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1046017

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in full.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	211250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government signed the Istanbul Convention to signal the UK’s strong commitment to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). On 30 October 2018, in line with the requirements of the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act 2017, we published a progress report which set out that, in most respects, the UK already complies with, or goes further than, the Convention requires. We have significantly strengthened the legislative framework; introduced new protective tools; and issued a range of guidance and support for frontline professionals.</p><p>We have always been clear on our commitment to ratifying the Convention. The Domestic Abuse Bill will be another step towards meeting that commitment by extending extraterritorial jurisdiction over offences required by the Convention which, for England and Wales, is the final legislative step necessary for ratification. We published the Domestic Abuse Bill in draft form for pre-legislative scrutiny on 21 January 2019.</p><p>As the criminal law and the majority of the areas covered by the Convention are devolved to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Devolved Administrations are considering what legislative or other changes are necessary for compliance with the Convention in their territories. The Government liaises regularly with the Devolved Administrations on VAWG issues and we will continue working closely with the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/01/2019 16:13:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1047993

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were classified as illegal entrants to the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	212643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested in a reportable format or within published statistics. The information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/01/2019 16:57:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1047998

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternative arrangements will replace (a) the Schengen Information System II, (b) the European Arrest Warrant, (c) the European Criminal Records Information System, (d) intelligence sharing through Europol, (e) Eurojust and (f) European Investigation Orders in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	212644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 January 2019 [203414].</p><p>We are working with operational partners on a contingent basis to transition our cooperation with EU Member States to non-EU channels, should that be required in a no deal scenario. The alternative arrangements for the EU ‘tools’ in question would involve making more use of Interpol, Council of Europe Conventions and other forms of cooperation, such as bilateral channels.</p><p>The Government’s position remains that the agreement reached with the EU, which includes ambitious internal security arrangements, is in the UK’s best interests.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/01/2019 17:06:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1048018

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of the proposed Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill on (a) the number of people detained under immigration powers and (b) the number of Immigration Removal Centres required in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	212648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill will end free movement and provide the legal framework for the future border and immigration system. The measures in the Bill are primarily focused on preparing the UK to exit the EU.</p><p><br>We continue to look at issues relating to detention, including the numbers of people who are detained prior to removal and the size of the estate, to ensure we have a detention system that is fair to those who may be detained, upholds our immigration policies and acts as a deterrent to those who might seek to frustrate these policies.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/02/2019 16:02:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1048032

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £17 million allocated to establish the three-year Violence Against Women and Girls Service Transformation fund has been awarded to (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	212660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Our Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy sets out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybody’s business and over this spending review period, we are providing £100 million of dedicated funding to tackle VAWG.</p><p>VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level by Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners. The Government’s VAWG National Statement of Expectations encourages such decisions to be taken at a local level and should be driven by local need.</p><p>Our £17 million three-year VAWG Service Transformation Fund, is providing funding to 41 projects across England and Wales to embed local best practice and ensure that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm. All local authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners and Clinical Commissioning Groups were invited to apply, however not every area took up the opportunity to do so. The application process was highly competitive, and decisions were taken to ensure a reasonable spread of funding geographically, by type of VAWG, and by stage of intervention. No funding has been provided through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund directly to Barnsley or South Yorkshire.</p><p>Details of the allocated funding is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 13:33:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1048058

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any administrative removal proceedings are currently being undertaken against Uighur Muslims residing in the UK whose country of origin is China.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The information is not recorded in a reportable format. However, we understand and share your concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang, and the UK has a proud history of offering asylum to those who need our protection and every case is assessed on its individual merits.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/01/2019 17:03:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1048059

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any asylum applications have been received from Uighur Muslims fleeing the human rights situation in Xinjiang.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The basis of a person’s asylum claim is recorded on their individual Home Office file, but not in a way that can be easily aggregated, so we cannot provide figures on how many claims have been received from Uighur Muslims fleeing the human rights situation in Xinjiang.</p><p>As such, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost because it would require a manual search through individual records.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/01/2019 16:51:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1048068

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department took to ensure that the changes made to firefighters’ pensions in 2015 were compliant with equality legislation when those changes were implemented; and how his Department ensures that policy making is equality legislation compliant.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	212615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The changes made to firefighters’ pensions by DCLG (now MHCLG) in 2015 were part of an overarching pensions reform programme which applied to all public service pension schemes and included equality checks and public consultation on equality issues. When considering reforms to the secondary legislation which underpins the firefighters’ pension scheme, the Home Office has proper regard to its public sector equality duty and follows the appropriate consultation process.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/02/2019 17:14:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1047650

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Generation: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress his Department has made in its Windrush scheme: historical review of removals and detentions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	212342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary wrote to the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee on 21 August, outlining the initial findings of the Historical Review of removals and detentions. The review found that the total number of individuals identified who have been removed and/or detained by the Home Office since 2002, and who have something on their file which indicates they may have been in the UK before 1 January 1973, is 164.</p><p>Of these we identified 18 individuals who stayed in the UK permanently and who are the people we consider most likely to have suffered the most detriment because their right to be in the UK was not recognised and where the de-partment is most likely to have acted wrongfully in removing or detaining them. Eleven of these left the UK voluntarily and seven were detained.</p><p><br>Work on cases involving criminality, as well as individuals who were subject to proactive compliant environment sanctions, is ongoing. These figures will be provided to HASC upon completion of the work. <br>Our regular updates to HASC are published at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/02/2019 13:20:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1047656

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department (a) international blacklists and (b) the Government of India's Undesirable Contact Men are included in the criteria for the granting of residence to (a) Sudhir Choudhrie, (b) Bhanu Choudhrie and (c) other people on those lists.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	212292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases. All persons wishing to enter or remain in the United Kingdom are checked against several watchlists and databases. Non-EEA nationals who do not meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules are refused leave to enter/remain.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/02/2019 14:03:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins