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date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Supply Chains
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 the Independent Review into the Boohoo Group PLC’s Leicester supply chain, published on 24 September 2020, what recent steps he has taken to tackle modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	25236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tacit was set-up in July 2020 to investigate allegations of widespread exploitation and modern slavery in Leicester, and to take appropriate action where non-compliance was found. The issues uncovered included health and safety breaches, illegal working and risk of underpayment of national minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME) has undertaken an independent review of Operation Tacit and will publish her findings in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office sponsored Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and other labour market enforcement bodies continue to work in the sector, and across the economy, to prevent, detect and investigate non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 17/05/2024 09:40:20 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1195549

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many UK companies have a licence to supply firearms.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	46658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>Data on how many UK companies have a licence to supply firearms is not available. The Home Office publishes statistics on the number of firearm dealers that are registered with the police in England and Wales. The latest figures on the number of firearm dealers is available from table 6 of the <em>‘</em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-england-and-wales-april-2018-to-march-2019" target="_blank"><em>Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2018/1</em><em>9</em></a><em>’ </em>publication.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=release-date-oldest" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on Firearm Certificates on issue in Scotland are published by <a href="https://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/our-performance/" target="_blank">Police Scotland</a>.</p><p>The Police Service of Northern Ireland lists its statistical outputs on the <a href="https://www.psni.police.uk/inside-psni/Statistics/" target="_blank">Statistics</a> page of its website, but there are no series that are directly comparable to those for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/05/2020 15:23:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

155492

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will investigate the request for the European Arrest Warrant issued for the parents of Ashya King.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	214177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>No Ministers or Home Office officials have any involvement in decisions about whether to issue Arrest Warrants, nor did they have any involvement in the decision to issue an Arrest Warrant for Ashya King’s parents. The decision to seek an Arrest Warrant is an operational matter for the Police and the prosecuting authorities, in this case the Crown Prosecution Service. Any decision about whether to issue a warrant is a matter for a judge. The Director of Public Prosecutions told the Home Affairs Committee in her evidence on this matter on 14 October 2014 that at the time, the Crown Prosecution Service &quot;reviewed the case&quot; and &quot;upon further evidence, reviewed it again&quot; which led to them contacting Spain to request that the Arrest Warrant be discharged, which it was.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 214176 question first answered 20/11/2014 14:33:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen