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932703

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in the Home Office for the processing in a timely manner of applications for support under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	159057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office recognises the importance of ensuring that we have sufficient appropriately trained staff to assess asylum support applications and to meet our customers’ priority needs. The Home Office has rolling recruitment campaigns to ensure the number of staff are maintained at a level that allows cases to be processed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/07/2018 10:55:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

927771

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many doctors working in the UK on a Tier 2 visa work in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	155933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p><br>NHS workforce statistics are the responsibility of NHS Digital and are published at <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/nhs-workforce-statistics-june-2017-provisional-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/nhs-workforce-statistics-june-2017-provisional-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 155934 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:34:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

927772

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nurses working in the UK on a Tier 2 visa work in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	155934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p><br>NHS workforce statistics are the responsibility of NHS Digital and are published at <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/nhs-workforce-statistics-june-2017-provisional-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/nhs-workforce-statistics-june-2017-provisional-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 155933 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:34:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

917624

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	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of asylum claims processed within the six-month decision target.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	150240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has a Service Standard to make an initial asylum decision on straightforward claims within 182 days of the date of claim however we are aware of the number of older cases in the system. These are more complex cases which generally have barriers that prevents an initial asylum decision being made. These barriers are often varied and require time to clear.</p><p>The Home Office publishes performance against the service standard to decide 98% of straight forward asylum claims within 6 months of the date of claim.</p><p>The full data release can be found at the following address; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:33:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

895417

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Finance
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 23 April 2018 to Question 136604, on West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Finance, how many times in each of the last five years his Department has met the West Yorkshire Fire Authority to discuss funding for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	140217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has had responsibility for fire since January 2016. Ministers regularly meet with and speak to fire stakeholders about a range of matters.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/05/2018 16:58:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

892325

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Plastics
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 to reduce its use of single-use plastics.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	138552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to reducing its use of single-use plastics and is actively taking steps to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>At our London headquarters, we have already replaced all single-use plastic coffee cups, food containers and cutlery from our catering services, with biodegradable alternatives. We have also begun to phase out single-use plastic water cups across the estate.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with The Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs and our suppliers to remove single-use plastics from our office estate.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/04/2018 15:15:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

887095

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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 progress her Department has made on the registration of EU nationals for indefinite leave after the UK leaves the EU, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	136660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>In December 2017 we delivered on our commitment to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the UK before we leave the EU in March 2019. This was further established in March, when a reciprocal deal was agreed extending citizens’ rights until the end of the implementation period – December 2020.</p><p>The Home Office is making good progress in developing the system to issue immigration status to all resident EU citizens, and their family members, and intend to launch the settlement scheme at the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2018 11:07:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

886409

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the West Yorkshire Fire Authority on funding for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	136604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers regularly engage with fire and rescue authorities on a number of issues. In 2018/19 West Yorkshire Fire Authority will have a core spending power of £79.1m, an increase of 0.8% (£0.6m) compared with 2017/18.</p><p>At March 2017, West Yorkshire Fire Authority held £33m in reserves, an increase of £24.4m (283%) compared with March 2011.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/04/2018 17:04:36 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

856077

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dogs: Theft
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 to reduce dog theft in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	131243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government understands the distress that can be caused by the theft of a pet. It is therefore important that these crimes, when they take place, are reported to the police so that they can be investigated and, where appropriate, the perpetrators taken through the courts and given appropriate sentences.</p><p>In 2017-18 the Government is providing police forces in England and Wales with direct Government funding worth over £7.5 billion to tackle all types of crime. As far as the police response to individual incidents are concerned, it is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives, to decide how best to deploy resources to manage and respond to crime and local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2018 17:47:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828229

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis.</p><p>The latest available data, which cover the situation as at 30 September 2017, are published in the ‘Police workforce’ statistical bulletin, available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017</a></p><p>Data for previous years, and as at 31 March, can be found in Table H3 of the annual bulletin, available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 16:25:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker