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1723771

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution: Gower
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 22 July 2024 to Question 548 on Prostitution: Gower, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the harms of paying for sex among men.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	1971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>Protecting those involved in prostitution from harm is part of our wider work to halve the level of violence against woman and girls.</p><p>This government will use every lever available to us to prevent the harms that prostituted women often experience.</p><p>We will work with law enforcement and charity organisations to deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips question first answered 05/08/2024 09:21:42 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1723837

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Jews: Safety
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 help ensure the safety of Jewish communities.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Dowden
uin	1930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The Jewish Community Protective Security (JCPS) Grant provides protective security measures (such as security personnel services, CCTV and alarm systems) at synagogues, Jewish educational establishments and community sites. The JCPS Grant is managed on behalf of the Home Office by the Community Security Trust.</p><p>The Community Security Trust will receive funding of £18 million per year through the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant from 2024/25 to 2027/28.</p><p>We continue to work closely with CST on how best to respond to live incidents that affect the Jewish communities in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 05/08/2024 15:47:16 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1723838

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hinduism: Safety
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 help ensure the safety of Hindu communities.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Dowden
uin	1931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion and we will not tolerate anti-Hindu hatred in any form.  Government and police regularly review potential threats to ensure that measures are taken to protect communities from terrorism and hate crime.</p><p>Additionally, Hindu communities can apply to the Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme. The scheme provides physical protective security measures (such as CCTV, intruder alarms and secure perimeter fencing) to places of worship and associated faith community centres that are particularly vulnerable to religiously or racially motivated hate crime in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 05/08/2024 10:43:59 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1723860

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of minimum pricing for alcohol.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>Any new plans to reduce alcohol harm will be announced in Parliament in the normal way. There are no such plans at present.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 02/08/2024 13:03:44 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723399

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for compensation under the Windrush Compensation Scheme have died while waiting for a decision on their application.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	1720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>As at the end of June 2024, in line with the latest published Transparency data, out of the 8,607 claims received by the Windrush Compensation Scheme, we are aware of 56 claimants* who have unfortunately passed away after having submitted a claim.</p><p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme staff are working hard to ensure claims are prioritised for claimants with critical or life-limiting illnesses and would encourage any claimants in this situation who have not been in recent contact with our casework teams to do so. We recognise the significant impact difficult circumstances such as these can have on individuals, and their families, and we remain committed to continually improving our support and services.</p><p>In the difficult circumstances where a claimant has passed away after submitting a compensation claim, before the claim is fully resolved, the team is committed to working closely with the representative of the estate, usually a member of the family, to ensure the compensation payment is made as quickly as possible to the representative.</p><p>Our priority is to ensure people receive the maximum compensation as quickly as possible. We have reduced the time to allocate a claim for a substantive casework consideration, from 18 months to under 4 months, with the aim to allocate quicker where possible. This period includes all essential eligibility checks, together with a Preliminary Assessment to make an initial payment of £10k wherever possible.</p><p>*Please note that this data is manually recorded and is reliant on the person receiving the information on a claimant’s death, notifying the Windrush Compensation Scheme to record this information.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 02/08/2024 12:03:49 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1723406

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
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 (a) received and (b) granted requests to provide communications data on (i) lawyers, (ii) journalists and (iii) Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	1819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office is the independent oversight body responsible for communications data authorisations.The most recent Information on the authorisation of investigatory powers, including the use of powers and number of authorisations obtained in relation to sensitive professions, is available in the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office Annual Report 2022 <a href="https://ipco-wpmedia-prod-s3.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Annual-Report-2022.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner 2022 (ipco-wpmedia-prod-s3.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com)</a></p><p>The use of covert investigatory powers is subject to strong safeguards and robust independent oversight by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, and authorisations must be consistent with the law. The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 outlines specific additional protections in respect of journalistic material and sources, as well as items subject to legal privilege.</p><p>The government is unable to confirm nor deny the existence of any specific authorisations granted under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) or the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).</p><p>Prior to March 2024 the Office for Communications Data Authorisations, headed by the Investigatory Power’s Commissioner, considered requests for communications data from law enforcement and public authorities. However, since March 2024, the Office for Communications Data Authorisations has become part of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office.</p> answering member constituency Barnsley North answering member printed Dan Jarvis question first answered 31/07/2024 14:01:01 answering member 4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1723488

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
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 Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023, what her expected timeline is for implementing safe access zones.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	1804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>It is unacceptable that anyone should be subjected to harassment or intimidation for exercising their legal right to have access to abortion services. We will quickly review where these arrangements have got to and commence safe access zones around abortion clinics imminently.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips grouped question UIN 1805 question first answered 01/08/2024 13:12:40 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1723489

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
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 Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023, what progress her Department has made on the implementation of safe access zones around abortion clinics.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	1805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>It is unacceptable that anyone should be subjected to harassment or intimidation for exercising their legal right to have access to abortion services. We will quickly review where these arrangements have got to and commence safe access zones around abortion clinics imminently.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips grouped question UIN 1804 question first answered 01/08/2024 13:12:40 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1723518

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 collect data on the performance of (a) Serco, (b) Mears, (c) Clearsprings Ready Homes and (d) other providers of asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to improving service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC).</p><p>The Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts (AASC) Statement of Requirements below gives a detailed breakdown of all of the services to be undertaken by our accommodation providers and the standards expected. Details can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-1112/AASC_-_Schedule_2_-_Statement_of_Requirements.pdf" target="_blank">AASC_-_Schedule_2_- _Statement_of_Requirements.pdf (parliament.uk)(opens in a new tab).</a></p><p> </p><p>Since 2020, the Home Office accommodation providers are required to visit each property at least monthly, and assurance that contractual requirements are met is tested by the Home Office Contract Assurance Team, which inspects properties and undertakes other assurance activities on an intelligence-led basis. Formal governance mechanisms are in place, to oversee performance and delivery against contractual requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has published the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) regime covering the contractual obligations accommodation providers and others working in the asylum sector are required to deliver. This has been done since April 2020. The most recent data is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-performance-indicators-kpis-for-governments-most-important-contracts#full-publication-update-history" target="_blank">Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle grouped question UIN 1718 question first answered 30/07/2024 16:16:18 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1723519

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) update her Department's list of subcontractors working on behalf of (i) Serco, (ii) Mears and (iii) Clearsprings Ready Homes to provide asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Yes, the Home Office plans to review the list of material sub-contractors.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 30/07/2024 16:13:34 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes