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1546884

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Military Aid: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential risk of weapons sent to the Ukrainian armed forces coming into the possession of organised crime gangs.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	100000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling the threat posed by trafficking and the misuse of illicit small arms and light weapons which play a key role in facilitating Organised Crime Group (OCG) activity.</p><p>According to NAC Threat assessments it remains highly unlikely that the conflict in Ukraine is impacting on the Serious and organised crime small arms and light weapons threat to the UK. Despite the number of small arms and light weapons available in conflict zones, very few types available pre-conflict or donated by western governments are used by criminals in the UK.</p><p>At the end of the conflict, it is a realistic possibility that some small arms and light weapons will be traded on the European criminal marketplace. The threat is being monitored closely by agencies, in close cooperation with European Partners such as Europol. We are adopting a multi-agency approach to further develop an understanding of the illicit firearms trade and lessons learnt from previous events.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 05/12/2022 17:39:17 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1241250

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	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 his Department's publication entitled Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain, what proportion of the batch safety tests reported in table 7.1. under quality control were (a) abnormal toxicity tests for human biological products, (b) laboratory animal batch safety tests and (c) target animal batch safety tests for veterinary vaccines.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	100546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>With reference to the report entitled Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2019, published in July 2020, laboratory animal batch safety test data is not reported in a way that allows for the distinction between abnormal toxicity tests for human biological products and target animal batch safety tests for veterinary vaccines.</p><p>The proportion of batch safety tests performed on laboratory animals reported by establishments in Great Britain for medicinal products for:</p><ul><li>human use was 98.5% (18,470 of 18,757 tests); and</li></ul><p>veterinary use and their residues was 1.5% (287 of 18,757 tests).</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2020 11:47:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1242017

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	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 Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2019, what types of products are included in (a) blood based products (55,024 uses) and (b) other products (97,638 uses) under routine production; and what proportion of those products were for the production of antibodies monoclonal and polyclonal.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	101318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>With reference to the report entitled Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2019, published in July 2020, the types of products included in blood-based products and other products under routine production can include serum, plasma, antibodies and pathogens.</p><p>The returns of data from establishments for the production of the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain has not requested specific data which would allow the calculation of the proportion of ‘other products’ that were for the production of monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies.</p><p>All applications for the use of animals in science are subject to a harm-benefit analysis, undertaken by the Home Office Inspectorate, to ensure that any harm that may be caused to the animals is justified by the expected benefits for humans, animals or the environment. The UK’s rigorous regulatory system requires that no testing takes place if there is a validated non-animal alternative that would achieve the scientific outcomes sought. Project licence proposals for research on animals for which there is no non-animal alternative must comply fully with the principles of the 3Rs: replacement, reduction and refinement.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/10/2020 15:48:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1548389

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 98935 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether her Department had received representations from employers seeking to extend the concession before making a decision to grant that extension.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	102998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p><p>The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 102999 question first answered 08/12/2022 16:59:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1548390

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 98935 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, which states that employers should first seek to recruit from the resident labour market, whether her Department (a) carries out checks on employers and (b) seeks assurances from employers that UK labour will be used before seeking to fill posts through immigration under the concession.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	102999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p><p>The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 102998 question first answered 08/12/2022 16:59:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1549889

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Labour Market
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer 98938 on 7 December 2022, what labour market information was available to her Department on the sector.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	106454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>As previously set out, the Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p><p>The concession will expire on 30 April 2023 at which point it will not be extended.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 106455 question first answered 13/12/2022 16:56:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1549890

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Labour Market
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer on 7 December 2022 to Question 98938, (a) what labour market information or (b) other representations their decision was based upon.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	106455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>As previously set out, the Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p><p>The concession will expire on 30 April 2023 at which point it will not be extended.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 106454 question first answered 13/12/2022 16:56:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1329711

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2021 to Question 7944 on Drugs: Misuse, if she will publish any correspondence received from (a) the Lord Advocate, (b) the Crown Office and (c) Scottish Government Ministers on the use of drug consumption rooms in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	10671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office has not received any direct representations from the Lord Advocate or the Crown Office on the issue of drug consumption rooms and currently has no plans to publish correspondence received from Scottish Government Ministers on this subject.</p><p>Tackling drug misuse is a priority for this government and we are clear that action is needed across all four nations to reduce the harms caused. We are committed to working across the UK and have regular contact with the Scottish Government at ministerial and official level on this issue</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/06/2021 08:29:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1329753

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Police
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses in Overseas Security and Justice Assessments to determine the deployment of UK police abroad; how those criteria are used; and who uses those criteria.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	10672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The HMG Overseas Security Justice Assessment (OSJA) guidance issued by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is followed. This sets out a 4 staged process which inform officials’ and Ministerial (if high risk) decisions to authorise a deployment:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Stage 1 is an assessment of the human rights risks in country carried out by FCDO posts.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>Stage 2 is an assessment carried out by operational partner(s) responsible for providing assistance of whether there is a serious risk that the proposed assistance might directly or significantly contribute to any of the following human rights risks identified in Stage 1:</li></ol><p> </p><p>I. Use of the death penalty.</p><p>II. Unlawful or arbitrary arrest or detention.</p><p>III. Torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment (CIDT) including standards of detention.</p><p>IV. Unlawful killing and/or use of force (e.g. disproportionate, indiscriminate).</p><p>V. Enforced disappearance.</p><p>VI. Unfair trial or denial of justice.</p><p>VII. Unlawful interference with democratic rights (e.g. freedom of assembly or expression).</p><p>VIII. Violations of the rights of the child including recruitment or use of child soldiers.</p><p>IX. Refoulement (forced return where danger of torture or CIDT).</p><p>X. Human trafficking and/or sexual violence.</p><p>XI. Persecution of an identifiable group (e.g. on racial, gender, religious or ethnic grounds) in combination with any of the above violations.</p><p>XII. Other violations not already identified or provocation or prolonging of armed conflict or terrorism.</p><p>XIII. Support to terrorism or undermine the principles of conflict prevention as defined in HMG’s Building Stability Overseas Strategy (BSOS).</p><p> </p><ol><li>Stage 3 summarises any mitigations to the risks identified in Stages 1 and 2.</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>Stage 4 identifies the overall risk level, which includes consideration by the authorising department of any associated political and reputational risk.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The OSJA Guidance can be accessed on the Internet via the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/583304/OSJA_Guidance_2017.pdf" target="_blank">OSJA Guidance (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2021 09:36:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1550205

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether the wide range of stakeholders includes (a) other Government departments and (b) employers in the industries where the concessions have an effect.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	107117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments.</p><p>The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.</p><p>The immigration system aims to allow employers to access the skilled labour that they need to grow the UK economy whilst also ensuring that we maintain control over who comes to the UK to work.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 107118 107183 107184 107185 question first answered 14/12/2022 16:22:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill