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1151857

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of additional police recruits announced by the Government will be assigned to (a) territorial forces and (b) national policing priorities.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	4367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to recruiting 20,000 officers over the next three years.</p><p>Our priority for the first year of recruitment is to ensure we meet the public’s expectation of increased officer numbers in their communities. That’s why all of the 6,000 additional officers to be recruited in 2020/21 have been allocated between the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales.</p><p>Longer term decisions will be taken in due course on the allocation of officers in future years.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/10/2019 17:12:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1147909

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2019 to Question 291111 on Immigration: EU Nationals, what the average time taken was to answer a call to the EU Settlement Resolution Centre for each of the seven days from 23 September 2019.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	293710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>We do not publish data on daily waiting time, however the average time taken to answer a call to the settlement Resolution Centre is reviewed each day to ensure it is kept to a minimum.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/10/2019 16:05:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1147460

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of knife crime in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	292978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>There were 1,514 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument recorded by Thames Valley Police in 2018/19, a 13 per cent increase compared with the previous year, and a 30 per cent increase since 2010/11. Across England and Wales, there has been an 8 per cent increase in 2018/19, and a 42 per cent increase since 2010/11. These increases are thought to be partly a genuine increase and partly due to improvements in the police recording of these offences.</p><p>We are taking determined action to tackle knife crime and other serious violence. This includes giving the police the resources and tools they need to keep families, communities and our country safe. We have recently launched a national campaign to begin to recruit 20,000 new police officers over the next three years, and we are making it easier for the police to use stop and search powers.</p><p>Police funding is increasing by more than £1 billion this year, including council tax and additional funding through the £100 million Serious Violence Fund. This Fund includes £63.4 million for surge operational activity, £35 million to support Violence Reduction Units, and £1.6 million to help improve the quality of data on serious violence. Thames Valley Police are receiving £1.94 million from the Fund for surge activity and a further £1.16 million for their Violence Reduction Unit.</p><p>In addition, through the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, we are providing the police with more powers, and making it more difficult for young people to get hold of knives in the first place. The Act includes Knife Crime Prevention Orders which will give the police an important new tool to help them to work with people to steer them away from serious violence and knife crime.</p><p>We continue to encourage all police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of the operation took place from 17 to 22 September.</p><p>We are also addressing the root causes of crime by investing over £220 million in early intervention projects and in July this year, the Government announced a new legal duty on public bodies to prevent and tackle serious violence. This will ensure that all relevant services work together to share data and knowledge, and to allow them to target their interventions to prevent violence altogether.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 292979 question first answered 08/10/2019 14:23:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1147462

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
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 reduce incidences of knife crime in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	292979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>There were 1,514 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument recorded by Thames Valley Police in 2018/19, a 13 per cent increase compared with the previous year, and a 30 per cent increase since 2010/11. Across England and Wales, there has been an 8 per cent increase in 2018/19, and a 42 per cent increase since 2010/11. These increases are thought to be partly a genuine increase and partly due to improvements in the police recording of these offences.</p><p>We are taking determined action to tackle knife crime and other serious violence. This includes giving the police the resources and tools they need to keep families, communities and our country safe. We have recently launched a national campaign to begin to recruit 20,000 new police officers over the next three years, and we are making it easier for the police to use stop and search powers.</p><p>Police funding is increasing by more than £1 billion this year, including council tax and additional funding through the £100 million Serious Violence Fund. This Fund includes £63.4 million for surge operational activity, £35 million to support Violence Reduction Units, and £1.6 million to help improve the quality of data on serious violence. Thames Valley Police are receiving £1.94 million from the Fund for surge activity and a further £1.16 million for their Violence Reduction Unit.</p><p>In addition, through the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, we are providing the police with more powers, and making it more difficult for young people to get hold of knives in the first place. The Act includes Knife Crime Prevention Orders which will give the police an important new tool to help them to work with people to steer them away from serious violence and knife crime.</p><p>We continue to encourage all police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of the operation took place from 17 to 22 September.</p><p>We are also addressing the root causes of crime by investing over £220 million in early intervention projects and in July this year, the Government announced a new legal duty on public bodies to prevent and tackle serious violence. This will ensure that all relevant services work together to share data and knowledge, and to allow them to target their interventions to prevent violence altogether.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 292978 question first answered 08/10/2019 14:23:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1145741

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, what assessment she has made of the level of take-up of the EU Settlement Scheme among naturalised EU citizens of non-EU origin.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	291034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>It is vital that the estimated three million EU citizens and their non-EU family members living in the UK understand how and when to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>When the scheme fully opened in March, the Home office delivered a £3.75m marketing campaign to raise awareness of the scheme and encourage applications. As of 31 August 2019, 1.3 million people have now applied to the EU Settlement Scheme. Of these, approximately 66,700 are non-EU family members. EU citizens and their families have until at least 31 December 2020 to apply, and the Home Office will continually monitor interest and intake to the scheme throughout its lifetime.</p><p>Further advertising and stakeholder communications are underway to continue to raise awareness of the scheme. All available channels will be used to reach our audiences – such as direct marketing, radio, video-on-demand and outdoor advertising, presentations, email updates, toolkits and webinars to name a few – to direct all eligible cohorts towards reliable sources of information on GOV.UK and the application itself.</p><p>No-one will be left behind which is why we are also working in partnership with vulnerable group representatives, local authorities and other experts to make everyone knows what they need to do and has the right level of support. We have awarded up to £9 million to 57 voluntary and community sector organisations across the UK to help us reach an estimated 200,000 vulnerable or at-risk EU citizens and their family members.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 291035 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:45:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1145742

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of the EU Settlement Scheme among (a) EU citizens of Somali origin and (b) other large communities of EU citizens of non-EU origin.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	291035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>It is vital that the estimated three million EU citizens and their non-EU family members living in the UK understand how and when to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>When the scheme fully opened in March, the Home office delivered a £3.75m marketing campaign to raise awareness of the scheme and encourage applications. As of 31 August 2019, 1.3 million people have now applied to the EU Settlement Scheme. Of these, approximately 66,700 are non-EU family members. EU citizens and their families have until at least 31 December 2020 to apply, and the Home Office will continually monitor interest and intake to the scheme throughout its lifetime.</p><p>Further advertising and stakeholder communications are underway to continue to raise awareness of the scheme. All available channels will be used to reach our audiences – such as direct marketing, radio, video-on-demand and outdoor advertising, presentations, email updates, toolkits and webinars to name a few – to direct all eligible cohorts towards reliable sources of information on GOV.UK and the application itself.</p><p>No-one will be left behind which is why we are also working in partnership with vulnerable group representatives, local authorities and other experts to make everyone knows what they need to do and has the right level of support. We have awarded up to £9 million to 57 voluntary and community sector organisations across the UK to help us reach an estimated 200,000 vulnerable or at-risk EU citizens and their family members.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 291034 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:45:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1146032

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 284212, how her Department plans to treat late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme from people who do not have reasonable grounds for missing the deadline.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	291107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made clear that EU citizens resident in the UK before we leave the European Union on 31 October 2019 will have until at least 31 December 2020 to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme. We will publish guidance in due course on the scope for a late application to be made by those with reasonable grounds for missing the deadline.</p><p>We will also set out in due course the requirements to be met, from 2021, under the new points-based immigration system, by EU citizens and their family members who wish to remain in the UK and who have not applied for status under the EU Settlement Scheme or, for EU citizens moving to the UK after a no deal Brexit, under the European Temporary Leave to Remain Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/09/2019 16:11:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1146043

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, whether she plans to establish a dedicated enquiry line for members' offices to discuss applications made by constituents to the EU Settlement Scheme; and whether the staff of the UKVI enquiry line will be given access to EU Settlement Scheme applications to discuss such applications with members' offices.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	291110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to establish a dedicated enquiry line.</p><p>Members and their offices have access to their dedicated MP Account Management Team where they can raise queries by email and phone. Enquiry lines are open Monday to Friday and staff have access to the EU Settlement Scheme application records.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/09/2019 16:01:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1146045

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, what assessment she has made of the average time for calls to the EU Settlement Resolution Centre to be answered.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	291111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The average time taken to answer a call to the settlement Resolution Centre is reviewd each day to ensure it is kept to a minimum.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/09/2019 15:19:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1145439

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EEA Nationals
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 has taken for EEA nationals’ settlement status to be verified by border officials after the UK exits the EU in the event that the secure online service is inaccessible due to (a) temporary system failure, (b) planned system maintenance and (c) cyber-attack.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	290438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Immediately after exit, EU citizens can continue to cross the border using their passport or national identity card. They will be able to use e-Gates if they are travelling on a biometric passport.</p><p>EU citizens will not be routinely asked to prove that they have been granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme after EU Exit in order to re-enter the UK but systems will be in place to allow border officials to make such checks where necessary. There are established contingency processes and procedures in the event of any interruption to systems at the border which border officials are familiar with.</p><p>Once the new points based immigration system is fully introduced, Border Force will be able to identify those individuals granted status digitally without the need for the individual to provide evidence.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/10/2019 15:00:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi