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1669399

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to introduce routine checks on electronic travel authorisations in Northern Ireland when that scheme begins.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>On 25 October 2023, the Government launched the UK’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme to secure our borders and make the UK safer. The scheme is open to nationals of Qatar and will continue to be implemented in a phased manner, on a nationality basis, in 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and ensuring there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. As is the case now, the UK will not operate routine immigration controls on journeys from within the Common Travel Area (CTA), with no immigration controls whatsoever on the Ireland-Northern Ireland land border.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there will continue to be no routine immigration controls on journeys within the CTA, the introduction of the ETA scheme will, for the first time, allow us to have a comprehensive understanding of who is seeking to come to the UK and refuse them permission where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>It is a well-established requirement that individuals visiting the UK, including those arriving from Ireland, are required to enter in line with the UK’s immigration framework. Visa nationals are already required to obtain a visa for the UK when travelling via Ireland, in order to lawfully enter the UK and we are simply extending this same principle to those who will require an ETA.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/11/2023 16:57:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1669493

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of civil servants in his Department who are on (a) pay band Senior Civil Servant 2 and (b) full-time equivalent contracts are women.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	1610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The proportion of senior civil servants at pay band 2 is 0.14% of the total Home Office workforce; of this group, 34.92% are female. Of the overall workforce, 51.96% are female.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/11/2023 15:19:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1669494

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of civil servants in his Department who are on temporary contracts are women.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	1611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The proportion of female Civil Servants in the Home Office who are on temporary contracts is 50%.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/11/2023 15:20:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1669661

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
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 he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to bring forward legislative proposals to replace the Vagrancy Act 1824 on the number of arrests of rough sleepers.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	1696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not collect figures on police usage of the Vagrancy Act where this does not result in prosecution.</p><p>As the Government made clear at the time, the repeal of the Vagrancy Act will be brought into force once suitable replacement legislation is in place to ensure local authorities and police have the powers, they need to support vulnerable individuals and keep communities safe.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/11/2023 15:21:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1669663

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Community Assets and Religious Buildings: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to provide additional resources to police forces to support target hardening measures at (a) community spaces and (b) places of worship.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to making our streets and communities safer.</p><p>On 31 January, the Government confirmed a total police funding settlement of up to £17.2 billion in 2023/24, an increase of up to £313.8 million when compared to 2022/23. As part of this, funding for Counter Terrorism Policing was set at over £1 billion and covers a range of activity, including in relation to protective security.</p><p>In addition, the Police and Crime Commissioners have been allocated £42 million through the latest fifth round of the Safer Streets Fund to support interventions that will make our streets safer. This includes funding for target hardening measures in public spaces – such as CCTV, street lighting and alley-gating – as well as improved home security measures for properties at risk of (repeat) burglary.</p><p>There are also freely available resources to local forces, along with local authorities and businesses, through the ProtectUK platform and from the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA).</p><p>On top of this police funding, the Home Office is providing up to £46 million to protect faith communities in 2023/24. This includes £18 million through the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant, £24.5 million through the new Protective Security for Mosques scheme and a scheme for Muslim faith schools, and £3.5 million for the places of worship of other (non-Muslim and non-Jewish) faiths.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/11/2023 16:07:40 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1669681

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of recent statistics from Community Security Trust on the levels of antisemitism incidents since 7 October 2023; and what steps he is taking to help protect the safety of the Jewish community.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government utterly condemns the abhorrent spike in anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hate crime that has been seen as a result of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.</p><p>This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion at their chosen place of worship, and to making our streets and communities safer. The Government and police regularly review potential threats to ensure that everything is done to protect communities from hate crime.</p><p>Earlier this year, the Home Secretary established the Jewish Community Crime, Policing and Security Taskforce. This group brings together Government, law enforcement and the UK Jewish community (represented by the Community Security Trust (CST)) to discuss issues of safety and security concern to the community, and what can be done to ensure instances of antisemitism are comprehensively investigated and prosecuted.</p><p>We are continuing to support the police to ensure they have the resources and tools required to tackle any incidents relating to the ongoing conflict. Where people incite racial or religious hatred or where people’s conduct is threatening, abusive or disorderly and causes harassment, alarm or distress to others, we expect the police to take action to ensure perpetrators can be brought to justice.</p><p>In March 2023, the Home Secretary announced the continuation of the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant (JCPSG) and increased funding for 2023/24 by £1 million, to a total of £15 million. The JCPSG provides protective security measures (such as guarding, CCTV and alarm systems) at Jewish schools and other Jewish community sites. The Grant is managed on behalf of the Home Office by CST.</p><p>In response to the conflict and reports of increased incidents of antisemitism in the UK, the Prime Minister has announced additional funding of £3 million for CST to provide additional security at Jewish schools, synagogues and other Jewish Community sites. This brings the total funding for CST in FY2023/24 to £18 million. We continue to work closely with CST on how best to respond to live incidents that affect the Jewish communities in the UK.</p><p>More broadly, the Government continues to fund True Vision, an online hate crime reporting portal, designed so that victims of hate crime do not have to visit a police station to report. We also continue to fund the National Online Hate Crime Hub, a central capability designed to support individual local police forces in dealing with online hate crime. The Hub provides expert advice to police forces to support them in investigating these offences.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/11/2023 15:38:48 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1669740

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to reduce the number of pending visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is not currently experiencing any delays in the processing of visas for all routes.</p><p>Current processing times can be found on the Home Office website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/11/2023 16:55:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1669184

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have been categorised as high-prolife by her Department in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	1322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested about how many foreign national offenders have been categorised as high-profile since 2015 is not available from published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of foreign national offenders that are returned from the UK is available quarterly from Table Ret_D03 in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-data-tables%23returns&amp;data=05%7C01%7CLiza.Murray%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd92482c0e59c48de41b908dbe42cc985%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638354653238151396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tupb10reZea%2FEhVOWJ3Xi0Fm6GiDuIwh13XUBhhipdE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Returns Data tables</a> of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C01%7CLiza.Murray%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd92482c0e59c48de41b908dbe42cc985%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638354653238151396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=X%2BOfAnOMLlGbeB2bJyDR%2BwM1WERGe6vxcYPYkNY70k8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2023 15:45:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1669205

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been frozen under the freezing orders implemented by the Combatting Kleptocracy Cell on the finances since the start of the war in Ukraine; and what assessment she has made of the impact of those freezing orders on the finances of the people and organisations affected.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The NCA's Combatting Kleptocracy Cell has currently frozen approximately £1.36 million under account freezing orders, or had monies detained under a cash detention orders.</p><p>Due to operational security matters the NCA cannot provide further detail on cases, including the impact on the finances of specific individuals or organisations.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/11/2023 16:55:04 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1669206

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership will operate in the absence of the Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>We have continued to work in close partnership with Northern Ireland government departments in the absence of an Executive. There is no longer a Strategic Migration Partnership in Northern Ireland. Instead the Home Office have agreements with a number of Northern Ireland government departments. This approach was made in full consultation with relevant partners in Northern Ireland, taking into consideration governmental structures in Northern Ireland and with an aim to ensure the best possible outcomes for service users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2023 15:39:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell