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886193

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department,how many staff will be working in the newly established Windrush Generation task force; from which parts of (a) her Department and (b) other Government Departments they have been seconded; and what the timetable is for the task force to complete its work.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	136388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The team was initially set up with 20 staff members. The number of staff deployed to the team will be driven by the number of people that contact the Department for help. Additional experienced staff can be deployed from within the Department should the need arise.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/07/2018 11:11:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

884973

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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: 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, with reference to the news article entitled Amber Rudd denies seeing leaked Home Office violent crime report, published by The Guardian on Monday 9 April 2018, whether (a) the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service (b) her special advisers and (c) special advisers to Ministers in her Department had seen the leaked report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	135961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The former Home Secretary made clear at the launch of the strategy on 9 April that the Guardian had not shared the leaked document with us and so she hadn’t seen it.</p><p>This is also the case in relation to the Minister of State for Policing and Fire and special advisors in the Department at the time. However, as the former Home Secretary made clear, she had seen extensive sets of analysis from Home Office officials as the strategy and its underlying evidence developed.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/07/2018 13:45:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

886356

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which regulations her Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate she has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	136551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/08/2018 answer text <p>My department has introduced 5 regulations as a result of EU legislation since 23 June 2016.</p><p>In 2018, we expect to introduce a further 4 regulations.</p><p>In 2019, we do not expect to introduce any regulations as a result of EU legislation. However, the exact number is subject to ongoing negotiations.</p><p>All regulations implementing EU legislation that have been introduced since 2013 and impact assessments, where available, can be found on <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/08/2018 13:54:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

884916

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish a fast-track citizenship system for people who have lived in the UK for more than 40 years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	135904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>To support those people who have lived in the UK for a long time, on 30 May we launched the Windrush Scheme. The scheme ensures that members of the Windrush generation, their children born in the UK and who arrived in UK as minors, and others who have been in the United Kingdom for a long period of time, will be able to obtain the documents to confirm their status and, in appropriate cases, be able to obtain British citizenship free of charge.</p><p>We aim to provide a high level of service for all our customers and to everyone who uses our services. All applications to UK Visas and Immigration, including citizenship applications, will be considered in line with existing service standards and customer commitments.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/09/2018 14:18:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

886176

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's Case Information Database retains copies of (a) landing cards and (b) microfilm numbers on an electronic database in cases where the Landing Card Unit destroyed physical landing cards.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	136371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2018 answer text <p>Physical landing cards are not retained. These are routinely disposed of once statistical and biographic data has been recorded.</p><p>Landing cards that were previously scanned onto microfiche, are now scanned onto PDF format and DVD. The statistical and biographic data is then entered onto the Home Office’s Case Information Database. Scanned data is retained for 15 years.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 03/09/2018 14:56:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

884917

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide free legal advice to Commonwealth citizens who have lived in the UK since before 1971 and who now may face deportation because of a lack of documentation.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	135905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2018 answer text <p>There will be no charge to obtain new documents or a residence permit. The simple process and the dedicated team assigned to help resolve individual cases should mean that individuals will not need to seek legal advice.</p><p>Those who arrived in the UK before 1 January 1973 are protected by virtue of their status provided by the 1971 Immigration Act. They will not be liable for deportation and will be able to regularise their stay.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/08/2018 13:41:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

860808

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Modern Slavery and Implementation Group last met; and what the date is of its next planned meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	132165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Modern Slavery Strategy and Implementation Group (MSSIG) which I Chair, brings together key stakeholders including civil society to support the implementation of the Government’s modern slavery strategy.</p><p>The group meets quarterly. The last meeting took place on 24 October 2017. Unfortunately, the meeting scheduled for May 2018 was postponed. The next meeting will take place shortly after recess on 10 September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/07/2018 16:23:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

760124

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the dates were of the most recent meetings between Ministers of her Department and their counterparts in the devolved administrations; and what the dates are of the next planned meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	10401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The former Home Secretary the Rt. Hon Amber Rudd last meeting with a Scottish Minister was in Glasgow on 27 July 2017. The Home Secretary has yet to meet with with Scottish Ministers but looks forward to doing so in due course and in line with departmental business.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/07/2018 15:12:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

752735

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that industry codes of practice allow users to remove compromised telephones from cloud accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	5137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2018 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Act requires the Secretary of State, before issuing a code of practice, to consult social media providers to whom the code is intended.</p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are consulting on introducing a social media code of practice as part of the Internet Safety Strategy which was published on 11 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/09/2018 14:30:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

786927

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Working Conditions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of staff employed in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	112411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>In July 2017 the Home Office launched their health and wellbeing strategy which is aligned with the Civil Service 5 strategic priorities to ;</p><p>1. Provide visible leadership for health and wellbeing 2. Encourage an open dialogue leading to action on mental health 3. Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle 4. Promote national wellbeing campaigns 5. Support people to stay at work or return to work</p><p>The strategy incorporates best practice approaches from: World Health Organisation, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England. The strategy adopts a pragmatic approach to implement actions that are evidence and risk based as research shows this makes the most significant difference in improving health and wellbeing.</p><p>For Physical Health we follow the HSE guidelines on 5 steps to risk assessment:</p><ol><li>Identify the hazards</li><li>Identify who might be harmed</li><li>Evaluate the risks</li><li>Record our findings</li><li>Regularly review risk assessments</li></ol><p>Our procedures including a suite of training across the workforce, governance by publication of policies and guidance notes and assurance by way of a schedule of assurance visits and action plans for improvement.</p><p>For Mental Health we provide:</p><ul><li>An Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7 helpline for employees. Employees can talk to qualified counsellors and this includes talking about any mental health issues affecting relatives or friends</li><li>‘Stress Management for Managers’ training and guidance - enabling our managers to identify and manage stress employees may experience in workplace. This is aligned to the ‘HSE Stress Management Standards’.</li><li>Stress risk assessments - carried out to identify causes and implement agreed solutions and measures to eliminate or reduce the stressors in the workplace</li><li>‘Building Organisational Resilience’ training for senior management teams to build their business unit’s resilience at times of changes, traumas and disturbances</li><li>Trained Mental Health First Aiders - support employees across the business</li><li>Mental health awareness e learning - for all employees to access</li><li>Sustaining Resilience at Work - a peer support network, which provides support and assistance to colleagues in times of challenge, stress and pressure.</li><li>Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) assessors - For parts of our business were there may be a higher risk of traumatic incidents. After a traumatic incident trained TRiM assessors are deployed. They work with HR and line managers to ensure those who need additional immediate support get it. They monitor those whose initial reactions are not severe and provide advice to all employees.</li><li>The ‘Big White Wall’ - An NHS approved system for employees to have a safe and confidential space to talk about issues they may be facing at work, and how it is affecting them.</li><li>Employees and line managers are regularly advised to refer to external publications from expert organisations such as:</li></ul><p>o Mind – How to support staff who are experiencing a mental problem</p><p>o Mental Health Foundation - Bespoke publications which cover a range of mental illnesses</p><p>Number 10 commissioned a review of mental health in the workplace. The subsequent report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654514/thriving-at-work-stevenson-farmer-review.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Thriving at Work: the Stevenson/Farmer review of mental health and employers</strong></a> has made a number of recommendations for the civil service. The Home Office is working with the cross-government group to identify the improvements to be made across the civil service. The Home Office has set up a ‘Mental Health - Thriving at Work Project’ to ensure all the improvements are implemented.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/07/2018 16:34:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane