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1713827

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a person (a) was interviewed and (b) had charges brought against them in connection with controlling drones above an ongoing crime scene in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of interviews or charges in connection with controlling drones above ongoing crime scenes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:08:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1713851

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a ban on public sector bodies paying a ransom to criminal groups in exchange for decryption.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	23743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Cyber crime is a significant threat to the security and prosperity of the UK. The most recent Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated that there were 984,000 ‘computer misuse’ offences against individuals in England and Wales in the year ending December 2023. The Government recognises ransomware as the most significant national security cyber threat.</p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) discourages paying ransoms, noting that such payments rarely ensure data recovery. The UK Government neither pays ransoms nor condones the payment of ransoms to criminals, always advising against such substantial concessions to hostage-takers or extortionists.</p><p>At the Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) summit in Washington last year, we led a joint statement signed by 46 countries and Interpol, which pledged that “relevant institutions under the authority of our national government” should not be used to pay a ransomware demand. This was the first international statement of its kind. Our joint statement was a major milestone in achieving international consensus around the non-payment of ransoms.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/04/2024 14:34:35 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1713858

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	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 judgment of HR & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 786 (Admin) of 11 April 2024, whether it his policy to (a) develop a referral process to allow eligible parents and their immediate family members to be resettled under pathway one of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme and (b) begin to accept referrals under that route in the first half of 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	uin	23813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm that it is our intention, as was made clear through the judgment referenced, to establish a route for those evacuated from Afghanistan under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme without their immediate family members to be reunited in the UK. We remain on track to open the route for referrals in the first half of this year. Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/04/2024 12:31:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1713875

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Equality
	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 8 March 2024 to Question 16407 on British Nationality, whether his Department has made an assessment of the compatibility of the policy on British citizenship from birth for a person born between 2 October 2000 and 29 April 2006 with obligations under the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	23781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 sets out how a person, born in the UK, may be a British citizen at birth, requiring that at least one parent is either settled here or British themselves. We are content that the determination of citizenship for children born to EEA nationals during the period cited is in keeping with that statute and does not breach any equalities obligations.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/04/2024 13:28:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1713907

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	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 Home Office procurement card spend over £500: February 2024, published on 23 April 2024, what the overseas costs linked to his visit were for the £705.93 paid to The Cinnamon Club on 16 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	23706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>a) Honourable Society</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the procurement of a venue for publication day launch of the Angiolini Inquiry Part 1 report.</p><p> </p><p>b) Cinnamon Club</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the Permanent Secretary’s hosting of US Department of Justice officials in the UK, as part of the HO-DoJ Strategic Dialogue.</p><p> </p><p>c) Fletcher Gallery Services</p><p> </p><p>These costs (none overseas) were incurred for the purchase of departmental furnishings.</p><p> </p><p>d) Cloveride</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the hire of two chauffeured vehicles for the Home Secretary’s official visit to New York in February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 23707 23708 23709 question first answered 30/04/2024 16:09:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1713909

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	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 Home Office procurement card spend over £500: February 2024, published on 23 April 2024, what the overseas costs linked to his visit were for the £636.48 paid to Fletcher Gallery Services Ltd on 20 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	23707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>a) Honourable Society</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the procurement of a venue for publication day launch of the Angiolini Inquiry Part 1 report.</p><p> </p><p>b) Cinnamon Club</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the Permanent Secretary’s hosting of US Department of Justice officials in the UK, as part of the HO-DoJ Strategic Dialogue.</p><p> </p><p>c) Fletcher Gallery Services</p><p> </p><p>These costs (none overseas) were incurred for the purchase of departmental furnishings.</p><p> </p><p>d) Cloveride</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the hire of two chauffeured vehicles for the Home Secretary’s official visit to New York in February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 23706 23708 23709 question first answered 30/04/2024 16:09:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1713910

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	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 Home Office procurement card spend over £500: February 2024, published on 23 April 2024, what the overseas costs linked to his visit were for the £4,409.66 paid to Cloveride Inc on 28 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	23708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>a) Honourable Society</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the procurement of a venue for publication day launch of the Angiolini Inquiry Part 1 report.</p><p> </p><p>b) Cinnamon Club</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the Permanent Secretary’s hosting of US Department of Justice officials in the UK, as part of the HO-DoJ Strategic Dialogue.</p><p> </p><p>c) Fletcher Gallery Services</p><p> </p><p>These costs (none overseas) were incurred for the purchase of departmental furnishings.</p><p> </p><p>d) Cloveride</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the hire of two chauffeured vehicles for the Home Secretary’s official visit to New York in February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 23706 23707 23709 question first answered 30/04/2024 16:09:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1713911

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	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 Home Office procurement card spend over £500: February 2024, published on 23 April 2024, which Honourable Society was paid £10,112.40 on 27 February 2024; and what the publication launch was for which that venue was booked.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	23709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>a) Honourable Society</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the procurement of a venue for publication day launch of the Angiolini Inquiry Part 1 report.</p><p> </p><p>b) Cinnamon Club</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the Permanent Secretary’s hosting of US Department of Justice officials in the UK, as part of the HO-DoJ Strategic Dialogue.</p><p> </p><p>c) Fletcher Gallery Services</p><p> </p><p>These costs (none overseas) were incurred for the purchase of departmental furnishings.</p><p> </p><p>d) Cloveride</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the hire of two chauffeured vehicles for the Home Secretary’s official visit to New York in February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 23706 23707 23708 question first answered 30/04/2024 16:09:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1713960

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	WEDINOS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) expansion and (b) potential roll-out across the UK of the WEDINOS laboratory drug-testing service.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has not made a formal assessment of the benefits of drug testing services but it recognises the potential harm reduction benefits of them. The Government facilitates drug testing services provided that the possession and supply of controlled drugs are licensed by the Home Office Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit or, exceptionally, relevant exemptions under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 may apply.</p><p>Ministers are clear that drug testing services must not condone drug use and should only be delivered where licensed and operated responsibly, in line with Government policy to ensure that they discourage drug use and signpost potential users to treatment and support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:11:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713962

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Opioids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of synthetic opioids; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of (a) related crises and (b) governmental responses in (i) the USA and (ii) Canada.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Tackling Class A drugs, including synthetic opioids, is a priority for the Government due to the harm caused to users, society and the economy.</p><p>We assess that the scale of trafficking of synthetic opioids into the UK remains low, including relative to countries like the USA and Canada where they have caused devastation. Sadly, nitazenes have been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.</p><p>The cross-Government Synthetic Opioids Taskforce is working with partners, such as the NCA, the Department for Health and Social Care and the National Police Chiefs Council to deliver an evidence-based response to the risk posed by synthetic opioids, and to implement effective action to stem the demand and supply of these dangerous substances.</p><p>We regularly meet bilaterally with our partners in the USA and Canada to understand the tragic situation in North America and to learn from their responses. We are key members of the US-led Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats, and I recently attended the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna to meet with and learn from partners across the world.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:12:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris