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1177634

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms and Knives: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the rates of (a) gun and (b) knife offences in Liverpool.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
	uin	618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling gun crime and knife crime across England and Wales. Through the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 we have introduced a ban on certain rapid-firing rifles and we are also introducing greater regulation of antique firearms to prevent their misuse by criminals.</p><p>We have also consulted on statutory guidance on firearms licensing to improve standards and the consistency of police licensing decisions, and we have established a multi-agency national firearms threat assessment centre to improve our capability to disrupt the supply and use of illegal firearms by criminals and Organised Crime Groups. This unit works closely with Merseyside police and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.</p><p>The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 will also give the police with more powers to tackle knife crime and make it more difficult for young people to get hold of knives in the first place. The Act also introduces Knife Crime Prevention Orders which will give the police an important new tool to help them to help to steer those most at risk away from serious violence and knife crime.</p><p>Funding for Merseyside Police increased by £18.3 million last year and the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner has set out her plans to use this funding to recruit 80 more police officers. In addition, the Home Office has provided £100 million in 2019/2020 through the Serious Violence Fund. Of this, Merseyside Police has been allocated and additional £4.2 million this year from the Home Office Serious Violence Fund to pay for a surge in police operational activity against serious violence, and a further £3.37 million to develop Merseyside’s Violence Reduction Unit. This is a non-statutory partnership which offers leadership and strategic coordination of the local response to serious violence by bringing together police, local government, health and education professionals, community leaders and other keypartners to identify the drivers of serious violence and agree a multi-agency response. The Government has announced a further £35 million to continue funding Violence Reduction Units next year, and Merseyside has been allocated a further £3.37 million for 2020/21 as part of this.</p><p>The Government has also provided Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner with £700,000 over two years through our £22 million Early Intervention Youth Fund for an early interventions programme targeting young people aged 8-19, to tackle serious violence and criminal exploitation. Under year 3 of the anti-knife crime Community Fund (2019-20), we have funded 5 community-based projects in Liverpool and Merseyside totalling £132,550.</p><p>We are also providing a targeted £25million to tackle county lines drugs gangs, given the links between drugs, county lines and serious violence.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/02/2020 15:58:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1176765

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
	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 30 January 2020 to Question 6728 on gambling and crime, what assessment she has made of the pressure on policing the increase in cases of pathological gambling whereby people turn to crime to fund their addiction.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	13566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>While there are various studies suggesting that the prevalence of problem gambling is higher in offenders than the general population, the issue of problem gambling and gambling addiction has not been raised as a specific issue during our conversations about acquisitive crime with the NPCC and others.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/02/2020 15:51:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1177328

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Protest
	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 recent counter-terrorism police guidance released as part of the Prevent Strategy, how many individuals were reported to the police due to their suspected involvement with a climate activist group.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	14734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on how many individuals were reported to the Police due to suspected involvement with a climate activist group. This level of data is held by the Police who are operationally independent from the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters have categorically stated they do not classify involvement with a climate activist group as extremism and stated that the inclusion of them in Counter Terrorism Police guidance was an ‘error of judgment’.</p><p> </p><p>Membership or support of climate activist groups does not mean that a person is considered a threat by the Home Office or by the police; it does not meet the government threshold for extremism as defined in the Government’s Counter-Extremism Strategy published in 2015.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/02/2020 15:52:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1177366

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: China
	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 coronavirus, what steps the Government is taking to relax visa travel return requirements for visitors already in the UK and who are due to return to China; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	14757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>We will take a proportionate approach to individuals who are unable to comply with their visa due to circumstances beyond their control, and are actively engaging with the relevant sectors to develop an effective strategy to ensure individuals are not penalised. Information and guidance will be placed into the public domain as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/02/2020 14:35:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1177402

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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 answer of 1 November 2019 to Question 6360 on Immigration: EU Nationals, whether she plans to maintain the funding allocated to voluntary and community organisations throughout the UK to enable them to mobilise services targeted at vulnerable EU citizens beyond the end of March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	14689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The current grant funding scheme continues until the end of March 2020, and the Home Office is currently exploring options for the financial year of 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>As well as providing funding for charities which have supported hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people, there are more than 1,500 Home Office staff working on the EU Settlement Scheme and 250 Settlement Resolution Centre staff providing assistance to applicants with any questions about the scheme or who need help applying.</p><p> </p><p>Additional support is also available to those EU citizens in the UK who do not have the appropriate access, skills or confidence to apply. This includes over 300 assisted digital locations across the UK where people can be supported through their application.</p><p> </p><p>There have been more than 3 million applications and 2.7 million granted status under the EU Settlement scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/02/2020 14:38:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1177404

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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, how many people granted (a) pre-settled status and (b) settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme have requested a share code in each month since the that scheme became operational.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	14691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Individuals granted pre-settled or settled status have had the option within the ‘view and prove your settled or pre-settled status’ service to share their status information for a variety of reasons since 30th September 2019. This is done by generating a ‘share code’ which can be given to a third party to provide them with time-limited access to the data. One of these options (‘work in the UK’) takes users to a separate Home Office service, which can also be used by individuals who have not been through the EU Settlement Scheme (holders of Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) and Biometric Residence Cards (BRC)).</p><p> </p><p>The ability to share information via the online service(s) is entirely optional; EEA nationals can continue to rely on their passports or national ID cards until at least December 2020 to evidence their rights in the UK but can choose to use the online service if they wish. Those with a BRP/C can also continue to rely on their physical cards.</p><p> </p><p>Data is collected on usage of the service for internal purposes, to help us make improvements to the service, and to inform how it is performing. Data relates to number of views on the service, rather than unique users, and it is not currently possible to identify whether those who go on to share their status have settled or pre-settled status.</p><p> </p><p>Data on usage on the ‘view and prove’ service more generally will be published later this year, as part of the Home Office Transparency Data.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 14692 question first answered 13/02/2020 15:48:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1177405

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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, how many people with (a) settled and (b) pre-settled status have cited (a) work in the UK, (b) get hospital treatment, (c) claim benefits or tax credits, (d) get homelessness assistance or council housing, (e) open a bank or building society account, (f) get a loan or credit card, (g) another reason as their reason for requesting a share code to prove their status in each month since the EU settlement scheme became operational.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	14692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Individuals granted pre-settled or settled status have had the option within the ‘view and prove your settled or pre-settled status’ service to share their status information for a variety of reasons since 30th September 2019. This is done by generating a ‘share code’ which can be given to a third party to provide them with time-limited access to the data. One of these options (‘work in the UK’) takes users to a separate Home Office service, which can also be used by individuals who have not been through the EU Settlement Scheme (holders of Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) and Biometric Residence Cards (BRC)).</p><p> </p><p>The ability to share information via the online service(s) is entirely optional; EEA nationals can continue to rely on their passports or national ID cards until at least December 2020 to evidence their rights in the UK but can choose to use the online service if they wish. Those with a BRP/C can also continue to rely on their physical cards.</p><p> </p><p>Data is collected on usage of the service for internal purposes, to help us make improvements to the service, and to inform how it is performing. Data relates to number of views on the service, rather than unique users, and it is not currently possible to identify whether those who go on to share their status have settled or pre-settled status.</p><p> </p><p>Data on usage on the ‘view and prove’ service more generally will be published later this year, as part of the Home Office Transparency Data.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 14691 question first answered 13/02/2020 15:48:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1177441

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Football Banning Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Football Banning Orders have been issued in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	14798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Data on football banning orders issued by courts in England and Wales under the Football Spectators Act 1989 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Season</p></td><td><p>Number of football banning orders issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>549</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: the dates used for football seasons are from 1<sup>st</sup> August to 31<sup>st</sup> July</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/02/2020 15:55:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1177473

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Naturalisation: Standards
	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 for naturalisation have been outstanding for longer than six months.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	14716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The latest published data on naturalisation applications can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2019</a></p><p>Naturalisation is not an automatic process and the Home Office has to conduct a number of checks before it can reach a decision on whether to grant citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>The extent and length of time taken to complete the checks on the more complex cases varies according to the particular circumstance of each case.</p><p> </p><p>The progress of these checks is closely monitored and decisions are made when the checks are completed.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/02/2020 15:50:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1177474

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Biometrics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to regulate the use of facial recognition technology by the Metropolitan Police.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	14614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The High Court found in September 2019 that there is a clear and sufficient legal framework for police use of live facial recognition technology. The framework includes police common law powers to protect the public, data protection and human rights legislation and the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice. This means they can only use it for a policing purpose where necessary and proportionate.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/02/2020 15:53:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis