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944087

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will undertake a review of defined areas in regulatory animal testing that includes the use of second species and multiple routes of administering substances with the aim of identifying and eliminating avoidable tests.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	165555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>Second species testing is required to ensure drugs are safe for patient use. The standards for second species testing, and other types of regulatory testing, are regularly reviewed, updated and set by experts as part of our UK commitment to international regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The UK maintains a rigorous regulatory system which ensures that animal research and testing is carried out only where no practicable alternatives exist and under controls which keep suffering to a minimum. The Home Office ensures all research proposals are compliant with the principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (the 3Rs).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/07/2018 11:59:57 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

917601

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on making a breach of the proposed Domestic Abuse Protection Orders a criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	150054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s wide-ranging consultation on domestic abuse closed last Thursday. The consultation asked for views on the proposed Domestic Abuse Protection Order – including whether breach of the order should be criminalised. We are analysing more than 3,200 responses received from survivors of domestic abuse, frontline professionals, experts from the domestic abuse sector and academics.</p><p>As announced in the Queen’s Speech, the Government remain committed to bringing forward a draft Bill this Session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/06/2018 11:55:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

872422

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable people to claim compensation from banks when monies are fraudulently transferred from their accounts.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	134336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>When an individual has had money fraudulently taken from their account, such as an unauthorised payment or ‘card not present’ fraud, in most circumstances the payment services provider must reimburse the customer for their loss.</p><p> </p><p>In other types of fraud, where an individual has been tricked into authorising the payment to the fraudster, commonly known as Authorised Push Payment scams (APP), consumers have less protection. The Government recognises that fraudulent transactions of this type can significantly impact those affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce (JFT) and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) have work in hand which will make it easier for victims of this type of fraud to claim compensation or receive a reimbursement following their loss.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has now consulted on a ‘contingent reimbursement model’ for victims of APP scams and has established a steering group of consumer representatives and banks, including the Home Office, to design an industry code by September 2018, with a view to the final code being in place in early 2019. The aim of this code is to reduce the incidence of APP scams, and set out rules on how industry should reimburse consumers in certain scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>The long term ambition of the JFT is to introduce a funds repatriation scheme. The scheme will enable banking providers to trace, freeze then return stolen money back to the victims of fraud. We are currently working with the private sector to assess the legal and regulatory issues with implementing a fully functioning scheme.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 16/04/2018 12:12:25 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

869500

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
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 ensure that the effectiveness of anti-terror (a) legislation and (b) policies, including financial sanctions will be maintained after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	134014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s future partnership paper on security, law enforcement and criminal justice published on 18 September 2017 set out how the UK is seeking a future relationship with the EU and its Member States that provides for practical operational cooperation; facilitates data driven law enforcement; and supports multilateral cooperation through EU agencies.</p><p>We continue to value our cooperation and information sharing through measures such as the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), Europol, the European Criminal Record Information System (ECRIS) and the Schengen Information System (SIS II) in our efforts to fight cross-border crime and terrorism.</p><p>The Government’s counter-terrorism legislation and policies will continue to remain comprehensive and effective following the UK’s exit from the EU.</p><p>The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill is progressing through the House of Commons. The Bill provides the UK with the ability to make a variety of sanctions regimes, including for complying with a UN obligation. The Bill will also give the UK powers to create UK autonomous sanctions regimes. The Prime Minister has said that we will look to carry over all EU sanctions at the time of our departure, and we will all be stronger if the UK and EU have the means to co-operate on sanctions now, and potentially to develop them together in the future.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/04/2018 15:29:45 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

850644

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Children
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 take steps to prevent one parent obtaining a passport for their children without the consent of the other.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	129897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the current policy on who can apply for a child’s passport. Her Majesty’s Passport Office already has in place provisions for someone to inform them of concerns regarding safeguarding and abduction.</p><p>HM Passport Office also recommends that where issues occur, parents, guardians or a legal representative seek direction from the courts and if informed HM Passport Office will allow a period of time for this to be obtained before a passport is issued.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:30:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

850967

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Deptartment, what the Government's policy is on the destruction of security service files on the political activities of private individuals.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	130171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments neither to confirm nor deny matters relating to the activities of the security and intelligence services.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/03/2018 15:00:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792979

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress UK Visas & Immigration has made on clearing the backlog of applications for spouse visas as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made in taking decisions on applications affected by the MM Lebanon Supreme Court ruling and there remain very few applications awaiting assessment.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:30:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792980

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
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 time is for applicants waiting for decisions on spouse visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792981

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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, how long the average wait time is for immigration applicants using the priority service.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792982

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acts of bank fraud against an individual were recorded in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Data for banking and credit card industry fraud are published by ONS on a quarterly basis. These data will cover frauds against individuals as well as industry bodies. The latest data are for year to June 2017 and are available in Table A5 at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a></p><p> </p><p>The way in which fraud offences are reported and subsequently recorded has changed in recent years. Previously, police forces were responsible for recording fraud offences, however, from April 2011 Action Fraud began gradually taking over the recording of fraud offences on behalf of individual police forces, completing in March 2013. Action Fraud is the UK’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre. The industry bodies Cifas and FFA UK also record data on fraud offences committed against their members.</p><p> </p><p>Information on fraud offences prior to the switch to Action Fraud can be found in Table A4 in the same link as provided above.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/11/2017 17:36:08 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord