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1714025

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Reasonable Adjustments
	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 page 38 of the Independent review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published on 20 July 2022, how many and what proportion of officers who are unable to remain in position because their reasonable adjustments can no longer be accommodated (a) have moved to a lower pay scale, (b) have chosen to take part in the Voluntary Exit Scheme, (c) are over the age of 50 and (d) had been placed on reasonable adjustments in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	23817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the information in an easily accessible format, therefore the information requested cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost. However, Border Force can confirm that no officer who was unable to remain at the Heathrow PCP has moved to a lower pay scale.</p><p>The Home Office prioritises removing or reducing workplace barriers by implementing workplace adjustments, so that impacted employees and those with long-term health conditions have the same opportunities as those without reasonable adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/05/2024 10:08:50 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1713524

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Reasonable Adjustments
	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 page 38 of the Independent Review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published on 20 July 2022, whether he has made an estimate of the number and proportion of Heathrow Border Force Officers unable to remain in their position because their requirements for reasonable adjustments can no longer be accommodated.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	23360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the information in an easily accessible format, therefore the information requested cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost. However, Border Force can confirm that no officer who was unable to remain at the Heathrow PCP has moved to a lower pay scale.</p><p>The Home Office prioritises removing or reducing workplace barriers by implementing workplace adjustments, so that impacted employees and those with long-term health conditions have the same opportunities as those without reasonable adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 23361 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:00:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1713525

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Reasonable Adjustments
	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 page 38 of the Independent Review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published on 20 July 2022, how many and what proportion of officers who are unable to remain in their post because their reasonable adjustments can no longer be accommodated (a) have moved to a lower pay scale, (b) have chosen to take part in the Voluntary Exit Scheme, (c) are over the age of 50 and (d) had been placed on reasonable adjustments in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	23361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the information in an easily accessible format, therefore the information requested cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost. However, Border Force can confirm that no officer who was unable to remain at the Heathrow PCP has moved to a lower pay scale.</p><p>The Home Office prioritises removing or reducing workplace barriers by implementing workplace adjustments, so that impacted employees and those with long-term health conditions have the same opportunities as those without reasonable adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 23360 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:00:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1699951

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Reasonable Adjustments
	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 page 38 of the Independent review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published on 20 July 2022, whether he has made an estimate of the number and proportion of Heathrow Border Force Officers that have been informed of changes to their reasonable adjustments since that report was published.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	20840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>No members of staff have had their reasonable adjustments changed as a consequence of the Heathrow Change Programme.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/04/2024 13:39:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1641042

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications and further submissions for (a) indefinite leave to remain, (b) family reunion, (c) EU Settlement Scheme, (d) family and private life, (e) British citizenship, and (f) asylum were marked as closed cases after an initial response was provided to the Member of Parliament so that no further correspondence was initiated with the Member even where the case had been progressed in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	187017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/06/2023 12:09:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1552103

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime and Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) fraud and (b) cyber crime were reported to Action Fraud in each of the last five years; and in each of those years what proportion of those incidents resulted in a prosecution.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	111505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of fraud and computer misuse cases reported to Action Fraud that have been recorded as crimes by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).</p><p>Such data is published by the Office for National Statistics on a quarterly basis and the most recently available statistics for the year ending June 2022 can be found, here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesquarterlydatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesquarterlydatatables</a></p><p>Statistics on the investigative outcomes of those offences referred to the territorial police forces for investigation are published each year by the Home Office. The most recent publication was Crime outcomes in England and Wales 2021 to 2022 and can be found at this link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022</a></p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on cases that result in prosecution but the Ministry of Justice publish statistics on court outcomes by crime type including fraud. The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2022</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 20/12/2022 17:36:56 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1190567

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) detainees and (b) staff of immigration detention centres have been tested for covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	40458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The health of those in immigration removal centres is of the utmost importance but we remain committed to removing foreign national offenders or those who violate our immigration rules. Detention plays a key role in securing our borders and maintaining effective immigration control and it is only right that we protect the public from high-harm individuals, which is why the vast majority of those in detention are foreign national offenders.</p><p>Decisions to detain an individual are based on all of the information known at the time. As circumstances change, temporary release may then become the most appropriate option.</p><p>We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place. Measures such as protective isolation will be considered to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in the immigration detention estate.</p><p>All immigration removal centres have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses which are managed by the NHS or appropriate providers.</p><p>There are currently no cases of Coronavirus, in detainees, in immigration removal centres.</p><p>Provisional management information indicates that as of 27 April four members of IRC supplier staff have tested positive for COVID-19, one of whom has now fully recovered and returned to duty. In addition, there have been two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in detainees. A third individual was identified but after his release from detention had been agreed. Whilst in the IRC the individual was in isolation. He was released as there was no immediate prospect of removal. No other detainees have tested positive for COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 40459 40460 question first answered 05/05/2020 16:31:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1190568

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees in immigration detention centres have tested positive for covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	40459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The health of those in immigration removal centres is of the utmost importance but we remain committed to removing foreign national offenders or those who violate our immigration rules. Detention plays a key role in securing our borders and maintaining effective immigration control and it is only right that we protect the public from high-harm individuals, which is why the vast majority of those in detention are foreign national offenders.</p><p>Decisions to detain an individual are based on all of the information known at the time. As circumstances change, temporary release may then become the most appropriate option.</p><p>We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place. Measures such as protective isolation will be considered to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in the immigration detention estate.</p><p>All immigration removal centres have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses which are managed by the NHS or appropriate providers.</p><p>There are currently no cases of Coronavirus, in detainees, in immigration removal centres.</p><p>Provisional management information indicates that as of 27 April four members of IRC supplier staff have tested positive for COVID-19, one of whom has now fully recovered and returned to duty. In addition, there have been two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in detainees. A third individual was identified but after his release from detention had been agreed. Whilst in the IRC the individual was in isolation. He was released as there was no immediate prospect of removal. No other detainees have tested positive for COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 40458 40460 question first answered 05/05/2020 16:31:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1190569

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been released from immigration detention centres since social distancing measures were introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	40460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The health of those in immigration removal centres is of the utmost importance but we remain committed to removing foreign national offenders or those who violate our immigration rules. Detention plays a key role in securing our borders and maintaining effective immigration control and it is only right that we protect the public from high-harm individuals, which is why the vast majority of those in detention are foreign national offenders.</p><p>Decisions to detain an individual are based on all of the information known at the time. As circumstances change, temporary release may then become the most appropriate option.</p><p>We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place. Measures such as protective isolation will be considered to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in the immigration detention estate.</p><p>All immigration removal centres have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses which are managed by the NHS or appropriate providers.</p><p>There are currently no cases of Coronavirus, in detainees, in immigration removal centres.</p><p>Provisional management information indicates that as of 27 April four members of IRC supplier staff have tested positive for COVID-19, one of whom has now fully recovered and returned to duty. In addition, there have been two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in detainees. A third individual was identified but after his release from detention had been agreed. Whilst in the IRC the individual was in isolation. He was released as there was no immediate prospect of removal. No other detainees have tested positive for COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 40458 40459 question first answered 05/05/2020 16:31:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1190570

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	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 number of child refugees approved for family reunification in the UK are detained in refugee camps in Greece following the cancellation of flights during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	40461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold detailed information on the location of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children within European Member States.</p><p>Despite Covid-19 restrictions, the UK remains fully committed to meeting our obligations under the Dublin III Regulation. The Home Office continues to process Dublin cases, including children, as far as we are able given the current circumstances and remains open to receiving transfers into the UK.</p><p>Arrangements to complete a transfer have always been and still are the responsibility of the sending State. We continue to liaise with our counterparts in Member States so that we can effect transfers as soon as it is safe and practical to do so.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/05/2020 16:29:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner