.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/07/2015 14:05:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

387616

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she plans to apply to determine which psychoactive substances are not covered by the proposed psychoactive substances ban.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>To protect young people and others from exposure to potentially dangerous substances, the Psychoactive Substances Bill provides for a blanket ban on the supply of psychoactive substances.</p><p>The Bill captures substances supplied for human consumption for their psychoactive effects. Schedule 1 to the Bill contains a wide list of exemptions, developed in conjunction with other government departments, capturing substances already controlled by existing regulation such as food, alcohol, caffeine, tobacco and medicines.</p><p>Further substances can be exempted following consultation between the Secretary of State, the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs and other consultees as considered appropriate.</p><p>The Government does not support a regime which allows for the regulated sale of so called ‘low harm’ psychoactive substances and the regulation-making power in clause 3 is not designed for such a purpose (as evidenced by the absence of any associated provisions in the Bill to regulate the sale of approved ‘low harm’ psychoactive substances).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2015 15:54:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

387618

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4295, if she will make it her policy to ensure that current employers of workers on tier 2 visas whose immigration status is changing as a result of 2011 immigration rules changes requiring workers who have been in the UK for more five years to earn more than £35,000 gross per annum are aware that these changes are now taking effect; and if she will provide support to such employers to identify employees whose immigration status may now change.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	5551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>As a condition of sponsoring a worker under Tier 2, sponsoring employers are required to monitor the immigration status of their workers.</p><p>To ensure sponsors are aware of changes to Immigration Rules, UK Visas &amp; Immigration regularly sends online notifications to sponsors, and the appropriate guidance documents are updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules. UK Visas &amp; Immigration also operates a Business Helpdesk to support sponsors with any enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:45:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 12964 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

387242

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
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 implications of banning all psychoactive substances on medical research.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	5405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Psychoactive Substances Bill, introduced in the House of Lords on 28 May 2015, will tackle the reckless trade in psychoactive substances. The Government attaches a high priority to bona fide scientific research. Schedule 1 to the Bill already excludes all investigational medicinal products and research regulated by the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004.</p><p>The Government is engaging with the scientific community so that those conducting bona fide research which involves the human consumption of psychoactive substances fall outside of the scope of the Bill, and expect to table Government amendments on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2015 15:52:26 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

387298

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff worked in HM Passport Office processing applications for first passports for UK children born overseas in May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	5453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office deploys its workforce flexibly across different types of work in order to manage performance against service standards. As individual staff process several different types of application it is not possible to provide a breakdown of how many work solely on first time applications for children born overseas.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:48:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 11683 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

387309

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what surplus was generated by HM Passport Agency between April 2014 and April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	5487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>In the financial year 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, HM Passport Office generated an unplanned surplus of £59.075 million due to passport demand being significantly higher than forecast for the year. This figure is published in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15, and can be found at line G of the table on page 93 of the publication.</p><p>A copy of the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15 is available in the Vote office of the House of Commons, and also on gov.uk website here: https://www.gov.uk/mwg internal/de5fs23hu73ds/progress?id=sBy1t6XS5Z1jNsMdhX20ktLGye4ndTbGKe5Pjr5O12o,&amp;dl</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:42:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

387310

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on how many illegal migrants have been located at Calais and Coquelles by (a) Border Force staff, (b) Eurotunnel and Eurostar staff, (c) ferry company staff and (d) the French authorities in each time period for which records are kept since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	5259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>To ensure the integrity and security of the UK border Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific statistics.</p><p>At the regional juxtaposed ports in Northern France, around 40,000 attempts to cross the Channel illegally in 2014/15 have been prevented by Border Force and its contractors and the French authorities, compared to 18,000 in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:45:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

387311

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records the Border Force keeps on illegal migrants prevented from entering the UK by UK authorities or companies at the Port of Calais and Coquelles.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	5260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>At the ports of Calais and Coquelles illegal migrants detected by Border Force are passed directly to the French police for removal from the UK control zones for processing by the French authorities.</p><p>To ensure the integrity and security of the UK border Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific statistics.</p><p>At the regional juxtaposed ports in Northern France, around 40,000 attempts to cross the Channel illegally in 2014/15 have been prevented by Border Force and its contractors and the French authorities, compared to 18,000 in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:42:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson