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943846

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	State Visits: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of police officers who were on duty for the purpose of policing the recent visit by President Donald Trump.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	165643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of officers deployed for the visit of the President of the United States is an operational matter for the police.</p><p>The Home Office worked closely with relevant police forces prior to the event to ensure there was a robust policing plan in place for the President’s visit.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/07/2018 16:42:24 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

943856

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
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 policing in (a) Merseyside and (b) England and Wales of an increase in crimes recorded and a fall in criminal charges brought since 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	165628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The likelihood of a crime resulting in a charge can vary for a number of reasons, including the complexity or severity of an offence or the difficulty in identifying a suspect.</p><p>Changes in charge rates are likely to be the result of a combination of improved crime recording by the police and forces taking on more complex crimes which take longer to receive an outcome, such as domestic abuse or sexual offences.</p><p>The statistics show that there has been a societal shift towards victims reporting ‘hidden’ crimes to the police and we welcome that more victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence are feeling empowered to come forward.</p><p>We recognise that demand on the police is changing and have responded positively by providing a strong and comprehensive settlement that provides a £460m increase in overall funding in 2018/19, including increased funding to tackle counter-terrorism and additional funding for local policing through Council Tax precept.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/07/2018 16:39:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

942850

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on disciplinary actions that have been taken against police in relation to alleged police mishandling of fox hunting prosecutions since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	165134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested centrally.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the outcomes of misconduct meetings, misconduct hearings and criminal investigations in the police service, following a public complaint or internal conduct allegation. However, the Home Office does not collect any information on the incident or reasons that led to a misconduct matter arising.</p><p>Data on the outcomes of misconduct meetings, hearings, and criminal investigations in 2016/17 can be found in the misconduct section of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/07/2018 15:27:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

942880

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that UK residents are not charged the rate applied to non-UK residents over and above network charges to access his Department's spousal visa helpline.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>For overseas customers, UK Visas and Immigration have a chargeable call rate of £1.37 per minute.</p><p>For UK Visas and Immigration in–country customers, contact centres provide information about the Immigration Rules and the Points Based System requirements via a number of published customer enquiry line numbers. In 2014, in line with Cabinet Office guidance, UKVI changed all 0845 and 0870 prefix helpline numbers to lower call tariff rate 0300 prefix numbers. UKVI do not generate any income from these non-geographic numbers enquiry lines.</p><p>UKVI have self selection pages on the Gov.uk website (see link below), and informative telephony messages on our help lines to further ensure and assist customers wanting to contact UKVI. This initial triaging activity on our website allows customers to identify the correct point of contact within our business regarding their in country or overseas application enquiry.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:02:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

942904

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is seeking continued access to the European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	164923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Border Force delivery against Service Level Agreements, along with other performance indicators, is kept under constant review. Border Force seeks to provide an effective service at the border by achieving the right balance in its contribution to both the security and prosperity of the UK; objectives considered as complimentary and mutually supportive.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is open to working with partners to enhance Border Force capability, whether that is through better targeted interventions, or improved service standards.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of the negotiations the UK will discuss with the EU how best to continue cooperation in the important field of non-animal alternatives in scientific research.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Following the UK exiting the EU, UK legislation will fully retain the current requirement for the replacement of animal tests where practicable and the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement).</ins></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/07/2018 15:58:02 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2018 10:40:18 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 71959 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

942919

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Community Protection Notices have been issued for littering in England in each year since the enactment of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	164926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held. <br>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police and local authorities with a range of flexible powers that they can use to tackle anti-social and nuisance behaviour. The Home Office does not collect information on why or how often these powers are used by local agencies.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/07/2018 14:15:46 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

942991

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National DNA Database Strategy Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the National DNA Database Strategy Board Annual Report for 2017-2018.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	164861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The intention is to publish the 2017/2018 annual report in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/07/2018 15:17:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

943020

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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: Standards
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 passengers have waited longer than the Border Force service standard target time at UK (a) ports and (b) airports in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force service standards are that 95% of British and other European Economic Area (EEA) passengers, from the point they join an immigration queue, are seen by an officer within 25 minutes. For non-EEA passengers, the service standard is that 95% of passengers are seen by an officer within 45 minutes.</p><p>We do not publish data on performance at individual ports. Published data on the clearance of passengers at the border from 2014 to present day can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Data from 2010 to 2013 can be found at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130326215821/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/business-plan/business-plan-2012-15-data/borders-and-immigration-data?view=Html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130326215821/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/business-plan/business-plan-2012-15-data/borders-and-immigration-data?view=Html</a></p><p>Data relating to Border Force activity at Heathrow is published on the Heathrow Airport website at <a href="https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force" target="_blank">https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 10:56:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943021

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Ophthalmology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consider applications for optometrists within the sub-category of High Value/Inward Investment in respect of Certificate of Sponsorship allocations under the Tier 2 Visa guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	165097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The high value inward investment provision is designed for businesses which have their headquarters and principal place of business outside of the UK and that are relocating or investing new capital expenditure of £27 million or creating at least 21 new jobs in the UK. Jobs which fall under the provision are exempt from the Resident Labour Market Test and the Tier 2 cap.</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/07/2018 15:41:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

943022

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number of passengers cleared within Border Force service standards at UK (a) ports and (b) airports in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force service standards are that 95% of British and other European Economic Area (EEA) passengers, from the point they join an immigration queue, are seen by an officer within 25 minutes. For non-EEA passengers, the service standard is that 95% of passengers are seen by an officer within 45 minutes.</p><p>We do not publish data on performance at individual ports. Published data on the clearance of passengers at the border from 2014 to present day can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Data from 2010 to 2013 can be found at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130326215821/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/business-plan/business-plan-2012-15-data/borders-and-immigration-data?view=Html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130326215821/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/business-plan/business-plan-2012-15-data/borders-and-immigration-data?view=Html</a></p><p>Data relating to Border Force activity at Heathrow is published on the Heathrow Airport website at <a href="https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force" target="_blank">https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:13:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner