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1360348

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Employment: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a firewall between labour inspection teams and immigration enforcement.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	57188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery, including labour exploitation and ensuring that victims are identified early and provided with the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p> </p><p>The safety of victims is paramount and is fully considered before any enforcement action is taken by Immigration Enforcement. All law enforcement officers, including immigration officers, receive training as part of their induction on spotting the signs of labour exploitation and modern slavery. Law enforcement bodies also work together to tackle the unscrupulous employers behind these cruel crimes. Immigration Enforcement is a key partner in taking action against employers who do not play by the rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2021 16:44:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1603590

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	[EU edit] To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the updated harms assessment by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on nitrous oxide, published on 7 March 2023, when she plans to respond to its findings; what assessment she has made of the potential merits of specifically proscribing nitrous oxide; and whether it is her policy to support the other recommendations in that report.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
	tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
	uin	163837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) published their report on nitrous oxide on 6 March, setting out the evidence as it currently stands and made seven recommendations.</p><p>The Government will consider the ACMD advice carefully along with any other available evidence, as appropriate, and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/03/2023 14:31:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1584263

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Safer Streets Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent progress her Department has made on allocating Safer Streets funding.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
	uin	903501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>We have invested £120 million through four rounds of the Safer Streets fund supporting 270 projects helping to tackle Neighbourhood Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour and Violence Against Women and Girls.</p><p>Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner has already received over £1m for three projects lead by Ipswich Borough council. This includes £499,588 in the current round to target anti-social behaviour and violence against women and girls in the night-time economy.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/02/2023 16:52:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1504607

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of violent crime in London.
	tabling member constituency	Orpington
	tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
	uin	901279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>As of June 2022, the latest data for hospital admissions for under 25s for assault with a sharp object – our primary metric for measuring serious violence – is down -17% in London compared to June 2021.</p><p>This financial year we have provided £12.7m of funding to the London Violence Reduction Unit – which brings together key partners to tackle violence - and £8m of ‘Grip’ funding to support the Metropolitan Police Service’s response to violence.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 05/09/2022 15:43:05 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1403139

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of antisocial behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	905053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing ASB. We know it can have a serious impact on both individuals and the wider community.</p><p>Police recorded incidents show a fall in ASB since 2013/2014 from around 2.1m to 1.8m incidents in the year to June 2020/2021.</p><p>We have ensured that local agencies have flexible tools and powers to tackle ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/01/2022 16:06:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1605271

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Interviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of waiting times for asylum interviews.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	904181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>Activity is underway to reduce the waiting time to be interviewed through a number of process improvements, including conducting shorter, more focused interviews and giving more flexibility over the process of making asylum decisions.</p><p>I am pleased to report we are on track and have doubled the number of caseworkers on cases. We have also prioritised those eligible for removal through a new dedicated unit staffed by 400 new specialists considering claims from Albanian illegal migrants.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 16:17:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1541717

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress she has made on implementing the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	902175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>We are pleased to report all three referral pathways on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) are now open to receive referrals, to provide a route for resettlement to the UK for at-risk individuals in Afghanistan and the region.</p><p>The ACRS was launched in January, with some of those evacuated under Op PITTING being granted a place.</p><p>We are now receiving referrals from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of vulnerable refugees who have fled Afghanistan for resettlement to the UK, and are pleased to have welcomed the first families under this Pathway (2) of the ACRS.</p><p>The FCDO launched Pathway 3, which will see eligible British Council and GardaWorld contractors and Chevening alumni considered for resettlement to the UK. The FCDO has begun notifying eligible individuals with advice on the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/11/2022 16:20:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1380637

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress her Department has made on the reimbursement of the Immigration Health Surcharge for foreign healthcare workers in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	904283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>This government remains committed to fulfilling the PM’s commitment to exempt health and care staff from the Immigration Health Surcharge.</p><p>Thousands of our hardworking health and care workers and their dependents have already received and continue to receive the Immigration Health Surcharge refunds and reimbursements they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/11/2021 15:40:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1588618

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To the Secretary of State for the Home Office, if she will publish a copy of her Department's questionnaire to be completed by refugees from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Eritrea, (c) Libya, (d) Syria and (e) Yemen as an alternative to being interviewed.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	151300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to publish the questionnaire at this time; instead, it will be sent to eligible claimants from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Libya Syria and Yemen</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/03/2023 14:53:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1658886

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what steps are being taken to ensure disabled people have unimpeded access to the House of Lords areas of the Parliamentary estate during protests in and around Parliament Square.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
	uin	HL9952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The management of public protests and access to roads and pavements around Parliament are matters for the Metropolitan Police Service, Westminster City Council, and the Greater London Authority, who are all independent of the Government.</p><p>Through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, the Government expanded the list of prohibited activities in the controlled area of Parliament Square to include the obstruction of vehicular access to the Parliamentary Estate. It is a criminal offence to ignore a constable’s direction to cease such an activity.</p><p>In addition, Parliament has approved a Statutory Instrument providing the police with greater flexibility and clarity over when to intervene to stop disruptive protest tactics such as blocking roads and slow walking. We have done this to support the police in striking the right balance between the rights of the public and the rights of protesters, and to ensure public order legislation is clear, consistent and current.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL9951 question first answered 20/09/2023 13:24:52 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin