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65229

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date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public officials are invited to attend meetings of the Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Stakeholder Forum was set up in February 2014 and has met three times. Its pre-cursor, the Joint Strategic Group, was set up in early 2013 and also met three times. The Modern Slavery Stakeholder Forum provides an opportunity for the Home Office to engage with partners, understand what is happening on the front-line, and develop policy collaboratively. Non-Governmental attendees have the opportunity to engage with officials and Ministers, and to influence policy making. <br><br>The minutes of these meetings are made available to all attendees and are public documents available to anyone who requests them. However, it is not considered appropriate to place the minutes of each meeting in Library of the House.<br><br>The invite list for these meetings is subject to regular review and attendance varies depending on the availability of those invited and the topics for discussion. At the last meeting of 10 June 2014, 16 public officials attended which included officials from the Home Office, other government departments, law enforcement agencies and the devolved administrations. 20 representatives of non-governmental organisations were invited of whom 15 attended. Separate meetings are held with private sector representatives.<br><br>No advisors or experts, paid for by public funds, are ordinarily invited to the stakeholder forum meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL760 HL761 HL762 HL763 HL764 question first answered 15/07/2014 14:03:57 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

65230

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many advisers or experts paid for by public funds are invited to attend meetings of the Modern Slavery Stakeholders Forum.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Stakeholder Forum was set up in February 2014 and has met three times. Its pre-cursor, the Joint Strategic Group, was set up in early 2013 and also met three times. The Modern Slavery Stakeholder Forum provides an opportunity for the Home Office to engage with partners, understand what is happening on the front-line, and develop policy collaboratively. Non-Governmental attendees have the opportunity to engage with officials and Ministers, and to influence policy making. <br><br>The minutes of these meetings are made available to all attendees and are public documents available to anyone who requests them. However, it is not considered appropriate to place the minutes of each meeting in Library of the House.<br><br>The invite list for these meetings is subject to regular review and attendance varies depending on the availability of those invited and the topics for discussion. At the last meeting of 10 June 2014, 16 public officials attended which included officials from the Home Office, other government departments, law enforcement agencies and the devolved administrations. 20 representatives of non-governmental organisations were invited of whom 15 attended. Separate meetings are held with private sector representatives.<br><br>No advisors or experts, paid for by public funds, are ordinarily invited to the stakeholder forum meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL759 HL761 HL762 HL763 HL764 question first answered 15/07/2014 14:03:58 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

65202

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 30 June (WA 230), why the information requested could not be released because the number was under five.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information could not be released as, in accordance with the Data protection Act, care needs to be taken to avoid the risk that any individual <br>could be identified from statistical information where the statistics contain low numbers, as in this case.</p><p> </p><p>The actual figure has been replaced with &quot;fewer than 5&quot; as this is an appropriate figure, sufficiently large enough to render it impossible to identify any individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 08/07/2014 12:56:49 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

65213

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the review led by Dr Elizabeth Bates of the University of Cumbria showing that women are more likely to physically and mentally abuse their partners, whether they will encourage men to report such violence to the police.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that men can be victims of domestic violence and abuse, so the Government recognises the need to support frontline organisations working with male victims to ensure there is an enhancement of service provision for male victims. The Government's approach to tackling domestic violence and abuse is laid out in the Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan, refreshed in March 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287758/VAWG_Action_Plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287758/VAWG_Action_Plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>which includes actions to protect men from domestic and sexual violence. This includes funding the Men's Advice Line and Broken Rainbow helplines. We are committed to supporting this vital service for male victims.<br><br>The Government believes that any victims suffering persistent abuse should be treated equally and is committed to supporting all victims of this terrible crime, regardless of gender, race or ethnicity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 11/07/2014 13:39:47 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

64621

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications there have been to date, and in the last three months, for the Secretary of State to disregard a conviction under the terms of section 92 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; how many of those applications have been successful; how many are still pending resolution; how many have been refused; and of those refused what were the most common reasons for refusal.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the Government commenced sections 92-101, Protection of Freedoms Act on 1 October 2012, the Home Office has received applications for 185 offences from 147 individuals seeking to have their historical convictions or cautions for certain offences disregarded under these provisions.</p><p> </p><p>For the last three months, from 1 April 2014, the Home Office has received applications for 23 offences from 13 individuals seeking to have their <br>historical convictions or cautions for certain offences disregarded under these provisions.</p><p> </p><p><br>The Home Secretary has determined that 45 offences were eligible for disregard under sections 92; 130 offences were not eligible for disregard under sections 92; there are 10 applications pending decision to date.</p><p> </p><p>The most common reasons for a decision of ineligibility were either a failure to fully meet the criteria required under section 92, or that that the conviction was out of scope, as prescribed at sections 92 and 101 of the Act</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 17/07/2014 14:56:47 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

64594

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Right of Search
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the limits to the power of the police and security services to search data stored on mobile phones.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are strict statutory safeguards in place regarding the interference of property to access data stored on mobile phones. <br><br>Current UK law limits police powers to search data stored on a mobile phone.<br>The data can only be searched if the phone has been lawfully seized under a power in Police And Criminal Evidence Act (PACE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 14/07/2014 13:21:20 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

64249

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Special Constables
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the recent award to Kent Police Special Constabulary of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, whether there are any steps being taken nationally to encourage membership of the Special Constabulary.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Special Constabulary is an integral part of policing.<br><br>Individual police forces are responsible for determining their own recruitment requirements in order to meet local policing needs. In line with the Government's commitment to increase the number of volunteers, the Home Office continues to support the development of the Special Constabulary in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/07/2014 16:12:57 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

64260

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to use prerogative powers to refuse or remove United Kingdom passports from British citizens who are suspected of being involved in or looking to be involved in fighting, extremist activity or terrorist training overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Noon
uin	HL662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Royal Prerogative is an important tool to disrupt individuals who seek to travel on a British passport to engage in, for example, fighting, extremist activity or terrorist training overseas and might return to the UK.<br><br>The Prerogative power has been exercised 14 times between April 2013 and the end of March 2014 on public interest grounds to disrupt the travel of individuals seeking to engage in terrorism related activity or other serious and organised crime.<br><br>Any decision to refuse or withdraw a British passport is made after careful consideration and the decision must be necessary and proportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 21/07/2014 15:05:45 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	4232 label Biography information for Lord Noon

64103

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current numerical strength of the UK Border Force; and whether they consider that the present strength is sufficient to meet the demands placed upon it.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Border Force has a full time equivalent workforce of 7,907 and we believe this is sufficient to meet demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 07/07/2014 14:52:28 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

64104

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the criteria for applicants to the UK Border Force.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Applicants applying for permanent positions with Border Force are required to meet a range of eligibility criteria, depending upon the role and grade. This may include nationality, age, driving licence, academic achievements for the grade and previous experience. <br><br>The criteria for the key posts of Border Force Officer and Assistant Officer was formally reviewed in 2012. The requirement to hold a driving licence underwent an internal policy equality review in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/07/2014 15:56:27 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames