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1226247

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British National (Overseas): Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish additional information on the proposals for the bespoke immigration route for British Nationals (Overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	76708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary was pleased to recently announce details of the new immigration route for Hong Kong British National (Overseas) citizens, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hong-kong-bno-visa-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hong-kong-bno-visa-policy-statement</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/07/2020 16:24:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1226262

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mukhtar Ablyazov
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 the High Court's renewed arrest warrant for Mukhtar Ablyazov in July 2019, what steps are her Department is taking to secure his extradition from France.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	76587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>Whether to seek extradition of an individual is a matter for the UK’s independent prosecution authorities. There is no Ministerial involvement.</p><p> </p><p>As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, the UK will neither confirm nor deny that an extradition request has been made or received until an arrest has been made in relation to that request.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/07/2020 16:57:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1226272

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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 she is taking to improve the transparency of EU Settlement Scheme reporting.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	76758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>Statistical information on the EU Settlement Scheme is published by the Home Office monthly and quarterly. The latest published information on applications received can be found on the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme statistics’ web page available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics.</p><p>The monthly reporting on the EU Settlement Scheme has recently been changed to allow for more timely release of the figures on applications and outcomes, placed on the GOV.UK website.</p><p>The quarterly publication will continue to provide more detailed breakdowns, including data on nationality, UK country of residence, age group, and regional and local authority numbers. In future, we also plan to include numbers of non-digital (paper) applications and further analysis of application outcomes, including those applicants for pre-settled status who subsequently apply for full status.</p><p>In line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, the Home Office openly invites feedback from users to continue developing the quality, usefulness and presentation of statistics on the EU Settlement Scheme. Feedback is continually sought across our suite of Home Office immigration statistics, alongside regular internal consultation, and external engagement through multiple stakeholder channels.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/07/2020 15:14:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1226274

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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, when she plans to publish the Policy Equality Statement in relation to the EU Settled Status Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	76759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Policy Equality Statement for the EU Settlement Scheme will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/07/2020 15:17:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1226277

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the interim codes of practice will be published under the proposals in the Online Harms White Paper Initial Consultation Response.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	76620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government will be publishing interim codes of practice on terrorist use of the internet and child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) as part of the full government response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. This will ensure that companies are provided with the necessary context to understand the expectations around what companies should do to address CSEA and terrorist content and activity online.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working swiftly to prepare the interim codes of practice and the full government response to the Online Harms White Paper, which we will publish in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>We will follow this publication with legislation, when Parliamentary time allow.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/07/2020 17:00:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1226326

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Health Insurance
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 bring forward legislative proposals to remove the requirement for people with Settled Status to hold Comprehensive Sickness Insurance when applying for British citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	76858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>To meet the statutory requirements for naturalisation, a person of any nationality must have been in the UK lawfully during the residential qualifying period.</p><p>EEA Regulations set out the requirements which EEA nationals needed to follow if they wished to reside here lawfully on the basis of free movement. In the case of students or the self-sufficient, but not those who were working here, the possession of comprehensive sickness insurance has always been a requirement. This position has not changed since the UK left the European Union</p><p> </p><p>The British Nationality Act allows us to exercise discretion over this requirement in the special circumstances of any particular case.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to amend legislation in this respect given they reflect EEA rules on Freedom of Movement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/07/2020 16:28:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1226358

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Stop and Search
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 implications of the Metropolitan police's wrongful stop and search of Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos for her policy nationwide on stop and search powers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	76585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police Service has voluntarily referred this incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct which has confirmed they are investigating it. As this investigation is ongoing, it is inappropriate to comment further.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/07/2020 14:33:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1226403

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hamas
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 implications for her policies of allegations that senior members of Hamas’ Political Bureau are personally (a) designated terrorists by the US government and (b) subject to UK Terrorism and Terrorist Financing sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	76912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government and the security and intelligence agencies keep the threat from terrorist groups, including Hamas, under review. In March 2001, the Government proscribed the military wing of Hamas (Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades), as a terrorist organisation. It is criminal offence in the UK to be a member of the military wing. The investigation and prosecution for all criminal offences, including whether an actual offence has been committed, is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service</p><p>The Terrorist Asset Freezing Act (TAFA) 2010 permits HM Treasury to designate an individual or entity for sanctions if they meet the statutory test. Currently there are three individuals designated under TAFA 2010 who are associated with Hamas. Hamas, including its military wing, is also subject to financial sanctions in the UK through the EU counter-terrorism sanctions regime CP931.</p><p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters. While we work closely with our international partners in the global fight against terrorism, any executive action must be underpinned by intelligence that satisfies the UK’s criminal and statutory thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/07/2020 16:59:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1226521

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
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 of the adequacy of the response times of Action Fraud.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	76824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>Victims in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to Action Fraud, the centralised reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. Those in Scotland should report directly to Police Scotland, via the 101 service.</p><p>It is vital that victims of fraud have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with.</p><p>The City of London Corporation (as the Police Authority for the City of London Police) commissioned an independent review by Sir Craig Mackey QPM into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud. The findings and recommendations of that review were published on 24<sup>th</sup> January on the City of London Police Authority’s website, currently available at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/About-us/action-fraud-report.pdf</p><p>The review highlights the need to improve the victim experience, with a focus on answering times, the time callers spend waiting in queues and the percentage of calls that are answered. The City of London Police are addressing Sir Craig’s recommendations regarding Action Fraud and the NFIB, working with the City of London Corporation, the National Crime Agency and the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>City of London Police transparently publish their response times. These are currently available at: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/fraud-stats. We monitor these stats closely, working with City of London Police to understand any monthly drops in response times.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 76825 question first answered 28/07/2020 16:58:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1226524

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what avenues of redress there are for people who have been defrauded by an individual who is based outside of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	76825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>Victims in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are encouraged to report these crimes directly to Action Fraud, the centralised reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. Those in Scotland should report directly to Police Scotland, via the 101 service.</p><p>It is vital that victims of fraud have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with.</p><p>The City of London Corporation (as the Police Authority for the City of London Police) commissioned an independent review by Sir Craig Mackey QPM into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud. The findings and recommendations of that review were published on 24<sup>th</sup> January on the City of London Police Authority’s website, currently available at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/About-us/action-fraud-report.pdf</p><p>The review highlights the need to improve the victim experience, with a focus on answering times, the time callers spend waiting in queues and the percentage of calls that are answered. The City of London Police are addressing Sir Craig’s recommendations regarding Action Fraud and the NFIB, working with the City of London Corporation, the National Crime Agency and the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>City of London Police transparently publish their response times. These are currently available at: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/fraud-stats. We monitor these stats closely, working with City of London Police to understand any monthly drops in response times.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 76824 question first answered 28/07/2020 16:58:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore