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1111203

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	243415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>We have checked the records that the department has kept since the introduction of the Cabinet Office guidance on settlement agreements on 1 February 2015 and confirm that we have one record, of using an NDA with a departmental staff member in July 2015.</p><p>The use of this NDA was unintentional i.e. the standard NDA paragraph was accidently left in the template by mistake. We are not aware of the Home Office using NDA for departmental staff other than this since the new guidance was introduced. However, the records examined were cross-matched from several different data sets, assembled for different purposes. As there were some gaps in the data sets, while we are confident this was the only instance, we cannot guarantee that we were able to identify every case.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2019 16:22:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1123574

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made with the development of the Disclosure and Barring Service in the Welsh language.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	248735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The DBS are committed to providing a full end to end service in Welsh. Advice is available to Welsh DBS users at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about/welsh-language-scheme#dbs-certificates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about/welsh-language-scheme#dbs-certificates</a></p><p>The DBS also provide a dedicated Welsh language phone line available to support applicants. This can be found at: 03000 200 191</p><p>At present a Welsh application route is available for the disclosure Basic check service. DBS are currently transitioning their IT services to new suppliers and are exploring alternative options to deliver new online Welsh language applications for Standard and Enhanced checks.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 248736 question first answered 07/06/2019 13:47:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1123575

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to allow online applicants to the Disclosure and Barring Service to complete their application in the Welsh language.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	248736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The DBS are committed to providing a full end to end service in Welsh. Advice is available to Welsh DBS users at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about/welsh-language-scheme#dbs-certificates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about/welsh-language-scheme#dbs-certificates</a></p><p>The DBS also provide a dedicated Welsh language phone line available to support applicants. This can be found at: 03000 200 191</p><p>At present a Welsh application route is available for the disclosure Basic check service. DBS are currently transitioning their IT services to new suppliers and are exploring alternative options to deliver new online Welsh language applications for Standard and Enhanced checks.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 248735 question first answered 07/06/2019 13:47:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1123563

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Departmental Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to locate the 114 documents in relation to child sexual abuse and hon. Members which were misplaced by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	248696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>In February 2013, the Permanent Secretary commissioned an investigation into information the Home Office received in relation to child abuse allegations, between 1979 and 1999. That investigation was unable to locate 114 potentially relevant Home Office files.</p><p>On 7 July 2014 the Home Secretary appointed Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC to carry out an independent review of the 2013 investigation.</p><p>On 29 July 2014, the Home Office Permanent Secretary directed that a physical search targeted on specific areas of the Department be undertaken to see if any of the 114 missing files could be located. This did not uncover any of the 114 missing files, though one was found prior to this exercise. As part of their Review, Wanless and Whittam interrogated what was known about each of the 114 files. They published their analysis within their final report, published November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2019 13:38:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1123147

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proscribed Organisations: British Nationals Abroad
	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 potential merits of amending Section 63A of the Terrorism Act 2000 to extend extrajudicial jurisdiction to the offence of a UK national supporting a proscribed organisation while overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	247667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The offence of membership of a proscribed organisation has had extra-territorial jurisdiction since 2006. The Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 extended extra-territorial jurisdiction-limited to UK nationals and residents-to the offences of inviting support, reckless expressions of support, and displaying in a public place and publishing an image of a flag or logo.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/05/2019 16:54:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1123589

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Suicide
	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 the number of police officers who have taken their own lives in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	248770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics publish data on suicide by occupation in England. The latest release can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidebyoccupationenglandsupplementarydatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidebyoccupationenglandsupplementarydatatables</a></p><p>The Home Office has not issued any guidance to police forces on the collection of statistics on the number of police officers taking their own lives.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 248771 248773 question first answered 08/05/2019 16:00:10 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1123590

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces hold statistics on the number of (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) police staff taking their own lives.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	248771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics publish data on suicide by occupation in England. The latest release can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidebyoccupationenglandsupplementarydatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidebyoccupationenglandsupplementarydatatables</a></p><p>The Home Office has not issued any guidance to police forces on the collection of statistics on the number of police officers taking their own lives.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 248770 248773 question first answered 08/05/2019 16:00:10 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1123591

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Suicide
	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 the number of fire fighters who have taken their own lives in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	248772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes suicide statistics for the UK for each calendar year. The latest available figures were published by ONS in September 2018 and covered calendar years up to 2017[1].</p><p>Table 1 below provides the number of deaths caused by suicide in firefighters of a working age (20-64 years old) based on information attained on the death certificate. Please note, data on firefighters in managerial roles has also been provided but this category also includes senior officers in ambulance, prison and related services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fire service officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Office for National Statistics</p><p> </p><p><strong>Box 1. International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes used to define suicide</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ICD-10 codes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>X60-X84</p></td><td><p>Intentional self-harm</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Deaths caused by suicide in fire service officers and senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services, aged 20 to 64 years, England and Wales, deaths registered 2008 to 2017<strong>[2]</strong><sup>,<strong>[3]</strong>,<strong>[4]</strong>,<strong>[5]</strong>,<strong>[6]</strong></sup></strong></p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2017registrations" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2017registrations</a></p><p>[2]Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). This includes all deaths from intentional self-harm for persons aged 10 years and over, and deaths where the intent was undetermined for those aged 15 years and over. The ICD codes used to select the deaths are show in Box 1.</p><p>[3]Figures are for those aged 20 to 64 years based on usual working age. However, information from the death certificate does not ascertain if the individual was actively in work or retired.</p><p>[4]Figures for England and Wales include the deaths of non-residents.</p><p>[5]Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Due to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a suicide to be registered. More details can be found in the ‘Suicides in the UK’ statistical bulletin.</p><p>[6]Occupations defined using the Standard Occupation Classification (v.2010). 'Fire service officers' are defined by SOC code 3313 and 'Senior officers in fire, ambulance and prison related services' are defined by SOC code 1173. For information on the classification hierarchy, follow the link below:</p><p>Information on the Standard Occupation Classification</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/05/2019 16:19:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1123593

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Suicide
	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 has issued guidance to police forces on the collection of statistics on the number of police officers taking their own lives; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	248773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics publish data on suicide by occupation in England. The latest release can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidebyoccupationenglandsupplementarydatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidebyoccupationenglandsupplementarydatatables</a></p><p>The Home Office has not issued any guidance to police forces on the collection of statistics on the number of police officers taking their own lives.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 248770 248771 question first answered 08/05/2019 16:00:10 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1123624

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is his Department taking to tackle gangs using diggers to rip out ATM machines from rural shops.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	248626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Justice and policing is devolved to Northern Ireland and Scotland and policing priorities are determined by these areas.</p><p>Across England and Wales, the Government has ensured that, through the election of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), communities have a strong voice in determining how police resources are allocated to tackle the crimes that matter most to them, including those in rural areas. Chief Constables and PCCs are responsible for setting priorities in tackling crime in their areas.</p><p>The Government is determined to prevent and defend against serious and organised crime. Our new strategy, published in November 2018, sets out how we will mobilise the full force of the state and align our collective efforts.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/05/2019 14:01:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson