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1287082

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date	19/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Iran
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 recent conviction in Belgium of the Iranian diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, for terrorism offences, if she will take steps with her European counterparts to facilitate cooperation between law enforcement bodies in different countries to investigate whether other Iranian diplomats and embassies are involved in terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	154848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>The safety and security of our citizens is the Government’s top priority. We will continue to work closely with our international partners to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-based threats.</p><p> </p><p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement includes a deal on law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation which delivers a comprehensive package of capabilities that will ensure we can work with counterparts across Europe to tackle serious crime and terrorism – protecting the public and bringing criminals to justice.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to working together with European partners to counter the threats we all face, within Europe and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>Specific investigations and prosecutions are a matter for the independent law enforcement agencies and prosecutors concerned. We do not comment on specific cases.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/02/2021 13:22:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1254343

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Iran
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 forthcoming trial against an Iranian diplomat in Belgium on terrorism charges, what discussions she has had with police services on threats against Iranian dissidents and political activists in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	119181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK takes a zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats. We will continue to work closely with our international allies to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-based threats.</p><p>It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on the security arrangements for protected individuals. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals concerned.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/12/2020 15:42:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1254374

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Greater London
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 increase funding for policing in London.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	119186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The police funding settlement for 2020/21 sets out the biggest increase in funding for the policing system since 2010.</p><p>In 2020/21 the Metropolitan Police will receive total cash funding of up to £2939.9 million, this is an increase of up to £193 million compared to 2019/20.</p><p>In 2020/21 City of London Police will receive total cash funding of up to £67 million, this is an increase of up to £5.6 million compared to 2019/20.</p><p>The Government has been clear that the police will get the financial support they need to see them through the COVID-19 pandemic, and that they are listening to what the police needs.</p><p>Future police funding, including details of the 2021/22 Police Funding Settlement, will be announced once the 2020 Spending Review has been concluded.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/11/2020 15:39:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1254375

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Greater London
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 police officers have been allocated to London during the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	119187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>We are increasing the number of police officers in England and Wales by 20,000 over the next three years.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police Service was allocated 1,369 additional officers in the first year of the police uplift which covers the period to the end of March 2021.</p><p>At 30 September 2020 the Metropolitan Police Service has already recruited</p><p>its year one allocation of 1,369 additional officers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/11/2020 15:43:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1254376

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Barnet
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 hold discussions with the Mayor of London on allocating more police officers to the borough of Barnet.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	119188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>We are increasing the number of police officers in England and Wales by 20,000 over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this uplift the Metropolitan Police Service has been allocated 1,369 additional officers in the first year to be recruited by the end of March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>At 30 September 2020 the Metropolitan Police Service has already recruited its year one allocation of 1,369 additional officers.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of police officers is an operational decision for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police who should be held accountable by</p><p>the Police and Crime Commissioner for London, Sadiq Khan.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/11/2020 15:45:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1247098

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Au Pairs: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether au pairs from the EU who are currently working in the UK and who return home for Christmas will require a visa to return to the UK in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	109201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>EU citizens resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 can apply for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), to enable them to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. Their eligibility for the EUSS will not be affected if they are absent from the UK over the Christmas period and they will not require a visa to return to the UK in January 2021.</p><p>Eligible EU citizens have until 30 June 2021 to make an application to the EUSS. Applicants only need to complete three key steps: prove their identity, show their residence in the UK and declare any criminal convictions. Eligibility for the EUSS is not generally concerned with whether the applicant has been engaged in a qualifying activity, such as employment.</p><p>From 1 January 2021, EU citizens newly arriving in the UK and non-EU citizens will be treated equally under the new points-based immigration system. The UK has not operated a dedicated immigration route for au pairs since 2008 and has no plans to introduce one. However, the UK currently operates eight Youth Mobility Schemes which are principally designed for cultural exchange. We have indicated our desire to negotiate a youth mobility arrangement with the EU or with individual countries within it, if a collective agreement is not possible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 109202 109203 question first answered 06/11/2020 17:39:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1247099

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Au Pairs: 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 steps au pairs from EU countries, who are not classified as workers by the Government, should take to define their employment in the UK in the event that they apply for pre-settled status.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	109202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>EU citizens resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 can apply for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), to enable them to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. Their eligibility for the EUSS will not be affected if they are absent from the UK over the Christmas period and they will not require a visa to return to the UK in January 2021.</p><p>Eligible EU citizens have until 30 June 2021 to make an application to the EUSS. Applicants only need to complete three key steps: prove their identity, show their residence in the UK and declare any criminal convictions. Eligibility for the EUSS is not generally concerned with whether the applicant has been engaged in a qualifying activity, such as employment.</p><p>From 1 January 2021, EU citizens newly arriving in the UK and non-EU citizens will be treated equally under the new points-based immigration system. The UK has not operated a dedicated immigration route for au pairs since 2008 and has no plans to introduce one. However, the UK currently operates eight Youth Mobility Schemes which are principally designed for cultural exchange. We have indicated our desire to negotiate a youth mobility arrangement with the EU or with individual countries within it, if a collective agreement is not possible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 109201 109203 question first answered 06/11/2020 17:39:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1247100

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 plans to continue (a) access to the UK for au pairs and (b) other cultural exchange programmes after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	109203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>EU citizens resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 can apply for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), to enable them to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. Their eligibility for the EUSS will not be affected if they are absent from the UK over the Christmas period and they will not require a visa to return to the UK in January 2021.</p><p>Eligible EU citizens have until 30 June 2021 to make an application to the EUSS. Applicants only need to complete three key steps: prove their identity, show their residence in the UK and declare any criminal convictions. Eligibility for the EUSS is not generally concerned with whether the applicant has been engaged in a qualifying activity, such as employment.</p><p>From 1 January 2021, EU citizens newly arriving in the UK and non-EU citizens will be treated equally under the new points-based immigration system. The UK has not operated a dedicated immigration route for au pairs since 2008 and has no plans to introduce one. However, the UK currently operates eight Youth Mobility Schemes which are principally designed for cultural exchange. We have indicated our desire to negotiate a youth mobility arrangement with the EU or with individual countries within it, if a collective agreement is not possible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 109201 109202 question first answered 06/11/2020 17:39:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1198431

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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, if she will take steps to prevent unlawful migration via small boats crossing the Channel.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	51696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Keeping our border secure is the Government’s highest priority and we are committed to doing everything we can to stop these dangerous Channel crossings which are putting vulnerable lives at risk.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office liaises directly with the French Interior Ministry on addressing the issue of illegal migration, engaging at an official, diplomatic level and supported at an operational level through regular UK-French Migration Committees.</p><p>Through joint-working with France, the UK has funded the continued deployment of French law enforcement along the coast of northern France, who are patrolling constantly in order to detect attempted crossings by migrants. Funding has been allocated, among other projects, for further security improvements at ports in northern France and on the ground, which includes drones, specialist vehicles and detection equipment to stop small boats leaving European shores.</p><p>Intelligence flows are also key to dismantling the organised crime groups behind crossings. We have restructured and repurposed our approach to support to better inform and direct how and where law enforcement is deployed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 12:55:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1196460

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Males
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 tackle domestic abuse against men.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	48301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a devastating crime and the Government is committed to doing everything we can to tackle it. Domestic abuse affects men as well as women and last year we published a dedicated male victims position statement to recognise the needs of male victims and to clarify and strengthen our response.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office funds the Men’s Advice Line which provides support and advice to male victims of domestic abuse. This helpline received additional funding from the £2m announced by the Home Secretary on April 11 to bolster domestic abuse helplines during COVID-19. On 19 May the Home Office announced £2m of funding to charities with a national or regional presence which will provide further support for male and female victims of domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>We have also provided £500,000 to improve support to male victims of domestic abuse and provided funding to Galop which provides advice and support to LGBT+ populations affected by domestic abuse, including for the National LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline. This helpline also received additional funding from the £2m announced by the Home Secretary.</p><p> </p><p>The Government domestic abuse awareness raising campaign under the hashtag #YouAreNotAlone, signposts victims to sources of advice and support. Details of these services can be found at www.gov.uk/domestic-abuse</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office regularly engages with police forces on a wide range of domestic abuse issues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 48302 question first answered 02/06/2020 13:45:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers