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1713471

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Telephone Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of scam telephone calls using number spoofing were reported in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	23542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold any data on the number of scam telephone calls using number spoofing.</p><p>Ofcom recently published their experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages survey, conducted on 31<sup>st</sup> January and 1<sup>st</sup> February 2024 (2,202 UK adult respondents). Mobile and landline users were asked if they had ever received a call that looked like it was from a genuine source but then became suspicious that it was not genuine. 35% reported having received a call on their landline and 50% reported having received a call on their mobile of this nature.</p><p><a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/281158/data-tables-2024.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/281158/data-tables-2024.xlsx</a></p><p>NB: These figures cannot be combined as some users may have received both suspicious call on their mobile and landline and do not provide answers on the number of spoofing calls in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/05/2024 15:47:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1713472

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Telephone Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps to support (a) businesses and (b) other organisations whose numbers are used by (i) nuisance callers and (ii) criminals in number spoofing scams.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	23543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>A central pillar of the Government’s Fraud Strategy is blocking individuals and groups from attempting to impersonate other organisations and institutional bodies. As part of this work, the Government has introduced a new measure to the Criminal Justice Bill to strengthen law enforcement capabilities to tackle scam text messages. The Bill will create a new offence for supplying or possessing “SIM farm” devices (which allow criminals to send scam texts to thousands of individuals and businesses at the same time), without good reason or undertaking adequate due diligence.</p><p>In addition, the Government and Industry have signed the Telecommunications Fraud Sector Charter, a voluntary agreement to improve counter-fraud efforts. As a result of the Charter, the sector has introduced firewalls that detect and stop scam texts from reaching customers. Since January 2022, the firewalls have stopped 960 million scam text messages.</p><p>Law enforcement are also working tirelessly to tackle criminal number spoofing operations at source. Last year, Operation Elaborate led by the Metropolitan police took down iSpoof, a website that was used to make 10 million spoof calls impersonating individuals and businesses. The international joint action led to 142 arrests and the main administrator of the website was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months of imprisonment.</p><p>In April this year, in another successful joint operation codenamed Stargrew, the Met took down LabHost; a major criminal website, which fraudsters used to create over 40,000 fake phishing websites impersonating businesses. So far the operation has led to 37 arrests, and over 25,000 victims in the UK have been contacted.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/04/2024 13:59:44 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1713525

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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: Reasonable Adjustments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 38 of the Independent Review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published on 20 July 2022, how many and what proportion of officers who are unable to remain in their post because their reasonable adjustments can no longer be accommodated (a) have moved to a lower pay scale, (b) have chosen to take part in the Voluntary Exit Scheme, (c) are over the age of 50 and (d) had been placed on reasonable adjustments in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	23361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the information in an easily accessible format, therefore the information requested cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost. However, Border Force can confirm that no officer who was unable to remain at the Heathrow PCP has moved to a lower pay scale.</p><p>The Home Office prioritises removing or reducing workplace barriers by implementing workplace adjustments, so that impacted employees and those with long-term health conditions have the same opportunities as those without reasonable adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 23360 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:00:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1713537

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits: Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney constituency hold a Biometric Residency Permit.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	23536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not publicly available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 29/04/2024 15:56:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1713015

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal assistance will be available in Rwanda to asylum seekers relocated under the UK-Rwanda treaty.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	23167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Relocated Individuals will be provided with legal representation free of charge throughout the asylum process. Part 3 of Annex B to the treaty details the provision that shall be made in Rwanda for Relocated Individuals to access legal assistance and interpreters.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2024 09:07:20 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1713022

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Republic of Ireland
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 hold discussions with his Irish counterpart on the accuracy of figures for asylum-seekers who moved between the two countries in 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>There is a high level of cooperation on migration and border security between the UK and Irish Government. In particular, the Home Office regularly discuss asylum trends and work to respond to these trends with our counterparts in the Department of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/04/2024 13:43:39 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1713031

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Burglary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with police forces on the effectiveness of the commitment that the police attend the scene of every home burglary.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales data shows a 56% fall in domestic burglaries when comparing the year ending September 2023 with year ending March 2010. This is clearly good news; however, we recognise the impact domestic burglary can have on individuals and communities and we are committed to tackling and preventing this crime.</p><p>The public rightly expects that the police will visit them when a home burglary has been committed, which is why we welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on 8 June 2023 that all 43 police forces in England and Wales have been implementing this attendance policy since March 2023: <a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary" target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary</a>.</p><p>The police commitment to attend home burglaries is supported by specific College of Policing good practice guidance on conducting residential burglary investigations: https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary.</p><p>We are continuing to regularly engage with the NPCC and the police on tackling burglary through an array of forums, including the Residential Burglary Taskforce and the National Policing Board, as well as working with police leaders to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/05/2024 14:19:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1713065

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detention spaces are available for people seeking asylum who are due to be deported to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	23168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>As of 24 April, the Home Office has the capacity to detain around 2,200 people in immigration removal centres.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2024 09:05:53 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1713069

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many case workers in the UK have received training to manage and process the deportation of individuals seeking asylum to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	23169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister has already set out, the necessary case workers in the UK have been recruited and trained and are ready to make decisions in preparation for the first individuals being relocated.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2024 10:08:39 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1713081

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many field visits the Monitoring Committee of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership has conducted in (a) the UK and (b) Rwanda in (i) 2024, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	23170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Monitoring Committee have been taken through the end-to-end process under the partnership. This took place in Kigali in March 2023 and in the UK in May 2023 and have also held official and non-official meetings throughout 2022, 2023 and 2024 as well as undertaking training and testing of IT systems.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 23171 question first answered 26/04/2024 09:01:46 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson