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1149873

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Travel
	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 the frequency of requirements for asylum claimants to attend a Home Office centre are not excessively (a) burdensome and (b) expensive for people more than five miles away from such a centre.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	1077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Asylum seekers in receipt of section 95 asylum support are provided with a weekly allowance which can be used to cover expenses such as travel costs.</p><p>The assistance available to people supported under section 4 of the 1999 Act consists of accommodation (with gas, electricity and water provided free) and provision of a debit card (the “Aspen Card”) which can be used to buy food and other essential items. The Aspen card cannot be used to withdraw cash, but it bears the visa logo and can be used at retail outlets that accept visa transactions.</p><p>If the supported person is required to report as a condition of their immigration bail their travel costs are also covered if they are accommodated more than 3 miles away from the reporting centre or in certain other circumstances, for example if they are unable to walk because of a disability.</p><p>In practical terms the travel costs are covered by issuing tickets or by uploading further funds on to the person’s Aspen card.</p><p>The Home Office keeps these arrangements under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/10/2019 14:49:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1149969

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 oral contribution of the Secretary of State for International Development of 2 October 2019, Official Report column 1205, when she plans to (a) publish the timescale for informing local authority and civil society partners of and (b) begin supporting those organisations to prepare for that commitment to resettle 5,000 refugees every year post-2020.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	1068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We are grateful to the many local authorities and civil society organisations who have participated in the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS). Through the collective goodwill and efforts of all involved over 17,000 vulnerable refugees fleeing conflict have now found safety in the UK to rebuild their lives.</p><p>Delivery of our resettlement schemes has relied strongly on the principles of collaboration and co-design between central and local government and other partners. We continue to engage closely with regional Strategic Migration Partnerships (SMP), local authorities and other stakeholders as we collectively prepare to transition to the new resettlement scheme in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/10/2019 14:52:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1149334

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Recruitment
	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 oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 24 July 2019, Official Report, column 1292, how many of those additional police officers will be recruited to (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) work in Southwark.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police will be able to recruit 1,369 additional officers by the end of March 2019 as part of the first wave of 6,000 additional police officers to be recruited nationally. Decisions around the deployment of new officers at a local level are the responsibility of the Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/10/2019 15:11:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1149343

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role Ministers have in the appointment of people to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Ministers appoint members to the boards of public bodies that are listed in the Public Appointments Order in Council including the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) via the process laid out in the Governance Code for Public Appointments, and in accordance with the law relating to the particular public body.</p><p>The names of candidates are submitted to Ministers following assessment by an independent Advisory Assessment Panel. It is then for Ministers to determine merit and make the final appointment.</p><p>The Home Secretary and the ACMD have a joint working protocol which supports the respective roles and responsibilities of the Government and the ACMD. The protocol states that the ACMD continues to need to draw on a diverse range of expertise from within its membership, in order to fulfil its duties under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.</p><p>See <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/119041/workingprotocol.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/119041/workingprotocol.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 587 588 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:18:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1149346

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ministers have vetoed appointments to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Ministers appoint members to the boards of public bodies that are listed in the Public Appointments Order in Council including the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) via the process laid out in the Governance Code for Public Appointments, and in accordance with the law relating to the particular public body.</p><p>The names of candidates are submitted to Ministers following assessment by an independent Advisory Assessment Panel. It is then for Ministers to determine merit and make the final appointment.</p><p>The Home Secretary and the ACMD have a joint working protocol which supports the respective roles and responsibilities of the Government and the ACMD. The protocol states that the ACMD continues to need to draw on a diverse range of expertise from within its membership, in order to fulfil its duties under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.</p><p>See <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/119041/workingprotocol.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/119041/workingprotocol.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 586 588 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:18:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1149395

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	LPT Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology: Animal Experiments
	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 implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the Cruelty Free International and SOKO Tierschutz investigation of contract animal testing facility the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology in Germany.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The delivery of the animals in science regulatory framework provides oversight, rigour and scrutiny. The HO publishes guidance and a code of practice on the housing and care that explain how the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) is administered and enforced.</p><p>Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) inspection programme is a cornerstone for the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific procedures. Home Office Inspectors undertake visits, within a risk-based framework, to all establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals under the ASPA in Great Britain, to inspect the welfare, health and environment of the animals at the facility. All inspectors are veterinary or medical professionals.</p><p>The Home Office does not sponsor research relating to animals used in science.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information requested with regards to exported animals.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 611 612 614 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:55:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1149398

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	LPT Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology: Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to inspect UK contract animal testing laboratories with reference to the recent findings of the Cruelty Free International and SOKO Tierschutz investigation of the contract animal testing facility Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology in Germany.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The delivery of the animals in science regulatory framework provides oversight, rigour and scrutiny. The HO publishes guidance and a code of practice on the housing and care that explain how the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) is administered and enforced.</p><p>Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) inspection programme is a cornerstone for the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific procedures. Home Office Inspectors undertake visits, within a risk-based framework, to all establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals under the ASPA in Great Britain, to inspect the welfare, health and environment of the animals at the facility. All inspectors are veterinary or medical professionals.</p><p>The Home Office does not sponsor research relating to animals used in science.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information requested with regards to exported animals.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 609 612 614 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:55:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1149400

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	LPT Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology: Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any Government Departments or agencies (a) have sponsored and (b) are sponsoring any research at the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology contract animal testing facility in Germany.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The delivery of the animals in science regulatory framework provides oversight, rigour and scrutiny. The HO publishes guidance and a code of practice on the housing and care that explain how the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) is administered and enforced.</p><p>Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) inspection programme is a cornerstone for the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific procedures. Home Office Inspectors undertake visits, within a risk-based framework, to all establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals under the ASPA in Great Britain, to inspect the welfare, health and environment of the animals at the facility. All inspectors are veterinary or medical professionals.</p><p>The Home Office does not sponsor research relating to animals used in science.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information requested with regards to exported animals.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 609 611 614 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:55:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1149403

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	LPT Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology: Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether animals housed at the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology in Germany have been exported from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The delivery of the animals in science regulatory framework provides oversight, rigour and scrutiny. The HO publishes guidance and a code of practice on the housing and care that explain how the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) is administered and enforced.</p><p>Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) inspection programme is a cornerstone for the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific procedures. Home Office Inspectors undertake visits, within a risk-based framework, to all establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals under the ASPA in Great Britain, to inspect the welfare, health and environment of the animals at the facility. All inspectors are veterinary or medical professionals.</p><p>The Home Office does not sponsor research relating to animals used in science.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information requested with regards to exported animals.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 609 611 612 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:55:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1149495

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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, whether her Department plans to make the EUSS App available on iOS smartphones.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>EU citizens make a huge contribution to our economy and society, and we want them to stay. The EU Settlement Scheme enables them to do so. The ‘EU Exit: Identity Document Check’ app is an optional aspect of the service which allows applicants to prove their identity remotely using their biometric identity document and a smartphone device.</p><p>We have been working closely with Apple over a number of months to make the app available on iPhones and have now released a beta version of the iOS app, initially available on iPhone models 8 and above.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/10/2019 15:00:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams