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1174943

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Civil Service Agencies: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional security and intelligence staff have been employed across all Government agencies since 2015.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	10337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Cutting crime is a priority for this Government and we recognise that there are strong links between drug misuse and crime. Tough enforcement is a fundamental part of our approach to tackling drugs and we are working across Government to address the drivers behind drug-related crime and help prevent further substance misuse and offending.</p><p>We continue to surge law enforcement action to tackle county lines and its associated violence and exploitation. The Home Secretary has announced £25m of targeted investment across 19-20 and 20-21 to significantly increase law enforcement’s response to the issue. The Home Office has also announced that a UK Drugs Summit will take place on 27 February, which will bring together all four nations of the United Kingdom, to consider the challenges we are facing and to reflect on what more can be done to address drug supply and reduce drug harms.</p><p>The Prime Minister has also established a Cabinet committee on crime which will help to drive cross-Government action in this area.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/02/2020 17:30:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1174968

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Drugs
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 is taking tackle drug-related crime.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	10473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Cutting crime is a priority for this Government and we recognise that there are strong links between drug misuse and crime.</p><p>Tough enforcement is a fundamental part of our approach to tackling drugs and we are working across Government to address the drivers behind drug-related crime and help prevent further substance misuse and offending.We continue to surge law enforcement action to tackle county lines and its associated violence and exploitation. The Home Secretary has announced £25m of targeted investment across 19-20 and 20-21 to significantly increase law enforcement’s response to the issue.</p><p>The Home Office has also announced that a UK Drugs Summit will take place on 27 February, which will bring together all four nations of the United Kingdom, to consider the challenges we are facing and to reflect on what more can be done to address drug supply and reduce drug harms.</p><p>The Prime Minister has also established a Cabinet committee on crime which will help to drive cross-Government action in this area.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/02/2020 17:32:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1174970

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the time taken to process visa applications from (a) refugees and b) other visa applicants.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	10475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested or routinely publish data to answer this question. To obtain it would exceed the <strong>disproportionate</strong> cost threshold.</p><p> </p><p>Published data on the processing of visa applications is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a>.</p><ul><li> </li><li>Information on UKVI’s service standards is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about-our-services#service-standards" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-<strong>visas</strong>-and-immigration/about-our-services#service-standards</a>.</li></ul> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/02/2020 16:44:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1175001

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government's review of pre-charge bail law will assess the potential merits of reforming Release Under Investigation (RUI), including (a) the introduction of time limits, (b) a requirement for sharing updates and (c) an updated approval process for using RUI.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	10432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>This government is fully committed to protecting the public, and ensuring the police have the powers they need.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 November the government announced its intention to review pre-charge bail legislation, including the practice of ‘Released Under Investigation’ (RUI), to ensure we have a system which more effectively prioritises the safety of victims and witnesses and the management of suspects.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, the review will look to:</p><ul><li>ensure the proper use of bail to protect victims and witnesses;</li><li>support the police in the timely management of investigations, whether a suspect is released on bail or RUI;</li><li>respect the rights of suspects, victims and witnesses to timely decisions and updates;</li><li>ensure pre-charge bail supports the timely progression of cases to courts; and</li><li>design simplified and flexible rules to support effective operational decisions.</li></ul> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/02/2020 15:42:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1175009

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil penalties have been issued under section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 since July 2016; what the total value is of those penalties; and how much has been collected of that total to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Data on the number of penalties issued under section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, and the total value of those penalties are published on gov.uk. The latest published figures up to the end of June 2019 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-august-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-august-2019</a>.</p><p>A total of 5,856 civil penalties were issued between July 2016 and June 2019, with a total value of £100.1m.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on the total amount collected.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/02/2020 15:49:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1175018

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions stop and search was carried out in (a) Rotherham Borough, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Rother Valley constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	10492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of stop and searches, conducted by each police force in England and Wales, on an annual basis. Results are published in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, the latest of which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Data are collected only at Police Force Area level and information at borough and constituency level is not held centrally. The number of occasions stop and search was carried out in the South Yorkshire Police Force Area in each financial year from 2009/10 to 2018/19 is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of searches</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>29,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>24,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>18,631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>22,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>22,527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>3,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>6,181</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/02/2020 15:44:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1175025

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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 plans her Department has to update the (a) Right to work checks and (b) Right to rent document checks guidance to allow digital forms of identification to be accepted.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	10446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>When an individual undergoes a right to work or right to rent check they are not just evidencing their identity, they must also demonstrate their entitlement to work or rent.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is transforming the way migrants demonstrate their immigration status and right to work and rent in the UK. The digital online status checking service for employers conducting right to work checks was launched on 6 April 2018. In January 2019, we amended secondary legislation and issued new guidance to employers which sets out how they can use the online service in complying with their responsibilities under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 on the prevention of illegal working.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is planning to launch an online digital right to rent status checking service to support landlords in conducting right to rent checks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working to develop proposals for a digital identity system that would enable people to prove their identity easily and securely, without the need to provide physical documents, and to meet the demands of the digital age.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/02/2020 15:46:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1174219

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of adult migrants who have illegally crossed the English channel from France and who have subsequently been granted asylum in the UK in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	9737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <ol><li>Information regarding migrants crossing the English Channel was provided to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 5 March 2019 which gave the number of migrants detected entering the UK by small boats from January 2018 to February 2019 as 428.</li></ol><p><br> On 22 July 2019 the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid provided an additional figure to Home Affairs Select Committee that up to 21 July 2019 725 migrants had crossed the English Channel.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish breakdowns of asylum claims by method of arrival or type of claim.</p><p>In its quarterly Immigration Statistics, published on 28 November 2019 the Home Office published data regarding the number of asylum applications made. The total number of adults claiming asylum since 2015 to year ending September 2019 is given as 136,995</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Information regarding migrants crossing the English Channel was provided to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 5 March 2019 which gave the number of migrants detected entering the UK by small boats from January 2018 to February 2019 as 428.</li></ol><p><br> On 22 July 2019 the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid provided an additional figure to Home Affairs Select Committee that up to 21 July 2019 725 migrants had crossed the English Channel.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish breakdowns of asylum claims by method of arrival or type of claim.</p><p> </p><p>In its quarterly Immigration Statistics, published on 28 November 2019 the Home Office published data regarding the number of asylum application made. The total number of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum since 2015 to year ending September 2019 is given as 15,554. The total number of accompanied minors claiming asylum since 2015 to year ending September 2019 is given as 16,886.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 9738 question first answered 05/02/2020 15:57:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1174220

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) accompanied and (b) unaccompanied child migrants who have illegally crossed the English channel from France and who have subsequently been granted asylum in the UK in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	9738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <ol><li>Information regarding migrants crossing the English Channel was provided to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 5 March 2019 which gave the number of migrants detected entering the UK by small boats from January 2018 to February 2019 as 428.</li></ol><p><br> On 22 July 2019 the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid provided an additional figure to Home Affairs Select Committee that up to 21 July 2019 725 migrants had crossed the English Channel.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish breakdowns of asylum claims by method of arrival or type of claim.</p><p>In its quarterly Immigration Statistics, published on 28 November 2019 the Home Office published data regarding the number of asylum applications made. The total number of adults claiming asylum since 2015 to year ending September 2019 is given as 136,995</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Information regarding migrants crossing the English Channel was provided to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 5 March 2019 which gave the number of migrants detected entering the UK by small boats from January 2018 to February 2019 as 428.</li></ol><p><br> On 22 July 2019 the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid provided an additional figure to Home Affairs Select Committee that up to 21 July 2019 725 migrants had crossed the English Channel.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish breakdowns of asylum claims by method of arrival or type of claim.</p><p> </p><p>In its quarterly Immigration Statistics, published on 28 November 2019 the Home Office published data regarding the number of asylum application made. The total number of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum since 2015 to year ending September 2019 is given as 15,554. The total number of accompanied minors claiming asylum since 2015 to year ending September 2019 is given as 16,886.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 9737 question first answered 05/02/2020 15:57:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1174408

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the application fee for British citizen naturalisation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Border, Immigration and Citizenship System (BICS) is predominately funded by the user, and we think it is right that those who use it contribute to its cost, thereby reducing the burden on the UK taxpayer. We keep our fees for immigration and nationality applications under review and ensure they are within the parameters agreed with HM Treasury and Parliament, as set out in Section 68 (9) of the Immigration Act 2014<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/02/2020 15:53:46 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens