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1712881

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason an electronic database has not been created to keep track of the children in hotels used for asylum seekers.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	23037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>There are no unaccompanied children in hotels.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2024 10:47:05 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1712882

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
	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 take steps to increase opportunities for children and young people to (a) express their views and experiences of and (b) make decisions affecting their living conditions in contingency accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	23038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Asylum seekers have access to health and social care services from the point of arrival in the UK. The Home Office and its contractors work closely with the NHS, local authorities and non-governmental organisations to ensure that people can access the healthcare and support they need.</p><p>The Home Office also operates a Safeguarding Hub to support vulnerable individuals in accessing these services. In addition, the Home Office contracts Migrant Help to provide advice and guidance to asylum seekers should they have an issue with their accommodation or support, and for signposting to health and welfare services. Asylum seekers can access Migrant Help 24/7, every day of the year; by a freephone telephone number, via an online chat, or completing an email enquiry form, both of which can be accessed free of charge on the Migrant Help website. Interpreting and translation services are available through Migrant Help when the need arises for asylum seekers to raise any queries or concerns.</p><p>Whilst any safeguarding, medical, or other personal circumstances are considered, all asylum accommodation is provided on a ‘no choice basis’.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/04/2024 14:20:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1697970

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing migrant victims of domestic abuse to access support from (a) police and (b) statutory services.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	19998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Victims are entitled to access services under the Victims Code regardless of their resident status, including support services. They are rightly able to access statutory services irrespective of their immigration status and the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. As an example, the statutory guidance for the Duty to Provide Safe Accommodation under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act is clear that this provision is for all victims of domestic abuse, including migrant survivors with insecure immigration status.</p><p>The government has kept the range of support under review and have made recent changes.</p><p>We allocated up to £5.6 million from April 2021 until March 2025 for the Support for Migrant Victim Scheme, which provides a support net for migrant victims of abuse with no recourse to public funds. And we have expanded access to the Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession (MVDAC) to partners of workers or students, giving 3 months recourse to public funds whilst they potentially apply for an appropriate immigration status or return to their country of origin if it is safe for them to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 26/03/2024 15:10:32 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1697971

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
	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 remove the reservation on Article 59 of the Istanbul Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	19997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The reservation on Article 59 will be kept in place at this time but kept under review as the policies which address support for migrant victims of domestic abuse develop.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to be committed to supporting migrant victims of domestic abuse. This includes the recently expanded Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession, the immediate settlement provisions under Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse and the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 28/03/2024 15:28:17 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1696324

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	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: Victims
	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 make it his policy to introduce a strategy to fund specialist services to support victims of violence that are (a) disabled, (b) an ethnic minority, (c) a religious minority, (d) identify as being LGBTQIA+ and (e) with no recourse to public funds.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	18805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office and Ministry of Justice have committed to a joint 'by and for' fund for services across England and Wales. The fund is providing £5.9m to organisations supporting marginalised groups affected by violence against women and girls (VAWG) over two years to March 2025. This includes organisations supporting victims from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled victims, and LGBT victims. ‘By and for’ services are specialist services that are led, designed, and delivered by and for the users and communities they aim to serve.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Police and Crime Commissioners receive annual grant funding to commission local victim services, including specialist 'by and for' services, based on an assessment of local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 19/03/2024 17:43:02 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1692348

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Gaza
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision his Department has made for collecting biometric data from relatives of British nationals fleeing Gaza in the absence of functioning visa applications centres in Gaza.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	16180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Visa Application Centre in Gaza has been closed since 7 October 2023 due to the conflict in the region and to ensure the safety of staff and customers. UKVI will continue to monitor the situation and work closely with the commercial partner, TLS, to re-open the centre when it becomes safe to do so.</p><p>Those who wish to make a UK visa application will need to enrol their biometrics at an alternative Visa Application Centre in OPT (Ramallah or Jerusalem) or a nearby country. Customers can visit <a href="https://pos.tlscontact.com/" target="_blank">https://pos.tlscontact.com/</a> for an up to date list of Visa Application Centres in the region<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/03/2024 16:25:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1682064

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Higher Education
	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 statutory guidance entitled Prevent duty guidance: for higher education institutions in England and Wales (2015), updated on 31 December 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that guidance on (a) academic research, (b) the number of students applying to higher education institutions, (c) students’ experience in higher education, (d) freedom of speech and (e) people with protected characteristics.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	9649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The updated and refreshed guidance places no additional burdens on the education sector. There are no new requirements as a result of the refresh or additional responsibilities for the sector. The guidance reinforces that settings should understand their Prevent duty requirements as part of their wider safeguarding and welfare responsibilities.</p><p>The Prevent duty should not limit academic research but encourage debate, challenge ideas and advance knowledge on contentious topics. The government has legislated to ensure that universities in England are a place where academics, students and visiting speakers can express a diverse range of views without fear of repercussion.</p><p>In the most recent published assessment by the Office for Students (OfS) on the implementation of the Prevent programme in the English higher education sector in 2019, they found no cause for concern that free speech was being undermined by Prevent in external speakers’ policies and their implementation. The assessment is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.officeforstudents.org.uk%2Fpublications%2Fprevent-review-meetings-programme-findings%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CChanelle.Stuart%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3645b75497b6483d2f0d08dc1689929c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638410027347878878%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=L6KyykU5x8i5V1p7AO9Ye5Sz2VZwginChfWmOcv0MbM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/prevent-review-meetings-programme-findings/</a>.</p><p>Institutions should encourage students to respect other people with particular regard to the protected characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010 Institutions should also be mindful of their commitments to protecting freedom of speech, provided that the speech is lawful.</p><p>A full Equality Impact Assessment was undertaken in line with responsibilities under the Public Sector Equality Duty. The Home Office commissioned an independent research agency to conduct in-depth research with frontline staff, particularly those with Prevent-specific responsibilities, across the key sectors of education, healthcare, local authorities, police and prisons &amp; probation, to make sure that the new guidance is as robust as possible. This consultation covered England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 23/01/2024 16:29:31 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1679751

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	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 improve the complaints mechanism for challenging Prevent referrals.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	8191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to implementing William Shawcross’s Independent Review of Prevent in full, which included recommendation 34: “Create a new standards and compliance unit answerable to ministers on the Prevent oversight board.”</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/01/2024 12:35:06 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1671597

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Emergency Services: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will undertake a review of the current system for compensation following fatal road traffic collisions with emergency service vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	2735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>Compensation following a road collision involving the emergency services should be sought via motor insurance claims in the usual way. There are no current plans to review how compensation is awarded in these circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/11/2023 17:10:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1667561

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Investigations After Police Use of Force Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she took into account the findings of the Baroness Casey Review when formulating the terms of reference for her Department's review of investigations after police use of force.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Terms of Reference (ToR) for the review of investigatory arrangements following police use of force and police driving are broad and encompass the interests of both police officers and the public. They make it clear that the review will seek to understand whether the current framework serves to maintain public confidence in the police, in particular for those impacted by police use of force. This includes whether individuals are held to account appropriately. We are seeking to gather evidence on the issues covered in the ToR, from a wide range of stakeholders, including third parties.</p><p>The Department is fully aware of the Casey Review and it was highlighted in representations made to the Home Secretary by the Independent Office for Police Conduct during the development of the Review’s ToR</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 488 question first answered 13/11/2023 12:01:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy