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346850

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what needs-specific support her Department provides for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is determined to tackle the appalling crime of domestic violence and abuse. Funding and service support is available to all victims including those from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. In 2015/16, the Home Office is providing £120,000 in 2015/16 to the charity Broken Rainbow to run a dedicated national helpline specifically for the LGBT community. In addition, in 2015/16 the Home Office is providing £4.3 million to fund specialist services with direct support offered by 144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisers which is available to everybody who is a victim of domestic violence and abuse, irrespective of their age, race, sexuality or gender.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/06/2015 14:05:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

346872

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Decriminalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effects of the decriminalisation of drug use in Portugal on the prevalence of drug use in that country.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	93
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Portuguese approach to drugs was reviewed within ‘Drugs: International Comparators’ published in October 2014<em>.</em> The report is clear that the successes in Portugal cannot be attributed to decriminalisation alone. Whilst drug use went down and health outcomes improved, there was, at the same time, a significant investment in treatment.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has no intention of decriminalising drugs. The UK's approach on drugs remains clear: we must prevent drug use in our communities, help dependent individuals through treatment and wider recovery support, whilst ensuring law enforcement tackles the criminality that is associated with the drugs trade.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/06/2015 09:39:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

229386

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mephedrone
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 changes in the rate of mephedrone use in the (a) Gosport and Fareham area and (b) UK.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Caroline Dinenage
uin	228935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Data specifically on the Gosport and Fareham area is not available as the Crime Survey for England and Wales does not allow sufficiently robust estimates to be made for smaller geographic areas. <br><br>For England and Wales as a whole, the 2013/14 Crime Survey for England and Wales showed that the proportion of people aged 16 to 59 who said they had taken mephedrone in the last year was 0.6 per cent. This compares with 1.3 per cent in the 2010/11 survey. The table shows figures for each year available. Mephedrone was not specifically asked about in the survey before 2010/11.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><strong>Proportion of 16 to 59 year olds reporting use of mephedrone in the last year, 2010/11 to 2013/14</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>England and Wales, 2013/14 CSEW</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Percentages</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td><strong>1.3</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td><strong>1.0</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td><strong>0.5</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td><strong>0.6</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Source: 2013/14 Crime Survey for England and Wales</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 26/03/2015 10:16:18 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

229387

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 19 February 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regards to Mr J Holloway.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	228937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I will reply to the Right hon. Member by 27 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/03/2015 10:11:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

229388

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Non-binary People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on (a) the issue of passports and (b) legal recognition for those who do not associate with a particular gender; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	228917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We understand the concerns of those people who do not associate with a particular gender. UK law recognises only male and female gender and to introduce a third category denoted by an ‘X’ would require a change in primary legislation. We would not envisage the passport being changed in isolation without legislative change, as there would be an impact on other areas such as sex discrimination, nationality, adoption, human embryology, immigration, and gender recognition. Such a change would need to be on the basis that it was required by law, that it provided additional benefits to the applicant, and that the high standards of public and personal safety achieved by the UK passport were not diluted. We continue to monitor the situation and work with colleagues and interested parties in the UK and internationally. However, there are no current plans to change domestic legislation to add to or remove the male and female gender, or to make this change to the passport process</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/03/2015 10:22:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

229389

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
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 capability of each local authority to accommodate the number of asylum seekers dispersed to those areas.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	228878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Agreements between the Government and local authorities are voluntary and have been in place since the last Government set them up in 2000. Accommodation providers are contractually required to liaise and consult with local authorities to ensure that the impacts of dispersal have been fully assessed. Providers will take into account the cultural compatibility of the environment; capacity of local health, education and other support services; concentration of service users; and the assessment of social tension risks.<br><br>This work is formally supported through Strategic Migration Partnerships; local authority-led partnerships with the Home Office and accommodation providers, established as a forum for managing the dispersal of asylum seekers to local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/03/2015 10:22:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

229394

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Diplomatic Immunity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of criminal cases which could not proceed owing to diplomatic immunity in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	228886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data centrally from police forces on the number of criminal cases which cannot proceed owing to diplomatic immunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/03/2015 10:12:14 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

228964

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current status of negotiations between the United Kingdom and Pakistan over an extradition treaty.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL5929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government will neither confirm nor deny whether it is considering or is involved in negotiations with a particular country over an extradition treaty.</p><p>The absence of a formal extradition treaty does not prevent the UK from requesting the extradition of an individual from another country. It is a matter for the law of that country whether it is able to respond to such a request.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5930 HL5931 question first answered 26/03/2015 12:09:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

228965

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of securing an extradition treaty between the United Kingdom and Pakistan.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL5930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government will neither confirm nor deny whether it is considering or is involved in negotiations with a particular country over an extradition treaty.</p><p>The absence of a formal extradition treaty does not prevent the UK from requesting the extradition of an individual from another country. It is a matter for the law of that country whether it is able to respond to such a request.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5929 HL5931 question first answered 26/03/2015 12:09:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

228966

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for an extradition treaty between the United Kingdom and Pakistan.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL5931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government will neither confirm nor deny whether it is considering or is involved in negotiations with a particular country over an extradition treaty.</p><p>The absence of a formal extradition treaty does not prevent the UK from requesting the extradition of an individual from another country. It is a matter for the law of that country whether it is able to respond to such a request.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5929 HL5930 question first answered 26/03/2015 12:09:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed