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993989

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bus Services: Complaints
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 investigations into bus driver complaints that the police have been involved with in (a) Coventry and (b) England since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	183238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/11/2018 17:34:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

994000

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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, how much funding each police authority in England received (a) in (i) revenue support grant and (ii) redistributed business rates and (b) through the council tax policing precept in 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	183350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on revenue grant support, redistributed business rates and council tax policing precept for 2009-10 was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (now Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) and is available at the link below.</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919221338/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/counciltax200910" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919221338/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/counciltax200910</a></p><p>Table 6 breaks down council tax precept income for English police forces.</p><p>Table 8 includes a breakdown of revenue grant support and redistributed business rates by force area.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/11/2018 17:37:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

994009

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have had their temporary Home Office-provided accommodation withdrawn under the COMPASS contract and asylum claim subsequently upheld.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	183351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Information on asylum seekers that have had their temporary Home Office-provided accommodation withdrawn under the COMPASS contract and asy-lum claim subsequently upheld is not held in a reportable format and the re-quested information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost by examination of individual property records.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/10/2018 17:29:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

994024

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department made of (a) external advice and (b) lessons learned from the current contract implementation period prior to the re-tendering of the Compass asylum accommodation contract.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	183356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Since the establishment of the project in the autumn of 2016, there has been extensive engagement with strategic stakeholders, including Strategic Migration Partnerships (SMPs), Local Authorities and Statutory Organisations, to feed their views into the design of the next generation of contracts. In addition, the project has undertaken market engagement with private and public sector suppliers to understand what is required to deliver effective solutions for the provision of accommodation and support to asylum seekers.</p><p><br>The Home Office has considered lessons learnt from the existing contracts and Stakeholder feedback had considerable influence on the specifications in the contract, where the Home Office has adopted a host of improvements that were proposed by stakeholders. With these changes we aim to ensure that the new contracts build upon the groundwork for a constructive relationship between central government, local government, the private sector and civil society, to the benefit of communities and those seeking our protection.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/10/2018 17:31:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

994050

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knife Crime Community Fund
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 make an assessment of the effectiveness of the funding provided by his Department's Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund in tackling recent increases in knife crime in (a) West Lancashire constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	183311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding for the anti-knife crime community fund has been increased from £1 million to £1.5 million in 2018/19 and we are funding 68 local projects across England and Wales this year. These include projects in Lancashire, but not West Lancashire specifically. We are ensuring that the funding is used effectively, and Home Office officials are conducting a series of evaluation visits to projects in order to be satisfied about effective delivery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2018 17:18:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

994065

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which contracts awarded by his Department are operated by Capita.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	183384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office currently holds 2 contracts with Capita, with a total contract value of £16.4m</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Title</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Start Date</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>End Date</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Value</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Electronic Monitoring Services</em></p></td><td><p><em>01/02/2014</em></p></td><td><p><em>31/03/2020</em></p></td><td><p><em>£16.0m</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Immigration IT Test Analysis Services</em></p></td><td><p><em>01/11/2017</em></p></td><td><p><em>01/05/2019</em></p></td><td><p><em>£440,352</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Home Office has since 2010, published details of its contracts over 10K on the Pan-Gov’t Contracts Finder portal, as part of the HMT Transparency Agenda. The link to the portal is as follows: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a> .</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2018 16:49:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

994078

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Patients
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 a statutory duty on healthcare professionals to report admissions of criminal behaviour by patients; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	183324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government would encourage all individuals to report a crime, whether they witness it, or its consequences, in a professional capacity or not. The Government has no plans to introduce a statutory duty on healthcare professionals to report admissions of criminal behaviour by patients.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2018 17:40:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

994129

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
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 make it his policy to waive fees charged for people applying for renewal of leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	183420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Fees can be waived for applications for leave to remain and renewal of leave to remain in certain specified human rights categories. These are listed in the fee waiver: Human Rights–Based and other specified applica-tions guidance which can be found at<a href="http://%20www.homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank"> www.homeoffice.gov.uk.</a></p><p>Where the application fee is waived the biometric enrolment fee is also waived. The Government has no plans to introduce a general waiver from paying the biometric enrolment fee for applicants who are resubmitting their biometrics.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 183430 question first answered 29/10/2018 17:15:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

994130

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
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 make it his policy to abolish his Department's requirement for additional English language tests for applicants (a) seeking renewal of leave to remain and (b) who have already passed the first English language test.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	183421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>We expect those coming to the UK on a family visa with only basic English to become more fluent over time, to support their integration.</p><p>A2 level English language requirement under the family Immigration Rules applies to applications for further temporary leave to remain as a partner or parent, after 30 months in the UK on a five-year route to settlement.</p><p>Tests that exceed the required A1 level on entry to the partner or parent route, met at A2 level or above, may be re-used at the next application stage.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/10/2018 17:28:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

994132

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount is of immigration fees (a) charged and (b) received by the public purse in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (vi) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	183241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>FY 2018/2019: The figures for 2018/2019 will be available once the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts are audited by the National Audit Office and laid before Parliament.</p><p>For information regarding the other years please see the following links and relevant page numbers:</p><p>FY 2017/2018-page 126</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF" target="_blank"><em>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF</em></a></p><p> </p><p>FY 2016/2017-page 117</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>FY2015/16 - page 134</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/11/2018 16:42:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz