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757489

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date	05/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will introduce a time limit for holding immigration and asylum applicants.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a fixed time limit on immigration detention as this would only encourage detainees to refuse to cooperate with immigration and asylum processes until they reached the point at which they had to be released from detention. Published Home Office policy is clear, however, that detention is only used for the shortest period necessary.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/09/2017 15:55:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757742

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is that detainees have remained at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The length of detention figures for people in the detention estate are available from the Home Office website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638608/detention-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638608/detention-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/09/2017 15:54:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757743

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department has reduced the operational hours of the Immigration and Asylum Unit for hon. Members during the 2017 Summer Recess.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The UKVI MP Account Management teams have offered a reduced phone service from 11am – 4pm since the beginning of recess to enable them to respond to an unprecedented increase in written enquiries from Members of Parliament. Hon. Members continue to be able to contact their MP Account Managers direct to raise urgent enquiries outside of these operating times. Records show that the teams are handling similar call volumes in the reduced operating hours.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing the operational hours of the service helps ensure that the teams continue to deliver high levels of service both on the phones and in writing.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/09/2017 13:21:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755624

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Spaces Protection Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Local Government Association on the use of public space protection orders.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has regular discussions with a range of partners including, the Local Government Association (LGA) on the use of the anti-social behaviour powers, including Public Spaces Protection Order, and the LGA is a member of the ASB Advisory Group which monitors the impact of the powers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/09/2017 13:52:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755625

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Spaces Protection Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the use of public space protection orders and the effect of those orders on the level of crimes in the same locations where such orders have been imposed.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not made any assessment on the impact of Public Spaces Protection Orders on levels of crime. These orders are flexible and local in nature and designed to deal with problems in a specific area where anti-social behaviour has a detrimental effect on the quality of lives of those living locally. Local councils and agencies are best placed to monitor the use of these powers to ensure that the local community can feel safe and enjoy public spaces free from antisocial behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/09/2017 13:56:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

747547

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Community Security Trust: Grants
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 maintain at the same level or increase the annual grant to the Community Security Trust.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	2455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Yes. Careful consideration will be given to the funding level for the grant in future years.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 11/07/2017 12:36:55 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord