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1360348

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Employment: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a firewall between labour inspection teams and immigration enforcement.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	57188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery, including labour exploitation and ensuring that victims are identified early and provided with the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p> </p><p>The safety of victims is paramount and is fully considered before any enforcement action is taken by Immigration Enforcement. All law enforcement officers, including immigration officers, receive training as part of their induction on spotting the signs of labour exploitation and modern slavery. Law enforcement bodies also work together to tackle the unscrupulous employers behind these cruel crimes. Immigration Enforcement is a key partner in taking action against employers who do not play by the rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2021 16:44:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1359506

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	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 Law Commission's Consultation Paper, Hate crime laws, published on 23 September 2021, whether her Department supports the creation of a hate crime commissioner.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	56587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of current hate crime legislation, including whether additional protected characteristics, such as sex, gender and age, should be included.</p><p>The Law Commission’s review is also looking at the adequacy and parity of protection offered by the law relating to hate crime and the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing. The Law Commission aims to make recommendations on the most appropriate models to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection from conduct motivated by hatred towards protected groups or characteristics.</p><p>Publication of the final report is a matter for the Law Commission, which is independent. However, I understand that the Law Commission intends to publish its recommendations later this year, following which the Government will formally respond. Given the complex issues that the Law Commission identified in its consultation, it would be inappropriate to pre-empt the conclusions of its review.</p><p>Data on hate crime convictions and cases which proceeded through the criminal justice system can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 56584 56585 56586 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:51:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1359548

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 EU Settlement Scheme Policy Equality Statement (PES) dated 22 May 2019, published on 7 September 2021, and the section on page 27 on Evidence of abuse by non-EEA nationals, detailing the National Risk Assessment approach towards undocumented non-EEA family members, for what reason that section was redacted from the updated version of the statement; on what date that redaction was made; whether her Department has issued internal guidance to caseworkers on decision making on (a) EEA Family Permits or (b) EUSS applications that reflects the substance of that approach; and whether it is her policy to continue to apply the outcomes of a National Risk Assessment to all EUSS applications.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	56477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office released on 7 September 2021 an outdated version of the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) Policy Equality Statement (PES) dated 22 May 2019, with redactions, following a Freedom of Information Act request and in compliance with a 9 August 2021 decision of the First-tier Tribunal on Information Rights.</p><p>The redactions implement the Tribunal’s finding the publication of the relevant information would, or would be likely to, prejudice international relations and effective law enforcement and would therefore be detrimental to the public interest.</p><p>The May 2019 PES is an outdated version of the comprehensive PES for the EUSS published in November 2020:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-policy-equality-statement/policy-equality-statement-eu-settlement-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-policy-equality-statement/policy-equality-statement-eu-settlement-scheme</a></p><p>Neither the published PES nor the EUSS or family permit guidance for caseworkers places any reliance on the National Risk Assessment, which is not routinely used in connection with all EUSS applications.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/10/2021 16:58:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1359649

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK still participates in (a) formal and (b) informal cooperation with Frontex.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	David Simmonds
	uin	57501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>As at 18 October 2021, the UK is not currently participating in any formal or informal cooperation with Frontex and has no relationship with Frontex.</p><p>Furthermore, the UK does not make any financial contribution to Frontex.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 57502 57503 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:53:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1359650

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK contributes financially to Frontex.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	David Simmonds
	uin	57502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>As at 18 October 2021, the UK is not currently participating in any formal or informal cooperation with Frontex and has no relationship with Frontex.</p><p>Furthermore, the UK does not make any financial contribution to Frontex.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 57501 57503 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:53:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1359273

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Standards
	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 merits of increasing the number of staff in her Department processing asylum applications.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	56345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to ensuring asylum claims are considered without unnecessary delay. We have already made significant progress in prioritising claims with acute vulnerability and those in receipt of the greatest level of support, including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children. Additionally, we are prioritising older claims and those where an individual has already received a decision, but a reconsideration is required.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are pursuing a programme of transformation and business improvement initiatives which will speed up decision making, reduce the time people spend in the system and reduce the numbers who are awaiting an interview or decision. This includes almost doubling decision makers number to c.1,000 and providing improved training and career progression opportunities to aid retention of staff. This investment in our people will speed up processing times and increase the throughput of asylum decisions.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to develop existing and new technology to help build on recent improvements such as digital interviewing and move away from a paper-based system. We have three key areas of focus in the short to medium term to reduce the number of outstanding asylum cases by improving efficiency and productivity, reducing the number of outstanding claims and building high performing teams.</p><p> </p><p>We are streamlining and digitalising the case working process to enable more effective workflow, appointment booking and decision-making. We have recently appointed a new lead who is responsible for creating a new enhanced and enlarged workflow function for Asylum Operations. This will allow Asylum Operations a greater degree of management and control over the flow of cases to our decision-making units.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 56330 56335 56341 question first answered 25/10/2021 14:53:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1360228

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces collect data in the event that a victim of a violent crime against the person perceives that the motivation for that crime was their gender.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	56999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office have asked police forces, on an experimental basis, to record and identify any crimes of violence against the person, including stalking and harassment, and sexual offences where the victim perceives it to have been motivated by a hostility based on their sex (not gender).</p><p>Each new data requirement incurs an administrative burden on the police and needs close engagement with forces to ensure data recording is accurate and consistent.</p><p>We are in consultation with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and forces on how to take this forward.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/10/2021 15:58:19 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1359505

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	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 is engaging with the Ministry of Justice in preparation for the Law Commission's final report on the Hate Crime Review.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	56586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of current hate crime legislation, including whether additional protected characteristics, such as sex, gender and age, should be included.</p><p>The Law Commission’s review is also looking at the adequacy and parity of protection offered by the law relating to hate crime and the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing. The Law Commission aims to make recommendations on the most appropriate models to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection from conduct motivated by hatred towards protected groups or characteristics.</p><p>Publication of the final report is a matter for the Law Commission, which is independent. However, I understand that the Law Commission intends to publish its recommendations later this year, following which the Government will formally respond. Given the complex issues that the Law Commission identified in its consultation, it would be inappropriate to pre-empt the conclusions of its review.</p><p>Data on hate crime convictions and cases which proceeded through the criminal justice system can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 56584 56585 56587 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:51:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26352 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1359503

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	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 has made an assessment of the number of reported incidents of hate crime that progress through the courts.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	56584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of current hate crime legislation, including whether additional protected characteristics, such as sex, gender and age, should be included.</p><p>The Law Commission’s review is also looking at the adequacy and parity of protection offered by the law relating to hate crime and the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing. The Law Commission aims to make recommendations on the most appropriate models to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection from conduct motivated by hatred towards protected groups or characteristics.</p><p>Publication of the final report is a matter for the Law Commission, which is independent. However, I understand that the Law Commission intends to publish its recommendations later this year, following which the Government will formally respond. Given the complex issues that the Law Commission identified in its consultation, it would be inappropriate to pre-empt the conclusions of its review.</p><p>Data on hate crime convictions and cases which proceeded through the criminal justice system can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries</a></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 56585 56586 56587 question first answered 25/10/2021 11:51:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 26373 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1360832

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government's review of the restrictions on asylum seekers' right to work will be completed; and when she plans to publish the findings of that review.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	58410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Potentially granting Asylum seekers the right to work is a complex issue.</p><p>We are considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The findings of the review will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/10/2021 11:24:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald