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1606258

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	BGI Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) scientists and (b) postgraduate students barred from working in the UK in 2023 on national security grounds are associated with BGI Group.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	171383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We do not publicly comment on matters of national security.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/03/2023 15:47:48 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1606259

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	BGI Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Protective Security Authority is taking steps to provide guidance to (a) businesses and (b) universities on dealing with BGI Group.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	171384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The National Protective Security Authority, with the National Cyber Security Centre, have developed the Trusted Research campaign to help academia make the most of international collaborations, by informing them of the threat and helping them to make sensible decisions about research and research partners.</p><p>More recently they also developed the Secure Innovation campaign which is focused on helping new start-ups in the emerging and critical technology sectors to better protect themselves and, think carefully about their partners and investment.</p><p>We will continue to work with NPSA to support industry and academia.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/03/2023 15:45:56 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1604346

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
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 to reduce anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	904160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling ASB and the House will be aware that we are committed to recruiting 20,000 additional police officers which will take us to the highest number we have ever had.</p><p>We expanded the Safer Streets Fund to include the tackling of ASB as one of its primary aims.</p><p>We have also last year published the ASB Principles to establish a strong and effective partnership response to ASB.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 20/03/2023 16:32:32 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1588122

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
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 for the measures in the Strategic Policing Requirement 2023 on violence against women and girls to apply to violence against men and boys.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	150448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to supporting all victims and survivors of abusive and violent crimes including, but not limited to, rape and other sexual offences, domestic abuse, stalking, ‘honour’-based abuse (including female genital mutilation forced marriage, and ‘honour’ killings), as well as many others, including offences committed online.</p><p>We use the term VAWG, including within the SPR, as it refers to acts of violence or abuse we know disproportionately, but not exclusively, affect women and girls.</p><p>The use of the term cannot and should not negate the experiences of, or the provisions for, male victims.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 01/03/2023 16:51:54 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1550294

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Rape: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to ensure that male victims of rape are not classified as victims of violence against women and girls by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	107101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is absolutely committed to supporting all victims of rape, regardless of gender.</p><p>Under the cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, published in July 2021, the term “violence against women and girls” (VAWG) refer to crimes which disproportionately, but not exclusively, affect women and girls. This includes stalking, ‘honour’ based crime (e.g. female genital mutilation and forced marriage) and sexual offences such as rape. We recognise that men and boys also experience abusive and violent crimes that fall within the umbrella of these crime types. We recognise the term VAWG cannot, and should not, negate the experiences of male victims.</p><p>We acknowledge that there are specific challenges male victims of these crimes may experience. In March 2022, we published our refreshed Supporting Male Victims document. This outlined several commitments to improve our response to male victims of these crimes including the Ministry of Justice investing £1.4m to the Male Rape Fund in 2021/22 (and a further £1.4m in 2022/23).</p><p>Additionally, both the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022, sets out our ambition to reduce the prevalence of all VAWG crimes, regardless of who they affect. Commitments made within these documents benefit all victims, including men and boys.</p><p>In June 2021 we published the End-to-End Rape Review Findings and Action Plan. This action plan outlined a robust programme of work to achieve a significant improvement in the way the criminal justice system responds to rape. This includes a £6.65m investment from the Home Office into Operation Soteria to develop new national operating models for the investigation and prosecution of rape.</p><p>In terms of police recording, the police do not record any crimes as being ‘VAWG’. VAWG is an umbrella term used by the government/others to describe a range of behaviours and offences but is not a formal crime definition. In relation to rape offences, the Home Office counting rules require offences to be recorded based on the age and sex of the victim. This would mean in all circumstances a male victim of rape would be formally recorded as being a male victim of rape.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 16/12/2022 11:10:10 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1541720

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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 steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of small boat crossings of the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	902172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>As we approach the first anniversary of the tragic deaths in the Channel last November, we are more determined than ever to end the vile business model of people smugglers and are working with our international partners to stop people putting their lives at risk through dangerous and illegal journeys.</p><p>Those who travel to the UK by illegal, dangerous and unnecessary methods, including via small boat crossings across the Channel, will be considered for relocation to Rwanda, where they will have their asylum claim processed – they will not return to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 14/11/2022 16:18:26 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1537191

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of in-person inspections of establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	73828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Regulator has strengthened its regulatory oversight and published its process of full system audits at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits</a>.</p><p>The Regulator’s audit programme for compliance assurance purposes is delivered in accordance with the requirements defined in the legislation. This includes in-person announced and unannounced visits to licensed establishments.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 13:20:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 31833 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1537192

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual reports 2019 to 2021, published in October 2022, what assessment she has made of that report's finding that over 95 per cent of non-compliance incidents were self-reported from 2019 to 2021; and whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of unannounced inspections of establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	73829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Regulator has strengthened its regulatory oversight and published its process of full system audits at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits</a>. The Regulator’s audit programme for compliance assurance purposes is delivered in accordance with the requirements defined in the legislation. This includes in-person announced and unannounced visits to licensed establishments.</p><p>Self-reporting of non-compliance, in regulatory frameworks, is generally indicative of a willingness towards compliance. The Regulator encourages self-reporting as part of a good governance framework and a culture of compliance.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 13:19:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 31831 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1524733

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
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 amend the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 so that it considers animals recognised as sentient in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	67885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act recognises cephalopods and decapods as sentient. The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) was amended in 2013 to include cephalopods for protections to animals in scientific research. The Government has previously indicated that it will consider the implications of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act for ASPA to improve the welfare of animals used in science and maintain a regime of protection that enables the delivery of benefits.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/11/2022 17:25:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 29578 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1520112

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Experiments
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 make an assessment of the reasons for which her Department did not undertake any eye irritation tests on animals in 2021; and if she will take steps to ensure that no tests are undertaken in future.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	60213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Animal testing is only authorised where there is scientific benefit, to people, animals or the environment, and only when all aspects of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 have been fulfilled. This includes testing only being authorised after successful completion of a harm benefit assessment, when there are no scientifically satisfactory alternative methods and where the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) have been fully applied.</p><p>The statistics have shown a continual decline in the requirement for testing of the irritancy of substances to the eye. This decline has largely been due to the successful development and approval of non-animal methods. The Government continues to be committed to the full implementation of the 3Rs and for developing new 3Rs techniques through support to the National Centre for the 3Rs.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/10/2022 16:04:08 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith