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386481

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sports Competitors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether visas intended for sports people have been used to traffic children from Africa into the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office continually monitors all routes where there is a suspected risk of abuse.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/07/2015 14:38:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

386482

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sports Competitors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have had any discussions with the Premier League and the Football Association about the issue of child trafficking to the United Kingdom using visas intended for sports people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with sporting bodies to ensure that immigration routes are being used as intended and not being used for abuse by either sponsors or migrants. Where we have evidence that immigration routes are being used to facilitate trafficking we take a robust response.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/07/2015 14:38:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

386483

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sports Competitors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many victims of trafficking, if any, have been referred to the National Referral Mechanism having entered the United Kingdom at any time on a visa intended for sports people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as it would require a manual review of all referrals and associated records going back to 2009, which would only be achievable at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/07/2015 14:39:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

386485

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Social Media
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to prevent online social media platforms such as Twitter being used by terrorist organisations such as ISIS to spread propaganda and to radicalise and recruit vulnerable Europeans.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>We are working with responsible social media companies to take robust action against terrorist material from groups like ISIL. Since 2010, over 95,000 pieces of terrorist-related material have been removed at the request of the dedicated Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit.</p><p>We are also working with Europol and other EU member states to set up an EU-Internet Referral Unit, based on the British model – this is now up and running in pilot form and will assist with the volumes of terrorist and extremist content online, in a number of European languages.</p><p>We want industry to go further and see them employ a zero tolerance approach to terrorist activity on their networks. We will continue encouraging companies to produce industry standards for the identification, removal and referral of terrorist activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/07/2015 16:01:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

386709

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Restraint Techniques
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 there is effective oversight of (a) the use of restraint against black and minority ethnic groups and those with mental health issues and (b) other use of force by the police.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	4787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The police collect data nationally on some types of force used in the deployment of their duties, such as Taser and firearms. There is no single reporting mechanism for police forces on all uses of force, including restraint, and the Home Office does not currently collect information routinely on its use.</p><p> </p><p>At the Black Mental Health and Home Office Summit on 23 October, the Home Secretary announced that the national policing lead, Chief Constable David Shaw will conduct an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force by police officers. This will present options for publishing the data on how police officers are deploying these sensitive powers, who they are being used on and what the outcome was.</p><p> </p><p>Work is also underway with a number of forces, on a voluntary basis, to improve information held locally about those who are detained by the police under sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Five forces have to date provided some initial information for the months of April and May in relation to the age, gender and ethnicity of such individuals and whether restraint was used.</p><p> </p><p>The police must be able to use force to protect the public, vulnerable people and themselves. However, the Government is clear that any use of force, including restraint, must be lawful, proportionate and necessary in all circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 4902 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:13:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

386710

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Port of Dover
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 the vehicles arriving at the Port of Dover are checked on arrival.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	4814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>100% of freight vehicles arriving at Dover are subject to screening checks at the border controls at the juxtaposed ports of Calais and Dunkirk. Further screening may take place at Dover on an intelligence -led basis.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/07/2015 16:15:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

386711

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bridgend College
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 25 June 2015 to Question 3116, when copies of the Estyn and QAA inspection were requested from Bridgend College; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	4798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Estyn report has not been requested from the college as it is available online. Officials requested the QAA inspection report from the college on 23 June.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:48:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

386712

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Community Support Officers
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 community support officers there were in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	4749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) employed by each police force in England and Wales. The number of PCSOs operating in Coventry North East constituency is not held centrally and numbers for Coventry Basic Command Unit (BCU) were only collected until 2011.</p><p>The accompanying data tables show the number of PCSOs in the West Midlands police force, and across in England, as at the end of each financial year (31 March) for each of the last 5 years. The latest figure, as at 30 September 2014, is also provided. The table also contains the available data for Coventry BCU for 2010 and 2011.</p><p>As HMIC has made clear, there is no simple link between police numbers and crime levels, between numbers and the visibility of police in the community, or between numbers and the quality of service provided.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/07/2015 16:04:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ4749 Data tables(1).xls title PCSOs in West Midlands & England police force
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

386713

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Licensing
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 confirm how many publicly-funded colleges have been (a) granted and (b) refused international licences to run privately-funded courses in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	4785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2015 answer text <p>The number of publicly-funded colleges that had an application for a Tier 4 sponsor licence (a) granted and (b) refused, in each year since 2008, is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Granted</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>687</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Refused</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>92</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>An application may be refused for various reasons. We do not collate information on the courses each sponsor offers or the reason(s) for the refusal of each application.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/08/2015 08:44:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

386714

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Port of Dover
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 increase the number of checks on vehicles arriving through the Port of Dover.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	4783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Border Force deployed additional resources to combat the increase in opportunistic migrant activity that followed the strike at Calais by French workers, including deployment of additional sniffer dog and contractor freight searching capability to deal with the anticipated risk of migrants targeting slow moving traffic at the juxtaposed ports in Northern France. We have also deployed additional resource to enable enhanced screening at Dover port of both freight and tourist vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 15:10:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell