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1658211

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle child trafficking.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	197736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>This Government is clear that targeting, grooming and the exploitation of children who are often the most vulnerable in our society is deplorable and is committed to tackling it. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 gives law enforcement agencies the tools to tackle modern slavery, including potential maximum sentences of life imprisonment for perpetrators and specific support and protection for victims, including children. £17.8 million of dedicated funding has been provided to the police since 2016, helping to improve the police’s ability to identify victims and to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators and we are investing up to £145 million over three years to tackle drugs supply and county lines activity. The Prevention Programme in England and Wales also delivers tailored interventions, based on police intelligence, to improve multi-agency collaboration in prevention of all exploitation types and help identify hot spot locations, priority areas and specific threats in each region.</p><p> </p><p>The identification of a child who is a potential victim of modern slavery, or is at risk of being a victim, should always trigger the agreed local child protection procedures to ensure the child’s safety and welfare, and to enable the police to gather evidence about abusers and coercers. In addition to this statutory support, the Government has rolled out Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs) who provide an additional source of advice and support for potentially trafficked children, irrespective of nationality, and is piloting their impact with sites covering two thirds of all local authorities across England and nationally in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/09/2023 13:53:47 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1584883

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Organised Crime: Smuggling
	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 tackle criminal smuggler gangs.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	141419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling the ruthless criminal gangs who facilitate illegal immigration, risk lives and damage communities by smuggling people, firearms and drugs into the UK.</p><p>We are working to end small boat crossings and disrupt the organised crime groups behind this activity. Through Project INVIGOR, a multi-agency taskforce, the Home Office is leading efforts to tackle organised immigration crime and the National Crime Agency is responding to and dismantling the business model used by organised criminals to enable illegal entry into the UK.</p><p>We are strengthening the security of the UK border against drug trafficking, increasing disruptions and seizures and dismantling supply chains.</p><p>As part of the Government’s ten-year Drugs Strategy, the Home Office is investing £300m over three years to deliver an end-to-end plan attacking every phase of the supply chain, making the UK a significantly harder place for organised crime groups involved in drugs supply to operate.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 15/02/2023 15:23:23 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1562836

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting: Care Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will take steps to (a) increase the speed of DBS checks and (b) provide applicants with updates on the progress on their application for people who have previously completed those checks within the social care sector.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	113227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) operates to published service standards of completing 80% of Basic checks within 2 days, 80% of Standard checks within 14 days, and 80% of Enhanced checks within 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>DBS’ year-to-date performance up to 31 October 2022 has been positive, providing 88% of Basic checks within 2 days, 95.2% of Standard checks within 14 days, and 79.5% of Enhanced checks within 14 days. These attainments apply to applications across all employment sectors, including the care sector. Furthermore, DBS is working closely with police forces to improve turnaround times for Enhanced checks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DBS provides an Update Service which allows:</p><ul><li>individuals to subscribe so they can keep their standard or enhanced certificates up-to-date; and</li><li>employers to check that person’s certificate online.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This service may reduce the need to apply for multiple certificates when individuals move from one job to another in the same workforce, or when a re-check is required, as employers can carry out a quick online status check to see if an individual’s certificate is still up-to-date. This service may be of significant benefit for individuals that work within the social care sector.</p><p>DBS also provides an ‘adult first check’ service to employing organisations in the care sector. Employers can request the result of a check of DBS’ list of barred adults, ahead of the completion of an Enhanced application. Depending on the result, a person can be permitted to start work with vulnerable adults, under supervision, before the result of an Enhanced DBS check.</p><p>Although DBS does not provide automatic progress updates during the processing of applications. However, it is possible for relevant parties to check on the progress of applications through DBS’ online tracking services.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 10/01/2023 10:31:14 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1490120

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the capacity of the Fire and Rescue Service to manage periods of extreme heat and related fires.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	38712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>Fire and rescue authorities in England are required to assess foreseeable fire and rescue related risks (including wildfires) that could affect their area, and how they will respond.</p><p> </p><p>In this period of extreme heat I am monitoring fire and rescue authorities, and their ability to continue to protect the public. I am confident that fire and rescue authorities are continuing to maintain essential services, and that specialist capabilities to fight wildfires, including equipment and expert advisers, are in place.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 26/07/2022 10:48:06 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1623970

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting: Standards
	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 official statistics entitled DBS checks: police performance summary, published on 28 April 2021, when she plans to update the data on average turnaround times for DBS checks at police forces; and for what reasons data on average turnaround times has not been updated since April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	182817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>There is no intention for DBS to update the ‘DBS checks: police force summary’ data on its website.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2021/22 reporting year and onwards DBS decided to focus on the data items it publishes every quarter relating to its legacy measures, internal targets and product volumes, including data about the average turnaround times for police forces. Data published by DBS is focused on its own key service standards and is accompanied by a narrative that explains DBS’ performance and the average turnaround times for all levels of DBS checks. This includes performance for Enhanced checks, for which police forces may be required to undertake checks of their local records.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 09/05/2023 12:38:51 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1490220

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has for (a) preventing and (b) tackling wildfires during heatwaves.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	38595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p><strong>38594:</strong> The Home Office has been working closely with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) to provide monitoring and reporting of wildfires during this unprecedented heat.</p><p> </p><p><strong>38595:</strong> A coordinated multi-agency approach is essential in the prevention and tackling of wildfires. This includes government departments such as Defra, Cabinet Office, Met Office and DLUHC.</p><p> </p><p>As of 0700 21<sup>st</sup> July, according to NFCC data, Fire and Rescue Services have responded to 462 wildfire incidents in England and Wales in 2022. These were incidents that met the national thresholds for reporting.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate further wildfire incidents to occur this year as the warm dry weather continues.</p><p> </p><p>At a local level – each Fire and Rescue Authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfires) through their Integrated Risk Management Plan. This will include plans to prevent and respond to incidents and Fire and Rescue Services will have regard in their planning to other key local responders including landowners and other emergency services.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 38594 question first answered 27/07/2022 11:25:36 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1490219

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of wildfires in 2022; and what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of summer heatwaves on that estimate.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	38594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p><strong>38594:</strong> The Home Office has been working closely with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) to provide monitoring and reporting of wildfires during this unprecedented heat.</p><p> </p><p><strong>38595:</strong> A coordinated multi-agency approach is essential in the prevention and tackling of wildfires. This includes government departments such as Defra, Cabinet Office, Met Office and DLUHC.</p><p> </p><p>As of 0700 21<sup>st</sup> July, according to NFCC data, Fire and Rescue Services have responded to 462 wildfire incidents in England and Wales in 2022. These were incidents that met the national thresholds for reporting.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate further wildfire incidents to occur this year as the warm dry weather continues.</p><p> </p><p>At a local level – each Fire and Rescue Authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfires) through their Integrated Risk Management Plan. This will include plans to prevent and respond to incidents and Fire and Rescue Services will have regard in their planning to other key local responders including landowners and other emergency services.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 38595 question first answered 27/07/2022 11:25:36 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1658845

	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	Offences against Children: Newham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to work with local (a) businesses and (b) authorities to provide safe spaces for child victims of sexual street harassment in Newham.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	198102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Public sexual harassment is an appalling crime which the Government is committed to tackling. Our children have the right to both be and feel safe on our streets.</p><p>We are providing just over £1.2 million in funding, for the next two years, to the Children's Society for a programme to drive targeted action to respond to child sexual abuse and exploitation. The programme works with national and local partners, including businesses, to identify exploitation trends and work collaboratively to prevent harm.</p><p>In addition, we have:</p><ul><li>awarded £125 million through the Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night Funds, covering a range of interventions including enhanced street lighting and CCTV, bystander training programmes and taxi marshals;</li><li>are supporting Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP’s Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Bill, which provides that if someone commits an offence under section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 (intentional harassment, alarm or distress) and does so because of the victim’s sex, they can receive a longer sentence. In cases involving children, there are potentially additional offences that may be relevant;</li><li>have ensured new guidance is in place for the police and prosecutors on public sexual harassment; and are running the “Enough” public communications campaign, which aims to target and challenge public sexual harassment and other forms of violence against women and girls by, for example, empowering bystanders to intervene safely.</li></ul> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 14/09/2023 14:15:31 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1658844

	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	Children: Newham
	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 take steps to help ensure ensure that public parks in Newham are safe for children during the hours when children travel home from school.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	198101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Policing of parks in Newham is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Service. Multi-agency partners, including the Metropolitan Police Service receives over £22.5m in funds to tackle serious violence in London. This includes funds for the Violence Reduction Unit which delivers a multi-agency partnerships to lead the local response to reducing violence, with a focus on long-term prevention.</p><p>To date, £3.2 million has been awarded through all rounds of the Safer Streets Fund to local projects across London. This includes just over £1.5 million in funding through the current fourth round for projects targeting anti-social behaviour, as well as neighbourhood crime and violence against women and girls. Interventions funded have included the installation of additional CCTV, streetlighting and alleygating. The Mayor for Policing and Crime in London and the City of London Police Authority board have both been allocated £2m in total through the latest fifth round of the fund to support delivery of a range of interventions focused on VAWG, ASB and Neighbourhood Crime.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 14/09/2023 11:48:53 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1610186

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	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 ensure that survivors of domestic abuse are supported to report that abuse to the police.
	tabling member constituency	Watford
	tabling member printed	Dean Russell
	uin	180319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a horrific crime and improving the response to domestic abuse is a key priority. That is why we introduced our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (the Act), which will provide further protections to the millions of people who experience domestic abuse and strengthen measures to bring perpetrators to justice, as well as transform the support we give to victims ensuring they have the protection they deserve.</p><p>We expect police to treat all victims of domestic abuse with the sensitivity and compassion they deserve, which plays an important part in encouraging victims and survivors to report. Therefore, to strengthen the police response to domestic abuse and as part of our commitment in the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan 2022 to support the development and further rollout of the Domestic Abuse Matters training, we have committed up to £3.3 million up to 2025 to bolster and encourage the uptake of this training in forces. We will beprioritising funding for those forces who have yet to undertake the training. As part of this commitment, we are also funding the development of a newmodule of the training that is targeted at officers investigating domestic abuse offences to enable further improvement in police responses to domesticabuse incidents.</p><p>The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS), also known as Clare’s Law enables the police to disclose information to a victim or potential victim of domestic abuse about their partner’s or ex-partner’s previous abusive or violent offending either following a request for information by a victim, potential victim or an associated third party or following the police being in receipt of information requiring a disclosure. We have recently commenced section 77 of the Act which places the guidance which underpins the DVDS into statute and published updated guidance ahead of this. This places a duty on the police to apply the guidance unless there is good reason not to and will strengthen the visibility and consistent operation of the scheme. The guidance also makes clear that safeguarding the victim or potential victim is, at all times, a priority.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 20/04/2023 09:10:56 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell