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1653366

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Personation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of making identity theft a recordable crime.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	194312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Existing legislation, such as the Fraud Act 2006, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, the Identity Documents Act 2010, and the Data Protection Act 2018, already covers existing cases where criminals use stolen identities to commit crime, and the protection of personal data. As such, at this time, we do not intend to make identity theft a criminal offence.</p><p>We are aware of the harms caused by identity theft, and we recognise that the most effective way of preventing it is to improve the safety and security of the identity systems we use. We continue looking at what more can be done to ensure that identity systems remain secure and robust against potential attack.</p><p>Additionally, a central part of the Government’s new Fraud Strategy is to empower the public to further protect themselves from fraud by delivering clear, consistent and timely messaging which will helps millions more to prevent their data from being stolen.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 25/07/2023 15:42:45 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1653370

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy for UK entry clearance visas issued in Pakistan to be sent to the named individuals in Afghanistan where an individual has had to return to Afghanistan due to not having an immigration status in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	194320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>We normally require people who are granted permission to come to the UK to collect their passport and entry clearance vignette from the Visa Application Centre (VAC) they attended to enrol their biometric information. We will not send out secure documents, such as passports containing an entry clearance vignette, where there is a significant risk that the documents would not reach the intended recipients, as this could pose a security risk to the UK or expose the individual to danger. Where individuals are unable to attend a VAC to collect their documents, they must contact UK Visa and Immigration to agree alternative arrangements to collect their passports.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/07/2023 16:16:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1653397

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Rape
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 Recommendation 1 of the Joint Inspectorate Phase One report into the police and Crown Prosecution Service response to rape, published in July 2021, what steps she has taken to ensure the accurate and consistent recording of the protected characteristics of rape victims, and if she will publish the relevant data in respect of the victims of rape offences recorded by the police in England and Wales in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>In April 2022 the Home Office issued guidance to police forces in England and Wales to seek to bring greater consistency to the recording of specific protected characteristics of victims of crime. In doing so, we have followed the approach used in the 2021 Census for England and Wales which will enable meaningful comparisons with the general population and inform the policy and operational response to crime.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office publish breakdowns of the age and gender of complainants in prosecutions of Violence against Women and Girls offences annually, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-data-summary-quarter-4-2022-2023" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-data-summary-quarter-4-2022-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 20/07/2023 16:05:07 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1653402

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
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 14 July 2023 to Question 193067, whether her Department holds data on recorded detections (a) at UK ports broken down by where they were found and (b) in the UK broken down by detections at ports serviced by juxtaposed controls.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does hold data on recorded detections at UK ports broken down by where they were found and in the UK broken down by detections at ports serviced by juxtaposed controls. However, it is recorded in a free text format so is not routinely published.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 13:08:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1653407

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 1 February to Question 133963 on Crime: Research, when she plans to publish updated research on the economic and social costs of crime; and for what reason the third edition of those estimates has not been published.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>‘The Economic and Social Costs of Crime’ second edition was published by the Home Office in July 2018. An update to the economic and social cost of fraud against individuals has since been published in the Fraud Strategy (May 2023). Together, these documents are currently the most comprehensive source for the estimated economic and social costs of these specified crimes against individuals and businesses.</p><p>We are still reviewing more up to date estimates and therefore, as in February, we do not have any plans to publish. The review is being conducted by Home Office officials and not by external researchers.</p><p>Since the latest release of ‘The Economic and Social Costs of Crime’, the nature of crime and therefore the related costs have likely changed. For example, crime against individuals (excluding fraud and computer misuse) has reduced by 52% since 2010 according to the Crime Survey of England and Wales. This does not specifically capture the crimes costed in ‘The Economic and Social Costs of Crime’, for example the CSEW does not capture commercial crimes.</p><p>References:</p><p>Fraud Strategy, Annex 3 Fraud Strategy: stopping scams and protecting the public (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk):</p><p>CSEW: Cell BB53 in Worksheet A1: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Ffile%3Furi%3D%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fcrimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables%2Fyearendingdecember2022%2Fappendixtablesyedec22.xlsx&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDaniel.Wells%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca7c41bf1a7df48aa3d2b08db8799a30f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638252866152196306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Gdmp00zM7DDnLaLvuEDhC5kjoMYERyKaGuBy%2BKbDTW4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables/yearendingdecember2022/appendixtablesyedec22.xlsx</a></p><p>The Economic and Social Costs of Crime: Second Edition <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F732110%2Fthe-economic-and-social-costs-of-crime-horr99.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDaniel.Wells%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca7c41bf1a7df48aa3d2b08db8799a30f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638252866152196306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7PGcXSfR3vukmG%2FY9uwrTK4lNhFZwn52S1BlBDqMvTI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The economic and social costs of crime (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>”</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/07/2023 15:07:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1653408

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Departments planned timetable is (a) to undertake the survey process, (b) for the resulting findings to be submitted to her Department and (c) to publish a final report for the expanded version of the 2020 Economic Crime Survey commissioned by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Scoping work for a second Economic Crime survey is well underway, with the fieldwork period planned for Winter 2023/24, and findings from the survey expected around Spring 2024.</p><p>Decisions on publication and any related arrangements are yet to be finalised: this will be done after quality assurance checks and academic peer review of the final survey.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 25/07/2023 15:44:48 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1653409

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Aviation
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 sub-target two of the Greening Government Commitments reporting requirements for 2021 to 2025 last updated on 15 December 2022, whether her Department follows the encouragement in that guidance to (a) monitor and (b) report on the number of domestic flights for which her Department is responsible each year; and how many domestic flights were taken by Ministers in her Department in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greening-government-commitments-2021-to-2025/greening-government-commitments-reporting-requirements-for-2021-to-2025#operational-targets-and-commitments" target="_blank">Greening Government Commitments (GGCs) 2021 to 2025 framework reporting requirements</a> departments and partner organisations are required to report the total distance travelled by domestic business flights. In-year carbon conversion factors will be used to arrive at the total emissions from each department’s domestic business flights. This will be published in future GGC annual reports. Departments and partner organisations are encouraged to report on the total number of domestic business flights to further our understanding of journey types.</p><p>This voluntary reporting is not required to demonstrate delivery of the sub-target to reduce emissions from domestic business flights by 30%.</p><p>Note that the sub-target to reduce emissions from domestic flights includes ministerial flights but these are not disaggregated in reporting under the GGCs.</p><p>The Home Office does monitor and report on the number of business and operational domestic flights that are taken each year, in the Sustainability Report of the Annual Report and Accounts (ARA)</p><p>Domestic flight data, which includes both Ministers and Officials, can be found at page 54 of the 2021-22 ARA.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090460/Home_Office_ARA_21-22_Final_-_Gov.uk.pdf" target="_blank">Home_Office_ARA_21-22_Final_-_Gov.uk.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Disaggregating Ministers data from Officials would a require a manual review of all flight data and invoices and this can only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/07/2023 15:11:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1653425

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
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 21 of her Department's policy paper entitled Fraud Strategy: stopping scams and protecting the public, published in May 2023, when she plans to launch the first phase of the independent review on the disclosure regime.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	194358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>As announced in the Fraud Strategy, the Home Office, in collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice, will shortly launch an independent review into the challenges of investigating and prosecuting fraud.</p><p>The review will consider the following:</p><p>Phase 1</p><ul><li>Modernising the disclosure regime for cases with large volumes of digital evidence.</li></ul><p>Phase 2</p><ul><li>Whether fraud offences and the Fraud Act 2006 meet the challenges of modern fraud, including whether penalties still fit the crime.</li><li>Creating civil orders and penalties to prevent fraudsters reoffending.</li><li>Making it easier for individuals to inform on associates in criminal fraud networks</li></ul><p>The terms of reference will be published once a review chair is in post and the review is launched. The Home Office is working with the Ministry of Justice to identify suitable candidates to lead the review.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 194359 194360 question first answered 20/07/2023 16:34:02 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1653426

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
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 her Department's policy paper entitled Fraud Strategy: stopping scams and protecting the public, published in May 2023, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a senior judge to lead that review.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	194359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>As announced in the Fraud Strategy, the Home Office, in collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice, will shortly launch an independent review into the challenges of investigating and prosecuting fraud.</p><p>The review will consider the following:</p><p>Phase 1</p><ul><li>Modernising the disclosure regime for cases with large volumes of digital evidence.</li></ul><p>Phase 2</p><ul><li>Whether fraud offences and the Fraud Act 2006 meet the challenges of modern fraud, including whether penalties still fit the crime.</li><li>Creating civil orders and penalties to prevent fraudsters reoffending.</li><li>Making it easier for individuals to inform on associates in criminal fraud networks</li></ul><p>The terms of reference will be published once a review chair is in post and the review is launched. The Home Office is working with the Ministry of Justice to identify suitable candidates to lead the review.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 194358 194360 question first answered 20/07/2023 16:34:02 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1653427

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
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 her Department's policy paper entitled Fraud Strategy: stopping scams and protecting the public, published in May 2023, whether she plans to publish the terms of reference on the proposed review of the disclosure regime.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	194360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>As announced in the Fraud Strategy, the Home Office, in collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice, will shortly launch an independent review into the challenges of investigating and prosecuting fraud.</p><p>The review will consider the following:</p><p>Phase 1</p><ul><li>Modernising the disclosure regime for cases with large volumes of digital evidence.</li></ul><p>Phase 2</p><ul><li>Whether fraud offences and the Fraud Act 2006 meet the challenges of modern fraud, including whether penalties still fit the crime.</li><li>Creating civil orders and penalties to prevent fraudsters reoffending.</li><li>Making it easier for individuals to inform on associates in criminal fraud networks</li></ul><p>The terms of reference will be published once a review chair is in post and the review is launched. The Home Office is working with the Ministry of Justice to identify suitable candidates to lead the review.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 194358 194359 question first answered 20/07/2023 16:34:02 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter